L10W
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L10W(Last 10 Wings) is a step in some 4x4 methods that solves the last 10 wings of the 4x4 cube. It is solved mostly through commutators with an algorithm at the end if parity occurs.
History
John Lewis first proposed L10W in 2017 as L5E(Last 5 Edges) for the Lewis Method. It was then re-proposed and modernized by Daylen Hall in 2024 as L10W for the Hall-4 Method.
Solving L10W
There are 3 current ways to solve L10W, each one made for a different skill level, and a different way to solve L2E.
- The first and simplest method is beginner's or 1-at-a-time L5E, in which you use the 2 buffers in DF to directly solve one wing at a time.This method is suitable for beginners since it introduces some basic ideas about commutators without any real This is equivalent to 1-at-a-time edge pairing in redux methods however, and is more of a stepping stone to faster and advanced L5E methods. Usually this method is associated with 1-alg L2E, a 1-algorithm method(3 if you include pure OLL & PLL parity) for solving L2E
- the Second Method is intuitive or 2-at-a-time L10W. This is a method more suited for intermediate solvers. It directly solves 2 wings at a time with the intuitive 3-cycle commutators. You use one of the 2 pieces at DF as the start to the cycle, then solve the piece that was in the spot the first wing went. There are some cases where you cannot do an intuitive commutator for the cycle you get, so you have to resort back to beginner's L10W for those cases. At this point you should start to learn the L2E algorithms(only 6 excluding mirrors).
- The fastest and most advanced method is called 4-look L10W. 4look L10W is an expanded version of intuitive L10W. The differences are that 4look L10W adds on algorithms for the unintuitive cycles, some tricks for already-paired edges, and strategies to always avoid finishing the solve with pure OLL parity.
