You're 11 short lessons from solving a Rubik's cube.

Solving a cube is not about talent, spatial genius, or memorizing a thousand moves. It's about learning a handful of short sequences and knowing when to use each one. Nobody is born knowing this — every world-class solver once stood exactly where you're standing now, holding a scrambled cube and a little doubt.

How this course works

We solve the cube layer by layer: first the white layer, then the middle ring, then the yellow layer. Each lesson teaches one stage with diagrams that gray out everything you don't need to look at yet — a scrambled cube is noisy, and learning to ignore most of it is half the skill.

1. 1Lessons 2–3 teach you the cube itself: what the pieces are and how moves are written.
2. 2Lessons 4–6 build the first two layers — the "construction" phase.
3. 3Lessons 7–9 finish the yellow layer with three short algorithms.
4. 4Lessons 10–11 turn solving into speedcubing with the Cubeathon timer.

What you need

Any 3×3 cube works. If yours is stiff and older than you are, it will fight back a little — modern cubes from any puzzle brand turn effortlessly and cost less than a pizza. You can even practice right here: every lesson can use Cubeathon's on-screen cube, which turns like the real thing.