You can solve the last layer using the beginner method, and you have already made the yellow cross.
Hold the cube with yellow up. The only corner with yellow facing up should be at the top-front-left. The yellow sticker on the top-front-right corner should face the front.
1. Understand what this case teaches
OLL means orienting the last layer so that the whole top face is one colour. You already do this by making the yellow cross and then twisting the corners. This lesson teaches one faster way to orient the corners in a specific case after the cross is complete.
Use Sune only when the corner pattern matches this case. Identify the pattern and hold the cube as shown below before applying the algorithm.
2. Check both sticker positions
First make sure all four yellow edges face up and the first two layers are solved. Then check the corners as shown below.
- Exactly one corner has its yellow sticker facing up. Hold the cube with that corner 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'
Keep the same grip for all seven moves. With the correct setup, the top face turns yellow and the first two layers stay solved. Pieces in the top layer may still need to be moved into the correct positions.
4. Use a familiar fallback for other cases
If the top layer does not meet these conditions, use the beginner yellow-corner method. You can learn Sune without memorising all the last-layer orientation cases at once.
After the yellow face is complete, position the corners and edges using the method you already know. The next optional lesson focuses on recognising the final edge cycle.
Watch, then try
Work through an example
Start by going through the moves one at a time. The prepared example shows a specific action. Use the lesson’s setup instructions to recognise when to apply it to your own scramble.
Watch one worked example
Find the only corner with yellow facing up at the top-front-left, and check that the yellow sticker on the top-front-right corner faces the front. Sune orients the corners in seven moves.
Starting grip. Yellow up · blue at the front · red on the right. Follow any written instructions for rotating the whole cube.
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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 facing up and blue facing 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 as you work through the course.
R U2 R' U' R U' R'Then 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
Apply the setup moves to a solved cube, check both sticker orientations and then 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 refer to this lesson while you practise. Check for yourself whether you’ve met the lesson goal. The Digital Cube does not grade your work.
If you get stuck
One corner has yellow facing up, but Sune leaves the yellow face unfinished.
Also check that the yellow sticker on the top-front-right corner faces the front. You need both sticker orientations to identify this Sune 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 once you can do it yourself.