How to solve the Rubik's Cube: Beginner's Method [part 3/3]

[MrWaddlezzzz]

Excellent tutorial. Solved my first cube. Took me 30 min but thanks alot

[salongman]

how many rubiks cube do you have????

[redx2403]

Great vids, dude. Thanks a lot ^^

[Robolawrence23]

thanks!

[sp00fboyz]

thx it helped alot keep up the good work

[sp00fboyz]

thx so much this helped me a lot got it in like 5 trys

[norkaMURDER]

Thank you :) Very helpful, solved it right along with the videos.. 5 Stars !

[ben1996123]

holy crap youre voice sounds really strange here

[agmaxcooling]

thank you badmephisto

it was a really good explaination.......

[xKMHxI2EAP3Rx]

I'm a beginner at the Rubik's Cube, and after watching your videos, I've learned how to solve it, and with the cheat sheet, I can memorize the algorithms anywhere. Thank you very much for all the help. I was doing the clockwise cycle the first time I tried the solve, and I did L instead of L', and screwed myself up, because I couldn't backtrack XP Anyway, thanks for the help :))

[popcornlagace]

so my last layer is almost done but i cant solve my two last peices, only two peices are out of place. looking at my last layer from the top the bottom and right of the cross need to be interchanged and i cant seem to find a pattern within the moving 3 clockwise vice versa to solve it :(

[gitrman0418]

This video suite was extremely helpful; I was able to finally solve the cube and now have my average down to about 1:15. Thank you very much. Also, the F2L video helped with recognizing some cases that appear more often than others. Again, thank you.

[stephieluvsu]

clear explaination but try to turn it slowly as BEGINNERS are still confused with directions and all...

all are great except d speed of turning

[badmephisto]

thanks for feedback. I think its very crappy. These videos are REally bad. I am in process of remaking them right now, and will publish soon hopefully. They are a lot of work...

[stephieluvsu]

The videos are really good

after a while we managed to fix the rubics cube after putting the vid on slow-mo. on the turning part

cheers for the work!

[badmephisto]

why didn't you just go to the website i link to in the video description? Or follow the algorithms that I show on top of the video? I explained how notation works... I dont get it

[apurforyou]

Well, when I first got my cube, you helped me a lot. ^_^

[hobounited4]

thx you rock man. Now i know how to fix a rubix cube. u r the master at teaching very clear

[allengarner2]

Amazing!! I never once looked down at the cube while I was performing the algorithms and they performed flawlessly. You are an amazing instructor!! This was a lot of fun.

[Wombat44444]

this is great video!!!!!! the way you explain it makes it so easy. the graphics are a major help as well! :)

[Waivanz]

This method combined with my previous one dropped my time down a lot! Thank you for that, but can you give me a link for the algorithms so i can switch the edges on last layer instead of doing the clockwise thing twice.

[Chateaubriand77]

very helpful! awesome vid thx

[kolumbu]

Great! Thanks mate!

[homeslicesam]

I suscribed and could you slow down the counter clockwise/clockwise part please?Great vid 0:17 really helped. Thanks to your vids I can do the first 2 layers memorised!

[GottMeinFuhrer]

Well done sir!

[nelvic2000]

Your fomula its so bad

[nelvic2000]

Your formula its to bad from me

[JonRob2109]

Cheers for your videos. Very helpful indeed, finally solved mine and now working on reducing my time

[gam3rkill]

ty I completed the rubiks today very easy instructions too

[dabqueen2007]

this was extremely helpful wow great job !!

[debstermachine]

wow i was following along w/ u 2 solve the cube and i did!!!!

thx dude u really helpeed a lot!!!!

[LoopyBoi999]

thanks! these 3 videos helped me alot.

10/5

[dogsoldier111]

i recommend this video to all new cubers it was amazing and very helpful thank you

[tirthakaria]

As for me, i really was on the same track what you were explaining!!!!

Thank you!!

