The Mirror Cube is a puzzle that shares similarities with the Rubik’s Cube, but it requires a unique approach. The layer-by-layer method is a popular method for solving the puzzle, similar to the traditional Rubik’s Cube. Pattern recognition and advanced algorithms are also essential for solving the puzzle.
The Mirror Cube requires knowledge of the 3×3 method, which can be explained in a video on My Discord squad. This tutorial will provide side-by-side comparisons of the 3×3 for better understanding. Solving the Mirror Cube involves a combination of spatial reasoning, pattern recognition, and problem-solving skills. The first layer can be solved by making a cross on the bottom layer, searching for the largest edge.
The Mirror Cube is solved using the same algorithm as the Rubik’s Cube with 3×3 colored surfaces. However, it is a real challenge. The first step is to make a cross on the bottom layer, then place the edges on the first layer, the corners on the first layer, the edges on the second layer, and finally, solve a cross.
In conclusion, solving the Mirror Cube requires a combination of spatial reasoning, pattern recognition, and problem-solving skills. While the puzzle is similar to the Rubik’s Cube, it is more challenging due to its unique features and difficulty.
📹 How To Solve The Mirror Cube
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📹 Easiest Tutorial on How to Solve the Mirror Cube! (High Quality)
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Thank you! I was getting stuck on the top cross section, but I was misunderstanding what to look for in that step. For those who are stuck on that step, you are JUST trying to get those four edge pieces flat with the center piece, you’re NOT trying to put them in the right positions just yet. Once the edge pieces make a flat cross, that’s when you know you can move on to the next step. Those next steps will reposition the edges into the correct points.
Okay so the first 2 layers are similar enough but the beginner’s method I learned for the top layer is different and simpler. Let me explain: First, note the position of the edge pieces: If they look like a small L, or a sitting man, position them so that the man’s head is looking at the top left corner piece. ⬜️🟨⬜️ 🟨🟨⬜️ ⬜️⬜️⬜️ (the color of white tiles doesn’t matter) If it is a straight line, position it horizontally 🟨🟨🟨 And if no edges are yellow (considering your top layer is yellow) any position would work. Then repeat the algorithm F U R U` R` F` until you have a cross. Now that you have your cross: If one corner piece is yellow, position top layer like this: ⬜️🟨⬜️ 🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜️ If two are yellow, hold the cube so that the front face has a yellow corner on it. If none are yellow, hold the cube so that a yellow corner is on the left face. Then repeat the algorithm R U R’ U R U2 R’ until the whole top layer is yellow. Don’t forget to position the top layer according to the instructions I wrote above. It usually takes 2-4 times to get the top yellow. Next, solve the corners. So you will most probably have a side with the corners in place, rotate the cube so that this side is in the back. If no corners are solved, it doesn’t matter which side is in the back and you’ll have to do this algorithm twice, after the first time you will most certainly have a solved pair of corners. The algorithm is R` F R` B2 R F` R` B2 R`2 By now you’ll have everything solved except for the top edge pieces.
This is extremely confusing. I’ve been solving cubes for a year now and even I struggled to understand this a bit. I feel more sorry for beginners perusal this article after learning how to solve the 3 by 3. Please be more explanatory while teaching. Just moving the cube and showing notations won’t cut it I’m sorry to say.
Bro in my opinion you don’t deserve to teach solving any cube. Because you solve at such a speed that beginners can’t follow the moves. I had to put my article speed in 0.5 and 0.25 to see some movies because some may not know how to solve the cube using the equation. So kindly try to do more articles by decreasing your speed, don’t take this in any bad ok bro. 😊😊😊
I’m not familiar with the notations, like for example R’ or R. I just think of it as I need to move it forward or back. So separating it into moves like that made me swear up and down for like 30 mins. I used my knowledge from solving the 3×3 and took it upon myself, and I’m sitting here with a fully solved mirror cube. The second I got the cube, I scrambled it, and I’ve never been able to solve it until now. Got it like 3 years ago.
I was given a Mirror recently for my birthday. Long ago I read that it was exactly the same as a normal 3×3. When I had the cross done the rest was super easy. I haven’t watched the tutorial but I recommend to learn flip two opposite edges with the alg MU MU MU2 M’U M’U M’U2 to do the cross on the last layer. That’s the one I learned for the M2 blindfold. That’s why I could solve it so easily. 👍
So, i tried this. I got the first layer solved, starting with my cross then getting the corners. Went to do the middle layer. Found an edge piece on the top layer that needed to be moved to the right of the middle layer. Followed the pattern and got it there. Then I couldn’t find another piece in the top layer to move. Now what?
Tysm for this Tutorial!!! i bought a Mirror cube and tried to solve it myself and i did for like 5 or 6 times. And after that i was like: i think its time to watch a tutorial now😂! i didnt do well the first times because i started doing 3×3×3 Methods🤦♀️ So i always had to solve the Last Layer myself. But now i know how to really solve it!!!
Well done… Although I solved that 3D Cube in 10 seconds in the 80’s, I found I got irritated by that shape shifting silver mirror cube… Usually I start off fixing the 8 corner pieces first…. My synapses working better that way…., starting off with the cross might make things easier…. Doing it my old way makes orientation is a bit strange yet… The golden one comes next… it is the same 3D Rubiks Cube, but corners seems to be edges as well….
That’s not solved😉 I always make sure the brushed pattern lines up on my centers. I do most of that while building the cross, that gives me 5 sides that match, so by the top layer the last one has to line up if I use the beginner method. If I use OLL/PLL on the last layer I sometimes have to do the 2 face rotation algorithm. I don’t consider it solved until the brushed pattern on the centers all match the rest of their sides.
