#solve guide

[w0lfskitten]

How to solve a 3x3

I'm going to show how I solve a 3x3 Rubik’s cube because I want to.

Continue reading below the cut for a guide on how to solve a 3x3.

First you need to orientate yourself on the cube otherwise you will lose where you are and get confused, I recommend doing this with the white face. To keep yourself orientated, have the white face facing up as often as you can, this will help you from losing where you are on the cube.

I am going to solve the cube layer by layer, going from top to bottom.

Step 1 - White Cross

Start by finding a white edge piece and identify the other colour attached to it, align it with it's corresponding centre (red with red, blue with blue, green with green, and orange with orange) and rotate that face so the edge piece lines up with the white on top.

Make sure to not rotate the white face for the rest of this step.

Do the same for the other three white edge pieces until you have a white cross with all the colours lining up with the corresponding centres.

Step 2 - White Corners

The corners will be in one of three orientations when on the bottom layer, facing left, facing right, and facing down. Make sure not to rotate the top layer during this step.

Start by finding a white corner and identifying the two other colours attached to it, identify where on the top layer that corner goes without losing the corner, then, rotate the bottom layer so that the corner sits under where it belongs on the top layer.

Facing right

When looking at the cube, if the white is facing towards the right, rotate the cube so the white of the corner is facing you, keeping the white face facing up.

Rotate the bottom layer to the right, bring the left side of the cube down towards you, rotate the bottom layer back so the white corner is where it was just before, and then rotate the left side of the cube back up, the white corner in now in place. (D L D' L')

Facing left

When looking at the cube, if the white is facing towards the right, rotate the cube so the white of the corner is facing you, keeping the white face facing up.

Rotate the bottom layer to the left, bring the right side of the cube down towards you, rotate the bottom layer back so the white corner is where it was just before, and then rotate the right side of the cube back up, the white corner in now in place. (D' R' D R)

Facing down

If the white of the corner is facing down, orientate the cube so that the white corner is to the left of the front facing face and bring the left side of the cube down towards you, rotate the bottom layer twice, then bring the left side of the cube back up.

Move the white corner back under where it goes and follow one of the above two edge cases.

If a corner is in an incorrect corner position or orientated incorrectly on the top layer, use one of the first two edge cases to take the corner out before setting it to be put back in again.

Follow these instructions to get all the corners in place.

The top layer is now done, time to move onto the middle layer. This is where algorithms are going to come into play, that's what those letters in brackets were, if you are not familiar with Rubik's cube notation I recommend learning as all guides will use it, don't worry it's really easy to pick up.

I might make a short guide on Rubik's cube notation in the future in the future.

Step 3 - Getting edges into place

Start by finding an edge piece with no yellow, identify what two centres it belongs between and rotate the bottom layer so that the colour on the front facing side of the edge piece lines up with the corresponding centre. Hold the cube so that the edge piece you are trying to get in place is facing you.

If the other colour on the edge piece is to the right, follow this algorithm:

D' R' D R D F D' F

If the other colour on the edge piece is to the left, follow this algorithm:

D L D' L' D' F' D F

If an edge piece is already in the middle layer but is in the wrong place or in the wrong orientation, use one of the two above algorithms to get it out.

Continue until the middle layer is filled.

Now it is time for the final layer, this is the most complicated layer as there an many steps involved. From here there are going to be many photos of the yellow layer facing up, this is to make visualising easier, I'm still solving with the white face facing up.

I do however rotate the cube to see what's going on on the bottom layer when solving, BUT, I always orientate the cube so the white face is facing up before starting any algorithms or rotating any faces to not confuse myself.

Step 4 - Yellow cross

The bottom layer will be in one of four states, a dot, an L, a line, or a cross, we want the bottom layer to have a cross, this algorithm:

R F D F' D' R'

Will be used to move between each state for this step.

In this step we only care about the edges so you can ignore the corners for now.

Yellow Dot

If the yellow face has a dot, perform the algorithm from any face, it doesn't matter.

The L

If the yellow face has an L, have the pointing to your right shoulder so that one of the yellow edges that are facing down is towards the back of the cube and the other is to the left of the cube, perform the algorithm.

The Line

If the yellow face has a line, have the line pointing towards you so that one of the yellow edges that are facing down is towards the back of the cube and the other is opposite it, towards the front of the cube, perform the algorithm.

You should now have a yellow cross.

I'll explain what this algorithm does using the image below as a reference.

Treating the pieces on the bottom as the pieces at the back of the cube and the pieces on the top as the pieces at the front of the cube when performing the algorithms.

