Ch. 4 How to make the cross (you are most likely going to give up at this point)

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The song is for motivational purposes.

Answer to question in previous chaper: If you look at the cube you'll see two pieces. An edge piece with both white AND YELLOW and a corner with blue A N D green. If you see this on drawings of cubes and such train yourself to go

as it is not possible because the faces with these colors do not touch each other

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as it is not possible because the faces with these colors do not touch each other.

Now, it's time to put an end to your misery and solve the cube

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Now, it's time to put an end to your misery and solve the cube.
In this tutorial, we will make the white face first.

1. Step
Make the pretty flower

 StepMake the pretty flower

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Ups. Not that flower. I meant this flower.

As you can see, the white edges are placed around the yellow center like the flower

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As you can see, the white edges are placed around the yellow center like the flower. Remember, CORNERS DON'T MATTER RIGHT NOW. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MANY CORNERS OF ONE COLOR YOU HAVE ON ONE SIDE I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. Now that we have that out of the way...

There is no specific algorithm to make this, so this is a trial-and-error thing. The people I have taught this to in real life had a lot of difficulties with this particular step so do not fear, child. You are not stupid I'm just bad at explaining.

When you're done, it's time to make the actual cross.

As you can see, there is another color on the white edges. That color matches with one of the middle pieces between the white and the yellow. Move the top layer (the one with the flower) until you find a match. When you do, turn it downwards twice. Do that until you have no white flower petals left.

Here, the person would have to do the move F2, to get the orange down

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Here, the person would have to do the move F2, to get the orange down.
Quick reminder: Never rotate the D layer during this process.

It should look like this when you're done:

You have now officially completed the first step

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You have now officially completed the first step. I'm proud of you.

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