HOW TO SOLVE A RUBIK'S CUBE (& Remember The Steps!)

Welcome to your first step to becoming a SPEED CUBER! This tutorial takes you through the full beginner's method and provides tips for memorising each step. Unlike other videos, this approach makes it really natural to move to intermediate & eventually advanced methods!
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KEY SEQUENCES
- Easy Move: R U R' U'
- Placing edge into the left: U' L' U L U F U' F'
- Placing edge into the right: U R U' R' U' F' U F
- To make a yellow cross: F R U R' U' F' (or F Easy Move F')
- To make a yellow top: R U R' U R U2 R' ("Sune")
- To swap 2 top layer corners: R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' ("T perm")
- To swap 3 top layer edges: R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2 ("U perm")
SUMMARY OF EACH STEP
Step 1: Create the white cross, making sure each edge matches the correct colour of its respective side.
Step 2: Complete the white side by inserting the correct white corner pieces. Make sure the white corner is above the place it needs to go, and use the Easy Move (R U R' U'). Layer 1 is complete!
Step 3: Complete layer 2 by inserting the correct edge piece between the centres. Make sure the piece in the top layer is aligned with the same center colour, then use the "Placing edge" sequence above.
Step 4: Create a yellow cross on the top using the 6 move sequence - F, Easy Move, F'. Ignore the corner colours at the stage. If there's only a yellow center, doing the sequence will create the right angle shape. Align that to 9 o'clock, and the 6 moves will make it a horizontal line. Now when do the 6 moves, it'll become a cross!
Step 5: Make the top entirely yellow. The only sequence you need here is the "Sune" (R U R' U R U2 R'). If none of the corners are yellow upwards, just do the sune. If two corners are yellow upwards, make sure a yellow side is facing you on the front left, then do the sune. Finally when you get the fish, make its nose point towards your left, and 1 or 2 sunes will now complete the yellow top!
Step 6: Move all the corners into their correct positions, with respect to their side. The "T Perm" sequence will always swap the two corners on the right. If you need to swap diagonal corners, just do the T perm from any side, then it'll end up in the right position for one more T perm.
Step 7: Move the edges into their correct positions. The "U Perm" I teach will always swap the left, front and right edges in a clockwise direction. You may have to do this up to 3 times to fix the cube.
Step 8: Shout hooray and superglue your cube so that it never gets scrambled again! Just kidding, mix it up again when you feel brave and keep getting better and better 😃
This tutorial was adapted from www.cubeskills.com/uploads/pd..., created by @Feliks Zemdegs.
0:00 YOU CAN DO THIS
1:03 Step 1 - White cross
1:58 Step 2 - White corners
3:38 Step 3 - 2nd layer edges
6:12 Step 4 - Yellow cross
7:39 Step 5 - Yellow top
10:22 Step 6 - Swap top corners
11:47 Step 7 - Swap top edges
13:19 Full example solve
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[@Tingman]

In a world with so many tutorials, this is my little attempt to help some people master the wonderful 3x3 cube! Some of the steps might look more challenging than other methods, but learning it this way will allow you to graduate to intermediate or advanced methods more easily! The first step might be to simply solve the cube, but after that, the challenge is doing it fast 🙂 All the best!

[@Nicki1770]

Thank you tingman! I am a speedcuber but I will watch this anyway because why not👍

[@kiwicuber]

I will watch this video tomorrow as it releases/premieres tomorrow even though i can solve already... I want to see what makes this different from all the other tutorials out there

[@kaustavsarcade]

Thank you.I love watching your videos. I always see your videos. It attracts me very much .