The bottom piece doesn't move, the three other pieces are rotated counter-clockwise. The pieces on the left and right getting flipped and the piece on top stays in it's orientation.

Step 5 - Orientating the corners

In this step we only care about the corners so you can ignore the edges for now.

This is going to be a long step as there are many different edge cases and I will be going through each one, explaining how to identify them, as well as showing pictures to help visualise, explaining what angle to take them at, and which edge case they lead to. The final two edge cases that lead to the next step will be the final two I go over.

In this step we are going to orientate the corners so the yellow is facing down.

There are two algorithms that will be used in this step, they are essentially the same algorithm, just flipped to the other side of the cube, I'll be referring to them as the left algorithm and the right algorithm.

The left algorithm: L D L' D L D2 L'

The right algorithm: R' D' R D' R' D2 R

Edge case - Predator Eyes

This edge case has two opposing corners orientated correctly and the other two opposing, non-orientated corners both facing towards one of the correctly orientated corners.

Both algorithms can be used on this edge case.

Have one of the non-orientated corners facing you and the other facing to the left and perform the left algorithm, this will take you to the Right Final edge case.

Have one of the non-orientated corners facing you and the other facing to the right and perform the right algorithm, this will take you to the Left Final edge case.

Edge case - Double Headlights

This edge case has two sets of headlights, two corners facing the same direction on the same face. All corners are non-orientated, two corners face the same direction on the same face while the other two face the other direction on the opposing face.

Both algorithms can be used on this edge case.

Have the headlights face your left and right, none of the headlights should be facing you or away from you, perform the left algorithm, this will take you to the Left Final edge case.

Have the headlights face your left and right, none of the headlights should be facing you or away from you, perform the right algorithm, this will take you to the Right Final edge case.

Edge case - Prey Caught In Headlights

This edge case has one set of headlights, two corners facing the same direction on the same face. All corners are non-orientated, two corners face the same direction on the same face. The opposing corners face away from each other, sitting on the faces to the left and right of the headlights.

Both algorithms can be used on this edge case.

Have the headlights facing towards the right with one of the other corners facing towards you, and the other facing away from you. Perform the left algorithm, this will take you to the Left Final edge case.

Have the headlights facing towards the left with one of the other corners facing towards you, and the other facing away from you. Perform the right algorithm, this will take you to the Right Final edge case.

Edge case - Single Headlights

This edge case has a single set of headlights, two corners facing the same direction on the same face, the other two corners are orientated correctly.

Both algorithms can be used on this edge case.

Have the headlights facing you, perform the left algorithm, this will take you to the Right Final edge case.

Have the headlights facing you, perform the right algorithm, this will take you to the Left Final edge case.

Edge case - Prey Eyes

This edge case has two corners next to each other correctly orientated, the other two corners are facing opposite directions from each other on opposite faces.

Both algorithms can be used on this edge case.

Have the correctly orientated corners on the left side of the cube with the non-oriented corners on the right side of the cube, one of the non-orientated corners should be facing you while the other should be facing away from you. Perform the left algorithm, this will take you to the Right Final edge case.

Have the correctly orientated corners on the right side of the cube with the non-oriented corners on the left side of the cube, one of the non-orientated corners should be facing you while the other should be facing away from you. Perform the right algorithm, this will take you to the Left Final edge case.

Edge case - Left Final

This edge case has one corner correctly orientated, the other three all face towards the right when looking at them.

Have the orientated corner to the right of the cube on the face facing you, on the left of the cube on the face facing you, should be a corner facing you, there should be a corner facing left in the same position on the left face as the one on the front face, and a corner facing away from you in the same position but on the back face, there should be no corners facing the right face. Perform left algorithm, this will take you to the Corners Orientated edge case.

Edge case - Right Final

This edge case has one corner correctly orientated, the other three all face towards the left when looking at them.

Have the orientated corner to the left of the cube on the face facing you, on the right of the cube on the face facing you, should be a corner facing you, there should be a corner facing right in the same position on the right face as the one on the front face, and a corner facing away from you in the same position but on the back face, there should be no corners facing the left face. Perform right algorithm, this will take you to the Corners Orientated edge case.

Edge case - Corners Orientated

The corners are now orientated correctly and we can move on to the next step.

I'll explain what these algorithms do using the image below as a reference.

Treating the pieces on the bottom as the pieces at the back of the cube and the pieces on the top as the pieces at the front of the cube when performing the algorithms.

The left algorithm moves all the corners to the space diagonal from their current position. The corner in the top right keeps its orientation while the other three are reorientated in a clockwise direction.

The right algorithm moves all the corners to the space diagonal from their current position. The corner in the top left keeps its orientation while the other three are reorientated in a counter-clockwise direction.

