You've seen those guys solving 2X2X2 Rubik's Cubes in under 10 seconds. You'll have to look elsewhere to find out how to do it that fast, but using this solution will get your solve time under 1 minute with a cube that is fairly loose.
Step 1
Terminology. This is the terminology this article will use:
- U=Up(Top)
- D=Down(Bottom)
- R=Right
- L=Left
- F=Front
- B=Back
- Letter=Turn Clockwise
- Letter'=Turn Counter Clockwise
- Letter2=Turn 1/2 way around
- FC=Favourite Colour
- An example: D means turn the down face counter-clockwise (anticlockwise).
Step 2
Up Face
- Start by choosing your FC
- Find a face that has your FC. It will be your U face
- Find a corner cube that belongs beside the cube on the U face
- Turn the D face until the desired cube is under where you want it to be. Then use one of the following sequences to move it to the top.
- If your FC on the corner cube is on the R face: R' D' R
- If your FC on the corner cube is on the F face: F D F'
- If your FC on the corner cube is on the D face: R' D2 R D R' D R
- Do these steps until the whole up face is done.
Step 3
Down Face
- Look at the down face and figure out what colour the down face is. It will be the color that is on all of the disoriented remaining cubes
- The first step is to position all of the cubes (The bottom face is made up of 4 cubes. You have to get those into the correct position)
- Swap FLD and FRD cubes: R' D' R F D F' R' D R D2
- Swap FLD and BRD cubes: R' D' R F D2 F' R' D R D2
When all the cubes are positioned, the next step is to orient them. Looking at the bottom face, identify it from one of the following patterns: - After that, use the face that is currently at the top as the front to do one of these sequences:
- For patterns 1, 5, 6, and 7, do: R' D' R D' R' D2 R D2
- For patterns 2, 3, and 4, do: D2 R' D2 R D R' D R
- Continue the orientation sequences until the cube is solved
Step 4
If you successfully completed your cube, go brag about it on the discuss page.
Tips
- Loosen your cube up. You can find instructions on how to do this on a bunch of sites
- Don't use automatic solvers... You won't get that feeling of accomplishment, plus when you get good at this, you will be faster solving the cube without the solver than with it.
- You will probably need to memorize the solution to get your time under a minute.
- If you do not understand this, read it more carefully.
