How to solve the super megaminx LL efficiently?

[Ellis]

So, I've solved the super megaminx a few times now but I always get stuck trying to fix the LL center. What are some good ways to go about correcting it? Should I try to solve it along with EP? I currently do EO-CO-EP-CP. Or is the an easy way to rotate just the center as the last step? I don't want to be doing trial and error every time until something randomly works, I don't seem to be learning very much that way. I want to see how other people who are actually good it would solve it.

 

[TMOY]

An easy way: (L U L' U)^12 rotates the U center by 144 degrees.
But it's definitely not faster than solving the center while doing EP.

Edit: A much shorter one: (L U2 L' U)^4.

Edit 2: The first one is in fact 72 degrees, the second one is 144 degrees.

 

[Ellis]

Thanks. Seems to actually only move it 72 degrees, but that's probably better anyway. And I can obviously use the inverse to turn it the opposite way. I'm really not good at solving it with EP because I'm not sure how all my algs effect the center. Sometimes I can get a little lucky with it but it's almost always just by chance.

okay, I just caught your edit, that one does move it 144 degrees in the other direction and it is much better.

 

[qqwref]

What I do is EO-EP-CO-CP. My EP is completely intuitive, so it's no problem to just pair up all the edges with the center then. My LL corners step is all commutators, so the center doesn't get affected by that.

 

[Ellis]

What I do is EO-EP-CO-CP. My EP is completely intuitive, so it's no problem to just pair up all the edges with the center then. My LL corners step is all commutators, so the center doesn't get affected by that.

okay thanks. I'll give that a try next time. I can't see myself being very good with that, and I don't particularly like orienting with comms, but I'll give it a go.

 

[irontwig]

I don't do LL, I leave one "F2L" slot open, build 2x3x1 on LL, solve edges and then solve corners.