Step 6: Solve the Yellow Edges

The white face is smiling at the bottom, and the first two layers are tucked in just right — but now, the yellow face on top looks a little grumpy! Let’s cheer it up by helping the yellow edge pieces find their right spots so they match the center colors on the sides.

🌼 The Goal

We want to make a bright yellow cross on the top face — but not just any cross! The yellow edges should also match the color of the center pieces on each side. So if there’s a yellow-blue edge, it should sit between the yellow and blue centers.

Once all four yellow edge pieces are happy in their homes, we’ll have a glowing yellow cross that matches the world around it!

🔍 Finding Our Starting Clues

Look at the yellow face. Sometimes, two of the yellow edge pieces are already in the right spot — lucky us! But they might be:

• Opposite from each other (like blue and green)
• Or next to each other (like red and blue)

If you get two opposite edges correct, you’ll want to do our magical move — the Sune — from anywhere.

If two adjacent edges are correct, turn the cube so those two happy pieces are on the right and back. That’s their comfy place while we fix the rest.

🧙‍♂️ The Magical Sune Spell

Let me tell you the story of Sune, the yellow-edge wizard! He carries a special corner and edge pair in his bag, and when he sees edges out of place, he knows just what to do.

First, he gently takes a pair out of the front-right of the cube with ⬆️ ⬅️ ⬇️ — that’s R U R'. Then, he hides the pair in the back with another ⬅️ turn (U). Next, he lifts the home spot up with ⬆️ (R), and uses two quick turns (U2) to bring the pair right back in. Finally, he lowers the home (R') to close everything up neatly.

It sounds like magic, but here’s the full spell:

Sune Algorithm
⬆️ R ⬅ U ⬇ R' ⬅ U ⬆ R ⬅⬅ U2 ⬇R'

Sometimes you’ll need to do this spell once, sometimes twice — just like tapping a wand until the sparkles settle. When you’re done, all the yellow edge pieces will be in their perfect places, hugging their matching centers.

🧙‍♂️ “Poof! With a little magic, all the yellow edge pieces are home — your cross is now truly complete!”

🔜 Next up: Positioning the Yellow Corners!
⬅️ Step 5: Make the Yellow Cross | Next: Step 7 - Move the Yellow Corners ➡️
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