Rubik's Cube - Learning the rotation code

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Learn the rotation code


Okay! Let us start by getting you familiar with the notation that will be used throughout... The Cube has 6 faces out of which only 4 will be labelled as shown in Fig. 1 above, that is, Front (F), Left (L), Right (R) and Bottom (B).

All clockwise and anticlockwise rotations will be denoted by + and - respectively. Carefully verify the difference between R+ (Fig. 2) and L+ (Fig. 3) below. To understand this difference, bring the face in question (R or L) in front of you.
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Learn the notation

This is an essential step before you start manipulating the Cube. Note that every solution provider may have a different way of denoting the faces, rows and columns of a Rubik's cube.

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