Request an F2L alg!

[A Leman]

I know this is not exactly what you are looking for, but this website is Awesome http://f2l.net46.net/ and that case reminded me of the l2cf2l and l2ef2l cases.

 

[speedpicker]

Yeah, bit of messing about, one oriented edge, one misoriented, fiddle with pairing up individually, combine the two and voila!

 

[littlewing1208]

What are the better algs for:

The one on cubewhiz.com's print out: lULF'L'U'l' is super awkward. I prefer to avoid L or F turns if possible, but definitely avoid both in the same alg!

 

[speedpicker]

Try: U (R' F R F') U (R U R')

 

[CheesecakeCuber]

I usually would do R U R' U2 R U' R' U R U' R' . Its quite fast when you get used to it.

 

[littlewing1208]

I usually would do R U R' U2 R U' R' U R U' R' . Its quite fast when you get used to it.

Actually I like this one.

 

[wontolla]

The one on cubewhiz.com's print out: lULF'L'U'l' is super awkward...

I don't know how fast you are but, IMO, you should try to get used to L and F turns. It will be useful in the future. Otherwise, you will always be limited.

Regarding l U L F' L' U' l', you can execute it like: R B L U' L' B' R'. Don't be put off by the B turns, in this case they are very confortable first with your right and next with your left index finger.

 

[peterbone]

What are the better algs for:

The one on cubewhiz.com's print out: lULF'L'U'l' is super awkward. I prefer to avoid L or F turns if possible, but definitely avoid both in the same alg!

I do M U L F' L' U' M', and the same from the back.

 

[Brest]

I do M U L F' L' U' M', and the same from the back.

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M U r U' r' U' M'

 

[peterbone]

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M U r U' r' U' M'

I do it more like how I wrote it because I don't regrip and so that I don't lose sight of the U layer.

 

[tarunk9c]

You can do (F,U,Fi,U2)(R,U,Ri)

 

[peterbone]

You can do (F,U,Fi,U2)(R,U,Ri)

Welcome. I guess you mean (F' U F U2)(R U R') . These FU combinations are awkward and not fast in general.

 

[HeyCuber]

What are the better algs for:

The one on cubewhiz.com's print out: lULF'L'U'l' is super awkward. I prefer to avoid L or F turns if possible, but definitely avoid both in the same alg!

y' R' U R U2' y R U R'

or

y' R' U R U2' y' L U L'

 

[peterbone]

y' R' U R U2' y R U R'

or

y' R' U R U2' y' L U L'

You would do 2 cube rotations for a single F2L alg when you could do it with no rotations?

 

[HeyCuber]

You would do 2 cube rotations for a single F2L alg when you could do it with no rotations?

Depends on the angle. Another one I use: R U2 R' U R U R' U R U' R'

But then again, these are just algs I've figured out on my own, not necessarily the best.

 

[Rubiksfreak]

The first one is, U' R U R' U F' U' F
The second one is U F' U' F U' R U R'

 

[elrog]

I realise that the best case for a given situation changes depending on where your free slots are and how it will affect the top layer. I can most of the time have the cross completed on top after finishing F2L just by using intuition, so I don't hold true to these algorithms most of the time. One thing I have noticed though, is that many of you say to use d moves to avoid cube rotations, but many times you can just use F moves instead. I find myself doing l U for F moves that come after R moves much more often than I find myself doing d moves.

For example, if while doing the FR slot, you had the DFR corner in the UFL position with the F color on top and the egde was in the slot and is misoriented, rather than doing R U R' d' L' U L, I would do R U l' U R' U' l.