[tirthakaria]

Great Work! You are my teacher in Rubik Cube! Hats of to you!

[TozerW]

i went through the effort to try and learn how to solve the cube and listened to a video i found on here.... the guy doing it.... made things SO complicated... you explained it all in a step by step tutorial.... it made things really easy to understand... thanks for actually taking the time to explain it, rather then just doing it on the screen and hoping we follow along

[spursmedic]

yea thanks, best beginners tutorial on youtube :) !

[qblackmay08]

Just wanted to say I've seen a lot of confusing ways to teach the cube, and this was not one of them. Great job on the vid. I learned alot.

[paocubid14]

thank you so much for teaching me

i timed myself and it is 35 sec.

im pretty fast..hakhak^_^

[gam3rkill]

impressive...

btw man great vid i hope when i get my cube i hopefully get to solve it!!

[MrEmagicman]

wow man, your tutorials are fantastic! and with those grafics, everything is easy to understand!

[crazyman4253]

dude thanks man u are freekin awesome i caught on to this very quick

[dubefest]

thank you you are amazing, you explained it clearly, used graphics, and it was so easy, a caveman can do it! :-P

[Catlicker101]

2nd and 3rd solves today! Thank you Mephisto! hard getting used to these algorithms, but getting better and have gotten some of them..Thanks again! 5 stars bro!

[m3x1sk8er]

i learned from dan brown but ive been doing the fridrich for about 2 months now and i thought my friend the way you teach its much easier

[JellyBabiie1]

Thank you for helping me how to solve the rubik's cube

[CapoRX]

Thanks! Great vids and even example solves at the end for the icing on the cake!

[celinejonasrox123]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!.... I learned how to solve it for the very first time!!!!

[badmephisto]

you're welcome, you're welcome, you're welcome!!! :)

[roxtar10870]

Great vids man. Very big help. Thank you very much.

[DullPain4]

if it's the third or fourth case and you do one of the algorithims you do the same one again

[junito1968]

Hey Mad.. , I have checked out a couple of videos on cubing, u are one of the best explainig and ur page is very helpful...just got to remember a couple more algoryhtyms. keep it up. Ty

[funkyfreshjive]

Thank you! You're an awesome instructor! I have never solved a cube until watching this video. In two days, I am doing it with algorithms memorized...and I am beginning to apply other algorithms from your website to do different things. Again, thank you!

[WeiseGuy91]

Just to add some more feedback, after reviewing your 2-Look PLL video, I realized those clockwise/counter clockwise edge rotations are easier to memorize and faster then the method mentioned in this video. Maybe in the info you can add the other way to do it, similar to video 2's comment on solving the adjacent edge orientation's other method.

[badmephisto]

thanks. i believe them to be easier to memorize too.

[WeiseGuy91]

I was just solving using them and I realized why you probably kept the other ways. If you do not know ALL of the 2-look OLL's, you need those algorithms to reduce it to a simple edge clockwise/counter-clockwise rotation.

[xlazyactx]

hi i have a problem if anyone can answer me asap would be great. i get the the final stage where i have to get the endge permuted or w/e but when i do the (x,r2,d2... etc) algorithm i keep getting all corners in place but the edges are out... please tell me what i am doing wrong...i know i am missing a vital point where i think i have to get te edges right. thanks alot u have helped me so much.

[WeiseGuy91]

You need to find a pair of corners with the same color on the Up layer. Make sure that pair is facing right (the layer it is on is facing right), then perform the algorithm. If you cannot find a pair, then hold the cube anyway you like and it will make a pair for you, then perform the above steps. I believe the 2nd video (link in more info) describes this very well and clearly around 8:15.

[vandahouston]

Ohh, My God! You are a GREAT teacher! I come from Hungary and I know this cube from my birth, but I never solved it. Finally, thank to you I CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!! Thank you!

