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THE Rubik’s
Master
Solution Guide
 GET TO KNOW YOUR RUBIK’S Master
How to Use this Guide

Before learning to solve the Rubik’s Master, you should

be proficient at solving the Rubik’s Cube (original 3x3).
Like the Rubik’s Cube, the Rubik’s
Throughout this guide please reference the Rubik’s Notice the order of the
Master is made up of edge, corner,
Cube (3x3) guide. colors, as shown in the
and center pieces.
Once you group the centers and pair the edges, you will image below:
Both puzzles have 8 corner pieces,
be solving the Rubik’s Master like the Rubik’s Cube using
however the Rubik’s Master has 24
the layered method. After you learn this method, you can
center pieces instead of 6, and 24
add speed cubing moves when you are ready. When WHITE is on
edge pieces instead of 12. top, RED is to the
Throughout the guide you will see this symbol to indicate left of BLUE and...
Unlike the Rubik’s Cube, there
helpful tips. Take the time to read the tips closely.
is not a fixed center piece to
The gray areas on the Rubik’s Master mean that at the indicate the color of each face
GREEN ORANGE
stage you are working on, the color of the gray pieces when the Rubik’s Master is solved. is left of is right of
doesn’t matter. RED BLUE
The color layout is found
through observations of the
corner pieces, or by knowing that
the Rubik’s Master follows a certain
color layout:
YELLOW
is on bottom
WHITE opposite YELLOW
RED opposite ORANGE
BLUE opposite GREEN

Tips for Success

Mindset is critical - learning to solve the Rubik’s Master is

VERY IMPORTANT:
difficult but if you persevere, you CAN solve the Rubik’s Master.
Keep the Rubik’s Master on a table or use a mat like the one
E
 ach move is a ¼ turn.
on www.YouCanDoTheCube.com to maintain the same front
face for an entire algorithm (sequence of moves).
Think of the algorithms as moving a piece out of the way,
setting up its correct position, and then moving the piece
into place.
Solve one step at a time by re-scrambling your Rubik’s
Master and practicing multiple times before moving A
 n ALGORITHM is a sequence of moves that you
on to the next step. need to do in a specific order.

Use this guide along with You CAN Do the Rubik’s Cube’s W
 hen following the algorithms in this guide, it is
corresponding resources such as videos, solving checklist, important to maintain the FRONT face of your Rubik’s
songs and chants. Master so it remains the FRONT through all of the turns.

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FACE KEY ALGORITHM KEY Slice Key ALGORITHM KEY FACE AND SLICE key ALGORITHM KEY

You probably know Face turns: Here is how we refer Slice turns: If there are two letters then turn
these faces. to the inside “slices”. the face and the slice as one piece.

U= u= Uu =
UP INSIDE UP FACE
FACE UP & INSIDE
UP
U U’ u u’ Uu U’u’

Dd =
D= d= DOWN
DOWN INSIDE FACE &
FACE DOWN INSIDE
D D’ d d’ DOWN Dd D’d’

Rr =
L= l= RIGHT
LEFT INSIDE FACE &
FACE LEFT INSIDE
L L’ l l’ RIGHT Rr R’r’

R= r=
If there is a 2 after the letter,
RIGHT INSIDE
then make that turn twice.
FACE RIGHT
R R’ r r’
=
F= f= F2
F2 F F
FRONT INSIDE
FACE FRONT A
 turn is clockwise when looking at that
F F’ f f’ face directly. A letter with an apostrophe (‘)
after it means to make an inverse or
counterclockwise turn of the face.
B= b=
BACK INSIDE
FACE BACK
B B’ b b’ F F’

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STEP ONE:

Solve the centers

Action 4
Holding your Rubik’s MASTER
Hold the Rubik’s Master so the WHITE Not
TOP white TOP VIEW OF
logo tile is on the UP face. Not VIEW Not VIEW DOWN FACE
WHITE WHITE

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
FRONT
FACE
There are 24 center pieces on the Rubik’s Master If your other WHITE tile is on the If your other WHITE tile is on the
that need to be grouped in sets of 4. Then there will FRONT face, follow this algorithm: DOWN face, follow this algorithm:
be 6 centers like on a Rubik’s Cube.
Start by solving the WHITE center.

 ocate another WHITE center tile that is not on the UP face.

Action 1 L
Rr U R’r’ Rr2
Rr2 U Rr2
Rr2

Action 2
Action 5 Repeat Actions 1-4 until all 4 center tiles are WHITE.
If your other WHITE tile is NOT on the If your other WHITE tile
DOWN face: IS on the DOWN face:
H
 old your Rubik’s Master so that the T
 urn the DOWN face (D) Action 6
other WHITE tile is on the FRONT face. until the other WHITE Continue solving the center pieces WHEN your
tile is in the lower right for all 6 faces. Follow the actions on
T
 urn the FRONT face (F) until the tile centers are
of the 4 center tiles. pages 4 & 5, replacing WHITE in each solved the
is in the lower right of the 4 center tiles.
step with the next color. colors should
Logo is one VIEW OF match this
of these DOWN FACE Solve the colors in this order: orientation:
center tiles
WHITE 1 Remember -
when YELLOW
BOTTOM YELLOW 2 is the UP face,
F FRONT
FACE D VIEW
GREEN is to the
RED 3 right of RED.

