Solve the Windmill Cube: Easiest Beginner's Method (Using 3x3 Method: Only 2 New Algorithms!)
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- The windmill cube is a fun shape-shifter that only requires two new algorithms (if you already know how to solve the 3x3)! This quickly became one of my favorites after I learned it. Maybe it will be one of yours too!
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This is the most dramatic intro of Rubik's cube tutorial I've ever seen 😂👏👏
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it is 😂
Yes
You described it in a great way😂
1:30 fast forward to here to skip intro
3:53 Starts by solving yellow cross
4:22 Line up Cross colors with correct middle
4:54 orient the colors in correct direction
5:50 finish off the yellow face R’ D’ R D
7:04 shortcut for opposite facing D’ R’ D R
9:04 solves middle for no ledge one color pieces D’ R’ D’ R D (Clockwise turn) L D L’
11:02 solves middle for ledge one color piece D L D L’ D’ (Counter clockwise turn) R’ D’ R
13:10 solve for white cross F R U R’ U’ F’
15:01 orient cross pieces in correct position R U R’ U R U2 R’ U
16:08 rotating 3 corner pieces U R U’ L’ U R’ U’ L
17:33 orienting final pieces R’ D’ R D
18:58 complete
Thank you so much for the timestamps!!!
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The video started 1:30 in
THANK YOU WO MUCH!!
LIFESAVER!
when i watch the beginning i thought i accidentaly clicked on memes
I'll take that as a complement!
same
2:55 HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!! THAT SCARES ME!!
Clicked and got a gucci add
Never showed how to solve the middle COMPLETELY
this video has been incredibly helpful. My son got some speed cubes for Christmas and my daughter messed up the windmill cube immediately so I had to figure out how to solve it. (I've never solved a standard 3x3 except by taking it apart and reassembling lol) the white and yellow sides are reversed from yours which I found interesting. The logo printed on it is Chinese and according to google translate translates to "Fancy Art"
So glad I could help!
@Christi I just checked the logo on my cubes and I think I have the very same set! 😂
9:16, 11:30, 14:05, 15:28 and 16:38, thank me later,
Or right now ;)
Thank you ;)
Thank u bro. Literally the easiest way of solving this cube. Thanks
It only took me two tries. It is sometimes hard to tell when you have made a 90 turn.
Good instructions. I had been trying to use F2L. I would have eventually figured it out, but who knows how long that would have taken.
thanks man, i bought it yesterday and i didn't know how to solve it so today your tutorial helped me solve it
Very concise and very easy to understand best explanation I found! Thank you! And I charted each step for others that need help! Good luck!
10/10 Intro
Would watch again
For the record you can do this like a 3x3 excluding orienting the centers when making the cross. When you solve the last 3 centers of the last layer just turn it in the wrong direction and it flips the center upside down. Then solve it in the right direction and it will solve the centers of the last layer and flip the last center you did back upright
Thats what I thought at first, but there’s one part in the middle part that cant be solved like a regular 3x3
i've triumphed over the 3x3x3, 2x2x2, pyraminx, diamond sqube, 2x2x4 box, and the windmill cube, i still have the final battles of megaminx and the 4x4x4 to attend, on the following morrows, i will receive care packages to defend against the black magic cube and another shape shifting cube i've yet to come to terms with, may the Lord Rubik's protect the righteous with many algorithms against the evil axis and their ignorance of Hungarian toy makers
As it it written, so shall it be.
any reason why when placing 2nd layer edges you cant use D' R' D R D (CWT) L D' L' ?
this is the beginner method I use to solve std 3x3 and it seems to flow better then D' R' D' R D (CWT) L D L'
Man I loved that intro. It was really original. Keep up the good work!
Holy crap that trick with the alignment of the middle layer's center was just the thing I needed to avoid utter insanity trying to get my cube solved. I have a gold windmirror cube so instead of colors I have different sizes to deal with and that was driving me crazy with so little coverage of that cube on yt
Glad I could help!
I also did the Megaminx, kind of intimidated by a shape-mod at first. But this is a fun puzzle. GREAT intro vid, by the way :)
you need the 2x2x4 box knowledge in your arsenal
The intro music was perfect for me because I finally found out the name of the cube lol
Bro I'm glad I'm not the only one lmao
very good tutorial, thx
That intro was insane😂😂
Great guide!
I used to use another guide, but it felt very random. This one is perfekt every time!
Thank you! great video. I solved it following along
Your beginning was very encouraging...saying it's basically a 3x3. I can do the 3x3, the mirror, fisher, and some others without any problem. So I a was happy to hear you do the Windmill...like a 3x3. Then the shock: You decided, for what reason ever, to begin with yellow instead of white. Basically there is no (mathematical) reason to start with any color, but when making tutorials, especially for beginners, it's a good idea to keep the rule to begin with white. I am just learning Fridrich, and to get color-neutral. But learning a new puzzle, starting with yellow, is too much for me now. My brain is still on top of my head, and not under my feet :-)
I'm sorry that you feel that way; the algorithms I show here only work in the middle layer if you start with the yellow side, and that was how I was taught. I also always start with white on every other cube but this one, but once i learned the moves, it made no difference where I started with this one.
