Cube³, a 3×3 solver

Cube³

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Solve your cube

Enter the colors of your own 3×3 for a move-by-move solution, or shuffle a random one to practice.

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Settings

Appearance

Dark Light System

Solution style

Fewest turns Layer by layer

Fewest turns finds about 18 to 22 moves with the two-phase algorithm. Layer by layer takes around 100 but walks through the classic beginner stages, named as you go.

Cube colors

RRight LLeft UUp DDown FFront BBack

Match a stickerless cube, go pastel, whatever you like. The guidance arrows and dots follow along.

Learn

How turns work

Hold the cube with green facing you and white on top. Every move is named after the face it turns, and a plain letter always means clockwise, as if you were looking straight at that face.

RRight face — its top edge rolls away from you.

LLeft face — its top edge rolls toward you.

UUp face — the front row slides to your left.

DDown face — the front row slides to your right.

FFront face, clockwise as you look at it.

BBack face, clockwise seen from behind.

Modifiers

A prime (′) flips the turn counter-clockwise: R′ exactly undoes R. A 2 means a half turn — 180°, either way round.

Reading the arrows

In arrow mode you can ignore all of the above. The layer that moves glows in its face color and a wrapping arrow shows the direction. One arrow, one turn; a small tag appears when a turn happens twice.

Every solution is computed fresh from the colors on the cube, whether you painted them or shuffled. Solving a real cube too? Enter its colors and follow along.

Shortcuts

Right arrow for next, left arrow for back, space to play or pause. Drag the cube to look around, scroll to zoom.