OLL: U/U'/U2 or y/y'/y2

[Zaxef]

When you've finished your F2L and you're moving onto OLL, and you have to orient the case in a certain way in order to perform the algorithm correctly, do you turn the entire cube (y, y' or y2) or do you move the U layer (U, U', or U2?)

 

[Daniel Wu]

I do U/U'/U2. I hate cube rotations they annoy me and slow me down too much.

 

[soccerking813]

For OLL I use U turns. For PLL I use either, depending on what position my hands are in. But for PLL, I never use y2 or U2, just y U.

 

[Zaxef]

I have a hard time recognizing PLL's without using cube rotations AND U
(U to align and recognize the case, cube rotation to perform the alg)

 

[daeyoungyoon]

I misclicked!!! I meant U/U'/U2

 

[Sa967St]

I do both :/

 

[Mike Hughey]

I do cube rotation. After trying it a couple of times, I realize I'm probably losing some valuable time with that. I'll have to work on switching.

Funny thing was, I had to actually do a few solves to find out, because I couldn't remember what I do. Even funnier - my first 4 OLLs were all correctly oriented, so it took a while.

 

[Cride5]

I always hold the cube with yellow on top and blue on front, so use AUFs rather than rotations. As well as U turns being faster than rotations, the final AUF is that slight bit faster to react to. Red on front = U', Orange = U, Green = U2.

 

[esquimalt1]

Isn't it much easier to move a layer with your finger than use your whole hand to turn the cube? Especially in y2's.

 

[mati rubik]

U moves, but y in the PLL, after AUF

 

[soccerking813]

Isn't it much easier to move a layer with your finger than use your whole hand to turn the cube? Especially in y2's.

When I used Roux, after the first block, I always did a y2, and I got pretty fast at it. I would kinda hold it at an angle with only two finger, one on the top and one on the bottom, and it would naturally turn. It felt pretty awesome.

 

[Sa967St]

Isn't it much easier to move a layer with your finger than use your whole hand to turn the cube? Especially in y2's.

yeah, but by habit, instead of doing U2 or y2 before an OLL, I do U' and y at the same time.

 

[Zaxef]

Isn't it much easier to move a layer with your finger than use your whole hand to turn the cube? Especially in y2's.

Yes, that's the point of this thread.. to see if people agree with that