CubeKnowlage

5x5

Reduction

Reduction turns the 5x5 into a 3x3: centres, edges, then like a 3x3.

How to read the moves

You hold the cube facing you. The letter is the face: R right, L left, U up, D down, F front, B back.

A letter alone is a quarter turn clockwise, looking straight at that face. An apostrophe (R′) is a turn the other way, and 2 (R2) is a half turn.

Rw (a wide move) turns the two outer layers at once, 3Rw three. A number alone before a letter (2R, 3R) turns just that one inner layer, counted from that face.

A 5x5 scramble uses wide moves (Rw, Uw, Fw…), and Edge parity uses the inner 2R and 2L.

  • RRight face up
  • RwTwo right layers up
  • 2ROnly the second layer from the right, up
  • 2LOnly the second layer from the left, down
  • UwTwo top layers to the left

Step-by-step method

  1. 1. Centres

    intuitive

    Every 3x3 centre (9 stickers) in one colour.

    Startscrambled
    Goalcentres

    In colour: solved. Grey: not yet.

    • First two opposite ones, then the remaining four.

  2. 2. Edges

    1 algorithm

  3. 3. Like a 3x3

    intuitive

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