Make a white daisy around yellow
Put four white edges around the yellow center.
Leave the white corners for later. Find only two-color edges with white and bring them up, one at a time.
See another side
Only the view changes. Hold your real cube as instructed.
White faces down on the front-bottom edge, and the front-top petal spot is free.
Hold it like this
Put that edge at front-bottom. Keep the yellow center up.
Read the moves
- Turn only the front face halfway.
White is on top. Find another white edge and repeat until there are four petals.
My cube looks different
Not every color needs to match the example. Compare the piece you are working on and the nearby centers. If no case matches, check the step-by-step help below.
Keep the yellow center up and the white center down. Keep the same front until the whole move sequence ends.
Before moving on
Is the top center yellow with four white edge petals around it? Their side colors can differ for now.
The picture is an example. Check the written condition on your own cube.
Stuck? Review this step
These cases show local petal moves. On the real cube, use U turns to free the destination and any top edge a face turn would disturb. A lower white edge facing sideways first moves into the middle layer; then choose its new matching case. Continue only when all four white edges face up. Other petals in the demonstrations have been prepared in advance.
- Use U turns to leave an empty top spot for a new petal.
- If a move would knock out a petal, stop. Turn the top to free that spot first.
Read every case
White faces down
White faces down on the front-bottom edge, and the front-top petal spot is free.
Put that edge at front-bottom. Keep the yellow center up.
- Turn only the front face halfway.
F2
White is on top. Find another white edge and repeat until there are four petals.
White faces front in the middle
White faces front on the front-right edge, and the top-right petal spot is free.
In the demo, green is front and red is right. On your cube, choose the front that fits the piece.
- Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
R
One white petal moved up. Choose another edge.
White faces right in the middle
White faces right on the front-right edge, and the top-front petal spot is free.
In the demo, green is front and red is right. On your cube, choose the front that fits the piece.
- Look straight at the front face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
F'
One white petal moved up. Check for all four petals.
A lower edge faces front
White faces front on the front-bottom edge. There is no white petal at front-top.
In the demo, green is front and red is right. On your cube, choose the front that fits the piece.
- Look straight at the front face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
F
The white edge is now at front-left in the middle layer. Regrip the whole cube to put it at front-right, then choose the matching middle-layer case.
White faces sideways on a top edge
White faces front on the top-front edge. The top-right petal spot is free.
In the demo, green is front and red is right. On your cube, choose the front that fits the piece.
- Look straight at the front face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
- Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
F R
White moved through the middle layer and now faces up. Check for all four petals.
What do the letters mean?
R right, L left, U top, D bottom, F front, B back. Look straight at the face you turn: a letter means a clockwise quarter turn, a prime (′) means counterclockwise, and 2 means a half turn.