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How to solve a Rubik's Cube
Move for this phase:
V1 T1 V1 T1 V1 T2 V-1 T1 V-1 T1 V-1 T2
(see How to solve a Rubik's Cube for a description of the move notation)
What this move does:
Hold the cube with the 2 solved faces on the left and right.
This move changes the orientation of the center block of the top-front and top-rear edges.
How to use it:
Okay, you're almost there. This move is called "Rubik's Move" or "Rube Move", since it was formulated by Erno Rubik himself. To use it, you should have everything in place except 2 blocks. If those 2 blocks are adjacent to each other, hold the cube with them on the top, as shown in the final spiffy ASCII diagram:
____________
/ / / /^|
/ R / B / R / |
/ / / / W/| w
y /^^^/^^^/^^^/| / | h
e / / / / |/ | i
l / R / R / R / | W/| t
l /___/___/___/ W/| / | e
o / / / /| / |/ |
w / R / G / R / |/ | W/ s
/ / / / | W/| / i
s |^^^|^^^|^^^| W/| / |/ d
i | G | R | G | / |/ | e
d |___|___|___|/ | W/
e | | | | W/| /
| G | G | G | / |/
|___|___|___|/ |
| | | | W/
| G | G | G | /
|___|___|___|/
If the 2 blocks are diagonal from each other, hold the cube as shown above, with the solved sides facing left and right. In this case, however, the front-top edge will be correct and the front-bottom edge wrong. Performing Rubik's Move will flip the two top edge pieces, making the front-top edge improperly oriented (like the front-bottom edge) and the rear-top edge properly oriented (like the rear-bottom edge). Hold the cube with the two improperly oriented edges up, as in the above diagram, and do Rubik's Move.
CONGRATULATIONS
You have solved Rubik's Cube. Huzzah!