Tyson Mao 8 beginners tips to solving the Rubik's cube:
There are a few things everyone needs to know about the cube. Some of the following information may be trivial but read it anyway. The Rubik’s Cube consists of 20 free loose pieces rotating around a center axle that holds everything together. The centers of the Rubik’s Cube never moves which means that red will always be opposite of orange. This means, when the cube is solved, red must always be opposite of orange.
There are two other types of pieces in addition to the centers. Corners are on the corners of the cube and have three stickers and edges have two stickers. A sticker on a corner piece can never be a sticker on an edge piece. When you make a turn on the cube, you are moving pieces, not stickers.
Notation: The sides are: front, back, up, down, left, and right. They are given symbols: F, B, U, D, L, and R.
The letter R means to turn the R face one quarter-turn clockwise. This means while looking at the R-face, you turn the R-face 90 degrees clockwise. R’ would indicate a 90-degree counterclockwise turn. R2 indicates a 180-degree turn. Notice a 180-degree turn does not depend on direction. Always note that when turning a face clockwise or counterclockwise, it is from the perspective of viewing that face.
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