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Beginner 5 min Reference card

Rubik's Cube Notation Guide

Learn di language of di cube. Understand wetin R, U, L, D, F, and B mean.

To read algorithms and solve di cube, you need to understand di standard notation. Each letter dey refer to one face of di cube and how to turn am.

Basic Moves

Letter wey stand alone mean say make you turn 90 degrees clockwise. Letter wey get apostrophe after am (like R') mean say make you turn 90 degrees counter-clockwise. Letter wey get "2" after am (like R2) mean say make you turn 180 degrees.

R
Turn di Right face clockwise.
R' counter-clockwise
R2 180°
L
Turn di Left face clockwise.
L' counter-clockwise
L2 180°
U
Turn di Up (top) face clockwise.
U' counter-clockwise
U2 180°
D
Turn di Down (bottom) face clockwise.
D' counter-clockwise
D2 180°
F
Turn di Front face clockwise.
F' counter-clockwise
F2 180°
B
Turn di Back face clockwise.
B' counter-clockwise
B2 180°

Modifiers

R
No modifier
Clockwise 90 degrees
R'
Counter-clockwise (apostrophe) — like R'
Counter-clockwise 90 degrees
R2
180-degree turn — like R2
180 degrees (either direction)

Wide Moves

Lowercase letter or "w" suffix mean say make you move dat face plus di inner slice wey dey near am together.

Rw Right face + middle slice (same as r).
Uw Up face + second layer (same as u).

Slice Moves

Only inner layers, no touch any outer face.

M Middle layer, same direction as L.
E Equatorial layer, same direction as D.
S Standing layer, same direction as F.

Cube Rotations

Rotate di whole cube without turning any face.

x Rotate di whole cube on R axis (like R move).
y Rotate di whole cube on U axis (like U move).
z Rotate di whole cube on F axis (like F move).