hey guys today I'll teach you how to
solve the 2x2 Rubik's cube using a
beginner method so the first thing we'll
do is build an entire layer on any color
but I'm gonna use white for this
tutorial and what I mean by a layer is
not only have this face salt and I'll be
white but also have these colors around
it line up so once your keep is
scrambled I'm just going to start with
white and I see white white white white
so there are four options of which one I
want to start with so I can just say I'm
gonna start with this one it doesn't
matter which one you choose and then
just put it on the bottom like this so
that is going to be my first solved
piece so once you choose which one you
want to be solved look for white pieces
in the top layer so for example we have
this one over here so remember to keep
this on the bottom at all times this
white piece has green and red also on it
look at your original solved piece and
we have red and blue so the color they
have in common is red because of that I
want this piece to be next to the red
here in other words this piece is going
to be solved when it is over here so now
what I'm gonna do is turn the top layer
so that it goes directly above the spot
I said it was going to go into because
it's got red here and this red here so
it's gonna go next to it here now to
move this one from the top into the
bottom make sure you're holding it in
your right hand like this not in your
left hand and then repeat this sequence
of moves make sure you get the sequence
of moves down because it's going to be
very important later on as well so hold
your left hand like this and hold your
right hand like this with your thumb on
the bottom then repeat after me turn
them right side up push the top with
your right hand turn the right side down
push this off with your left hand so
you're gonna repeat that until this
corner is solved so do we see white on
the bottom here no we don't so we're
gonna repeat and this is white on the
bottom but it's not the piece we were
looking for as you can see that's not
the red piece so we're gonna go again
and there it is now we have a soft piece
so what we can do is keep repeating this
so we look in the top layer for white
pieces we see white here and this has
orange and blue on it so look at what
we've already solved
we have blue red and green so the color
they have in common is blue so that
means this one must go next to the blue
piece over here so we're gonna move the
top until it's directly above that spot
hold it in the right hand and then
repeat those four moves until this one
is in here so once
and note White's not on the bottom yet
twice three times four times five times
sometimes it takes up to five times and
then now it's in there and just make
sure the colors here match as well and
for example the last piece here we find
a white piece in the top layer it's got
orange and green so well there's only
one last spot for it so we're just gonna
move it in here and repeat the poor
moves until it's in there and there we
go there's the first layer one situation
you can run into is your first layer is
not done but there's no more white
pieces in the top layer so in that case
it might just be in the bottom layer and
how to remove it into the top layer so
you can do what you normally do is just
put it on the right side like this and
repeat the four moves that moves it up
into the top layer without breaking your
progress and then once it's in the top
layer you can just put it into the spot
it should go into normally so once you
finish the first layer and check that
all the sides here are the correct then
we're gonna move on to the last layer so
focus on any particular bottom layer
piece I'm gonna choose this one which
has red and green on it but it doesn't
matter which one you pick then try and
solve the corner that goes directly
above it so we're gonna turn the top
layer until we see red and green and
it's this one this one has yellow red
and green now we're gonna check every
other piece at the top and see if
they're in the correct spot and count
how many we have so here we have red
blue and this one's red blue so this
one's correct blue orange not blue
orange so this one's incorrect green
orange not green orange so this one's
also incorrect
so in this case we happen to have two
that are in the right spot so your goal
for this step is to get all four in the
correct spot if they all were in the
right spot already then you're done this
step but if you cannot get all four in
the correct spot then you only want one
in the correct spot not to like I have
here so for example in this one I could
just do another turn instead and we find
that only this one is in the correct
spot and every other one is in the wrong
spot so this is good now sometimes you
won't be able to get all four and you
won't be able to get only one in that
case you'll just do what I'm about to
show from anywhere but if you only get
one in the correct spot then you want to
hold it on the front right like this
next what you do is this algorithm
that's quite easy to memorize because it
has a nice pattern to it so turn the top
with your right hand turn the right side
up now repeat this with your left hand
go up with your left hand left side up
now the exact same thing but all
downwards this time so top with your
right hand right side down top with your
left hand left side
down so once you've done this this one
should still be in the correct spot but
every other one should have moved so
check if they're in the right spots and
they're not so that means we're just
gonna repeat it again top with your
right right side up top with left left
side up and then all down top at the
right right side down top with left left
side down and now we check them all
again and they're all in the correct
spot so what we do is see that okay all
the top pieces have yellow on them here
which means yellow is what goes on the
top here so what we're gonna do is turn
it upside down and hold any unsolved
piece here at the bottom right and so
we're going to repeat the four moves
that I showed in the beginning until the
yellow here faces the bottom so I'm
gonna do it once like this twice three
times four times and there we go
now once this one is solved we're going
to go on to the next corner but instead
of just rotating the whole cube to go to
the next corner this will mess up your
whole cube so instead we're just gonna
stay facing the same side but then turn
the bottom only to grab the next corner
over then we're going to repeat until
this corner has solved there we go it's
solved and then we move on to the next
one and repeat and there it is then
that's the whole thing lastly if you
want to get faster links are in the
description for more advanced methods
thanks for watching and I'll see you
guys next time hey guys this video will
be example solves for the 2x2 beginner
method so I'm going to start by looking
for white pieces to make the white layer
and I can start with any piece I want
put that on the bottom and then this is
green and orange so I'll look in the top
layer for another white piece and this
one this one