Rubik's Cube: 2 Look PLL

[ronisgr7]

what's x or x'??

[derpderp15]

@badmephisto a better algorithm for is F2 U Mi U2 M U F2 for the clockwise,

and F2 Ui Mi U2 M Ui F2 for anti clockwise,

Like this so people can see pls :D

[jackknife0001]

great... now instead of memerizing my tommorrow's spelling words, im doing this. just great.

[lostsh0t1]

I use 1 alg for the corner permutation and its faster than those 2

r',f,r',b180,r,f',r',b180,r180

[magtricks]

can you please do the video you said in the first 10 seconds. i can't get my time below 45 seconds with the 2look oll pll

[eLegance0407]

@magtricks

Wow, you should practice more often!

With only the beginner's fridrich method, my average is 45 seconds in a few weeks!

[aldrinlongboan]

in the situation where you use the e permutation because there are no matching stickers in the corners......its easier if you still use the clockwise corner cycle.....the algorithms you use when there are matching stickers at the back

[juliand665]

in algs 2 and 3, wouldn't the algs depicted in the official solving guide from rubik's be better?

Yours: R2 U [R U R' U'] (R' U') (R' U R')

Rubik's: F2 (ULR') F2 (L'RU) F2

[MrDallimann]

@juliand665 usually he tries to only use R and U terms for the algorithm..

[juliand665]

@MrDallimann oh, ok.

[mattetis]

@juliand665 the rubiks have same amount of turns counting the F2 and R2 as two turns, and rubiks have left turns wich are harder to execute i think

[DeathTheKid768]

how do you do the pattern in 4:22 ? DAMN COOL it's like optical illusion

[juliand665]

@DeathTheKid768 F L F U' R U F2 L2 U' L' B D' B' L2 U

Google search "Rubik's cube patterns" :D

[habip4o]

is it normal if I was able to solve the cube in 1:45 or something and now with the Fridrich method I can do it in about 2 minutes?

[HermanAnimation]

@habip4o Perfectly normal, as badmephisto himself said, when you start practising it, your times will suffer greatly. That doesn't mean you have to give up. Practice every day, every time and you will soon solve the cube about 20-30 secs faster than before. I am doing it. My times at first with learning Fridrich were 2-3 mins ( old record 51sec), but now my record after a month of practising F2L is 40 seconds! And I yet have to learn PLL and OLL. Keep cubing, it helps a lot!

[habip4o]

@HermanAnimation I feel like doing it faster too but actually my time stays the same...

[HermanAnimation]

@habip4o I am learning OLL and PLL and yes, it FEELS faster because you use less moves, but the time you take to do the algorithm is longer because your fingers move slower to not mess everything up and you don't know what to do straight away. Don't worry about that.

[juliand665]

@habip4o You should practice some more. The average with the beginner's method is somewhere between 0:50 and 1:00, and after two days of practice, I can solve it in about 1:00 using F2L.

[juliand665]

@juliand665 should practise*

I failed

[lovinsampras7]

i was bit confused at the first coz i didn't applied the algorithm correctly, now its all fine, thanx very much

[Rang3r0wnin95]

At 4:22... How to make the cube in the left?? It looks so awesome :)

[ZebMacahan]

Great video, bought your app btw. =)

[sivret20]

@badmephisto I find it hard to practice the algorithms because if i want to practice a certain PLL or OLL I have to wait until I'm solving it and I get that particular one. Is there a list of algorithms that could lead me to each OLL/PLL so I can practice them? Like for example, is there a certain algorithm that would lead me to the Sune OLL or something like that?

[treym1990]

@sivret20 simply take a cube in its solved form, and apply an algorithm, do it again and it will go back. i just do that to memorize algs.

[sivret20]

@treym1990 Does that work with OLLS also? Or should you take a solved cube, do a PLL and then an OLL after that to get to that OLL?

[tsquads]

cant you just substitute the first one with R' F R' B2 R F R' B2 R2

[coolchick190]

@tsquads it's the same thing, only turned

[MrScillage]

@tsquads It's because it's generally easier to do U and D, then it is to do F and B, but it's personal preference, I use the one you said though :P

[jideemo]

hi @badmephisto

i found an easy and faster way to do the

1. x [(R' U R') D2] [(R U' R') D2] R2

.

instead of doing that do this

1. put the pair corners at the right side

2. R' U' L' ( U R U'2) L U' L' U'2 L

the L U' L' U'2 L its like the sune but you do it on the left

[guestalternate]

Your video tutorials helped me get on my feet as a cuber! I've been at it for a couple of months and thanks to your great teaching I've already gotten my average down to 39 seconds! Thanks, and keep it up!

