AP
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Introduction
AP (short for An Phan) is a 3x3 method proposed by Phan Phước An in 2026. It is inspired by ZZ-CT and TN and is a special LL method, divided into 6CO and APLL.
Steps
- Cross
- F2L-2
- EOBelt
- 6CO
- APLL
APLL (An Phan Last Layer)
APLL is an extension of the standard TTLL from ZZ-CT and 6CP from Mehta, but instead of only the permutation 1 corner, APLL permutes 2 corners. APLL is divided into around 7 subsets (except PLL, and still developing), and APLL has around 454 cases. Subsets of APLL
- TTLL
- APLL ?-5
- APLL 6-?
- APLL 2-3
- APLL 3-2
- APLL 1-3
- PLLCS
The subset name indicates which corners are involved in the permutation. The locations are named according to the YruRU numbering scheme: 1 is UFL, 2 is UBL, 3 is UBR, 4 is UFR, 5 is DFR, and 6 is DBR.
- Two-number names (e.g., 4-5):These represent a 2-corner swap between the two specified positions. For example, "4-5" means the corner at UFR (4) and the corner at DFR (5) are swapped.
- ? means there will be a different insertion point, so I'm not sure.
Example Solve
1st example solve
Scramble: F2 L2 F2 R2 F2 U' L2 U2 L2 U' R2 U2 R' D' F' L D B' D2 B' D' U
z2 //orientation
L2 F2 R' D' L R2 // Cross
R' U' R U' L' U' L U l U' l' U2 l U l'//F2L-2
U F R D S' R2 D2 S D F' R//EOBelt
U' R U2 R' U' D' R U' R' D//6CO
U2 R F L' U2 R B' M L' B2 L2 U R r//APLL
U'//AUF
2nd example solve
Scramble: R' B2 F2 U2 B2 F2 R F2 L U2 B2 U2 B' L2 R' D F R' U F' U2 F'
z2 //orientation
D B D' R F L // Cross
U' F R' F' R U' S' L' S//F2L-2
y R U2 F R2 F' R'//EOBelt
U2 D' R U' R' D U2 R U' R'//6CO
U' F2 B2 D' L2 D2 L2 D' F2 B2 U//APLL
3rd solve
Scramble: L2 D2 L' U2 L F2 R2 F2 U2 B2 R F2 U' R2 F L2 B R2 D F2 L B2
z2 y2//orientation
F2 L F D' R F2 // Cross
U D R' U R D' U2 R u R u' R'//F2L-2
y2 R' F' U' F R2 U' R'//EOBelt
U2 R U' R U' R' U2 R U' R2//6CO
R2 B2 R2 U B2 U' R2 B2 U' R2 U R2 //APLL
See Also
