Rubik's Cube Notation

[fusionfallhacker1]

wat about b?????????

[Jegvilhavespamnu]

Dw=d

Dw'=d'

d is where you take both bottom layers, and turn them around

[FireStormBaller]

It's not called U squared. It's called U two.

[ganninu93]

hey guys I am a begginner and I have a bunch of questions I would like to ask about cubing. I made a video with some of these question, can you please watch the video and answer as many as you can. Questions where to buy cubes from, solving cubes etc.

The vidoe is attached above. Thanks

[xiMiintzx]

what would Lw be?

[thetriplet1234]

What does the lowercase "f" or "r" mean? I don't think it doesn't refer to the sides like "F" and "R"

[Burns4]

@thetriplet1234 r means turning the right face as well as the middle layer. So you move the TWO rightmost layers.

[remoteobba]

cant care less

[shivi679]

wth?

[btkw]

wads S?

[asportsgod123]

s is the layer between the front and the back

"s" stands for standing

[qd11856]

s stands for side not standing

[Sya93im]

S stands for standing...

[SporkyPoo]

it's standing, the layer between F and B

[Calvith77]

Yes. X means you rotate the cube on the X axis of the cube, meaning if you had the white side on the front and blue on top, suddenly you would have green on top.

Y is on the Y axis, and Z on the Z axis.

[pengy94]

oh i say! this is a good, proper tutorial! 5*

[Calvith77]

You forgot about x, y, and z. Also S, E, and M. Nice.

[pengy94]

could u tell me about these? i have no idea wat they r

[PoseLucas]

grow up

[Devilnorm]

watch a psycho thriller of a rubik cube killer called INSOLUBLE...click on my name Devilnorm and watch in my fave

[IcookieCupcake]

okay i cannot remember thatt

[coMMand12345678901]

nice vid dude! thanks

[ripknock]

im confused

[narsooo]

abooooo'o << thats Canadian:P

[Me04120]

Hi, ok I am going to talk aboot the notation...

Funny Canadians.

[PhreshBenn]

quick question what does Dw mean?

[jeaysm]

I don't think I use that term anywhere. What's the context?

[PhreshBenn]

well im not sure i was on a website showing me another way for f2l and it shoed these algs "R U2 R' U R U2 R' Dw R' U' R"

[jeaysm]

Not sure what that means, sorry.

[PhreshBenn]

o its ok i shuld find out soon

[thetriplet1234]

@PhreshBenn

"Dw" means that you get the bottom two layers, and turn it clockwise, as if you were looking at the D side itself, except moving the middle and bottom layer at the same time

When there is an apostrophe after the side i.e. R' it means that you have to move that given side counter-clockwise. For R' it means turn the R side counter-clockwise

[FireStormBaller]

@PhreshBenn Show us the website.

[leodeigo12345]

@PhreshBenn

It means both bottom layers

[briceniemond]

@PhreshBenn my guess is that its a typo.... looks like he meant to hit 2 but hit the w

[RSCuber]

@PhreshBenn Dw means the same as d. The bottom 2 D faces

[liljthedude]

Dw refers to turning the bottom 2 down faces.

w mean the outside and inside slice, basically 2 slices.

[soccer8great]

wait couldnt that just b a lower case d? or is it all the same thing?

[liljthedude]

Some notation's use lower case letters to represent 2 slice turn, a lower case "b" would be the back 2 slices, "d" would be the down 2 slices There is a difference from "d" and "b"

[soccer8great]

sirry, i wasnt very clear when i wrote that. what i meant was, whats the difference between "d" and "Dw"?

[liljthedude]

Well "d" in some notations is the same as Dw in other notations. Dw is the down 2 slices.

[14peach]

ok???>>>......

[spedfed]

thanks heaps,

can we see your face?????

hahah

[PrinzLikky]

thanks u helped me a lot ^^

[rebellion67]

.. good job!

[attitudegyall]

i already no all this noob stuff but ive come a cross a natation with the use of bx axxb all that randon stuff wat does it mean

[jeaysm]

Sorry, no idea. Try emailing the author of the web page where you saw it.

[pietinkler]

same here I was looking for that too. This is completely pointles to me.

[boycottfragments]

Thank you so much! This really helped.

[MrMonday1000percent]

Thank you so much - I already knew how to solve the cube. But I always get mixed up with the "b" and "b'", your vid really helped heaps :D

[pascalso]

hey what is (x) or (z)? plz reply

[flame838]

x, z, and y are whole cube rotations. x is like R, y is like U and z is like F

[KumoReimizu]

Thx so MUCH

I have beein looking for what those ment

This video loaded pretty slow so yeah

[RonMarsala23]

thanks alot man

[Blackkatz911]

Alright i have a question.

what is "r2" and "l" they arnt capitalized and mean somthing else. im trying to figure out PLL (Permutation Last Layer) and there are "r2" "l" "y" and "x" i have no clue if you can help.

thanx

[akatsukileader91]

ya i neec that two

[sydhuman]

its really simple. an upper case R will mean to turn the right side 90degrees clockwise. a LOWERCASE r would mean to turn TWO LAYERS on the right clockwise. therefore r2 would mean to turn the right side PLUS the middle layer together 180 degrees. x is to rotate the entire cube up. y is to rotate the cube to the left. z is to rotate the cube on its side to the right

[Zedorek]

go to ryanheise website

[xxnegativityxx]

um...I still get confused at positions, like position UL and DBR...would someone explain to me please?