Step 6 - Positioning the corners

In this step we only care about the corners so you can ignore the edges for now.

This will thankfully be a much shorter step as there are only three edge cases, one being the one that moves us to the final step.

For this step there is only one algorithm: L' F L' B2 L F' L' B2 L2

For this step we are looking for coloured headlights on one of the faces, if there are three or four sets of coloured headlights then you can skip over this step and continue onto step 7, if there are no coloured headlights that is good as well, keep following this step.

If there are no coloured headlights, perform the algorithm. There should now be a single pair of coloured headlights.

Have the headlights face away from you and perform the algorithm.

The cube is now ready for the final step.

I'll explain what this algorithm does using the image below as a reference.

Treating the pieces on the bottom as the pieces at the back of the cube and the pieces on the top as the pieces at the front of the cube when performing the algorithms.

The top right piece doesn't move, the top left, and bottom two piece are rotated clockwise. The top left moving to the bottom right, the bottom right moving to the bottom left, and the bottom left moving to the top left.

Step 7 - Positioning the edges

The final step, this step has three edge cases, then the cube is solved.

There are two algorithms that will be used in this step, they are essentially the same algorithm, just flipped to the other side of the cube, I'll be referring to them as the left algorithm and the right algorithm.

The left algorithm: F2 D L' R F2 L R' D F2

The right algorithm: F2 D' L' R F2 L R' D' F2

The first edge case is four coloured headlights, the headlights will have the opposing faces edge between the headlights.

Perform either of the algorithms.

The next two edge cases look very similar, essentially there will be three sets of headlights and one bar, have the bar facing away from you, identify the colour of the centre on the face facing you.

If the edge matching that colour is on the left, perform the left algorithm.

If the edge matching that colour is on the right, perform the right algorithm.

I'll explain what these algorithms do using the image below as a reference.

Treating the pieces on the bottom as the pieces at the back of the cube and the pieces on the top as the pieces at the front of the cube when performing the algorithms.

The left algorithm rotates the top, right, and left edge pieces clockwise. The top edge piece moving to the right, the right edge piece moving to the left, and the left edge piece moving to the top.

The right algorithm rotates the top, left, and right edge pieces counter-clockwise. The top edge piece moving to the left, the left edge piece moving to the right, and the right edge piece moving to the top.

Your Rubik's cube is now solved.

Thank you for reading through my guide, I hope I was able to help you solve your 3x3 <3

[recipherva]

after replaying a thousand times to confirm every word, cross referencing and asking my japanese friend specifications (because some words in japanese that are in the dictionary just. dont exist in english in some cases) THIS is i think the closest i could get to a near perfect dictionary, if you wanna try it and you find anything odd feel free to tell me since i'm using it along with the jpn dictionary as a base for the mod i'm making. i tried to explain any that were confusing but tbh playing this game on english is truly hard mode lol! And yes! Some words are redundant, it's a japanese translation issue, i tried to give them nuance?? Both honestly some words are so simmilar it may as well be the same in english..

'resident' is their specie, it's the fan given name so i used it

'Somebody' refers to a living being, a presence, it can be of any specie, it's broad

'Weak' is moreso untalented (to be bad at something)

'Frail(weak)' is more like vulnerable, physically weak/brittle, subject to damage

'Affliction' is because it can be disease or a curse, something that eats away at the health/body/mind, that needs to be 'cured'

'Incapacitate' is something like 'weaken', to make someone unable to hurt or move for example, or to lower their autonomy

'Like' can also be 'love', japanese doesn't really differenciate

'Different' is also 'wrong', they're the same word, it's confusing ik but essentially think of it as 'it's a different answer', sort of a more gentle version of 'you're wrong' . Again this is a jpn/english issue thing..

'I understand' and 'i will do it' are also rlly a japanese thing. Both sort of mean in a way 'i understand and am acknowledging what you said' ... but this is the closest me and my jpn friend could settle on.

'Hit' and 'knock' are the same. In japanese you say 'hit a door' more than 'knock a door'. That's why they're used interchangeably

'Distressed' is sort of like 'in trouble' , in need of help

'Feel' may also be 'think', i'm not quite sure on this one

'Room' and 'home' are also weirdly interchangeable

All the verbs are placed in neutral forms (ex: to search, to find, to go, to lead, to want, etc)

THERE IS A CANON DICTIONARY. It's in the game code and it's in jpn. This is just my personal approximation.

