I Need Help Solving my Rubik's Cube

[GameMaster]

I got a Rubik's Cube for Christmas and I mixed it all up and now I can't restore to it's natural state. Does anyone have any suggestions or hints on how to solve this impossible puzzle?

[ominub]

All I can tell you is to keep trying you will get it sometime.

[Happydude]

lol....you'll spend the next year in your room

[PureEvil]

Just give up and kill yourself while you still can.

[Jonbo298]

There's a voice command that reset's it to the default settings. Say "**** this is hard" and it will reset to factory defaults.

[Danchastu 4.0]

I got one side of it but was afraid I'd mess it up trying to solve the rest so I just left it.

[Neo]

There's a computer program that can solve any rubiks cube, but I don't know if it's available online

[gekko]

No! You're evil!

Last summer, my computer room got flooded, and I was stuck in my bedroom all day long. So what did I do? Rubik's Cube, about 100 times. Did it once in 2 minutes.

But boot camp has taken away my skill. I can probably get it again, just need to remember the patterns. In the mean time, this is what you're trying to do. I wrote it long ago for another forum, give a guy a hint how to do it.

Gekko's guide to the cube:

1) Pick a side to start with, I choose white. Make a cross on top, and make sure the colors are on the correct sides.



2) Put the corners in place to finish the top layer



3) Place the edge pieces in place for the middle layer (center pieces can't be moved). Move the piece from the center position on the bottom later, to either side on the middle layer. Then the middle layer is complete.

4) Get the bottom corners in the correct spot, but the colors don't need to match up. The movement will switch the corners on the front face.

5) Get the colors in the corners to match up. The movement will move 3 corners at a time. Conclusion? Do it until only one corner is right, then keep flipping the other 3, and they will line up. then all you're left with is the edge pieces on the bottom layer.



6) For the remaining edge pieces, there is one movement that will move 3 out of the 4 of them. Get them all to their respective sides and you are left with 4 possibilities. The cube is complete, the two incorrect (color doesn't match side) pieces are next to each other, or directly across from each other, or all 4 are incorrect. Since I don't know the pattern to complete it when they are next to each other, I keep moving it around until they are across from each other. If all 4 are incorrect, it's the same pattern, you just do it twice. In other words, I go from this:



To this:



Ta da! It is complete!

Now, if you wait a little bit, when I got some free time, I can go find the patterns for you for each movement. But in the mean time, good luck.

[Ice Gecko]

hey guys im back....

and gekko you still havent changed ur avatar in 5+ months man!?!!

my rubiks cube came with a hint booklet but it still took me a week of hard trying to solve it

but search for rubik's cube solver download on the net and ull get it i got one ... it took forever to install.. enver used it much since i had to reformat pc cuz of spyware (not caused by it though)

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

I got a Rubik's Cube for Christmas and I mixed it all up and now I can't restore to it's natural state. Does anyone have any suggestions or hints on how to solve this impossible puzzle?

LoL. I got a rubiks cube for christmas last year, and I still havnt solved it. Good luck, man.

Oh, and now that Gekko has given all those cool hints, its time to go get my cube back out!

[Mushlafa]

Theres a guy who can do it blind folded if he just looks at it before he puts the blindfold on in like 2 minutes flat... Scary if you ask me

Me on the other hand.. ive only tried one of those once and gave up after like half an hour

[DimHalo]

i got one last year and i think i almost had it done...then my sister took itand i haven't seen it since

[gekko]

Ok assholes, I just broke my cube, and now I'm not positive how to get it all back together. But I'll type this as I go.

If you want to figure out how to do the cube on your own, use what I said before, figure it out. There's different ways to do it, but unless you can see like 6 moves ahead, don't bother trying to learn them. This metheod was completely figured out and memorized by me in a couple days.

Now, go ahead and write everything down, but you have no talent unless you can do any cube quickly, and easily, without references. So if you want to be one of the few people who can actually make the damn thing, memorizing these patterns is the trick. My suggestion is actually look at where the pieces are moving, get an idea of what is going on. And I'm typing it in the simplest manner, but not the most easy to memorize. For example, look at this pattern:

Center Bottom, to Left Edge

Front/Right, Bottom/Left, Front/Right, Bottom/Half, Front/Right, Bottom/Half, Front/Half (1), Bottom/Half, Front/Right, Bottom/Left, Front/Left

It means turn the front face right once, etc. How easy is it to memorize? It's not, really, but look at it this way. After the Front/Half twist, marked with (1), everything is back into place with one corner out of place. Well you already know how to move the corner into position, because you need it to get this far, so everything after that, you don't need to remember.

Now look at the half twists, instead of Bottom/Half, you think Bottom/Left, Bottom/Left, and Front/Right, Front/Right, then there are only two twists you do in this entire movement. Front/Right, and Bottom/Left. Then you soon figure out this is the easiest pattern to memorize.

Ok, now to the solution to any Rubik's cube:

Originally Posted by gekko

Gekko's guide to the cube:

1) Pick a side to start with, I choose white. Make a cross on top, and make sure the colors are on the correct sides.



2) Put the corners in place to finish the top layer

If you need help with this, put down the cube now!

3) Place the edge pieces in place for the middle layer (center pieces can't be moved). Move the piece from the center position on the bottom later, to either side on the middle layer. Then the middle layer is complete.

What this means in get the piece you want to move in the middle position on the bottom layer, and then you can move it either up and left, or up and right. Now to answer the common sense question, if the piece is already in the middle layer but the colors are wrong, what do you do? Do the same thing, move a piece into that position, which will move the piece that you want back to the bottom layer, and now get it in position.

