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WIRED’s Robbie Gonzalez learned to solve a Rubik’s cube from Tyson Mao, one of the co-founders of the World Cube Association. In two weeks, Robbie got his solve time down from 45 minutes with Tyson, to 20 minutes on his own, to under a minute on average. Learn his 8-step method here.



STEP-BY-STEP:

00:00 (Introduction)

03:06: Step 1: Make the Daisy

04:47: Step 2: Create the White Cross

06:32; (How to Hold the Cube)

08:10; Step 3: Solve the Bottom Layer

12:20; Step 4: Solve the Second Layer

14:57: Step 5: Create the Yellow Cross

15:06: (Cube Notation)

17:35: Step 6: Solve the Yellow Face

19:10; Step 7: Position the Corners

21:46: Step 8: Position the Edges



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