Join a center with the two edges around it to make a V.
Goal
Join one corner's center with the two edges around it, making a V of one color on the bottom.
Pick a bottom color
Pick a color for the bottom and keep it until the end. This lesson uses yellow. The V is the yellow center at the back corner, the yellow-red edge and the yellow-blue edge.
How to hold it
Put the yellow face down with the corner of the V at the back. The green face points at you.
Steps
- Turn the back corner (
B) so the center's yellow triangle is on the bottom.
- Find the yellow-red edge and bring it to the bottom edge on the left of the back corner.
- Find the yellow-blue edge and bring it to the bottom edge on the right of the back corner.
- After each turn, check that the edge you already placed did not move away.
Tips for placing edges
- Only
L and B touch the bottom left slot. Only R and B touch the bottom right slot.
U touches no bottom slot. Turn U freely to bring an edge to the top edge above its slot.- From the top left edge,
L' drops an edge into the bottom left slot. From the top right edge, R drops it into the bottom right slot.
- Once one edge is placed, avoid
B unless you want to turn the whole V.
This step has no algorithm. Each example has a note under the player saying what every turn does.
Check
On the bottom, the yellow center and two yellow edges make a V. On the left and right faces, each edge matches the center's color.
Common mistakes
- An edge in the right spot but flipped: its yellow must face down.
- Forgetting the center, so the edges match yellow but not the side colors.
What next
Next you fix the other centers through an empty slot called the keyhole.