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Cubing ForgeNewsCubing Forge — Free Cubing Beginner Guide Update
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Cubing Forge — Free Cubing Beginner Guide Update

Cubing Forge · published 21 Sep 2026, 16:29 UTC

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## Beginner Guide improvements

- Reworked Beginner OLL and PLL guidance to inspect the actual cube state.
- Added recognition for Yellow Cross Dot, L-shape, Line, and completed Cross cases.
- Added state-aware Sune and Anti-Sune guidance.
- Repeated Sune executions are now shown separately and reassessed after each execution.
- Improved corner-permutation detection so existing matching corner pairs are preserved.
- Added Ua/Ub detection using the project’s Beginner Method algorithms.
- Setup AUF, main algorithm, and final AUF are tracked independently.
- Unexpected turns now pause the sequence and provide recovery or recalculation guidance.

## Whole-cube rotations

- Clearly distinguish x, y, and z whole-cube rotations from face turns.
- Added concise instructions explaining that the entire cube must rotate.
- Improved rotation previews and expected top/front center confirmation.
- Cube rotations now appear in the same move tracker as other guide steps.

## Compact live move tracker

- Added a compact tracker directly beneath the main cube.
- Shows:
- Setup AUF
- Named algorithm or instructional sequence
- Final AUF
- Current move
- Completed and upcoming moves
- Execution number for repeated algorithms
- Active, paused, and completed status

- Current moves use a clear highlight, completed moves use checkmarks, and upcoming moves remain visible.
- Empty AUF phases collapse into small indicators.
- Long algorithms wrap without shrinking notation excessively.
- Tracker progress works with manual controls and smart-cube input.
- Fixed the initial narrow/overlapping layout problem.
- Tracker now responds immediately to viewport and panel-size changes.

## Cleaner guide panel

- Removed duplicated move notation and execution progress from the right-hand guide.
- The right panel now focuses on:
- Step and goal
- Current stage and detected case
- Recognition
- Required cube orientation
- Why the sequence is being used
- Expected result
- Recovery guidance

- Stage and Case are presented separately for clearer localization.

## Guide-wide tracking

The bottom tracker now works throughout the Beginner Guide, including:

- Guided scrambles
- Whole-cube orientation
- White Cross
- First-layer corner insertion
- Second-layer edge insertion
- Yellow Cross
- Sune
- Corner permutation
- Beginner Ua and Ub permutations
- Final AUF

## Free Cubing interface cleanup

- Hidden the redundant Language button in Free Cubing.
- Hidden the redundant Return to room button where the existing Back button provides the same navigation.
- Kept these controls available on screens that still need them.
- Kept Refresh guide visible and clickable at the bottom of the guide.
- Improved use of the newly available lower-screen space.

## Localization

The new guide and tracker interface now supports all seven languages:

- English
- Dutch
- German
- French
- Spanish
- Japanese
- Hungarian

Localized content includes:

- Tracker phases and statuses
- Move and execution counters
- Algorithm names
- OLL and PLL case names
- Recognition and result guidance
- Rotation instructions
- Recovery messages
- Empty-AUF indicators

Cube notation remains canonical and untranslated. Changing language does not reset progress, recalculate the cube, or alter the selected color palette.

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