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TheCompleteRubiksCubeSolutionGuideforBeginners!

Howtosolvea4x4Rubik'sCube
Introduc on

The4x4x4cubeisthenextpuzzleintheRubik'scubeseries,knownas
theRubik'sRevenge.Althoughseemstobemuchmoredicultthanthefamous3x3,solvingthe4x4
Rubik'srevengeisverysimilartoitandrequiresonlyfewmorealgorithmstolearn.

Learnhowtosolvea3x3cuberst

Inordertosolvethe4x4cubeyouwillneedtoknowhowtosolvea3x3Rubik'scuberst.Ifyouare
notfamiliarwiththesolu onordonotrememberit,pleasegoandreviewthe3x3solu onbefore
youcon nue.Itisbesttomasterthe3x3solu onbeforegoingforthe4x4,thoughit'snotamust.

MoveNota ons

Samemovenota onrulesapplyforthe4x4cubeaswell,withonly2dierences:
1.Lowercasele ersmeanturning2layersofthecorrespondingface.
2."2"beforethefacele er(e.g.2R)meansmovingonlytheinternallayerofthecorrespondingface.

 [r] [2R]

Mechanics

The4x4mechanicsisabitdierentfromtheclassic3x3Rubik'scube.Thereisnosinglecenterpiece,
but4centerpiecespercolor;thereforetheyarenotxedintheirposi ons.

NoxedCenterpieces:Therearenoxedcenterpiecesinthe4x4cube,meaning
thesecenterpiecescanmovearoundthecube,andreplaceplaceswitheachother(unlikethe3x3
whereyellowwillalwaysremainoppositetowhite,forexample).Thatmeanswecannotdetermine
thecubecolorschemebylookingatthecenterpieces(we'llusememory,orcornerpieces).As
men oned,thereare4centerpiecesforeachcolor.For4centerpiecessolvedtogetherwecalla
centerblock.(Intheimage:exampleofasolvedredcenterblock)

Mul pleedgepieces:everyedgepieceinthe4x4cubehasaniden caledgepiece

aroundthecube,meaningthereare2edgepiecesofeverytype(e.g.2yellowrededgepieces).In
the2ndstepwearegoingtopairthemuptogether.For2iden caledgepiecespaireduptogether
wecallanedgeblock.(Intheimage:exampleofapairedredblueedgeblock)

Thesolu on
Step1Step2Step3Step4

Step1:Solvingthecenterpieces

Therststepisaboutcompletelysolvingthe6centerblocks,whichare24piecesintotal.We'llstart
bysolvingthe1stcenterblock.Goodluck!

InthisguideIchosetheyellowcolortobeginwith.Solvingtherstcenterblockshouldbefairly
easy,astherearenopiecestopreserve.Hereishowyoushouldapproachit:Startbymatching2
centerpiecesadjacentlytoeachother,andbringthe3rd&4thpiecestothem.
Example:solvingthe4thcenterpiece.

Solu on:[r'Fr]

Explana on:bydoinganr'moveyouwillbringdowntheupperrightyellowcenterpieceonthetop
faceintothefrontface(nowitwilladjacentlymatchthecenterpieceonfrontface),thenanFmove
toalignbothpiecesontherightsideofthefrontface,andnallyanrmovetobringthemboth
upwardsintothetopface,andformacompleteyellowcenterblock.

Iftheyellowpieceonthefrontfacewereonadierentposi oninthefrontface(outofthe4
possibleposi ons),youcouldjustmakesomeFturnstoadjustit.Samegoesforthetopface.

Ikepttheinstruc onsshortforthispart,asit'sanintui vepart.Justtakesome metoprac cethe

movementsofthe4x4cube,andyouwillshortlymastertheabilitytocreatecenterblocksintui vely.

The2ndcenterblock:Thesecondcenterblocktosolveneedstobetheoppositeincolortothe
previouswe'vejustsolved:Sincewe'djustsolvetheyellowcenterblock,nowweshouldsolvethe
whitecenterblock(Thisappliesonlytooriginalcolorschemecubes!Whereyellowisinoppositeto
white,redtoorange,andbluetogreen.)

Flipthecubeupsidedown,sotheyellowcenterblockwillbeonbo om.Thewaytosolvethewhite
centerblockisbyreposi oningthewhitecenterpieces,onebyone(orinpairs),intothetopface
(withoutharmingthesolvedcenterblockonbo omofcourse).

