I kept the instructions short for this part, as it's an intuitive part. If the yellow piece on the front face were on a different position in the front face (out of the 4 possible positions), you could just make some F turns to adjust it. (In the image: example of a paired red-blue edge block)Įxplanation: by doing an r' move you will bring down the upper-right yellow center piece on the top face into the front face (now it will adjacently match the center piece on front face), then an F move to align both pieces on the right side of the front face, and finally an r move to bring them both upwards into the top face, and form a complete yellow center block. For 2 identical edge pieces paired-up together we call an edge block. In the 2nd step we are going to pair them up together. Multiple edge pieces: every edge piece in the 4x4 cube has an identical edge piece around the cube, meaning there are 2 edge pieces of every type (e.g. (In the image: example of a solved red center block) For 4 center pieces solved together we call a center block. As mentioned, there are 4 center pieces for each color. That means we cannot determine the cube color-scheme by looking at the center pieces (we'll use memory, or corner pieces). No fixed Center pieces: There are no fixed center pieces in the 4x4 cube, meaning these center pieces can move around the cube, and replace places with each other (unlike the 3x3 where yellow will always remain opposite to white, for example). There is no single center piece, but 4 center pieces per color therefore they are not fixed in their positions.

The 4x4 mechanics is a bit different from the classic 3x3 Rubik's cube.

Cube plus plus blocks