Before looking at other comments, I am adding my own !!! As a pretty active 86 yr old, I first tried a rubik cube 40 yrs ago and couldn't do it. The years passed by and I wanted another try after watching a scam version (with half the cube solved) I ordered a cube (the original was binned) and before it arrived I discovered the scam and wished I hadn't ordered on, however it arrived and I had a play, I managed the daisy and the cross but didn't know how. I continued looking for the magic quick and easy way to solve it and was not impressed....until today when I dropped on your method. I was totally amazed that I could follow its logic with ease for the first time !! I have not watched the final layer as I had to say ......Thank you for giving me renewed interest, Your method of teaching is the first one of many that I can clearly understand !!! THANK YOU !!!🤣😁
Completed Rubiks Cube for the first time!!! I made so many mistakes writing it all down, that I can get to the first two layers unaided, so shall keep trying. It has been so absorbing so far and through errors I have completed it 8 times so far!!!
Still cannot complete unaided !!! crib sheet still needed fo 7 & 8. I have had one or two occasions when the system seems to just keep repeating results and am not sure whether to go back a step or keep repeating the same move, of course following the video always works out !!! will keep trying🤣
Thank you. I'm giving it back. Use this for easy reference. 1:16 Step 1: The Daisy 2:53 Step 2: The Easy 6:20 Step 3: R U R' 14:27 Step 4: The Middle Layer: R U R' orient the mixed up white corner so that one color faces front center and white faces right or left then R U R' again if white faces right or L'U'L if white faces left. 22:14 Step 5: Yellow Cross sexy move (F URU'R' F') 24:42: Step 6: All yellow: If 0 or 2 yellow corners up, position one yellow corner facing you on the top left. If one yellow corner up, position that corner on the bottom left corner. The Fun Move (RU R'U R U2 R') 27:40 Step 7: Align top corners. Rotate cube so aligned corners face back : R' F R' B2 R F' R' B2 R2 30:58 Step 8: Align top edges: F2U R'L F2 RL' UF2
I'm glad I found your video. After trying to solve the cube with three other videos, I finally got it. Your instructions were by far the easiest for me to follow. Rubik's cube is off my bucket list. Good thing as I'm turning 70 soon. Thank you.
THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!! I've had this "cube of Rubik" sitting on my desk for 8 years. That was the last time it was complete. I haven't had more than 2 sides ever solved at any one time. Now it sits proudly fully solved on my desk!! Thank you!
This is the best tutorial by far! He does it slow enough for you to see what is happening. I've tried many other solving videos and they always went to fast and didn't explain enough. thanks!
This is THE ONLY video that helped me solve my Rubik’s cube not just once but TWICE successfully one the very day I bought my Rubik’s cube. I remember solving a Rubik’s cube when I was like 12 years old or something and I’m touching it again after 19 years. When I solved it as a 12 year old, I didn’t have a technique. I just used my intuition to solve it and it took me many days. But now that I know the technique, I’m gonna summon it every time I solve the cube. Thank you so much! Your instructions are so clear. I’d recommend this video over any other video because this guy assumes that you are solving the cube for the first time. He does every move so slowly that you could solve the cube along with him. Other RUclipsrs do the algorithms so fast that it’s really hard to follow.
There is absolutely no way on earth you randomly solved the cube using 'intuition' as a 12 year old. I solved the cube in 1983 as a 16 year old, after analysing it about 2 hours a day for 2 years+ AND I needed help from my maths teacher (a professor of mathematics) to complete parts of the final layer. Later in life, I qualified to become a member of Mensa with a confirmed IQ of 160. I don't say this to brag but to put into perspective the fact that you would literally have to be a genuine genius to solve the cube in days as a 12 year old. Sorry, but I don't believe you solved the cube ever.
I've watched numerous videos in the past, and when it came to the final steps, I often found myself getting confused. However, with your video, I managed to solve it on my first attempt, even with rewinding and fast-forwarding. It was a success in solving my Rubik's Cube using proper methodology."
@@BugifyYTyes, there's other videos that teach you to solve it easier and with less moves than this video, this guy is doing way too much moves, for example, what he's teaching at 14:03 it's totally unnecessary, way too much U prime, left, right, up, down, etc etc etc, I know how to solve the cube in less than 3 minutes, learning it from other 2 different videos, why I learned with 2 different videos, because video #1 made it easy to solve bottom layer and middle layer than video #2, and then I used video #2 to solve the yellow cross and forward faster and easier than video #1, I assure you that the way I learned from those videos are extremely easier and faster than this video, this guy made it even harder and more complicated to learn and remember it in the future. Wired: ruclips.net/video/R-R0KrXvWbc/видео.htmlsi=dYl-az1GxfdoZS_ J Perm: ruclips.net/video/7Ron6MN45LY/видео.htmlsi=WWUmDz2u4uFSmfH Those are the only videos should be to learn how to solve the cube.
I’ve watched HOURS of different videos on how to solve the Rubik’s Cube. The middle layer was the most difficult part for me. Watching this video allowed to follow along at a decent pace, and finally solve my Rubik’s cube.
You made it interesting so I ordered Rubik's cube from Amazon and should be arriving today. Im 75 yrs old and want to learn new things. Thank you for your enthusiasm and encouragement.
amazing! I appreciate that he is not fancy and old school: some guys here are trying to show off and fly through the steps which is annoying. He is great!
Just like many other people in this comment section, I too have successfully solved the cube after watching this video. I tried several other videos but none were as good and thorough as this! I appreciate the enthusiasm he displays, the knowledge and ability to teach these steps in a easy and efficient fashion. You sir, are a gem! 😃😃 Took me 3x watching the video to actually solve it. After watching 10-12x I can now do steps 1-6 on my own by memory, still trying to memorize the last 2 steps! Almost there!!! 😃😃😃
Those of us who were in on the "ground floor" back around 1980, are used to the original color arrangement of the Cube - white (top) opposite blue (bottom); yellow (front) opp. green (back); orange (right) opp. red (left). You can convert between the original scheme and the newer one by swapping the yellow and blue stickers. Fred PS. I don't know why that totally unnecessary change was made, but I curse whoever did it!
