F2L Trick - Fewer moves, no new algorithms!

This is a trick that I heard about for speed-solving the middle layer edges of Rubik's cube. It's really ingenious--it uses about 4 turns per edge instead of 8, and doesn't require any algorithms! I've heard that many competitors used this technique in the early 1980s, before Jessica Fridrich came along with her "simultaneous F2L" method.

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• rubik
• rubik's
• rubiks
• cube
• speedsolving
• f2l
• middle
• layer
• edges

[verack22]

You don't need this if you know full F2L

[theianography]

@rai8k Is he solving the first two layers? Yes. Therefore he is doing F2L, just in a different way.

[HoodedNova]

Thank you dude :)

[gerdin100]

that is called the keyhold method!!

[gerdin100]

@flamingnachos3000 it's real

[ChrisSeanT]

wow this is great. I looked up a lot of videos and many of them were either too long or not informative. This method worked for me on the first try. Thanks a lot.

[flamingnachos3000]

*your

[flamingnachos3000]

I think you cube is fake. The colours aren't in the right place.

[Metallica9399]

Keyhole F2L is the proper name. People have adapted CFOP (cross f2l oll pll) to this to make it faster.

[nixthenamed]

Fridrich F2l>This

[lama25399]

Is it just me or is his color scheme different than a normal cube?

[rollercoaster2345]

How do you solve the empty square??

Plz answer quick!!