[@Tingman]

Kiwi Cuber thanks, although I don’t know if you’ll find it to be very different. There are only so many beginner methods to solve a cube :)

[@kaustavsarcade]

Do you love games like Minecraft

[@yes4993]

Let’s be honest, most of us already know how to solve the cube, but we’re still gonna watch it cuz it’s tingman

[@rayyanferoz7746]

Ye true af

[@v13cubing16]

Yes

[@ibrodz1]

Yess

[@lennykludtke4172]

Definitely

[@mjd_my9]

Although I know how to solve it I still like to see tutorials

[@dailypuzzles]

Parking my comment here before this reaches 1 Trillion Billion Million views (currently not premiered)

[@anoldvisitor4091]

Here before 100 likes on this comment

[@Serkoid]

@@anoldvisitor4091 same

[@kiwicuber]

Here before 30 likes on this comment

[@kiwicuber]

@1000 subs with no video... lol I had no vids as well and have more subs lol

[@argemirotorrico7351]

Here before the première, and of course I use the TINGMAN discount code for every Daily Puzzles purchase, it's a win-win!

[@spino9123]

I solved my first cube today! Thank you for making this tutorial :D

[@Skullcracker1636]

I should win the Guinness World record for replaying a video the most times.

[@RenderDaily-ih7nf]

Whose here *speedcuber* but still watching this premier video?
👇👇

[@jonahlevit4132]

me

[@RenderDaily-ih7nf]

Im speedcuber to LOL

[@vazilstu]

jonah levit I watched the whole thig

[@lipingyu4196]

me. I was just comparing this to the J Perm vids and other ones.

[@thespeedsolver9255]

same

[@ga7cubing135]

Oh my goodness thank you tingman for teaching me how to do a u perm. I could never learn the u perm but you made it possible for me to learn it. I love you tingman

[@AniMewAlex]

Long time speedcubing here! I amm so glad that I had managed to find this tutoriall for my friend as she has already done her first solve in under 2 hours and is already onto her seond solve as we speak! The relaving background music, the full on front view of the cube, the fact that you have only only used the begginer method but also have integrated a number of OLL and PLL algorithms to further cut down the number of moves it would take to do, the nice and lively entertaining voice, having the irelevent pieces coloured black and only the pieces that you need to focus on being coloured in all make this a very good tutorial to learn from. 10/10 and would reccomend this tutorial to anyone! Very appreciated!

[@Tingman]

Just saw this comment. Thanks so much! That's exactly what I was aiming for when I made this video! I didn't want beginners to have to "unlearn" algorithms if they wanted to progress.

[@krunalshah2296]

Nice video Tingman

[@Guillermo100]

don't forget the fishy fishy

[@C6723]

Great Tutorial! I already know beginner CFOP but I really like the method you teach for the last layer.

[@npckd]

Fun fact: you can solve 13:00 aka the “H Perm” like this and it will solve the whole cube, the moves are M2 U’ M2 U2 M2 U’ M2. Congrats on solving the cube you guys! (Ik how to solve the cube I just came here for tingman)

[@crazywuzhere5]

this tutorial is really helpful! after watching the turorial for a few hourd i finally memorized it and now im able to solve the cube. definetly recommending this to my cuber friends

[@En0xic]

WOW So helpful!!!!! Thanks for the Tings Tingman!
😃😄

[@shlokmenon2361]

Tingman in 15 years: How to solve a 15x15(and remember the steps!)

[@jeffmon0073]

Shlok Menon a 15x15 is like a 7x7 just more time and a harder time 2 pair

[@shlokmenon2361]

@@jeffmon0073 Thanks man!

[@cuberchez818]

It is easy to solve a 15x15 if you can solve a 7x7 and 3x3
(edge pairing is just a bit more)

[@sandeeppalandi4707]

My name is also Shlok lol!!

[@shlokmenon2361]

@@sandeeppalandi4707 Lol

[@v13cubing16]

Hey tingman please make a cube collection video
If you want a cube collection video by tingman like this comment.

[@Bowling_kid2009]

Your tutorial is amazing it taught me so quickly Thankyou for doing it it really changed my life.

[@christinafung7769]

Thanks Tingman ! This video helped me a lot!

