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I want to share a fun little hobby I have. I started solving a rubik's cube around 9 or 10 years ago, when I was 11-12 years old. My sister and I bougt a cheap cube in a dollar store and decided to try to solve it using some instructions we found online, [this one](http://geordee.com/assets/images/posts/rubiks-cube-solution.gif)(I still use some of these algorithms). 
The beginners' method is:
* Solving a white cross 
* Inserting white corners
* Inserting edges into the middle layer
* Solving yellow cross
* Fixing the top edges
* Moving corners in the right place
* orienting the corners
https://steemitimages.com/DQmPqg1SS9fBt4mtaKccrjyCUfHotQQyuRns69m1NSodKdm/ArtboardB.png
A slightly more advanced method I use does steps 2 and 3 at once(these two steps usually take the longest), I average slightly less than a minute.
The pyraminx is one of the easiest puzzles and takes a few seconds to solve if you know how. You could even solve it by luck and a bit of messing around.
The larger cubes have a few more algorithms but if you're using the reduction method(solving centers, combining edges to make a 3x3 with long edges and bigger centers) you still need to know how to solve the 3x3 cube.
Even cubes have 2 extra algorithms for parity since they don't have centers. There's orientation and permutation parity:
![3.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmb9ta5X3oBUsxk6N6q4SWcyBpuLEHGdKH6sQHV7tZn9Uf/3.jpg)
![2.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdEaRBHCgMzyqtmacP3P7YHoUi82AEXSdkxhdKLCp3dw9/2.jpg)
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The method for all big cubes is almost the same:
* Solve one center
* Opposite center
* A center in between
* Adjacent center
* Last two centers
* Combine 4 edges by only slicing the middle layers and placing solved edges on top
* Do the same on bottom
* Solve last four with algorithms (there's one more algorithm for 5x5+ cubes that switches 2 opposite edge pieces)
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* Solve like a 3x3
* (For even cubes do parity algs if necessary)

I like solving bigger cubes like 13x13 on my phone if I have some time to burn. I use a cool app called MagicPuzzlePro free on google play store.
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Here's a video of me solving some(my first dTube video). I have a timer but it's on my phone with which I recorded.
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Thanks for checking out the post. I'll upload more origami soon :)