The Rubix Cube

At one point I used to be able to use these codes to do the rubix cube in 2 minutes. In the 1st year at uni we had three cubes and used to race each other.

• Layer 1, No codes needed, just do it!
• Layer 2, Have finished layer on the bottom. This moves top-middle to middle-left:
• FU²RU’R’U²F’ or if the colours match on the front face do U’FU²RUR’U²F’
• Layer 3, Have finished layer on the bottom. We only worry about positions first, then once every cube is in the correct position we worry about the orientation.
• Corner Positions:
• Corners Clockwise (FR stays put): L’URU’ LUR’U’ (outside, last)
• Corners Anti-Clockwise (FR stays put): URU’L’ UR’U’L (Last, inside)
• Back Corners swapped: FU’B’U F’U’BU² (inside, first, last²)
• Front left to back right: UFUR U’R’F’
• Middle Positions
• Middles Clockwise (R stays put): L²UF’BL²F B’UL² (lufbourgh football)
• Middles anti-clockwise (R stays put): L²U’F’ BL²F B’U’L²
• Middles opposite Swap (Swaps F with B and L with R): R²L² D R²L² U² R²L² D R²L²
• Middles adjacent Swap (Swaps L with F and R with B): R BU B’U’R² F’U’ FUR
• Corners Orientation:
• Twist front-right corner clockwise: R’DRFDF’, move the corner that’ll be twisted anti-clockwise into the front-right position, FD’F’R’D’R
• Middle Orientation:
• Flip front-middle with right-middle: FUD’L²U²D² R, change top so other is on the right: R’D²U²L² DU’F’

F = Front face, R = right side, L = left side, B = Back face, U = top side, D = bottom face. ² = turn twice. Turn clockwise unless red’ in which case turn anti-clockwise.

To make my favorite snake pattern, from a completed cube, do:

• L U B’ U’ R L’ B R’ F B’ D R D’ F’