Finding Corners & Edges Faster in F2L

[crosman boy]

hey everyone! when im on my f2l i try and look ahead and sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt..then if the corner is in the top and then the edge is in the bottom back...IM STUCK so can you tell me exactly what you would do in YOUR f2l.
thx...

 

[byu]

"GO SLOW AND LOOK AHEAD"
-Shotaro "Macky" Makisumi

 

[ThatGuy]

it sorta subconscious but notice the edge pieces with the one of the colors in the back as you turn the cube and after i find the edges you aren't looking for, you know its in the back. Totally made no sense there.

 

[JL58]

Actually it is not a horrible situation. There is always a way to bring the edge on top in a way a RUR' will do (add to that a 1 move setup and its reverse afterward to re-build the cross).

Except when the corner is with the bottom side up. Then 50% of the time you'll match the corner on top of the edge and then you travel the pair together or you're in hell (go to another pair, or learn from badmephisto - I think he has a solution when the edge is in the diagonally opposite side with the wrong orientation.

So here is the question to the bright guys: the corner is on top with the cross color on top, the corresponding pair edge is on an adjacent side (not diagonally opposite). What's the shortest path?

 

[blah]

Actually it is not a horrible situation. There is always a way to bring the edge on top in a way a RUR' will do (add to that a 1 move setup and its reverse afterward to re-build the cross).

Except when the corner is with the bottom side up. Then 50% of the time you'll match the corner on top of the edge and then you travel the pair together or you're in hell (go to another pair, or learn from badmephisto - I think he has a solution when the edge is in the diagonally opposite side with the wrong orientation.

So here is the question to the bright guys: the corner is on top with the cross color on top, the corresponding pair edge is on an adjacent side (not diagonally opposite). What's the shortest path?

I assume you mean this case:
R U2 R2 Uw' R' Uw R

But if you mean the other:
x U2 R' U'2 Lw
x M U2 M' x'
L' R U'2 R' L (OH)

 

[JL58]

Thanks a lot!

 

[blah]

I bet less than 10 people here know about that alg.