I have watched a half dozen tutorials on this cube until I stumbled onto yours, after which I solved my first cube. Then, I went back to the previous other tutorials that I've watched, and I still had a hard time trying to follow them, even though I already knew how to solve the cube your style. As they say, the first step is always the hardest. The other tutorials that I watched before yours all made the same mistake: they started with cube notations right after introducing different pieces of the cube. You, on the other hand, started with something easy to get along with, like "123 move," "Fun Move," and so forth, and left the notations toward the end when we're already reasonably familiar and comfortable with the movements. I think that is the deciding factor. You didn't start with intimidating elements. As a side note. My 6-year-old nephew, after watching this video, also solved his first cube.
@@boatdisability6177 Don't worry about it. That kid has more brain cells than his peers. Neither he or I succeeded the first time, and the first success was sort of a fluke. It actually took me like a week to be able to solve every time.
I did it!!! Now, to scramble the cube and solve it again! ...and again! ...and again! Summary to solve past the middle layer: 1. is there a yellow "9 'o' clock" shape possible on the top face? if not, then: 2. FUR U'R'F' from any position, until yellow 9 'o' clock appears on top face. then, 3. FUR U'R'F' with the yellow at 9 'o' clock, so that a yellow cross appears on top face. then, 4. look for a yellow square in the top left corner of any of the front faces (rotate), and perform "out, twist, in, twist, out, twist, twist, in" ("the fun move"), until only 1 top corner is yellow. then, 5. rotate the top face so that the sole yellow corner is in the bottom left, then perform "the fun move" until the top face is entirely yellow. then, 6. look for a side face that has two matching top corner squares. if none, then start R' F R' B2 R F' R' B2 R2 from any position. then, 7. when there are two matching top corner squares, orient that face to the back of the cube, and repeat "the R' F move" until all top corner squares on the sides are correct. then, 8. if you do not have a side face complete, then perform F2 U R' L F2 R L' U F2 from any position, until a complete side face appears. then, 9. turn cube so that the complete side face is on the back, and repeat this last sequence until solved.
Solved it! This took time. This is the best lesson for solving the cube. I went back and forth through the video so many times I could make moves without looking at the cube just like he said, at the end I was spinning faster than I thought I ever could. The final step and I looked down, it was solved. Now I can solve it in no time. Thank you.
I spent a lot of hours learning to solve from various videos available on youtube. But this video made it so easy that i completed the cube in an hour. Thank you so much for sharing this video. Also the teacher is very calm and patient and also knows what problems can a beginner face.
Thanks so much for making the video. I am now teaching my 6 year old to solve this, so he can impress all his friends. This method is just straight forward and logical for me. 42 years old, and I never had any idea how in the heck to solve a rubiks cube….now I know.
I've wanted to solve Rubiks Cube since 1982. Thanks to this clip and this clip alone I can now solve Rubiks Cube. It took 2-3 weeks of watching this clip over and over r e a l close.
OK this seems complicated but it works and is as good as any other method from what I can find. It's taken me a couple of weeks to really get into the sequence of algorithms but finally I can confidently unravel any starting position in under 5 minutes. I'm never going to win any competitions but at 68 that is not my intention .. just solving the dang thing after over 45 years of picking it up and putting it back in the cupboard again, is all I was after!!!! When I first saw Rubik's cube (early/mid 70's) it was a curiosity at a maths gathering .. nobody knew how the mechanics worked let alone how to solve it. There were NO published solutions but they soon came thick and fast. I seem to recall that a guy called Singmaster published the first authoritative thesis on it and when the group theorists got their hands on it there was joy in maths departments throughout the world! Thank you Prof for finally scratching that itch for me.
update ... I now unravel at least once each day, usually first thing in the morning. I can consistently get close to 3 minutes and sometimes under. Looking at the speed cubers (under 10 seconds consistently) I assume that they are using some sorts of super shortcuts + extremely fast analysis of the state of the cube at each twist (leading to some clever shortcuts) .. they are young and their brains are like supercomputers .. at 68 I have no illusions that I will never be able to do that but sub 3 minutes remains, for me, a real achievement so once again thanks Prof. Oh, and since nobody else in the family is prepared to learn any algorithms for solution, I am now the wonderboy of the extended family !!
@Phil o'Macc You are correct. The fastest solvers use a different method called CFOP. It's similar to this method in that the cube is solved layer by layer, but the main differences are that the daisy stage is skipped with the white cross being solved straight to the bottom of the cube (the moves for this are usually worked out during inspection time so it's very fast). After this, the white corners and the four 2nd layer edges are solved at the same time by pairing up a corner and an edge and inserting them together to complete first 2 layers in one step. Finally to complete the top layer everything is done by algorithm memorisation. Facing all the yellow sides up will use one algorithm and moving all the corners and edges to the correct position will use a second algorithm. The tricky part is that there are a ton of algorithms to learn, around 70 in all to cope with all eventualities. The very fastest solvers who regularly achieve sub 5 second times also use other very advanced techniques to shorten the process further but are essentially using this method at its core.
@@lewiy that is all very interesting. I suspected as much .. no way I will aspire to that level of memory and skill so I'll remain in awe. Thanks for explaining this.
I can really advise going to a competition at least once, not to take part but the atmosphere is so cool, many people willing to teach and explain, many other twisty puzzles to buy. I went to my first at 38 and was far from the oldest there (sure lot of kids also).
Great man, I lost this kind of skill 30 plus years ago, at last this year 2023 of October and before this world will plunged into chaos by this upcoming WW3 at least I've solved my cube masterfully. Your the man. Long live. Thank you. Gonna bring my cube as a way of de stressing myself in the frontline.❤❤❤
The only way this man can make this video more complicated is to ask me questions regarding existence. The way I learned how to solve a Rubik's Cube is 2 complicated steps: One is to stop moving the cube so much that you lose your orientation. Keep a certain color "your front facing" color and don't move that color in any other direction. Almost like its fixed in space. Knowing that, the second part is hard and easy. Hard because it just takes memorization and easy because it's just algorithms (following a formula from start to finish). Two is the algorithms. If you look in the main instructions of the toy, it'll say F,R,U,L,Fi,Ri,Ui,Li which means (clockwise)front, right, up, left, front inverted(counterclockwise), right inverted, up inverted, and left inverted. It just takes time to memorize the algorithms. Just like learning a language takes repetition.
