Beginner's Solution
OVERVIEW

The mystery of Rubik's Cube has been unraveled by human minds since its invention by Erno Rubik's back in 1974. Many organized methods have been devised since then to solve the cube. The method that I'm going to introduce here is known as the Layer by Layer (LBL) method. It's a very easy method recommended for beginners because this method will give you a very comprehensive understanding about the cube. Also, it provides a strong foundation for those who later wants to proceed further with faster and more advanced method such as the Fridrich. It doesn't require high intelligence to solve the cube. The only hard part about cubing is solving it fast.

Most people with no knowledge of rubik's cube will say that they have solved one color on one face but have no idea how to build another face without messing up the first face. This concept is generally wrong. In LBL, we solve the cube layer by layer. A few weeks of practice of this method will give you around 1 minute of solving time.

LBL method contains 7 steps:

	Basic cube concepts Comprehensive explanation about the concepts of Rubik's Cube.
	(1) CROSS A cross is the first step to solving the cube. It's done intuitively.
	(2) First Layer Corners 3 cases for this step. This step will solve the first layer.
	(3) Second layer Insert 4 edges into the middle layer and solve the second layer.
	(4) Last layer Orient edges Orientation of the 4 edges in the last layer, forming a cross on the top.
	(5) Last layer Orient corners Orientation of the 4 corners in the last layer, solving the orientation of last layer.
	(6) Last layer Permute corners Permutation of the corners in the last layer. This will leave the center edges of the cube unsolved.
	(7) Last layer Permute edges Final step of the long process. Permutation of last layer edges and the cube is solved!