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Place the four white corners to finish the top. The 2x2 has no centers, so corners must match each other.

Goal

The top is all white. On each side, the two top stickers match each other.

How the 2x2 differs from the 3x3

The 2x2 has only 8 corners, with no centers and no edges. Without centers, the corners decide the color of each face.

How to hold the cube

Keep white on top for this whole lesson. The target spot is the top front right if you learn right-handed, the top front left if left-handed.

Steps

  1. Put the first white corner anywhere.
  2. For the next corner, find the spot where its side colors match the white corner next to it.
  3. Turn the bottom (D) until the corner sits under that spot, then hold that spot at the front.
  4. See where white faces, then do the algorithm for that case.

Right hand or left hand

Each case has two mirror versions. Pick "Right hand" or "Left hand" on the lesson screen. You only need one side, because turning the whole cube switches to the other.

Check before moving on

The top is all white. The two top stickers of each side match.

Common mistakes

  • Putting two corners side by side when their side colors do not match.
  • Turning the cube over halfway, so white is no longer on top.

Next lesson

Go to Yellow face. From then on, white goes on the bottom.

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R': Right face: turn 90°, front face goes down

The corner's spot is at the top front right; the right hand does the work.

The corner is in the bottom layer under its spot, white facing right.

White on top, with the corner's spot at the top front right.

Step 1 of 3: R'. Right face: turn 90°, front face goes down