Sincetheonlypiecestopreservearethebo om&topcenters,youcanfreelyturn:F/B/R/L
layers.

Thewayto"upload"acenterpiecefromasideface(F/B/R/L)intotheUpperfaceisusingthe
followingmoves:

Example:uploading2whitecenterpiecesfromtheFface(sameforallfaces).

Solu on:[r'F2r]
Explana on:sincewehavetopreservethecenterpiecesatthebo om,justdoinganr/lmoveis
notenough.Therefore,wemakeanr'moveandtakedownthenonwhitecenterpiecesontopinto
theFface,thenswitchthemwiththe2whitepieces,bydoingF2.(Thereare2yellowpiecesonthe
backfaceatthemoment,whichwillgobackintotheirsolvedposi oninthenextmove).Nowwe'll
nallyreversether'movebydoinganrmove.Thewhitepiecesarenowcorrectlyposi onedonthe
topface,andallyellowpiecesonthebo omremainedunharmed.

Thisisanimportantideainunderstandingthe4x4solu on.It'sjustlikean"elevator"move,webring
downthe"elevator"towardthepieceswewanttoreposi on,"upload"thepiecesintothe
"elevator",andeleva ngthemupwardsintothesolvedposi on.Thatwayweareabletoposi on
pieceswhilepreservingalreadysolvedpieces.

When3centerpiecesareontop:

Sameideaisimplementedhere:We'llusetheelevatorideaaswell.In
factthealgorithmisalmostsimilar

Solu on:[r'Fr]

TheonlydierenceisthatwehavetomakeonlysingleFturn,becauseonewhitepiecewasalready
"inside"theelevator.

Ifthe3whitepiecesontop,orthepieceonthefrontface,areposi oneddierentlythaninthe
example,allyouhavetodoisjustsomeU/Fturnstoadjustthemlikeintheimageandsolve.

The3rdcenterblock:wecanchooseanyoftheremainingfourcolorstobethethirdblocktosolve.
InthisguideIchosered.

Itisbesttorotate(ip)thecubesothesolvedcenterblocks(yellow&white)willbeontheR&L
faces.

Makesomer/r'&U/F/B/Dmovestoform2adjacentredpieces.Rotate
(ip)thecubesotheywillappearonthetopface(yellow&whites llonR&Lfaces).Thenmake
someUturns,ifneeded,inordertoalignthe2redcenterpiecesonthele sideofthetopface(see
imageforle /rightinternalsideexplana ons)(canbetherightsideaswell,I'mpersonallyusedto
le sinceI'mrighthanded),likeintheexamplebelow(rightimage):

Example:forming2adjacentredpieces.

Solu on:[U'rU]

Explana on:we'llmakeaU'move(sowhenwe'llmakethermove,thetworedpieceswillbecome
adjacenttoeachother,andnotdiagonal),thenwe'llmakethermovetopairupthe2redcenter
pieces,andnallywe'llmakeaUmovetoalignthembothonthele .

Solvingtheremaining2pieces:Thebestwaytodoitisbyposi oningoneredcenterpieceonthe
le side(internalle )ofthecube,andthesecondontherightside,thenmakinganr/r'movetopair
themup.Inthefollowingexample,bothoftheremainingpiecesareontherightside(internalright)
ofthecube(oneisonthetopface):

Solu on:[F2r'Fr]

Explana on:Firstwe'llmakeanF2movetoreposi ononepieceintothele side(sothenextr'

movewillnotaectit,anditwillpairupwiththepiececurrentlyontop)(ThereasonwemakeF2,
andnotF',isbecausethatinthenextmovewewantthemtopairupadjacentlytoeachother,and
notdiagonally).Thenwe'llmakether'movetopairupthepieces.Nowwe'llmakeanFmoveto
alignbothpiecesontherightsideoffrontface.Finallywe'llmakeanrmovetosolvethemintotheir
nalposi ononthetopface,soall4redcenterpiecesarecompletelysolved.

*Thisexampleaboveappliestoallpossiblecases,asbydoingr/r'&F/B/D/Umovesyoucanposi on
the2remainingcenterpiecesintothesamesitua onandsolvethesameway.

The4thcenterblock:Thefourthcenterblocktosolveistheoppositeincolortotheonewe'vejust
solved,
meaningtheorange(again,appliesonlytooriginalcolorschemecubes,wheretheorangeis
oppositetored).

