Face-Turning Octahedron Tutorial (with audio)

[YEAHBUCKET]

Great tutorial! favorited.

[pmsingal]

i love your video!!!

it helped me a lot

i just wanna ask u how i should exchange the edges.

i have one edge in right place but the other 2 are in switched.

please help!!!!

[CuberJim]

@pmsingal The disadvantage of my method is that you have to place everything one piece at a time. What you will likely have to do is a cycling of 3 pieces, or a number of pieces that is a multiple of 2 and 3 (so 6). Just use the algorithm that I mentioned in the video to cycle edges and apply it in a circular pattern of 6. This situation and others like it can be avoided with careful planning.

[Frostbittten]

@CuberJim I've gotten to this point as well with all solved except for 2 edges on the same face swapped. I've tried doing a 3 cycle around the whole puzzle but I haven't managed to solve it. Any help?

[CuberJim]

@BPenguinfire The algorithms are all the same, but are you sure that it is a truncated FTO and not a Magic Gem (truncated tip octahedron)? You have the added advantage of not having to orient or permit corners.

[BpenguinFire]

i have a weird version of this puzzzle. its truncated. it doesnt have the corners. and the colo scheme is completely different than yours...please help...how do i solve it?

[rubikappleipodguy]

im your 1,111 viewer!!!!

[CuberJim]

I must admit, I usually just do that formula until I notice that they are all permuted, then I cheat with the orientation by taking advantage of the looseness of the puzzle by manually turning the corners.

[BoboTheImp]

I'm not getting this magical "solve all corners save for the Up face you made" effect? I made one face correctly (color scheme is intact) then I do as you say and seems to do nothing? Help?

[bigpops74]

@BoboTheImp Same here. I always seem to end up with two corners in the right place, but rotated 180 degrees.

[BoboTheImp]

@bigpops74 Same as me, however I found a solve for this :). Hold the two rotated pieces on your up face and perform; [ RL'R'L] then spin the cube clockwise then perform; [ L'RLR' ]. And that should do you Sorry i don't know the proper term for the "turning of the cube clockwise", basically you will keep the same face you had during the first part of the algorithm but just spin the cube. So if your up face was red when you did the first part, the up face should be red for the second part :)

[bigpops74]

@BoboTheImp Thanks.

I'll give that a try.

PS. I think notation for the turn you describe is "Y" = A clockwise turn around the Y axis. Y' being anti(counter) clockwise.

[mitchblahman]

thank you!

this is so awesome!

[SunnWinder]

Great tutorial, Thankyou.

[TsT13Norman]

you dont show or tell how the edge or every edges will be in the side of center, the algorihtms you show is how to orient the edges, pls explain it , i really want to solve my FTO, thanks

[TsT13Norman]

i got mine its not just hard to solve and heavy its also , expensive haha, thanks bro at last i found one tutorial in youtube!!!

[Chrisbordenca]

Great job man, thanks! I was making it way more difficult than it really is.

[SkaterJacob14]

What do you do if you dont have a face turning octahedron

[CuberJim]

I would recommend getting one frome Cube4You (also known as Cubeforyou). It will cost around $30 and you can choose either black or white.

[phreddsfishpudding]

example walkthrough solve would be good

[CuberJim]

I will film one. I couldn't include it here because of length restrictions.