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Rubik's cube solving



This page supplies the general instructions for using the solution guides on the website.


The images below show 7x7x7 cubes, but they hold for every cube. Larger cubes add more types
of moves.


Commands

•  F = Front
•  B = Back
•  L = Left
•  R = Right
•  D = Down
•  U = Up
•  H = Horizontal
•  V = Vertical


Elements

There are 4 elements involved in describing a move.

1.
A letter that tells you which face to rotate:
•  F = front face
•  U = upper face
•  R = right face

2.
An ' apostrophe means you have to rotate a face counterclockwise 90 degrees.
The 2 superscript means you have to rotate the face twice (180 degrees).
No apostrophe or superscript means you have to rotate a face clockwise 90 degrees.
•  F   = front face 90 degrees clockwise
•  L'  = left face 90 degrees counterclockwise
•  H2 = single horizontal row 180 degrees (as seen from the upper face)
•  V'  = single vertical row 90 degrees counterclockwise (as seen from the right face)

3.
A number that tells you which (single) layer to rotate:
•  F = 1st layer of the front face
•  2U = 2nd layer of the upper face
•  3L = 3rd layer of the left face

4.
Underlined tells you whether to rotate multiple layers simultaneously:
•  2F = 2 layers of the front face
•  3U = 3 layers of the upper face


Combined examples:
•  2F' = rotate 2 front face layers counterclockwise.
•  3L2 = rotate the 3rd left face 180 degrees.


Basic moves

F F' F2 cmd_f
B B' B2 cmd_b
L L' L2 cmd_l
R R' R2 cmd_r
D D' D2 cmd_d
U U' U2 cmd_u
H H' H2 cmd_h
V V' V2 cmd_v


Example advanced moves

2F 2F' 2F2 cmd_f
3R 3R' 3R2 cmd_f