F2L made EXTREMELY EASY (only one step) (read description)

F2L made EXTREMELY EASY (read description)

2:38: One Step to Pairing
3:18: Three Obstacles to Pairing
6:20: Three Mistakes in Pairing
4:39: Worst-Case Scenario

Cube: GAN Air
Setup: AT4040, MOTU 828k, Logic Pro X, Final Cut Pro, iPhone SE

•This video is NOT for:
-People who already know F2L and just want to brag
-People who still have trouble solving the Rubik's Cube
-Trolls and other people not seeking to learn

•This video IS for:
-People who are able to watch the whole video
-People who can already solve the Rubik's Cube using some sort of layer-by-layer method, entirely by memory, preferably in less than 2 minutes

(1) This tutorial is NOT about beginner's method. The video STARTS by explaining why beginner's method is redundant, after which I immediately explain F2L. Beginner's method is layer-by-layer (LBL). F2L is pairing edges with corners. The lateral algorithm is an algorithm used in LBL and F2L.

(2) This tutorial is SUPPOSED to be extremely basic and easy. You will get slower while you are learning F2L, but with enough practice you'll get faster than you'd ever get with LBL.

(3) This tutorial is THE FIRST IN A THREE-PART series on F2L. If you think this is too easy, then go ahead and watch my next two videos on F2L (links below).

(4) A big part of F2L is intuition and finding your own ways to get faster. If you find shortcuts, write them down and use them! I guarantee that watching my Essentials video (link below) will be a huge help if you are just starting out.

(5) Eventually, learning algorithms will be the best way to go for F2L. Once you feel you've reached that point, watch my Advanced F2L video (link below) to learn the easiest solutions to all of those cases that you've been scratching your head about!

(6) Keep on cubing!

•Three Essentials of F2L (must know!):

•Advanced F2L (all the hard cases!):

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[JPerm]

I like how simple this tutorial is. I personally am also a fan of "being able to do it" more than "doing it the best way", as a guideline for teaching, like you have presented it here.

But I think you need a balance, because the simpler a concept becomes, the farther it strays from being the best way to do it in practice. At first I liked the simplicity of your method, but I think the lack of different techniques actually make this method slower than layer by layer, and requires a decent amount of relearning later on (such as ignoring RUR' inserts, and ignoring white-on-top for the corner).

For ease of learning I think you did a really great job, but I don't really agree with the details of the method being taught.

[SRehill]

2:39 Fundamental step to pairing
2:58 Insertion
3:22 Corner/Edge not on top layer
3:44 White on top
4:05 Paired, but edge flipped wrong
6:26 Mistake 1: Edge placed on wrong side of corner
6:57 Mistake 2: Edge gets pushed into middle layer when showing corner during pairing
7:27 Mistake 3: When solving a new pair, you mess up a previously finished pair

[Apoc]

This video is great.!Took me a few watches but it totally makes sense! Now just a matter of practicing.

I've made some timestamps for myself and hopefully this will help others.

Intro
2:38 - One Step to Pairing

Three Obstacles to Pairing
3:20 - Either corner or edge not on top
3:43 - Corner white on top
4:04 - Edge flipped wrong

Demo
4:39 - Demo with Three Obstacles ("Worst-Case Scenarios")

Three Mistakes in Pairing
6:24 - Edge on wrong side of corner
6:55 - Edge pushed into middle layer
7:22 - Un-solving pairs accidentally (slots explained)

[miguel]

dude, the other tutorials were so complicated, but this was really simple, it helped me a lot, thx!

[ajaygodase]

This has to be the only tutorial you need.... instead of memorizing algorithms... You made me understand what I'm actually doing with the cube... Kudos to you

[AshBashVids]

Have been solving via the beginner method, learned a few little extra bits and got "fast" doing it (quickest was 1:40), but noticed a huge chunk of that was the amount of pausing and messing needed in solving the 2nd layer. If I wanted to get under a minute, I knew I had to sort this part out.

Decided to look up CFOP and general F2L methods - got the gist of it to the point I could do it somewhat, but most tutorials were frankly not the best - generally full of jargon not immediately obvious to beginners and little emphasis on explaining in detail. This is the first one which truly clicked with me! Very clear and easy to understand.

[abarusso]

Woah. That actually did help! Thanks to you and Brody's F2L flowchart, I've been able to solve it like 4 or 5 times today for the first time. Thank you.

[rockcap]

I was searching for a very long time to find someone who could explain it decent, and you did the best. Thanks!

[bucketson_rblx]

Dude thank you so much its more simple and detailed unlike other tutorials

[greygods]

3:21 Corner or Edge not on top
3:44 Corner is white on top
4:03 Corner and edge not same color on top

[bruh-xrsl]

Sorry for that, you pointed me in the right direction and i found a different way how to get a pair thanks for the tutorial! I would recommend to watch this around 3-5 times to fully understand the obstacles and movements.

[rockcap]

How to insert: 3:07
1st Obstacle: 3:20
2nd Obstacle: 3:44
3rd Obstacle: 4:05

[lucario]

2:42 start
3:20 corner or edge is not on top
3:43 white on top
4:04 together but one is flipped
problems:
6:25 the tops are right but the sides aren't in a pair
7:24 when u solve one pair, another gets ruined

[daoudmirza.mviewsmontha]

3:20. Obstacle 1
3:43. Obstacle 2
4:03. Obstacle 3

[jadesmediacorner]

this is the most easily digestible F2L tutorial ive ever seen. im gonna be somving F2L in no time

[koparaperera]

This video is probably so far the best video that explains f2l clearly. This is really easy to understand

[jeffbezos]

This. Was. AMAZING!!! The steps were explained clearly and words like cross, open, and close were substituted for that “R-Prime” and “L-Prime” foolishness. Thank you, this video helped me reduce my solve time from 1:55 to 36 seconds!!!

[tuwtel]

Im scrolling through the comments and this guy is a legend and also a savage when responding to people

[Arif-ictt]

Advice for beginners: Guys like 3 months ago I watched this but I understood nothing and my average was like 50 seconds or so at that time but after I started learning CFOP I learnt the algorithms but I didn't really know what they were doing. So how I learnt each F2L case is that I did the algorithm and followed where the pieces go and how they pair. Learning just the algorithm does help you but not that much. If you know what each algorithm does and how they pair it will be better (By the way I got so much faster in 2-3 months with cfop. Now I average around 17-22. My PB is 14)


I strongly recommend you to learn cfop. Especially master the F2L step. Good Luck !

[Yettii]

welp, I can't seem to get it. It feels like I've watched every tutorial for F2L on YouTube, it's crazy confusing for me, I'm not going to stop trying but geez I thought it would be easier.