[@KailashAnand06]

To everyone who is watching this video in hope to learn to solve a Rubik's cube, I am very very happy to say that this tutorial in the best tutorial you can find on the internet! There are somethings that are a little harder than in most tutorials, but I think if you understand how they work, then you will surely be able to not only solve faster and better, but also you'll be able to move onto more advanced methods much much easier. So all I have to say, is to follow whatever he says and I think you will be able to solve a cube guaranteed. I know this sounds like an ad for this video, but this is a genuine comment from someone who struggled to learn the cube. So all the best to you!
Message for Tingman: OMG man this video is insanely useful! You are really good at teaching and I think you should post more tutorials. If you think tutorials aren't the type of content for this channel, then if possible, could you make a second channel for tutorials? This is just a suggestion. I dont know why, but I was so looking forward for this video. Great tutorial, and hats off!

[@Tingman]

Thank you, that's 100% what I was thinking when I made this. A lot of people have commented that I made it too hard for beginners, but my goal wasn't to teach people who only wanted to solve the cube once, but those who wanted to solve it over and over and get faster and faster. And learning these steps provides the best way forward. I probably won't make a second channel at this point but I appreciate your feedback about the tutorials. Thank you again!

[@CorbanArthur]

@@Tingman U perm will not work. I think I may know why, but do you have any idea? I think it wont work is because for step 6 I use a different algerithm, i use R, B, R F2, R', B, R, F2 R2. Could that be it? Please respond

[@lithum2484]

@@CorbanArthur not to be rude but what kinda of u perm is that i just use M2 U M U2 M’ U M2

[@mchampion9854]

And he puts the algorithms at the top

[@madhurisulochana3987]

Tingman please focus on the insolvable cases like flippee edge or twisted corner that biggeners may have a problem with and then they will think that your tutorial doesnt work

[@pianoandeden]

Fair point

[@him9232]

@@pianoandeden Jesus loves you

[@him9232]

Jesus loves you 😄

[@pianoandeden]

@@him9232 thanks i guess

[@DanceMasterO12]

Thank you sooooo much ting man now I can solve a rubik's cube!

[@anikayt]

Thanks Tingman! I was trying to learn how to solve the Rubik's cube but I had no idea so I tried some other toturials like Z3 cubing and bright side but those ones weren't very good so I came to you

[@bijuthotta]

The two dislikes are from Na and Nb

[@argemirotorrico7351]

Now 6 :(

[@cuberchez818]

@@argemirotorrico7351 the 4 gperms also disliked

[@rajammabhaskar8379]

Now 42

[@hiuwubaka123]

Thank you Tingman, I always had trouble trying to solve the cube without using the beginner's method and learning the algs for me, you simplified it and easy to remember. Thank you!

[@Alexplayz14]

Me too

[@Ispeedcuber]

Me toooo

[@poplamasiv]

Thank you it worked many times for me so I recommend this to everyone once again thanks 😊.

[@chessstreamerandtricks503]

Very very nice i saw 100 videos but i didn't understand when I saw this video I understand. So thank you Tingman.

[@teshby]

Best tutorial ever thank you I finally solved my rubix cube

[@kingkongboi945]

Same but I took me about 3 hours to solve it :)

[@codo8584]

"easy move" Now cmon Tingman we all know that's not the proper jargon haha

[@pianoandeden]

whats the proper jargon?

[@chrisroman8427]

@@pianoandeden it’s usually called “sexy move”

[@1976kanthi]

@@pianoandeden it’s called a “sexy move”
I have no idea why.

[@pianoandeden]

@@chrisroman8427 oh lol rly

[@pianoandeden]

@@1976kanthi i was taught it was called the magic move lol😭😂

[@jaxpriesss3319]

This made me solve my first cube!!! Thank you Tingman!

[@evansalinas7244]

Thank you Tingman for this tutorial!

[@crypxy1630]

Just thought I'd share this info to the people who are actually beginners. For the "Fishy" part (9:05), there is another algorithm you can use which is called "Antisune". Basically, you're doing the same algorithm as the Sune, but this time it'll be on the left side. But in order for it to work, you have to make sure the yellow corner is facing you, but on the left side. This way you don't necessarily have to do the Sune multiple times on the right side. Hopefully this helps!

