Cube Notations
The first ever step of the solving Rubik's Cube is to know all its Notaions. Every side of the cube is denoted as a letter. As every side can be move forward and backwards, so every notaion have futher two parts
Bellow there are 18 notaions. Don't panic! You just have to learn 6 of them because there are only 6 notation! As before, i told you. Every notaion have further two parts. You just need to learns: R, L, U, D, F, B. (Full forms are mentioned bellow)
U
R
F
D
L
B
U'
R'
F'
D'
L'
B'
U2
R2
F2
D2
L2
B2Letters having ( ' ) can be called as prime, anti clockwise or counter clockwise. Like R prime (R'), F prime (F').
(we suggest you to learn these notation with "prime")
Rubiks Cube Move notations
Move notations are made in order to convey a sequence of moves through writing. When describing the solution we'll use the following move notations (traditional move notations). Here is how it works- every face given a letter: Rubik's Cube faces
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F (front): the front face (facing the solver) |
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B (back): the back face (opposite to the front face) |
R (right): the right face |
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L (left): the left face (opposite to the right face) |
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U (up): the upper face |
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D (down): the bottom face (opposite to the upper face) |
The letter means turning that face 90 degree, clockwise (single turn). (e.g. R) A letter followed by ' (apostrophe) means turning that face 90 degree, counter-clockwise (single turn). (e.g. R') A letter followed by "2" means turning that face 180 degree (double turn). (e.g. R2)
A sequence of moves is called an algorithm.
Here:
CW= ClockWise
CCW= Counter ClockWise (reverse of CW also known as Anti-ClockWise)
(If you're having difficulty in finding the CW/C-CW direction of a face (like B or D), temporarily twist the cube so that face will become the F face which is the easiest face to determine the cw/ccw direction.)
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