SudoKube - Learn to solve Rubik's Sudoku Cube

This software teaches you how to solve the Rubik's Sudoku Cube with 3 simple tricks.

First you learn the 3 Tricks with the help of Java animation (and speed control).

Then you go through the step by step animated solution to get familiar with the steps.

Repeat the animation as often and as slow as you want. That is how you learn to solve the Cube.

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Learn to Solve Rubik's Sudoku Cube

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You can slow the animation speed to observe the moves or you can speed it up.

You can even change the speed in the middle of a animation.

You can save/restore a rubik's cube state to/from a file in your computer or memory in the sandBox panel (in [Option]-tab). Here is a valuable learning tip:
1.  Scramble a cube then save it to file.
2.  Restore the saved scrambled cube from file.
3.  Study the step-by-step solution.
4.  Repeat step 2 as often as you wish.
This allows you to be familiar with the same moves over and over again.

Key-1 to Key-3 are pre-programmed to execute Trick1 to Trick3.

You can assign key-6,key-7 and key-8 to execute your favourite moves:

1.  Click [Option]-tab in the cube applet.
2.  In cannedMove6, type in your moves (click ? for help).
3.  Go back to cube applet (click applet tab).
4.  Click on the applet background to get its attention. Then press key-6.

By editing a simple text-file in your computer, you can change your start up options such as:

1.  playAudio = true, playAudioIntro = false
2.  showSandBox = true
3.  animationSpeed = "6" (0 to 10).
4.  cannedMove6 = "R1> B3< R1< B3>"

Look for a text file in your installed folder with extension ".cfg".

Other benefits such as

†  No need for internet connection.
†  Faster load time.
†  Browser window resize.
†  Define and animate your cube pattern.
†  Product support and updates.

You can record your favourite move and assign it to key-6, key-7 or key-8.

Play back your move by pressing key-6, key-7 or key-8.

This is a great feature when you use a move over and over again to solve the puzzle.

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Playing Instructions

NB: SudoKube is more difficult than Rubik's cube. If you have not solved 3x3x3, you'd be better off learning from there and come back here later.
Click an arrow to turn a slice of the cube.
Keyboard shortcuts:
← → ↑ ↓: rotate Cube by 90°.
1 to 3: Trick1 to Trick3.
Keystroke does not work
Start solving the cube by clicking on the arrows. A surprise awaits you when you solve the puzzle starting from .
Use to watch how Computer solves the cube with detailed step by step animation.
To change animation speed: click [Option] tab, move speed control slider, click [3x3x3] tab.
To show sandbox panel with icons for Save, Restore, Record a move, etc. click:
[Option] tab → sandbox button → [3x3x3] tab.
For playing tips, click sudoKubeTips.htm.

Learn the Secrets

You can solve SudoKube by learning a few simple Tricks. Guaranteed. First, install the software in your computer as you'd need to slow the animation speed to observe the moves.

Solving the SudoKube is difficult, very. The reward is a life-time of immense pride and joy that you can share with people around you. So slow down and learn, it is that worth it.

Take your time to follow through this learning path:

Step1: ▶ How to fix up 4 TOP corners
Step2: ▶ How to fix the other 4 corners
Step3: ▶ How to orientate 6 faceCenters
Step4: ▶ How to complete 12 edges
Observe how the computer solves the cube.
▶ Learn from step by step animation

Step1: Fix up 4 TOPCorners (◀ back)

Step1 (to fix TOPCorners) does not require any trick, but you need to be familiar with some basic moves.

At this stage, you are free to mess up the 4 BOTTOMCorners, making the task easy.
In SudoKube, we use the numbers to identify the target cubelet instead of colors. We want the top numbers of 4 TOPCorners to be 1,3,9,7 clockwise.
You can learn these basic moves by observing how the computer does them in live situations:
Tip: Before you click, adjust animation speed to slow. Understand the detailed descriptions of each computer move. Repeat as often as you like. Come back here when Step1 is done.
Click then click .
Or you can learn these basic moves by going through online (internet access required) Rubik's Cube Tutorial1 in a separate window. The basic moves there are also applicable to SudoKube.

Step2: Fix the other 4 corners (◀ back)

Step2 assumes that the 4 TOPCorners are done: having the correct top numbers (1,3,9,7) and matching side numbers (1,3).

