Pocket Cube Rubik's cube, simply by treating it as a 3x3x3 with solved (invisible) centers and edges. More advanced methods combine multiple steps and require more algorithms. These algorithms designed for solving a 2x2x2 cube are often significantly shorter and faster than the algorithms one would use for solving a 3x3x3 cube. The Ortega method, also called the Varasano method, is an intermediate method. First a face is built (but the pieces may be permuted incorrectly), then the last layer is oriented (OLL) and lastly both layers are permuted (PBL). The Ortega method requires a total of 12 algorithms. The CLL method
Cosmic Cube machine to get the Cube from the ocean floor into which it had dropped during a battle between the Red Skull and Captain America. A Cube—together with 11 other items from Marvel and DC Comics continuity—was used once again as a plot device in intercompany crossover series "JLA/Avengers" #1–4 (Sept. 2003–April 2004: bi-monthly). The Cube also shows up in "Captain America" vol. 5. Aleksander Lukin wants the Cube and is willing to trade the Red Skull for it. The Red Skull claims he does not have it, but has spies out looking for it. Five years later, the Skull is