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Rubik's Cube notation and keyboard shortcuts

The letter names the face. A suffix tells you the direction or number of turns.

Try every move in 3D

Start the explorer to try face turns, wide turns, middle slice turns and whole-cube rotations. Judge clockwise while looking straight at the face being turned.

Move notation

The six faces

SymbolFacePosition
UUpTop
DDownBottom
LLeftLeft
RRightRight
FFrontFront
BBackBack

Direction and turn count

R turns the right face 90 degrees clockwise as viewed directly from that face.

R' turns it 90 degrees counter-clockwise. R2 turns it 180 degrees in either direction.

Separate moves with spaces or line breaks. Example: R U R' U'

Wide, slice, and whole-cube turns

  • Lowercase r or Rw turns the two layers on the R side; u, d, l, f, and b follow the same rule.
  • M, E, and S turn the middle slices between L/R, U/D, and F/B.
  • x, y, and z reorient the whole cube around the R, U, and F axes.
  • Prime and 2 suffixes work on every extended move, for example r' M2 x.

Keyboard controls

How you turn the cube from the keyboard anywhere on CubeDojang. The trainer, drills, and CFOP Solve all share one keymap.

Open the settings gear in the site header to switch schemes or rebind any key. Your layout is saved in this browser, and the gear always shows the keys you are currently using.

Two input schemes

Combination

One key per face

Six keys, one for each face (U, D, L, R, F, B). The face key on its own turns that face clockwise.

  • Press the face key for a clockwise quarter turn.
  • Add Shift for a counter-clockwise turn.
  • Add Alt for a 180-degree double turn.

Separated

One key per turn

Every quarter turn has its own dedicated key, so U and U', D and D', and the rest each sit on a separate key.

  • Twelve keys cover every clockwise and counter-clockwise face turn.
  • No modifier is needed; each key already means one exact turn.
  • Best for fast, one-key-per-move input.

Extended keys (both schemes)

  • Wide turns use the lowercase face keys (u d l r f b) to turn two layers at once.
  • Slice keys M, E, and S turn the middle layers; x, y, and z reorient the whole cube.
  • On every extended key, Shift makes a prime turn and Alt makes a double turn.
  • Rebind or clear any extended key from the settings gear.
  • When you play a scramble one move at a time, press Space to apply the next move.

Customize your keys

  1. Click the gear icon in the site header to open keymap settings.
  2. Choose Combination or Separated at the top of the dialog.
  3. Select any key, then press a letter to rebind it; the dialog warns you if that letter is already taken.
  4. Reset to defaults at any time. Every change saves automatically in this browser.