At first i was discouraged by the comments to watch until the end - but i decided to watch amd guess what- i can now solve cube in 2 minutes because of your professional experience in teaching- you are too good in explaining and i cnt wait to refer my family members to watch it too. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BEST VIDEO- i bought cube 2days back today is my day.3 and i can solve it in less than 5 minutes
Thank you for the wonderful tutorial video. I will mess up my cube soon and try to solve it according to your instructions. I hope I will make it. You make it seem so easy. Watching you with so much accuracy is overwhelming. Greetings from Greece. PS: I have completed the messed up cube, by following your accurate steps. I cannot believe my eyes...!!! I am very proud of myself and really thankful of you...!!!! I wanted desperately to learn how to solve a Rubik's Cube, since 1985, I was 8 years old then, but no one knew how to help me. Thank you for the accurate and precise instructions. God bless you!!!
Hi there, & first thanks for a great, clear set of instructions. My father brought a Magic cube back from a trip to Germany in 1978. I’ve been trying in vain to solve it Ever Since! It took me maybe 4 hours of making mistakes, but finally I’ve solved the blasted thing! Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I’ve been trying to solve the Rubix Cube since before it was called the Rubix Cube. I am delighted. ❤🇦🇺👏
It's so good to have someone explain this puzzle without complicated mathematics. Not that it's important to me to solve the Rubik's cube. I don't even have one. Those geniuses that can solve it easily need to put their brains towards solving World problems which will benefit all Life, not just human life.
The "mnemonic" way of teaching algorithms ,its just a savior . This made the whole process understandable for even kids. I'm able to solve for the 1st time the cube just watching and doing simultaneously . Belive me its the best teaching ever. Thanks Prof. Arthur for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.🙏
Omg!! Thank you so much for this tutorial. It took me 4 evenings to actually solve the cube. I first got a cube when I was 8, never solved it. I then got one for my kids years ago, found it again and finally solved it at 51! I never thought I’d ever do it. 🎉😂. Your tutorial was the only one I could follow, genius man. 😊
Still need to memorize step 7 and 8, have everything else down. Well demonstrated and I will likely play several more times till I can get the last 2 steps locked in!
I find that a bit of humour mixed with clear mnemonic made this video fun and helped me solve the Rubik’s cube. This is the only video that helped me go through all the steps and is essential for anyone who wants to solve the Rubik’s cube. I ended up subscribing to this Chanel for its other videos.
Best vid for the first 2 layers for me. I used a different video just for 3rd layer. This man taught me well. He made the impossible become possible for me. I bought my cube for my son but Iv fallen in love with the thing some how lol
I was able to solve this with your instructions and I did have to go back and rewind several times to become familiar with the steps. Writing down the algorithms helped me also. I'm in my 70's and this was a great mind exercise for me. Thanks for the video.
@@byaruhangaabdallah8587 Hi friend, be sure to follow each step as he teaches it and you will solve it. I showed this video to my granddaughter who is 10 and she can now solve it in under 3 minutes. It helped me to write down each step of the algorithms. Don't give up.🙂
Thank you so much for this brilliant video. Thanks to you, I went from having no idea how to solve a cube, to solve it with in 2 minutes. Only took me 3 days practise with an hour practise per day. Thanks again!
After solving the cube now a few times every day for 2 weeks. I also understand the logic behind it and can solve it even if I mess up one of the algorithms.
I just completed the Rubik's cube for the first time in my life. I am beyond ecstatic. It brought so much joy. I don't think I will ever mix it up again... LoL. Great video!
Best Rubik cube tutorial ever!!! I have watched over 6 tutorials those have over 10 millions view, but I never solved the cube once until I have seen this video 🎉 Thank you so much!!!
I am not a smart man by any means. I love puzzles though. I can now solve a Rubik’s cube solely because of this great tutorial. Simple to follow and very well demonstrated.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I finally found a person like you that is a brilliant teacher. Excellent teaching! I finally understood how to solve the Rubik’s Cube! I did it! Thank you!
my first time ever to get it solved! my kids learnt it too. Best Ever! learned from you how to prepare well for a presentation and how to make things easy for others to get the point, Thank you So much
Thanks for the great and very clear step to step instruction. I had been wanting to solve the rubic cube since childhood and finally get it solve first time in my life.
You're a frickin legend! For the first time I've finally solved a Rubik's cube... Now I'll tattoo these instructions to my arm and I'll be set for life.
This is the best the best video I've seen yet , I've been looking for one for over a week , they all make me mess up , this one is the best !!! Thank you
Thanks. finally got it. There are some key movements / points in the last layer that you need to be careful abiout. the first two layers can be done nearly within 30 seconds if you are practice. then the last layer takes more time. with the long notational moves..
This guy is awesome. I really struggled on the daisy! But you helped me threw the whole tutorial thank you so much! I am so grateful I found someone like you to teach me even though I am only 10 years old!
You have no idea how my friend and I looked for a video with an easy explanation of how to solve rubik's cube. But just one comment. At the moment you are in the step of the nine o'clock you change the perspective of the cube and it's recorded from top while on the previous steps was seen from the front. That simple fact makes it a little harder to follow you while doing these moves. It's something simple but my friend and I and now his son have the same opinion. Anyway, you are the best on how to solve the cube. Thank you so much for your excellent explanation.
WOW Great. I successfully for the very first time, solved a cube. I fully agree with the comments of many others. I went through several you tube videos. Nothing was as precise, simple and eayy to use. Actually not so easy. But it definitely works if you do it correctly. I messed up many times, did the moves again and again, watched the demo again and again several times. Now it is pristine clear in my mind. Without watching again, i scrambled and did it again. Thanks a million the author is excellent.