To fix up the 4 BOTTOMCorners without disturbing the TOPCorners, you need to apply Trick3 then Trick2.
Note: TOPCorners become BOTTOMCorners when you rotate the cube upside down, so TOP can be BOTTOM and vise versa.
You use Trick3 to swap corners so that all 4 corners are in their correct locations.
▶Learn Trick3
You use Trick2 to flip corners into their correct orientations (number in the correct facelet).
▶Learn Trick2
You may also learn these tricks by observing how computer does them step by step: click

Step2: Learn Trick3 (◀ back)

Trick3 is used to swap locations of 2 corners. It may be used 0, 1 or 2 times in Step2.

Start with a simple 2-turn move consisting of a turn on the right and top slice.
Try doing it 105 times from a solved cube. It will bring joy to a 4 year-old or a 80 year-old.
Combine that with reversed turns on the same 2 slices, we get a 4-turn move named RightTopX. Repeat it 6 times restores the cube.
Click or
Trick3 uses RightTopX as part of the trick. It exchanges 2 top front corners and flips a third at LEFT-TOP-BACK. Click
Often, you need to do a pre-move before doing Trick3 so that the desired corners are swapped and good corner is not disturbed. Example: swap LEFT-TOP-BACK to RIGHT-TOP-FRONT location.
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Step2: Learn Trick2 (◀ back)

Trick2 is used to flip the numbers of 2 BOTTOM-FRONT-corners. It may be used 0, 1 or 2 times in Step2.

Learn Trick2. It uses RightTopX a total of 6 times. It flips the 2 BOTTOM numbers to FRONT.
To see it in action, click
It looks complicated but is very simple. After some practice, you intuitively count the turns as 8,1,16,1 and amazingly the fingers remember them. It is such a joy!
Learn Trick2a. It uses RightTopX a total of 6 times. It flips 2 FRONT numbers to BOTTOM.
To see it in action, click
For this, you count the turns as 16,1,8,1.
Often, as in this example, you need to do a pre-move so that the 2 target corners are at BOTTOM-FRONT ready for Trick2 or Trick2a.
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Step3: Orientate 6 faceCenters(◀ back)

Step3 requires the use of Trick1b many times to fix up the faceCenters so that the number 5 and number 1 are aligned in the same direction.

Learn Trick1b to rotate 2 faceCenters by 90°.
To rotate RIGHTfaceCenter ,BOTTOMfaceCenter by 180°, you'd need to do Trick1 which will disturbed 3 edges. To preserve the 3 edges, do Trick1 three times.
These examples require pre-move to line up 2 faceCenters before doing Trick1 or Trick1b.
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To learn more of how Trick1 or Trick1b are used in Step3 to fix up the faceCenters, click

Step4: Fix up 12 edges(◀ back)

Step4 requires the use of Trick1 many, many times to fix up the edges. It is simple to learn but you would need to learn how to use it in many varied situations.

Learn Trick1, a simple 4-turn move.
Learn Trick1a , a useful variation of Trick1.
sends top face number to bottom face.
sends top face number to left face.
These examples require pre-move to line up the 3 intended edges before doing Trick1.
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Trick1a is actually an extreme example of pre-move to flip the LEFT-BOTTOM-edge cubelet before doing Trick1.
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To learn more of how Trick1/Trick1a is used in Step4 to fix up the edges, click

Learn from step by step animation

To gain more insights into solving the cube, take your time to study the step by step solution by using slow animation speed and repeat a step repeatedly.

Here is a learning Tip: Scramble cube and save to file (see [Help]-tab).

Start with the same scrambled cube every time using "Restore from file" icon.
Try to accomplish by yourself, Step1: Fix up the 4 TOPCorners to have top corner numbers (1,3,9,7) and side numbers (1,3) on all 4 sides.
For help, use to see how the computer does the next step. Then you click [UNDO], [STOP], and try to do it yourself.
Repeat from (1) every time, until Step1 is achieved.
In a similar manner, try to accomplish Step2: Fix up the remaining 4 corners.
When Step2 is achieved, try to complete Step3, then Step4, using same scrambled cube.

Solve step by step

Click [START] to see how the computer solve the cube step by step.

To enter "Solve step by step" mode, click [START].
To exit "Solve step by step" mode, click [STOP].

To exit Solve step by step mode, click

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The extra features you get are: slow-mo animation, save/restore, shortcut key, move recorder, startup, etc.

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