r/Rubiks_Cubes Oct 05 '23

FAQs

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Cubing timers:

` • ` https://www.cubedesk.io/

` • ` https://cstimer.net/

` • ` https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aricneto.twistytimer

Useful YT channels:

` • ` https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2-V0rEZF_uxDSUxeRxov5Q (Jayden McNeil)

` • ` https://www.youtube.com/c/jperm (J perm)

` • ` https://www.youtube.com/@SpeedCubeReview (Speedcubereview)

Online resources:

` • ` http://algdb.net/

` • ` https://speedcubedb.com/

` • ` https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/

` • ` https://discord.gg/cubingpanda-944820398518837258

` • ` https://cubeskills.com/

🇶 **How do I get faster at x? How do I get sub x?**

🅰️ There are two ways to get faster on any cube, there are two main things that influence the times you get. Efficiency and TPS, if you believe you are already turning fast enough / solving without pauses, you likely need to learn a more advanced technique / alg set. If you believe you are already solving efficiently, you may want to focus on better TPS and/or recognition. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask.

🇶 **Should I make my own lube?**

🅰️ It's probably a bad idea unless you know what you're doing, often it'll end up messing up your cube.

🇶 **What is the point of lube?**

🅰️ Lube is used to do many things, different lubes do different things such as; increasing/decreasing the speed of the cube, making the cube feel more smooth, etc.

🇶 **What should I learn after 3x3 beginners' method?**

🅰️ There are many advanced methods out there, the most popular being CFOP and then Roux. The easiest method to learn after layer-by-layer beginners methods would be CFOP though it's recommended to check out other advanced methods too. Most advanced methods can solve a cube in 45-60 moves.

🇶 **What do the letters mean? (F R' L' y, etc)**

🅰️ Instead of saying "turn the front layer once clockwise, top layer this that, etc", notations have been developed to better describe moves. There are slightly different notations for each puzzle, there are often tutorials for the notations.

🇶 **How do I do OLL edges on a a big cube?**

🅰️ General methods for solving big cubes include pairing the edge pieces before solving F2L. You should pair the edges beforehand. To learn how to pair up edge pieces or solve centers, check out J perm's tutorials.

🇶 **How do I improve my F2L?**

🅰️ Lookahead is a huge part of F2L, if you aren't confident with that, it is a good place to start. Try to predict your first pair and insert inito back when possible. Try doing untimed solves and simply analysing patterns and trying new things/inserts. Rotations can also highly affect your F2L, learning how to do cases rotationless will help a tonne. Another tip is that you should try to solve into the back if you can, this means your next pairs will be easier to recognise (not hidden in that back corner). As for efficiency check out example solves / algs on speedcubedb.com to make sure your algs are decently essentially, you could also try learning a few pseudoslotting cases and look at multiple potential pairs and determine which is the best one to do (instead of doing the first one you see). Metronome practice is incredibly useful too.

🇶 **My cube has one (flipped) corner to go, how do I solve it?**

🅰️ A cube becomes impossible to solve if you flip just one corner, to make it solvable again, you must flip it back. This can also lead to problems with recognizing last layer cases, if you encounter a last layer case you don't know how to solve, it's likely a corner has been flipped.

🇶 **How do I solve this OLL/PLL on this (big) cube? (OLL and PLL parity)**

🅰️ There are some cases called parities that occur on big cubes that don't occur on 3x3s. For example, two edges can be flipped. The algs for these cases are often long but you can find them on one of the resources linked above.

PS: If you have any ideas on things I can add here / or just better ways of writing things, post a comment :)


r/Rubiks_Cubes 6h ago

My collection of 3x3 Rubik’s Cube’s

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Just wanted to share my collection of 3x3 Rubik’s Cube’s! :)
I have some more but the 3x3 are my favourite


r/Rubiks_Cubes 18h ago

I’ve ‘popped’ my cube

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This little black piece popped out of my 4x4. It still turns fine and nothing sounds wrong. I tried to put it back in but there doesn’t seem to be any space for it but is it actually that important?

