Put a Rubik's Cube Back Together
This is a tutorial on how to re-assemble a Rubik's cube.
Steps
- If not already, disassemble the entire cube but do not remove the center pieces, as they are a support to the entire cube..
- Separate the edge pieces from the corner pieces. Corner pieces Have three coloured sides, edge pieces have two.
- Choose a colour and then insert all the edge pieces of that colour into their correct position. Do this by simply sliding the edges between the 2 centers of matching colours.
- Place the corners of your chosen colour into their correct positions, this should just fall into place.
- You should now have placed one layer of the Rubik's Cube into it's correct position. Now we start on the next layer. There are only 4 edges to place in this step; these are the edges that go directly above the corners you placed in the previous step. They should slot in like the edges in step 3.
- Now we need to do the top layer. When inserting an edge in the last layer, twist the top of the cube 45 degrees to make it easier.
- Place the pieces in this order. Edge, the two adjacent corners, the 2 adjacent edges, the last two corners, the last edge.
- Finished.
Tips
- Don't worry if you need to be quite forceful with the last layer edges. The best way to do them is to hook the piece under the top center and push into the cube.
- Don't use this as a way of solving the cube. Learn it properly.