Easiest 3x3 Rubik's Cube Tutorial You Will Find

Gud work dude!....its impossible to teach, i know, but u did a great job,

verry nicely done

I created an account with metacafe just to let you know how much you helped me. I watched several tutorial on the rubik's and you were without a doubt the best. I know you don't get money but please take pleasure in the fact that you helped a very frustrated person solve this cube and for that I'm grateful. Once I got it, I messed it up and was able to get to the last step without watching your video, but I did need help with the last step. You are the best on the web...in my opinion. You moved the cube slow and your voice was easy to follow. Take care and God Bless.

Cant wait for that Rubik's Magic tutorial!

A+ I reccomend this video to anyone. If you are learning the cube, watch this video FIRST!

Ayee. That was done very well. I think I'll try it.
You have amazing fingers, by the way.

i learned to do em. still not that good but im still working on it

thanks a lot !!!!! i learned how to play with rubiks cube hope to cu again

As a Rubik's cube slover myself, I believe I have the right to make some comments. Your first layer explanation was very good, well done for that. I do the second layer a completely different way, with one ultra simple algorithim. Your way does work, however it is very round-about. I line it up on the side it's supposed to be, so that it makes a T. (I don't flip the cube upside-down.) Then, if I'm moving it to the left, I do left up, bottom towards, left up, bottom towards, left up, bottom away, left down, bottom away, left down. Also, for when there's a middle edge stuck in the wrong orientation, i just mess up a corner to bring it to the bottom, do the algorithim, fix the corner, and redo the algorithim. It might be a couple moves lonver, but it is much quicker hand motions. I dont get your last side method at all. I first solve for a yellow cross with either a backwards L or horizontal line: the L: Front right, top right, right up, top left, right down, front left. Line: Front right, right up, top right, right down, front left. Then I switch corners the same way you do. Then i do the fish thing, except sometimes you need to do the same thing with opposite direction turns. If there isn't a fish, you just do either direction until you get a fish - you can figure out patterns eventually. Finally, i switch the center edges the same way you do. I've taught many people, and I think that the way I do it is very effective. Your way is great too, but i is a little counter-productive. I tried to make a tutorial, but it didn't work out as well as yours. You did a great job, congratulations. However, i would apreciate it if you could look at my way and comment on it. Thanks!

jesus christ how do those little asian kids solve this in 10 seconds? lmao

Same problem with the sound, though, see my comment on your 4x4 video. :)

This guy is a champion he taught me how to solve an rubiks cube, now i ca do it in less than 2 mins. Thanks

now i can solve the cube anytime i want thanks alot

Thanks so much! This video is so easy to follow and I love the pace you do things, it's not too fast! Great job!

(I too, created an account just to rate this a 5-star/comment on it!)

I can't get the fish. I'm not sure how you choose which side to be the "right" side. Does that make sense?

I SOLVED IT THANK YOU :) lol had to rewatch bits a few times but i got it :) haha

I SOLVED IT :) THANK YOU :)

First off i created a metacafe acc just to comment on this vid so here goes

Alrite well this is first off an incredibly easy tutorial, i mean i was like wait wtf? on the last layer. I mean god the plls were incredibly easy. the first layer was err debatably good, instead of making it wrong in the first place, just put it in the right place to begin with. some of the keyhole i found a bit odd and your way of just doing alot of it i found odd, instead of R' D' R D, you did like L D' L' D so basicly a reflection, you should just teach standard cross -> first layer -> middle layer (your way was fine) -> LL (yours was also fine) in all, good job

nice tutorial 5 stars btw u should have put these up for PR

your video has helped me so much :) lol when starting on the "T"s i span the top once n i got the doubles of all colours on all sides :) i was like OMG cool lol so actually u can get all 4 (orange,blue,green,white) :)

just created this account to thankyou for this tutorial. its the simplist and most easy to understand one i could find, and trust me i looked around. your slow pace made it extra easy to take in what you were telling us so thanks for that.
i am now completely addicted to the cube and can hardly put it down
cheers!

I was just given a 5x5 and am now learning the 3x3 in order to be able to solve it.
Your tutorials are very easy to follow and I am sure I will have no trouble solving the 3x3 now.
Then I will move on to the 4x4 and finally the 5x5.
I would like to see you make a video on the 5x5 so I can use it as a reference when I get to that point.

