The BEST Method You’ve NEVER Heard of (APB)

So who’s gonna be the one to prove it?

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ZBLL:

0:00 Introduction and Overview
1:44 Step 1
3:04 Step 2
3:19 Step 3
4:31 Step 4
5:00 Step 5
5:29 Analysis

[Sanseru]

We will soon have a solving method like "Identify which one of the 43, 252, 003, 274, 489, 856, 000 scrambles you have, and use the corresponding algorithm (20 steps at most)".

[nathanaelmorgan]

I think this actually has potential, the main thing holding it back is the lack of a clear progression from beginner to advanced but I could see this really taking off in a few years. I'm definitely going to learn it.

[archiehandler]

as the 3x3 world record holder, I can say with certainty that this video is true

[TheBookDoctor]

This is very interesting. As an older cuber whose fingers just don't go as fast, this is appealing as efficiency is a good way for me to improve. A more efficient path through the solve with minimal new algs to learn (i.e. just the EO algs) is very enticing. I'd love to see a tutorial video or series.

[_wetmath_]

i didn't want to learn zz or petrus because it seemed too different from cfop and layer by layer. but this method seems fun, has potential to be really fast, and combines parts of different solving methods all into one. when i have time, i'll definitely try learning this! your video really convinced me.

[rebucato]

I've been messing around with the method and LXS is such a fun step to do. I don't know the algorithms, but there are so many times when I just cancel into an F2L case while inserting the edge, which is super satisfying. The beginner EO algs are also pretty interesting, and you could kind of think about them intuitively if you borrow some ideas from Roux and ZZ EO. I think this is a pretty good method, and I hope there are more people trying to get faster with this method and discover its full potential.

[heathero]

Very interesting! Though I do feel like seven hundred something Algs is a crazy amount, if you put in the work and mastered this technique they’d be getting some insane times!

[danielstoica]

Bro your chanel is extremly underrated, you put so much effort in your videos and they are actually really good videos, big respect👍👍👍

[curiousNic]

Sounds cool, can't hurt to give the BEST method a try. Plus I have time to learn a few algs during the summer.

[janmagtoast]

Last layer can still be solved with coll and really fast edge pll cases which is pretty nice and only 50-ish algs

[wolfonic]

Wow! This method seems like it has a lot of potential. However, I'm refraining from learning it (Partly because it has so few resources and mainly because of the obvious difficulty- I mean, 700 algs, I've just barely learned full OLL and advanced F2L.) I'm glad you've made a video on it, though; You've exposed the method to many more people, and it truly does seem like it could become mainstream in the future. I think that you should make a more in-depth tutorial, as you suggested! It's always best for the cubing community to keep innovating and changing. (But are there any noticeable flaws to the method- or in other words, aspects or benefits that other methods have that APB doesn't? Maybe you could mention those if you made another video.)
I'd also like to say that this video's quality is immaculate for under 1K subs! I was shocked when I saw your sub count. You did a great job on this, I'm looking forward to another video (and I'm sure other people are too.)

[amirPenton]

Awesome video and it’s a very cool method. Highly algorithmic methods are just not for me, but for someone with the time & dedication to learn the algs this seems really worthwhile & a very cool method. Thanks for sharing

[edfvndb]

To increase your TPS, make sure you're using the new cover sheet.

[rujon]

I already knew about and love APB and plan to switch to it when i finally finish ZB because there's no point switching before full ZB

[PureRockerHK]

In some ways, I feel like APB is quite similar to Mehta in its heay reliance on algs. In the future, I can think of one possiblity is that we might change and adjust more to heavy algs set, the only thing left to improve is how we should develop more beginner-friendly approaches for new solvers and most importantly the transition from basic LBL method to advanced methods like the aforementioned example, or from CFOP and Roux to those methods. I feel like in some way this method doesn't have a very good look ahead compare to CFOP because of the blind spots at the first step and doing it like Roux maybe is the only optimal way to do so. The only thing I would like to point out is the look ahead aspect since you have already covered the ergonomics and move counts. It is really nice to see some small groups this community who pioneer research to construct new and possibly better methods to replace and improve CFOP. I will start trying this method soon.

[disaus]

3:36 actually if you can just do the R move before the algorith to bring the pair on top the created pair will allways end up in 2 locations.
That reduces the number of cases.

[cyrildubois]

For cfop it also 50 coups. If you learn Xcross and neutral face, 7-9 can make a pair. Also you made two pairs ( F2L) and it's like 10-12 moov. After you learn winter and summer variation, it's like 7-9 moov, OLL easy case, 8-9 moov and pll 13-14
It's 50 but without learn 1000 alg

[Andlekin]

I know Summoning Salt has a great choice in music, but there are a lot of synth lofi tracks to choose from.

[Xzy_]

This sounds like a slightly altered, more algorithm oriented version of petrus. I can see this being popular but it seems intimidating to learn with the large algorithm sets. Will definitely give this a shot, thanks for the vid

[willlagergaming]

Great video. Apb user right here, been using it for 6 months