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Beginner's Solution
Step 5: Orient corners
After oriented the four edges of the last layer, we move on to orienting the four corners. There are all together 7 different cases of corner orientation cases. The key to solve these cases is the ability to recognize the pattern and hold them in the correct direction as depicted in the diagrams shown.
There is in fact only one simple algorithm you need to learn in order to solve the corners. However, I would advise you to learn one more so that the solving process will become more efficient. The two algorithms I'm going to introduce here is known as the sune. I prefer to call them the fish case, because the shape somewhat resembles a fish. Note that the two algorithms are inverse of each other.
| Fish 01 |
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R' U2 R U R' U R |
| Fish 02 |
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R' U' R U' R' U2 R |
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Besides these 2 patterns, you might possibly encounter these other 5 situations as well. Solve them using combination of the fishes algorithm.
| Cross 01 |
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Fish 02 + Fish 02 |
| Cross 02 |
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Fish 01 + U + Fish 01 |
| Superman |
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Fish 02 + U' + Fish 01 |
| Bowtie |
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Fish 02 + U2 + Fish 01 |
| Chameleon |
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Fish 01 + U' + Fish 02 |
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