Here are ways to make same-color small segments opposite each other on the North Pole. Each time you make a set of segments opposite, return to the directions in Stage 1.
Look for same-color small segments on the NORTH and SOUTH POLES that are diagonal to each other. Place your finger along the VERTICAL GROOVE shared by the two segments and TWIST. (If the segment on the SOUTH POLE is to the right of the same-color one on the NORTH POLE, TWIST the right side of the ball. If the segment on the SOUTH POLE is to the left, TWIST the left side of the ball.) The two same-color segments are now opposite on the NORTH POLE.
Look for same-color segments on the NORTH POLE with only one segment between them. Put your fingers long the VERTICAL GROOVE to the left of the segment on the right and TWIST. Now line you fingers up along the VERTICAL GROOVE that is one position to the right of the one you just twisted and TWIST again. The segments are now opposite on the NORTH POLE.
Sometimes colors get stuck together side by side. To solve these you may mix up some of the colors you already matched. You will have to go back and fix them after you solve the colors that are stuck together. Now, place you fingers along the vertical groove that separates the stuck segments and TWIST the right half of the ball. Next, locate the SOUTH POLE segment directly under the same-color segment that did not move, and TURN it one position to the right. Put your fingers along the vertical groove to the right of the segment you just moved and TWIST. Now, TURN the SOUTH POLE segments one position to the left. Look at the NORTH POLE. The same- color segments that were stuck together now have one segment between them. Line them up opposite using the steps in Option 2, above. (Note: There may be another pair of same- color segments opposite on the NORTH POLE already. Ignore them for now solve the colors that were stuck.) After you solve the stuck colors, look for any colors that got messed up and fix them.
If none of the segments on your ball line up like those described in Options 1, 2, and 3, make several TWISTS along the vertical grooves until you see a combination that you can work with. Do not allow the BANDS or POLES to TURN while you make the TWISTS.
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