3x3 Rubik's Cubes For Dummies: Step 4 Upper Blue Cross

[tungjigo]

:!!!!!

[09gamewalkthroughs]

I hate you now!

I broke my cube because i took a pice off!

I hate you

[09gamewalkthroughs]

I never took broke mine? Why is it not working!

[vinh32y]

I hate how the next step isn't in related videos for all the steps, so I have to search it >_<

[meni1969able]

i have this fucking _l(i mean L) but i can not do the cross

[Dalroc]

HAHAHA omfg you serious? a tutorial for how to solve the rubiks cube, and you use a fucking knife to pop out pieces? you fucking asshole you should be killed..

[yodog678]

@Dalroc That's only for people who had taken them apart before and put them back wrong just like he says asshole.

[H1tManMW2]

i have a square on the top made out of 4 blue pieces. Where did i mess up?

[thellamagamer]

@H1tManMW2 i have the same problem do i need to redo it so far everything else is correct? please help

[LakersBeast22]

Hey guys, if you are having trouble with this step, just check out my new channel and each step is a video just like this so that i can get in detail on each part

Check it out plz!

[mrfrogpunch999]

my cube has a blue square at the top but the second layer is solved

[slovenc11123]

to everyone who gets T.. you rubik's cube is not broken! i just got T, scrambled my cube again, did everything like before and i got dot! There's and algorithm for T you just need to find it!

Thumbs up so everyone can see it!

[WFFLPWND]

an easier algorithm for this is F, U, R, Ui, Ri, F

[autumnperson]

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[pamestaaaa]

wow . thanks a lot. Helped me a lot :)))

[MELVILIANS]

thank you soo muck at the last part i codnt figure out the prob thank you!!

[tylovessoccer]

I don't like cheaters. You are a disgrace to all of Rubix Cubes!!!

[LinkxXxX1]

You are awesome. I use to not even be able to solve it but now i can do it in under 10 minutes! My record is like 4 minutes because i got extremely lucky and it was done at step 4!

[Thejman51]

Hi Poisinstinger. Thanks for your Rubik's cube videos - they're awesome. While it's taken me a couple of weeks, I have memorized the algorithms all the way up to the middle layers. Do you have suggestions for memorizing the "Blue Cross" algorithm and beyond? Thanks.

[doritozilla]

what if you dont have any of those 3 shapes?

[WWEAmungrg]

i dd the step properly and carefully. I never get the blue cross

[akhilvarma01]

I got it man !!!! thnx

[gwizprodudtionz]

I finished the rubiks cube on this step when I had to go back to the beginning

[Robdeltonie]

3:18-5:23 A warning to others: This is why you should never cheat! LOL!!

~Rico from Robdeltonie

[Shiko007ful]

dude i like ur knife :)

[rshweky9]

i think thats a 3x3x3

[lordfranz24]

i just have to say this

you are the best person in the world to help me solve the rubik's cube and your steps are like the easiest and clearest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCHHH

[anthler24]

I had the problem from the things that can mess up. So I tryed to fix it like you showed us in your video and it cracked my cube side piece( blue white).

[MonkeyBallVideos]

\nevermind ur wrong though it doesent have to start out with one of those three patterns u mentioned. it works for everything.

[MonkeyBallVideos]

mine matches up perfectly following exactly what you said until the beg of this vid. u lost me with how the blue dots could be bc mine was neither

[seiya209]

3:55

my hero dissapeared when he took that knife

XD Joke, nice

[terestrul112]

hey dude KOOL KNIFE XD

[loopyloofah]

I have an upper-blue cross, but middle edges only correspond with either the orange and red sides, or if I rotate it, the white and yellow sides. How do I get them all to line up correctly? Thank you.

[kikosilva96]

@loopyloofah see step 5 it explains how to do it, if you can't find it the algorithm is RURiURUURi

[jaabvw]

awesome!

[Djsora555]

ähm did you mean "Algorithm"?

[bulimic16]

THANKS. IT WORKS

[MeAndMyGalloway]

hahaha! My cube looked EXACTALLY the same as yours in the video!

Same colours in the Same places! Amazing :)

[xxGuItArGiRLxx89]

why do u tilt the cube when u turn it its is so f-ing confusing keep the thing still. i got all mucked up.

[eddysupergenial]

thats cheating D:!

[haydos271]

@eddysupergenial It's only cheating if you had already cheated.

[joestaff621]

im a beginner and i did it fine without taking it apart numbnuts! get some patience and dont cheat

[kleiner243]

thank you this part used to take me forever!

[ispinintights]

oh my god thank you i had no idea i put it back wrong!!