[starryeyed-seer]

me: I'm not a bat

Mr pages: (stuffing novels under its robe): I must abscond

[brokenphoenix99]

Out of All the Stars in the Sky, I Choose You to Light My Night

For @codex-week Day 3: Inspired by this stunning piece - Alt Prompt #3 - art BY JAMES FENNER

Cody and Rex finally get some downtime after a mission on a distant planet and enjoy the beauty and calmness of a rare Celestial event.

(Tried a painterly style for this one - it was so much fun!)

Also on AO3

Tiny art Tag list: @loverboy-havocboy @chaicilatte @elismor

[ricky-mortis]

TCB/Shipwrecked/Pulp Doodles!

[alexiethymia]

With the reveal that Aduo didn’t actually want to be the mother of the nation, looks like we now have a concrete path to a happy ending for Jinshi.

Though I actually really want to see him as the Emperor one day (at least for a time), it would be thematically appropriate if Jinshi takes not after the Emperor, but after Gaoshun and becomes the retainer of the future Emperor.

[smytherines]

I know the Tin Can Bros were looking for the rich gays (understandable), but I just want to give a little shoutout to all the poor gays who gave as much as they could and/or posted about tinlightenment as much as they could.

Shoutout to all the poor gays who know they won't be able to go to the live events, but are hoping to buy digital tickets & just want to support this thing however they can because they love Spies Are Forever, Solve It Squad, This Could Be On Broadway, Wayward Guide, and all of the other amazing stuff TCB has given us over the last ten years.

We may not have a lot of money (or any money) but I'm willing to bet the poor gays showed up in numbers for this campaign- both on social media and in the kickstarter.

You matter too. Your contributions and enthusiasm and dedication helped to make this happen. Shoutout to the poor gays. TCB with you 🙏

[enjoyvoidblack]

I think where everyone goes wrong in the TMA to WTNV comparisons is putting Cecil in an analogous role to Jon in the first place. Cecil is not "Jon if he was more chill about it," because Nightvale does not have a Jon. If anything, the entire town is simultaneously us the audience, and the statement-givers, and Cecil? Cecil is the mysteriously appearing tape recorder.

[abitofboth]

pledge to their kickstarter campaign otherwise I won’t be able to see spies are forever in london and I’ll just die!! 🙏

[myheadphonesareneverloudenough]

$138,568 of $200,000 raised

the Tin Can Bros have $61,432 to raise in 7 days!

now more than ever, TCB needs you to spread the word! raise your pledges! share their instagram/twitter posts! tell your friends! tune into their livestreams! keep sharing that link!!!✨

the Tinlightenment kickstarter is all or nothing. either they make $200,000 and the 7 projects planned for 2024-25 happen, or NONE of it happens. we help reach this goal, or the bros get nothing.

with a week left of the campaign, the kickstarter is 69% funded. if you’ve been thinking about pledging, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO IT!! all that the bros ask for is $3. if Spies Are Forever, Wayward Guide, Solve-It Squad, This Could Be On Broadway, or anything TCB has ever brought you $3 worth of joy, please <3 help them out!

PLEDGE NOW! 🔗

the final week of the Tinlightenment kickstarter campaign livestream schedule:

🙏Sunday 2/25 - Sunday Service (With the Solve-It Squad; Lauren Lopez, Ashley Clements & Gabe Greenspan)

🏳️‍🌈Tuesday 2/27 - Tin Can TuesGAY Strikes Back! (guests TBD)

🗣️Thursday 2/29 - The Great Debate (With Ali Gordon & Angela Parrish)

🎉Saturday 3/2 - Campaign Finale!! (Feat. Probably Everyone!)

more information at Tinlightenment.com

athem 🙏

[bajablastflavoredsaxreed]

OK OK OK OK OK OK

HEAR ME OUT

Spies are forever, The Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye, and all of the Solve it Squad media take place in the same universe which somehow i am just now figuring out?

hmmmm sound familiar?

oh yup there it is

which means that chimera succeeded. curt mega did not in fact win and essentially shot the love of his life in the face for nothing. if you think about the implications

as for solve it squad…

apologies for the shitty autogenerated captions but? they just? namedropped a background scientist? from pay attention!? making? saf? canon? in the solve it squad?

one could extrapolate that bc saf is canon in both, sis and wayward are also canon to each other

which means that in all three of these. there are talking dogs, werewolves, evil information mining businesses. they talk about the New Democratic Republic of Old Socialist Prussian Sloviskia in the history books. mayberry exists. connor creek exists. scrags could meet up with artemis and paul and tell them about the mystery the gang just solved in their tiny town. instead of apple devices there is chimera. some people from saf are probably still alive. the implications. this is so important to me for no reason.

