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A LETTER FOLLOWED BY A PRIME (') SYMBOL DENOTES A 90 DEGREE TURN ANTI-CLOCKWISE.  \nA LETTER FOLLOWED BY A 2 DENOTES A DOUBLE TURN OF THAT FACE.  \nTHE 1st STEP IS TO CORRECTLY  \nPOSITION THE 4 WHITE EDGE PIECES AROUND THE WHITE CENTER PIECE TO CREATE A CROSS.  \nWHEN YOU DO THIS, MAKE SURE THAT THE NON-WHITE STICKERS OF THE EDGE PIECES ALSO LINE UP WITH THEIR CORRESPONDING CENTER PIECES.  \nTHE 2nd STEP IS TO SOLVE THE CORNERS OF THE FIRST LAYER.  \nTHERE ARE 3 BASIC CASES.  \nNOTE: IF A CORNER IS MISORIENTED, ORIN THE WRONG POSITION, YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT USING R U R’.  \nU U’ U2  \n(CLOCKWISE) (ANTI-CLOCKWISE) (DOUBLE TURN)  \nTHE 3rd STEP IS TO SOLVE THE EDGES OF THE MIDDLE LAYER.  \nEDGE PIECES FROM THE TOP LAYER WILL EITHER NEED TO GO TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT POSITION, IF YOU HOLD THEM ATTHE FRONT.  \nIF AN EDGE PIECE IS MISORIENTED OR STUCK IN THE WRONG POSITION, TAKE IT OUT BY INSERTING ANOTHER EDGE INTO ITS POSITION.  \nUSE THE ALGORITHM BELOW TO ORIENT YOUR EDGES. REMEMBER TO HOLD THE LAST LAYER ON TOP.  \nCHECK HOW MANY OF YOUR CORNERS ARE ORIENTED, AND HOLD THE CUBE IN THE POSITIONS SPECIFIED BELOW, BEFORE PERFORMING THE CORNER ORIENTATION ALGORITHM.  \nCORRECTLY ALIGN TWO CORNERS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR CUBE AS SHOWN, AND THEN EXECUTE THE ALGORITHM SHOWN.  \nIF THERE ARE INITIALLY NO MATCHING CORNERS, PERFORM THE ALGORITHM FROM ANY ANGLE.  \nLAST LAYER EDGE PERMUTATION  \nFIND A SOLID BLOCK WHERE AN EDGE IS SOLVED, MOVE IT TO THE BACK SIDE OF YOUR CUBE, AND THEN EXECUTE THE ALGORITHM SHOWN.  \nIF THERE IS INITIALLY NO BLOCK, PERFORM THE ALGORITHM FROM ANY ANGLE.  \n(U’ L’U L) (U F U’ F’)  \n(U R U’ R’) (U’ F’U F)  \nF R U R’ U’ F’ F R U R’ U’ F’ F R U R’ U’ F’ SOLVED  \n(R U R’) U (R U2 R’)  \n0 CORNERS ORIENTED  \n(R U R’) U (R U2 R’)  \n2 CORNERS ORIENTED  \n(R U R’) U (R U2 R’)  \n1 CORNER ORIENTED  \n(R U R’ U’) (R’ F R2 U’) R’ U’(R U R’F’)  \n(R U') (R U) (R U) (R U') R' U' R2  \nSUPPLEMENTARY VIDEO TUTORIALS AT: WWW. CUBESKILLS. 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