Stage 3

The Middle Section

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In this stage, there's not a great deal to do. We just need to position 4 edges around the middle section. If you followed my advice and have WHITE as the bottom face, then look for any edge pieces in the bottom row without a WHITE sticker on and position them according to the diagrams below. Get these into place by following the moves. If you find that you cannot continue because 2 edges are already in the middle (but in wrong locations), simply use any edge piece from the bottom to bring one of these out.

Move on to stage 4 after the middle row is finished.

Positioning the middle edges

Situation Ea

moving edge from
bottom to front

 Bottom Edge RIGHT once

Left Edge DOWN Once Bottom Edge LEFT once Left Edge UP once Bottom Edge LEFT once

Whole Cube RIGHT Once

Situation Eb

moving edge from
bottom to front

 Bottom Edge LEFT once

Right Edge DOWN Once Bottom Edge RIGHT once Right Edge UP Once Bottom Edge RIGHT once

Whole Cube LEFT Once

Left Edge DOWN Once Bottom Edge LEFT once Left Edge UP once

Situation Ec

re-orientating
side edge

 Left Edge DOWN Once Bottom Edge LEFT once Left Edge UP once Bottom Edge LEFT once

Whole Cube RIGHT Once

Right Edge DOWN Once Bottom Edge RIGHT once Right Edge UP Once Bottom Edge LEFT once

Whole Cube LEFT Once

**Do procedure TWICE**