5x5 cube

• Reduction

  Turn the 5x5 into a big 3x3: six centers, twelve edges, then solve it like a 3x3.

  12 lessons72 cases

  Start: The first four centers

  Centers3 lessons

  1. Lesson 1

     The first four centers

     Build 1x3 bars and lift them with the r slice. The fourth center must sit next to the third.

     7 cases

  2. Lesson 2

     Last two centers: full column

     Six cases where the front's right column has all three pieces wrong. Every algorithm is made of r U r' groups.

     6 cases

  3. Lesson 3

     Last two centers: one or two pieces

     Twelve cases where the front's right column has only one or two pieces wrong, including the source's two core algorithms.

     12 cases

  Edge pairing2 lessons

  1. Lesson 4

     Pair the first 10 edges

     Join wings to the middle piece by sliding one slice, storing the edge and sliding back, as on the 4x4.

     5 cases

  2. Lesson 5

     Last two edges

     Five normal and five parity cases for the last two edges. Compare the wings with the middle piece to tell them apart.

     10 cases

  Solve it like a 3x37 lessons

  1. Lesson 6

     White cross

     Build a white cross on top. The second color of each white edge must match its side center.

     3 cases

  2. Lesson 7

     White corners

     Place the four white corners to finish the white layer. White stays on top, with one short algorithm for each way white can face.

     4 cases

  3. Lesson 8

     Middle layer

     Turn the white layer to the bottom, then insert the four middle edges with two mirror algorithms.

     3 cases

  4. Lesson 9

     Yellow cross

     Make a yellow cross on top with two short, almost identical algorithms.

     3 cases

  5. Lesson 10

     Yellow face

     Make the whole top yellow. There are seven shapes, learned with one algorithm or one per shape.

     14 cases

  6. Lesson 11

     Yellow corners

     Move the four yellow corners into place with one algorithm, done once or twice.

     2 cases

  7. Lesson 12

     Yellow edges

     Move the four yellow edges into place to finish the cube.

     3 cases

No methods here yet.