Your 3 favourite F2L algs

[stoic]

So I've been working on my F2L, and I was trying to find a resource containing some of the less common situations which I could learn as special cases.

I've hunted through about 20+ threads on this forum without a massive amount of success (although I did get a few). All of the cases on the Wiki, and nearly every other site, list only algs for the "standard 41" cases, solved into FR. Plus the Polish database http://f2l.net46.net/index.html which has the translations into the other slots.

So what I thought might be fun is to ask this. What are your 3 favourite unusual F2L cases? Or is there anything you have an different/interesting/weird approach for?

I've suggested 3 cases, but go mad if you know a bunch...

I'll start things off with:

d2 R2 u R2 u' R2

U R' F R F' R' U' R

r' R U' R' F R U R' r

 

[DavidWoner]

r U' R' U r'
F R U R' U' F'
M' U2 M U2

 

[5BLD]

[r U r', D']
M2 U2 M2 U2
[M', U R U']

 

[stoic]

[r U r', D']
M2 U2 M2 U2
[M', U R U']

Dammit, now I'm going to have to learn commutator notation as well...lol

 

[Rpotts]

F' R' U' R F
M F M'
R U R2' U' R2 U R'

 

[macky]

Advanced F2L
-> Standard F2L

 

[Dacuba]

R U' R'
R U R'
and mirrors/from the back

 

[Specs112]

1. Sexy move
2. Sexy move
3. Sexy move

 

[ben1996123]

R' U R' F R F' R - BR slot flip
r U r' U2 M' U M/mirror - FR/FL insert + flip all LL edges
R U' R2 U2 R r U R' U' r' U2 R (U) - single ejj flip

 

[Yuxuibbs]

Sexy then insert
Sexy x2 then insert
Sexy x3

 

[Cyrus C.]

U' R U R' U R U'
U R2 U' R' U R U'
r U' R' U r'

 

[collinbxyz]

triple sexy

 

[Cool Frog]

1. R' [R' D R, U]
2. R [M', U' R' U]
3. S' U S U S' U S U

The last one ssssucks

 

[jms_gears1]

1. R' [R' D R, U]
2. R [M', U' R' U]
3. S' U S U S' U S U

The last one ssssucks

why not just y for last one >.>

 

[cmhardw]

Oooooh I plan to spend a lot of time in this thread with a cube in hand :tu

My 3 are ones that I figured out on my own. They're not necessarily the fastest or best ones I use, but I'm proud that I found them without help.

1) L u L' u' L' (Solves FR)
2) L U' L u L u' L2 (Solves FR)
3) R2 u R2 u' R2 (Solves FR)

why not just y for last one >.>

I think it's because S turns are AweSome

 

[Cool Frog]

I think it's because S turns are AweSome

and very [S,Exy]

Some other Cases I like,

1. M U r U' r' U' M'
2. R' U2 R2 U R' (R' U' R)
3. R U R' F' r U r' U' r U R' U' M

 

[DavidWoner]

3. S' U S U S' U S U

The last one ssssucks

R U' R' U M' U' R U r'

 

[riffz]

1. F' R U R' U' R' F R (inserts edge to FR, actually a block comm.. [F' l F, R'])

Found it when I had just started cubing by taking the OLL R U R' U' R' F R F' and shifting the last move to the start

2. R2 U2 R2 U2 R2

Another intuitive F2L trick I found back in my blissful days of noobishness and discovery

3. L' U2 R U R' U2 L (easy WV case)

R U' R' U M' U' R U r'

Hey, wait a minute...

 

[Ressiol]

2(R U R' U') R U R'
R U2 R' U' R U R'
U' R U' R' U R U R'

 

[buelercuber]

1. F' R U R' U' R' F R

R U2 R' U' R U R'

R' U R U' R' U' R

fun fun fun fun