Solving Rubik's Cube

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Professor's Cube

The Professor's Cube is a variation of the basic Rubik's Cube puzzle that has five layers instead of three. It's a 5x5x5 cube.

There is also a 4x4x4 variation usually marketed under the name Rubik's Revenge and you may wonder why I list the 5x5x5 cube first. The answer is that the 5x5x5 cube is actually simpler to solve. This is because in the 5x5x5 cube, each face has a unmovable single center sub-cube and each 3 piece edge set has a center edge that can only move following the same principles of the original 3x3x3 cube (see figure 4). That means that you can use these pieces as a reference when solving the cube.

figure 4 - reference sub-cubes

The key to solving the Professor's Cube is to put the cube first into a configuration that resembles a 3x3x3 cube (as in the figure above). Once you've achieved that, then you can solve it exactly like a 3x3x3 cube.

Now, as before, if you want the satisfaction of solving the Professor's Cube on your own, read no further. On the next page I'll explain my solution to the Professor's Cube.

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