Advanced F2L Tricks

[alexiscubing]

oh i just use B moves

 

[ProStar]

oh i just use B moves

That's way slower then doing x' U F' U', y R U' R', and f R' f'

 

[Micah Morrison]

That's way slower then doing x' U F' U', y R U' R', and f R' f'

I do y' L U L' to insert it into the back slot I'm not a huge fan of the wide f one

 

[Sub1Hour]

alg.cubing.net

alg.cubing.net

If you have a case like the Red Blue pair, you can do R2 U2 R2 U2 R2 to fix the edge. I don't see many people doing this but I find it very useful in solves when both pieces are in the first 2 layers

 

[brododragon]

Agreed.

 

[xyzzy]

alg.cubing.net

alg.cubing.net

If you have a case like the Red Blue pair, you can do R2 U2 R2 U2 R2 to fix the edge. I don't see many people doing this but I find it very useful in solves when both pieces are in the first 2 layers

R2 U R2 U' R2 solves the same case for red-blue and doesn't use U double flicks.

 

[NevEr_QeyX]

OK, picture this, you are inserting F2L pairs wrong left and right... LITERALLY. Here is my advanced solution to this common problem.
First you do *I M D U M B then stop the timer, delete your previous solve, re-scramble your cube and BOOM!. your solve just got saved... QeyX style.

*I is an extremely advanced move, you have to hold the cube OH grip, flick the R layer REALLY hard so it does R4 and M2. (See Layer By Layer podcast episode 32 "Hyperdimensional Supercube")

 

[Prabal Baishya]

A really cool F2l alg for this case- https://alg.cubing.net/?type=alg&setup=R-_U_R2-_U_R-_U_R_U2-_R-_U-. If this was the case for the FR slot than F(sexy)'F' insert is an optimal way for solving that, but if the slot where it goes is in the BR then a cool way to do that is by doing a sune and then inserting it at the back with R' U R. So this is just basically a sune, cancelled with back insertion. This was a really cool alg which I discovered while messing with the cube and decided to share it here.

 

[Deleted member 36445]

I'll share some random tricks I use

rotationless insert on FR slot. you could do F U F' but I can do this trick faster and it influences EO

 Twizzle link 

r U' r' U r U r'

rotationless insert on FR slot

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r U' R' U R U r'

rotationless insert on FR slot

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

RUL rotationless insert on FL slot, happens a lot with me and I can execute fast

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

break the pair with sledge hammer into 3 move insert

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

I'll post more later

 

[LBr]

For the top one I’d do:
F R’ F’ R2 U’ R’

 

[Deleted member 36445]

For the top one I’d do:
F R’ F’ R2 U’ R’

try my alg with finger push on the last U. I can do it pretty fast