[man-down-in-hatchet-town]

🙏 CALL FOR ARTISTS/WRITERS/MUSICIANS IN THE TIN CAN FAM 🙏

As many of you might be aware, the Tinlightenment Kickstarter is currently a little halfway over, but only 40% funded. This is... not great. While we'll definitely pick up some steam towards the end, that won't be enough to carry us past the finish line unless we get to a pretty good place before then. And the third quarter of kickstarters can be notoriously slow.

As such, I'm launching two projects fueled by fan-generated backer rewards to help encourage more pledges.

Project One is going to be a collected list of all artists/writers/musicians/ect. willing to do a small project (a request-style drawing, a drabble, a jingle, etc.) for anyone who dms them proof that they either have just pledged a certain amount, or else just upped their pledge by that number. Each creator will get to choose the dollar amount for themselves, and is invited to do so based on evaluation of the time and effort they will put into each individual request, but the typical price seems to be five dollars. If you are already doing this, please let me know and I'll add you to the list. If you're interested in starting, DM me and we can chat details and I'll add you to the list as well. To be clear, you will not be asked to make a project for every single person--just those who specifically reach out to you with a request.

But if multiple smaller projects isn't really your style and you'd rather contribute a singular, larger piece, no worries! I direct you to...

Project Two, a SWEEPSTAKES GIVEAWAY! Essentially, anyone who sends me proof that they've just pledged/upped their pledge by five bucks will be entered into a giveaway sweepstakes (submissions not yet open). While the grand prize will be any item from the StarCanWrecked merch shops, I would love to offer some other fan generated prizes as well. @booigi-boi has agreed to offer a free head-shot commission as a prize, and I would be over the moon to get even more artists, musicians, or writers involved. So if you'd be happy to give away one free commission as part of this prize pool, please DM me! I'd be happy to discuss details and get you added to this second list.

(Depending on the success of this little endeavor, I would like to use it as a work-out-the-kinks dry run for a similar fundraising event for Palestine that I would hold a month or two down the road (after American tax season). If you're not interested in helping TCB but would be interested in such a charity drive, please get in touch as well!)

(All DMs should be sent to man-down-in-hatchet-town)

Even if you aren't an artist/willing to participate, reblogs are GREATLY appreciated to help spread the word!

Now let's get FUNDRAISING!

🙏 TCB WITH YOU! 🙏

[nico-tines]

tinlightenment hit 135,000 !!! only 65,000 to go!

don’t forget if you haven’t joined the kickstarter that we only have 8 more days to finish funding this or Tin Can Bros can’t continue on with the 7 new projects they are working on so if you are in a good financial spot to do so, please go throw some money their way! There’s some really cool perks and they work so hard to make theater and their performances accessible to anyone and everyone. Even just 3$ (less than a cup of coffee) helps a ton !

(i’m literally gonna lose it if we don’t fund this kickstarter whsjrjfjf so i will not stop posting abt it)

[jasperthejester]

you know what i feel like we as a saf fandom are completely forgetting about?

that time travel canonically exists in the saf universe

chimera shows up in wayward guide for the untrained eye as the main company of miner mole, as well as, in the 7th episode, the comic book hero detective dark. this connects flop stoppers as well to the universe. where have a time machine. and go back in time

now, granted, flop stoppers takes place decades after the events of spies are forever, and probably after the death of agent curt mega, considering chimeras still going strong, but still

also, considering a movie studio has access to the time machine, either 1) time travel has been around for a little while, enough for the government to allow certain restrictions but still available (not to the general public, but is still available, 2) the machine was made by a nongovernment job and is sold on the black market or by word of mouth (ie, chimera made it and sold it out to people), or 3) the movie studio just had a scientific branch that worked one time travel

either way time travel would still very rare, expensive, and unknown, but flop stoppers would not the only example of it being used

i personally lean towards number 2 as an explanation, and either chimera or some other group worked to make it

and here, i wonder if barb had any part in it

we know that charlie (guy who worked on the bomb curt threw) ended up working for some rich guy (solve it squad back in biz), so its not that far-fetched to believe barb left a.s.s to work for some other place

maybe after the events of saf, and maybe after curts death, she left, changing her passions from creating a surveillance system to time travel. maybe she felt she could change things if she could go back time, maybe she felt she could make it all right

idk i just think its a really fun idea that should be played with more

[cryptidram]

a collection of most of my picmix gifs and if anyone laughs at me for them ill cry . i have a few more but post limits or whatever....

if you wanna hear more about me and my friends solve it squad wolf 359 crackship. um. idk maybe ill talk about it at some point. just know that that drawing is @krittykrat's design of eiffel ❤️

[anggiarratana]

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