[Wonderboy21714]

This method is slightly harder than the method I already know. But the majority of it is shorter. I combined the methods and iI use them both at once and now I can do the cube so much faster and easy. I am just working on remembering how to hold the cube for a few of the steps for this part of the method. But I only use about half anyway. I can do it in like 30 seconds now. Thanks a lot.

[mojher]

hi tnx for this vid. helped me a lot. a friend thought me how to solve this cube but using a different method. and it's taking me 3-4 mins to solve it. at first it was like im doing it for 6-8 mins??. but i think this one is much easier to do. after this il practice speedcubing that is if im able to solve it with 1min or so like what you said. tnx so much! you too take care ^^.

[CrispyBangers]

When you have the clocwise cycle and the anti-clockwise cycle how do you know with one you should do?

[ironmancomsono]

You rock hard man! I wish I had a cube right now tho... :P

[SheaG00dbye]

nm i got it. You flipped some of the L's and R's in the algorithms

[SheaG00dbye]

I request a clarification.

The last algorithms are not working for me. I am at the point, am doing exactly what you are saying, but after i do the algorithm it just messes the cube up more. Did you perhaps type a normal turn instead of a prime or vice versa?

[Darkmagicman13]

man dude you are the bomb thanx so much i love your videos and gavem all five stars and im ganna sub.

[badmephisto]

ok thank you :)

cheers

[tudoparacris]

Hi! I'm from Portugal anda I loved your videos. These are the best on the Youtube because are very simple to understand and very well explained. Can you imagine the faces of my teenager kids when I showed them I could solve the cube and they didn't? haha. That was GREAT! Now they also learned with your videos. Thanks a LOT!

[badmephisto]

excellent :) thank you for sharing :)

happy cubing!

[Mapex455]

Thank-you. I would never have done the cube without these videos. The other You Tube videos are confusing. Cheers - a Policeman from England.

[badmephisto]

awesome! so if i ever get a ticket in england i can call you up right? :D

[johni43]

Thanks alot man. I did it, finally.

[srbhomeslice]

Thank You!!! I actually solved the Rubik's cube for the first time. Your video made sense and was easy to follow!

[TheOnlineOrgy]

Badmephisto, you should be worshipped within the Rubik's Cube community, this series of videos is the most helpful thing I have found on the entire internet! The fact that you're responding to comments is awesome too. Thank You soooooooooo Much.

[lyndsy922]

This series of videos is AWESOME. I have never been able to do the cube and I did it!!!

[badmephisto]

excellent, thank you! welcome among the speedcubers :) the speed part will come very soon, promise :)

[maker772]

I thought this was very well made. I was able to solve the cube for the first time tonight. I continued to progress and have most of the beginner algorithms memorized with my time around six minutes. I figure, in one night, that's hella good :P

[badmephisto]

thats indeed very good :)

happy cubing. I miss the days when I was improving seconds a day :(

cheers!

[rhinoryan54]

wow, that was very helpful. ive been looking for a video this great to solve it, thank you very much

[badmephisto]

is it really? It could use improvement though right? I've been thinking recently of remaking it. Thanks though. Was there maybe a part in particular that you thought was not well handled?

[skatofu]

where can I find the diagrams to download

[badmephisto]

nobody ever reads the video description... i know its really out of the box thing to do... i know its hard to understand that all information that I want to convey in addition to the video would be located there. I understand.

[pauliniochi]

Great videos! I've never been able to understand this before

Thanks!!

[shadowed73]

thanx bro i got my cube finally solved woo XD no i just got to memorize that f,u,r, ag thing woo

[closhnhex]

where did u get the white cube? im looking for one.. i dunno where to buy and i cant buy from ebay..

[jckfrd33]

just google diy cube or DIYKIT cube and there's many websites to buy them from and you can usually get them black/white but sometimes blue red green etc...

