4x4 Rubik's Cube Tutorial Part 2 'EDGE PAIRING' NO Algorithms EASY Beginner method

Hi guys .

Um Welcome to part two of the four by four specific instructions on how to do the edges .

Uh Part one , we already did the centers .

As you can see , the centers are all done .

Now , we're only gonna be focusing on the edge pieces .

We have to match these edge pieces with their partner .

Uh So we can basically treat it like a three by three .

All of this will be done intuitively .

Um There is one algorithm in the event we run into one situation that you'll have to learn a new algorithm and it's a pretty easy one .

So I wouldn't worry about that .

Um Let's go ahead and , and get right into this .

You can grab the cube and start anywhere .

I , what I like to do is make sure that all four images that I'm working with are not paired up .

So none of these are paired up .

So I'm most likely I'm gonna run into at least one couple that need to get married .

So you've got the yellow and blue is trying to find uh his partner and there she is the yellow and blue there .

So we're gonna go ahead and um whenever you find one here and find one here , you want to line them up like this .

OK ?

So it's intuitive , all I'm gonna do is move this over like this , right ?

So I can get the partner over to this side because I want to line up one edge piece here and the other ps edge piece has to be here or vice versa like this or like this .

OK ?

So in this case , I just put it there on the exact same line .

So in order to fix that , that's a very , very common thing that you're gonna run into quite a bit .

All you have to do is move this side up right .

Then you're gonna move this guy down like this and then turn your cube back this way and then bring this back up and there it is .

See you right there .

That's all you gotta do .

It's a pretty simple move .

We're gonna do that over and over and over again .

So um don't worry about it if you didn't get it just now , now that you've got it like this as a diagonal , what we are going to do is bring this over and now they're married , you're gonna marry them together , move it out of the way , get it up to the top here , but you have to replace it with something .

So we're gonna turn this and replace it with these two unmarried people .

Bring them down and now we have to fix this .

Get my yellow back or get my centers back because my centers were out of whack .

And there you go .

Now , where's our couple ?

Our happy couple is right here .

So that's one that's done .

Now , I'm not gonna work this side because um , these guys are here .

So let's get them out of the way .

I like this side .

You have a bunch of singles .

Ok , let's try to find another couple and marry them .

So I've got a uh let's see .

Let's see if any of these match .

Here we go .

There's a green and yellow and here's a green and yellow .

All I have to do is flip the cube and they're all ready diagonal from each other exactly where I need them to be .

So I'm gonna do the same move , move this over to the side .

So they're now together .

Now you see I messed up my , my centers , right ?

So I'm gonna have to move this back at some point once I match it .

All I'm gonna do is move this out of the way .

So I'm gonna move it up to the top and I have to replace it with something .

So I'll take these two , I just turned it around and let's bring this back down and now let's fix our centers .

See that OK ?

And I'm gonna explain the replacing um that I don't want that to confuse you .

Um So now we've got another happy couple .

Where are they ?

They're right there .

There's our happy couple .

Number two .

This is our happy couple .

Number one .

And let's keep marrying everyone .

And let me tell you , marriage is very important .

And , uh , for those of you who aren't married and , uh , make sure you choose wisely and you , you need to be equally yoked in marriage and your marriage will go well .

And of course you need to , uh , follow the Lord and know the Lord and your marriage will be strong if it's got that foundation .

So that's just a little , little something there extra for you guys .

OK .

Let's find some more pieces .

OK ?

So I'm gonna spin this around here .

Uh We can work on anywhere in the cube .

So don't think like you gotta stay somewhere .

You don't , you can go anywhere .

So let's go here .

Um Like I was saying earlier , I don't want any married pieces yet since there's so many singles , I'll just move that out of the way .

I got singles here .

I got singles here .

I got singles here and I got singles here .

I wanna make sure that this isn't going out of focus .

I've got it a manual focus .

I think I'm good .

Ok .

So um I've got a blue and let's see none of those match .

