Introduction: layers of a cube and numerical keypad
Figure 1
Step one: layers of a cube and numerical keypad.
The numerical keypad of a telephone, a keyboard, a calculator, a banking pad or a deposit machine at the banking institution: they all have one thing in common. These keyboards have three squares by three squares in the keypad layout.
In the case of a laptop or a computer keyboard, the numbers on the bottom row are indicated as 1,2 and 3 on their respective buttons as marked from left to right. If we thought of a face of a cube as a building, then the bottom floor, or the first floor could be compared to the respective buttons of 1, 2 and 3. The second floor of our pretend building is important.
Number five is special.
It is the center piece, and it will be important in the Rubik cube puzzle since it will determine the final color or texture of that particular uniform and finished face. Number five on most of the numerical keypads is often marked with a bump or a dot so that it has a special texture to the touch for orientation. The second row from the bottom, or the second floor of our pretend building is then identified with buttons marked as 4,5 and 6. The top floor of a keypad or our pretend building is the penthouse. The upper most third floor or row contains buttons marked as 7, 8, and 9. Numbers seven and nine are important later on and will be used to explain the idea of an elevator or also known as "The Trigger Move". More on that in step three.
For now, let's appreciate each face of a cube. The cube is known as a three-layered structure: or as a six-sided symmetrical three-dimensional cube.
Let's pretend our number two is the front door of a building, number five is the center, stationary piece which will determine the color or texture of that unique face. And numbers seven and nine, have a pretend balcony of the upper third floor.
STEP 1 - MAKING A DAISY
Making a daisy a rose by any other name is still a rose: who said that? Let's examine other flowers such as tulips or pansies. can you think of any other flowers that have only four petals? The daisy, like many other flowers, is yellow in the center and is surrounded by white petals. In this case, we will have four petals that will be white. We are not worried about the other side of the edge piece. Each edge piece has two stickers, and the white side is the important part of the edge piece. We only want to focus on the white petals to surround we are solving for pieces, not for stickers. Thus, we will be moving our pieces. Let's focus on one face to create the Daisy. yellow center of our so-called daisy. The yellow centerpiece will always be on the opposite side of the white center. The centerpieces determine what the final face should be in its completed state. If the white and yellow are on opposite ends, or on opposite faces, having them marked as two textures will be helpful. The white center will be on top or upper face; and yellow center will be on the bottom face. Velcro is very handy for this. The rough surface of the Velcro can be used on the yellow side. Take a minute to make sure all of your yellow stickers have a Rough Velcro sticker on it. The round Velcro stickers may be best for this purpose. At least, it would be helpful to have the yellow center piece marked with a rough textured round Velcro sticker. This is the side that feels like little hooks, and that is why it is rough to the touch.
Let's repeat this process for the white side and label the white stickers with the smooth or fibrous side of the Velcro. The goal of step two is to have a rough center piece surrounded with four smooth edge pieces. In other words, the yellow rough center will be surrounded by the white, smooth and fuzzy stickers of Velcro Position the rough center piece on the bottom face of the cube. For now, the bottom face will have the rough Velcro surface. This will eventually become the UPPER face. Are there any smooth Velcro EDGE pieces on the bottom face already? If yes, then you already have a petal. Congratulations! If the petals are on the top of the cube, then rotate your side with the middle white/smooth Velcro twice. This will rotate the edge piece with smooth furry side from the top face to the bottom or underside face. Again, if the top face has an edge piece that is a petal that belongs on the bottom side, then rotate your cube so that the petal is on the right side or in your right hand. Then rotate the right face twice or 180 degrees. Your petal will then be moved from the top face to the bottom face to complete the daisy. If the petals of the daisy are on the side faces, such as on the front, back right or left, then you will only need to rotate this side face just once, for a total of 90 degrees. This means that if there is a white/smooth Velcro petal on the front face, back, right or left face, these four mentioned faces will be rotated once for the petal to end upon bottom face. You may need to rotate the bottom face once or twice so that you can position the petals from the side faces, on the bottom face. The rotation of the bottom face may be performed clockwise or counterclockwise. Can we examine this concept in a different way? Of course! And this will be very easy for you. The numbers of a numerical keypad are a perfect example. The numbers on the phone will have three by three squares. The top row will start with numbers 1,2,3. Number five is always in the middle. On the keyboard, the numerical pad is reversed. Let's use the laptop or computer keyboard for this purpose. The bottom row will have buttons with numbers 1,2,3. This is the equivalent to a first floor of a building. The middle row will have buttons labelled 4,5,6. And the upper row will have buttons7,8,9. If we think of the three-by-three squares, there are a total of nine buttons. Each FACE of a cube will have number five as the center, and this is often marked with a little dot on most keyboards, calculators, banking pads, and even phones. The cube can also be described as having layers, with the bottom layer, or the first floor of a building, having numbers 1,2,3. The Penthouse of our cube, or the upper level/row, is the same as buttons 7,8,9 on the computer keyboard. Therefore, our daisy center will be yellow or rough, and is in position number five. The petals of our daisy will be in position 2,4,6, and 8. Enjoy making the daisy on the cube! This is so fun; you may be tempted to try it daily! And even with your eyes closed. You are doing great! And performing this move using textures may be helpful in making this more tactile and second nature. Driving allows the car to be an extension of you; and doing this over and over, will give you the knowledge that you can feel 100 percent sure you know what a daisy is and how to accomplish it! Take your time and enjoy feeling your new found confidence! Your success in finishing the cube mostly depends on doing step one very well, before moving onto step two.
