Solving the 3x3 barrel is fun and easy with the BeardedCuber

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Welcome back to beardy cubing 101 .

My name is Joe .

I'm your host , the Bearded Cuber .

In today's video .

I'm gonna show you how to solve a three by three barrel cube .

It's pretty much the exact same thing as a three by three .

Rubik's cube .

The only thing that's changed is the shape .

Um You know , that one's a barrel shape and this one's a square .

Um and it doesn't have a white or an orange side .

Um And that's basically it , uh I guess at the end it does or it could have a parity issue .

Um And I know we haven't discussed parity just yet , but um basically parity means that uh the cube has worked its way into its position where um you're not gonna be able to solve the cube unless you take a drastic step .

Uh We will get into that um because this is not the only cube that has parity issues .

Um But this is a great starter cube man .

It actually , it , it handles just like a three by three of the exact same algorithms .

Um And it does have a parity situation which we're gonna get into .

Um And it also has a shape shifting capability to it um where you're gonna end up with a different um slices , you know , pie slices and squares and wedges and such .

Um But it's basically a great cube for um you know , your beginner cube for shape shifting and stuff .

And uh you know , it's really gonna help you out with your spatial orientation as well .

Um OK .

So if you're ready , go ahead and grab your uh three by three barrel cube and we'll get started .

OK .

Folks .

Welcome back .

Um If you get your cube , go ahead and scramble it up and we'll get started .

Um Now , this cube here has a lot of similarities to the three by three .

We're just gonna have uh edge pieces , corner pieces and a center piece .

Um Well , I'd like to start on red .

Um So let's just go ahead and find the red center and um we'll uh get these pieces in the place so we can get started .

This cube does not turn very well .

It's got um it's pretty poor turning capabilities , but you know , it is what it is .

OK .

So just like the uh center um just like the three by three , we're just gonna go ahead and place these uh corner pieces .

So if it's on top , just bring it down to the bottom , uh the bottom row just like that and then uh place its there , it is uh there's one on the bottom , put it uh right above an empty slot just like the three by three , turn it .

So it's facing , you turn it out of the way , bring the side down , place it , if it's on top , just bring it down to the third layer , just like the three by three .

So it's facing you and uh go ahead and place that and if you haven't seen the three by three video , go ahead and check it out because it's really gonna help you out um solving this one .

OK .

So this yellow piece needs to go here .

So just like the three by three turn away from where you want to go , turn this side down .

So it's directly across from each other .

Turn both layers , middle and bond together .

Take these three , turn it up .

So it matches with this red , turn that red up , turn these two in the direction of this uh red pie slice , turn that into position and turn that back .

Um OK .

So last yellow , this needs to go right here .

So turn it away .

He seems to have to actually be lined up pretty good for it to be able to turn , turn both of them at together .

Uh Take these three reds line it up with these three reds , these two in the same size , the uh protruding red , turn out the way and position that .

OK .

So now we have the first , the top two layers uh complete .

Now comes the bottom layer and now we're gonna see if we have parity or not .

Um We're gonna use the exact same uh uh algorithm which goes F Ururf , OK .

We have something recognizable here .

We have a uh horizontal line here , but remember we want to get the cross .

So this time , we're gonna want to get a gray cross this way and this way .

So let's see if it'll work out .

Furur F .

OK ?

It's not gonna happen .

So no matter how many times I do that Fururf algorithm , this is never gonna lay down correctly .

Um And this is what's called parody .

And it's basically , you can keep doing that same algorithm until you're blue in the face , it will never flip over .

Um So the way that I get around this and I'm sure I'm positive that there's other algorithms out there that can um fix this .

Um But to be honest with you , I'm sure they're long , I'm sure they're complicated .

I'm sure you don't really don't want to bother with them .

I'm gonna show you something that um you're gonna be able to actually use in other cubes as well .

So what I wanna do is I want to get these two pieces here to lay down .

I want that these two to be uh permutated correctly .

Um So what I'm gonna do is I'm just gonna move this over and now remember this algorithm because you're gonna be using in other cubes down .

So it's gonna be on the right .

Ok .

And what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna bring it down and I'm gonna go left up right down , right or left up .

Ok .

So that one is , is , is correct .

Well , I'm gonna turn this so let's do this again .

It's gonna go 1234 .

Don't skip on the 4123 , four one .

Hm .

Yeah , this thing really locks up a lot 23 for just keep going .

Keep counting 123 , four .

Ok .

