2-Look PLL Tutorial (Intermediate)

[MrCloud39]

0:49 clockwise corner



[123puzzlesmc]

thanks so much. nw i hope i can get mt average to about 20 or 30 seconds. for the pll you have to 2 algorithms right?

[tucense]

I do such a wierd solve on the last layer.. I self taught from just messing around with my own algs and tracing the pieces where they ended up. It's probably not good, but I feel good knowing the way I solve a cube has always been unique. I got it down to around 30sec ave without memorizing a single alg off the internet.

[TheCigarina]

I think that the blue red background is from your carpet

[TheCigarina]

Do you know all the pll algorithms? How many time you took to decorate them?

[bakonfreek]

but the edges don't get fixed in OLL for whatever reason

[TheWeirdLunatic]

The website in the description isn't working...

[LanceTheBlueKnight]

@TheWeirdLunatic

Because it's the new year, I have to renew my website. I'll do it in a couple weeks when I get some money.

[scootermaster2343]

You only need two algorithms to permute the corners! You need the H perm for when you don't have headlights (cross corner switcher, this one is in the video) and this (put headlights in back): x' R' D R' U2 R D' R' U2 R2 <-- that is the clockwise corner cycle. There is no need to learn the counter-clockwise one until you learn full PLL. Thumbs up so others can see!

[scootermaster2343]

@scootermaster2343 I mean E perm, not H perm! H perm does edges, E does corners.

[adrianchong1]

For the n perm that swaps UFL with UBR and UR with UL you do R U R' U R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U2 R U' R'

[adrianchong1]

For the n perm that swaps ULB with URF and UR with UL you do L' U' L R' U L' U2 R U' R' U2 R L U' L' U L

[xXParmjotXx]

wat is a good lubricant for the rubik.s cube?

[BasketBallfilms247]

wait what do you do first the edges or the corners?

[Valu3Seeker]

Thanks a bunch, just getting back into cubing and these are helping a lot.

[blindbiker22]

the blue background is from a stackmat!

[TheBalloonfire]

@LanceTheBlueKnight I thing finding headlights, placing them at the back and doing

R' F R' 2B RF' R' 2B 2R faster than working out what cycle or blah blah blah! 3 look pll!

[WhitetailBowmaster]

what happens if to consecutive corners are correct, and the opposite two are incorrect?

[Crrrg14]

@WhitetailBowmaster That should not be possible to happen on a 3x3.

[WhitetailBowmaster]

@Crrrg14 it is. he messaged me a while back, and if you look closely then whenever you have one corner match, and headlights anywhere, those headlights (if you turn the top layer) will both match on their color's side. White headlights will be matching on the white side, etc. And the other two will be out of place, you just have to rotate to have 1 in place and the 2 make out of place headlights. Then it's just like any other corner rotation. :) Thanks though.

[Crrrg14]

@WhitetailBowmaster Oh yeah I just realized that a few hours after posting this, felt kinda dumb. Figured it out. I was thinking about it like the rest of the cube was solved. Sorry about that haha

[WhitetailBowmaster]

@Crrrg14 Oh it's perfectly fine. I felt like the biggest n00b EVAR when he told me lol. Like I was still getting 2 min solves. I'm averaging 35-40 sec solves now, thanks to this man. What kinda times you gettin yourself? And good luck cubing!

[Crrrg14]

@WhitetailBowmaster Well I was stuck at a minute, but in the last month or two I was practicing a lot and got to 40-45ish seconds with the beginner method. I learned F2l and now I get anywhere from 30-40, usually on the upper end of that haha. I'm gonna learn 2-look OLL and PLL over Christmas break. I would like to average 25ish. Not trying to lose my life to the cube haha

[WhitetailBowmaster]

@Crrrg14 that's pretty damn good for the beginner method. Once you get 2 look OLL and PLL, you'll really drop like 10 seconds average probably. F2L is what takes me the longest amount of time. I think that I just need to get a better idea of what the ENTIRETY of the cube is doing so that I know where my next pair is going to be. That's the only way I could think to speed things up more right now.

[mynameisdarthtater]

Whenever I introduce someone new to cubing, I show them this video, then I get all nostalgic.

[Denaliz93]

@LanceTheBlueKnight at 8:42 on the slice move algorithm you seemed to use the same move for M and M' even after you noted M' is the same direction as R

[deathmetalCharles]

R2D2 was named after these algorithms! ask george lucas

[kobioshi123]

you raped my cube when u messed up the algorithm\

[IDoCleanFlips]

Can u write the algs for pairing centers with edges on OLL?