Here is another analogy. The cube can be described as three slices of toast bread. Imagine those three pieces layered on top of each other, on a plate, where the bottom piece of bread is a bottom floor of a building. If we took a toothpick or a birthday candle and positioned it in the middle of the three-layer sandwich, the candle or the toothpick would act as a dowel. The three horizontally layered bread pieces can now be rotated so that they are vertical. By standing up the three slices of toast so that they are vertical, we have rotated the birthday candle to a horizontal position. Imagine the candle has gone through the entire three layers, and is positioned from left to right, and is now acting as a pivot point. The three vertical pieces of toast can now rotate round and round independently around the candle. By putting the three slices of toast back down again into the horizontal position, with the candle being centrally inserted in a vertical, upward position, we have re-created our three story building. The first floor is directly on the plate. And the penthouse is on top. The birthday candle is important since the center piece of each face does not move; it is possible to move the edge pieces and corner pieces on a cube, while the one sided center piece is constant. The edge pieces or also called middle pieces have two sides. They are at the edges between the corner pieces. Let's refer to the two sided pieces as the EDGE pieces. The corner pieces have three sides. The center piece has only one colour and texture. There are six center pieces on the whole cube, therefore the cube has six faces. Top or upper face, and front face are important since we are often manipulating them. The left and right side will be referred to often. The down facing side is ignored for the most part since it is not used or visible, The down facing side is important at the beginning when we are working on the daisy and the BOTTOM CROSS. The BACK side is often analyzed and used for reference. Once you feel 100 percent confident that you can do the Daisy, or step one, with your eyes closed then, and only then proceed to Step Two This will get even more exciting after you feel the sense of accomplishment of completing each level!
Heres some helpful videos
And another video
Figure Three: nine flowers and how they create a Daisy
Step One (Continued)
Please pick up your cube. And feel the nine-piece side and consider how many sides or stickers each piece has.
Figure three will be used to expand the idea of how a numerical computer keyboard is important.
The button known as number 1 of a numerical keyboard in figure two, is a blue pansy.
This is a four-petal flower, and it is a showpiece. The four petals are very different in size. Thus, this flower is used in position one, for a specific reason, it is an interesting flower due to its colour patches since it looks like a cartoon face! Corner pieces are not part of a cross, but this corner is special.
The bottom left corner will be important to us in Step Six. In Step Six we will be going fishing! For now, explore any audio recordings in Step One so you can get a clear picture in your mind's eye of what the pieces are used for. This is a corner, three-sided piece.
The button known as number two of a numerical computer keyboard is a four-petal flower as well. Do you recognize it? This flower has four petals. It is a classic four-petal! It is what is helpful to imagine what we want to finalize on our cube face. In other words, we will consider this a four-petal flower for the purpose of solving the cube. This button is part of our so-called cross on one side of a cube.
The third button of a keyboard is known as a Blue Morning Glory. It will be useful to note this piece in Step Two: the elevator lift. This flower is not a four-petal, but rather a bell shape. Thus, this three-sided, corner piece, is not marked with a four-petal flower. Why? This corner piece will not be part of a cross. The corner pieces will not, generally speaking, be forming a cross that is fundamental in solving the cube. Does Morning Glory have a scent to it? Certainly, not as strong as a lilac.
