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Notation

This will be more in-depth with diagrams later. For now, it will be in simple text.

Tutorials use algorithms which is a set of turns that is predefined and has a certain mission, be it to move a piece to some place or to rotate a set of pieces. But, these must use letters to show this notation and the basic notation can be confusing for the first time cuber. This is compliant with World Cube Association’s notation regulations.

There are six different layers. The Front, Right, Up (top), Left, Down (bottom), Back. Here is a layout of what each letter corrosponds to:

F Front: Front Layer
R Right: Right Layer
U Up: Top Layer
L Left: Left Layer
D Down: Bottom Layer
B Back: Back Layer

All these turns are at a clockwise way as if you were looking at it. Each letter should have a space in between. And example is F R U F D.

Other marks

Those only cover turning clockwise so there is something missing.

The normal way to indicate a counter-clockwise turn is the use the apostrophe after the letter of the turn and before the space. An example is F R U R‘ U‘ F‘. Sometimes, this might be written as an i instead of an apostrophe but the apostrophe is the most common way.

To indicate a double turn, the number two is added after the letter the apostrophe (if any). An example using all these different special marks is R U R’ U R U2 R’.

Diagrams

Here are diagrams of each of the basic turns. There are three pictures for each one. The first one is a normal clockwise turn. The second one is an inverted turn. The third one is a double turn for that layer.