You have completed the first-layer and last-layer lessons.
Keep white facing down when solving the first layer and yellow facing up for the last layer.
1. Start from your own scramble
Scramble your cube by turning several faces. The animation below reviews the final corner swap. It doesn’t show your full scramble.
Choose a white reference corner. Look at both side colours to decide where the other white corners belong.
2. Follow three checkpoints
| Stage | What to check before moving on | Review |
|---|---|---|
| First layer | White down and four matching bottom side pairs | Build the white layer |
| Last-face orientation | Yellow up and the white layer restored | Turn the last face yellow |
| Last-layer corner positions | Each of the six faces is a single colour after U alignment | Put corners in order |
If you’ve already met a checkpoint, skip its moves. Otherwise, open the lesson, identify your case and follow the instructions for holding the cube.
3. Handle the common sticking points
If the white face is complete but the bottom pair on any side doesn’t match, reposition the white corners. If the white layer looks scrambled during yellow corner twisting, finish the procedure with the same grip. If the yellow face is solid but the side colours are mixed, stop twisting and permute the corners.
These three situations look similar if you only look at one face. Inspect the side pairs before deciding what to repeat.
4. Try a second solve
Stop the animation and use your own cube. Try to decide which stage comes next before you look at the checklist. It’s fine to look up a move sequence. Focus on recognising when to use it.
Once you can solve the cube consistently, you can practise turning more smoothly or move on to the 3×3 course. Take your time, even on a smaller cube.
Need a reminder of the move notation?
R right · L left · U top · D bottom · F front · B back. A letter on its own means a 90° clockwise turn as you look directly at that face. An apostrophe (′) reverses the direction. A 2 means a 180° turn. Keep the same face at the front throughout the algorithm.
Watch, then try
Work through an example
Start by stepping through one move at a time. This prepared example shows a specific action. Use the lesson’s setup instructions to recognise when to use it on your own scramble.
Watch one worked example
Review the final T permutation using the prepared example. For the full solve, use the three checkpoints above on your own scrambled cube.
Example grip: Start with yellow on top, blue at the front and red on the right. Follow any written instructions for rotating the whole cube.
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Prepared position · 0 / 14 moves
Use Next move to follow the sequence.
Drag to inspect other faces. Use the arrow keys to rotate the view when the cube has keyboard focus.
Copy this exact example on your own cube
Start with a solved 2×2, with yellow on top and blue facing you. Apply 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.
F R U' R' U R U R2 F' R U R U' R'Then follow the lesson sequence. If your cube has a different colour scheme, use the relationships between your own colours to identify the equivalent 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
Scramble your cube and solve it using the three checkpoints below. Repeat with a second scramble, referring to the instructions only for the step where you get stuck.
Open a 2×2 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 assess your result.
If you get stuck
I keep repeating a sequence without progress.
Finish the sequence, then identify the first checkpoint you haven’t met. Hold the cube as shown in that lesson before trying its moves again.
Before moving on
Check your result
Your cube at this stage
All six faces solved
Every face is one colour. Check the back and bottom as well as the faces you can see here.
Confirm these on your cube. Watching the animation alone does not complete the lesson.
Tick each item once you can do it yourself.