[@ekhau1977]

Very informative video. I like the competition with kids video too :) Unfortunately there isn't a age group , as I think it's a bit unfair for kids to compete with adults who have bigger hands :D I saw from Cube head video on the Fishy part, and he uses Left Alg to solve white faces facing your left, after making sure the other face (not the top face, if that makes any sense), is same color as the center color (I added this in myself after playing with my kids :D )

[@crift3vil731]

I'm gonna watch even tho I can solve. I want to see how different is this

[@rayyanferoz7746]

Ye

[@crift3vil731]

@Manuel Alair same

[@kajaldey2656]

Me too.

[@pianoandeden]

🧢

[@nikcro1982]

Thank you TINGMAN this helped me solve the rubiks cube bye have a good day

[@Karam.itzmehto]

Thanks for the tutorial Tingman

[@RubikSnap]

Fun, easy and memorizable! Great tutorial Tingman 😉

[@Jakecarter639]

Ha

[@ajdavid9903]

The “easy” move is actually the sexy move 😂😂😂

[@harmonytunes.101]

Thankyou so much, I've never been able to solve a Rubik's cube but this tutorial really helped! I managed to solve it. It was so simple, You've earned a new subscriber :)

[@eduardhawlitschek4901]

Thank you Tingman!!! I literally solved my first cube without instructions 2h after the video. Im not so good though but I hope I get better in the future 😊

[@Letsgooboi]

I'll watch this even tho I can solve one so that I can Teach others

[@petrahumar3762]

me too i average 20 seconds

[@andrewirvine1615]

same

[@boltscrew]

I average about 40 seconds with almost full pll and 2 look oll

[@wild.capy-]

Me to i average 12 but im teaching people that faint when i solve lol. Also cuz its tingman

[@devanshbadireddi5194]

Thank you so much Tingman!
I've seen so many tutorials but yours is the easiest to solve thank you so much again! :)

[@leakleak3422]

Quick

[@nandisharts5752]

Thanks for the vid 😍

[@rumanazaman4577]

I just learned the whole thing!!! Thank you tingman!!!
First i did J Perm then Bright Side then the Simon Shi and ended up on you! Thank you all for teaching!

[@NoobiliciousIsCool]

omg same

[@cheesestudios2827]

Nice video!!! A really in-depth tutorial! Might teach my brother how to solve the cube using this!

[@HardPasta]

for when you are solving the corners with the t perm: if you find that algorithm confusing, when i learnt first i used an easier algorithm to learn it goes L' U R U' L U R', and then the sune/fish algorithm. you hold the cube in the same orientation. i liked to remember it like this: up on left, across, up on right, across, down on left, across, then down on right, and then sune

[@ilove2x2]

bad

[@Eggspert625]

@@ilove2x2 good

[@dustiershoe2413]

This was very helpful even though I know how to solve a cube. I hade my lil bro right beside me solving his cube with your tutorial and then he solved it. He was sooooo happy he finally solved his first cube! But anyways it was really helpful. Keep it up Tingman!

[@YEM_YA]

Thank you so much!!!!! I writen down almost everything you said so i can practice

[@shabbirhbadami1814]

Wow! This is amazing. I’ve been trying to solve the cube for ages. And using your video I have completed the cube finally. Thanks!

[@tunetoprajna5784]

Me too

[@tunetoprajna5784]

Love from India 🇮🇳♥ 🇮🇳

[@kazzerism]

Thank you this was SO helpful! I had a hard time following other videos, it helped so much that you simplified what each move does and showed the algorithm on the screen. This was exactly what I was looking for and helped me take notes and solve my cube for the first time in a long time!

[@webmagix]

I want to thank you.
In late 2020 i picked up a cube which I have forgotten for quite a while. But then i solved 1 side, and then another, but I knew there were proper methods to solve the thing. I watched your tutorial and it took me a month to remember all the steps, almost 4 years later, i solve the cube in around 15-20 seconds.
Thank you for getting me into cubing.
I am a kid btw

[@reborn_shadow]

Thank you Tingman, I am a beginner in rubix cube and i have watched over 50 videos and i found yours the easiest. You've earned a sub :)

[@chuckbtv1411]

When I first watched this an hour ago I could solve it in about 20 mins. But after life 30 minutes I could do it in 7. I took a lot of notes tho
Edit: after 9 days I have remembered a lot of the steps. I use my own steps for the white cross. So I have remembered all of it. I also now have a PB of 39.58 seconds in just 9 days!