Oh , here we go .

Here's a blue and red and here is a blue and red .

See that ?

Ok .

So I got a balloon right here and a blue and red here .

I need to bring this one over here somehow .

So I'll move that over .

OK ?

And let's bring it down .

That's it .

So now I've got them actually on the same line .

So I've got to make that move that we talked about earlier .

OK ?

All I gotta do is move this up .

So I'm getting him out of the way and then I'm going to bring this one down and I kind of turn the cube sometimes like this .

See , OK ?

And then I got to bring this up .

I'm gonna show you guys how to do that move again .

Um I'm running out of battery , so I'm gonna have to change my battery right now .

But uh now it's lined up if I do it again , I just move this up , turn the face this way .

OK ?

But now I turn my cube like this and you know , our piece is down here now .

So all you got to do is bring it up , see now they're matching again and just do that move again .

OK ?

Move this up .

So our piece is here , right ?

See , and then I'm gonna move this over here .

Move this guy down here .

OK .

Our piece is over here .

Now I just turn my cube this way .

So it's facing the right way again and then bring this up and there he is and now it's diagonal .

That's the move I'm going to do the move two more times .

OK .

Move it up , turn , turn my cube , bring it .

Now they're matching again .

Do it again .

Turn like this and bring it up and now they're where they're supposed to be .

Let's go ahead and marry them quickly .

Um There you go .

Boom .

Now they're married .

I'm gonna bring it up here .

I have to replace this because I have to bring this back down so I can't replace it with a married couple .

So that's not gonna work .

So keep going .

There are some singles and let's bring the singles down and let's let's fix our middle boom .

Make sure your centers are all good .

Ok , give me a second .

I'm gonna change the battery .

Ok .

So now let's find another uh edge piece to marry edge pieces .

Uh We've got uh let's see here .

I see .

Orange and white and orange and white .

Now let's say this happens every once in a while .

You've got all of these single edge pieces and none of them match up then just go to the next one and see if any of those match up .

I've got a blue and orange .

Let's see , I don't see blue and orange .

So you just kind of look for them .

Here , here is blue and orange and blue and orange .

See , so you want to look for those .

Um I can search for something else .

I just go like that .

There's uh orange and green .

Let's see if there's any orange and green .

I don't see orange and green .

Um But you just look , you guys probably see some , look , here's a red and yellow and here's a red and yellow and see how I'm turning this around doesn't matter where you're holding it once you're , when you're looking for edge pieces to match up .

So , um our centers are good .

Let's go ahead and match some pieces up .

So let's go ahead and do this .

You've got the yellow and red and you have a yellow and red here .

So I'm gonna spin this top part .

So it's over here on this um side and I'm gonna bring it down and then now it's already crossed from each other .

So they're lined up perfectly .

Now , by the way , um You don't have to always go this way so I can turn this like this and marry the pieces that way .

So on this side and then I can go ahead and now bring this up .

So it's the same thing that we did on the other side and then you gotta turn it and replace it , but I can't replace it with these two because they're already married .

So let's turn it to this side here .

These guys are single , let's bring them down and now let's fix our centers .

Oops , we went the other wrong way , fix our centers .

There they go .

So make sure that the centers are all fixed .

OK ?

So now as you can see , you you have a lot of married couples and as you get more and more married couples , you're gonna run into a situation with who do you replace it with ?

Because there's not a lot to replace , but we'll run into that .

We'll talk about that a little bit more once we get there .

Ok , let's look at some more uh options .

All of these are single .

So that's cool .

I like to work with that .

Let's see if we find any that match .

I've got a green and white , uh blue and white , orange and white .

I don't see any that match right now .

So I'll go ahead and spin this around but there's , these are married .

So there's not much to spin here .

Let me turn this upside down and we're working on these right now .

Let's see if we can find any that match .

So I'll spin this up here .

I've got a green and , and orange and do we have a green and orange anywhere ?

No .

Um Are these all complete down here ?

They're not ?