[CheeseBrothersInc]

thats a scary knife

[Tennis99Star]

NOOOOO!!! I TOOK OUT A CUBE AND IT WON'T FIT IN AGAIN!!!

[Tennis99Star]

i have this weird square thingy. a blue square in the corner.

[gagagaaj]

what if you have a "T"?

[thaer12345]

Thanks a lot for having that section at the end, that was exactly the problem I was having! Really appreciate it!

[nuflow07]

u went to fasttttt

[TaylorSwiftRocker77]

i dont have any of those. i have three on top and two in the middle. help plz!

[nuclearnacho]

@TaylorSwiftRocker77 i have the same thing as you!! and dont know what to do..

[TaylorSwiftRocker77]

i only have the X so what now?!!!?? HELP!

[shadylen]

damn now i cant even get blue cross :P

[shadylen]

wooot i got the whole cube, with this algortithim

[Gorepwn]

rofld at the kinfe in the ending!!! Combat army knife to fix a rubiks cube :D

[Gorepwn]

lol, i got the full cube on the first algorithm

[zilso]

Really usefull! Keep up the good work! And thx

[XpopstarX987]

arrrgghgh i messed it up !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nuflow07]

@XpopstarX987 same =|

[MultiGuineapiglover]

your hands is very fast

[GreenDay2798]

GOOD IT'S ALRIGHT SEEN Better

[Leeny500]

ok i did it and now i have the whole blue side solved but all the corner cubes are in the wrong positions how do i get them to be in the right positions??

[BizzleAlizzleMoizzle]

@Leeny500 omg me too!

[JonWaking]

I found this very helpful as with all your videos. Thanks

[awsome36000]

i have to start from the beggening now u could of made it a bit more clear

[awsome36000]

this step never helped

[wombweasel222]

shit u started movin round the rubix and then it fukin fucked up my rubix cube

[96ALH]

ahhhhhh that messed my whole rubiks cube up!!u moving the cube around is confussing

[96ALH]

now i have to go back to step one!!!

[96ALH]

crap did it again!!

[crazycod4killer]

@96ALH LOL

[KingdomBockius]

You spelled 'algarithm' wrong. It has an O.

[thejoka415]

wow on this step i have sumthin that looks like a "b" lol

[Kallfs]

my cross dosent fit with the colors on the cube. when i get the cross only 1 or 2 colors is at the right place but the other two is lined up with the wrong colors in the cross

[TheProPrankster]

I Got Stuck On This Step

[mackychloe]

dude, can you flip that knife?

[klimer95]

yo some of these steps confused me but it turned out out ok i gata finish the cube still thow

[airsoftpaintkiller1]

i can final solve the rubix cube now because of u du8de were do u live i want to send u a thank u card for real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shemstarr1]

i did it yaa now to stepp 5

[wornoutshoes81]

mathematically, you should NEVER have to take your cube apart. it is possible to solve from ANY position. you're videos have been helpful thus far but i would never suggest dismantling the cube unless you were to be applying graphite or grease for speedcubing.

[poisonstinger]

Really? Well then take one apart and switch over that edge peice and see if you can do it. Taking apart your cube doesn't hurt it at all. They are well made and will last a very long time even if you take the cube apart on a daily basis. I have enough knowlage about this to know what I'm talking about so please know what you're talking about.

[hollyannmccarthy]

@poisonstinger well, you don't have enough "Knowlage" to spell knowledge. haha whatever you make good videos :)

[TheAccidentalFreak]

silicone lube is best. ive also heard jigaloo is good. i average 20 secs, but i use a faster but harder method

[TheFlaiRDJ]

it is so work 4 me!

thanx very much

[GoNinty]

I have never taken apart my rubiks cube and i got the little T thinig. HELP PLEASE!

[sterfart]

awsum

[tothemax99]

i finally got it and oddly i got all the blue matched up

[tothemax99]

this isnt working for me the green white blue r messed up

[princess98amidala]

what?

[mywayorthehighway12]

i am so confused because, like when i get the bar or even the whole cross, none of the other colors like, orange, white, red and yellow don't match up, like to those cubes are in the wrong spot and i don't know how to fix it!

[TheAccidentalFreak]

you need to think of each piece as a piece, and not 2/3 stickers, if its in the wrong place change its place. if your still having trouble, check another tutorial such as mine or pogobat's or badmephisto's

[swansearoxs]

what happenes if i didnt get the bar or the dot or the L and it is all one solid colur, but some of the top layer is still messed up?

[Rhodricpro]

basically how the blue is is that i have one blue in the middle and two blues in two corners next to each other... what do i do now???

