On this page, we will try and present some more advanced ideas for solving the edges. Now it will be important to understand the difference between inside and outside edges. The pictures below show the inner and outer edges on a 6x6.

Inner Edges	Outer Edges

One way to solve these final edges groups is to match up all the inner edges, converting the final four edge groups into the resolution of 5x5 edges. No matter what the size of the cube, working inside to outside will help reduce the complication of the last two edge groups. The below comparison shows the similarites between a reduced 6x6 cube and a regular 5x5.



To pair up these inside groups we use the same strategy as before, just being sure to work inside to outside. Many times you will be left with just 2 edges groups to solve, below are the 3 algs you need to finish the edges. The first is for even cubes with two inside edges needing to be swapped. Next is the alg needed to pair up the final 2 groups of outside edges with their inner edge groups. (Notice that these first two algs are basically the same, just different setup moves) The third algs is for when you get a case where the last group's two outside wings need to be swapped. Click on the picture to see the alg performed.

alg: 3d R U R' F R' F' R 3d'	alg: d R U R' F R' F' R d'	alg: r2 B2 U2 l U2 r' U2 r U2 F2 r F2 2l' B2 r2

Example continued

We have a case like the last example shown above, the Green/Yellow group is in BR. We'll do cube rotations to get it to our FU spot, and apply the parity fix.

Green/Yellow: x' y r2 B2 U2 l U2 r' U2 r U2 F2 r F2 2l' B2 r2

Now you have successfully converted your 6x6 into a psuedo 3x3 cube!


Solution Step One: Solve Centers
Edges Step One: Solve Edge Groups
Edges Step Two: Special Edge Cases
Solution Step Three: Solve as a 3x3
Solution Home: Solve the V-CUBE