ZBLS

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Also known as ZBLS, ZBF2L (short for Zborowski-Bruchem First Two Layers) is a step of a method which involves algorithmically finishing the last corner-edge pair in F2L, while simultaneously orienting the last layer edges. This is part of the ZB method, but it can occasionally be useful for methods such as Fridrich or for Fewest Moves events.

ZBF2L is not as useful on its own as its counterpart ZBLL, although together they are very fast. The problem is that ZBF2L involves 125 algorithms (counting inverses and mirrors as the same algorithm) and has a total of 306 cases to learn. Only a handful of people have ever learned this step in its entirety. If you wish to learn it, it is useful to start by first learning normal one-step F2L and then learning VHF2L, which is a two-step method that involves pairing up the F2L pair and then inserting it while orienting edges. Once you know VHF2L, learning ZBF2L should be only time-consuming and not difficult, since all it involves is doing two steps at once in fewer moves.

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  • ZBF2L By Lars Vandenbergh