[HjMarius]

in 3:02 use the alg in the beginner's method R' F R' B2 R F' R' B2 R2

[Little123ziggY]

@HjMarius no, because If you do use the beginners alg the you are NOT guaranteed to run in to one of the 4 cases

[TheBalloonfire]

I only need to know like 5....

[htirah100]

PLL i need to watch this many times...

[MimaLawyerGirl]

Can I please talk to you over Private messaging, since I think there are a lot of mistakes in your algorithms regarding notations that have confused me for a while now.

[creation700]

OMG! wdf x m wdf yoo all these damn algorythims are fking confusing me now i could solve it fine but now this speed cubing ones are just down right confusing

[No0BZo0r]

Hey mephisto.

Saw your results of 5 (it was around 14 as far as i remember)

Are you you using full OLL/PLL or the 2 look OLL/PLL for this result?

Ty

[jacobl36]

wow thanks  can i get thunbs up for nothing please:)

[WRPrOdUcTiiOnZ]

@jacobl36 sure

[ballstoyou15]

WHAT CUBE DO YOU USE PLZ TELL ME

[Kizerlk07]

BECAUSE OF YOU I WAS NOW ABLE TO SOLVE MY RUBIK'S CUBE! Without watching on a paper!

[pyeriv]

Thanks alot for this!

[dmr778810]

thumbs up for 2:33 left cube checker board

[dmr778810]

its triggers like RUR'U' that is a trigger

[hbkindx]

hi. pls temme why did u put brackets around some moves and made some of them red?

[KaiStarkk]

Worth nothing that in alg 5. both the M primes could just be M

[levav8]

they noticed it, but they understand it dosent realy matter... everyone can see it so there is no point in bothering someone with it

[iAmMrRoy13]

on the last algorithm its D' not D

[oshgots]

@iAmMrRoy13 wow, you are totally right!

I wonder how none of the 100,000 viewers of this video has spotted this mistake.

Is it possible that nobody actually tried the algorithms he shows?

[9409elle]

so... how do I get all the yellow sticks up?

[kobioshi123]

ur channel is my homepage until i remember this xD

[MrChuiCheeseballs]

in last alg i havta finish with U2 D2, but it doesnt say...

[tcurt1s]

for the first algorithm instead of doing an x just do a l' or a lw' (which ever one you are used to seeing they are the same thing)

[AkaMax007]

At 4:40 that other cube looks like an optical illusion.

[AkaMax007]

doesn't using oll and pll make you look a lot around the cube and making cube rotations? If so it slows you down or is there a way??

[NoahNJosh]

forgot Counter-Clockwise corner perm

[ilikepie2274]

if u did make the video, would my average be 15?

[FedDisciple]

I appreciate what ur doing for world by teaching us this...but dont u have like a job or something?

[ShredderDK]

nevermind already found out ...

[ShredderDK]

How do you setup your cube (to the left, on table) like 2:44 looks really cool !

Great vids btw

[formigalformigal]

@ShredderDK Once its solved, you move each center slice of the cube 180 degrees. Thatd be: M2 S2 E2 ;)



[NsFPeAcE]

My average with beginners method is 1:11:00 and my best is 0:58:68 (58 seconds) Ive learned like 4 algorithms and ill take like 2 every week until i know all 14 :) hope to get under 40 secs before i start F2L, its so confuzing. i know all cases except 1, and i cant solve it if its the 4th pair -.-

[Manologft]

@NsFPeAcE Before i started using f2l, i used for the first two layers LBL and i only knew 1 oll and 2 look pll and my were around 35 secs so just keep on practicing!!

[formigalformigal]

@NsFPeAcE What do you mean 14 algs? Theres 54 orientation algs and 21 permutation ones :)

[NsFPeAcE]

@formigalformigal not in the 2-look oll/pll, there are 7 orientation algs and 7 permutation ones :) takes more time, but less than with the beginners method...