We just described the first floor of our pretend building, these three are flowers, yet only one of them is part of a cross.
Our second row from the bottom is the middle or second floor. These are buttons four, five and six on a numerical keypad. Buttons four and six are Lilac and Hot pink Primrose.
These two pieces have two stickers or two sides.
Number five is special again. This is the lucky four-leaf clover, and it is in the center of the cube. The center of the cube is one-sided. It only has one sticker. This would be the same button as the center number five of a numerical keypad.
The top row of our cube consists of buttons seven: which is a daisy; eight, which is a classic four-petal, and nine, which is a freesia.
Only number eight is a four-petal flower in this row. Do you love the scent of freesia?
THE CROSS: To recap: the four-petal flowers are in button positions 4, 5, and 6, as well as 2 and 8. We want to have all four of these finished by being in their correct final position, to create four petals.
Number seven: a daisy is not technically a four-petal flower, but it helps to remember to focus on four-petal flowers.
The Pansy at number one, and the clover at number five are important in future steps. The freesia at number nine will be helpful in completing Step Six.
Feel free to continue and make sure to come back and re-read this information. You do not have to memorize all this information at this point. Just enjoy making the Daisy on the cube!
STEP 2 - MAKING A CROSS
Step 2 - Picture a daisy: and picture how to convert it to a cross
Making a cross
Once you have a Daisy, position it on the top face. The Daisy, as any flower, will have the center colour sticker, surrounded in turn by four edge pieces, or the petal colour or texture sticker of the opposite center piece. The opposite side to up, is down facing side.
Therefore, the center piece of opposite sides or faces are related to each other, in order to form a flower. A Daisy is a flower with a yellow or textured, rough sticker, surrounded by four white or smooth texture petals.
To go from a Daisy to a cross: you will be doing twice, the 90 degrees rotations of each face.
Position your upper Daisy or upper face in this manner. The top face will be rotated clockwise or counter clockwise. We will be paying attention to the edge pieces. We will focus on the top row. Position the top face where the second or non-white sticker of the edge piece is matching the center piece of the Right, Left, or Front or Back faces. The edge piece in the top row will be above the matching center colour.
In other words, the center sticker of the right side, needs to be lined up with the matching colour of the top row edge piece.
By focusing on the ONE edge piece in top row, we will take the non-white sticker of edge piece and place it above the center sticker colour or texture.
Once the top row edge piece, non-white sticker is lined up with the center on the Right side, rotate the right side twice. It does not matter if the two rotations are clockwise or counter clockwise. This 90 degrees rotation, done twice, will position the petal from top row, on the bottom.
Examine the bottom or the Down facing side.
As well as the bottom or first row.
The petal from the top face was positioned on the bottom face by rotating that face twice. The bottom white center will now be surrounded by one white edge piece of a cross on the bottom face. The other, non-white side of the same edge piece will be in its proper position. Examine the first row or the first floor of our building. The bottom row of the side we just moved, of the Right side will have the middle edge piece matching the right center piece.
Continue this until all four petals on top are transferred into the cross on the bottom. Or the down-facing side.
Repeat those two moves again. Three times.
First, line up the top face edge piece to the center piece of ANY side face. Secondly, rotate that same SIDE face twice, for a total of 180 degrees. It will be the vertical face that will be rotated 180 degrees.
The completion of step two will mean you have a white/smooth fuzzy velcro sticker.
Finishing the cross on the bottom face will make you feel like a super star!
Because the bottom cross will be solved AND the edge pieces of the bottom, first row, will have the edge pieces matching to their corresponding side face Center's.
The edge pieces in the first row will match the bottom center and, as a bonus, those same edge pieces will also match the Center's of the four sides. These edge pieces in first row will be just below the Center's of each side.
Ignore your corner pieces. Up until now, they were not important. The corner pieces will be positioned in their proper place in step three.
The cross of the completed step two, will stay on the bottom face of the cube for the entire solve of the cube.
Step 2 Making a Cross: Video Converting Daisy to a cross. Click the video above to watch. Click the video above to watch.
Step 2 Making a Cross: Video Converting Daisy to a cross. Click the video above to watch.