[JeffreyOKay]

First off, you make the first algorithm confusing. it could simply be put as R' U R' B2 R U' R' B2 R2. Second, you can use the algorithm I just stated for both of the first cases... All you have to do is put the head lights in the back. I don't see the advantage in learning two algorithms for one step, but if there's any advantage, could you, or someone else please explain it to me?

[aandgpointlessvideos]

@JeffreyOKay you're 100% right!

[TheMiguel102518]

or u cand do Ri F Ri B2 R Fi Ri B2 R2gets it in 3-5 SECONDS

[JeffreyOKay]

@TheMiguel102518 You just wrote the same algorithm I wrote.

[TheDsler]

@JeffreyOKay

The advantage of learning the first two algorithms is if the edges are already correct and you have the second case and you would perform the first algorithm then you would destroy the correct edges

in other words the edges wouldn´t be in the correct position anymore if you performed the algorithm for the first case

[TheGbpackr]

blue backround=stackmat

[MadCodex]

In soviet Russia last layer permutates YOU!

[leehockey8]

another great informative video thanks man!

[SuperCuber92]

lol u said r2d2

[scootermaster2343]

Isn't M' counterclockwise? So the direction of R'? Thats how I do the Z perm and it works.

[almabatard]

@scootermaster2343 it's counterclockwise from the left side, so the direction of L' and R

[guitarist825]

1:58 R2D2! xD

[Berntisso]

In 2-look PLL, you actually only need one of the corner 3-sicles. Just rotate the top lair until getting that one.

[ekosterful]

very very good video....im trying now to keep all cases in mind...^^

[ekosterful]

very very good video....im trying not to keep all cases in mind...^^

[xHyugaki]

Took me 10 minutes to memorize all these... So easy. Their so easy to do, and they are really easy to remember. I have trouble learning Full PLL and Full OLL because I cannot learn the algorithms without a video showing me the proper way.

[WeeDan3]

wow i learned how to solve the rubik's cube using this method for the last layer when i first started, not that gay-ass method that comes with the cube.

[aLeTsS1KtSs]

@WeeDan3 ur right, n' i think they shouldn't include instructions with the cubes. most of the people can´t solve it anyways

[aditya95sriramgmail]

I think a better algorithm for switching edges clock-wise is

F F U L R' F F L' R U F F

and instead of the L R' you can do an M-slice and the proceeding F F becomes U U

Pretty fast the second way .

Thumbs Up if this works faster than R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2

[TheCubeClan]

@TheCubeClan Nevermind

[TheCubeClan]

For the Z perm the easier algoritm is M2 U M2 U M' U2 M2 U2 M' U2

[atoman666]

@TheCubeClan what about M2 U M2 U2 M2 U M2

[LuKaS2oo9]

best F2L-OLL-PLL tutorial ever. love the way you explain everything!

[rafathama]

for the last one u showed us u could also do this algorithm

R2 U' R2 U R2 B2 R2 U B2 U' R2 B2

[Voider87]

he said R2, D2 lol hehe

[lolBuNNiiEzZ]

2:15 u said rsd2...i lol'd

[Moraes1995]

it's just impossible for me to memorize all these algorythms. no possibility.

[BritishStrings]

@Moraes1995 One at a time, one at a time. You'd be surprised how far you get

[ejello2]

@Moraes1995 For 2 Look OLL I just memorized 1 algo. a day. Seemed to work for me!

[aditya95sriramgmail]

@ejello2 For 2 look OLL I memorized 3 a day and practised each of them separately and it worked pretty well .

All credit goes to Lance The Blue Knight and his video of 2 look OLL.

[ejello2]

@aditya95sriramgmail Thats a good way too! However, I find that if I memorize too many a day that I sometimes forget how to do them well. Anyways, whatever works for you is the best for you. :D

[aditya95sriramgmail]

@ejello2 Perfectly right

[gorilla2745]

Haha you said r2d2

[gummyhummy]

do you have any tips on being able to do your moves that fast for a beginner?

[masonball5]

Best F2L/OLL/PLL tutorial on youtube. Nice. Do you have any suggestions for a video on getting the top cross after F2L and before OLL?

