The Cube: puzzle cube tutor and speedsolving timer

Scramble
Swipe a sticker to turn it · drag the background to spin

Learn to solve the cube

Step-by-step coach

The tutor teaches the beginner's layer-by-layer method: the white cross, the first layer, the middle layer, the yellow cross and the last layer. Arrows on a 3D cube show the exact turn to make next, and every step explains what it does.

Warm-ups

Short scrambles that need only a few moves to solve, so you can practice one skill at a time before taking on a full scramble. Works for the 2×2, 3×3 and 4×4.

Speedsolving timer

Race the clock on screen or with your own cube in hand. Standard 15-second inspection, +2 and DNF penalties, a daily scramble, and your averages of 5 and 12.

The Cube is an independent puzzle-cube tutor made by WraithPawn. It isn't affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Spin Master, which owns the Rubik's® trademarks.

Settings

Appearance
Turn speed
Coach
Coach shows the movesTurn off to get the goal and highlights first, and reveal moves only when you ask
Arrows on the cubeDraw the next turn on the cube
Face lettersLabel the top, front and right faces U, F and R
Controls
Move buttonsShow a button for every turn under the cube
15-second inspectionTimer: look before you start, like in competitions
SoundTurn clicks and a chime when solved
Keyboard

How to read moves

Each letter is a face, named from how you're holding the cube right now. A plain letter turns that face a quarter turn clockwise, as if you were looking straight at it.

UUp: the top face
FFront: the face toward you
RRight face
LLeft face
DDown: the bottom face
BBack face
R'Prime ( ' ) means counterclockwise
R22 means a half turn (twice)
yTurn the whole cube like U. x turns it like R, z like F
On the cube

Swipe across a sticker to turn its layer in that direction. Drag the empty background to turn the whole cube; it snaps to the nearest straight view when you let go.

Keyboard