Solve a Rubik's Cube in 8 Easy Steps 🧩

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Solve a Rubik's Cube in 8 Easy Steps 🧩
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Solve a Rubik's Cube in 8 Easy Steps 🧩

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This video is episode nine from the series "The Mathematics of Games and Puzzles: From Cards to Sudoku"
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It’s one of the most famous puzzles ever invented. But Professor Benjamin has an easy-to-learn, eight-step method for solving this mind-bending puzzle quickly and accurately—every time. After examining the mathematics behind the cube and pondering how many different cube positions are possible, you’ll follow him step-by-step through an algorithm (taught to Professor Benjamin by a world-champion cube solver) that, with practice, will have you solving any Rubik’s Cube in less than three minutes.

For quick reference, here are the eight steps for solving a Rubik's Cube:
00:00 Intro
1:16 Step 1: The Daisy
2:53 Step 2: The Easy
6:20 Step 3: The 1 2 3 Move
14:27 Step 4: The Middle Layer
22:14 Step 5: F U R U' R' F'
24:42: Step 6: The Fun Move
27:40 Step 7: R' F Move
30:58 Step 8: F F U R L Move

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