Solving the 6x6x6 and 7x7x7 Magic Cubes

Disclaimer: I'm not a speedcuber, so I don't memorize large groups of moves and often spend time hunting around looking for colors. The theoretical minimum speed is about five times as fast. I'm just playing around here with different solving methods. This page was created in September 2008.

(This page was mostly an excuse to get practice learning how to embed Flash-based video in a webpage.)

The large cubes are from V-Cube. I'm currently helping to write a book all about the Magic Cube puzzles and am mostly in charge of writing the solutions sections.

6x6x6, Edges Last

This is currently my favorite method of solving. I solve two opposite faces, then a U-shaped area around each of them, then two more adjacent faces and the edge between them, then the last four corners and the remaining edges.

6x6x6, Faces Last

Finish all edges and corners, then do the faces.

7x7x7, Edges Last

7x7x7, Faces Last

7x7x7, Centers Outwards

This one starts at the centers and slowly builds outwards from them. I expected this to be the slowest technique by far, but it turns out that it's not that much worse. And it's kinda fun.