VisualCubing
Guides, motivation and technique for the Rubik's Cube
Articles on why it's worth learning, what happens in your head while you solve, and practical guides on technique and notation. No filler: every post links to the real page on the site where you can put it into practice.
Why it's worth learning to solve the Rubik's Cube
Nobody's born knowing how to solve it — not even its own inventor. The emotional hook: satisfaction, progression and why it sparks so much passion.
What your brain trains when you solve the Rubik's Cube
Concentration, patience, self-improvement, spatial awareness and "lookahead" — the real benefits, explained without the jargon.
So that's what an R with an apostrophe actually means
R, R', R2, Rw... six letters and an apostrophe are the whole language of notation. Explained once and for all, with a real 3D cube to test it on.
It's not broken, you just asked it to look like that
A solved cube can turn into a checkerboard or a cube inside a cube with just one formula. The best-known patterns, explained and ready to try.
A sheet of formulas next to you always helps
You learn by watching the cube turn on screen, and you get faster with the printed sheet beside you. Thirteen sheets, six puzzles, no sign-up.
A Hungarian toy that became a universal language
A teaching aid that got away from its author, forty-three quintillion positions, and fifty years of people writing down what worked.