{"id":1060,"date":"2012-12-01T13:17:40","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T13:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2018-12-14T15:57:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T15:57:48","slug":"3x3x5-step-by-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/archives\/1060","title":{"rendered":"3x3x5 Step-By-Step"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/c4u-3x3x5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/c4u-3x3x5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"c4u-3x3x5\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/c4u-3x3x5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/c4u-3x3x5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/c4u-3x3x5.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The 3x3x5 is definitely an interesting cube.  I want to solve it like a standard 3x3x3 but there&#8217;s definitely more to it.  I&#8217;ve used <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bEmQN50NpVk\">stevenarducci&#8217;s guides<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=do_2G9FBZcc\">#2<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UYYQEJ7IvaI\">#3<\/a>) as they are quite helpful.  Using his beginner method, I figured I&#8217;d break it down so it&#8217;s easier to follow&#8230;at least until I memorize it!  There are only a few new algorithms.  So, let&#8217;s see.  Here are the steps and algorithms.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Solve mid-level &#8216;cross&#8217;\n<li>Solve 3x3x3 Grid\n<li>Slot Corners &#8211; use opposite\n<ul>\n<li>R2 U R2 U&#8217; R2<\/ul>\n<li>Solve Top-Mid layer Corners\n<ul>\n<li>Headlights on left &#8211; R2 U R2 U&#8217; R2 (U&#8217; D) R2 U&#8217; R2 U R2<\/ul>\n<li>Top-Mid Edge Adjacent Swap\n<ul>\n<li>R2 U R2 U \/ R2 U2 R2 U2 \/ R2 U R2 U&#8217; R2<\/ul>\n<li>Top-Mid Edge Opposite Swap\n<ul>\n<li>R2 U2 R2 U2 R2<\/ul>\n<li>Parity\n<ul>\n<li>Pieces on L &#038; R &#8211; Uu2 R2 F2 (Uu2 U2) F2 R2 Uu2 F2<\/ul>\n<li>Solve top-mid-level &#8216;cross&#8217;\n<li>Top Slot Corners\n<li>Top Corners\n<li>Top Edges\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 3x3x5 is definitely an interesting cube. I want to solve it like a standard 3x3x3 but there&#8217;s definitely more to it. I&#8217;ve used stevenarducci&#8217;s guides (#2 and #3) as they are quite helpful. Using his beginner method, I figured I&#8217;d break it down so it&#8217;s easier to follow&#8230;at least until I memorize it! There [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,34],"tags":[105],"class_list":["post-1060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-algorithms","category-cubing","tag-3x3x5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1060"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1389,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060\/revisions\/1389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}