Last Layer

Last Layer, normally only the abrevation is used; LL, often with a prefix that refers to some last layer method, like OLL, PLL or a group of methods like CxLL.

The last layer is what is left to do after the first two layers are solved using a layer by layer method.

The last layer is newer solved in one single step, the LL method with no prefix because it there are far to many cases to learn; it is a total of 1212 positions not counting reflections. So the last layer is always solved in multiple steps. The number of steps is counted in numbers of "looks", if a method uses four looks it is a four look last layer method, shorted to 4LLL, if the method uses three looks it is a 3LLL and if it is only two looks, the normal figure for most of the speedcubing methods used, it is a 2LLL, for example OLL/PLL or CLL/ELL.