Dude, this is by far the best tutorial on the web bar-none. i also just got an account with Metacafe just so that i could personally thank you. i have tried several times with others on the web with no luck. all the LU,FR.....blah blah blah stuff makes it soooo hard but your way works. one thing though, you mess up on 19:45 of the video you say "the right side up" but you actually move the left side up. i still got it by looking at what you were doing. Awesome job and keep up the great work. Finally got it!!!

Dude, great job. First time i've ever completed a rubik's cube, thanks to you.

Alright, i learned how to do this but sometimes i get stuck on the 2nd move. i will have the middles of two sides right next to each other then the other two are not finished... its like i have blue and blue on one side and orange and orange on the one next to it but on the others its red green and green red, but i can never seem to fix it... Plz help.

amazing tutorial, got it solved in about an hour. thanks so much. one problem though. im stuck at the whole "fish part" i know how to get it if the L is already there but what about if its like a line of cubes or like 4 in a square? which "algors" do you use to get the fish. my current method is do the two algoriths randomly until the fish appears...sometimes it takes one..sometimes twenty. haha

thank you very much for the video. by far, the easiest to follow (tha's something for a slow guy like myself). finally cracked the cube after watching n studying your video.

thanks again. this is THE EASIEST and THE BEST video to solve the cube. and trust me, I've tried lots of them.

THANK YOU!

I will ever find. Amazing one dude.

ok on the green side on the top in order from left to right i have green, blue, orange

orange side yellow yellow yellow

blue side blue green orange

red side blue red red

on the top when i look at the red side and go up to the yellow i see from top to bottom red orange green next 2 rows are yellow

and i really need the fish so plz help with maybe a video or somethin :D

on the last part i cant get the fish please help i have all the too bottom and ya i really need help :P

hi,
Thank you for your tutorial,
I am at the second row after solving the T,
I have 2 corners to put in place but i dont have the color on the top to put it further away as you said, how can i do ?
also you said that if the corner was correct you wouldn't use this algorithme so I can i do ?
thank you

okay im soooo frickin happy you made this ive had this rubixcube since christmas and i havnt been able to figure it out. thanks, this was really helpful

I cant get a fish i dont understand how u do this

I have no idea how the heck u explained that but that 3x3 rubik's cube tutorial was the only tutorial that helped me solved it. I thank u for ur tutorial n ur time

I'm not good at any 3D games at all, so this helps me heaps!!! And I couldn't believe I can solve it finally!!! Though I've stumbled around quite a few times and got to repeat some steps to try again. Anyway, thank you so much!!!! I'll try to remember the algorithms and try to see how this really works... THX!!!!

My yellow fish is double-headed and when i do the move after it doesn't work. =(

makes the most sense to me compared to the other tutorials....it was good to see you making the moves as you explained it, (again, best in my opinion), made me look at the cube in a different way.

you've done a great job..
excellent.!!
i really learned from this vid...
i know there are many vids teaching how to solve a rubix cube..but this the the best..
i mean,, the others are good too, but there's no comprehension on why, what's with the notation or algorithm he used,,why in that manner... a bit confusing..
and i really learned a lot from this vid..
thanks a lot "sensei"teacher" from naruto"

the only reason i made this is to thank u so feakin muh or adding this! fist tutorial that works for brain dead people like me ^^

I have a big problem. Your tutorial has helped me tremendously. I can solve the cube to about 90%, however, I always run into the same problem. Your "solve for the fish" method never completely works for me. I always end up with one piece that is yellow and w/e else being in the correct row, the row with the yellow face, but flipped wrong, with the yellow side of the piece facing not up, but towards me. This is a problem I can not figure out. I really appreciate your tutorial and if you are kind enough to help me with this problem it will only be extra, I already think you're great.
~Erick

I solved it like a million times thanks to you...

i had added a comment before about this, never saw it post, but seems when all corners are correct, but the centers are reversed, the "shortcut it seems is to do the algorythm slyy showed that he starts off with "don't know how to say this but turn the front upside down", after completing that 1 side will be completed, and then repeat that same step to finish.

this has happened several times to me following your tutorial, when solving the yellow side, and beaing near the last few algorythms, i get where all the corner peices match and the centers are on opposite sides, is there a easy way to fix that? i think the way i solved the problem before was using your parity method for the center side, ( hence messing the cude way back up), for 2 opposite edge centers, then gettting back to the L and fish

This is the best Tutorial on the web.

