2-Look PLL algorithms?

[JHB]

Hey everyone, I have been doing 2-Look OLL and 2-Look PLL for a while now and know my algorithms well for this. I am not quite ready for full PLL; the stage I am at is that my combined OLL/PLL time is about 11 seconds.

1. The first thing I would like to know is, does anyone have an alternative to the Clockwise Corner Cycle in 2-Look PLL (x [(R' U R') D2] [(R U' R') D2] R2)? For example, I thought someone told me that a T perm (or was it F or something) could be my first PLL look and this would leave me with an easy second look.

2. I like to hear about the different algorithms people use. For example, my E Perm is Z U2 R2 (R U R' U')*3 R2 U2 Z'. It's obviously not optimum, but it is quick and easy to remember.

3. Moving on to learning full PLL, which permutations should I learn first? I know there are only 21 but they are long. The only reason I can remember the aforementioned E perm is because it has the sexy trigger in it 3 times!

Thanks!:fp

 

[uyneb2000]

I know an alternative for a clockwise A-Perm. Its just basically a T-Perm but all the R moves are replaced with r moves. For counter-clockwise, just do the reverse of that. But for it to work, the solved block has to be in the BR part of it. For the E-perm, I use x' (R U' R') D (R U R') D' (R U R') D (R U' R') D'. If you practice this alg, you can get pretty fast at it.

 

[ottozing]

1. y' x' R2 D2' R' U' R D2' R' U R'

2. I used to use R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' (T perm) and F R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R F' (Y perm)

3. Learn them in groups. What I did was I learned all of the edge cycles (4 algs), then the corner cycles (3 algs), then the g perms (4 algs), then the diagonal corner swaps(4 algs), and lastly them adjacent corner swaps (6 algs).

 

[Godmil]

G perms look scary, if you see them on a diagram with arrows, but if you know what to look for (headlights and a 2x1 block) they're actually quite easy to recognise. They're also short and due to being all mirrors/inverses they're quite easy to learn as a group... and they come up 2/9 times. So they may be a good place to start.