[formigalformigal]

@NsFPeAcE Oh ok im learning full oll, i think the method i used before was the one youre using :)

[NsFPeAcE]

@formigalformigal i learned it from dan brown (pogobat). I dont wanna be the best speedcuber, but its for when i have nothing to do so i wont learn full :D

[RVH253]

I'm getting around a minute with 2 look oll and 2 look pll and f2l. I'm bit slow at F2l Atm need more practice

[yasoufi]

ty this droped my average by like 10 seconds was 50 sec now 40 sec is that good? or should it drop more?

[hardycove1]

@yasoufi with practice you should get to the 35 second range (or at least thats where im at) if your REALLY good you might be able to get sub 30 times with it. with a good cube of course

[TheUltimatephoenix71]

What do the bracket's mean?

[123456789zxcvbnmddd]

hey i keep getting counterclockwise corner cycle. what is the algorithm for this, or am i doing something wrong? plz respond!

[Liquoricilicious]

@123456789zxcvbnmddd Remember to place the already-placed-corner to your left side. 1:01

[123456789zxcvbnmddd]

@Liquoricilicious i did, but the corners have to go to opposite directions than the example he showed in the video



[Liquoricilicious]

@123456789zxcvbnmddd Aha! Then place the 'already-permuted-corner" -in the back, to the left- and do this algorithm:

x' [(R U' R) D2] [(R' U R) D2] R2

[123456789zxcvbnmddd]

@Liquoricilicious ohh ok that worked thanks a lot!

[Liquoricilicious]

@123456789zxcvbnmddd you're welcome!

[anthcybo]

OMG E perm is so hard to learn :(

[layersofsnow]

how long does it usually take to remember these cause i dont have a lot of free time...

[mgcgyugitradeco]

@layersofsnow it doesnt take me long i can memorize one by going over it about 5 times which only takes a few minutes

[TheOneTheOnlyTheMatt]

can you explain what is "x"?

[TheUltimatephoenix71]

@TheOneTheOnlyTheMatt It's rotating the cube 90degrees AWAY from you.

[Nathanielec]

Thank you badmephisto for making this video, I could not find a decent PLL video without memorizing over 20 different algorithms :P

[TheRichardboom]

oh my god!men really thanx i got an average of 59-58 seg,hehe Im really congratulated!!!!!!!!!!!!!but how can get less than 40 seg,cause its to difficult to learn all the f2l

[TheRichardboom]

oh my god!men really thanx i got an average of 59-58 seg,hehe Im really congratulated!!!!!!!!!!!!!but how can get less than 40 seg,cause its to difficult to learn all the f2l

[kiivari999]

@badmephisto please help I couldn't find part where you telle what do I need to do if I got the 1:00 part but counterclockwise I need help!

[dudewheresmycube]

hey badmephisto im having trouble with the pll ....because when i sove the cross without solving the center edge peice on the top just like in the begiiners method i get a pll where i need to swithch an opposite edge and corner ....is that happing because im not solveing the center edges on the top?

[designator741]

lol wtf the cube in the top right keeps dooing random stuff

[loljkidklmao]

2:35 - Nice design on the cube on the table.

[higherflyer2008]

very helpful !!

[vock12]

whats x..?

[Dkzelaxxer]

@vock12 turn the cube so that your new front is the old down

[keffoo321]

Best 2-look PLL tutorial ever. I tried to find a good one and I finally found a good one.

[jaihindhreddy]

Instead of the e perm u told, i think that this one is a little easier.

z U3 R2 F (R U R' U')x3 F' R2 U2

[wongtheazn]

link doesnt work

[360tantan]

how did u get all the yellows facing up after u solved the first 2 layers

[philipadriano3]

@360tantan Look up 2 look OLL

[Richardtola1]

i love you man i really love you my record now is 27 seconds thank you very much dude!!!!

[Richardtola1]

you now what do it as fast as you can so that we cannot understand!!!!

[instantpestering]

Thanks for the video... this didn't discourage me from learning all 21 plls, I was already discouraged. There's no way I'd learn all 70+ OLL/PLL algorithms. 12 is much better.

[clydecazenas]

whats the other formula for a similar problem to #1? zzz icant solve it

[red6sand6sasori]

my bad i meant to say pll



[red6sand6sasori]

the clockwise oll can be done with the layer by layer alg

[etiskate]

Hi, I always have a problem while doing 2 look pll. I often end up with two corners correctly oriented, or a case that cannot be solved by the 2 cases you presented.

For example: my bottom right corner needs to go on top left, but the other angles don't need to go where the algorithm moves them to. Help plz, I can't figure this out, it's frustrating !

[Numenorejac]

which cubes do you use?