[gummyhummy]

@masonball5 use F,R,U,R',U',F' if there is just the dot use it to get a l and put it backwards from the top middle down one to the left, the get a line and have the horizontally faceing you. after that you get the cross. if you were wondering you keep repeating that algorithm.

[chrisgeorge9]

@masonball5

if you have a dot and 2 edges which dont make a line on the top, hold the cube with them in the top left corner and use the alg FURU'R'F' and if you have the line on top hold it so it is horozontal and do the alg FRUR'U'F'

[theguitarhero649]

I love you

[Cheater1231000]

i dont understand it , i do the last move but it isnt cool

hmm....

[natgoboom]

just wondering what your fastest time is ... 1.OMG seconds maybe?

[l3g10nw]

PPL pls i need to know what is COLL and what it does....

[dan2x9]

For the Z permentation an eaiser way to do it is U2 M2 U M2 U M' U2 M2 U2 M' idk that's just me

[DerrickSchmidt7]

okay rubix cubes have always confused me....and they still do. but i kinda understand them better now. i was just confused by the names for each move.

[tonny1517]

Quick question: Why is it that the algs in this video are different that the ones in your page?

[badjaeaux]

great tutorial dudeand you are very fast what is your best time man?

[alreadytakenthe3rd]

r U' L D2 L' U L D2 L2 is an easier algorithm for clockwise corners but it requires different cube orientation than what you are showing.

[schroeder0278]

honestly you have the best f2l, oll, and pll tutorials ive seen so far. thanks a ton

[mynameisdarthtater]

An easier and faster way to tell the edge cycles apart is to look at the sticker between the headlights on the right. If it's the opposite color of the headlights (like it's orange and the headlights are red) then it's the ccw edge cycle. If not, it's the cw edge cycle.

Oh, and here's a faster E perm (the really long alg with all the Rs and Ls in it)

z U2 R2 F R U R' U' R U R' U' R U R' U' F' R2 U2 z'

z Is a cube rotation that makes the face that's originally L into U. z' does the opposite.

[wbc564]

Also the carpet is the background :p

[wbc564]

If you have 2 correctly permed corners beside each other, use t permutation. Look up t permutation

[change139]

Will you please send me the algs and the pictures?? Please?

[Geeksunitedvideos]

for the edge switchers, I like to use "niklas" from the petrus method (I think it was Niklas) just put the one solved face on the right side, and do this

L' L' U B' F L' L' f' B' U' L' L' (no doubt, I made a number of mistakes in typing that)

[piegames1]

i have 2 corners in the right place so what do i do??? gettin pissed none of the ppl oll videos explain very well...

[Geeksunitedvideos]

@piegames1 he very clearly gives a case of what do "if you can not pair up only one corner"

[Mrstreetballer97]

2:36 i hate when i get that case. do you know a faster algorithm? btw great tutorial :D

[chimufox]

such a nice way to introduce this new method, thx

[xxoxia]

HAHAHA, Lance said shit. And... yep... hahaha, as soon as I look down at the uploader comments, there's Lance yelling at some stupid kid. Fucking great man.

[HYPEREXTREAME]

Tell me what should i do if i can match 2 corners but they are not oposite they are in the same line ? Pls replay

[xxoxia]

@HYPEREXTREAME - What you do is just turn the U layer until only one corner matches.

[rubiksguy1231]

also for the last one you can use U2 M2 U M2 U M U2 M2 U2 M

[rubiksguy1231]

for the very first algorithm you can use R' F R' B2 R F' R' B2 R2. its the same thing except the first few moves. :)

[Partylikeaturtle]

Does 2 look OLL and PLL truely speed up your time (not including the F2L). Because after getting the cross, buth the beginner's method and the 2 look methods bboth require 3 more steps.

Because my fingers are really fast and I can get sub 30 with the beginner's method (26), but will the 2 look OLL and PLL help me if I do not learn the F2L method?

[xxoxia]

@Partylikeaturtle - F2L is the most important thing you could learn to speed up your time.

[NewSuperHelioBros]

at about 3:17 that was a L prime not L dude

[homeskilletbiscuit49]

@NewSuperHelioBros no that was L. L prime would mwan counter cloclwise but when you turn the left side towards yourself like he did, that's clockwise

[KimTubey]

thank you, this was incredibly helpful and descriptive :)

[Chyaman09]

What I did, was I do the F2L, then the first algorithm of the OLL, and then the PLL algorithm. If there is a faster way to improve my speed, please reply. Thanks.

