Identify edge pieces on the top layer that do not have yellow stickers. If you have an outward facing white sticker in the bottom layer, face it toward you and position the cube so that it is either in the bottom left or bottom right corner of the side facing you, and perform either the left or right trigger, respectively, to relocate it to the top face of the cube. If you have a white sticker facing the top, position the white sticker over something that is not white (because it will disrupt whatever is underneath), and, depending on if the piece is on the right or on the left, perform the following algorithm: Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. If the matched sticker is left of center, perform the Left Trigger. If the matched sticker in the top layer is right of the center, perform the Right Trigger. Once you’ve paired them, face the color-matched stickers toward you. (Planes are an ideal place to practice cubing.) The improvements came more slowly after that, but within a fortnight I’d lowered my average solve time to a little under 60 seconds.

I broke the two-minute barrier a couple days later, on a cross-country flight to Florida. Then I practiced performing them faster and more precisely.īy day three I was solving the cube in under four minutes. First I memorized a handful of algorithms (cuber lingo for defined sequences of moves known to advance a cube closer to its solved state). But I kept at it: For two weeks I spent at least 20 minutes a day scrambling my cube and solving it the way Mao had taught me. It is always possible to get at least 2 colours to match (click play). If you get it so that one colour matches, keep rotating futher. My first time solving the cube on my own took me more than 20 minutes. Rotate the yellow cross until some of the colours around the sides begin to match. Ninety seconds is not fast by speedcubing standards (the world’s fastest cubers average well below 10 seconds per solve), but Mao said it would be a respectable time for a dabbler such as myself. Afterwards he told me that, with practice, I could probably get my average solve time down to under a minute and a half. Hey guys today I am doing a project that many of you have been DEMANDING literally, hundreds and hundreds of comments about this have been going on for mon. Tyson Mao, a cofounder of the World Cube Association, came to WIRED’s offices and spent about an hour teaching me his go-to beginner’s method.

Earlier this year, while putting together a video about the world’s fastest solvers of the Rubik’s Cube, I decided to devote some time to learning to solve the classic puzzle myself.

Runix cube