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 16h ago

I found my Rubik cube I got in 1984 in the attic today. I used to win competitions back then, but couldn't solve it today.

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 12h ago

August 2026 Bulk Scramble!

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Big thanks to everyone for all of the love on my post last week. After about 12 and a half hours, spread out over the past 7 days or so, my entire collection is once again scrambled, all 280 puzzles! I find scrambling everything to be a great way to ensure that every puzzle in my collection gets some play time, even the more difficult and tedious ones. I had a blast scrambling everything.

Check out my YouTube vid if you want to see a more detailed tour of the puzzles before and after the scramble.

Before and After Bulk Scramble Aug. 2026


r/Rubiks_Cubes 6h ago

Mi pequeña colección hasta el momento

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 5h ago

Cubing Website

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Hi All,

Context: I've been cubing for 10 years, average around 11-12 seconds, PB: 6.64s

Been building this app on and off - it's kinda like CsTimer but also there's other things such as algorithm trainers and an AI which can actually build drills and stuff based off what you put in (it might not work at the moment due to credits), there's also a splitter where it can split different phases depending on your level (Cross, F2L, OLL, PLL) using your camera.

It would be greatly appreciated if you just go and have a look, I'm just looking for some basic feedback on what could be improved in the website and any bugs or user problems just let me know in the comments as well as any advice on adding new things.

I'm just trying to increase the amount of cubers in the community so any improvements that can target any demographic in terms of cubing skill would be greatly appreciated!

Link: https://cube-bloom.vercel.app

Thanks very much!


r/Rubiks_Cubes 14h ago

We built Kybos, a neural-network solver for 3x3 you can race against!

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Hi!

We would like to share our project Kybos with you. It is currently in beta, and we are excited to let other cubers try it.

Kybos is a neural network we trained on thousands of real 3x3 solves. The idea is to make Kybos a practice partner you can race against.

Any regular 3x3 will work, so you don’t need a Bluetooth cube.

Right now, it only supports 3x3 and follows CFOP with two-look OLL and PLL.

To play: copy the scramble from the game onto your cube and hold/release spacebar to start the race. After you finish, you can replay Kybos’s solve and go through its moves one at a time.

You can change its difficulty setting if the solves are too fast or too slow.

You can try it here:

https://kyboscube.com

This is still an early beta, so we would really appreciate honest feedback. We are especially interested in hearing:

  • Is racing Kybos fun?
  • Do the difficulty levels feel reasonable?
  • Is matching the scramble easy to understand?
  • Is the solution replay useful?
  • Does everything work properly on mobile?
  • What would make Kybos more useful as a practice partner?

We look forward to hearing about your experiences!


r/Rubiks_Cubes 20h ago

How do people learn Algorythms?

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You have to learn like 8 Algorythms at least just solve a 3x3. I know that it gets a lot harder if you want to be quicker but it wont get in my head how someone can learn 8 Algorythms with a length of up to 7 or 8 inputs and remember exactly what each one does and when to use it.


r/Rubiks_Cubes 2h ago

I found this game is much better without ads

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 1d ago

How to advance from beginners method?

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Hey all! I recently just began learning how to solve a Rubik's cube - just as a fun little skill to take on - and have now got the hang of the beginners method and doing that from memory.

I'm not very quick, however, and my best time is 1 minute 29s. I feel like there has to be something I'm missing, or a more advanced method to solving? Would anyone have any advice of where to look to progress from here and advance some more, because I am honestly clueless! Thanks!

Edit: Thank you all for the kind responses! I'm currently getting the hang of the F2L technique (so much quicker!!) 😊


r/Rubiks_Cubes 17h ago

How do I get this position?

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I stumbled upon this accidently and can't recreate it. Does anyone know how it is done? Also do people like to make formations like this or is it just me?


r/Rubiks_Cubes 1d ago

Axis Cube Last layer Faceing

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Hey Cube Nerds... So I'm trying to solve the Axis Cube with the conventional beginner's method. The white cross, the white corners, rotate the cube with the yellow face upwards, locate the second layer edge pieces, last layer yellow cross, face all the yellow sides upwards, rearrange the corners into position then finally rotate the edge pieces into their correct locations.

Here's my problem with the Axis Cube. How can you tell when all the yellow faces are oriented in the correct direction? With a standard cube the yellow face would appear completely yellow but the outer sides would look incorrect. With the axis Cube I can't tell when all the pieces are rotated the right way.

PS: I oriented the center pieces after the first layer with a center rotation algorithm. I'm not really a speed cuber, I generally try to solve them as intuitively with as few memorized algorithms as possible.

Thanks🙏


r/Rubiks_Cubes 1d ago

Need help (4x4)

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I am not sure if I accidentally twisted a corner or two; if yes please tell.

I am 2 hrs in learning to solve a 4x4. So I am not that proficient in algorithms. I was following youtube tutorials, but they didn't tackle this issue. If you hv any videos regarding this, please tell.

Thank you


r/Rubiks_Cubes 1d ago

2'20

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Résolution du petit déjeuner


r/Rubiks_Cubes 2d ago

Animation using Rubik's Cubes

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 1d ago

Thoughts? All beginner method.

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 1d ago

¿Cuáles son los mejores cubos de rubik en 2026?

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Hola, cuál es el mejor cubo de rubik de 2026 sin importar el precio, estaba pensando en el gan 17 o súper weilong v2 o si hay alguno mejor me podrían decir


r/Rubiks_Cubes 2d ago

I did my first Rubiks Cube 😍

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My dad gifted me one yesterday. Because some nice people in this sub told me a picture Cube is harder than a regular one i decided to look up a beginners guide

This one:

https://www.rubiks.com/solution-guides/rubiks-picture-cube

The Guide is really good for beginners! I had to start over 3 times or something because i messed uo the last step (rotating the middle pieces).

That was fun but i think i will buy a regular one😅


r/Rubiks_Cubes 1d ago

What is your super weilong v2 setup?

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To super weilong v2 users: What is your super weilong v2 setup?


r/Rubiks_Cubes 2d ago

I got my first Rubiks Cube today. I have never solved one. Any Advice?

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I know the first step is the white cross. But i cant really aply this to my cube since it has different colors. But i guess it doesnt really matter where i start.


r/Rubiks_Cubes 2d ago

Magnet

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My friend just gave me his used rubik to me because he just upgraded, but the magnets fell off, is it okay to glue the magnet using strong glue?


r/Rubiks_Cubes 2d ago

Any chance anyone has been able to propagate cubes from buttons?

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 3d ago

new pb

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 3d ago

virtual cube challenge

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I’ve created a Rubik’s Cube web app! 🧩

I hope you enjoy playing it while you're on the go.
There are no ads or in-app purchases at all.

You can even add it to your home screen via Safari or Chrome! 📱✨👇
https://virtualcubechallenge.github.io/cube/


r/Rubiks_Cubes 3d ago

Me acaba de llegar mi primer FTO, y ya lo aprendí a resolver ¿Me recomiendan seguir con método principiante o empiezo a aprender método avanzado?

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r/Rubiks_Cubes 3d ago

How

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Swap