Rubik's Cube Cheat Sheet (Solution #1)

This is a single page suitable for printing which contains the moves alone. It's meant as a reminder, not a full solution. For a full solution, see How to Solve the Rubik's Cube. Notation: U = Up, D = Down, F = Front, B = Back, L = Left, R = Right. CW = Clockwise, CCW = Counter-clockwise. X = Turn side X 90° CW, X' = Turn side X 90° CCW, X² = Turn side X 180°. "Rotate" means to re-orient a piece, keeping its location. "Swap" means for two or more pieces to exchange places. "Move" means to change the location of one piece while disregarding what goes in its original location.

Step 1 -- Do the first face

Solve one face, with all corners and edge pieces in their correct locations. If you can't do this without the cheat sheet you're not ready for the cheat sheet.

Step 2 -- Do the middle layer edge pieces

• F' D' F D L D L' (move edge piece from BD to FL)
• F D F' D' R' D' R (move edge piece from BD to FR)

Step 3 -- Form cross on last layer

• B U L U' L' B' (Rotate UB and UL pieces)
• B L U L' U' B' (Rotate UB and UF pieces)

Step 4 -- Rotate U face edge pieces

• R² D' U² R' L F² R L' D R² (Swap UF, UB, UR CW)
• R² D' R' L F² R L' U² D R² (Swap UF, UB, UR CCW)
• R² D² B² D L² F² L² F² L² F² D' B² D² R² (Swap UF and UR; swap UB and UL)

Step 5 -- Position U face corner pieces

• L' U R U' L U R' U' (Swap UFL, UBL, UBR CW)
• U R U' L' U R' U' L (Swap UFL, UBL, UBR CCW)
• R' B² F R F' R' F R F' R' F R F' R' B² R (Swap UFL and UBR; swap UFR and UBL)
• B L U L' U' L U L' U' L U L' U' B' (Swap UFL and UFR; swap UBL and UBR)

Step 6 -- Rotate corner pieces

Operates on UFR piece. Must do 2 or 3 at a time (one CW, one CCW; or three CW; or three CCW)

• F D F' D' F D F' D' (turn clockwise)
• D F D' F' D F D' F' (turn counter-clockwise)