Four white petals around the yellow centre. Return to the daisy lesson if any are missing.
Keep yellow up and white down. Turn the whole cube sideways to bring each petal’s matching centre to the front.
1. Identify both colours on a petal
Choose a white petal and look at its side-facing sticker. If it is blue, the edge needs to go beside the blue centre. White alone does not identify its home.
2. Match the side sticker
Turn only U until that side sticker sits directly above the centre of the same colour. You are moving the edge around the top, keeping white facing up. Rotate the whole cube sideways so this matching face is at the front.
3. Lower it with a half-turn
Do F2. The top-front petal travels to bottom-front with white pointing down. Its other sticker still matches the front centre.
Choose another petal still on top. Use U to align its side sticker with the centre of the same colour. Face that centre and do F2 again. Repeat until all four petals have moved down. The remaining petals can move around the top as you work.
4. Inspect the cross from two directions
Look underneath: four white edges should surround the white centre. Then inspect every side. The bottom-middle sticker of each side must match its centre, making a short vertical line of one colour.
If the white sticker faces down but the side colour does not match, turn the whole cube so that edge is at the front, then do F2 to bring it back up. Use U to match its side sticker to the correct centre, then lower the edge there. If the wrong edge is already in that spot, lift it first, then place both edges.
White corners can still be anywhere. Do not solve them yet; keep white down for the next lesson.
Watch, then try
Work through an example
Start by going through the example one move at a time. It shows a specific action from a prepared position. Use the lesson’s setup instructions to recognize when that action applies to your own scramble.
Watch one worked example
Watch the white-blue petal move from the top-front position to the bottom with F2. Its blue sticker matches the blue centre before and after the move. The example shows one petal; repeat the process for all four on your cube.
Example grip: yellow up · blue front · red right at the start. Follow any written whole-cube rotations.
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Use Next move to follow the sequence.
Drag to inspect other faces. Use the arrow keys to rotate the view when the cube has focus.
Copy this exact example on your own cube
Start with a solved 3×3 with yellow on top and blue in front. Follow the setup moves below from left to right to create the example’s starting position. Keep this example separate from the scramble you’re solving throughout the course.
F2Then follow the lesson sequence. If your cube’s colour scheme differs, match the piece relationships using your own colours.
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
Lower one matched petal at a time. After each half-turn, tip the cube just enough to check the bottom edge and its side colour, then turn the cube back so yellow faces up.
Open a 3×3 Digital Cube for practiceOpens in a new tab so you can keep this lesson open while you practise. Check for yourself whether you’ve met the lesson goal. The Digital Cube doesn’t grade your work.
If you get stuck
There’s a white cross on the bottom, but the side colours don’t match their centres.
Bring the misplaced edge back to the top with a half-turn of its side. Line up its side sticker with the matching centre, then lower the edge on that face. The cross is complete only when all four side stickers match their centres.
Before moving on
Check your result
Your cube at this stage
An aligned white cross
The four white edges are on the bottom, with each side sticker matching its centre. Corners and upper layers can still be mixed.
Confirm these on your cube. Watching the animation alone does not complete the lesson.
Check off each item once you can do it yourself.