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The arrows indicate which plane of the cube is to be turned a ¼ turn. "B" with an arrow around it = turn the back plane of the cube a ¼ turn.
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The solution offered on this site is a short one, not a quick one. It was discovered in 1984 in a period of about a week. Usual time of solving is 5-10 minutes with practise. Good luck with solving the cube.
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Your solution is one of the simplest to remember given
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-- AnnieMo wrote: AT LAST - I have completed the bottom
row THANKS TO YOU. I have spent days (hahahaha) trying to
work out how to move the final pieces into position and
became very confused as everybody has a different way of
solving the cube. You have made it "easy" and
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only they knew how I had done it!!! Once again, T-H-A-N-K-S
Annie
-- Doug Gibbons wrote: Your web page provided an
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-- R. Nasser wrote: I am impressed with the ease of the
solution of the Rubik's cube. The fact that it fits in
one page with 3 different moves to know is testament to
its simplicity. Thanks and way to go. /Rich
-- Hello, Just wanted to thank you for your article on
Rubik’s cube. I printed your two page format sheet
as I have never before dealt with Rubik’s cubes
before. After going through the article I attempted and
solved it for the first time in around 2 hours. Of course
after that I did it several times and am now able to do
it in about 15 minutes though still use your article. As
I said I have not had much practice it has been only 12
hours since I got a Rubik’s cube :) Anyway once
again thank you very much and the article is really
excellent and easy to follow. Amit Shah
-- Hi, five or six years ago I picked up your solution on
the net and thought it was the best I had seen. I used it
to solve the cube and because of the method I had no
trouble remembering the sequence. However, I have not
played with the cube for more than a year and when asked
by my granddaughter to show her I found that I could not
put the cross on the bottom face having completed top and
middle. Worst of all I cannot find the notes I copied
from your site, and although I have your site in my
favourites on the comp., when I try to access it I cannot
get the page. My memory is obviously going as I get older
(79) . Please can you help. Best regards, Harry