FINALLY SOLVED IT! I have both this one and a pink carbon fiber one. I tried using the second one (silver) as a sort of reference for the pink one but that proved unhelpful. This was very in depth and slowed down in a way that makes it incredibly simple to follow. If you are taking suggestions might i suggest the skewb? Because if all your articles are this in depth….i feel like i could solve ANY cube!
I bought my son a 3×3 mirror cube and 2 regular 3×3 rubiks cube, small and medium size. I’ve been messing around with the mirror cube, learning the algorithms and patterns, now I’m at F2L level after 4days, I’m slow because of time management with family and work, plus I’m not good at memorizations. Watched this article and The last few steps towards the end is KILLER. I’ve never solved any cube ever, until today. My goal is to complete the 3×3 mirror cube without looking up the solutions. Update: August/20/2022 Finally completed a mirror cube in 19mins 54sec on my own, less than 1 week to learn. This article really helped.
Dude, this tutorial is amazing! I just learned to solve the regular 3×3 about 3 weeks ago (beginner method), and I’ve been practicing every day. I got the Gan mirror cube a few days ago and it was super fun to play with, but I’d resigned myself to the fact that I’d probably never solve it – at least not until I’d gotten much better on the 3×3. I was able to use this tutorial to solve it In less than an hour today. I was so psyched!! It definitely helped having at least some experience with the 3×3 and I’m glad I took the time to learn cube notation a couple of weeks ago as that’s crucial for being able to follow the algorithms. I understand all of the core concepts of the mirror cube now and just need to spend some time memorizing the F2L algorithms. Again, your tutorial is awesome – thanks so much for this!!
Hi Noah, props to you for sharing yr cubing passion on the net with this very detailed presentation. I find the side-by-side comparative demonstration between the two very helpful. But FWIW, this mirror cube should not be attempted by first-timers who aren’t familiar with the standard 3 by 3; for even veteran big cube enthusiasts like myself, it did take me some time to figure out the very odd shape configuration maneuvering. I bet the list of algorithms you posted here would put most maiden cubers to sleep:-) … but hey, no pain no gain! … as some would liken it to attaining virginal orgasm when finish solving it for the first time.
4:36 hmm just wanted to share my experience. i think you might’ve got just one thing wrong about the white cross. i tried it exactly as you had it but those 2 pieces (left and right pieces of the white cross) were not in the right place. the left and right pieces of the white cross need to be switched. could not get to the yellow layer part without it. after i switched the left with the right then i was able to solve the first 2 layers. maybe i could’ve solved my problem another way though so maybe you’re not wrong about it haha
I had known how to solve a 3×3 very will, and I thought I’d pick up on mirror cube easily. It was very frustrating at first, but I’ve gotten to only using beginner’s f2l, and 2 look oll, and full pll. I still have trouble recognizing oll cases, but there is no way my advanced f2l knowledge is going to help me for this right now.
I tell you all how I solved it I already knew how to do the 3×3. So first it took me a very long time to solve the first face, after that, I had realized that it was just the same as the classic Rubik cube, but I had forgotten the algorithm and my hands moved on their own, so there wasn’t a way I could solve it. I wanted to solve it without tutorials so I recorded myself solving the classic rubik cube and drew every step in a notebook then I followed the steps in the mirror cube and my hands eventually got used to it and solved it on their own. And I came here because it takes me so long to make the first face
I had managed to solve the Mirror without any tutorial, but my recognition of pieces was very bad so I was struggling quite a lot with this cube. Your tutorial is extremely helpful to recognize which parts are white when doing the white face and which ones are yellow when doing OLL. Thanks a lot for sharing this article (very well produced in addition) 🙂
Woah, that took me an hour of trial and error to finish the last two steps as I already knew and had the first two layers complete months ago and my laziness along with my heavy pressure of studies stopping me from perusal and following a tutorial to finally finish it. And after 5 or so months I finally came across this article and after an hour to 40 minutes (at least) of trial and error and going on a full circle for like 5 times I finished it. I feel like now I could do anytime 😅
I dont understand. I get the first 2 layers, and every time it results in a dot. So i try the bar, still a dot, try a few more times, still a dot, keep going till i lose my mind, now i have the hook. So i do that method and it doesnt make the cross. Ever. The first 2 sections stay in tact so i don’t think I’m doing it wrong but i think I’m missing a detail
They are not roughly the same shape, they are the same shape, they just look apart. Yes, the mirror Cube has the center “off center” and the sides looks different, but they are still the same! You solve the Mirror cube the same way you solve a regular 3×3 cube. However… your brain might have some difficuty solving the cube, wile it changes form and looks, and do not resemble a cube. And then translating this to your hands to do the correct moves… You might get an “Can not comput-error on your brain”… as for a computer, it reboots… 😉
Hello I find your tutorials really helpful and they’ve helped me a lot since i started solving rubiks cube. but i have a request, could you please write the case next to each variation of the 20 corner piece variations? i mean if you can just write “top-facing us” or “bottom-facing right” that would be SOOOOO HELPFUL PLEASE!!! and thank you !
I have a suggestion Mr. Noah. As you have a lot of patience and your explaining step by step on each and every case, so why don’t you explain CFOP method for this as it would be faster and easy too. Your algorithms are to long for the last layer and also confusing, so I suggest you to explain CFOP method or at least explain the last layer using oll and pll method. Other wise I Appreciate your way of teaching . Thank you!
I’m a great fan of your articles. I’ve learned to solve a regular 3×3 through your tutorials. There is though one little thing I’ve noticed on this one. You can make it way much easier by solving the first layer then the second layer. B With the corner pieces, I just do sexy moves with the piece to place on top of where it should go. With the edge pieces, just I would use the same formula that you use.