I'm on a mission to learn how to solve this beast. Watched many many tuts, but after watching this video I've managed to solve it by myself for the first time... Thanks for the good video
This was absolutely brilliant!! Thank you. I've solved cubes on ALL attempts using your method here. But just one thing, though...on one of the attempts, the entire cube was solved at Step 7 (not Step 8). Actually, in that particular attempt in which the cube was solved at Step 7, after the entire Step 7 was completed, I noticed that I simply had to twist the Upper level twice afterward to properly match ALL the sides (thus solving the cube). Anyway, that was the only time the cube was entirely solved before Step 8, using your method. Other than that, the cubes were all solved using ALL 8 steps that you described.
A book was published in 1980 on how to solve the Rubik’s Cube. It was “super easy.” By the end of the week everyone had learned to solve it. I was in 7th grade. Although only a few kids I knew back then had solved it prior to the release of the book, most people could solve all but one side. Today, people act like solving it is tantamount to understanding Relativity. I met a 10 year old kid whose family lives in a modified school bus who not only solved the Rubik’s cube without instruction, but was able to solve the larger Rubik’s cube that came after and various other pyramid puzzles, etc. I don’t have a point here, but if you can’t figure out how to solve just one side of a Rubik’s cube all by yourself within an hour, puzzles probably ain’t your bag.
I solved the cube decades ago by taking it apart and putting it back together. I was curious as how it worked. Simple but yet complex at the same time.
With certain configurations you can shorten FurUrf to FRUURF, but I suspect you know that. When you have the straight line horizontal doing FRU R'U'F' will get you farther along. I have been doing the cube just about like you show it since I was a kid...I'm now 75, and I pick it up and do it often, along with some other oddball things like quatdratic equations or the golf tee triangle or the cross peg puzzle as memory exercises.
This was THE clip i watched during a home exam to put my mind on something else and tried for once understand how to solve the rubik's cube. It took me 4 days, then I could do all the steps on my own, clocking in in about 6 minutes. A year later, I found some neat shortcuts (like skipping the daisy and made a white cross directly, skipping the first move in the middle layer, and doing the fun move and middle layer move from the blind side) bought me a speedcube. Now I'm down to 47 seconds :) There was no other video. This was the one.
Thank you so much! I can now solve the top layer with a small number of algorithms, very easy to remember. I already shared this video with friends who, like me, had been experiencing hard time memorizing a long list of algorithms. Thank you once again!
There are several ways of solving Rubik's cube and to achieve the fastest time. Mathematically, the no of available moves can be determined by "combination & permutation", an algebra formula. For beginners, The prerequisite to learning it is familiarizing it's parts. The cube has 6 faces (each is represented by one color), 8 corners (3-color parts), 12 edges (2- color sides), 4 middle parts (1-color part for each face) that do not move. The middle parts are oppositely hinged so they won't move when rotated. Middle-parts are pairs of colors (white-yellow, blue-green, red-orange). Researchable simple steps + algorithms are applied to solve the cube.
YES! Finally after two days I’ve done it completely. The first two thirds were a breeze and as you mentioned the top third is a bit tricky. With your help, I did it and am going to do it again right now.
At 28:08 minutes in, you didn’t have any matching corners so you said, it doesn’t matter how you orient the cube. Well, I had two matching corners but you didn’t tell me how to orient the cube in my case before continuing. Also, it would really help if you go much slower on the 9 twists. Several times I couldn’t keep up. That said, up until this last section, I’ve been able to keep up and master. I’ll keep trying. Thanks for this lesson.❤
In case you are still looking when you have 2 matching colors orient the cube with those matching colors in back. It is after he has gone through the algorithm once then he has two matching colors on one side. I think position is mentioned between 30:14 and 30:17. Your comment was posted a while back but here is the answer.
Before looking at other comments, I am adding my own !!!
As a pretty active 86 yr old, I first tried a rubik cube 40 yrs ago and couldn't do it. The years passed by and I wanted another try after watching a scam version (with half the cube solved)
I ordered a cube (the original was binned) and before it arrived I discovered the scam and wished I hadn't ordered on, however it arrived and I had a play, I managed the daisy and the cross but didn't know how. I continued looking for the magic quick and easy way to solve it and was not impressed....until today when I dropped on your method.
I was totally amazed that I could follow its logic with ease for the first time !! I have not watched the final layer as I had to say ......Thank you for giving me renewed interest,
Your method of teaching is the first one of many that I can clearly understand !!!
THANK YOU !!!🤣😁
Completed Rubiks Cube for the first time!!! I made so many mistakes writing it all down, that I can get to the first two layers unaided, so shall keep trying. It has been so absorbing so far and through errors I have completed it 8 times so far!!!
Still cannot complete unaided !!! crib sheet still needed fo 7 & 8. I have had one or two occasions when the system seems to just keep repeating results and am not sure whether to go back a step or keep repeating the same move, of course following the video always works out !!! will keep trying🤣
@@alandouthwaite6980Congrats! That's awesome 🙂
Main problem is final layer, once you see that, you will return the cube to shop.
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I've yet to watch the whole video, but you are very comfortable to listen to, and patient. My kind of teacher!
Thank you. I'm giving it back. Use this for easy reference.
1:16 Step 1: The Daisy
2:53 Step 2: The Easy
6:20 Step 3: R U R'
14:27 Step 4: The Middle Layer: R U R' orient the mixed up white corner so that one color faces front center and white faces right or left then R U R' again if white faces right or L'U'L if white faces left.
22:14 Step 5: Yellow Cross sexy move (F URU'R' F')
24:42: Step 6: All yellow: If 0 or 2 yellow corners up, position one yellow corner facing you on the top left. If one yellow corner up, position that corner on the bottom left corner. The Fun Move (RU R'U R U2 R')
27:40 Step 7: Align top corners. Rotate cube so aligned corners face back : R' F R' B2 R F' R' B2 R2
30:58 Step 8: Align top edges: F2U R'L F2 RL' UF2
I'm glad I found your video. After trying to solve the cube with three other videos, I finally got it. Your instructions were by far the easiest for me to follow. Rubik's cube is off my bucket list. Good thing as I'm turning 70 soon. Thank you.
THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!! I've had this "cube of Rubik" sitting on my desk for 8 years. That was the last time it was complete. I haven't had more than 2 sides ever solved at any one time. Now it sits proudly fully solved on my desk!! Thank you!
