Your first cube,
one layer at a time.

Start with the white cross. Watch each move, then try it on the cube in your hands.

Start with the white cross

All you need is a 3×3 cube. No algorithms to memorize first.

One piece. Then all six faces.3 × 3

The path to a solved cube

Begin at the top, or pick up from the layer you have reached.

First, the white layer

Build the cross, then fill the corners.

  1. 01

    Turn the daisy into a white cross

    Match the white cross and its side colors.

  2. 02

    Fill the first layer with white corners

    Put four white corners into homes matching all three colors.

Next, the middle layer

Place the edges that have no yellow.

  1. 03

    Send edges without yellow to the middle

    Solve the four middle-layer edges.

Finally, the yellow layer

From the yellow cross to the last corner.

  1. 04

    Make a yellow cross on top

    Make all four yellow edges face up.

  2. 05

    Match the yellow cross side colors

    Match all four yellow edge side colors to their centers.

  3. 06

    Find homes for the yellow corners

    Put corners in homes matching all three colors; their twist can wait.

  4. 07

    Twist the corners and finish

    Make the yellow on each correctly placed corner face up.

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Pieces and holding your cubeGathering white edges on top
My cube has a different pattern

The whole pattern does not need to match. Compare the piece you are working on with the nearby centers. The screen shows a demonstration.

Where is my progress saved?

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