Modern F2L Edge Inserts (video)

[teller]

Modern F2L Edge Inserts (video and user submissions)

Don't neglect these cases just because you know intuitive F2L...the BL case was killing me before I found something to fight back with! And as I've said before, x' is your friend. It gives you a free peek at the B layer.

Featured algorithms:

UR -> FR: R' F' R U R U' R' F (Joël van Noort)

UB -> FR: F' R U R' U' R' F R (Rowan Kinneavy, with apologies for the opening move)

UR -> BR: x' R U R' F' R' F R U'

UF -> BL: x' U' r U r' F' r' F r

UF -> RF: R S' R' U R S R' (Teller)

If you have anything better, cough it up!


Music used with kind permission from Devin Townsend
Album: Ghost
Track: Infinite Ocean
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UPDATE:

Thank you, everyone for some very stimulating submissions!

Unlike an alg database, the following are used by real people who are suggesting them based on experience. And while I feel strongly that one should have a bias toward low movecount when shopping for algs, when something feels great it can generate extremely high TPS, so...use your judgement:

Tim Major:

UF -> FR: R U' R' U' R U2 R' U R U R'

Sarah Strong:

UL -> FL: r U r' U' r' F r F'

UB -> FL: F r' F' r U r U' r'

Escher was kind enough to demonstrate the "correct" fingering for his UB -> FR: F' R U R' U' R' F R. Check it out:

Rpotts:

UL -> BR: R U' R' U' R U R U R U' R2'

JustinJ:

UR -> FL: R U R2 u' R2 u R

vcuber13:

UL -> RF: R U' M' U R' U' M

Cool Frog:

UB -> FR: r U' L' U r' U' L


To continue shopping, head on over to Macky's Advanced F2L Section over at Cubefreak.net.

 

[macky]

R S' R' U R S R'

WAT HOLY HELL

 

[Kian]

WAT HOLY HELL

yeah, that just blew my mind.

 

[Tim Major]

I like R U' R' U' R U2 R' U R U R', I know all L5E EP algs and this is my fastest

 

[Sa967St]

r U r' U' r' F r F' for the mirror case of the first alg and F r' F' r U r U' r' for UB->FL.

F' R U R' U' R' F R (Rowan Kinneavy)

Oh I've been using this, except you execute it better.

 

[DavidWoner]

F' R U R' U' R' F R (Rowan Kinneavy)

Right index push on RFU for the F' is much faster I think. It's also the way Rowan does it.

 

[hic0057]

You are my new favorite youtube cuber
Do you have any nice algs for the triple sexy case in LB.
Setup: (sexy)*3 y2

 

[Tim Major]

You are my new favorite youtube cuber
Do you have any nice algs for the triple sexy case in LB.
Setup: (sexy)*3 y2

z (sexy)*3 z'

 

[Rpotts]

I prefer (U L U' L')*3
same alg just without the z

Also there is R U' R' U' R U R U R U' R2' for UL->BR
it's long but regripless and flows well.

 

[5BLD]

S moves yay! I'll start using some of these...

 

[JustinJ]

I'm quite fond of R U R2 u' R2 u R.

 

[Godmil]

agh, and just when I thought I was done with all those cases.
I'll give the S one a miss though... oh my!

EDIT: I'm not sure I see the point in using an index finger to start the second case. From every basic grip position I find moving your index finger down to be a much bigger movement than simply hooking your thumb under it. Maybe it's just so fast that there isn't a significant time difference.

 

[teller]

Right index push on RFU for the F' is much faster I think. It's also the way Rowan does it.

I tried that and I just don't get it. It feels like I can't reach that far. Someone needs to show me what this is supposed to look like.

EDIT: I'm not sure I see the point in using an index finger to start the second case. From every basic grip position I find moving your index finger down to be a much bigger movement than simply hooking your thumb under it. Maybe it's just so fast that there isn't a significant time difference.

Absolutely use your thumb here. I am sort of addicted to the backhand flick, and sometimes it's unnecessary (probably in this case) but as it gets stronger I find it's turning up gold everywhere, so I'm not stopping!

 

[Selkie]

I had never thought of S moves as being usable in algs optimally until I saw Breandans's U perm which blew my mind and has become my U perm of choice now. Lukely I didnt get a U perm in comp last weekend otherwise he'd have seen the blantant alg steal for himself

@teller: Some more finger trick madness for me to watch after work, great. And thanks again for the OLL advise this week

 

[vcuber13]

(U) R U' M' U R' U' M

 

[Escher]

I tried that and I just don't get it. It feels like I can't reach that far. Someone needs to show me what this is supposed to look like.

 

[teller]

(video demonstration)

Ok, that's what I thought...it just feels so wonky to do that. But looking at it, you don't have to push that far; the corner cutting is built in. I'll do it a thousand times and see if it gets better.

Thank you, kind sir!

 

[Robert-Y]

I do a similar thing to Rowan. The only difference is that I use my right index to push the DFR sticker upwards to do the F'. It's similar to how people do U' with their right hand when solving OH, with "japanese" style turning.

 

[teller]

I do a similar thing to Rowan. The only difference is that I use my right index to push the DFR sticker upwards to do the F'. It's similar to how people do U' with their right hand when solving OH, with "japanese" style turning.

I believe that's what I'm doing in the video, unless you're talking about something else?

 

[Robert-Y]

I'm sorry Teller, I didn't watch the entire video yet >_>. Apologies.

Also, I thought:

UF -> FR: R S' R' U R S R'

was very interesting. I'm guessing you found this yourself?

I think it's a very nice ZBLS alg. You can easily see which OCLL case you'll end up with. (Similar effect to y' R U R U R U' R' U' R')