[K1NGxBuBBa]

use the middle blue one

[Rhodricpro]

i have a entirely different blue top to the 3 you have shown.... if you could give me ur email or something and i will send you a pic of what it looks like so you can help me that would be great. thanks

[Asheratt]

If you dont have a bar or the L, then you have a dot. I had all corners in blue with the middle dot, but it is still a dot

[BYL3RxTIND3R]

seriously thank you so fucking much i took mine apart and didnt realize how you put it back matters

[narutard45671]

I can't get any of the four blue top that you said. I;ve tried it a million time and nothing i do is working. PLEZ HELP!

[JerryFeng41]

never mind actually, your troubleshooter at the end of the vid is really GREAT!! thanks a lot!

[KidBoom19]

my L is different like not back wards could it still work

[poisonstinger]

if it's not backwards just rotate the entire cube until it is. So if you're looking at it and its forward then rotate the entire cube counter clockwize and it should then be backwards.

[SidtheKid877]

thanks this vid really helped! :D

[RetardStudios3]

Easy as pi....or is it pie?

[pl3xd13]

man , if theres any way i can thank you please reply to me.

nothing over $100 okay :D

[RoxieHarley]

k, i dont get it. when u have the cross at the top, does the other colours have to match the bottom two layers? cuz i can never get them to match.

[dragondavis47]

omg thanks for the vid!!! your the best!!!

[mrjoop]

at this stage I have the center blue dot and one blue corner.

[zechthesk8termiles]

mother fucker you cheated

[poisonstinger]

You obviously aren't able to understand what I was explaining. How ever here goes nothing. If some one takes a normal cube apart and then puts it back together mixed, it probably is put back together incorrectly. If that happens, then the cube becomes unsolvable. That means nobody can solve it. The cube has to be taken apart and then put together right so that you then can mix it and solve it. You only need to fix it if it was taken apart and only once.

[internetzpotato]

LOL. I think he's just trolling you (I hope!). Anyway, I enjoy your videos. Nice job. Everything is clearly explained.

[IwishIcouldFC]

idont have a dot , l, bar , or cross... help me

[IwishIcouldFC]

thanks

[silverarrock]

Did you get your first two layer right? if not the best way would be to just start over from the beginning, less chance of screwing up in the later parts :)

[skate933]

very good video !

helped me alot !

thanks !

[InuYashaSama09]

lol yay im lucky... i had a bar so i only did it 1 time. very easy algarithm. Thxn man ur a very BIG HELP

[cameraboyboyboy]

i did it again again! easy again! 5 stars again! thank U again! ill go to step 5 for the first time -.- :)

[AnimationArtist001]

hat was funny lol... I finished step 3 (my first time solving a full rubiks cube) and I have the top cross lol

[pspnuts]

hey I will subscribe thx to u I solved my first cube well mines is not original it is kind of hard to turn the parts but it's fine

[surfingrocksdude]

wtf?!!!

[nightfairy12]

I can't get into that blue cross! help!

[Lucky466]

oh yeah the same thing happened to me so try using a different front side each time you do the algorythm.

[MrMonkey006]

please help my edge piece won't go back in cause it accsidentily came out

[poisonstinger]

Well I show how to do that at the end of this video. But basicly just make sure that the layer you're trying to put the corner in is tured 45 degrees so not flush. Then make the little ramp that I show you in this video and push down and in. Hope that helps.

[ferbyeater]

i did it!

[johnie4uscf]

I start off with a blue T....the top 3 are at the white and the bar goes to the yellow...



What do i do?

[poisonstinger]

So is your pattern like this

White White White

Blue Blue Blue

? Blue ?

The question marks don't matter if you have this pattern with the blues then your cube was taken apart and put toghether wrong. Continue watching this video for how to fix that.

[nolanK13]

lol

Im sorry. All I had to do was go to step 5.

My bad. =)

Great vids!

[poisonstinger]

I'm glad you got it. Try not to get too ahead of yourself from now on. lol Glad to hear that you are following my videos well, at least up to this one any way.

[nolanK13]

Please help! I have successfully made the blue cross a few times now but whenever I do it not all of the pieces match up with the right colors. Wat on earth do I do?

P.s. sorry for bein so impatient

[rhsmoe]

You make it so easy.

[nolanK13]

Please help! Whenever I do this step my orange and blue and white and blue cubes are in reverse positions. Wat do I do?

[rhsmoe]

OMG I've been working on this for about 10 hours. I'm not kidding. I've been through dozens of different tutorials and ... my cube was not assembled correctly. It looked exactly like you said with the one cube flipped. I flipped it and was able to easily solve it - with the help of your other tutorials. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I thought I was loosing my mind.

[sharpie994]

OMG you fixed my problem i needed to pop out the peice thank the lord i found this video

[JasnoGT]

Thank you for these great vids! Much better than the others. I can now do it without the book or vids thanks to you!