My cube seems to be reversed so these algorithms work if I use them and solve it white side up. On your cube, when you hold it yellow side up, the side pieces are short-long. Mine, when I hold it fellow side up, is long-short. So it really does make a difference! I spent ages trying to use a different set of algorithms before I realized my problem.
Thank you very much .this helped me a lot
Simplest way to solve.. Thanks a lot
Really awesome video great way of explaining going at a good pace helped me out so much!!!!
Thanks this is the easiest step to exercise your brain, very nice
Thank you so much, i was stuck for 2 days in the last layer, until i tried your method, your algorithm is more simple than the other tutorial video.
Would you like to make another cube tutorial? Like axis, or fisher, or mirror
Hopefully more videos coming soon; I've got a lot going on and not much free time right now but glad the video helped!
@@daniellee560 please do axis i scrambled mine and at this point i only trust your tutorials.
@@NotNochos I don't currently have an axis cube but I will try to get my hands on one and get a video out as soon as I can.
@@daniellee560 Yes, the Axis! 😁
Now that I've been able to solve this one several times on my own, I'm going back to my Axis cube that thoroughly intimidated me. I've never done shapemods, and at first it took me like 5 minutes to even figure out how to scramble it at all! And now that I have a bit more confidence... 😁😂👍
Best intro on youtube🤣🤣🤣
Thank you so much for this tutorial now i know how to solve this complicating cube!
thanks ill buy this tomorrow nice tutorial
Mine Is Like A Mirror Cube, It Has One Color...
Well, This Sucks...
click bait Ghost cube?
@@krishnanshkothiwal5612 a mirror cube is a one color cube. Usually they only make those type of colored cube if they look different when you twist them
Oh it's called a windmirror
Windmill mirror cube
that might make it easier
Amazing tutorial thank you!!! easy to follow our cube finally looks like a cube again 😂
So glad to hear it!
Thanks a lot
Your tutorial is the only one that worked for me and I could understand. Thanks a lot!
Thank you, my friend :)
Thank god you don’t skip like 2 second of a part that I need to understand the most like some other mother trucking people do, people am I right?
Thank you sooo much
Easy tutorial thank you
Not expecting this when I clicked on this video🤣
Well explained I finally did it thank you
are all moves/algorithms used in your video the same if I have a opposite cube than one you’re using?
Yes, just start with the white side instead of the yellow and everything will work out for you.
If you can solve a three by three you can solve a windmill cube the small cubes are the scenters the rectangles are the corners it takes some getting used to but it can be done
Very clear explanation :)
Lmao I buy myself one like this and I do it from the first time without help - with fridich metod XD it was all working
Yung hurr1ciena shut the FUCK up
I love your voice and the intro!
you are the only tutorial I could find that shows how to “twist” the center pieces, thanks for that
🥺 The intro is so inspiring!
The best intro ever
fucking jesus it took 3 goddamn hours but thanks its done, I suck and will never touch this cube again
THANK DUDE
Really simple explanation and demonstration. Thanks!
Nice video. I would recommend to friends.
awesome video thanks but I learned the middle step by doing what you do but I just f seems easier than turning the silly thing if going to the right d' r' d' r d f d f' going left d l d d' f' d' f seems so much earier
That intro was lit 🔥😂 , and the way he explained was awesome 😀👍🏻
Thanks Brooooo
Video is Cooooooooll
so helpful i like the intro
I m stuck with the middle layer edge piece, where none of these pieces are in the 1 layer. You have discussed the steps by searching the edge pieces which are on the 1st layer facing down or with a ledge. Pls help me with the steps
Hi Jignesh, if you'll check out the conversation I had with Elliot Peters in the comments from two days ago, he was having the same problem. I think that will help you. Sorry for the confusion!
i lined up the centers while doing the cross
but after i finished the top layer
one or more of the center pieces turned
Evil Smile邪惡之笑 EXACTLY
I don't think the algorithm you used in fixing the last 3 white corners was in the beginners method. I've been using that method on many cubes for several years using the beginners method and i haven't seen it at all. I'm completely stumped on the last layer. I've found that if you use the beginners method algorithm for the second layer edges, it works perfectly the second time you do each edge. On the last layer, I have one side done, however it's the same case as the last step in the beginners method, which is moving the top edges around to the appropriate face. I've tried doing that algorithm in the beginners method, but I end up with a parity and one of my centers are disoriented. I'm very confused. Is there anything you know of that can help? Thanks!
Sorry, I am just seeing your question. The method that I used in this video is the beginner's method that I learned, but I've seen several different methods. In my method, I do the top layer edges first, then corners last, but I have seen people do the corners first and edges last. Since the first method is what I learned, that's always been the one I've stuck with and it always works for me on the windmill cube.