This is the best tutorial by far! He does it slow enough for you to see what is happening. I've tried many other solving videos and they always went to fast and didn't explain enough. thanks!
This is THE ONLY video that helped me solve my Rubik’s cube not just once but TWICE successfully one the very day I bought my Rubik’s cube. I remember solving a Rubik’s cube when I was like 12 years old or something and I’m touching it again after 19 years. When I solved it as a 12 year old, I didn’t have a technique. I just used my intuition to solve it and it took me many days. But now that I know the technique, I’m gonna summon it every time I solve the cube. Thank you so much! Your instructions are so clear. I’d recommend this video over any other video because this guy assumes that you are solving the cube for the first time. He does every move so slowly that you could solve the cube along with him. Other RUclipsrs do the algorithms so fast that it’s really hard to follow.
There is absolutely no way on earth you randomly solved the cube using 'intuition' as a 12 year old. I solved the cube in 1983 as a 16 year old, after analysing it about 2 hours a day for 2 years+ AND I needed help from my maths teacher (a professor of mathematics) to complete parts of the final layer. Later in life, I qualified to become a member of Mensa with a confirmed IQ of 160. I don't say this to brag but to put into perspective the fact that you would literally have to be a genuine genius to solve the cube in days as a 12 year old. Sorry, but I don't believe you solved the cube ever.
I've watched numerous videos in the past, and when it came to the final steps, I often found myself getting confused. However, with your video, I managed to solve it on my first attempt, even with rewinding and fast-forwarding. It was a success in solving my Rubik's Cube using proper methodology."
This is the only video that should be used to teach how to solve the Rubik's cube. Excellent explanation
There are simpler ones out there imo
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@@PWD65 nope
J perm has a way better one that actually explains the difference between the different types of pieces
@@BugifyYTyes, there's other videos that teach you to solve it easier and with less moves than this video, this guy is doing way too much moves, for example, what he's teaching at 14:03 it's totally unnecessary, way too much U prime, left, right, up, down, etc etc etc, I know how to solve the cube in less than 3 minutes, learning it from other 2 different videos, why I learned with 2 different videos, because video #1 made it easy to solve bottom layer and middle layer than video #2, and then I used video #2 to solve the yellow cross and forward faster and easier than video #1, I assure you that the way I learned from those videos are extremely easier and faster than this video, this guy made it even harder and more complicated to learn and remember it in the future.
Wired:
ruclips.net/video/R-R0KrXvWbc/видео.htmlsi=dYl-az1GxfdoZS_
J Perm:
ruclips.net/video/7Ron6MN45LY/видео.htmlsi=WWUmDz2u4uFSmfH
Those are the only videos should be to learn how to solve the cube.
I’ve watched HOURS of different videos on how to solve the Rubik’s Cube. The middle layer was the most difficult part for me. Watching this video allowed to follow along at a decent pace, and finally solve my Rubik’s cube.
Same, Great Video!!!
Thank you, we are glad you like it. 😊
Same here just finished mines today 🎉
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You made it interesting so I ordered Rubik's cube from Amazon and should be arriving today. Im 75 yrs old and want to learn new things. Thank you for your enthusiasm and encouragement.
You're never too old to play with a rubik's cube!
This dude is the man! I've been trying to dedicate and solve for years! I finally did it!
amazing! I appreciate that he is not fancy and old school: some guys here are trying to show off and fly through the steps which is annoying. He is great!
Just like many other people in this comment section, I too have successfully solved the cube after watching this video. I tried several other videos but none were as good and thorough as this!
I appreciate the enthusiasm he displays, the knowledge and ability to teach these steps in a easy and efficient fashion. You sir, are a gem! 😃😃
Took me 3x watching the video to actually solve it. After watching 10-12x I can now do steps 1-6 on my own by memory, still trying to memorize the last 2 steps! Almost there!!! 😃😃😃
Same here
Those of us who were in on the "ground floor" back around 1980, are used to the original color arrangement of the Cube - white (top) opposite blue (bottom); yellow (front) opp. green (back); orange (right) opp. red (left).
You can convert between the original scheme and the newer one by swapping the yellow and blue stickers.
Fred
PS. I don't know why that totally unnecessary change was made, but I curse whoever did it!
As a "magyar"[ hungarian - where Mr. Rubik created this and other wondertoys ] , this is very good , thanks .
This guy is born to teach stuff 🔥
Many videos and better part of a week and finally got a first solve! Just needed the right teacher I guess!
I have watched a half dozen tutorials on this cube until I stumbled onto yours, after which I solved my first cube. Then, I went back to the previous other tutorials that I've watched, and I still had a hard time trying to follow them, even though I already knew how to solve the cube your style.
As they say, the first step is always the hardest. The other tutorials that I watched before yours all made the same mistake: they started with cube notations right after introducing different pieces of the cube. You, on the other hand, started with something easy to get along with, like "123 move," "Fun Move," and so forth, and left the notations toward the end when we're already reasonably familiar and comfortable with the movements. I think that is the deciding factor. You didn't start with intimidating elements.
As a side note. My 6-year-old nephew, after watching this video, also solved his first cube.
I must suck if a six year old can do it… I’m stuck on step four
@@boatdisability6177 Don't worry about it. That kid has more brain cells than his peers. Neither he or I succeeded the first time, and the first success was sort of a fluke. It actually took me like a week to be able to solve every time.
I did it!!!
Now, to scramble the cube and solve it again! ...and again! ...and again!
Summary to solve past the middle layer:
1. is there a yellow "9 'o' clock" shape possible on the top face? if not, then:
2. FUR U'R'F' from any position, until yellow 9 'o' clock appears on top face. then,
3. FUR U'R'F' with the yellow at 9 'o' clock, so that a yellow cross appears on top face. then,
4. look for a yellow square in the top left corner of any of the front faces (rotate), and perform "out, twist, in, twist, out, twist, twist, in" ("the fun move"), until only 1 top corner is yellow. then,
5. rotate the top face so that the sole yellow corner is in the bottom left, then perform "the fun move" until the top face is entirely yellow. then,
6. look for a side face that has two matching top corner squares. if none, then start R' F R' B2 R F' R' B2 R2 from any position. then,
7. when there are two matching top corner squares, orient that face to the back of the cube, and repeat "the R' F move" until all top corner squares on the sides are correct. then,
8. if you do not have a side face complete, then perform F2 U R' L F2 R L' U F2 from any position, until a complete side face appears. then,
9. turn cube so that the complete side face is on the back, and repeat this last sequence until solved.
