A 3x3 Rubik's Cube can be basically solved by 4 methods :


  1. Beginner's Method
  2. CFOP Method / Fridrich Method ( widly used for speed cubing )
  3. Roux Method ( widely used for speed cubing )
  4. ZZ Method


Some general knowledge about the 3x3 cube world records : 


  • China’s Yusheng Du holds the world record for solving a single cube in just 3.47 seconds.
  • Jack Cai from Australia holds the record for solving a single cube blindfolded in 16.22 seconds
  • Feliks Zemdegs from Australia has the single-cube, one-handed record at 6.88 seconds
  • Daniel Rose-Levine from the US has the single-cube world record for solving with just his feet, at 16.96 seconds


Different Methods to solve the 3x3 Rubik's Cube


Some Basic Details of all types of method used to solve a 3x3 Rubik's cube :


Beginner's Method : This method is for one who is learning to solve the cube for the first ever time. This method usually helps you to perfect your base. In this method, the cube is divided into three parts, called as the Top Layer, Middle Layer and Bottom Layer. All the basic notations and formulas are covered in this method. You has to practice this method the very first, before going to other methods. This method is quite difficult for the beginners. But the more you practice, the better you’ll get.


CFOP Method : The CFOP, also called Fridrich Method, is one of the most prominent in speed cubing. It’s both fast and efficient, eliminating many of the repetitive algorithms in favor of accuracy and saving moves, but it’s also definitely not easy. It’s recommended that you master the beginner method before moving on to the CFOP method so you have a core understanding of how the cube works.

The CFOP Method divides the cube into layers, which are solved individually using algorithms, rather than solving each face. It consists of four steps, which I will describe later.


Roux Method : The Roux Method is just like that CFOP method that is for the speed cubing.  If you want to reduce your 

time from the beginner’s method, learning the Roux Method can be a great way to accomplish that.

There are four main steps in the Roux Method, which I will describe later.


ZZ Method : The ZZ Method, created in 2006 by Zebigniew Zborowski, is a newer method of solving the Rubik’s cube that's divided into three stages. There are 4 different main variants, these being ZZ-a, the original, ZZ-b, ZZ-c, and ZZ-d.


There is a range of the number of moves that takes to solve the 3x3 Rubik's Cube by different methods that are as follow:


Method Beginner's CFOP Roux ZZ
Moves : 60-75 55-60 45-50 45-55



Fact : Every position of Rubik's Cube can be solved in twenty moves or less. With about 35 CPU-years of idle computer time donated by Google, a team of researchers has essentially solved every position of the Rubik's Cube, and shown that no position requires more than twenty moves.


This is the complete details about the different methods to solve the 3x3 Rubik's cube. If you want to learn these methods, you can go to that pages from the menu bar at the top.

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