Solving the 4x4 Layer By Layer

[michaellahti]

Hi! I'm a little new here, but not new to cubing...

Anyway, I have searched for a 4x4 Layer By Layer method for awhile now (searched layer by layer and lbl 4x4 method on forums and Google and YouTube already), and I cannot find a tutorial or help for doing it. I can solve the first two layers pretty intuitively. SO, my question is: Can somebody give me a link or some help on doing this, or is this method referred to by another name? (BTW, I can solve it using the reduction method in an average of 1:48 in case you were thinking I didn't even know how to solve it...)

THANKS

 

[Zane_C]

Hmm, sorry not sure,
I use my own intuitive layer by layer method, but it isn't good for solving the last layer edges, in fact it's really slow. I have never solved the 4x4, but I can intuitively solve the first 3 layers and corners.

 

[michaellahti]

Actually, I just figured it out... lol. SO, never mind to this. Sorry.

 

[Zane_C]

You mean you found a link, or you figured it out by yourself?

 

[michaellahti]

I figured it out by myself. OH YEAH.

 

[V-te]

I think this is the K4 method, isn't it?

 

[HASH-CUBE]

i just solve it intuitive, normal 1st layer, commutators for centers in 2nd and 3rd layer , and some f2l concepts in E slices edges, r2 for last layer edges

 

[PEZenfuego]

I think this is the K4 method, isn't it?

In K4 you still solve all the centers first don't you?

 

[Cyrus C.]

Yep, I've done this before... but it was intuitive, very slow, no set algorithms, & very fridrich based. Just learn K4 or Reduction.

 

[musicninja17]

I really like doing pseudo-f2l LBL on a 4x4....how I do it is f2l any 2 edge/corner pairs, put it in, then find the missing edge, put it across from that, reinsert, and then fix the slice you moved. (sorry if that was confusing)

Anybody have any tips on how to do LL for this?

 

[miniGOINGS]

Kenneth uses this "method". If my mind is working correctly, it's what you are looking for.

1. Solve the corners.
2. Solve an edge group.
3. Solve the opposite edge group.
4. Solve the remaining four edges.

[wiki]KBCM_Step_6[/wiki]