✩星: January 2000

Monday 3 January 2000

You can examine the parts of the Rubik's Cube more carefully by taking it apart.

1. Hold the Rubik's Cube in your non-dominant hand.

2. Using your dominant hand, turn the top row of the cube to a 45 degree angle from the rest of the cube.

3. Use a flat headed screwdriver - or even your thumb - to wedge under an Edge, and pop it up.

4. The other pieces of the cube should come apart easily.

There are three main parts to the Rubik's Cube:

The Centre Piece: This is the innermost core of the entire cube. It contains the middle pieces of each side of the cube (6 in total). All other pieces revolve around it.

The Corners: There are eight pieces of these. Each occupies a corner of the cube, and each has a specific combination of 3 different colours.

The Edges: There are twelve pieces of these. They fill the gaps between the Corners, and each has a specific combination of 2 different colours.