Center Bottom, to Left Edge

Front/Right, Bottom/Left, Front/Right, Bottom/Half, Front/Right, Bottom/Half, Front/Half (1), Bottom/Half, Front/Right, Bottom/Left, Front/Left

Center Bottom to Right Edge (same damn thing, flip Left and rights)

Front/Left, Bottom/Right, Front/Left, Bottom/Half, Front/Left, Bottom/Half, Front/Half (1), Bottom/Half, Front/Left, Bottom/Right, Front/Left

4) Get the bottom corners in the correct spot, but the colors don't need to match up. The movement will switch the corners on the front face.

What I mean by this, for those who will be confused (most of you who are new to cubes), pick two colors who are adjacent to each other. On my Cube right now, two greens and two yellows are on the adjacent corners, orange and red are on the opposite end (diagonal). So let's pick green, put it so the two green corners are on the correct side of the cube. If the colors are facing the wrong way, don't worry about it. Now if the green/red is on the side with the green/orange, we'll need to swap the position of those two pieces. Get it? This is hard to do without pictures.

Corner Swap (two bottom corner pieces of the front face will be swapped)

Right/Down, Bottom/Left, Right/Up, Front/Right, Bottom/Right, Front/Left, Right/Down, Bottom/Right, Right/Up, Bottom/Half

5) Get the colors in the corners to match up. The movement will move 3 corners at a time. Conclusion? Do it until only one corner is right, then keep flipping the other 3, and they will line up. then all you're left with is the edge pieces on the bottom layer.

3 Corners (Bottom left corner on front face will not move)

Right/Down, Bottom/Left, Right/Up, Bottom/Left, Right/Down, Bottom/Half, Right/Up, Bottom/Half

6) For the remaining edge pieces, there is one movement that will move 3 out of the 4 of them. Get them all to their respective sides and you are left with 4 possibilities. The cube is complete, the two incorrect (color doesn't match side) pieces are next to each other, or directly across from each other, or all 4 are incorrect. Since I don't know the pattern to complete it when they are next to each other, I keep moving it around until they are across from each other. If all 4 are incorrect, it's the same pattern, you just do it twice. In other words, I go from this:



To this:



Ta da! It is complete!

Our problem now, the edge pieces on the bottom. We need to move the edges until all the colors are in the right spot (again, worry about matching the colors later). You can either move them left or right. But this move in tricky. First off, 3 of the 4 pieces will move. The one of the front face will stay. But now where this gets complicated, and you probably won't understand until you pay close attention to what happens after you do this movement (and you may do it many times).

Look at the bottom of you cube, if you started with white on top, it will now be blue. Now you have your 4 edge pieces which make a cross, forget about the top one, that will be your front face, and will stay. Then from left to right, number 1, 2, and 3. So it would be like this:

X X X
1 X 3
X 2 X

When 1 and 2 move, they will always flip colors, 3 never will. In other words, when you move left, 1 will move to 2, and flip colors. 2 will move to 3 and flip colors. 3 will move to 1, colors stay the same. Going right, 1 will move to 3 and flip colors, 2 will move to 1 and flip colors, and 3 will move to 2 and keep the same colors. Confused yet? Do it, you'll understand.

And now that you're lost, what you're shooting for here is for the two pieces with the incorrect colors to be across from each other (making an H with the correct colors). If all 4 pieces are correct, stop. If all 4 are incorrect, you'll be fine, just need to do the H pattern twice.

Move Edges Left (Counter-Clockwise)

Left/Up, Right/ Up, Front/Left, Left/Down, Right/Down, Bottom/Half, Left/Up, Right/Up, Front/Left, Left/Down, Right/Down

Move Edges Right (Clockwise)

Front/Right, Left/Down, Back/Right, Left/Up, Back/Left, Front/Left, Bottom/Right, Back/Left, Bottom/Left, Back/Right

Now, once you get the H, set this up correctly, or it will flip the wrong two blocks, and you'll be doing this pattern all day to fix it. The H needs to be the top layer of the cube, and the two incorrect pieces need to be on the left and right sides (as I'm holding it in the picture, green or yellow would be the front face, with blue on top). And this adds the first turning of the middle layer. Do not get all screwed up by that. Just leave the top and bottom alone, and turn the middle later. If you screw up now, you're starting over.

H Pattern

Right/Down, Middle/Left, Right/Half, Middle/Half, Right/Down, Top/Half, Right/Up, Middle/Half, Right/Half, Middle/Right, Right/Up, Top/Half

And congrats, you just did it, with my help.

[Yoda9864]

Good old Rubik's Cube. I got one about 5 years ago. The fastest I've solved it is 5 minutes. I've never used any guide either, cuz guides are for wimps.

One time I gave it to a friend so he could try it out. The d!ck takes off all the stickers and puts them on right. I just about punched him in the face. And once someone takes off the stickers, they just don't go back on right. So I took off all the stickers and put on nail polish so that dick's can't take off the stickers anymore. I also lubed it up really good so that it moves ultrasmooth.

I've tried to teach friends over the internet before and it's really really hard. It's still hard when you're teaching them and they're right beside you.

One of my friends can do it in 1 minute and 8 seconds. The fastest it's ever been done is 15 seconds I believe, which was done at osme international competition.

[thatmariolover]

There's a program you can use.

Find it here:

http://home.hetnet.nl/%7Emaartennicole/cube.htm