Step 2/3 · Ortega

Orient the opposite face

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Make the yellow face on top with one algorithm, keeping white on the bottom.

Goal

Make the whole top yellow while the white face stays on the bottom. The corners do not need to be in place yet.

How to recognize it

The seven shapes are the same as in Yellow face of the layer-by-layer method. Count the corners with yellow up, then see where the other yellows face.

How to hold the cube

White on the bottom. Each shape's grip is shown under the controls. The player adds a U at the start or end when needed.

The main idea

In Ortega the bottom is not a full layer yet. So the algorithm only has to keep white on the bottom, not the side colors.

Next lesson

Go to Permute both layers (PBL).

Step 1 / 7

R: Right face: turn 90°, front face goes up

One yellow corner. With it at the front left, the front right corner's yellow faces front.

Hold the yellow corner at the front left, with the front right yellow facing front.

Step 1 of 7: R. Right face: turn 90°, front face goes up