At least once every month pick up a cube and solve it. Done. Easy. This will keep you from forgetting the ways of the cube.

If you forgot how to solve a cube already. Suck it up. Learn it again.

If you are slow and was fast before, here are some tips:

1. Slowly solve the cube.
2. Time yourself adequately. No second-guessing.
3. Like number 2, give yourself 15 seconds like in a real tournament.
4. First time, slowly solve the cube. Second time actual go for it.
5. Seek out regular, not short cut ways to solve the cube.
6. After two or three tries, go for the short-cuts and look at your time.

Ignoring these key rules will prevent you from being a better cubist or at least where you were before you forgot how to solve the cube. You WILL get discourage jumping right into it. Follow these directions.

How does this relate to cubing?  I can solve a cube in almost 40 seconds, but I haven’t done it in a long time. So, just yesterday I picked up my cube and whittled away with a timer going as fast as I could. My time:

2 Minutes.

3 times that of my average best. I went again this time:

1 Minute

Back to normal. Still very slow for my taste, but the most important thing is that I almost forgot how to solve the cube. That is why it took so long. In another upcoming article, I will give you tips to rekindling your Rubik’s Cube abilities. Beside the obvious relearning the cube, there are ways to get faster to where you were.

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The next step is to get T’s with the Rubik’s Cube. ???? What is probably what your thinking. Here’s a picture to clear it up:

I know, it looks bad. But do you get the picture? You need to get the corners and place them in the white side. You will be filling in the white corners to complete the white side, AND get thse cool little T’s!

The next step is easier because it is just a formula step. So learn this one, and then the next one is on the way!

Everything in grey is stuff you don’t need to know about. But see how the green matches up with the green and the the red with the red. That is the first and hardest step.

F-Front. Front of the Cube. (White in this position.)

U-Upper. Top of the Cube. (Blue in this position.)

L-Left. Left of the Cube. (Orange in this position.)

R-Right. Right of the Cube. (Red in this position.)

D-Down. Bottom of the Cube. (Green in this position.)

B-Back. Back of the Cube. (Yellow in this position.)

Now, if I said B, you look at the B side, bottom, and turn it clockwise. LOOK AT THE SIDE. So, turn the cube to that side, turn it clockwise 90 degrees, then turn it back to your original side.

Got it? Good!

Now, if I said B’, apostrophe,  turn to the bottom, and turn it counter-clockwise, or 90 degrees the other way. Simple.

Got it? Great!

Now, if I said B2, you turn to the side, the bottom, and turn it 180 degrees, or twice. It doesn’t matter which way.

After you get all of this, you can move on to step one. (Under Construction. Check back tomorrow!)

Yesterday, when I wrote the “Four Formula’s Is All It Takes” article, I was referring to some of my friends who can solve the cube with only four formula’s. Well, I saw someone on the bus yesterday who was teaching a girl the first step. In my opinion, that is one of the hardest steps because there are no directions. You simply must get a cross and the white side. It is also the hardest to teach because of the same reason.

Yet, today on the bus the girl who was taught only yesterday was able to complete that first big step, with no previous knowledge of the cube. I was shocked at the girl and her teacher. It is the fact she completed it, now how long it took her. I confronted her friend who taught her and I asked how he did it. He simply said she’s a fast learner.

Now, without tooting my own here, I think I’m a pretty good teacher, every single one of my students who have been dedicated have completed a Rubik’s Cube and can solve it without directions, they memorized all of the formula’s. I have had about 10 students almost, and everyone learns differently and has a different experience. But yet they all have similar struggles and patterns of learning. They all think the white side is the hardest at first, and they all try to skip ahead once they pass the first two steps.

But I could never have taught anyone in only a 5 minute bus ride that well. Maybe she was working at it for a while, but I was impressed. It could be that, but I like to stay positive and say she got it fast. She never did finish the cube, for she didn’t know the next few steps, so I finished it for her. But none the less, a great learner and a great teacher make a great and fast team.

Rubik’s-Erno Rubik’s Last Name

Cube – A 3 dimensional object.

Rubik’s Cube-Beast

3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube- Height, Width, Length of A Rubik’s Cube.

4x4x4 Rubik’s Cube- The revenge to the original cube. Height, Width and Length. Rubik’s Revenge

5x5x5 Rubik’s Cube- The revenge to the revenge which was the revenge to the original. Rubik’s Cube Professor.

Corner-The Corner to the 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube, has three stickers or sides.

Edge- The edge to the Rubik’s Cube 3x3x3, has two stickers or sides.

Centers- The centers of the cube.

Layer By Layer Method- A beginner’s method to solving the cube. It is based no solving one layer at a time.

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Well, where did I say I was going today. Why yes of course, types of sticker for your 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube.

Now, I believe I have written a bunch of this before, so to most of you die hard fans of Rubiks-Cube-Solutions, this may be a review.

The stickers of the cube really do matter. Let me start from the beginning as I always do. Your first Rubik’s Cube straight out of the package. The stickers suck! They are cheaply laminated on for cheap and fast production by Hasbro. So, naturally, they fall off within the first 4-6 months.

The next step after that is to buy replacement stickers. Here is where it gets fun. There tiles, stickers, and vinyl stickers to choose from.

Stickers: Normal stickers that will add another 6-8 months to your cube. Stickers look like the ones you get out of the box.

Tiles: Basically will never fall off. A little shinier and rougher. Good for gripping. There is rough and not so rough. I had rough, then it went to my friend’s house, now I have not so rough. For beginners, I would use rough. Easier to handle. The not so rough slip a little more.

Vinyl: Never used ‘em. I’ve seen ‘em. Much shinier. Sort of like stickers.

Well, that sum’s that up. My recommendation in order best to last:

1. Stickers

2. Tiles: Rough

3. Tiles: Not so rough.

So, that’s that. Enjoy!

DO NOT PEEL OF THE STICKERS.

Do not get into peer pressure and peel off your stickers. The 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cubes is not too be messed with that way. And think about a 4x4x4 Rubik’s Cube. And without getting a brain explosion, think of the 5x5x5. That’s a lot of stickers. Let’s stick with the Rubik’s Cube for now.

There are 54 stickers on a cube. 6 Colors. 9 Stickers per side or color. Do not peel off the stickers. Here’s why, the normal 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube that you get in the store has its stickers laminated on. I will get to that later, but by peeling them off, they will not go on very well again. Screwing around with the stickers is terrible. It can screw up your cube forever.

Here’s a quick personal experience. At camp, a girl thought she’d be cute by peeling off my stickers in an attempt to solve my cube. Luckily I caught here on the second sticker. She got a whole sticker off and half a sticker. I WAS PISSED! I was unable to get replacement stickers and it almost screwed up my cube.

Another sticker incident. More recent. I was doing a video for the cube and I left my cube at my friends house. I came by a few days later to pick it up. It was sitting on a counter. I took one look, and I knew everything was wrong. Someone had switched a few stickers and a few were being peeled off. They said the heat could’ve been for the peeling. And, no one  came forward for the switched stickers. I was mad.

I spent a few hours fixing it. And how I fixed it will be part 2, replacement stickers. Just wait.

But anyways, peeling off Rubik’s Cubes stickers is really bad. They will not go back on. If you switch ‘em around. You won’t be able to solve the cube. IT’S BAD! So, don’t do it.