Thanks!

I can't believe how easy that was...I've used it 40 million times...it rocks =)

Thanks for explaining every probability that will be incured while solving it. It was very easy and took 6 days for me to follow the steps

When I am doing the fish.. I am not getting all the yellow colors.. I am getting lost there not understanding what's wrong there, but I am very happy atleast I am coming close to the solving of a rubik cube.. I spent 4 hours today to get to that point.. nice explanation there.... thank you.. but my fish is coming in a different shape and I am getting confused there.. please help....

Hats off dude! I dot' know if I can ever do it.. I can do only one sid easily and maximum 2 sides.. but with ur tutorial I will try and see if I can improve. Thank you!

hey thanx ive got it i didnt remember the algarythms yet but i got them on paper so thanks long plane ride commin up so ill prolly get em down then

if you use the jesica fridrich method wiih thecross and the corresponding colors that will cut your solve time down. for me about a minute probaly

i can do one in like 2-3 minutes cause of you!!

hint: combing the fridrich method(the cross) really helps! you can get the t's faster

Yesterday, I bought a cube for my ten-year-old son and made the mistake of showing him the checkerboard trick I remembered from childhood. Within minutes of buying the thing, he managed to make it into a huge mess -- trying to copy my trick. I'd never solved a cube before, and went looking for help on the web. It is now 24 hours later and my son has his new cube back intact -- thanks to your tutorial. You've done us a huge favor. :)

man! This is the BEST VIDEO EVER for solving a rubiks cube. Although i watched this months ago, i still want to thank you for your help. Now i can solve one in 35 seconds! THANKS A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you could complete the white side and the "T' at the same time!

for me, what you have done is the more difficult way in solving...
there is one easy way to solve to it in youtube....

and about the algorithms, just don't mind it...focus on the steps just like i did

no offense to you slyy...

you algarithums screded me up alot

when do u use the two algarithums?

Great vid :D

I've been using your method for a few weeks now, just solving the cubes whenever I'm bored and I found something... a special situation where, after the top face has been solved, the rest doesn't work... it just keeps on repeating itself... still don't know how to get out of it yet...

hey i was just wondering. on the step after you make the T, and you are trying to fill in the center edges pieces, once you have moved the appropiate color into that slot, and then you have to find somewhere where it doesnt work to put the white back up, um, what do u do if there is nowhere that does not fit, and all of them work?

Its not 100% in dept but after messing around with the algorythms it all makes sense, so all you other people stuck on this, mess around with the algorythm, take it step by step, practice each step! I somehow wasn't that impressed with finishing it...

Thanks dude, That helped a lot, now I can solve a rubiks cube in almost 1:30seconds! By the way, did you get the algorithims yourself? Or got them from someone else, Just wondering, you dont need to answer. Oh and another non answer needed question, whats the the red stuff on your hand?

What do you do if you dont have the little L shape on the yellow side?

Time to solve first rubik's cube - about 27 years!
Time to solve after this guy's help - about 20 mins!

Thanks man, I have never been able to work this out, but your instructions are excellent and I can finally rest easy knowing I can solve the bloody thing!

Hi, Thanks for such a good tutorial. I have been trying to get fish but not able to get it. On what side the first move should start to get fish? I tried a lot of times but not able to get it.

I stumbled across this tutorial a few days ago and bought my first Rubik's Cube.

I've solved it multiple times and am trying to get my time under 5 minutes ;)

Where can one buy the 2x2 cube and the 4x4 cube?

Regards,
Sam

Uploaded a new speedcubing video, go ahead, be amazed.

lol this wideo was wery helpfull

can you tech how to do a megamix

hey bro can you teach how to do a megamix

Fantastic way of explaining the cube!
After seeing your video a couple of times, i can solve the rubriks :P
Thank y so much!
In my eyes, you´re quite like superman!