[@AsashiRblx]

Grt

[@dan__MTB]

How it hasn’t worked for me

[@dan__MTB]

Tried again hasnt worked make another video showing it again but fix all the problems with other peoples cubes

[@sumankaarthi1578]

“AND REMEMBER THE STEPS “
Most important huh😁

[@bowtieshorts]

Bruh

[@sumankaarthi1578]

Bowtie Cubes bruh

[@Electric140]

Your video helped me out a ton. Thank you so much!

[@kyxx1443]

Thank you tingman you helped me ive only knew how to solve 1 layer and 1 side after almost a year ive always wanted to learn how to solve the cube but the other tutorials are pretty hard to understand thank you once again !!!

[@CuberGamesOG]

This was so helpful for me to get my 1st ever solve :)
Edit: I'm actually surprised that I got at least 5 likes
Edit 2: Imagine getting a sub-2 second

[@larissaluna3616]

Me, knowing how to solve a cube: Watching the whole video because it is so soothing and crying a little bit becuase thats exactly what I would have needed, when I fist started!

[@smileylola8738]

Thanks this video helped me solve my 1st Rubin cube🎉
Really helpful

[@Pro_level_threat]

Thankyou tingman ,working!!!! I Learnt to solve all the layers in 1 day

[@karidonovan4898]

I love these videos they help a lot and I already mastered how to solve two layers in only two days. Thanks Tingman 👍

[@anishdode4023]

Get ur " I was here before the premier " ticket here

[@Tingman]

Me please

[@anishdode4023]

😁😁😉👍

[@rayyanferoz7746]

Tingman me to please

[@argemirotorrico7351]

Just barely got it! Also, why are there dislikes before the video even starts

[@delta9183]

Me too

[@jhtwst__]

I watch normal ting man vids doing a cube now I can watch tingman teaching doing a cube while I am doing a cube

[@CLUELESSGAMER9474]

Thank you so much Tingman I solved it

[@liva1324]

from beginner to doing 3 second solves i really have improved thanks for your help Tingman

[@LMPG_101]

Why you lying bruh

[@liva1324]

@@LMPG_101 im not

[@nick13bro]

@@LMPG_101 why do you think hes lying?

[@mycubiverse]

Tingman you're a legend. I could solve before and wanted to make a tutorial for my friends but didn't know where to start. Thank you.

[@mycubiverse]

Wait. Did Tingman just like my post. NO WAY!!! 😁😁😁😁

[@rapharico8647]

Thanks to you Tingman that I got my 1st ever rubiks cube solve!!! I was trying to learn how to solve a cube when i was like 6 and now I did it thanks to you. Also Im a subscriber for 3 years now! thats all!

[@pxndas]

Thank you so much I now know how to solve one with ease!

[@ThomasRoberts-gr2pu]

this is helpfull

[@sporkiy]

7:43 For OLL
10:22 For T Perm
11:52 U Perm
Edit: This helped me so much and recently since I just got my first GAN cube to start actually becoming a cuber this helped me do beginner CFOP

[@pingdaping6973]

Very helpful!

[@sporkiy]

@@pingdaping6973 No problem!

[@Crazygames-hd5et]

I’ve watched a different video and it worked but it was so hard to follow but this is a lot easier to solve and I’ve actually remembered how to do the top layer and middle layer so thank you!!

[@jacquelinehesketh1359]

witch one did you watch befoe /????

[@chloefield5678]

thanks i learnt and memorised it it an hour it’s helped alot

[@katman5665]

I know how to solve a cube but my friend has been struggling for a while hopefully this can help

[@duckypog_j]

great Tutorial! however, in the ¨second layer edges¨ part most of the time not all pieces are on the top and are on the sides of the cube. just saying, its not a hard fix but to new people, this would be fairly hard.