Solved it! This took time. This is the best lesson for solving the cube. I went back and forth through the video so many times I could make moves without looking at the cube just like he said, at the end I was spinning faster than I thought I ever could. The final step and I looked down, it was solved. Now I can solve it in no time. Thank you.
I spent a lot of hours learning to solve from various videos available on youtube. But this video made it so easy that i completed the cube in an hour. Thank you so much for sharing this video. Also the teacher is very calm and patient and also knows what problems can a beginner face.
Thanks so much for making the video. I am now teaching my 6 year old to solve this, so he can impress all his friends. This method is just straight forward and logical for me. 42 years old, and I never had any idea how in the heck to solve a rubiks cube….now I know.
I've wanted to solve Rubiks Cube since 1982. Thanks to this clip and this clip alone I can now solve Rubiks Cube. It took 2-3 weeks of watching this clip over and over r e a l close.
OK this seems complicated but it works and is as good as any other method from what I can find. It's taken me a couple of weeks to really get into the sequence of algorithms but finally I can confidently unravel any starting position in under 5 minutes. I'm never going to win any competitions but at 68 that is not my intention .. just solving the dang thing after over 45 years of picking it up and putting it back in the cupboard again, is all I was after!!!! When I first saw Rubik's cube (early/mid 70's) it was a curiosity at a maths gathering .. nobody knew how the mechanics worked let alone how to solve it. There were NO published solutions but they soon came thick and fast. I seem to recall that a guy called Singmaster published the first authoritative thesis on it and when the group theorists got their hands on it there was joy in maths departments throughout the world! Thank you Prof for finally scratching that itch for me.
update ... I now unravel at least once each day, usually first thing in the morning. I can consistently get close to 3 minutes and sometimes under. Looking at the speed cubers (under 10 seconds consistently) I assume that they are using some sorts of super shortcuts + extremely fast analysis of the state of the cube at each twist (leading to some clever shortcuts) .. they are young and their brains are like supercomputers .. at 68 I have no illusions that I will never be able to do that but sub 3 minutes remains, for me, a real achievement so once again thanks Prof. Oh, and since nobody else in the family is prepared to learn any algorithms for solution, I am now the wonderboy of the extended family !!
@Phil o'Macc You are correct. The fastest solvers use a different method called CFOP. It's similar to this method in that the cube is solved layer by layer, but the main differences are that the daisy stage is skipped with the white cross being solved straight to the bottom of the cube (the moves for this are usually worked out during inspection time so it's very fast). After this, the white corners and the four 2nd layer edges are solved at the same time by pairing up a corner and an edge and inserting them together to complete first 2 layers in one step. Finally to complete the top layer everything is done by algorithm memorisation. Facing all the yellow sides up will use one algorithm and moving all the corners and edges to the correct position will use a second algorithm. The tricky part is that there are a ton of algorithms to learn, around 70 in all to cope with all eventualities. The very fastest solvers who regularly achieve sub 5 second times also use other very advanced techniques to shorten the process further but are essentially using this method at its core.
@@lewiy that is all very interesting. I suspected as much .. no way I will aspire to that level of memory and skill so I'll remain in awe. Thanks for explaining this.
I can really advise going to a competition at least once, not to take part but the atmosphere is so cool, many people willing to teach and explain, many other twisty puzzles to buy. I went to my first at 38 and was far from the oldest there (sure lot of kids also).
Great man, I lost this kind of skill 30 plus years ago, at last this year 2023 of October and before this world will plunged into chaos by this upcoming WW3 at least I've solved my cube masterfully. Your the man. Long live. Thank you. Gonna bring my cube as a way of de stressing myself in the frontline.❤❤❤
Please teach us other cubes too. 2by 2, 4 and 5 by 5. No one can give us such a good instructions.
The only way this man can make this video more complicated is to ask me questions regarding existence.
The way I learned how to solve a Rubik's Cube is 2 complicated steps:
One is to stop moving the cube so much that you lose your orientation. Keep a certain color "your front facing" color and don't move that color in any other direction. Almost like its fixed in space. Knowing that, the second part is hard and easy. Hard because it just takes memorization and easy because it's just algorithms (following a formula from start to finish).
Two is the algorithms. If you look in the main instructions of the toy, it'll say F,R,U,L,Fi,Ri,Ui,Li which means (clockwise)front, right, up, left, front inverted(counterclockwise), right inverted, up inverted, and left inverted. It just takes time to memorize the algorithms. Just like learning a language takes repetition.
Fantastic, this is the one and only video you’ll ever need. Bravo on presentation🎉
At first i was discouraged by the comments to watch until the end - but i decided to watch amd guess what- i can now solve cube in 2 minutes because of your professional experience in teaching- you are too good in explaining and i cnt wait to refer my family members to watch it too. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BEST VIDEO- i bought cube 2days back today is my day.3 and i can solve it in less than 5 minutes
This was great!! I solved mine tonight! First time ever! It only took pausing and rewinding 32 times. 😅 Thank you!!!!
You have sparked interest again, I could never do it but I might buy a new one and have a go 50 years later 🤣
Thank you for the wonderful tutorial video.
I will mess up my cube soon and try to solve it according to your instructions. I hope I will make it.
You make it seem so easy.
Watching you with so much accuracy is overwhelming.
Greetings from Greece.
PS: I have completed the messed up cube, by following your accurate steps. I cannot believe my eyes...!!!
I am very proud of myself and really thankful of you...!!!!
I wanted desperately to learn how to solve a Rubik's Cube, since 1985, I was 8 years old then, but no one knew how to help me.
Thank you for the accurate and precise instructions.
God bless you!!!