Cya!

never felt so indebted to someone i do not know. every video i watched before this was crap - you are truly a legend

i can solve the cube now thanks 2 u! Btw where did u get that method?

When do you use the 2 algorithms shown to solve the yellow side? For example, i understand that using the "spinny move" after having the fish will give you the completed yellow side, but when else would you use it and when do u use the second algorithm? Also, what side of the cube should face you when using the second 1?

you did a great job explaining some moves, but there really isn't a technique for this...its just common sense ;)

I embeded some of your video on
ForMakers.com , a "How to" Specialized
website where you keep 100% adsense income. Upload & Enjoy !

Ok, yeah... so I got to 17:35 in your vid and there's no yellow to either the left or right.
But the "Fish" is kinda, a fish.well, this is what the top looks like
YYG
YYY
YYO Y=yellow G=green O=orange

so, yeah. There's an extra peice on the top so I'm thinking thats what the left/right peice is, I'll try to get it down but help would be greatly appreaciated

I started with a Yankee Rubik's Cube, since it is the only one i have.
when i finished one side, the first row of the T is all done already. However, i don't know how to get the middle piece of the second row of the T, since i don't recall u having to do it.

That was brilliantly display of solving the cube with simple moves. Just remember it and will solve most problems !!

nice job

I want one to practice now :D

this was very infomative untill the last step were it gets confusing as can be

hey Slyy, u think you can put up a video of u doing the 3x3 as fast as u can?

By far the bets cube solving video out there. Plus, he made the 2x2x2 and 4x4x4 solutions. It used to take me 15-20 minutes to solve the 3x3. Now I can do it in under 3 minutes. It used to take me ~10 minutes to do the 2x2, now I can do that one in less than 2 minutes. I'm still working on the 4x4. I can solve it with my little cheat sheet I made from the directions. I still haven't memorized the two algorythms at the end (parity and the two sets of reversed squares).

I'd be interested in seeing the 2-gen, 4-gen and 6-gen algorythms you spoke of...

I just ordered the 5x5x5 cube. Never played with one, but I'm looking forward to it. You gonna make a video of that one? :)

As soon as I saw you complete the white side, I immediatly wanted to go to the store and get me a cube.

I believe I shall do that now!

i got the first 2 rows but i can't get the first part of the fish, i tried everything and it's not working

i got the first 2 rows but i can't get the first part of the fish, i tried everything and it's not working

by knowing this, will it help you do a 4x4?

I liked it.
Thank you

MAN you are the best, amazing

is twice as long as it needs to be! It's redundant. he just randomly puts all the white pieces on the same side, then he lines them up afterward. SO much easier if you just put them all in the right place to begin with. do the white middle pieces first, then the corners. this way you eliminate TONS of moves and your first side is done and all lined up properly.

Great tutorial. But i'm stuck. After the white side is solved - i did the vertical side of the T. two sides are already done. But the other two sides are next to each other - how do i solve it in that case. In the tutorial - the two sides whose Horizontal T are not solved are opposite of each other.

dont generalize the asians ^_^ im asian and i can solve the rubix cube like dogs can purr.

um.. maybe you can throw in some of the rubix tricks too... like the checker pattern or the everything solved but the centers swapped thingy...

umm.. i was solvin the 3x3 with your tutorial and i came to a case where i got the fish.. but the peice that was supposed to be where im supposed to do a spinny move was not there... what do i have to do in those situations? I got around by doin the algorithms till i scramble the peices again but is there any short method for that? thanks man! nice vid.. got it a five

you, great explanation

for some reason, when i get the fish, i get two heads! if i math any of there heads, i dont see any yellows on the sides, i see two yellows in the back... i cant complete the yellow face.. help plz

this dude's got the fight club" kiss "on his hand

I'll tell you that my time is around 30 to 40 seconds. jeje

Hey I want to know in how much time you can do the cube?

Dude..I almost had it..but at the fish step my yellow was on the right when you had it on the left on your video...and I couldnt figure out the spinning move that way !!

Practice this and replay it about 3-4 times and you will now be able to intertain your friends. It still takes me about 5 minutes

Just went to ebay to finally get one :)