Ok .

So now I've got all of these are single pieces .

So that's cool .

Let's try to find ones that match uh uh right there and right in front of my face , I've got white and blue .

You guys are probably saying it's right there .

It's right there .

There's white and blue .

Now what happens when they're on the same line ?

You've got to do this move .

Remember you move this up here .

So it's up there .

Now we're gonna turn the face this way and then we turn the cube back .

So this is facing you and then we're gonna bring this piece up again and now they're cross from each other .

OK .

That's a move that you have to learn .

So practice it .

It's really super easy .

All right , now we do our move .

I'm gonna move this over here and now they're married .

Let's bring it up to the top .

I still have uh a couple of single pieces here so I can replace that right here .

We replace it with the single pieces , bring it back down and let's fix our centers and all , let's do a check and make sure all our centers are checked out .

Yes , they are .

Cool .

Now , let's look for more single pieces .

So I'm looking for the through the cube .

Hey , settle down dogs .

I'm looking through , they saw a squirrel .

I'm looking for more .

Those are married .

Those are married and those are single .

Cool .

So now I've got single pieces here , single pieces here .

These are married .

Let's see if I can find single pieces .

Yes , single pieces here and single pieces here .

Just like I like it .

Now , that gives me more options to find their mates .

So let's see who we can marry right now .

We've got um we have yellow and orange and we have yellow and orange .

No , I see green and white right here .

It is green and white .

Yes , there's a green and white right here .

See green and white and green and white .

Ok .

So I'm gonna spin this around , bring the white piece back down .

So there it is green and white , green and white .

They're all matched up ready to go .

I hope I didn't do that too fast .

I think you guys are getting it .

I mean , that's pretty intuitive .

Just get them on , get them on the same , you know , opposite sides , right ?

And if they match you do that move and if they're already like uh diagonal , then you're ready to go .

Ok .

So we're gonna go ahead and marry them there they are .

Now we're gonna bring it up and we need to replace that .

We can't replace with these guys because they're married .

So keep going .

We were we , we will replace it with this right here .

Bring it back down and let's fix our centers .

OK ?

Let's keep doing more edge pieces .

Um You guys should be getting it by now .

Um uh These are unmarried , unmarried , unmarried and married .

Cool .

So we should have , oh look what I saw , I saw red and white and a red and white .

So I'm just gonna flip the cube this way .

I always like it to be looking at me this way and uh we need to bring this down here , right ?

So let's do that move again .

We're gonna move it up , we're gonna turn the face this way .

So this one's down here and there's our other piece up here .

Now we just turn the cube .

So this is facing me and then our pieces down here and we're gonna bring it up .

Ok ?

Now we've got them diagonal red and white , red and white .

Let's go ahead and marry those two pieces .

There they are .

We'll bring it up , let's replace it with unmarried pieces right here .

Replace that , bring it back down and fix our center .

OK ?

Now we're getting somewhere .

Let's uh pick , pick up the pace a little bit .

Uh These guys are married .

So let's see .

Married , married , married , they're all married .

So when I've got them all married on one side , I'm just gonna put it down here .

So the married pieces are down .

I've got unmarried , unmarried and unmarried .

Now we're down to only three edge edges that we can work with .

As we get closer to solving .

I already see orange and white and orange and white .

So let's do that move .

And as you start getting better at this , you're gonna start doing this move like this where you move it and you turn the cube as you turn this at the same time .

See that .

Um And then you bring this up and now they're diagonal .

Let's go ahead and put those together .

I haven't had so many where I can turn it this way .

I'm gonna see if I can do that .

Let , let let's just do that , see how this is diagonal .

You don't have to go this way .

You can go this way if you want and match them this way .

See that , and then I'm gonna bring it up to the top , but before I bring it up to the top , so they're married on this side now , it doesn't matter which , which side you marry .

I'm on , I'm gonna look and see if I have any single pieces .

These are married , married , married .

