4x4x4 cube facts and solving instructions

The Rubik's Revenge (also known as the 4x4x4 Rubik's Cube) is a 4x4x4 version of the Rubik's Cube. It was released in 1981. Invented by Péter Sebestény, the cube was nearly called the Sebestény Cube until a somewhat last-minute decision changed the puzzle's name to attract fans of the original Rubik's Cube. Unlike the original puzzle (and other odd-numbered puzzles like the 5x5x5 cube), it has no fixed facets: the centre facets (four per face) are free to move to different positions.

Methods for solving the 3x3x3 cube work for the edges and corners of the 4x4x4 cube, as long as one has correctly identified the relative positions of the colours—since the centre facets can no longer be used for identification.