GREEN 4

Action 3
Not
TOP
VIEW
ORANGE 5
WHITE opposite YELLOW
Turn the UP face (U) until there is a WHITE
BLUE 6 RED opposite ORANGE
non-WHITE tile in the upper left corner GREEN opposite BLUE
of the 4 center tiles. When solving the other centers, you must
U remember the orientation of the colors.
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STEP TWO:

PAIR the Edges

Action 2 
There are 24 edge pieces on the Rubik’s
Master that need to be paired so you have If the edges are not directly across from each OR
12 edges like a Rubik’s Cube. The edges other, follow this sequence to line them up.
do not need to match the centers yet.

Action 1 
R F’ U F
Find the two orange and white edge pieces. Use outside turns
to get the edge pieces on the left and right of the FRONT face.
The color of the center doesn’t matter.
Action 3 
Hold your Rubik’s Master to match one of these; Once the edges are across from each OR
you may need to turn your Rubik’s Master over. other, follow this sequence to pair them.

CUBE ONE CUBE TWO CUBE THREE CUBE FOUR

Dd R F’ U R’ F D’d’

Ddon’t Run F’ast Unless R’unning Fast D’d’aily

The phrase above may help you remember the algorithm.

Go to Action 2 Skip to Action 3

Action 4 

Repeat Actions 1-3 until all 24 edge pieces are paired.

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STEP THREE:

Solve the Rubik’s Master

Like the Rubik’s Cube

Action 2 
 fter grouping the centers and pairing the edges, the Rubik’s
A
Master can now be solved like the Rubik’s Cube. Solve the White Corners

Solving THE WHITE CORNERS

 here may be two times when solving the Rubik’s Master like
T
If you can’t solve the White Corners, you may have the
a Rubik’s Cube that additional steps are needed that are not
Centers in the wrong color order. You’ll need to go back
covered in the Rubik’s Cube Solution Guide. These two cases
and resolve the Centers and Edges.
are referred to as parities. The parity fixes can be found
on pages 11 (Make the yellow cross) and 13 (Position the final
yellow edges) of this guide.

Action 3

 olve the Middle Layer keeping the paired

S
edges together as one piece. This picture shows
A solution guide for the Rubik’s the Rubik’s Master with the White face down.
Cube (3x3) can be found at:
www.YouCanDoTheCube.com

When solving the Rubik’s Master like a Rubik’s

Cube, to only turn the outside faces.
Action 1 

Solve the White Cross

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STEP THREE:

Solve the Rubik’s Master

Like the Rubik’s Cube

Action 4 M
 ake the Yellow Cross
Fixing the Parity
If you have 1 or 3 Yellow edge pairs on
OR
the UP face, hold your Rubik’s Master
to match one of these images and then
follow this algorithm:

If you have 1 or 3 Yellow edge pairs

on the UP face, follow the algorithm OR
for fixing the parity on page 11.

r2 B U2 U2
r2 B2 U2 l U2 r’
If you have 0 or 2 Yellow edge pairs on the UP
face, follow the Rubik’s Cube Solution Guide.

OR OR U2
U2 r U2
U2 F2 r F2
F2 F2

Action 5 
B r2 Once you have fixed the parity
Make the UP face all Yellow l’ B2 r2 go to Action 5 on page 10.

Notice that the LEFT and RIGHT are slice turns.

Action 6  FRONT, BACK, and UP are face turns.
Position the Yellow Corners

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STEP THREE:

Solve the Rubik’s Master

Like the Rubik’s Cube

Action 7 P
 osition the final Yellow Edges

This is where the second parity may Determine how many of the Yellow
occur and you need to use algorithms edge pairs are in the correct position,
that are not in the Rubik’s Cube and follow the directions that match
Solution Guide. your Rubik’s Master.

Solved
edge
If there are NO If there is in the If the TWO If the TWO
correct
YELLOW EDGE ONE YELLOW position
CORRECTLY CORRECTLY
pairs positioned EDGE PAIR PLACED EDGE PLACED EDGE
correctly: in the correct PAIRS are PAIRS are
position: opposite each adjacent (next
other: to each other):

Follow the algorithm in the Follow the algorithm in the Hold the Rubik’s Master so the Hold the Rubik’s Master so the
Rubik’s Cube Solution Guide. Rubik’s Cube Solution correctly placed edge pairs are correctly placed edge pairs are
Guide for positioning on the LEFT and RIGHT faces. on the LEFT and BACK faces.
Yellow Edges.
You will end up with 1 or 2 edge Follow the algorithm below F
 ollow the algorithm below
pairs positioned correctly. to fix the parity. to fix the parity.
If one Yellow edge pair is now Finally, follow the algorithm in the
placed correctly, follow the Rubik’s Cube Solution Guide
algorithm in the Rubik’s Cube for positioning Yellow edges.
Solution Guide for positioning
Yellow Edges.
If two Yellow edge pairs are
now placed correctly, follow the
directions on the next page.

r2 U2 r2
r2 Uu2 r2 u2
r2 U2 Uu2 r2 u2
Are you? Are you you? Are you?

Notice all the RIGHT turns are slice turns.

The words are there to help you remember the algorithm.

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