Firstwe'llipthecubeupsidedownsotheredcenterwillbeonthebo omface(yellow&whites ll
onL&Rfaces).We'llhavetobringalltheorangecenterpiecesintothetoplayer.Hopefullysomeof
themarealreadythere.

We'llusethe"elevator"principletouploadtheorangepiecesintothetop,withoutharmingthered
piecesonthebo om.Hereisanexampletohowit'sdone:

Solu on:[r'F'rU]

Explana on:rstwe'llmakether'move,totakedownthe"elevator"withthenonorangecenter
piecesontop.Thenwe'llmakeanF'movetouploadthepieceintotheelevator(DoingF',andnotF2,
isjustright,inordertomatchupadjacentlywiththeorangepieceontop).Nextwe'llmakether
movetoelevatetheelevatorbackupintothesolvedposi on.Finallywe'llmakeaUmovetoalign
bothpiecesonthele sideofthecenter(inorderto"free"theelevatorforthenext2pieces).

Solvingtheremaining2centerpieces:thebestwaytosolvetheremaining2piecesisby
reposi oning1pieceata meintothetoplayer,usingtheelevatorprinciple:

Solu on:[r'Fr]

(Ifyouforgot,wecannotjustmakean[r]move,becausethereareredcenterpiecestopreserveon
thebo om)
Explana on:we'llmakeanr'move(takingdownthe"elevator"),thenwe'llmakeanFmoveto
uploadtheorangepieceintoit,nallywe'llmakeanrmovetouploadtheorangecenterpieceinto
thesolvedposi on.(Note:again,usingtheelevatorprinciple,noredcenterpiece,oryellow/white
washarmed).

Nowwe'llapplyagaintheexactsameideaforthelastcenterpiece:
 Solu on:[F2r'Fr]

Explana on:Firstwe'llmakeanF2movetoposi ontheorangepieceonthele internalsideonthe

cube(WemakeF2,andnotF,becausewewantittoadjacentlymatchtheotherorangepiecethat
willgodownthenextmore).Thenwe'llmakeanr'move(takingdowntheelevator),thenanFmove
touploadbothpiecesintothe"elevator".Finallywe'lluploadbothpieceswithanrmove,andsolve
theen reorangecenterblock.

The5th&6thcenterblocks:Thelast2centerblocksaresolvedsimultaneously,asbysolving1color,
theothercolorpieceswillautoma callyendupintheoppositecenter,whichistheonlyavailable
centerle .

Important!Thesecenterscanbesolvedcorrectly,andincorrectly.Let'schoosethegreencolorto
ndoutitscorrectposi on(outofthe2availableplacestobe).Accordingtotheoriginalcolor
scheme,whentheyellowcolorisontop,andtheredcolorisonthefrontfacethegreenshouldbe
ontheright.

Flipthecubesothegreentobefacewillbeontop.

Solvingtheselast2centersiseasierthanitslooks,anditisdonebydoingr2&U/Bmovesonly.

1)Firstget2adjacentgreenpiecesonthetoplayer(mostprobablyit'salreadythere),andalignthem
tothele .Hereishowtodoit:

Posi onagreencenterpieceonthele side,usingsomeUmoves.Makeanr2move,andsee

whether2adjacentgreenpiecesformedonthetopface.IfsomakeaU/U'movetoalignthemboth
onthele side,andmakeanotherr2toreverseandbringeverythingbacktoplace.

Ifa erdoingtherstr2moveyouhavenoadjacentgreencolors,reversether2move,andmake
someDmoves(lookatthebo omfacetoseehowmanyneeded),sowhenyou'llmakeanotherr2
moveagain,agreenpiecewillbereposi onedintothetopandwillmatchupwiththegreenpiece
whichisalreadythere.

Example: Bo omfacelookslike:(xrota on)

 Solu on:[D'r2U'r2]

Inthiscase,thereisnoexis nggreenpairontopalready(Lookonlyatthele imagefornota ons).

Explana on:rstaD/D'moveisrequiredsothenextr2movewillformanadjacentpairofgreen
centersonthetop.Thenanr2movetomatchup2greenpiecestogether(elevatorcomesupwards),
thenaU'movetoalignbothgreenpiecesonthele side("unloading"fromtheelevator).Finallyan
r2movetoreversealltheotherpiecesbacktoplace(elevatorgoesbackdown).

2)Solvingtheother2greenpiecesintothetopface:Therearetwoop onsherewhetheronlyone
pieceisonthebo om,orbothpiecesareonthebo om.

