Get to know the Rubik's Cube - pieces and turn notations

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In the following instruction, this is how I display the cube and how I will refer to the different faces of the Rubik's CubeF - Front   R- Right   U - Up  D - Down  L- Left

In the following instruction, this is how I display the cube and how I will refer to the different faces of the Rubik's Cube

F - Front   R- Right   U - Up  D - Down  L- Left

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The center pieces of a Rubik's Cube have only 1 color and will not move

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The edges of a Rubik's Cube contains two colors.

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The corner pieces of a Rubik's Cube have 3 colors and have a pointy end.

Notation of a Rubik's Cube

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