Rubik's Cube Patterns
Start with a solved cube and follow the turns until the pattern appears. Every algorithm here was checked by applying it with the app's own turning engine.
Printable cheat sheetFamilies & classroomsCheckerboard
6 movesEvery face alternates between its own colour and the colour opposite it.
Four Spots
8 movesFour faces keep only their centre colour. The other two stay solid.
Six Spots
8 movesAll six centres keep their colour and everything around them changes.
Crosses
11 movesA cross of one colour on all six faces, with the four corners in another.
Cube in a Cube
15 movesA smaller cube appears to sit inside the corner of the big one.
Vertical Stripes
17 movesThree colours run in stripes around the four side faces; top and bottom stay solid.
Cube in a Cube in a Cube
18 movesThree cubes nested in the same corner, one inside the next.
Superflip
20 movesEvery corner is home and all twelve edges are flipped in place — one of the positions furthest from solved.
Start from a solved cube. On a scrambled one these turns make nothing but a mess.