Ifonepieceisontop:theeasiercase.Alignthegreencenterpieceonthebo omtothele sideof

thebo omface(bydoingD/D'),inawaythatbythenextr2moveitwilladjacentlymatchwiththe
secondgreenpiece.Makeanr2moveandmatchupthe2greencenterpieces.Thenjustmakea
D/D'movetoalignbothpiecesontherightsideofthebo omcenter.Finallymakeanr2moveto
uploadbothpiecesintothetop.Allgreenpiecesaresolvednow,andallbluepiecesareonthe
bo om(Allcenterpiecesaresolved!)

Example:

Solu on:[Dr2D'r2]

Ifbothpiecesareonthebo om:thereare2possiblecasesadjacentordiagonaltoeachother

Diagonal:[r2D/D'r2].Explana on:makeanr2movesoonegreenpiecewillgoupwardsintothe
toplayer.ThenmakeaD/D'movetoreposi ontheremaininggreenpieceonthebo omintothe
secondavailablespotonthele side,soitwilladjacentlymatchthesecondpiececurrentlyontop
onceitwillcomebackdownthenextmove.Nowmakeanr2movetobringthegreenpieceback
down.ThegreencenterpiecesarenowadjacentlytoeachotherCon nueaccordingtotheadjacent
caseinstruc onsbelow.
Adjacent:[r2D2r2].Explana on:alignbothgreenpiecesintothele sideofthecenterareaatthe
bo om(bydoingsomeD/D'moves),thenmakeanr2move(elevatorprinciple),DoaD2moveto
putbothgreenpiecesintotherightside(inordertobeingli edupwardsthenextmove),andnally
reversether2movetobringthegreencentersintothetopfaceandcompletelysolvethegreen(&
blue!)centerblock!.(Seeexamplebelow)

Example: Bo omlookslike:(xrota on)

Solu on:[D'r2D2r2]

Thatsit!Youhadsolvedall6centerblockscorrectlytoeachother.Irecommendyoutostophere
andprac ceonsolvingallcenterblocksofthe4x4cube llyoufeelcomfortableindoingso
intui vely.Itshouldn'tbetoohardforanexperienced3x3Rubik'scubesolvertodosoinadayor
two.

Step2Pairingupalledgepieces

Thesecondstepisaboutpairingupalltheedgepieceswiththeiriden caltwinson
the4x4cube,intoedgeblocks.Thereare12edgeblockstosolve,meaning24edgepiecesintotal.
Attheimagetotherightyoucanseeanexampleof2whiteblueedgepiecesmatcheduptogether
intooneedgeblock(awhiteblueedgeblock)

Theedgeblockspermuta onsaroundthecubearecompletelymeaninglessatthisstep.

Solvingtherst4edgeblocks:
Thewaytogohereisbypairinguptheedgepiecesintoblocksandstoringthemonthetop&
bo omfaces(=8availableplaces.We'llstartwiththe4ontop).Rememberyouarefreetomakeany
U/D/B/R/L/Fmovesyouwant,asnononthemaectthecenterpieces.
Hereishowit'sdone:
Lookfor2iden caledgepiecesthatareposi onedlikeintheimage,thenexecutethenext
algorithm:

Algorithm:[dRUR'd']

Thisalgorithmispairingupthetwoedgepiecesintoablockandstoringthemonthetopface,
withoutharminganycenterpiece.Here'show:bydoingadmove,the2edgepieceswillpairup.
ThenusingtheRmovetheformededgeblockwillmoveupwardsintothetoplayer.Nextwe'llmake
aU/U'/U2movetosecuretheblockonthetop(soitwon'tgobackdowninthenextmoveR').
We'lldotheU/U'/U2accordingtotheedgeblocksonthetop,iftherearenosolvededgeblocksthen
itdoesn'tma er.Iftherearealreadysolvedblockswewanttomakesurenottotakethemdown
instead.Finallywe'llmakeR'd'tobringbackallotherpiecesintoplace.

Usingthismethodyou'llbeabletoquicklypairupandstoreontop/bo omtherst8edgeblocks.

Howtobringtheedgepiecesintothecaseabove?

