Home  |  Games & Gaming  | 

Solve a Rubik's Cube

Solve Rubik's Cube

To properly view this site, javascript must be enabled and Flash version 9 or higher must be installed.
Get the latest Flash player

View Comments (Add Comment)

  • MasterofMonkeySee Flag

    Fast
    Man hes fast i bet no one can beat him.

  • johngoodman Flag

    interesting

  • giannyl Flag

    wow!
    amazing!

  • freed123 Flag

    help
    for the video orientating the last layer edges, my yellow face only has a bar with a block on the side in the center. the block is always facing outwards is there a way to make the t. i have tried all the other ways. nothing works

Bob Burton
http://www.cubewhiz.com  
 

Bob has been solving Rubik's Cubes since 2001 and competed in over twenty official contests all over the world. He has held several world records and national titles for Rubik's puzzles, including the Rubik's Magic and Square-1. He currently averages about twenty seconds to solve a Rubik's Cube with a personal best of 13 seconds. He has even solved the puzzle blindfolded in several official competitions. At Rutgers University, Bob founded the RU Rubik's Cube Club, which hosted official competitions twice each year, attracting competitors from all over the country in addition to several international competitors. He has also developed several fingertricks for Rubik's Cube algorithms that are used by some of the fastest speedcubers in the world. Bob is also the webmaster for cubewhiz.com, a site designed for speedcubers to learn new tricks and become faster.  Bob is a math teacher at a high school in New York City. He received his B.A. in mathematics from Rutgers University and is currently pursuing a M.A. in mathematics education from the City College of New York. He also has a great interest in the sciences, especially physics and chemistry.  Bob currently lives with his family in Kearny, New Jersey.

Solve Rubik's Cube

This video series will show how to solve a Rubik's cube. Bob Burton, Rubik's cube puzzle expert, will go through a beginner solver's method and include tips on how to prepare an ordinary cube for solving. The beginner's method describes how to solve the first layer cross, the first layer corners, the middle edges, the last layer orientation of edges and corners, and last layer permutation (placement) of edges and corners. The video also includes an example solve with each step explained as it occurs.

This series: 923,390 views

Download to Mobile Device
Tags:

Puzzle

,

Math

,

Algorithm

,

Solve

,

Rubik's cube

,

Rubik's cube puzzle

,

Rubik's cube hints

,

Rubik's cube how to

,

Rubik's cube solution

,

Rubiks

Comments:

4 (Read Comments) (Add Comment)

Print

Transcripts

I am Bob Burton, Rubik's Cube Expert and Webmaster of cubewhiz.com. I have been solving Rubik's cubes for about six years and compete in competitions all around the world. Now I am going to teach you how to solve a Rubik's cube puzzle. All you need to get started is a Rubik's cube.

First I will show you how to prepare a Rubik's cube for solving. Then next I will explain each step. The first step being solving the first layer across, then the first layer corners, next the middle layer edges, next orienting the last layer edges, then the last layer corners, and finally permuting the last layer edges and last layer corners of the Rubik's cube. Now that we are ready, lets get started.

Other Videos

  • How to do a Pub Trick !!

    How to do a Pub Trick !!

    Pub Trick. Here a great pub trick. You can use this pub trick to win bets. So with this pub trick you can get a lot of free beers. Remove the bill from underneath the bottle without touching the bottle. A really nice pub. You can find this pub trick at http://easybartricks.com/bill-beneath-the-bottle-bar-trick.html And more pub tricks at http://easybartricks.com We have a huge collection of pub tricks.
  • How to Play Chess-Part 2

    How to Play Chess-Part 2

    Part 2 of 2: A lesson on the basics of playing chess.
  • Play Halo - Operate and Jack Halo 3 Enemy Vehicles

    Play Halo - Operate and Jack Halo 3 Enemy Vehicles

    This video will show how to play Halo and steal and drive enemy vehicles in Halo 3.
  • Backgammon

    Backgammon

    A video introduction to Backgammon taught by former college educator and current Baltimore Backgammon Club Director, Vic Morawski. While aimed primarily at beginning and novice level players, the video series contains some tips and insights that should be of interest to intermediate players and to those wishing to make the transition from internet to live play. After familiarizing viewers with the basic parts of a Backgammon set and presenting an overview of the game's rules, this well-organized series shows how experienced players approach the game by introducing the types of game plans used by them to play winning Backgammon: The Running Game, the Blitz, Priming Game, Holding Game and Back Game.
  • How to Make the World's Smallest Illusion

    How to Make the World's Smallest Illusion

  • How to do a very cool bar trick!

    How to do a very cool bar trick!

    Very Cool Bar Trick. Stack a business card, a cigarette and a coin on a glass. Now remove only the business card and the cigarette so that the coin falls into the glass. This is a very cool bar trick. You can perform the bar trick with simple objects that you can find in any bar. The Bar Trick seems impossible and that is why it is so cool. You can find more bar tricks at http://easybartricks.com We have a huge collection of Bar tricks. You can find this bar trick at http://easybartricks.com/blown-away-bar-trick.html All the bar tricks are free and presented in video. Very Cool Bar Trick.