Step 5
Third Layer Corner Rotation

Moves

8


Difficulty

Hard


Goal

This step will finish off the corners on our third layer. In the last step, we got those pieces into position. In this step, we will rotate them so they look like they will for their final position.


Concept

While the concept of this idea is a little harder than the last move, it is very similar in the steps themselves, so it should be much easier than starting from scratch.

This technique will rotate 3 corner pieces at once. Figuring out which ones to rotate is the hardest part of this step. The ideal scenario is to have one corner in the correct rotation.

Start

End


Starting Position

With the piece that won't move in the back left side, rotate the cube 180 degrees towards you so that that piece is now on the bottom front left.

Top pieces in the front and right, then...


...flip the cube upside-down towards you, with those pieces in the back


The Moves

With the starting position ready...

  1. Right side down
  2. Bottom to the left
  3. Right side back up
  4. Bottom side to the left
  5. Right back down
  6. Bottom rotated 180 degrees around
  7. Right side back up
  8. Bottom another 180 degrees around

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