Corners First

2008-09-08T01:46:47Z

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'''Corners First''', normally '''CF''', are speedcubing methods that solves the corners as the first steps. Not many uses CF for [[3x3x3]] nowdays but it was wery popular in the 80's. Even fewer uses it for [[Big Cube|big cubes]] but for [[2x2x2]] it is the only option, it has got only corners, so CF is widley used for speedsolving the 2x2x2. Most popular methods are [[Guimond]] and [[Ortega]] but also [[Waterman]] ([[CLL]]) is used by many.

== Beginner CF methods: ==
There are no specifically named methods in this group, but a typical beginner CF may look like this:

'''Corners:'''
* Solve the corners of the first level (intuition).
* Move LL corners to position using R U R' U' R' F R F'
* Orient LL corners using [[Sune]] R U R' U R U2 R'
'''Centres:'''
* Move centres into position using slice turns (trivial)
'''Edges:'''
* Place the edges of the E layer using moves like [AUF] M' R U' M U R'
* Place edges of first layer using M' U M or M' U2 M
* [[EOLL#EOLL preserving corners|EOLL]]
* [[EPLL]] (only [[PLL#U Permutation : a|U PLL]] is needed).

[[Category:3x3x3 methods]]

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