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A flipped edge on a Rubik's cube is a piece sitting in its own spot with its two colours the wrong way round. If you find just one, with everything else solved, no amount of turning will fix it. Edges flip in pairs. This…
A Rubik's cube corner twist is the one move you can never make on its own. Turn the faces any way you like and the corners travel and twist, but never one corner by itself. This guide shows the three ways a corner can…
Rubik's cube centre pieces are the one part of the puzzle that never changes places. Scramble the cube as hard as you like and the six centres stay in the same order around it. This guide explains what holds them there,…
Rubik's cube notation for beginners comes down to six letters and three small marks. Once you can read them, any written move list, from a solving guide or a competition scramble, turns into turns your hands can make.…
How does a Rubik's cube turn? Each face sits on one layer of pieces, and that whole layer turns a quarter at a time around a hidden core. The core is a cross of three axes that holds the six centre pieces and lets them…
How many squares does a Rubik's cube have? The classic 3 by 3 by 3 cube has 54 coloured squares: six faces with nine squares on each. That number is easy to mix up with two others, the 26 small pieces you can see and the…