Thanks you very much for this tutorial this is my first ever cube that I got and solved thanks for your help PS: I love your accent😂
I'm glad Icould help; now move on to the next cube and keep it up!
Thank you so much 🎉
You're welcome!
Great intro lmfao
Lol I was wondering why mine didn't have colors just realized it wasn't a windmill cube it was windmill MIRROR cube but still thanks for the tutorial
Thanks🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thanks for the tutorial.
Son goes to granparents - dad messes up cube - son back tomorrow - Daniel saves the day. Thank you!
Bro I thought I clicked on world war 2 explanation the intro was better than the video but thanks a lot bro do more videos
What should I do all of mine are in the middle sticking out no of there or on the bottom
Just use one of the algorithms to replace one of the one of the middle ones with one from the bottom. When you move one in from the bottom, it kicks one out in the middle, then you can place it back in the middle properly.
@Daniel Lee , Sir When I do the last step of matching the corners I do the exact same thing u do but the corners aren't getting matched any solution to this problem?
Maybe watch my tutorial on the 3x3 and skip to the last step. I spend a little more time explaining the last step in that video and it's the same thing for that cube. Hope you figure it out.
@@daniellee560
Sir, I got it!! The reason I wasn't getting it was I think there was mistake when they were making the cube the corners weren't in the right place so I had to remove 2 corners and put it in the right place :( but I solved the cube all thanks to you!! Thanks a ton!!!
@@daniellee560Oh yea Sir I had one more question which cube u think I should solve I have solved Cylindrical,triangle, and now the windmill and the 3 by 3 any ideas?
@@sohamdixit7142 I would recommend moving to the 4x4 because the even-numbered cubes work a little differently. After you learn the 4x4 and 5x5, you can do any numbered cube you want!
@@daniellee560 Sir have you done a video of solving the 4×4 because u teach so well I probably get that one too!!
thank you so much !!
You're very welcome!
TY DUDE
Finally I know how to finish this cube
Thx for your teaching
Awesome intro
Thank u
I have 2 middle layer pieces left that are swapped with each other. How do I fix this?
The only way I would know to fix it would be to go back and redo the middle layer, then redo the top layer.
lol the intro is epic XD
How To Live xD
On the second layer what happens if you don't have any underneath
You can use the same moves to insert another piece and kick out a piece that is not oriented correctly, then insert the kicked out piece back into its spot cprrectly.
On the last step with R', D', R, D, I am following the exact steps but I am twisting one of the middle pieces and on the white row I am somehow putting red and orange next to each other. What am I doing wrong?
It could be that you are rotating something other than the top layer. You might want to check out my 3x3 tutorial and just skip to where I am going over the last step. It is the exact same concept and I explain it a little more in that video. Hope that helps.
Thanks
What if there is a middle piece that is a ledge, but still in the middle? The piece is in the middle, but just in the wrong spot and is a ledge piece. Not sure how to describe it or solve it
Sounds like the piece is in the middle layer in the right place but oriented wrong? If that's the case just insert any piece into that spot to kick out the piece that's oriented wrong, then reinsert the kicked out piece back into the spot, but thos time with the correct orientation. Hope that helps
That helped a lot. Finally solved it after 45 minutes! That'll teach me to not mess with cubes I can't solve yet haha. I was just doing an easy pattern and then DROPPED THE CUBE!! Your video helped so much ❤
thank you very very much
Glad I could help!
Is it weird that mine was inverted? Like nothing you were saying after the first couple steps worked so i did it flipped around and it worked
Yeah some cubes are inverted , or have different color schemes, or whatever but I'm glad you were able to get it solved!
I thought I had a parity, but it turns out I solved the cube on the corner rather than the face lol
Thank you sir now i know how to solve it . Tysm....
hi can i ask? how u solve 4:23 when ure done with the first layer already? i forgot plz help 💀💀
@@user-ru5xg1hd2g what do you mean ... to fix the center with the first layer?
@@murnisari4472 im sorry never mind i just realized my method is different from his ✌
@@user-ru5xg1hd2g alright ✌️
Very nice bro 👍🏻😁😀😎
Yust good
My middle layer isn't solving
Just putting that out there🤗🤗🤗
Thx you get that like from me
Thanks a lot now I have ptsd
And all this time I was scared to scramble it!
thnx!!!!!
16:26 What if I don't have a Right spot???
Then do the move and then check again.
When i try to get white corners in I just mess up the whole cube
Maybe I’m just stupid or something but when I hold my cube trying to follow you it looks upside down or reverse of what your doing but my yellow is on top idk what the hell im doing wrong
I get this a lot. Your cube is like a mirror to mine, so you would solve the white face first, then follow everything else the same. I guess they made two versions to confuse people!
This tutorial video has clear explanation & simple easy to understand. Thanks for the help.
You're very welcome!
I been messed up at the last step like
10 times .
How are you holding it like that on second layer
With the yellow side down, white side up.
@@daniellee560 thank you and I’m never solving it again