Simple Roux Method of Solving Rubik's Cube by Eric Krohn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
This page lives at http://www.ekrohn.com/cubing/cmll.html. These instructions are adapted from those given by Kian Mansour on his YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymgSn8PVCiw. They assume you are solving for Yellow on top, and are easier if you are right handed. See notation.html for diagrams of the different moves if you are not familiar with standard cube notation. The diagrams show the U face and its four sides. The black arrows indicate pieces that move/swap. The black lines indicate places to look for color matches by Kian's orientation. The white lines indicate places to look for color matches by my orientation (I rotate Sune and Anti-Sune patterns to the way I learned them).
Yellow corners all up, one matching corner side pair on L, the corners on the R need to be swapped.
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Oriented Adjacent Swap
R U R' F' (R U R' U') R' F R2 U' R' |
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Oriented Diagonal Swap
No side corners match. Side corners have complementary colors. F - R U' R' - U' - R U R' - F' (R U R' U') R' F R F' |
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H 2 Columns
R U2 R' U' (R U R' U') R U' R' [U] |
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H 2 Rows
F (R U R' U') (R U R' U') (R U R' U') F' |
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H R Column
U R U2' R2' F R F' U2 R' F R F' |
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H F Row
U2 r U' r2' D' r U' r' D r2 U r' |
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| Pi | |
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Pi Right Col
F (R U R' U') (R U R' U') F' |
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Pi Columns
(U') r U' r2' D' r U r' D r2 U r' |
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Pi Checkerboard (X)
(U') R' F R U F U' (R U R' U') F' |
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Pi Forward Slash /
R U2 R' U' R U R' U2' R' F R F' |
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Pi Back Slash \
(U) F R' F' R U2 R U' R' U R U2' R' |
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Pi Left Col
(U') R' U' R' F R F' R U' R' U2 R |
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| U | |
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U Forward Slash / [3x]
(U2) R2 D R' U2 R D' R' U2 R' [U2] |
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U Back Slash \ [3x]
R2' D' R U2 R' D R U2 R |
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U Front Row [3e,15x?]
R2' F U' F U F2 R2 U' R' F R |
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U Back Row [2e, 6x]
(U') F (R U R' U') F' [U'] |
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U X Checkerboard (or side rows)
(U2) r U' r' U r' D' r U' r' D r |
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U Both Rows [2e, 4x]
(U') F R2 D R' U R D' R2' U' F' |
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| T | |
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T Both Columns
(U2) r2' D' r U r' D r2 U' r' U' r |
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T Left Column [4x]
(U') (R U R' U') R' F R F' |
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T Right Column [4x]
(U) L' U' L U L F' L' F |
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T Rows [3x]
F R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F2 [U] |
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T Front Row
r' U r U2' R2' F R F' R |
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T Back Row [3e, 6x]
(U2) F (R U R' U') R U' R' U' - R U R' F' r' D' r U r' D r U' r U r' (flips 2 edges) |
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L Mirror - back row + \ short front
(U2) F R U' R' U' R U R' F' (flips 2 edges) (U') F' (r U R' U') (r' F R) |
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L Front Edge X (Inverse)
(U2) F R' F' R U R U' R' |
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L 2 Back Slants (Pure) - L \ + R \ + F \
R U2 R' U' (R U R' U') (R U R' U') R U' R' |
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L Forward Slash U / + F / (Front Commutator)
(U2) R U2 R D R' U2 R D' R2' |
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L Forward Slash U / + V (Back Commutator) [3x]
(U) R' U2 R' D' R U2 R' D R2 |
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L Diag - back row + F / + R / [2x]
R' U' R U R' F' (R U R' U') R' F R2 [U'] |
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| Sune | |
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Sune Forward Slash (Rear X)
R U' L' - U - R' U' L |
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Sune Back Slash (A)
F R' F' R - U2 R U2' R' |
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Sune Left X [8x]
L' U2 L U2' L F' L' F |
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Sune Both Rows
(R U R' U') - R' F R F' - R U R' U R U2' R' |
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Sune Back Row
R U R' - U - R U2 R' |
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Sune Front Row
(U2) R U R' U - R' F R F' R U2' R' |
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| Anti-Sune | |
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Anti-Sune Forward Slash / (side A)
F' L F L' U2' L' U2 L |
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Anti-Sune Back Slash \ (Rear X)
L' U R - U' - L U R' |
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Anti-Sune Right X
R U2 R' U2 R' F R F' |
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Anti-Sune Both Rows
R2 D R' U R D' - R' U R' U' - R U' R' |
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Anti-Sune Front row
(U) R' U' R U' R' U R' F R F' U R |
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Anti-Sune Back Row
(U2) R' U' R U' R' U2' R [U] |
© 2020 Eric Krohn.
Simple Roux Method of Solving Rubik's Cube
by Eric Krohn
is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.