[krnjoker6]

great videos man. i just had a quick question about the cubes in general. u said that with this method ppl can get down to around 1 minute. im currently sitting at 1:30. i'm using a standard rubiks cube u buy at a toystore and its been lubed with jigaloo. how much faster of a time would a diy cube make. also.. any tips on cleaning the cube? i feel like i put too much lube and now its getting stiffer. thanks for the help!

[sammy142494]

um you know how u put in l not l inverted for the clockwise the first left should be inverted without it it does not work

[icglover2154]

I already learned the beginner method where u get the top layer by getting the cross then place the edges first then place the corners then orientate the corners. i found it easy but when i looked at this i saw that it was beginner oll and pll and i realized that it would be so much easier to get used to this then switch the the fridrich method in the summer. i suggest that u add the keyhole method for beginners because i found it very convient and boosted my time

[badmephisto]

you are correct... that is what we refer to as the Dan Brown method... it is faster and easier to learn, but you will end up re-learning shit later on. Keyhole? for beginners? Not sure if that's a good idea :) Especially since the last slot is always solved the "normal" way, so they would have to know that way anyway...

[closhnhex]

whats oll / pll?

[icglover2154]

OLL is Orientation Last Layer and PLL is Placement Last Layer. Its a very convenient but hard to learn method of solving the last layer of the cube. There is an algorithm of every placement possible of the last layer and it total you learn about 50+ algorithms just for OLL and PLL. Remember OLL and PLL is advanced and takes time, so try not to rush into it. I'm waiting untill summer to start learning the Fridrich Method (F2L, OLL, PLL).

[rbynum09]

you are awesome!! i learned so much!!

[mightsnipe]

is there an algorithim sheet that i could print? with these diagrams that u used?

[badmephisto]

Yes. Check video description.

[fearlessfighter007]

Thanks alot..this video helped me a lot.

[BalletChick37]

Thanks. I tried some of the other tutorials on youtube, but your is the best!

[mightsnipe]

this is incredibly helpful and easy to understand as soon as i find my cube ill solve it using the way you showed thanks

[mightsnipe]

also those diagrams are VERY helpful

[Saberrubiksman]

Good video. I learned to solve using the Dan Brown method, but I looked into this and found some good algorithims. Also helped me understand the Fridrich method

[857576973]

I used the beginer's method and solved the cube in around 1:10 and my best time is 45 sec. But i feel like im not goin any faster. anythin i can do to make me solve it faster?

[gdb18691]

What shall I do if I have already learnt another way but yhours is way better and I want to learn Yours

[GeethaNagaraj]

Simply awesome!!! This is the only tutorial that I found to be so detailed and step wise. You will make a good teacher!!!  Thanks!!!

[haj1337]

yeesss I do it , THX dude!:D

[element608]

Thanx Man! i watched this video like last year, I came back cause i lost my cube, but gettin another one, i came to refresh my memory how to solve, THANX ALOT DUDE!

[blaleep]

ihust solved it your so helpful

[wssniper1234]

what about if there isnt 1 solved cube at all?? and its counter clock wise..... help

[ThisIsWEB]

You need to be more clear and specific on what the problem is and what stage you're at solving (i.e. how many layers do you have done).

[UzumakiNaruto2012]

Thanks so much. I finally solved one. There were a couple times I got stuck but I managed to figure out what I was doing wrong. Now all I have to do is memorize each algorithm.

[RichardjNL]

Thanks, I just solved my first cube!

[dahxie]

hey thnks..u solved my first cube and i am really enjoying a lot..very easy to folllow steps...tmx man..

[princerichard123]

to fast to teach....

[OneandonlyGishnu]

you can use the pause button...

[ricagomez816]

this is the best rubik's tutorial! very clear and cover's all the possibilities. i've officially solved my FISRT ever cube! :)

[shortiee109]

First time solve!!! Now to keep doing it over and over and over and over again until I can remember all the whatchacallem....algorithms I think that how you spell it. Whatever I just have to remember them.

[badmephisto]

thats exactly how you do that :) good luck!