Hi there, & first thanks for a great, clear set of instructions. My father brought a Magic cube back from a trip to Germany in 1978. I’ve been trying in vain to solve it Ever Since! It took me maybe 4 hours of making mistakes, but finally I’ve solved the blasted thing! Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I’ve been trying to solve the Rubix Cube since before it was called the Rubix Cube. I am delighted. ❤🇦🇺👏
Except there is no such thing as a Rubix cube. Dude's name was Rubik. 👀
It's so good to have someone explain this puzzle without complicated mathematics. Not that it's important to me to solve the Rubik's cube. I don't even have one. Those geniuses that can solve it easily need to put their brains towards solving World problems which will benefit all Life, not just human life.
After weeks of muck ups I finally solved it. Thanx for taking the time and going through the steps nice and slow. 😊
Solved my Rubik's cube for first time ever.. so happy for this.. Thanks a lot! You were amazing.
The "mnemonic" way of teaching algorithms ,its just a savior . This made the whole process understandable for even kids. I'm able to solve for the 1st time the cube just watching and doing simultaneously . Belive me its the best teaching ever. Thanks Prof. Arthur for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.🙏
Omg!! Thank you so much for this tutorial. It took me 4 evenings to actually solve the cube. I first got a cube when I was 8, never solved it. I then got one for my kids years ago, found it again and finally solved it at 51! I never thought I’d ever do it. 🎉😂. Your tutorial was the only one I could follow, genius man. 😊
Still need to memorize step 7 and 8, have everything else down. Well demonstrated and I will likely play several more times till I can get the last 2 steps locked in!
same
I watched many rubik videos, this is the best. Only a math professor can do this so beautifully.
I find that a bit of humour mixed with clear mnemonic made this video fun and helped me solve the Rubik’s cube. This is the only video that helped me go through all the steps and is essential for anyone who wants to solve the Rubik’s cube. I ended up subscribing to this Chanel for its other videos.
Best vid for the first 2 layers for me. I used a different video just for 3rd layer. This man taught me well. He made the impossible become possible for me. I bought my cube for my son but Iv fallen in love with the thing some how lol
I was able to solve this with your instructions and I did have to go back and rewind several times to become familiar with the steps. Writing down the algorithms helped me also. I'm in my 70's and this was a great mind exercise for me. Thanks for the video.
Why do I get a persistent unsolved cube at the bottom !??
@@byaruhangaabdallah8587 Hi friend, be sure to follow each step as he teaches it and you will solve it. I showed this video to my granddaughter who is 10 and she can now solve it in under 3 minutes. It helped me to write down each step of the algorithms. Don't give up.🙂
This is without doubt the best and most understandable Rubiks tutorial on the net ... brilliant thankyou
You're a very good teacher and again you have succeeded where all others have failed! Many thanks to you sir! ✌️😁👍
i have solved for first time successfully
THANK YOU
Thank you so much for this brilliant video. Thanks to you, I went from having no idea how to solve a cube, to solve it with in 2 minutes. Only took me 3 days practise with an hour practise per day.
Thanks again!
After solving the cube now a few times every day for 2 weeks. I also understand the logic behind it and can solve it even if I mess up one of the algorithms.
I just completed the Rubik's cube for the first time in my life. I am beyond ecstatic. It brought so much joy. I don't think I will ever mix it up again... LoL. Great video!
I bought another one! I didnt want to mess it up... lol
Know the feeling !!!😁🤣
Best Rubik cube tutorial ever!!! I have watched over 6 tutorials those have over 10 millions view, but I never solved the cube once until I have seen this video 🎉 Thank you so much!!!
He is a master teacher and great at explaining every step in great detail for one to solve the cube!
Thank you! My 9 year old grandson watched and rewatched and achieved success!
I am not a smart man by any means. I love puzzles though. I can now solve a Rubik’s cube solely because of this great tutorial. Simple to follow and very well demonstrated.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I finally found a person like you that is a brilliant teacher. Excellent teaching! I finally understood how to solve the Rubik’s Cube! I did it! Thank you!
I like the corners first method, but this one is appealing too! 👏
Thank you!!!!!! This is the only video I found that actually taught me and allowed me to solve my cube 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much, been trying different videos but this one just made better sense.
my first time ever to get it solved! my kids learnt it too. Best Ever! learned from you how to prepare well for a presentation and how to make things easy for others to get the point, Thank you So much
The way you are showing very clearly. Thank you very much.
Very well explained algorithms in a systematic manner.
Great! Thank you for enabling me solve the rubric cube first time in my life at the age of 66
This is the only video that helps me to solve my rubik's cube every time. Thank you
Thanks for the great and very clear step to step instruction. I had been wanting to solve the rubic cube since childhood and finally get it solve first time in my life.
Best method I have seen shown in solving the cube. I completed it using this great teacher method. Wonderfully done by my mentor here.
YOU HAVE A GOOD WAY IN TEACHING . MUCH EASY THAN OTHERS.
Thanks. You made this really simple. Now I am just trying to increase my speed in solving them.
Best video so far
Thanks for taking time to explain it in detail
You're a frickin legend! For the first time I've finally solved a Rubik's cube... Now I'll tattoo these instructions to my arm and I'll be set for life.
I watched every other video multiple times. Clicked on this and got it first try. Thanks!
`PERFECT EDUCATIONAL EXPLANATION THANK YOU👍👍👏👏
This is the best the best video I've seen yet , I've been looking for one for over a week , they all make me mess up , this one is the best !!!
Thank you
Thanks. finally got it. There are some key movements / points in the last layer that you need to be careful abiout. the first two layers can be done nearly within 30 seconds if you are practice. then the last layer takes more time. with the long notational moves..
This guy is awesome. I really struggled on the daisy! But you helped me threw the whole tutorial thank you so much! I am so grateful I found someone like you to teach me even though I am only 10 years old!
You have no idea how my friend and I looked for a video with an easy explanation of how to solve rubik's cube. But just one comment. At the moment you are in the step of the nine o'clock you change the perspective of the cube and it's recorded from top while on the previous steps was seen from the front. That simple fact makes it a little harder to follow you while doing these moves. It's something simple but my friend and I and now his son have the same opinion.
