Your first ten minutes
Take a physical cube, place it on a desk, and open Cube Guruu on your laptop or phone. Spend two minutes finding centers, edges and corners, two minutes learning R and U turns, and six minutes doing the right trigger slowly. Do not race a timer yet.
Say each face out loud as you turn. The prime symbol means counterclockwise when viewed directly from that face.
- I can identify top, front and right faces.
- I can make a 90° turn without rotating the entire cube.
- I can read a prime turn.
Choose how to practise
Physical cube: Follow the spoken instructions, move your cube and confirm the step yourself. On-screen cube: Make the requested turn in the 3D viewer; the application can check the move you make in the simulator. Neither mode currently verifies your real cube using a camera.
For consistent results, keep your chosen front color facing you until the teacher explicitly asks you to reorient the cube.
A seven-day starter plan
- Day 1: names, orientation, basic moves.
- Day 2: R U R′ U′ practice and reversing moves.
- Day 3: build and check a first-layer cross.
- Day 4: insert first-layer corners.
- Day 5: recognize left and right middle-layer insertions.
- Day 6: practise top cross and last-layer recognition.
- Day 7: complete a deliberate solve using a consistent beginner method.
Common beginner mistakes
Turning the entire cube between algorithm letters; looking at only the white face instead of the side colors; rushing into memorized algorithms before understanding piece positions; and trying to use a 3×3 method for a larger cube before its centers and edges are reduced.