F2L For Beginners | Easy CFOP Tutorial

F2L (First Two Layers) is the second stage of CFOP, where you solve the first two layers of the cube at the same time. It's one of the fastest and most popular Rubik's Cube speedcubing methods. In this video I teach you the easiest way to solve F2L using only 5 basic cases.

This video is a complete intuitive F2L tutorial for beginners, including examples and breakdowns of each case. See the structure of the video below, along with additional resources.

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0:00 What is F2L? How do we solve it?
1:34 My best advice for beginners
2:18 Tutorial topics
3:00 Part 1: Converting Cases
4:02 Part 1: Converting Cases - Step 1
4:23 Part 1: Converting Cases - Step 2
5:38 Part 1: Converting Cases - Step 3
7:33 Part 2: The 5 Basic Cases
8:10 Part 2: Case 1 - Matching
10:40 Part 2: Case 2 - Non-matching
12:20 Part 2: Case 3 - White-on-top
14:45 Part 2: Case 4 - Mirrored matching
16:34 Part 2: Case 5 - Mirrored non-matching
17:34 Part 3: Solving the Last Pair
19:27 Part 3: Hiding trick golden rule
19:51 Part 4: Examples
28:06 Conclusion and next steps

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[ParadoxCubing]

Hey everyone, due to the number of FAQ in the comments, I've decided to address them here. Please see the following notes if you encounter these issues.

*1) Scrambles not working/not giving you the cross solved:*

*2) Solving an F2L pair unsolves existing pairs:*
• I cover this at 17:35 when I teach you how to solve the last pair without messing up existing pairs. This wasn't mentioned at the beginning to keep things simpler.

Please comment if there are any other issues you're having and I'll address them here! Thanks for the love and support on this video ❤

[unnecessaryrickrolls]

Even Jperm's video on this didn't cover all the cases which really confused me. It also didn't cover what to do when the hiding trick messes up other pairs. Keep up with the good videos!

[meepcheep]

you're the only tutorial maker that doesn't stress me out when it comes to cubing, your explanations are much better than i see online by advanced cubers, sometimes they forget to tell us what what they're actually doing but you "dumb it down" for us beginnners in a good way

[ianhill]

Hands down best F2L learning resource on the internet!

[EytanTrickshots-_-]

This is the BEST F2L video. I tried the J Perm video and long story short, I came out of it crying. It is so well made and easy to understand. Thank you so much bro!

[austinmolitor]

Dang, it's been a long time. I learned F2L 8 years ago from your old tutorials. I used to watch every new video as soon as I got home from school in grade school and junior high. Now I'm in college. Thanks for all the videos you made all those years ago, and good luck in the future. It's awesome to see you upload again.

[milod]

This is easily the clearest tutorial I've seen, goes at a beginner friendly pace also. That cube with the black squares on makes it SO easy to follow!!

[StevenPodraza]

I watched several F2L videos and tried hard to follow that F2L flowchart that’s out there, but this video and this approach was the only one that worked for me. It helps so much to think of the “5 cases” and learn each as a separate thing. You are very smart to think of this.

[danvers]

I love the blacked out pieces that don't matter. Some tutorials have normal Cubes that make my eyes hurt. Really help alot <3

[Auditas]

Matching: 9:39
Non-matching: 11:43 (only back)
Top: 13:04
Mirrored matching: 15:22
Mirrored non-matching: 17:06 (only left)

Hiding trick for last pair: 18:43

[poonamniyati]

One of the Best tutorials of F2L on the web . Honestly it was so clear I didn't need to rewind .

[vjmyryi]

i was at the brink of quitting until this tutorial, best tutorial ever
if you dont understand somthing, just watch it again!

[cynthiabauer]

this is the best F2L tutorial I've found... it explains what our goal is and how to get there, instead of just dropping algs for memorization. Thank you so much for this!

[zyxibule]

This is so useful. I’ve recently starting cubing and have just been using the beginners method, averaging 90 seconds for a solve. I’ve managed to get the hang of F2L watching your video where other videos were far too complicated. Thanks for making it straightforward!

[ls]

What makes this video far superior to the others are the CHAPTERS! I can just skip to the case I need for type I need to solve. Thank you so much for that. And you also have the algorithms up top as you go along. That’s very helpful (not that I’m good at following that way). I can do the beginners method over and over but now I need to step it up to the next level.

[RubiksMe]

Years ago, I used to watch your videos. Now I average about 20 seconds (my personal best being 10.54 seconds). Watching your videos after a long time is kinda nostalgic.

[adityapathak]

Yep, this made me finally get it. Not JPerm, not BrodyTheCuber, but this one. Was solving F2L myself in an hour of practice. The hiding trick was the main difference, made it so much easier. (I didn't check out the last F2L part, and was frustrated at how a F2L pair was always left, a reminder to watch the whole video!)

[xertiowitz]

I watched other tutorials for F2L, and I was thinking about giving up cfop. I then tried to learn Roux, but I figured it was much harder. Then I found this video and now I know how to do F2L! This is the best F2L tutorial I've seen! Thank you so much for helping me!

[Cubeorithms]

This video is so well made! Glad to see an upload from you 👍

[cinnamonroll]

Thank you so much for this video. I had been searching and searching for a video to properly explain f2l to me, a complete beginner. All the popular channels with millions of views, none of them could actually explain it coherently to a layman. But i stumbled upon your channel like a hidden treasure and i finally grasped it!! 😊