How to solve the Rubik’s cube

With more than 450 million units sold worldwide, the Rubik’s cube is still one of the most popular pastimes for young and old. Not even the advent of video games has managed to scratch its charm and, indeed, technological tools have proved to be one of the main means by which to share one’s techniques with others to solve this exciting puzzle.

In this regard, today I want to explain how to solve the Rubik’s cube using some online services and video tutorials that are on the Internet. How do you say? This is exactly what you were looking for because, not being very familiar with the Rubik’s cube, would you like a hand from someone better than you? Well, then I guess you’ve come to the right place at the right time! Even if you are a newcomer to the Rubik’s Cube, I guarantee you that by the end of this reading you will surely be able to put all the colors in a row and finish the game successfully.

So, what are you doing still standing there? Courage: make yourself comfortable, keep your Rubik’s cube at hand, try the various services that I will list in the next lines and then follow the instructions that will be provided by them to solve this timeless puzzle. There is nothing left for me to do but wish you good reading and, above all, have fun!

Index

• Rubik’s cube solver
• Grubiks
• RubikSolve
• Other useful solutions to solve the Rubik’s cube

Rubik’s cube solver

If you want to find out how to solve the Rubik’s cube , I suggest you try the Rubik’s Cube Solver , an online service that, as easily understood from its name, allows you to solve this historical puzzle by indicating the starting structure of your cubes. Since it is a service that can be used for free and without registration, I would say to find out immediately how to use it at its best.

To begin with, connect to the home page of the Rubik’s Cube Solver and select the type of cube you want to solve by pressing on one of the tabs located at the top of the page: 2 × 2 Solver , if you want to solve a 2 × 2 cube; Rubik’s Cube Solver , if you want to solve a “classic” 3 × 3 or   4 × 4 cube Solver , if you want to solve a 4 × 4 cube.

After selecting the type of Rubik’s cube you intend to solve, you must reproduce its faces by coloring those of the virtual cube that you see on the screen: then click on one of the tiles in the diagram until the desired color appears and repeat the operation on the remaining pieces (if desired, you can also “break down” the cube by pressing on one of the tabs at the top, so as to facilitate your work). Once the work is completed, make sure that the pattern corresponds 100% to all the faces of the cube in your possession and presses the Solve button  to start processing the moves necessary for solving the puzzle.

Within a few seconds, a page will open containing the list of all the moves to be made to solve the cube. To graphically view all the steps to be carried out, all you have to do is press the Play button located immediately below the Rubik’s cube and, after seeing the move to be made, pause the animation, replicate the move on the cube and continue in this way until you solve the puzzle by clicking first on the item Click here to see a diagrammed version and then on Expand all .

Grubiks

Another solution that can come in handy for solving the Rubik’s cube is Grubiks . Its operation is practically identical to that of the service I illustrated in the previous paragraph: to use it, simply replicate the faces of the cube in your possession and follow the moves displayed on the screen.

Then connected to the main page of Grubiks, open the drop-down menu Solvers ▾ located at the top right and select the type of Rubik’s cube you want to solve: Rubik’s Cube Solver , if you want to solve the 3 × 3 cube; Rubik’s Revange Solver , if you want to solve the 4 × 4 cube; Mini Cube Solver 2x2x2 if you want to solve the 2 × 2 cube and so on.

At this point, select the red color from the palette located at the top and color the tiles corresponding to your Rubik’s cube, so as to replicate it on Grubik. I remind you that, to rotate the cube just hold down the left mouse button on one of the two ends and drag the cursor to the left / right or up / down (if you are working as a PC) or swipe from right to left or from top to bottom and vice versa (if you are acting as a smartphone or tablet). Once you have done this for the red color, repeat it for the others:  blue , yellow , green , white and orange .

After you have finally replicated your Rubik’s cube on Grubik, all you have to do is press the blue Solve button ! located in the lower right corner of the page and carefully and scrupulously follow the instructions given to you on the screen, in order to solve the puzzle. Easier than that ?!

RubikSolve

Another online service that I recommend you try to solve the Rubik’s cube is RubikSolve . This service also allows you to solve the cube simply by replicating within it what you have in your possession. Let’s find out together how to best use it.

First, connect to the main page of RubikSolve and select one of the available colors (eg Yellow ) to color the various pieces of the corresponding cube: to do this, click on each of them, making sure that they actually correspond to those of the cube in your possession and, after carrying out this operation for the yellow color, repeat it also for the red ( Red ), the blue ( Blue ), the white ( White ), the green ( Green ) and the orange ( Orange ).

After replicating the cube in your possession on RubikSolve, make sure that all the pieces are colored correctly (so as to avoid problems in solving the puzzle) and press the Solve Cube button at the bottom right. On the page that opens, you will find listed verbatim all the moves by which you can reach the resolution of the Rubik’s cube: follow them carefully and you will see that you will be able to get the desired result!

Other useful solutions to solve the Rubik’s cube

Do the diagrams and written instructions given to you by the aforementioned services seem a bit too complicated to follow? Well then I suggest you try other solutions to solve the Rubik’s cube , maybe  YouTube . On the well-known video sharing service owned by Google, in fact, there are an infinite number of video tutorials that explain step-by-step how to solve the Rubik’s cube using various algorithms, such as the layered method which, as you may already know, is one of the simplest to use.

To search for a video tutorial that illustrates the resolution of the Rubik’s cube, connected to YouTube , type in the search bar located at the top terms such as ” how to solve Rubik’s cube 3 × 3 ” or ” solve Rubik’s cube Italian tutorial ” and presses the Search button or the magnifying glass to start the search. Then find the video that seems more explanatory (I recommend you to consider the ones that last more than 10 minutes since they should be more detailed) and presses on its cover to play it.

Now, you just have to press the Pause button  to stop the video every time you need to act on your cube and press the Play button again to resume watching it. I am sure that, thanks to the many video tutorials on YouTube, you will certainly be able to solve your cube without great difficulty.