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The 2x2 has a few patterns that can be applied from larger cubes; for example, in the process of solving the 3x3 using the beginners method, you start by solving the cross on the bottom, and then by moving the corners into place. The moves that help with moving the corners into place are useful in forming the bottom 4 cubies of the pocket cube - you basically have a cross-less cross. | |||
So, solving the bottom layer of the 2x2 is largely intuitive. | |||
Revision as of 04:38, 11 January 2018
My experience solving the 2x2 came from realizing that a 4x4 could be mixed in a way that would yield a second (easier, but not trivial) puzzle: the 2x2 cube.
The 2x2 has a few patterns that can be applied from larger cubes; for example, in the process of solving the 3x3 using the beginners method, you start by solving the cross on the bottom, and then by moving the corners into place. The moves that help with moving the corners into place are useful in forming the bottom 4 cubies of the pocket cube - you basically have a cross-less cross.
So, solving the bottom layer of the 2x2 is largely intuitive.