[ilikemagic52]

this helped me soo much, i just solved the cube legit for the first time!!!!

[noodlewars]

woot solved thanks :D

[piddy107]

awesome! thx for posting this video. They said it couldn't be done! proved them wrong. Free drinks and a lap dance on them. lol

[bledzhius]

01:54, 2008.10.30 - you can remember this date

[ilikemagic52]

????????????

[bledzhius]

i solved the quiz with this devil box

[spurkyut]

ty!

[Vintage912]

Thanx

[luvTHYtower]

thnx

[NismoS14TOPSECRET]

every time i do the last part it messes up completely making me start all over please help

[vakama888]

hey, why did you do L' instead of L, and why did you do L instead of L'?

[buzrun23]

Thank you so much, you helped me solve it:-)

[knowyourmushrooms01]

Is it just my computer or is the part 2/3 video unavailable

[Zetenderhoof]

Thank you, Thank you x 1000!

I solved it.

[Apathanatismos]

I noticed that your algorithm for the clockwise solve is as follows:

Solved side facing away

-F2 U L R' F2 L' R U F2

However, in your video you did an L' rotation instead of an L rotation after doing an F2 followed by a U. So, it appears you're doing it like this:

-F2 U L' R' F2 L' R U F2

Or am I missing something?

[Apathanatismos]

Sorry, watched it again. I think I'm just seeing it backwards. My bad. Solved it this time.

[Apathanatismos]

I don't get it. I'm still having trouble with this very last step. I have the solved side facing away from me, yellow on top, white on bottom. I have three pieces left to solve, which need to do a clockwise or a counter-clockwise rotation. I use your algorithm - I've done this several times very slowly - and it just doesn't solve. In fact, I end up having to go back through the entire process of solving from the start. Let me show you what my cube looks like.

[prashanthlv]

Hello there...I just solved the cube for the first time. Thanks a bunch. Your videos are easy and well narrated. How do we remember those algorithms? By practice?

[Shanksfanffs]

Great video man, thanks. Was using an impractical method before this and Dan Brown's just seemed worse... This one's a lot better, and I'll try to memorize it quickly before moving on to F2L and all that. Thanks, keep it up.

[victorwennekes]

wow youuurrr sooo goood!!!!!!! :D

[kylefan0086]

hi! thank you so much for the help and this method is really helping me...

however i got stuck on the third layer because non of the yellow edges or corners are on the top so i am still a little confused..

[badmephisto]

of course, that can happen. You need to orient all of them to make them yellow. First the edges then the corners. Watch part 2/3 again.

[wewe123450]

thank you so much i solve my first cube!!!

[badmephisto]

haha you're welcome. and thanks to everyone else as well, below this. I cant reply to each of you individually, but you are all welcome and I'm glad I could help :)

[notoriousbilal]

Hey, thanks Alot. i solved this for the first time.. :)

[slikkyboy]

thank you!! i've learned a variation of the beginners method on youtube but i must say your 3rd layer solve has got me excited...

after i master it i will definitely look into your speed cubing tutorials:)

again thanks alot.

[boringlife1215]

this is really great!! i solved the cube for the first time in my life. haha. thanx. =D

[joseph081975]

Hi! thanks for sharing... i"M so happy i finally solved my cube... thanks bro!!!

[ukrGrebruce]

a thanks man. i really understand your tutorial.

your really good at teaching. i finally solved my rubiks cube.

By far the best video on how to solve the rubik's cube

[badmephisto]

thank you for kind words, and also to people below me. I cant thank everyone individually anymore :)

glad i could help

[testman95]

this is the first solving tutorial that i can understand

[chocokid94]

This is by far the best video on how to solve the rubik's cube!!! You were a great help! THANK YOU!