[Salmonluver]

I sometimes get into a situation where I need one of those complicated PLL algarithm that isn't shown here but on your website :/ Is there a way around this or do I have end up learning more algarithms? ._.

[niklassonen93]

@Salmonluver what? that never happened to me :O

[XxWLLRxX]

how r u holding your camera

[sorryLT]

in that cases where u have to move 3 edges clockwise and counter clockwise it's easier to remember these 2 algs. For clockwise: F2 U L R' F2 L' R U F2

For counter clockwise: F2 U' L R' F2 L' R U' F2

So their almost the same and easy to remember.

[ApertureStatus]

the last algo sucks and I can do R' F R' B2 R F' R' B2 R2 Twice (to set up the headlights on one side and then to get them on every side) faster than I can do that that one algorithm. Should I bother memorizing it for 2 look PLL?

[Loseman000]

Easy ? No, I don't thing... fabulous ? Yes, of curse !!!

[rayrayzzzzz]

U ARE THE BEST ALL UR VIDS HAVE GOT ME TO GET IN THE 30 SECOND FRAM THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SO MUCH TOP GUY

[OrionLong]

....I'm so gonna learn these.....like...next week :P hahaha...I'm wanna make sure I have 2 look oll down lol...thank you so much for that tutorial!...It helped alot and helped my speed :D...which is still very slow but yeahh it was like 1:50 ( I just learned fridrich so I'm reaal slow :/) lol...and now using fridrich and 2 look oll and crappy pll...lol :P And its more like 1:20-30 lol (:...I know I suck but your helping alot hehe...:D

[wlalngxD]

hey im using badmephistos beginners method and im learning this one ..... should i go 1st for f2l or 4look LL?

[OrionLong]

@wlalngxD hmm...doesnt really matter...f2ls more intuitive so not all the crazy algs to remember lol I learned f2l 1st

[petergriffin4224]

@wlalngxD f2l then leaarn ur lls

[0reos27]

Your vid are my fav and they're alot easyer to understand then the rest of them. How many algorithms are there to learn for the f2l the pll and the oll?

[RadicalRight3]

@0reos27 There are 41 f2l cases, 57 oll cases, and 21 pll cases, so 119 algortihms. Truly though you can learn f2l intuitively and 4ll which reduces your algorithm count to about 16 I beleive.

Good Luck.

[alexmagrodmencube]

i wont learn full pll cause i just wanted to get sub 50.

Personally i dont find the point of memorizing 15 more algorithms just to get some seconds faster.

[kspons]

it took me forever to imitate the cube in the background at 4:30

[T0BBi94]

how to do if you got the first algorithm but reversed? =S

[Carrierski]

For 6 try t use R2' U R' d' R U R' U' R U R' U' R U R' F U' F2. Definitely easier and faster to perform, and easy to remember

[Riley0143rsj]

My time with beginners method was 55 seconds, I havent timed myself with this method, but I think itll bring me down a good 30 seconds.

[Theportrait]

I have to thank you a lot!

After learning the beginners method my times were somewhere between 5 and 2,5 minutes.

After learning the 2 look OLL, and 2 look PLL, and not even all the algorithms my times are somewhere around 1:40-1:22 minutes.

Great videos! Lots of thanks!

I can't wait to see my times when I know all the algorithms!

[Carrierski]

I have a situation you havent described. The corners had to go to the opposite corner place. On a pictrue it looks like your 4th algorithm but you have to move corners not those between corners

[Riley0143rsj]

@Carrierski Try a U2 :p.

[Carrierski]

You are genious

[LeighzerCuber]

you probably get this a lot but what cubes do you use and what do you use/ do to lubricate them

[SilentEliminator]

@LeighzerCuber

I'm not him, but most people will tell you to get a FII, some will tell you to get a Dayan Guhong, or even a Dayan III, but it's your choice, watch some review of each. The lubricant that is best is defenitly Lubix, but you can use Silicone spray, Jig-a-loo, or maru lube. DONT EVER USE VASELINE. Happy cubing :)

[LeighzerCuber]

@SilentEliminator Thank you very much. yeah my friend learned the hard way with vaseline. it is a pretty sad cube. muhahahaha. some friend i am.

[mynameisdarthtater]

Here's the E perm I use:

z U2 R2 F (R U R' U')x3 F' R2 U2 z'.

Of course, the z' on the end isn't really necessary. Full PLL FTW.

z turns the entire cube like an F.

