How to Solve the Rubik's Cube 2x2 (Ortega Method)

[MrElitePerfect]

OHHH hahahah! at the beginning when you were showing the method i thought that was the tutorial. i was like slow down!!!! then you started the tutorial.... Thanks a lot! this cut down my time. it was taking me 70 moves with my way. and i knew there had to be a quicker way.

[indy54931]

Do you use East Sheen? I have ES too... It´s amazing

[14greenboy14]

@indy54931 Lan-Lan it actually cuts corners

[coolguy2829]

when u have the case when the 2 adajacent corners need 2 be switched u can also use the alg u used, the T perm, or the perm u use on the 3x3 to switch 2 adajacent edges and corners

[mizzcookiemonster10]

I cringe everytime I hear the way he says Fridrich. FREEEEEEEEDRICH.

[Zbox95]

Wow, I learned the adjeacent corner-switch in two seconds . . .

[FreakyCuber]

Super, awesome video, man!!

[supermonkeyballboy]

Thank you oh so very much for the tutorial! My average went down about five seconds! :D

[drewsky684]

This tutorial is amazing. You have a gift for teaching

[HampusHansson98]

which cube do you use?

[musicfreak9312]

whats that algorithm u did at 4:48?

[mjpink23]

u dont have to say down prime just do u2 dang

[samchoochiu]

you should type case #2 as R2 U' R2 U2 Y R2 U' R2

so you dont regrip on the D'

[dandyboykb]

i can do the OLL but the PLL is just too confusing, can show how to recognize the case in PLL more clearly.

[341jump]

to complicated

[DudeCube6]

Thx for making this vid!

[uNamed2lyfe]

thanks dude, this is indeed a good tut...=p

[RodCuber]

subbed :)

[youmearea]

what cube is that and how is it so loose

[MultiCubed]

Around how long does it take to fully learn ortega?

[dairymoostache]

@MultiCubed Took me 1-2 days. Its not very hard if you already know 2 look oll and pll. You only need to learn a couple extra algs.

[nuggyman123]

Man I really wish i could afford a cube =[ I'm so damned poor. :(

[speedcuber0210]

Good job. Isn't Rowe's tutorial for making a layer ( cll or fridrich) not ortega? Very helpful guide.

[monkeydude1313]

@speedcuber0210 Yes it is, but it is very helpful no matter what.

1 second first layer of any kind is good for Ortega ;)

[dinosaure1111]

Nicely done...very clear tutorial...

[fswaddle]

omgthx monkeydude now i can solve the 2x2 in 60 moves!!!11

[monkeydude1313]

@fswaddle I just did a solve with this method in 13.....

Where are you getting 60 from?

[rcnrcn927]

change the headlights to F R U R' U' F' PLEASE

[monkeydude1313]

@rcnrcn927 As I said before, the algs in the description are for 2-Look OLL on the 3x3. And will be left as such.

[antmansuperman22]

thats soo interesting lol

[gamefreak200000000]

i had no idea i was using ortega.

[BluePi1313]

"You should average about 5 seconds, if not, then better" :P I only average 10 seconds

[monkeydude1313]

@BluePi1313 "You should be able to as well" as kind of an estimate for how fast is possible with it.

[drumgod1997]

nice i do this method and i average 7-8 seconds . try to be color neutral on 2x2 u will be about 1 second faster in ur average

[oOBNOo]

Awesome tutorial. The way I was doing it was (i dont know what this is called) first layer intuitively, OLL, PLL using 3x3 algorithms. I plan on learning CLL though. I have a few memorized already.

[JL2996]

Thanks. it's been a while since one of these....

[monkeydude1313]

@JL2996 Way too long in my opinion.

[vifs]

wow... I would have to learn 2 algorithms, probably should invest 5 seconds to get them down.

[davidgreece1]

which 2x2 method is most popular?

[tapio2003]

@davidgreece1 CLL i think. Many algorythms and not much faster than ortega. I prefer ortega.

[monkeydude1313]

@tapio2003 CLL gets you down from 4-5ish with Ortega to 2-3 with CLL.

From average to WR possible ;)

[rubikscuber952]

I average about 5-6sec using lbl should i learn this method?

[04mucklowd]

@rubikscuber952 yes you will get sub-5

[David0794]

Car 'advanced' alg:: R2 U2 R(') U2 R2^^

[monkeydude1313]

@David0794 The algs posted in the description are for 3x3 2-Look OLL.

[matyzzz333]

very nice...for the one at : 2:48 has 2 more algos I know of...R2 U F2 U2 R2 U R2, and the other on is: make the bottom face your front face and then make your left face your front face,,,,,z' y' ?....and then do F (R U R' U' R U R' U' R U R' U') an the end you need to do a U2

tell my if im correnct

[LorenzoCubes]

I can't believe I neglected to learn Ortega for so long. Well, now I know it. It took about 15 minutes to learn and I'm solving 2x2 faster. woo

btw, J perm > T perm

[LorenzoCubes]

For case 2 on step 3, you have a D and not a D' there

[esquimalt1]

is eastsheen your main cube?

[gbfreak87]

Yay! I requested this tutorial on facebook!

[LorenzoCubes]

New tut. awesome.

November 7th, 2009 and June 28, 2010 is quite far apart.

[monkeydude1313]

@LorenzoCubes I know right? I realized that, which led me to make tutorials again.

8 Months or so! Danggggg