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Step 1 — White Center
- Build White Center
Pair up two white center pieces to form a 1x2 bar.
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Make another white bar somewhere else, then join the two bars together to form the 2x2 white center.
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Step 2 — Yellow Center
- Build Yellow Center (while preserving the white center)
Hold white on the bottom. Build a yellow center bar, then send it up using: Rw U2 Rw'
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Make the second yellow bar and align it under the first to finish the 2x2 yellow center by also using: Rw U2 Rw'
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Step 3 — Partial White Cross
Build 3 out of the 4 white cross pieces in their correct relative positions.
Color Scheme Order (BOGR):
Hold the white center on the left. Going clockwise around the sides, the colors must follow:
Blue → Orange → Green → Red.
- Pair and position edges
- Leave one slot open
Locate two matching white edge pieces. Place them in the left and right slice layers, join them into a double edge, and insert them into the cross while keeping your centers safe.
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Complete 3 out of 4 cross pieces, leaving one slot unsolved to make pairing easier in later steps.
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Step 4 — Side Centers
With White on the left and Yellow on the right, solve the 4 middle centers around the sides.
- Form 1x2 bars
- Complete the side centers
Build a 1x2 center bar of any side color and turn it so it sits vertically.
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Build the remaining side centers one by one in the correct color order (BOGR), ensuring you use half-turns (Rw2, Uw2) to restore any centers you temporarily disrupt.
Step 5 — Edge Pairing
Hold your partial white cross on the bottom with the unsolved slot facing front, locate the final edge pieces, and place them in the front-left and front-right slots, then execute Pairing Case.
- Different Slices
- Same Slice
- Complete the cross
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Join pieces, replace with an unsolved edge pair, and fix the centers: 2U' R U' R' 2U
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Slice piece 1 towards piece 2, execute the flipping algorithm, then fix the centers: 2U' R U R' F R' F' R 2U
Insert the final solved edge into the bottom layer to finish your 4-piece White Cross.
Step 6 — Solve Like a 3x3
Turn only the outer layers (R, L, U, D, F, B) and solve the rest of the cube like a standard 3x3!
Step 7 — Fix 4x4 Parities (If Needed)
- OLL Parity
- PLL Parity
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Rw U2 x Rw U2 Rw U2 Rw' U2 Lw U2 Rw' U2 Rw U2 Rw' U2 Rw'
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2R2 U2 2R2 Uw2 2R2 Uw2