Anyway, you are the best on how to solve the cube.
Thank you so much for your excellent explanation.
WOW Great. I successfully for the very first time, solved a cube. I fully agree with the comments of many others. I went through several you tube videos. Nothing was as precise, simple and eayy to use. Actually not so easy. But it definitely works if you do it correctly. I messed up many times, did the moves again and again, watched the demo again and again several times. Now it is pristine clear in my mind. Without watching again, i scrambled and did it again. Thanks a million the author is excellent.
I'm on a mission to learn how to solve this beast. Watched many many tuts, but after watching this video I've managed to solve it by myself for the first time... Thanks for the good video
Hi Ivan, thank you for your comment. We are glad you enjoyed the video and were able to solve the Rubik's Cube.
Best video on rubiks cube thank you! You are a gentleman and a scholar.
Thank you. This tutorial is the best one on the internet. Clear and very well explained!
We are glad you enjoyed this video!
Brilliant!
Learned to solve the rubik's cube first time ever & I'm already addicted.
Thank you for breaking down into simple, fun steps!
Thank you for the wonderful feedback.
Best Rubix cube video ever very clear and simple instructions did it on my 1st try thanks to your teaching !!!!!
This was the fourth video I watched! Best video yet! Solved my cube in 30mins! Started a few times! But finally did it!
This is the best video I have found to solve the Rubik’s cube. Excellent step by step explanation 👍
best instructions and i actually solved the mirror cube using his instructions. Thanks for educating and the clear demonstrations of the sequences.
This was absolutely brilliant!! Thank you. I've solved cubes on ALL attempts using your method here. But just one thing, though...on one of the attempts, the entire cube was solved at Step 7 (not Step 8). Actually, in that particular attempt in which the cube was solved at Step 7, after the entire Step 7 was completed, I noticed that I simply had to twist the Upper level twice afterward to properly match ALL the sides (thus solving the cube). Anyway, that was the only time the cube was entirely solved before Step 8, using your method. Other than that, the cubes were all solved using ALL 8 steps that you described.
Thank you for your wonderful feedback!
A book was published in 1980 on how to solve the Rubik’s Cube. It was “super easy.” By the end of the week everyone had learned to solve it. I was in 7th grade. Although only a few kids I knew back then had solved it prior to the release of the book, most people could solve all but one side. Today, people act like solving it is tantamount to understanding Relativity. I met a 10 year old kid whose family lives in a modified school bus who not only solved the Rubik’s cube without instruction, but was able to solve the larger Rubik’s cube that came after and various other pyramid puzzles, etc. I don’t have a point here, but if you can’t figure out how to solve just one side of a Rubik’s cube all by yourself within an hour, puzzles probably ain’t your bag.
So nice and happy to watch this.
thank you for actually going slow and explaining. best video!!
Thank you - this is a brilliant video, best video I've seen to teach me now to do the Rubik's cube. Thank you 😊
Thank you so much only messed up 5 times but finally completed the cube
I solved the cube decades ago by taking it apart and putting it back together. I was curious as how it worked. Simple but yet complex at the same time.
What an amazing explaination, very easy to understand and a fun way to learn. This video help me solved my first ever Rubik's cube. Thanks a lot😊
Makes me want to go out and buy a Rubik's Cube. I had one when they first came out, but never learned how to solve it. Excellent presentation.
It's worth the buy now. 😊
With certain configurations you can shorten FurUrf to FRUURF, but I suspect you know that. When you have the straight line horizontal doing FRU R'U'F' will get you farther along. I have been doing the cube just about like you show it since I was a kid...I'm now 75, and I pick it up and do it often, along with some other oddball things like quatdratic equations or the golf tee triangle or the cross peg puzzle as memory exercises.
This can be done in two steps
1. Remove stickers
2. Reapply stickers,
each color per side.
Thank you, teacher! After I messed up 4 to 5 times, I've finally solved the Rubik's cube! Once again, thank you.
This was THE clip i watched during a home exam to put my mind on something else and tried for once understand how to solve the rubik's cube. It took me 4 days, then I could do all the steps on my own, clocking in in about 6 minutes.
A year later, I found some neat shortcuts (like skipping the daisy and made a white cross directly, skipping the first move in the middle layer, and doing the fun move and middle layer move from the blind side) bought me a speedcube.
Now I'm down to 47 seconds :) There was no other video. This was the one.
Thank you so much! I can now solve the top layer with a small number of algorithms, very easy to remember. I already shared this video with friends who, like me, had been experiencing hard time memorizing a long list of algorithms.
Thank you once again!
Man u deserve respect I finally learned how to solve it thnx bro🎉
There are several ways of solving Rubik's cube and to achieve the fastest time. Mathematically, the no of available moves can be determined by "combination & permutation", an algebra formula. For beginners, The prerequisite to learning it is familiarizing it's parts. The cube has 6 faces (each is represented by one color), 8 corners (3-color parts), 12 edges (2- color sides), 4 middle parts (1-color part for each face) that do not move. The middle parts are oppositely hinged so they won't move when rotated. Middle-parts are pairs of colors (white-yellow, blue-green, red-orange). Researchable simple steps + algorithms are applied to solve the cube.
YES! Finally after two days I’ve done it completely. The first two thirds were a breeze and as you mentioned the top third is a bit tricky. With your help, I did it and am going to do it again right now.
Thank you very much.
Yay! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Have you seen the Rubik's Cube rocket stove on Cool Cement?
At 28:08 minutes in, you didn’t have any matching corners so you said, it doesn’t matter how you orient the cube. Well, I had two matching corners but you didn’t tell me how to orient the cube in my case before continuing. Also, it would really help if you go much slower on the 9 twists. Several times I couldn’t keep up. That said, up until this last section, I’ve been able to keep up and master. I’ll keep trying. Thanks for this lesson.❤
In case you are still looking when you have 2 matching colors orient the cube with those matching colors in back. It is after he has gone through the algorithm once then he has two matching colors on one side. I think position is mentioned between 30:14 and 30:17. Your comment was posted a while back but here is the answer.
@@minimalistknitter thank you very much. 😻