Exchanging edges without changing anything else
| swap 3 edges | swap 2x2 edges | swap 5 edges | ||
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| R2 F2 T2 F2 R2 F2 T2 F2 | -T R T 2R -R -T -R T R -2R | R2 T2 R2 T2 R2 T2 | 2R2 R2 -T F2 2R2 R2 F2 2R2 R2 T 2R2 R2 | T R2 T R2 T R2 T R2 T R2 T R2 |
| 3 sides 8 moves |
3 sides 10 moves |
2 sides 6 moves |
3 sides 12 moves |
2 sides 12 moves |
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Rotating edges without changing anything else
| rotate 2 edges | rotate 4 edges | rotate 6 edges | rotate 8 edges | ||
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| -T R T F R2 -F 2R -R F -R2 -F -T -R T -2R R | -F -R F -2R R -F R F D R2 -D 2R -R D R2 -D | -T -2B B T2 -2B2 B2 -T -F T -2B2 B2 T2 2B -B T F | R -B -R B -T B T -2B 2R -R B -T -B T -B R B -2R 2B -B | -F -T F T -F -T F T -F -T F -2F T 2F -T -2F T 2F -T -2F T 2F | L R -T -D F B -L -R T D -F -B |
| 3 sides 16 moves |
3 sides 16 moves |
3 sides 16 moves |
3 sides 20 moves |
2 sides 22 moves |
2 sides 12 moves |
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Exchanging corners without changing anything else
| swap 3 corners | swap 2x2 corners | swap 5 corners | ||
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| -T -R T L -T R T -L | -B R B L2 -B -R B L2 | R T -R -T R T -R -T R T -R -T | R2 B T2 -B R2 B T2 -B R2 B T2 -B | R2 B2 L2 F2 D F2 L2 B2 R2 T |
| 3 sides 8 moves |
3 sides 8 moves |
2 sides 12 moves |
3 sides 12 moves |
6 sides 10 moves |
| Variants | Variants | Variants | Variants | Variants |
Rotating corners without changing anything else
| Rotate 2 corners | Rotate 3 corners | Rotate 4 corners | Rotate 5 corners | |||
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| T -B -T -L -B L -F -L B L T B -T F | -L T2 L T -L T L R T2 -R -T R -T -R | -B L2 B -T R2 T -B L2 B -T R2 T | -R -F -L F R -F L2 D -L T2 L -D -L T2 F | -B R B L2 -B -R B L2 F2 -D B D F2 -D -B D | R -T -R T -F T F -T R -T -R T -F T F -T | R -T -R T R T2 -R T2 R -T -R T R T2 -R T2 |
| 4 sides 14 moves |
3 sides 14 moves |
4 sides 12 moves |
5 sides 15 moves |
5 sides 16 moves |
3 sides 16 moves |
2 sides 16 moves |
| Variants | Mikias Ayalew | Steve Hassenplug | Variants | Variants | Variants | Variants |
Exchanging centers without changing anything else
| swap 2x2 centers | swap 2x3 centers |
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| -2R2 R2 -2D D -2R2 R2 2D -D | -2R R -2D D 2R -R 2D -D |
| 4 sides 8 moves |
4 sides 8 moves |
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Rotating centers without changing anything else
Although there is no need to rotate centers on a standard cube, if you have a customized cube with centers that need to be oriented a certain way, you will need these formulas:
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| -2R R -2D D 2R -R 2D -D -R -2D D -2R R 2D -D 2R | -2R2 -R -2D D -2R2 R2 2D -D -2R2 R -2D D -2R2 R2 2D -D | -2R R -2D D 2R -R 2D -D 2F -F 2D -D -2F F -2D D |
| 2 sides 16 moves |
3 sides 16 moves |
3 sides 16 moves |
| Variants | Variants | Variants |
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