[saucyonePR]

best tutorial I have seen for solving a rubiks cube. awesome job dude and thx a lot for the help man

[miamiheat35]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I just solved my first cube

[Youoftube1]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I just solved my first cube! =D

[hentaiby]

thanks dude truly the greatest cube tutorial EVER

[ExpectoPatronum1313]

i have a question. how do u know if the cube should use the clockwise or counterclockwise cycle?

[badmephisto]

look at where each edge has to go. Follow it with your finger. Pick an edge, where does it have to go? Go there with your finger. Where does the edge that is currently there right now have to go ? Go there with your finger. Are you tracing out a clockwise motion? or a counter-clockwise motion?

[ExpectoPatronum1313]

ok thank you!!!!!! that helps a lot!!!!!!! =]

[SiriuslyLoony7]

Thanks for your help! You explained how to solve it very well. Great vid! :)

[cheers2468]

thank u soo much! really helpful

[Godzillaman429]

WOW!! i finally finished it thanks to your video!! Thanks for all of those nice explanation! it helped me and other people a lot!! Keep up the nice and good work!!

[badmephisto]

awesome, thanks :)

[Diabolo88]

Wow, I´ve had a rubiks cube since I was like 4 and never been able to solve it (never knew how before). Your videos are the first I´ve seen on the internet that I could understand. Haven´t look through it all yet but my cube is looking promising right now haha. Thank you very much for great tutorials.

[badmephisto]

awesome, thanks. Do get into it, its fun :)

[burdman123]

ty man iv learnd to do the rubiks cube alot better from ur agotherms are easyer to rember and iv even made up some of my own ty so much

[Azasuke1988]

Again, thanks for the vids. :)

Helped me understand it after memorizing the algorithims.

[jackfense]

i got that mother fucker yes(:

[badmephisto]

hahaha :)

if you put back a cube randomly you only have a 1/12 chance of it being solvable :) so make sure to always assemble it solved :)

[burl3yb0y]

THIS IS A GREAT VIDEO! I have successfully completed my first Rubik's cube.

My only suggestion is that you make a list of all the algorithms and what they do for easyer memorizing

Hehe and to show off to your friends you could do the scramble algorithm then memorize it in reverse and just do that rly fast haha

[badmephisto]

list of all those algorithms are on the website i link to from the video description.

and reverse memorizing a scramble seems like way too much work :s

[EZrasfadia]

When I watched this video and solved the cube Saturday night, it took me a while. I've been practicing frequently and now I can do it in an average of 5 minutes. Best being 3:08. Good?

[cowlegand]

u have the only good beginer method video on utube i thank u soooooo much i learned ur way and first timees it took me 5 minuted but now doing the exact same method i can do 1 18 with full hand turns because my cube isnt lubed yet and again ty sooooooooo much

[sniperspikes]

omg this is amazing, i have tried others and they fail time after time, this is the first ive used that has worked!

thanks! realy! thanks!

[badmephisto]

cool :) glad it worked for you. now just practice practice practice!

[sniperspikes]

lol i am, i solved it 4 times last night, but still trying to do it myself, if got up to the fish part :D :P

thanks again

[o0mongo0o]

Ha, thats the first time Ive ever solved it!!! The other tutorials just werent good enough. Yours was amazing. Thanks!

[doctorturban]

thank you this guide has been extremely helpful

[cameronecook]

thats a weird way of doing it

[how2ninja4dummies]

@cameronecook

This is is what I call the "Fridrich Beginners Method".

Just like badmephisto said in one of these three It's easier to transfer yourself to the Fridrich method.

[ChronoDudex]

Awesome vids dude! Really cleared up a lot of doubts. Keep it up! :D

[jamesyo99]

wats the website

[binkie300]

woopie i solved it i bought it this afternoon in the toyshop and i neva played with it before and its now 23.21 and its solved =)

[badmephisto]

hehe good :)

[eraggo]

i've cubied for a about year and never ever even thinked to mak Y turn at edge permutation :/ thanks for a clue -> time to look algs more closely

(im using almost full fridrich through)