[@michelleperry3279]

I know

[@sebastianbrueckner7959]

Ye haha. Took me a minutes but now I can fix it in like 2 seconds

[@mrpowgers1921]

Thank you ting man I’ve had a cube for a few weeks and none the tutorials help and so now I can solve because of your video😊

[@christyeidson]

Oh My God!!!! You are the best one I have found. This is the only one that makes EASY sense. I could barely get the cross the matching sides. Thank you so much!!!

[@Novawear261]

To be honest I got stuck on two layers but from tingman he helped me solve the top layer. Also for anyone that’s confused on the swapping two corners on the top layer if you just look at your cube when you get to the end it should be basically looking like the white layer is so,fed and that the top layer is solved accept for one of the edges on three sides

[@sujik.s6905]

same for me

[@beannn5722]

Thank you so much for this tutorial :) all the other ones are confusing and I couldn’t solve it. But when I found this tutorial I saw that you explained it very good. And when I tried this tutorial it worked and it wasn’t confusing. This helped me a lot

[@be4st752]

Thank you so much !!!! Tingman because of you i learnt in only 1 day!

[@monikawehrle6628]

Thank you soo much tingman this helped my solve my first cube! :)

[@kubapamula5577]

For the second layer you should have said that you don’t use the edges with yellow. Only the ones without. Not all total beginners would understand that so easily as in the first layer they could say not getting it too much- why this one and not that one?

[@qwerty_qwerty]

but I mean they could see which pieces are needed; like orange and green and find it on the top layer

[@semiraab5679]

I knoe im interested f4om you

[@BubbleMaster245]

I just love it when I get the notification that says "someone has liked your comment" or "someone has subscribed" it always makes my day :)

[@elenawang71]

Yay, I solved it thankyou Tingman

[@RiteshPriyaMr]

this video is soooo helpful it is really different from the other rubik's cube tutorials I understand how your friend solved so easily

[@syedarbishalishah5140]

Great Tutorial!
It's like Feliks's CubeSkills Tutorial. You forgot to mention that if you have no headlights, then do the T Perm from any position and then do it again holding the headlights on right.

[@saharsh4419]

What is cubeskills

[@JJCuber27]

WHY IS THIS PREMIERING AT MIDNI-
Jk I know why

[@kiwicuber]

2am for me

[@kmc9906]

9 am but I have to do school lol

[@_daissh_]

2pm for me (I'm English) Luckily I finish school early on a Wednesday!

[@infinitycuber307]

Its at midnight for me as well, im staying up tho, im at aus

[@him9232]

Jesus loves you 💻

[@FxtalTMF]

Beat video ever to help because I finally solved it thx for the help tingman

[@djwhfjej8170]

i solved it after messing up so much at the R’ thanks so much ting man your my favorite cuber and finally learned how to soolved it❤❤

[@Ilosethese]

12:34 Swap edges
10:53 Conner edges
Yellow top 9:12
7:14 yellow cross 7:50 8:29

[@dannyboilol94og67]

tysm

[@kiwicuber]

First

[@Theoneandonlymalekepic222]

this is so helpful!

[@bisma6789]

Now I can show off my skills 😎 Thanks alot tingman!

[@butzlel5965]

Hear this comment tingman

[@txatharv.1413]

Thank you tingman for the tutorial😎

[@KhalidOlatunji-cr8cx]

Thx so much learning algs was irritating but you made it so easy

[@noahjameslanigan]

Thank you for the tutorial it worked!!

[@Tingman]

You're welcome!

[@camillestover]

Finally a video that doesn’t fly through instructions way too fast!

[@marinavoronina3073]

This helped so much thank you for making this

[@YouzerXx1]

Thank you very much I didn't expect that I will solve the cube but you helped me to solve really thank you tingman

[@BurgerVrReal]

THANK YOU SO MUCH and at the end I needed a u perm twice to solve it

[@meerroplayz1011]

you are a life saver thanks

[@prakashns9688]

Thank u very much I saw many
Tutorials but this one was very easy

[@indumadushan7132]

Thanks tingman , you help me to solve the cube 😊

[@Target_Lock1]

This change my life thank you Tingman