Step 7 of 8 · Beginner method
Yellow Corners — Position
Move the yellow corners into their correct slots — twisted is fine — with U R U′ L′ U R′ U′ L.
- 1The Daisy
- 2White Cross
- 3First-Layer Corners
- 4Second-Layer Edges
- 5Yellow Cross
- 6Yellow Edges
- 7Yellow Corners — Position
- 8Yellow Corners — Orient
How to hold the cube
Yellow up. The anchor corner sits at the FRONT-RIGHT.
A corner is "positioned" when its three colours are the same three colours as the faces around its slot — even if it sits twisted. Yellow does not need to face up yet.
Check all four top corners and find one that is positioned. Hold that corner at the FRONT-RIGHT.
The algorithm — U R U′ L′ U R′ U′ L — keeps the front-right corner in place and cycles the other three. Run it, then re-check: at most two runs are ever needed (a third run brings you back where you started).
If NO corner is positioned, run the algorithm once from any angle — one corner will become positioned. Then proceed normally.
The algorithm touches nothing but the four top corners: the cross, the edges and the bottom layers are all safe.
Do not try to make yellow face up yet — twisting is the final step’s job. Done-check: every top corner’s colours match its surrounding faces.
See the states
The algorithm
One corner already in its slot: hold it at the front-right and apply once or twice until all four are positioned. No corner in its slot: apply once from any angle first.
Tips
- Compare each corner’s three stickers with the three surrounding centres
- A twisted-but-positioned corner counts as positioned
- Keep the same face toward you between repeats
- Maximum two runs once a corner is anchored — recount rather than spam
Common mistakes
- Holding the anchor corner at the back-right (other tutorials’ habit — this algorithm anchors FRONT-RIGHT)
- Expecting yellow stickers to face up already
- Rotating the cube between repetitions
- Missing that a twisted corner is already positioned