STEP 3 - COMPLETING THE FIRST FLOOR
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Enjoy this great video! Make sure you understand what a right and left hand trigger move means.
picture of step 3 and what it looks like completed
Elevator:
The purpose of an elevator is to take items up from below, and to take a heavy loads from above and to bring it to the first floor.
The elevator may need to be emptied first to be used.
The loads that we want to move, may need to be prepared or positioned in the proper place on the top floor before our elevator can go up from the first floor.
Generally, on the cube, we will perform vertical rotation, and horizontal rotation, at least once.
The TRIGGER:
We will rotate:
a vertical face, which will be followed by
a rotation of the upper face. This is the horizontal rotation. It may be clockwise or counter clockwise
the vertical rotation of right OR left face
To summarize: We will rotate the vertical face, the horizontal face, which will be followed by a rotation of vertical face such as Right, Left, Front, or Back Face.
For this so called trigger move we will only focus on rotating the two vertical sides: right and upper; left and upper faces.
If we engage the right face: our trigger will be called the Right Hand Trigger.
And if the left face is involved, then our trigger move will be called the Left Hand Trigger.
It is probably nick named this way, because of the side on which we are loading the elevator with precious cargo.
The purpose is to take the bottom row corner piece, and to bring it to the top. This may involve right face to be rotated clockwise. Or the left face, to be rotated counter clockwise. Both of these actions will take our elevator from the first floor to the third floor.
We will rotate the horizontal face, most likely the upper
And as a last step we will rotate a vertical face again.
Right hand trigger: Get Ready......
Right hand trigger ALGORITHM:
R clockwise, U clockwise, R counter clockwise
Left hand trigger: Get Ready......
Left hand trigger ALGORITHM:
L counter clockwise, U counter clockwise, L clockwise
Step 3: Picture of left hand and right hand trigger ALGORITHM: use with pictures on step three
This three sided corner piece is our superstar or the leading actor is Step three.
The corner piece has three stickers. The second sticker of interest will match the bottom center sticker. The third sticker of the corner piece will be ignored since it will be on the to or the upper face.
For Step three, we want to focus on the first sticker: this side needs to diagonally match the center sticker on an outward facing side.
The three sided corner pieces are able to rotate easily around the cube, and for Step three, we will examine if those three sides are diagonally matching the three center stickers of each face.
Click here for a link of an amazing analogy to illustrate the three sided corner piece. This will be helpful to understand how to load your trigger.
Step 4 - Completing second floor
Step 4 Video Completing the Second Floor
Picture of what is needed in order to get ready to perform step 4 {upside down letter T}: inserting the edge piece to the right OR the left of the center piece.
We need an edge piece on the top row to match the center piece of the front face. We will accomplish this by rotating the upper face clockwise or counter clockwise. Once you find an edge piece from the top, third layer matching up to the center of an outward facing side, you are half way there. :-)
As compared to a numerical keypad, your one sided center piece on the front face will be located at position #5. The edge piece you just matched up will be above it in position #8 {upside down letter T}, as compared to a numerical keypad. :-)
The edge piece will be above the center, and we will examine the top, bird's eye view of the same piece on the upper face. :-)
If the sticker belongs to the right of the center piece {moving button 8 to position 6} , then we will perform these moves:
Right index flick will rotate the upper face clockwise.
Then the right hand trigger, which consists of: Right clockwise, Upper counter clockwise, and Right counter clockwise
The left finger pull will rotate the Upper face counter clockwise. Followed by the left hand trigger, which consists of: Left counter clockwise, Upper clockwise and Left clockwise.
TO SUMMARIZE
The algorithm is determined if the top edge piece belongs on the left or right
If the top row edge piece belongs on the LEFT
Perform the left-hand finger flick. Upper face will be rotated counter clockwise.
Perform the left-hand trigger.
Rotate left side counter clockwise, rotate upper face clockwise, and finally rotate the left face clockwise.
Right finger pull
Right-hand trigger
Algorithm:
Upper counter clockwise.
Left counter clockwise, upper clockwise, left clockwise.
Upper clockwise
Right clockwise, Upper counter clockwise, Right counter clockwise
Picture of LEFT insert ON SECOND FLOOR
We need an edge piece on the top row (#8) to match the center piece of the front face. We will accomplish this by rotating the upper face clockwise or counter clockwise. Once you find an edge piece from the top, third layer matching up to the center of an outward facing side, you are half way there. ***
In order to move button #8 to position #4: The edge piece will start in position #8 above the center, and we will examine the top, bird's eye view of the same two sided edge piece on the upper face. If the sticker belongs to the left, of the center piece (position 4), then we will perform these moves:
Left index flick will rotate the upper face counter clockwise.