[jeaysm]

When there are two letters, it refers to an edge piece, which is one with two sides (not a corner or a center). For UL, it means the piece shared by the Up face and Left face. It's always with reference to how you are currently holding the cube, so given how I'm holding the cube at the start, with White as U and Green as F, the UL would be the White-Orange edge piece.

[jeaysm]

Similarly, three letters means a corner piece. DBR means the one shared by the Down, Back and Right faces, or Yellow-Blue-Red given how I am holding the cube at the start as before.

[SSuperSSoldier]

wow this helped ALOTTTTTTTT more than ur website, cant wait to finish vids n try it out for myself, once i find my rubiks cube... (well my dads but hey he lost it not me)

[bones461]

he lost me saying a cube has 6 six sides????? someone help

[artestra]

six colours - one for each side

[sniperman567]

thnx so much

i was so confused and t really helped

[talkingkid]

u forgot left and down

[R4shM4n]

u lost me at "Hi"

[chapamelas]

THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[Marduke14]

thank u iv been trying to find this out for a while

[Azian77]

are those studio cubes tile colors? or stickers. i want to get one but i don't know where to get them. can you help me with that?

[jeaysm]

I'm not sure exactly what you mean. That cube was just a regular official cube with the factory stickers as available on the rubiks website or in many stores.

[RoC1909]

Nice job. I had no idea concerning the 'B' side. I am brand new and when attempting notation, I always held the cube facing me and turned the back side (yes it is awkward) and from your explanation, the 'B' moves are done facing you HENCE, CW and CCW are reversed. Interesting. I'll keep this in mind when doing some beginner solves and see if the author of the solve took that into consideration as well. Thanks again.

[Hexima]

Nice videos man. I just want to know, on my Rubik's cube, the red and orange side are inversed compared to yours. I just want to know if this will make any difference in solving the cube or it will do nothing more then having the color inversed at the end. Thanks.

[jeaysm]

Yes, there are a lot of different color schemes on cubes. It won't make any difference, just simply the colors will be different in the end. In general when I talk about color names it's just to explain what I'm doing. The notation lets us describe what is happening without reference to specific colors (although I'll often state the color name just to easily refer to the piece -- but it's just an example).

[WellHungLong]

I need help with y,x and x axis. Im not sure how to move the cube for (y) can you help please

[WellHungLong]

*x axis

[tunni12]

:@ im getting so frustrated...i can never finish this and my big problem is making the T's!!!!!!!

[kevbew63]

To anyone viewing these videos for the first time, these are really good. I went from being clueless about the rubik's cube to solving it in under 2 minutes regularly just by using the info in these vids. 5/5 stars. No doubt about it.

[FourFatherTy]

I recently revived my interest the Rubik's cube, and this was of tremendous help. Thank you very much for taking the time and effort to produce these videos.

FF -Ty

[jelqer]

Thanks a lot man!!! You did a great job.

How is your poker playing going? What format of poker are you playing: mtt, sngs, or cash?

[jeaysm]

Ahhh you saw the chips. I'm still learning the game really, just playing the micro-limits. Mostly play 25 NL right now, and I'm hoping to move up to 50 NL within a month or so. I play a few SNGs here and there but it's kind of mechanical and there's too much all-in preflop for my tastes. I rarely play MTTs because they take too long. Do you play?

[jelqer]

I play SNGs more than anything. I like the mechanical nature of them, but I plan on learning cash games. Stars now offers 5 card draw, which I plan on donking up.

Do you visit 2+2 publishing's website? It's a great place to learn strategy.

I think that the all-in preflop raises early in SNG's give you an advantage. Let them bust out early, preserve your chips, and attack once the blinds get to 50/100.

GOOD LUCK on the tables.

[TreyNizzle]

It's a great video but could you explain as if you're explaining to a younger audience instead of 20-30 yr old people. I still have'nt been able to understand step 1. I think i understand most of it but still need a little more clarification. if anybody could help me... please do so.

[Xiphion]

thank you for clarifying that you turn the back face while looking at it, not from the phyical point of view. Great tuts.

your voice sounds a little shaky, relax, your awsome =)

[beanbag337]

Thank you so much for this! I'm taking notes. =)

[adrianinplaid]

Woo. I took me a day. Then when I finished it, I told my Sister to mix it again, and I'll do it in 30 minutes. 2 hours passed by. I got amd and broke my rubix cube and havent bothered to put it together agian.

[jeaysm]

When you do get around to putting it back together, make sure you put the pieces back together so that the cube is solved, or you may never solve it again...

[doughnutringer7]

It scared me because you put it in terms that I actually understand! thanx!

[j942rhino]

very helpful, thanks!

[xtxixpxtxoxex]

Perfectly Done!

[hungryhowie]

Thanks! I was able to solve my cube easily with this video series.

[handidandi]

my problem is trying to look at it as a whole. or are yuo supposed to?

[jeaysm]

It's probably easier to think of it in small steps.