FirstbringbothpiecesintothesamefaceusingR2/L2/F2/B2movesandU/Dmoves.Hereisaquick
algorithmtomove2edgesintothedesiredposi on(seeimage):

Solu on:[L'UL]

Usingthissimplealgorithmyou'llbeabletocorrectlyposi on2edgepiecesthatareonthesame
faceandhasthesamecoloronthemutualface(ifnot,justmakeaU'move)intothedesiredcase.
Thenjustperformthecorrespondingalgorithm[dRUR'd'],andbothpieceswillpairupandstore
onthetopface.

Usingthemethodaboveyou'llbeabletobringall8rstedgepairsintothesimplecaseposi on.
Startwiththeeasieredgesthatarealreadyinthisposi on.Thelessedgepieceswillremain,the
easieritwillget.
Ifyouhaveanyalreadypairedupedgesonthesidesofthecube(betweenthefrontandrightfaces
forexample)justmakeasimpleR/R'/L/L'toputitonthetoplayer.Forpairedupedgesonthe
bo omjustmakeadoublemoveofitssidefacetobringitintothetopface.

Example:solvingthe4thedgeblock.

Solu on:[LD'L'][d'L'ULd]

Explana on:inthisexampleyoucanseethat3edgeblocksarealreadyformed,andthefourthis
splitontheFface.Intherst3moves(rstbrackets)wemovearoundtheedgepieceatthebo om
intothe"ideal"casewheretheyarebothonthesidefaceswithdierentcolorsontheFface,then
justsolvingitthewaydiscussedabove(it'sthesamealgorithm,justonthele sideLinsteadofR)

Nowall4edgeblocksontopareformed,we'llcon nuetothenextones:

Solving5th8thedgeblocks:
Flipthecubeupsidedownsoallthepairedupedgepieceswillbeonthebo omlayer.Nowjustdo
thesameforthenext4edgepairs,usingthesamealgorithmsandideasshownabove.Theonly
dierenceisthatforanalreadysolvededgeblockonthesidefaces:insteadofusingRmove,execute
[RUR']touploadtheedgeblockintothetoplayerwhilepreservingthebo omedgeblocks.

Example:solvingthe8thpair.

Solu on:[d'L'ULd]
(exactlythesamewaydiscussedabove)

Inthisexamplealledgeblocksonthebo omareformed,andanother3onthetopfaceareformed
aswell.Remainingisonlyonetosolve.It'sgoingtobetheredwhiteinourcase(secondpieceis
betweentheFront&Le faces).Itisbeingsolvedexactlythesamewayasshowninthelastexample.

A ersolvingall8edgeblocksonthetop/bo omfaces,con nuetothelastfour:

Solvingthelast4edgeblocks:
Solvingthelast4edgeblocksisabittrickier,howeververyshort.Herewewantthe2twinedge
piecestobewiththesamecolorintheirmutualface(Likeintheimagebelow).
Thefollowingalgorithmsolvesbothedgepairssimultaneouslywhilepreservingallotheredgeblocks
&centerpieces:
 Algorithm:[dRF'UR'Fd']

Thisisanimportantalgorithm;it'sanalgorithmyou'llhavetomemorizeinordertosolvethe4x4
cubebyheart.Takesome metogetit.

Usingthisalgorithmyouwillsolveall4lastedgepairs.

Iftheedgepiecesdon'thavethesamecolorontheirmutualface,likeintheexamplebelow,usethe
followingmovesequence:

Solu on:[RF'UR'F]

Explana on:thisalgorithmwillipthe2edgepiecesbetweenthefront&rightfaces.Nowthe
pieceswillmatchforthecasesolveabove.

Ifonlyoneedgepairhasthesamecoloronthemutualface,whilethesecondpairdoesnothave(or
noteventhesameedgepieces),executethealgorithmanyway!Thatwayyou'llsolve1edgeblock
outofthe4remained,andcon nue llall4aresolved.

Thatsit!Nowalledgepiecesshouldalreadybepairedupwitheachother.Youmightno cethecube
lookslikearegular3x3Rubik'scube,andthat'showyouaregoingtosolveitnow,asexplainedinthe
nextstepinstruc ons.

Step3Solvinglikea3x3Rubik'scube(Tilllastlayer)

Thecubenowactuallylookssimilartoaregular3x3x3Rubik'scube!Considerthecenterblocksasa
singlecenterpiece,andtheedgeblocksassingleedgepieces.
 =

Intheimagesaboveyoucanseethatthe4x4piecesarearrangedthesameasthe3x3cube.

