Introduction If you've traveled in the broad world of twisty puzzles for some time, you might have heard other people say things like "I can solve one side on a 3x3!". In most cases, this side is indeed solved to be one color, but the pieces aren't permuted properly so that a further layer by layer solve isn't possible. A common reaction is saying that one ought to solve the puzzle layer by layer instead of face by face. Nevertheless, it certainly is possible to solve a 3x3 side by side, and it isn't even that hard! In this tutorial, I'll teach you how to solve a 3x3x3 face by face. I'm assuming you're familiar with the traditional way of the layer by layer solve, including the algorithms that come with it, and some common algorithms that occur in other standard twisty puzzles (e.g. the corner swap, adjacent edge swap...). The first 2 faces Traditionally, we'd start on the white face. Just to spice things up, I'll start ...
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