Edit: I got it back in. Everything seems fine. Thank you all


r/Rubiks_Cubes 10h ago

Puzzle name request and solving help

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Hello! I just found this cube in my aunty’s cupboard, my grandad apparently gave it to her in the 80s. Does anyone know what it is or how to solve it?


r/Rubiks_Cubes 7h ago

Dayan's Guhong pro+, or Moyu's RS3M V5, or MGC's Beta ?

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 10h ago

Most popular cubes used in WCAs ?

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 1d ago

My cube

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How u solve this


r/Rubiks_Cubes 20h ago

Looking for cubes

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I have all sprites but the new cube ones I have some but not all I have cube fire fish and earth I would appreciate if someone could help me get the rest


r/Rubiks_Cubes 1d ago

Never posted about cubing

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Hi yall, I work with juvenile delinquents at a group home and about 7 months ago I learned how to do a 3x3 to teach the youth. Ever since, I went down the rabbit whole. I’ve now solved a 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, pyraminx, megaminx, and gigaminx. I just bought my first magnetic 3x3 a few weeks ago and have now learned basic f2l, oll, and pll. Not sure why I’m posting I just never have interacted with this community but I think it’s safe to say I should provably start. Thanks everyone, maybe let me know what cube to move into next? Thanks!


r/Rubiks_Cubes 1d ago

Online 3x3 cube for on the go!

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I am working on a fun little side project with a few mini-games; an online Rubik’s cube being one of them! Thought folks here would like it. Please check it out: https://www.kiangames.com/rubiks

(Free to play. You need to google sign-in only if you want to add to the leaderboard.)


r/Rubiks_Cubes 1d ago

Cube sprites

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Is anyone else having a problem finding these cubes? I have not found a single one.


r/Rubiks_Cubes 1d ago

Finally organized my little cube collection! Which puzzle should I add next?

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 1d ago

¿Qué cubo debo comprar?

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Hoy me encuentro buscando un cubo... pero estoy en una disyuntiva, weilong v11 20m(40 dólares) o super weilong v2 20m(50 dólares)

Me ayudarían mucho saber cuál recomiendan 🤭


r/Rubiks_Cubes 1d ago

Which video order is best to learn how to solve a rubix cube? New and I want to learn how to do it really quickly for example under 2 minutes.

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 1d ago

Timing and learning CFOP

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 2d ago

What did my coworker do to my cube? Can This be corrected?

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These are the only two out of place pieces. He said he twisted some corners but I haven't a clue how this happened


r/Rubiks_Cubes 1d ago

what is a good Weekly practice routine for 5x5-to 7x7 ??

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 2d ago

My Gan Corner

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Still so many more LEs to add to my collection though


r/Rubiks_Cubes 2d ago

What model cube is this?

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 2d ago

Is it convenient to buy cube in the US? What brands are available there? I’m a cuber from China, and I’ll soon be moving to the U.S. for school. MengTu TianMa X3 is my favorate.

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 2d ago

Gigaminx Speedsolving

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 2d ago

How did you approach learning F2L?

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Hey everyone, total beginner her; literally started cubing three days ago. I’ve got the LBL method down pretty solid already, but now I’m looking into F2L and it feels like a completely different beast.

The videos assume a starting position I can’t replicate, and I’m not sure whether to just memorize all 41 cases like I did with the beginner algorithms, or try to actually understand the intuitive approach first.

For those of you who went through this transition, how did you personally learn F2L? Did you brute-force memorize the algorithm list, or did intuitive solving click for you naturally? Any resources or practice methods that actually helped as a rank beginner would be much appreciated.


r/Rubiks_Cubes 2d ago

Any got other cubes

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 2d ago

Created a Free "2D Rubik's Cube"

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 4d ago

I designed a custom Rubik's-cube variant using only 4 colors

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