You know how to solve the last layer using the beginner method, and you have a yellow cross.
Yellow up. Hold the only yellow-up corner at the top-front-left. The yellow sticker on the front-right corner faces the front.
1. Understand what this case teaches
OLL means orienting the last layer so the whole top face is one colour. You already do this by making a yellow cross, then twisting the corners. This lesson adds one faster corner case you can use once the cross is complete.
Use Sune for the yellow sticker pattern described below. Identifying the case and holding the cube in the correct orientation are part of the algorithm.
2. Check both identifying stickers
First make sure all four yellow edges face up and the first two layers are solved. Then inspect the corners:
- Exactly one corner has yellow facing up. Hold it at top-front-left.
- The corner at top-front-right has its yellow sticker facing front.
The second condition distinguishes this case from a similar-looking opposite twist. Compare both conditions with the starting net below before turning.
3. Apply Sune
R U R' U R U2 R'
Perform all seven moves without changing your grip. With the case set up correctly, the top becomes yellow and the first two layers stay solved. You may still need to permute the top-layer pieces to match the side colours.
4. Use a familiar fallback for other cases
If the top of your cube doesn’t match these conditions, use the beginner yellow-corner method. You can learn Sune without memorising all the last-layer orientation cases at once.
Once the yellow face is complete, use your usual method to position the corners and edges. The next optional lesson focuses on recognising the final edge cycle.
Watch, then try
Work through an example
Start by stepping through the example one move at a time. This example demonstrates a specific action. Use the lesson’s setup instructions to recognise when that action applies to your own scramble.
Watch one worked example
Find the only corner with yellow facing up and hold it at the front-left. Check that the yellow sticker on the front-right corner faces the front. Sune orients the corners in seven moves.
Example grip: yellow up · blue front · red right at the start. Follow any written whole-cube rotations.
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Prepared position · 0 / 7 moves
Use Next move to follow the sequence.
Drag to inspect other faces. When the cube has focus, use the arrow keys to rotate the view.
Copy this exact example on your own cube
Start with a solved 3×3, with yellow on top and blue facing you. Follow the setup moves below from left to right to recreate the example’s starting position. Keep this example separate from the scramble you’re solving throughout the course.
R U2 R' U' R U' R'Then follow the lesson sequence. If your cube has a different colour scheme, use your own colours to identify the corresponding pieces.
Compare the starting position and the result
Drag each cube to inspect its other faces.
Explain it to yourself
Check your understanding
Now use your own cube
Your turn
Recreate the prepared setup on a solved cube, check both identifying stickers, then perform Sune. Restore the same setup and repeat from a different viewing angle.
Open a 3×3 Digital Cube for practiceThe Digital Cube opens in a new tab so you can keep this lesson open while you practise. Check for yourself whether you’ve met the lesson goal, as the Digital Cube doesn’t assess your result.
If you get stuck
I see one yellow-up corner, but Sune doesn’t finish orienting the last layer.
Also check the yellow sticker on the front-right corner. It must face the front for this setup. You need both clues to identify the case.
Before moving on
Check your result
Your cube at this stage
Last-layer orientation complete
The top is yellow and the first two layers are solved. Finish positioning the top pieces next.
Confirm these on your cube. Watching the animation alone does not complete the lesson.
Tick each item when you can do it yourself.