So if I bring this up , this , this is my only single uh , couple but not really a couple , my single people .

So I'm gonna move it out of the way first .

Then I'm gonna bring this up .

Now I'll bring it up .

Now I'll replace that married couple .

We just married with the single people .

Let's bring down the single people and now we fix our centers .

Uh , oh , did I mess up my centers ?

Where's the center ?

All right , because we went the other way .

Sorry .

There we go and make sure that the centers are all good .

They are .

Ok .

So let's keep going .

Um , hopefully I didn't confuse you guys .

I just wanted to let you know you can marry him to this side or you can marry him to this side .

It doesn't matter .

Um , I like going to the left if at all possible .

It's just what I like .

All right .

So all of these are married .

I'm gonna put those at the bottom .

These are married .

Boy , I did , I just marry them all .

I think I just did it .

Oh , no , here's some singles and there's probably one more set of singles .

Where's the other singles ?

Oh , there they are right here .

See , so you've got these guys and you've got these guys bring them up , match them up .

Now , it looks like these two .

I like to grab these two .

The , the , these are single and these are single .

I like to grab these and kind of explore and see is everybody else married .

It looks like they're all married except for these two , these two couples that is .

So we want to see how these are lined up diagonally and this one red and green is lined up diagonally .

Um That's how you would normally do it .

But when there's only two left , these belong together and these belong together , you have to get them to match and do an algorithm .

OK ?

Sometimes you'll get all of the edge pieces without the algorithm .

Like it could all be done .

But in this scenario , which is good because I wanna show you this scenario .

I , you've got only four pieces left to do and um you can't replace them with anything else because everybody else is married .

So there's no more replacement pieces .

OK ?

So we're gonna do that same move right .

I need to move this guy um here .

So because he's diagonal , but I have to get him on the same line to do this algorithm .

So let's go ahead and you do your move there .

We're gonna bring this down here , right ?

We move it .

We're focusing on this piece right here .

Bring it up .

And now these two pieces are across from each other and these two pieces , green and red , green and red are across from each other .

Now that you have it in this state , we're gonna do this algorithm and I'll put it up on the screen super easy .

And this is the way you should memorize it double DRF prime U .

And then there's another guy who responds .

So um basically think of it as two people .

One guy says double DRF prime U and then the other guy says R prime F , double D prime .

So it's double D .

So you're taking the two down uh um do two down size and you're turning at once .

So you're going double D R right here .

You're rotating the right side clockwise is all clockwise .

Double DRF prime prime is counterclockwise is the face F prime , double DRF prime , U is clockwise .

U is on the upside double DRF prime U .

Now the next one is R prime counterclockwise F double D prime .

And you see what happens this is together and these are together double DRF prime Ur prime F , double D prime .

So that's how you memorize it .

Say it again , R prime F double D prime .

Oops , that's the second part .

Sorry guys .

Double DRF prime , Ur prime F double D prime .

Now , what happens if you do that again , if we do that algorithm again , we'll actually unm marry these guys .

So let's go ahead and divorce these two couples just for a little bit and then we'll get them married again .

OK .

Just do the algorithm again .

Double DRF prime U R prime F , double D prime .

Boom .

Divorced .

Here they are .

I mean , here they are .

They're actually across from each other .

Green and red , green and red , orange and green , orange and green .

Let's do it again .

Now we're taking our time here .

Remember because this is to learn how to do the edge pieces , double DRF prime .

U now remember we got to line them up .

They're already lined up .

I know I'm repeating myself .

But I just want you guys to remember that if they're across from each other , you gotta fix that .

All right .

So we're gonna do double D R F prime , you our prime F , double D prime .

Boom .

And now they're married .

That's it guys .

Now we are ready to solve this like a three by three and go straight to the Daisy .

You can see all the edge pieces are done .

All your centers are done when you have it in this state .

You're like , yeah , I am ready to roll and you do your Daisy , then you get do your cross and then you do the um F three L in this case .

Ok , guys , that's it for this video .

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