rubik's guide

2: white cross (white cross on top, centers and top sides of sides)
	put white center on top
	solve to get red center and top, and blue center and top

	if side/top colors are reversed:
		1. put flipped piece on top of right face
		2. Ri U Fi Ui

	if cross is reversed on top layer of sides:
		try rotating sides 180, then bottom 180, then sides 180

3: white corners (all white on top, colored Ts on sides)
	if corner is on bottom layer:
		1. get corner under its final location
		2. put corner in bottom front right
		3. Ri Di R D
		4. repeat Ri Di R D til corner is placed in right spot (don't rotate cube)

	if corner is on top layer:
		1. put corner in top front right
		2. Ri Di R
		( or whatever rotation to get it to bottom layer then undo to get white back on top)

4: solve middle layer
	put white on bottom

	if the bottom two layers ever aren't solved and there's no side on top without yellow:
		U R Ui Ri Ui Fi U F

	1. find edge on top that's not yellow (on top or side)
	2. make 3x vertical column with that piece on top
	3. look at top of column:
		if left:  Ui Li U  L  U  F  Ui Fi
		if right: U  R  Ui Ri Ui Fi U  F

5: solve yellow layer
	part 1: yellow cross
		state 1: yellow cross
			go to part 2

		state 2: no yellow edges
			F U R Ui Ri Fi
			now in state 3 or 4

		state 3: 2 edge pieces in V
			put yellow sides in back and left
			F U R Ui Ri Fi
			go to part 2

		state 4: 2 edge pieces in line
			put line from left to right
			F R U Ri Ui Fi
			go to part 2

	part 2: yellow corners
		state 1: no yellow corners
			put yellow corner in top right of left face

		state 2: 1 yellow corner
			rotate cube to put yellow corner in bottom left of top face

		state 3: 2 yellow corners
			rotate cube to put yellow corner in top left of front face

		R U Ri U R U U Ri (repeat til yellow is solved, make sure to re-orient cube each time)

6: solve top corners
	part 1:
		if all 4 corners are right, go to part 2

		1. rotate top til 2 corner cubes are correct
		2. put 2 correct corners in back (diagonal corners don't matter)
		3. Ri F Ri B B R Fi Ri B B R R Ui
		4. if was diagonal, then rotate top to get 2 correct corners and go to 2

	part 2:
		1 edge correct:
			1. put correct edge in back
			2. look down at yellow face and see if other 3 need to rotate CW or CCW
				CW:  F F U  L Ri F F Li R U  F F
				CCW: F F Ui L Ri F F Li R Ui F F