So now that , that's all lined up , what I wanna do is I want to bring this one here down to the bottom just like that .

We bring it so that it faces me .

OK ?

So all I did right there was I it was just like this .

I I brought it down to the bottom and I brought it so that it faces me .

Thanks .

Yeah , I wanna turn this , bring it up basically I'm forcing it in .

OK .

All that's all I did was I forced it in there .

Um And now I want to make this one lay down .

So I'm gonna use the same algorithm .

1234 .

This is the one we're looking for .

12341234 .

Perfect .

Flip the cube over or uh I'm sorry , I'll flip it over but you , you're gonna wanna replace this one .

So take this and just like you did before turn it off to the side down , turn both bring these together place that just like that time .

And now we're looking at this again .

So this time we're gonna go one or fururf .

Now we have a cross .

OK ?

And this is easily solved .

Um Just bring this right here and go .

Uh oh We have a , we have actually another pie slice down there which needs to go there .

So no , no big deal .

Just go .

Uh Just the same algorithm I showed you before .

Make sure it's all lined up .

123 , 4123 four .

Next up is this 11 , 23 four .

All right .

Now , now that we have everything lined up correctly , we could just do the same algorithm one more time and then it'll , it'll get these two solved .

So 12341234 .

Next again , it's 1234 , 12341234 and again , 123 and it's solved .

So that was a nasty little pa uh parody situation that doesn't always happen .

Um You know , I mean , it might happen .

Uh I don't know , maybe half the time that you do it .

Um But that's , you know , kind of the fun of being able to do the these cubes is , you know , that it's not always gonna be cut and dry .

You know , you sometimes you're gonna have to take other steps to get these cubes done .

And uh that was just uh one of the parody algorithms that I know that I do .

Um And I wouldn't even really call that an algorithm .

I just call that just a little procedure that you have to go through to get that uh squared away .

But I guess if you do want to learn an algorithm for it , I guess they are out there .

I don't really know them .

Um And I don't really care to know them because I , you know , this one works just fine for me .

And you know , this is what these , these are the procedures I use in basically all my uh cube solving .

Um OK .

So let's do another one .

And this time it'll , I'll show you how it solves without having to do it with the parody .

OK .

So I just resolved the cube and just these two layers here and now we're left with those last layer to deal with .

And hopefully we don't end up with another al uh parity algorithm here .

But let's just go ahead and put our little L shape um right here in the upper left and uh do our algorithm f uh Ururf .

OK .

Great .

Uh Hopefully , this looks familiar to you .

Um It's basically a fish .

Here's the head , here's the body and here's the tail .

See that .

Um And now you can use uh the same algorithms .

Um you know , we , we used before the ru uh Well , let's just do that um uh R Urur 12 down and that'll solve it .

OK .

So here's another interesting um situation that you can run into where you have a fish pattern on this side and a fish pattern on this side .

Um You just go ahead and use the um counting algorithm .

The 12341234 .

Don't skimp on the four and then just bring the next one over and just do the same thing .

123412341234 and again , 123 for one more time .

12341234 .

Um And then you can just go ahead and fix this and then you're uh then you ended up with a uh well a cross and uh basically you have like um a fish pattern .

Here's the head , here's the body , here's the tail and you also have a cross and remember if you have a , a piece on this side um Just go ahead and keep it there .

Uh That would be on the , on the cross .

So you go Rurur 12 , do it again .

Uh Rurur 12 .

OK .

Do again , Rurur 12 .

Now , if that doesn't work out and you keep doing it and it doesn't work out .

Um Then just go ahead and go to plan B man , just go uh start with this one , I guess .

Um And then just go 1234 and just keep doing that 1234 , 12341234 .

Remember , don't skimp on the floor .

1234123 and that'll solve the cube as well .

So uh if Plan A doesn't go um as planned , just go ahead and use Plan B , uh there's always one more way to get this cube done than you think .

OK .

So next one up um is going to be this one right here .

Um And this one's real basic , this one's a lot easier than this one .

But this one's pretty basic too , you know , there are none of them are terribly difficult .

Um It just takes a lot of time , practice patience and uh some effort , memorization and all that stuff , everything that's worthwhile , you know , in doing something worthwhile , takes patience and effort and all that stuff .

Um OK .

So next one up will be this one and this is a real nice uh pyramid .

Uh It's pretty basic .

Uh You may remember this from when you were a kid .

Uh But we're gonna go ahead and show you how this one is solved in the next uh video .

OK .

Thank you very much for watching .

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