snce u ppl seem so confuzzled i'll try to go in simpler terms: Btw u dont solve one side then nother then another, you go like this (beginner) ~get a cross on one side ..[] [][][] ..[] < odd pic who cares ~then get the corners so u have one side complete. but one thing people find hard is to put the right pieces in the right place so that the pieces that u have on the cross.... have the side that goes into the adjacent faces on the cube. those have to match the centers of that side. anyways then u solve the middle edges, then u get a cross on the top face, fix the sides of the cross, orient the corners, then turn the corners. ~~The `fridrick' method is the speed cubing method. i have yet to learn this as i wuld have to memorise over 150 algorithms (a computed pattern or steps to solve a problem) if u want to cheat at a rubik'c cube dont peel off the stickers. turn one face (side) 45 degrees. take a flathead screwdriver and put it on the corner of the middle face and under the edge piece of the top face, then pry the edge out and work ur way from there taking apart and fixing it. i learned how to solve my rubik's cube with a smal book that came with my product. It was a packge that viewed from the side looked like: ....| ....| .../\ looks ugly but it came with the guide. also step seven(7) in the guide is false and the right algorithm to change the corners would be : Ri,U2,R,U,Ri,U,R,L,U2,Li,U,L,U,Li