Then the left hand trigger, which consists of: Left counter clockwise, Upper clockwise, and Left clockwise
The right finger pull will rotate the Upper face clockwise. Followed by the right hand trigger, which consists of: Right clockwise, Upper counter clockwise and Right counter clockwise.
TO SUMMARIZE
The algorithm is: determine if the edge piece belongs on the left or right of the center
If the top row edge piece belongs on the LEFT
Left finger pull, upper counter clockwise
Left counter clockwise, Upper clockwise, left clockwise
Right hand flick: rotate upper face clockwise
Right-hand trigger
Algorithm:
Upper clockwise
Right clockwise, Upper counter clockwise, Right counter clockwise
**These text instructions apply to the one dimensional front face you are working on. For additional three dimensional instructions please refer to the videos at the beginning and end of Step 4. These are excellent three dimensional descriptions you will be able to follow with your eyes closed! I believe in you!**
picture of what is needed to complete step 4
A picture of upside down letter T
picture of step 4 completion
Picture of step 4. Buttons 1, 2 3, 4, 5, and 6.
Video of Step 4: Solving the second floor on the cube
Step 5 - Creating a Cross on Top
Click above for video describing the pattern of a cross on the top face
Video description on definition of a pattern of a cross on the top face for step 5
First Video for Step 5
If you have none of the edge pieces on the top floor matching the center sticker on top, perform the algorithm in step 5 anyway
We are creating a cross on the top. If you have 2 edge pieces that form a line on the top face, position the line away from you, with a primary road leading into the horizon.
Picture of Letter L for step 5
- Question: Do you have any 2 sided edge pieces on the top face?
- If you do not, perform the algorithm in step 5 anyways.
- Question: Do you have 2 edge pieces on the top face forming a line?
- Perform algorithm in step 5 anyways.
- Question: Do you have a letter L on the top?
- If you have two side pieces that form a letter L, position the side pieces on the top face so that they are at 12 and 9 o'clock positions. We want our letter L to be backwards. Picture, a mirror with the letter L reflecting backwards. We want a backwards letter L on the top face. In order to know what the backwards L should look like, imagine a PICTURE OF TWELVE AND NINE CLOCK, where the hands of a clock create a backwards letter L. The one hand of a clock is pointing upward to number 12. The second hand is pointing to the left, towards the number 9, horizontally. Does this remind you of anything? And perform F, U, R, U prime, R prime, F prime
- At this point, you should have a cross on the top face and that is the final goal of step five is to make a cross on the top face. You may need to perform the Step Five algorithm again Furry Eder graduate Rabbit Umber Red Fluorescent. Also known a F, U, R U prime, Right prime, Front prime
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- Here are some hints to help you remember step five: Use these images and picture them in your mind's eye to help you remember what we need to accomplish in step five.
- What time is teatime?
- Nine o'clock
- Imagine a picture of Salvador Dali's famous clocks
- Use a picture of a compass to demonstrate the cross idea, for north, south, east and west
- Can you remember this silly sentence for step five?
- IMPORTANT ALGORITHM
- Family Undergraduate Rabbit
- Umber Red Florescent
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- The edge pieces or the side pieces of the top cross or top face, that are two sided DO need to match the Center of the top face cross
The four edge pieces of the upper face DO NOT need to match the sides or center of sides
Making the cross in step five is excellent
Video for step 5:creating a cross on top
Step 6 - Lets Go Fishing: Creating a Smooth Surface on Top
Step 6 - Going fishing.
Step 6 : Front Face Upper Right Corner
Step 6 - Going fishing.
Step 6 - Going fishing.
Do you know what a ukulele is?
- Do you know what a ukulele is? Did you know that ukuleles have FOUR nylon strings?
- Are ukuleles retired?
Have you done any fishing? Then you know why it is important to keep the surface of the water smooth and ripple-free.
On the island of Sicily, the inhabitants survive on sardines, tomatoes, plums and olive products. This is also an island known for its long life span.
Please examine what the picture of a fish means in Rubik's cube terminology our focus is on the top upper face.
