Four white petals around the yellow center. Return to the daisy lesson if any are missing.
Keep yellow up and white down. Turn the whole cube sideways to face each petal’s matching center.
1. Read both colors 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 center. White alone does not identify its home.
2. Match the side sticker
Turn only U until that side sticker sits directly above the center of the same color. 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 center.
Choose another petal still on top. Match its side color with U, face that center, and do F2 again. Repeat until all four petals have moved down. The remaining petals may move around the top; they do not need to stay in their original positions.
4. Inspect the cross from two directions
Look underneath: four white edges should surround the white center. Then inspect every side. The bottom-middle sticker of each side must match its center, making a short vertical line of one color.
If white is down but a side color is wrong, face that edge and do F2 to lift it back up. Match it with U and lower it at the correct side. If its destination is occupied incorrectly, lift that edge first too, then place both.
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
Use one move at a time first. This prepared case teaches a specific action; use the lesson’s setup instructions to recognize when it applies to your own scramble.
Watch one worked example
Watch the white-blue petal at top-front move down with F2. Its blue side matches the blue center before and after the move. This isolates one transfer; on your cube, repeat for all four petals.
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. Arrow keys rotate the view when the cube is focused.
Copy this exact example on your own cube
Start with a solved 3×3, yellow up and blue front. Apply the setup below from left to right. This creates the example’s starting position. Keep this separate from the ongoing scramble you are solving through the course.
F2Then follow the lesson sequence. If your cube’s color scheme differs, match the piece relationships using your own colors.
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 every half-turn, tip the cube just enough to inspect the bottom edge and its side color, then restore yellow up.
Open a 3×3 Digital Cube for practiceOpens in a new tab so you can keep this lesson beside your practice. Check the lesson goal yourself; the Digital Cube does not grade it.
If you get stuck
The bottom is a white cross but the side colors do not match.
Lift the misplaced edge with a half-turn of its side, match its side sticker on top, then lower it at the correct center. A white-only cross is not the checkpoint.
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 center. Corners and upper layers can still be mixed.
Confirm these on your cube. Watching the animation alone does not complete the lesson.
Check every item when you can do it yourself.