In this step, you are going to lean how to make a Yellow Cross. You might find this step hard and difficult to understand but this step is short and you're halfway there!
You are going to learn how to make a yellow cross. This is complicated and difficult to memorize at first. There are 3 cases of making a cross, a dot case, TEO(Two Edge Oriented) case, and a line case.
Dot case - you don't see any edges oriented.
TEO(Two Edges Oriented) case - only two edges are oriented and adjacent to each other.
Line case - two edges are oriented and opposite of each other.
Algorithm:
LINE: F (R U R' U) F'
TEO: F (R U R' U')2 F'
DOT: (F R U R' U F') U2 (F R U R' U F')
YOUR GOAL
Begin by looking on the top layer.
Identify how much edges are oriented you neither have none oriented, 2 oriented, or 4 oriented.
If you have 2 oriented you either have the Line case or the TEO (Two Edge Oriented) case.
Line case: Position them by making a Horizontal line, not vertical, Then, perform the algorithm, F (R U R' U) F'
TEO case: Position them where one of the edge is pointing at the 12:00 and the other pointing at 9:00. Then, perform the algorithm, F (R U R' U')2 F'
If you have no edge oriented on the top layer, perform this algorithm
(F R U R' U F') U2 (F R U R' U F')