The fish will be on on the top upper face of the cube. We will be focusing now on the front face: Please see picture above. Our focus is on the top upper face.
- For Step six we will use only one algorithm:
R, U, R prime
U, R, U two. R prime
Use this silly sentence to help you remember:
ARE Ukuleles Retired
Unknown Roman EUROPEAN Union Revived - Please examine the picture of a fish, and ripples of water for a smooth surface on top
- For the corner pieces of the top face you will have zero, one or two corners
The top face will never have THREE corners on the top face
FINAL goal of step six is to have a smooth surface on the upper side
FIRST
Let's assume there are no corners matching the center of the top side
The corner pieces are special: they have a top sticker, and a left and right sticker, for a total of three sides
Position the left side, of a corner top. Piece in a specific way
Let's look for the FRONT FACE
The upper right corner of the front side will be pointing forward, towards you.
It will be on the top right of third floor Penthouse, row of your front face
This is the same piece, which can also be described as the top left corner piece on the Right face side
This special corner, is important since we are interested in having the left side of this upper corner positioned facing us
ALGORITHM FOR STEP SIX - R, U, R prime
- U, R, U two, R prime
FISH - Please examine what the picture of a fish means in Rubik's cube terminology
Our top cross is complete, and this was finished in step five
If you have one corner, that will form the face of your fish
- The rest of the cross will form the tail or fins of your fish
By positioning the fish to the bottom left corner, the lower left quadrant of the top face, the fish mouth will be pointing to South West of a compass.
Position the fish on top face pointing down to lower left corner and perform same algorithm
R, U, R prime
U, R, U two, R prime
- Picture of a digit six as a fish hook
Begin step six: By preparing your HOOK FOR FISHING
Imagine that the number six represents step number six and that your digit six is your pretend hook where you will place the bait for the fish.
- Check this visually!
The right side may have its upper left corner with a side that matches the top face center
Determine if the top center colour should be on the front side of the three sided corner
- We need the upper face center colour to be examined at the button number three position. Right now we are describing the three sided corner piece on the top face as compared to numerical keyboard number three. This is the same corner piece as button number nine on the front face. This is the same corner as button number seven on the right face.
- The right face, upper left corner may have a sticker pointing towards you. It may also be on the front face, upper right corner
The upper right corner of the front side is the same piece as the upper left corner of the right side. We are focusing on the two horizontal stickers of our corner piece. We are ignoring the top sticker on the corner piece.
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FINAL ALGORITHM
- R, U, R prime
- U, R, U two, R prime
- (AKA: R Ukulele Retired? )
(AKA: Unknown Roman European Union Revived)
- To end step six, look for a smooth or uniform surface on top
In fishing, the surface of the water needs to be smooth and undisturbed. This uniform and smooth water surface will allow the fisherman to see the fish biting the bait since the movement of the fish in the water will create ripples even before the hook or fishing line moves.
This picture of ancient columns will help us remember Step Six and will also help us later with Step Seven. The second half of the algorithm is: Unknown Roman European Union Revived. The attached picture will help us remember this silly sounding sentence. Keep this image in mind during step 7.
We are working on corner pieces of the upper face only, from a bird's eye view.
We want the TOP of our column to be finished.
What do I mean by that?
If the columns were places at the corners of our cube, then we would be finishing Step Six by making sure the top sticker of the corner pieces are matching the center piece diagonally of the upper face. From a bird's eye view all stickers will be the same.
QUESTION:
Do the corners need to be in their final resting place? No.
We only want the corner pieces to be solved for the top face stickers.
The top sticker only will be matching the center sticker or texture. That is enough for finishing our Step Six.
Step six: smooth surface on top, begin building columns.
- Do you know what the Parthenon is?
- Do you know why the smooth surface on the lake is important? Does a picture of fishing activity bring to mind an answer?
- In step six, we are focusing on columns or corners of the upper side
- It is the top, bird's eye view that needs to be consistent with the same, uniform, smooth surface
- When fishing, many enthusiasts of fishing activity will tell you that the smooth surface of our body of water is the key to a successful catch.
- Imagine a smooth surface on a lake, with number six as a fish hook
- For now, enjoy the top of all your corners knowing you have prepared them and completed your Step six.
STEP 7 - CREATING COLUMNS
Step 7 Video - Creating Columns on the third floor.