[homeskilletbiscuit49]

@Chyaman09 it depends. If you are already doing regular OLL with 57 algorithms and PLL with 21 algorithms then you are doing the fastest method possible. If you are doing the 2 look OLL and 2 look PLL (this video) then you can imporve your time by learning all 57 algorithms for OLL and all 21 algorithms for PLL. Also use fingertricks if you don't already

[Chyaman09]

I know I'm probably stupid, but I don't know where to start. I mastered the F2L, and now I'm on to the PLL, but I'm not sure where to start this method. If you understand what I'm saying, please reply with an answer. Thanks.

[Chyaman09]

@Chyaman09 I figured it out

:)

[tykwondo35]

i like the way you call them head lights

[Yrian96]

thanks to you i got my first sub 1 minute average of 5 :D

[Bboychill210]

THanks

[Twixgtx]

hey, in the beginning, the headlights will always match 2 corners, soooo you can just use one algorithm for that which is (with headlights facing you):

R U2 R' U' R U2 L' U R' U' L

And the edge switchers, you can just use one algo, only 2 different moves in counter vs clockwise(the middle edge must be towards you):

F2 (U or U') R' L F2 R L' (U or U') F2

in that U is a clockwise rotation, U' is counter.

And the last one, you can use R2 B2 F2 L2 D R2 B2 F2 L2 U

[Twixgtx]

@Twixgtx im sorry the head lights have to be on the left side for that algorithm i first said.

[MidgetMan14xxEClipse]

learn the "T" perm. Forget the 3 corner cycles. this is a corner permutation. hold the cube with headlights (same color) on the left side of the cube.

Do: (R U R' U') R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F'

You dont need to algor's if you can use one.

Just thought I'd add that but your tutorial is great other than that.

dont hate.

[flexi46]

Lol 2:14 R2D2 :D

[jb7x7]

hey man thanks a lot your tutorial really helped me with oll & pll

[illegalwaffles]

... YOU are prime!

[XxoTOXICoxX]

ty buut hate how so many algs are involved cus i got alot of exams got no time to memorize lol

[FarPW]

for the 3 edge cycle clockwise, you can have the solved side on the left, and do R2 U B' F R2 F' B U R2. And for the anti-clockwise you can have the solved side on the right, and do L2 U' B F' L2 F B'U' L2!

[IHateThisCube101]

You don't know how much this helped me.....thank you very much!!!

[FarPW]

for your M2 U M2 U2 M2 U M2 you can also do M2 U' M2 U2 M2 U' M2!!!

[KookiesMD3477]

lance, on your website you wrote for your Z permutation_U' M' U M2 U M2 U M U2 M2, which is the way i use. but a fault in your algorithm is at the second M it should be M'(so the new alg. is U' M' U M2 U M2 U M' U2 M2) just thought i should point that out! also the background is from a speedstack mat

[PlayOnBrokenStrings]

Great tutorial! Just wondering, when you show the diagram with the arrows, what do the arrows mean?

[KookiesMD3477]

@PlayOnBrokenStrings the direction that center/corner piece needs to go.

[IanMaster619]

yo man thanks sooo much this vid is very usefull thanks a lot!

[cym1337]

youra a little fucked up man, its not normal to do it that fast!

[AzQman]

The last algorythm is very long, and just cant remember it !

Do you have any advice how to remember it, or is it just practising ?

[KookiesMD3477]

the background for the actual cube is a carpet(guessing a sample), the background for the algorithms is a speedstack mat

[kjv55]

the backrepund is a stackmat

[ExtremeCardControl]

Thanks for ya tut!XD

Your OLL and PLL tutorials are great!

The only problem: i have much trouble with F2L :( It slows me down...

But great vid!

[petergriffin4224]

hey could you do xi.R.Ui.Ri.D.R.U.Ri.l2.Ri.U.R.­D.Ri.Ui.R for the opposite corners?

[Lastesina]

Great tutorial thank you so much!

