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Troubleshooting

Help with your cube and the solver

Fix colour entry, playback, and scanner issues. Start with the problem you’re seeing.

Enter colours

Before you retry

  • Select the same size as your physical cube.
  • Compare all six faces with the entry preview.
  • Keep track of the top and front faces.

The colour count is wrong

Choose your cube size and check the count for each colour. A cube with N stickers per edge has N² stickers of each colour and 6 × N² in total. Once the counts match, check that the pieces form a valid arrangement.

Sticker counts

Per colour
9
Total stickers
54
All supported sizes
Sticker counts for every supported size
Cube sizePer colourTotal stickers
2×2424
3×3954
4×41696
5×525150
6×636216
7×749294
8×864384
9×981486
10×10100600
11×11121726
12×12144864
13×131691,014
14×141961,176
15×152251,350
16×162561,536
17×172891,734

The back or bottom face looks reversed

Follow the editor’s face guide and keep track of the indicated top and front. Enter the back as seen from behind and the bottom as shown in the guide. If you lose track, reset the view to keep the colours you’ve already entered.

The 3×3 has an impossible state

A single twisted corner, a single flipped edge, or a swap of exactly two pieces cannot come from legal turns on a standard 3×3. First compare the affected stickers with your physical cube. If the colours match, check whether a corner was twisted or the cube was reassembled.

I’m seeing parity on a large cube

On even cubes from 4×4 through 16×16, a legal position can look like a flipped edge pair or two swapped edge pairs after reduction. Enter the cube at its full size so the solver can account for its centres and inner layers.

On odd cubes from 5×5 through 17×17, fixed middle edges and their surrounding pieces have different constraints. Check whether the edge group is still unpaired before treating it as a flipped 3×3 edge.

The moves don’t match my cube

Pause and compare your cube’s front and top faces with the player’s starting position. To determine which way is clockwise, look directly at the face you’re turning. Use Previous move to undo the last move or Restart Solution to return to the saved starting state.

If you edited the colours or entered a different cube, solve the current state again.

Read the notation guide

The solver is slow or unavailable

Larger cubes can take longer to solve. Leave the colours you entered in place while the solver is running. If it times out, check your connection and try again. After playback, the player tells you whether the displayed cube is solved.

The QR code or app connection stopped working

Check that both devices are online. If the session has expired, reopen the scanner and scan the new code shown in the browser tab where you want the solution to appear.

See the scanner setup guide

A saved result disappeared

Private browsing, storage restrictions, or clearing website data can erase a browser session. Enter or scan your cube again so the solver can verify the starting state and calculate a fresh solution.

My puzzle is a picture cube or shape modification

The solver checks sticker colours on standard cubes from 2×2 through 17×17. Picture cubes and shape modifications can also depend on how the pieces are oriented. Check the orientation of those pieces on your puzzle after following the solution based on sticker colours.

Scan your cube

Scan the QR code with your phone to open Cube Solver, then use the app to scan your cube. Keep this page open while you scan.

Tap “Open scanner” to scan your cube in the app on this phone. Return to this browser for the solution.

  1. Open your phone’s camera.
  2. Scan the QR code.
  3. Follow the instructions in Cube Solver.
Open scanner
Connect another phone
  1. Open your phone’s camera.
  2. Scan the QR code.
  3. Follow the instructions in Cube Solver.
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