And if you REALLY can't learn the E perm, just learn a Y

F R U' R' U' R U R' F' (R U R' U') (R' F R F').

Looks long and scary. It isn't. It's actualy 2 OLLs put together. Put them together in the opposite order and you get a T perm.

[THEAJSTEELE]

Can you please make the - video that would drop our times by 20

[pcsiva]

seriously my face in the whole vid was =O

[crackos2008]

cant understand when to use algorithms and what that arrows mean :(

[rokudomokuro117]

@crackos2008 teh meen your permute them while oing thos algs

[vajr41891]

ok, my average is in the 50s now,

so what should i learn next?

[rokudomokuro117]

@vajr41891 you can go to 30s with this method i do 35s with it

[grimreaper123457]

the last step from the beginner's method (F2 U R' L F2 R L' U F2) is faster than remembering all of these?

[mrcubefreak007]

I do the rubiks cube in less than 1 minute 30 seconds, with this method it takes me 2 minutes 30 sec, is this normal? I pause alot trying to rememver the algorithms.

[ZeppFan710]

@mrcubefreak007 That is totally normal. Using beginner method i had my time down to about 45 seconds and then i switched to fridrich which included f2l 2 look oll and 2 look pll and it went up to like 1 min 10. Then after a lot of practice and fully memorizing the algorithms i can now do it in about 30 seconds. Trust me this is the better method

[badmephisto]

@mrcubefreak007 yes

[rokudomokuro117]

@mrcubefreak007 i can do it in 35s with this method (i don't know all of them yet)

[Yenfire]

@mrcubefreak007 yeah at first but when you practise you will get better

[takutolovex]

@mrcubefreak007 what do you use?

[Stickman698]

@mrcubefreak007 It is. You'll see, in no-time you will get MUCH better at it!

~Good luck!

[azzorzer]

so fast i cant see enything

[ninjitsuex]

erm dude wad is COLL at the cubezone.be

i dun understand wad corners and orientation last layer mean

is it oll?

[gravityjoe35]

i love your vids you explain it so well and your diagrams help alot too thanks alot !

[luciusxx]

Umm..

The clockwise and counter-clockwise edge rotations..

Clockwise: F2 U R' L F2 R L' U F2

Counter-Clockwise: F2 U' R' L F2 R L' U' F2

9 steps as opposed to 11 ._.

(Sorry if it's annoying to see this, I'm just confused as to why so many different algorithms exist on the net for one case)

[AsbjornOlling]

@luciusxx Those algorythms are fewer steps, but not as fast to execute..

The ones you wrote have like 4-5 regrips!

[thaydiabolo]

its much faster you use 2 look or each one algo ?

[link10041632]

o___o

[smbaj]

It takes much time to look at cube to determine which algorithm to apply. So how can I save time looking at cube?

[ltsjack]

when I do the M' I just do r followed by R', is that okay or should I learn how to do the middle push like you do?

[amateursurvivaltv]

can you do the full oll video and the give me some advice on the F2L?Can you also post a video on how to move f r l ?etc thankyou

[amateursurvivaltv]

thanks youre d best

[Lekopetro]

advice on how to memorize the algorithms?

[badmephisto]

@Lekopetro repetition repetition repetition repetition repetition repetition repetition repetition repetition repetition repetition repetition repetition repetition get it?

[Lekopetro]

@badmephisto thanks helped alot : )

[AnthonyAOK]

@badmephisto This is true, took me 5 days to remember the 4 look plls doing this

[designator741]

@badmephisto finally, someone who knows

[Kd4Master]

@badmephisto y forgot more repetition

[midgety1]

@Lekopetro I dunno if this will help but what i do is wright them all down then do them a few times and say the move as im doing it ...hope that helps

[ezarlol]

wow i quit......

[ezarlol]

too much algorithms :(

[DavidAvigdor1990]

what is X ?

[Om3gaTube]

Why is there no counter clockwise corner cycle?

[79bommer]

how do u turn the m' plzzzzzzz reply

[Deliro87]

@79bommer You turn the M in M' like the R in R' or L in L

[79bommer]

@Deliro87 no i mean how to do the fingertrick for it

[Deliro87]

@79bommer Ring finger or middle finger, just spin it ;D My hands are too small so i have big problems with ring finger :3 Instead of the finger trick you could also use r2,R2

[79bommer]

@Deliro87 thnx and good luck