[BubbieRex]

LOL. R2 D2

[carlisn]

omg 9:54

[martin8768]

no doubt that was fast

[joemanyeah666]

holy shit

[Leopardsclaws]

for the last one you can just do this alg:

M2 U M2 U M U2 M2 U2 M U2

[masterhans12]

Lol most algorithms have R2 - D2 ... btw to those lazy ppl that want the pll images... just grab a pencil and start drawing the cases, <_<

[gavinjoaquinolivas]

LOL that made me laugh cause thats what im doing right now haha

[LuKaS2oo9]

@masterhans12 thats exactly what im doing right now xD

[40aldrick]

i have a problem remembering the algo's do u have any tips

[Bigassminiwheats]

9:39 "holy shit" lol

[mynameisdarthtater]

these algs are generally faster because with these you only need to turn 2 faces, and thats much more finger-tricky

[imsmarturnot1234]

wait... what if 2 corners are in the right spot?

[mynameisdarthtater]

if 2 adjacent corner are permuted right, then youre a U or a U' away from one of the corner cycles

[alecanddylan123]

oh yea and,will you pretty please send me ur oll/pll images?:)

[alecanddylan123]

love your tutorials man!!! but i dont no what to do next i have learned all of 2 look oll and pll so wats next? my average is right aroung 32-34secs.

[zuzeshi]

opps i mean( Ri F Ri B2 R Fi Ri B2 R2)

[LanceTheBlueKnight]

@pinelerpy

Oh, so you don't like my tutorial.

Let me just check what you got...

...OH, just as I thought. You ain't got SHIT. So maybe you should go buy a camera and try making videos and see how much time and effort it takes. Then I can be a stupid asshole and tell you how bad it is.

[MrFamilyguy4ever]

nice man u owned tht asshoel so bad xD

[myergang1]

@LanceTheBlueKnight lol ur right he should

[vriesdemarcel]

dont let the trolls get to you :)

[kozskate]

@LanceTheBlueKnight Chill man your videos made my time drop drop by 30 seconds. tell pinelerpy to f off.

[Hjf625]

LOL!! Nice!!!

[IanMaster619]

@LanceTheBlueKnight exactly, you didn't like the tutorial cuz you couldn't afford a cube to use it on

[pinelerpy]

@LanceTheBlueKnight i don't need tutorials you punk......

[Geeksunitedvideos]

@pinelerpy then why watch or comment on them?

[TheDuskMar]

i think he was trolling

[Spahrep]

could i have the pll images please :P

[TheVietCuber]

(Asking really nicely) Can i have the pll images??

The link in the sidebar doesnt work :(

[RosieJonesRules]

how fast can you solve one?

[MickleFickle]

@RosieJonesRules i average 30-40 seconds but my fastest 27 sec and proud

[Scarypker]

Which is the easiest of Layer by layer or this one? I Layer by layer and i think it's a very easy and simple way to solve it.

[mynameisdarthtater]

theres no need to know both corner cycles. just turn U until its the one you know

[LanceTheBlueKnight]

@mynameisdarthtater

Well I can think of at least one reason why you should know both cases... but you're sorta right.

[mynameisdarthtater]

well i realized that if i do it 1 way and then turn the cube to the left and do it again (i cant remember the notation for it) i end up switching all edges 180

[ppackers0430]

at 5:28 you used the term "inverse". In that case it would actually be contrapositive :D

[PresidentMubumbo]

haha 9:36 , this made my day

[iasimp1997]

There is a universal alg for permuting all of the corners if you have two corners permuted already:

Hold the two corners that are already permuted at the back face and perform:

R' F R' B2 R F' R' B2 R2

and all the corners are oriented.

then you just permute the edges using four algs

[jonlin1000]

the third permutation is the E Permutation and you can do it in this way: x' R U' R' D R U R' u2 R' U R D R' U R

[jappieskater]

nice carpet

[freerunning91]

thanks for the tutorial , i just wondered wht cube you were using and where you got it from , thanks

[criox12]

When you have the headlights, you can just stick them in the back and use the first algorithm... you don't have to learn the second algorithm...

[prad131313]

ok this might be a stupid question but i have been slow "speed cubing" for like a year now, and my avg is 1:25:36 so i wanted to make it faster so i am trying to learn this, but you start out with all the corners right side up but not in the right position, how do you do that?

[bumrang]

Its called...F-R-E-D-R-I-C-H

[LouisMcG123]

You watch his video on OLL algorithms then watch this

[supermuffin5]

@prad131313 its oll.

[kozskate]

@prad131313 JUst rotate the cube (y)

[gilder37]

wat the hell is wrong with ur cube

[Kello1231]

think about it for a sec. listen to what he said. and answer that yourself.

[adrianomatavelli]

what if you have a sloved side?