Do you use F and B when doing F2l?

[Krible]

A friend told me that pro's never turn the front and back side because it's time consuming. Personally i never use back, but sometimes front.

So now im asking, is it okay to use front/back when doing f2l or should i rather rotate the cube and use left/right?
Do you use front and/or back when doing f2l? For instance, do you do F U F' or X' R U R'?
And what about the cross, do you use front/back turns when doing the cross?

 

[Grzegorz]

when i have a U R U' R' case, but the targeted slot is in the back i use: (first do: R U R' U' y') B' R B R'

 

[Radcuber]

I don't use it simply because it feels awkward

 

[Radu]

I don't know if I'm a pro at 17-18s averages, but sometimes I use F and B...it's just that they become "U" because of a small rotation of the cube in my hand.

 

[Eleredo]

I seem to use B but not F.

 

[Hyprul 9-ty2]

I only use F moves for the F' U' F insert Too clumsy otherwise

Edit : Yeah I forgot about the edge control thingys (what Amos said)

 

[amostay2004]

Yeah F' U' F is good..so is R' F R F' for edge control or R B' R' B. Do a cube rotation before B moves and it won't be so awkward

 

[Yes We Can!]

I sometimes use F' and F... I only use B and B' when doing the partial edge control and the open slot is on BR.

 

[RCTACameron]

Yes, I do a lot. I use R' F R F'/F R' F' R/L F' L' F/F' L F L' to insert F2L pairs in the front most of the time. I will also use B' l U l'/B r' U' r to insert pairs in the back. I'm really not a pro, though.

 

[da25centz]

im far from a pro, but sometimes i will use B to insert into the back slots if im feeling it, its about half the time

 

[a small kitten]

ZZ

 

[jca11]

just F and F'..
no B and B'

 

[Jani]

I use F, B sometimes

 

[Aditya]

I use F and B when I have to, but normally I just try to use U and R moves to insert the pairs in the slots

 

[That70sShowDude]

never

 

[Edward]

For partial edge control, I just rotate. I hardly ever use F, and never B.

 

[frogmanson]

YES! I do a lot of F moves ;D. and I also do something like B' R U R' B,(I might do the last B as an (f z') depending on how I feel) I have a lot of others but I can't think of anything right now.

 

[Andrew Ricci]

Not often. The only time I do F moves is after an R', and the only time I do B moves is after an R.

 

[FatBoyXPC]

The only times I move F/B are when I don't want to split up a pair while inserting the one I'm currently working on, in which case I'll do the sledgehammer (either in front or back depending on where the slot is). I tend to stay away from them though. I don't ever do 3 move F/B insertions, I just rotate and make it L/R insertions.

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

No. I use small D, though.