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How many times have you attempted to solve a Rubik's Cube? If you do not know what a Rubik's Cube is you can see it clearly depicted in the image on your left hand side. It has 54 equal sized squares which are comprised of a bunch of cubes. If you want more details you can check out this Wikipedia page over here.
But if you found yourself at this article, chances are you are looking to blow someone away with your superior intellect in your puzzle solving abilities. Yeah you want to cheat at a kids game. Don't worry there is no shame in that (YES THERE IS!).
Up until now if you wanted to cheat at the old Rubik's cube you had to either take it physically apart or remove all the stickers and rearrange them. These methods are difficult to say the least but old school geeks have been doing them for years. I know, I know get to the new Rubiks Cube solution….hurry up I have a group of kids waiting.
Ok so no more stalling go ahead and check out this website. When you get there you will see this:
So the trick to finding your Rubiks Cube solution is to make the Rubiks Cube on the screen look like the one in your hand. You do this by clicking on a color:
Simply select the color you want to make a square and then click on it. One at a time slowly, but surely. Hey no one ever said cheating was going to be easy! Once you get everything inputted, you will be ready to get your cheat on.
Let's take a look at my Rubiks Cube color configuration:
Once you have entered all of your colors like I did above, you will need to click on the solve button below the color picker. Once you click that your Rubiks Cube solution will appear on the screen:
Wow one hundred and eight fricking moves? I am going to be here all day! Hmmmmf. I know I am going to get one or two moves wrong and throw my whole cheating off. There has to be an easier way. Ah ha!
There is a link on your solution screen entitled Click Here to see a diagramed version. That will display a step by step guide with a visual picture. This should help you immensely. Check out our solution in this manner:
Still 108 steps but now it is MUCH easier to follow along. So no matter if you are trying to impress a girl in your class or a kid at the playground this will be your savior.
Look we don't advocate cheating (yes we do) so don't ruin your fun with this. It is a lot of fun and it gives you immense satisfaction when you really do solve it the old fashioned way… Of taking the pieces off and oh wait… I mean actually solving it! 
The author wrote all the code, and the ideas behind the algorithm. They are all original and written by Eric Dietz. Thanks Eric!
Are you a cheater? Do you have solving a Rubiks Cube under your belt? Legitimately? How did you do it? What was your secret?
Link : Solve a Rubiks Cube
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