Sofromnowonjustcon nueandsolvethecubelikeitwasa3x3Rubik'scubeun lthelastlayer

(justbeforeorien ngthelastlayer)

Thereasontosolveonly llthelastlayer,andnotcompletethecube,isbecausethereare2special
casesinthe4x4cubethatcanoccur,whichareimpossibleinthe3x3cube.Theyarecalledpari es.

Step4Solvingthelastlayer(OLL&PLLpari es)

Thesearethepossiblecasesthatcanhappenduringthesolu onofa4x4cube:

OLLparity: PLLparity: (Topview)

[rU2xrU2rU2r'U2lU2r'U2rU2r'U2r'] [2R2U22R2u22R22U2]

WhatisOLLparity?
OLLparityiswhenonlyoneedgeblockisnotoriented.Thisisanimpossiblecaseinaregular3x3
cube.Thiscaseissolvedusingthealgorithmabove.It'simportanttoexecutetheOLLparity
algorithm,ifneeded,beforesolvingthelastlayer,becauseitdoesnotpreservethelastlayerpieces
posi ons.TheprobabilitytoencounteranOLLparityduringa4x4solveis50%

WhatisPLLparity?
PLLparityiswhenonly2edgepiecesareremainedunsolvedwhiletherestofthecubeisfullysolved.
Thiscasealsocannothappenona3x3cube(reasonsbelow),andisbeingxedbythePLLparity
algorithm.ThePLLparityalgorithmdoespreserveallpiecesbuttheswitchededgepieces,and
thereforecanbeusedattheendofthesolving(a ersolvingallotherlastlayerpieces).The
probabilitytoencounteraPLLparityduringa4x4solveis50%
Note!YoumightencounteraweirdPLLcase,whereallpiecesaresolvedbut2cornersforexample.
ThatsbecauseofthePLLparity.A erapplyingthePLLparityalgorithmit'llbecomeasolvablePLL
case.

Nota onsexplana on:ThePLLparityusesaninternallayermovement.Thenumber"2"shown

beforethespeciedfacele er,meansmovingtheinternallayerofitsface.Example:[2R]=[rR'].The
move"2R"canbedonebymovingbothlayersbydoingr,andthenreturningtheRfacebackby
doingR'.Themove"2R2"meansmovingthisinternallayertwice.Youcanseeimageexamplesinthe
introsec onabove.

WhyPLLparityoccurson4x4cubeswhileit'simpossibleonaregular3x3cube?
ThereasonisbecauseofthemechanicsandmathoftheRubik'scube.Asyouknow,movingonly2
edgepieceswhilepreservingallotherpiecesisimpossible*(Upermalgorithmaects3edgepieces,
whichisthelowestpossible).Movingonlyonepieceisclearlyimpossible(wherewillitgowithout
switchingwithanotherpiece?).

Therefore,acasewhereonly2edgepiecesneededtobeswitchedisanimpossiblecaseona3x3
cube.However,ona4x4cubeit'snotreally2pieces,but4pieces,and4piecesneededtobe
switchedbetweenisapossiblecase.

(*Atleastnotbylegalmoves,theonlypossiblewaytodothatisbydisassemblingthe2piecesby
breakingthecubeandassemblingitwrongly(thecubewillbecomenonsolvable)

Thesamerulesapplyforallcubes(3x3,4x4,5x5,etc..)

WhataboutOLLpari es?
OLLparityhappensinthe4x4cubeforthesamereasonsaswell.Theminimumnumberofpieces
orienta onwhilepreservingallotherpiecesis2(appliesforallsizesofcubes).Thereforeit's
impossiblethatonly1edgepiecewillbeunorientedina3x3cube.Whileina4x4cubeitisactually
2dierentedgepieces(eventhoughwetreatthemas"oneedgeblock")whichisapossiblecase.

A erunderstandingthepari es,let'scon nueandnishsolvingthe4x4cube:

Ifa ercomple ngstep3(solvingthecubeun lthelastlayer)youno cedthatanOLLparityoccur

thenapplythealgorithmandcon nueinsolvingthelastlayerusingthe3x3solvingtechnique.Apply
aPLLalgorithmaswellifneeded.

Thatsit!Youhadjustsolvedthe4x4Rubik'sRevenge!Justkeepandprac ceonsolvingthe4x4cube
llyou'llbeabletodoitwithoutusingthisguide.Youwillbehappytoknowthatyouhaveto
memorizeonly4algorithmsforthat(2pari es+2algorithmsfromstep2)!Congratula ons!
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