RUBIK'S 3X3 CUBE SOLUTION Part 5

STEP 5. COMPLETING THE YELLOW COLOR ON TOP

After you have finished STEP 4. It is NOT always the YELLOW CROSS that will appear on TOP. There are FOUR probable designs that will appear on TOP. Listed below are the FOUR in order;
1. The FISH-like design.... very, vey good... you need less time to complete the YELLOW on TOP,
2. The TWO-POINTED EDGE design.... very good,
3. The BOTTLE-like design (some of my students call it the TANK ), good, you need a fast hand here to gain loss time
4. The CROSS, it's ok but you will need a very quick hand reflexes here and keen eyes.

ALL of the above designs are okay because you will only need your right hand ( after sometime you can do the moves without looking or even talk to somebody while completing your top color, pa-impress...)

For FISH-like design: (The YELLOW TOP is our GUIDE)
1. Place the design in such a way that the mouth is in your LEFT Side BELOW and the tail in UPPER right side. Remember that the YELLOW color is still on TOP and your guide. You can use any color as your FRONT but keep the mouth in the left side below.

...RIGHT Side UP; TOP rotate to your LEFT; RIGHT Side DOWN; TOP rotate to your LEFT; RIGHT Side UP; TOP rotate to your LEFT (2x); RIGHT Side DOWN...

After doing the moves, oftentimes you will go back to the same design (pattern). You will notice that the mouth will be on your UPPER RIGHT side. You will just place the mouth again to your lower LEFT side. Repeat the moves above and finally you will have a COMPLETE YELLOW TOP and ready for STEP 6.

TIP: There is a faster way to complete the YELLOW color when you arrived at the FISH-pattern. I will not teach it right now because it involves using your RIGHT and LEFT hands simultaneously. For now, try using your RIGHT hand.

For The TWO-pointed pattern: (The YELLOW TOP is our GUIDE)
1. Place any of the point (mouth) to your LOWER LEFT Side as in the the FISH-pattern.
2. Do the same moves above until you arrived at the FISH-pattern.
3. Do the moves of the FISH-pattern until you complete the YELLOW on top.

For The BOTTLE-like pattern: (The YELLOW TOP is our GUIDE)
1. Place the top of the bottle to your LEFT. The design will appear as if the bottle fall down and the top of the bottle to the left ( ONE YELLOW middle edge to your left and TWO vertical YELLOW, middle and right, ok).
2. Using your right hand, do the moves above until you arrived at the FISH-pattern.
3. Do the moves of the FISH-pattern until you complete the YELLOW on top.

For the YELLOW CROSS pattern: (The YELLOW TOP is our guide)
1. For this pattern you may choose ANY FRONT you want as long as the YELLOW is on TOP and the WHITE underneath.
2. Using your RIGHT hand do the moves above.
3. If you are lucky, you will arrived at the FISH-pattern immediately. Do the FISH-pattern.
4. Oftentimes you will be unlucky, but with fast hands and keen eyes you will save time. Do the same moves for any pattern you arrived at.

Congratulations you are now about to complete your Rubik's cube!
Be ready for STEP 6. LOOKING FOR TWO CORRECTLY POSITIONED UPPER CORNER PIECES OF ANY SIDE COLORS (BLUE, GREEN, RED, OR ORANGE...)