How to Solve a Rubik's Cube - Part 5 - Complete Top Face

All right , this is step five of how to solve a Rubik's cube .

At this point , you should already have a cross on the top in yellow .

And you should also have two completed bottom layers that were done in the last four steps .

So what we need to do now is we need to just check how many additional corners we have next to this yellow cross .

In my case , I have zero , but you might have one or you might even have 23 is not a possibility .

So depending on how many you have , there are certain ways to hold the cube before you perform the algorithm .

The algorithm in this case is right clockwise , top clockwise , right , counter clockwise , top clockwise , right clockwise , top 180 right , counter clockwise .

So in my case , I have zero extra corner pieces next to the yellow cross .

So as I diagrammed here , if you have no corner pieces on the top , you need to place a yellow piece on the top layer in the upper left of the left face , in the upper right of the left face .

So in my case , that would look like So , and then you could perform that move .

So let's go ahead and do that .

So the move I would like to perform is right clockwise , top clockwise , right , counterclockwise , top clockwise , right clockwise , top 100 and 80 right , counter clockwise .

Now what this gives us is it gives us one additional corner next to this yellow cross .

So if you look at the diagram , if you have one corner top piece , you are to place it in the bottom left of the top face .

So I would be holding it like this and this would now be my front face .

This is the top face .

This is the right .

So you have to position it like this .

So after you position it like that , then you can again perform the same move .

So that move is right clockwise , top clockwise , right counterclockwise , top clockwise , right clockwise , top a 180 and right counter clockwise .

Now , as you can see in my case that completes the top layer .

Now you have all yellow on top .

That doesn't finish the cube though , you still have to position the remaining edge pieces and corner pieces of the top layer .

So the one case that I didn't go over it is the case where you have two top corner pieces next to the yellow cross .

And for all the cases , there are certain different ways that this can look , you can have two ones that look on top like this and you have a yellow piece here .

Now you always have to place the yellow corner piece on the front face in the upper left .

So I have used , I'm using my old cube as a demonstration .

So this is in this case , it is this case .

So what you have to do is you have to place the yellow corner piece in the upper left of the front face .

Now you might be holding it like this .

All you have to do is basically just rotate the cube until you have a piece that matches where you need to put it , which is in the upper left of the front face .

Then you can go ahead and perform that same move .

So I'm going to do that move again .

So once it's here , then you can perform that move .

This is now the front face .

So it is right clockwise , top clockwise , right counterclockwise , top clockwise , right clockwise , top 100 and 80 and write counterclockwise .

Now you see what that gives you is the one piece next to the cross .

So it is already positioned as you can see , it is already positioned as it should be when you're performing the algorithm .

So all you have to do is just do the move a another another time .

So if we do the move another time , right clockwise , top clockwise , right , counter clockwise , top clockwise , right clockwise , top 180 right back down , we get another instance where there is one corner piece next to the cross .

But as you'll see , it's in the upper right and we don't want it there , we want it in the lower left .

So all we have to do is just turn the cube until we have that piece there .

And you'll notice that there is a yellow piece in the upper right of the front face .

If you have a case where there is one additional corner piece next next to the cross and you also have on the front face , a yellow piece in the upper right .

Then you'll know that by performing that algorithm one time , it will complete the top layer that's called the soon S UN E .

So if we perform that move one more time , right clockwise , top clockwise , right , counterclockwise , top clockwise , right clockwise , top one 180 right counterclockwise that completes the top layer .

The next step is going to be positioning the corner pieces of the top layer .