[javaromaa]

I have step 3 done.

But all the blue is on the top?

[poisonstinger]

Then you have the blue cross and can skip this step this time. However you're still going to need to learn it because this only happens once in a while. But for right now you can move to the next step.

[08chase95devowitaim]

wow i hate this thing... the rubix cube i mean

[joephs]

lol great vid. after attempting the blue cross for what seemed like forever, i was getting so frustrated and realized that i had lubed my cube and placed the orange and blue piece incorrectly. thanks to your vid i would have never figured that out. thank you!

[phineholic]

THANK YOU!

[QiiBy]

lol nvm poison i got it already :]

[setchemati]

crap I have been trying to do my rubics cube for hours and just realized my little brother messed up all the stickers and put them in the wrong places so it is impossible to solve!

[hipeopleoftheworld01]

yay i can do it ;)

[hipeopleoftheworld01]

my bleu side does not look like any of them :s

[QiiBy]

wow -1 for a comment such children these days *sigh* and i need help with this steap becuz when i do it, it just messes up everything -.-"

[poisonstinger]

I would love to help ya. I'm not sure of your problem though. You say you don't have a blue side? what sides do you have, and what colors are oppisite of other colors. Any way hope I can help ya.

[clobutterfly]

That's CHEATING!!!

[poisonstinger]

Fixing it is not cheating. If some ones cube was taken apart and then put back wrong, then the cube would be unsolvable. So to fix that we pull it out and put it back correctly so that it will be solvable. If this is the problem then the cube can be mixed up and resolved with out having to take any parts out. So it isn't cheating it's fixing.

[QiiBy]

... this fricken scks my cube got fuuckin taken apart and it doesnt have blue like his it has yellow -.-

[adjajdosjaodhdbsjfas]

is your cube lubricated?

[xXmmaatteeuussXx]

thats what she said.

x]

[Masowai]

Hey Beavis...he said lubricate your cube.

[riley27489]

when you have the L, instead of doing F R U R' U' F' twice, you can just do F U R U' R' F' once to get the cross.

[yaco89120]

your hella good at teachin, i was just lookin around i can solve it plus the 4x4, and that was funny when you said "Now don't worry this won't damage you cube at all, it might damage your knife" and then you kinda laughed lol :)

[patrickssaer]

i dont have any of the 3 i have a row of blue on the side and 2 in the middle. and all orange and 1 red? what i do?

[RunescapeJcpenny]

umm.. im getting messed up on step 3.. its really hard, and i don't get which one should be the right (algorithm) and which one should be for the left... could u plzzzzz help

l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l

V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V

[poisonstinger]

Well when looking for cubes in the upper row look to see what color is not next to the blue. For ex Red White edge cube. If the red is next to the blue center then white would be facing you. You would then need to rotate the top layer so that white was on top of white center. Then by looking at it you would see that red center is to the right and down. So with white your front and the white red edge cube on top do your right move.

[poisonstinger]

Also I will be holding a live video chat tonight for another video seires I do on YouTube if you would like me to show you on there I will. Just go to my YouTube channel page and click on my banner were you see the Rubiks cube that will take you there. then just log in to chat at the bottom of the page and ask me to help you. Let me know if what I said helped you. Good luck

[johncescobia]

Some tips: Backwards 'L' directly to 'Cross' apply (F, U, R, U', R', F')

[poisonstinger]

True that does work and I use it all the time. However I desided not to use that in this video because, when learning for the first time it's better not to throw too much at some one all at once. This trick is just learned over time. But for any one who wants to skip two moves you're totaly correct.

[mhr180]

w00t i got the cross ^^ ty

[mhr180]

hmm can you help me?

[poisonstinger]

Check below

[mhr180]

hmm its hard i got a bar and 2x back L's

[poisonstinger]

If you have the bar just make sure it's horizontal then do the step once to get the blue cross. If you already have the blue cross then you can move on to the next step. Hope that helps let me know.

[Narutotk9]

hey, e=what happens if you don't start of on this step with the 3 things you said you either should have. what if you have four blues in one corner can you still do it I'm going to try

[poisonstinger]

That's a backwards L Remember Grey cubes can be any color even Blue. You only should be concerend about the edge cubes and not the corners.

[Narutotk9]

oh i see that now thanks man

[RichmanDEranGed]

Oh, never mind. I forgot to make sure the "L" is backwards lol.

[RichmanDEranGed]

I did it like 5 times and I still have the backwards "L"!!!

[Rubiks0Cubes0Rock]

i got this step perfect on the 2 try i already had the bar so only had to do it once

[queen1500]

when i do this step it messes me up and i have to start over