{"id":241,"date":"2020-10-14T16:22:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T14:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.remyblom.nl\/?p=241"},"modified":"2020-11-17T10:20:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T09:20:56","slug":"solving-cubes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.remyblom.nl\/?p=241","title":{"rendered":"Solving cubes&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Okay, I&#8217;m a bit of a nerd, yeah! I have many crazy hobbies and one of them is solving cubes. I&#8217;m not into speed cubing (yet) but like to solve different cubes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3&#215;3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yeah, the basic cube. All methods of solving cubes basically come down to variations on the solution for the 3&#215;3. So here is a short version of the solve for beginners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>make the white layer, cross first, corners after that. <\/li><li>second layer: <ul><li><strong>U R U&#8217; R&#8217; U&#8217; F&#8217; U F<\/strong> -or- <strong>U&#8217; L&#8217; U L U F U&#8217; F&#8217;<\/strong> <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>cross on third layer:<ul><li>repeat: <strong>F R U R&#8217; U&#8217; F<\/strong>&#8216;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>position edges:<ul><li><strong>R U R&#8217; U R U2 R&#8217; U<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>position corners:<ul><li><strong>U R U&#8217; L&#8217; U R&#8217; U&#8217; L<\/strong> -or- <strong>U&#8217; L&#8217; U R U&#8217; L U R&#8217;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>orient corners (put the up-face or yellow face LEFT):<ul><li> repeat (6x): <strong>U&#8217; R&#8217; U R<\/strong> <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Okay, now let&#8217;s start talking about parity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2&#215;2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Super simple cube, no edges, just put corners in position. One parity, switched corners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>next to each other, on front:<ul><li> <strong>U&#8217; L&#8217; U R U&#8217; L U R&#8217;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Octagonal Barrel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Two possible parities: The first one is that after completing the second layer you don&#8217;t find 0, 2 or 4 edges with their yellow side up, but you might also have 1 or 3. In this case choose on edge from the second layer and rotate this edge:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>(U R U&#8217; R&#8217; U&#8217; F&#8217; U F) U2 (U R U&#8217; R&#8217; U&#8217; F&#8217; U F) <\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The second parity is with the final corners: two corners are swapped:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>R U R&#8217; U&#8217; L&#8217; U&#8217; L U&#8217; F U&#8217; F2 U2 F<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4&#215;4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Reduce to a 3&#215;3. Centers first, edges after that. Team up to edge pieces on either side of a center:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Dd R F&#8217; U R&#8217; F Dd&#8217;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Last top edge (or wings) swapped:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>r&#8217; U2 l F2 l&#8217; F2 r2 U2 r U2 r&#8217; U2 F2 r2 F2<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Last two corners swapped:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>r2 U2 r2  Uu2 r2 Uu2<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I&#8217;m a bit of a nerd, yeah! I have many crazy hobbies and one of them is solving cubes. I&#8217;m not into speed cubing (yet) but like to solve different cubes. 3&#215;3 Yeah, the basic cube. All methods of solving cubes basically come down to variations on the solution for the 3&#215;3. 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