How To Solve A 4x4 Rubiks Cube [PDF - Complete Guide]

How to solve 4 by 4 rubik's cube pdf - Solving a Rubik's cube 4x4 is a little difficult because we have to remember the centers and there's something called as parity errors .

Parity errors are some special cases where we a have to learn a few algorithms to solve further. It's also possible that we may not get a parity errors sometimes.

How do you solve a 4x4 Rubik's Cube?

There are many methods to solve a 4 by 4 rubik's cube.

In the most basic method we first make centres (2x2 block of same colour in the middle of each side), we do this because unlike 3x3 a 4x4 doesn't have ready made centre pieces as there are even number of blocks.

Second step is to pair up a 2-edge pieces having same colour combination to form a single edge. We do this with all the edge pieces.

Third step is now we have transformed a 4x4 into 3x3, so we could solve it like a 3x3 cube.

There are some special cases known as parities that we might come across while doing the 3x3 stage on a 4x4 rubix cube.

We can check the parity algorithms on YouTube. We can refer to some videos on YouTube for further clarification.

In case of 4x4 rubik's cube seeing all these steps mentioned above by us happen in front of us will give us much clarity and idea rather than just reading it.

There are many other speedcubing methods like Yau and Hoya which we could learn after getting familiar to a 4 by 4 rubik's cube.

4 By 4 Rubik's Cube World Record

The 4 By 4 Rubik’s Cube World Record is held by Max Park from United States (USA). He was able to solve the puzzle in only 18.42 seconds in SacCubing IV 2018 competition.

Max Park also held 4x4 rubik's cube world record average, with a time of 21.13 seconds.

The 3x3 rubik's cube world record single is 3.47 seconds and was achieved by Yusheng Du (杜宇生) from China on Wuhu Open 2018 competition.

To know about the world records for the other 17 WCA events, we can find them here: World Cube Association - Official Results.

Another 4 By 4 rubik's cube world record in Latin America Cubing Tour 2017 - Arequipa, Peru is 19.36 seconds.

4x4 Rubik's Cube World Record: 19.36 seconds

4 By 4 Rubik's Cube Oll Parity Algorithms

Since the double parity and the single dedge flip case both have a single dedge flipped, and since OLL algorithms don't necessarily aim to permute (move) the pieces that they correctly orient in any particular fashion, any 4x4x4 algorithm which solves:

a case containing an odd number of flipped dedges (which will be called "single parity" on this page), or

a case which additionally has an odd permutation of dedges and an even permutation of corners (or vice versa)

is called an OLL parity algorithm.

It's common convention among the speedcubing community to use algorithms which contain wide (double layer) turns to solve OLL parity instead of single inner layer slices.

Such an algorithm is called a non-pure algorithm when compared to algorithms which just flip a single dedge, which are often called pure flips. However, the term pure is more formally associated with an algorithm being supercube safe-algorithms which don't permute (move) any centers in the supercube version of a given order.

4x4 Rubik's Cube Solver Program Online

If we don’t fancy learning all the 4x4 Rubik's Cube algorithms the good news is that there’s an online Rubik’s Cube solver program which can help us get our puzzle fixed.

All we have to do is input the colors of the scrambled cube and hit the solve button.

The program will show the moves we need to apply to get the cube solved.
Follow the instructions carefully because we end up with a jumbled cube if we miss a single turn.

Check out the 4x4 Rubik’s Cube solver!

How To Solve 4 By 4 Rubik's Cube (PDF)

Before going for solving 4 by 4 Rubik's Cube, we should know how to solve 3x3 rubix cube.

Main problem of solving 4x4 rubik's cube is that it doesn’t have center piece.

In odd numbered cube (i.e 3x3, 5x5) contains center peice so that color of each face can be determined. We can’t determine face color in 4x4 cube. Hence we have to remember color orientation of cube.

• white opposite yellow
• red opposite orange
• blue opposite green

If you know 3x3 cube, no algorithms are required for solving 4 by 4 rubik's cube. Only algorithms for parity cases are required (these are actually tedious).

You can find the best explanation in this PDF file.

Download link: How To Solve 4 By 4 Rubik's Cube Step by Step (PDF).