You can solve the last layer using the beginner method, and your cube has a yellow cross.
Keep yellow up. The only corner with yellow facing up is at top-front-left. The corner at top-front-right has its yellow sticker facing the front.
1. Understand what this case teaches
OLL means orienting the last layer so the whole top is one colour. In the beginner method, you do this by making a yellow cross and then twisting the corners. This lesson adds one faster corner case to use once the cross is complete.
Use Sune only when the yellow stickers match the pattern and orientation shown below.
2. Check both identifying stickers
First check that all four yellow edge stickers face up and that the first two layers are solved. Then inspect the corners.
- Exactly one corner has yellow facing up. Position that corner at top-front-left.
- The corner at top-front-right has its yellow sticker facing the front.
The second condition distinguishes this case from a similar pattern with the opposite twist. Check both conditions against the net of the starting position below before turning.
3. Apply Sune
R U R' U R U2 R'
Keep the same grip for all seven moves. If you’ve set up the case correctly, the top becomes yellow and the first two layers stay solved. You may still need to permute the top-layer pieces so the side colours match.
4. Use a familiar fallback for other cases
If the top layer does not 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 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
Find the only corner with yellow facing up and hold it at top-front-left. Check that the top-front-right corner has its yellow sticker facing the front. Sune orients the corners in seven moves.
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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Starting position set · 0 / 7 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 3×3, with yellow on top and blue at the front. Apply the setup moves below from left to right to create the example’s starting position. Keep this example separate from the scramble you are 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 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
Recreate the setup on a solved cube, check both identifying features and perform Sune. Restore the same setup and repeat from a different viewing angle.
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 assess your result.
If you get stuck
I can see one corner with yellow facing up, but Sune leaves the yellow face unfinished.
Also check the yellow sticker on the top-front-right corner. It must face the front for this setup. One corner with yellow facing up does not identify the case on its own.
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 once you can do it yourself.