Tutorial in 3 steps: [First Layer] [Second Layer] [Third Layer]
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If you have already solved the first layer of the Rubik’s Cube (white side with its surrounding, see right picture and part 1 of this tutorial), then you can go on here in part 2 with the middle layer before part 3 describes how to solve the last layer.
2. The middle layer
Now we have to solve the middle layer of the cube where all pieces go that have neither white nor yellow stickers. This middle layer goes round the Cube like its equator on the red, green, orange and blue side.
As you can see, this second layer is already half done before we started with it, because it contains only 4 unchangeable centers and 4 edge pieces (the 4 edges without white and without yellow). The center pieces are already at their places, aligned with the bottom layer. So we have only to learn one single move sequence that brings an edge piece from the top layer to the right place between to centers of the middle layer.
This picture shows our goal: The white layer and the adjacent layer are both solved – so to say all pieces that don’t have yellow stickers. On the top layer there is still chaos, but the two layers under it are solved.
At first we look on the upper layer and search for an edge piece that has no yellow on it – which means it has to go on the second layer. To bring an „unyellow“ edge piece from the upper layer to the right place on the middle layer we go on as follows: Weiterlesen