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Fill the first layer with white corners

Put four white corners into homes matching all three colors.

Bottom

Find a three-color corner with white. Put it at top-front-right, above the home between its other two centers. Finish each four-move group.

Interactive example
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Only the view changes. Hold your real cube as instructed.

The white corner is at top-front-right directly above its home, with white facing right.

Hold it like this

In the demo, green is front and red is right. On your cube, choose the front that fits the piece.

Read the moves
  1. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  2. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  3. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  4. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
RUR'U'

One group put this corner home. Find the homes of the remaining corners and repeat.

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.

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Example bottom

Before moving on

Is the bottom all white, with each side’s bottom row matching its center?

The picture is an example. Check the written condition on your own cube.

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Start with a matched white cross. Use U to put the target corner above its home; regrip so the home is bottom-front-right. Repeat R U R′ U′ without extra U turns between groups. A correctly prepared top corner inserts after 1, 3, or 5 groups depending on its white sticker. Eject an incorrect bottom corner with one group at front-right, then align it above its correct home and start again. Other solved bottom corners stay in place.

  • The four moves are R U R' U'. Check only after a complete group.
  • Find the right home first. Do not choose a slot just from the white sticker.
Read every case

White faces right

The white corner is at top-front-right directly above its home, with white facing right.

In the demo, green is front and red is right. On your cube, choose the front that fits the piece.

  1. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  2. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  3. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  4. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.

R U R' U'

One group put this corner home. Find the homes of the remaining corners and repeat.

White faces up

The top-front-right corner is directly above its home, with white facing up.

In the demo, green is front and red is right. On your cube, choose the front that fits the piece.

  1. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  2. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  3. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  4. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  5. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  6. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  7. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  8. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  9. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  10. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  11. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  12. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.

R U R' U' R U R' U' R U R' U'

Three complete groups put it home. On your cube, finish each group and check white below and both side colors.

White faces front

The top-front-right corner is directly above its home, with white facing front.

In the demo, green is front and red is right. On your cube, choose the front that fits the piece.

  1. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  2. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  3. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  4. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  5. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  6. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  7. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  8. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  9. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  10. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  11. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  12. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  13. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  14. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  15. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  16. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  17. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  18. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  19. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  20. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.

R U R' U' R U R' U' R U R' U' R U R' U' R U R' U'

Five complete groups put it home. Do not add separate top turns between groups.

A corner is trapped below

The bottom-front-right corner has the wrong position or orientation.

In the demo, green is front and red is right. On your cube, choose the front that fits the piece.

  1. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  2. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn clockwise.
  3. Look straight at the right face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.
  4. Look straight at the top face. Turn only that face a quarter turn counterclockwise.

R U R' U'

The trapped white corner came up. Find its correct home from both side colors, then use U to put it above that home.

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.