The four poster bed is similar to a cube in one way.
The top face corner pieces are the same as the top of each post.
In previous step six, we want the top stickers of all four corners to help finish the complete upper side. We only want the top face to be smooth and match the center top sticker.
Have you ever wondered if the four poster bed that has extremely high posts is safe?
Those heavy and big four posts on the bed are just floating in the air. How is it that they do not fall over while you are asleep?
The question that is on my mind is: I wonder if the top side of each column is finished and smooth? Is it painted and finished? How would we know for sure if it is so high up and not easily reachable?
I am still tempted to find out by reaching it with my hands to feel the texture to know if it is finished and smooth.
Do you remember the triangular picture of the Parthenon from step 6? This is the top portion of the North side face of the Parthenon.
In Athens, the Acropolis is the most visited site, since the hill is home to a famous part of Greek ancient history.
This triangular top freeze is always positioned on the top of the high columns.
How did the Ancient Greeks attach this heavy piece of stone to the top of the columns? Did they use cement? This concept reminds us of how much weight and pressure the top of each column must bear and how important the corner columns must be.
Let's Review
Step 7 Reviewing completing columns: buttons 1, 4, 7 as compared to a numerical keypad.
Consider any outward facing side: front, back, left, or right. The purpose of step 7 is to have buttons 7 and 9 finished and completed on any outward facing side. Therefore, the columns will be completed in such a way: on the front face we will eventually have buttons 1, 4, and 7 as well as 3, 6, and 9 finished and in their final position.
If you already have two matching top corner pieces on an outward facing side matching to the center sticker, this will become your left side.
The top face had the fish on it in step number six. At the end of step six, we had a smooth face on top.
At the beginning of step 7, we will look for an outward facing side to see if buttons 7 and 9 and 5 are matching. Your new Left face is going to have buttons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, as well as upper third floor buttons 7 AND 9 matching.
Now we are ready to perform the algorithm for step number 7.
If, however, you do not have buttons 7 or 9 matching on any outward facing side, continue the algorithm for step 7 anyway.
Make sure your left side has buttons 7, 9, 4, 5, 6, and 1, 2, and 3 matching.
Step 7: Chupah, also known as a wedding traditional structure.
Please keep reading and do not worry about memorizing anything until you have practiced Step Seven several times. Enjoy the visual suggestions and concepts presented here. You will come up with your own version of how to perform Step Seven. The algorithm is simple, but long. So it will need to be memorized eventually.
This is the algorithm for solving the top face, and as a bonus we will have all the four corners of the cube in their final positions at the end of Step Seven.
L Prime, U, R
[AKA: Legalized Unknown Ritual]
U Prime, L, U, R prime,
[AKA: Unscented Lemon Universal Rose]
R, U, R prime,
U, R, U 2 , R prime.
GOAL OF STEP SEVEN:
The purpose of Step Seven is to have the upper face uniform and smooth and the top corners solved. This is the same goal as in Step Six.
The difference is that in Step Seven the corner pieces of the top floor of our pretend building will be solved.
It is as though we will be re-enforcing the four posts of our four-poster bed.
This reinforcement of a four-poster bed can be done by creating a crisscross at the top between the posts, high above the mattress.
Imagine, from a bird's eye view, that your top face center piece button number 5 is matching diagonally to buttons 1, 3, 7, and 9 [as compared to a numerical keypad].
This step will help you feel really close to finishing the cube!
At the end of Step Seven, the top layer [upper penthouse floor] will start to appear more complete. This means that on any face [front or back, left or right face], buttons number 7 and 9, as compared to a numerical keypad, will be in their proper positions.
The first part of Step Seven algorithm will get us closer to our goal. The second half of Step Seven algorithm will be needed to undo some work and to essentially repeat Step Six algorithm. This is why it seems familiar.
In Step Seven, we finished essentially everything, except button number 8 on the outward facing side.
In final Step Eight, we will reorganize the edge piece of a bird's eye view that are in positions 2, 4, 6, and 8. Those are same edge pieces on any outward facing side [front or back, left or right face] that are in position number 8 as compared to a numerical keypad. Our penthouse will then be finished!
You are doing great, and you're so so close!
Remember, if you make an error, simply go back to finishing the previous step or two and keep building from the ground up.
This is a very forgiving process, and making mistakes is a wonderful thing, since you're learning!