Simplest Tutorial for Intuitive F2L (3x3 Rubik's Cube) - CFOP pt 4
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Here it is! The most comprehensive, interactive tutorial learning the F2L method for speedsolving 3x3 Rubik's Cube!
Even though the video is over 40 minutes long, you'll be clicking around a lot to get to different parts, so don't be put off by the video's length. Also, this tutorial is very slow and repetitive, to help you really nail down the cases and fully understand the beauty of F2L and why we us it.
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- Updated Beginner's Method First 2 Layers Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=joo2u...
0:00 Intro
1:21 Skip the Intro
4:06 Skip the Disclaimer
5:10 Basics
7:06 Strategy
8:13 Theory
8:28 Set up corner
10:02 Set up edge
11:10 Decouple
14:35 Align/Insert
15:27 CASE 1 - Align & Insert
19:57 CASE 1 - Mirror Case
20:31 CASE 1 - End Case
22:15 CASE 2 - Align
22:51 CASE 2 - Insert
24:46 CASE 2 - End Case
26:21 CASE 2 - Caveat
27:46 CASE 3 - Align
29:46 CASE 3 - Insert
30:01 CASE 3 - Example 2
31:12 CASE 3 - Example 3
32:05 Practical
32:30 Walkthrough 1
35:31 Walkthrough 2
37:40 Conclusions
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Playlist: • Speed Solving the 3x3 ...
1. Finger Tricks: [Coming Aug 5, 2016]
2. Speed cubes and mods [Coming Sept 2, 2016]
3. Cross: • Advanced Cross Tutoria...
4. Intermediate F2L: • Simplest Tutorial for ...
5. Intermediate (2-look) OLL: [Coming Sept 9, 2016]
6. Intermediate (2-look) OLL: [Coming Sept 23, 2016]
7. Advanced F2L, OLL, PLL: [Coming 2017, dates TBD]
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If you're looking to step up the game even more, feel comfortable with these methods, and want to learn algorithms and patterns to help speed up F2L, or if you want to move on to any of the other aspects of CFOP, my friend Badmephisto has a great collection of materials and tutorials on his page, check him out!!
badmephisto.com/f2l.php
Happy Cubing!
The cube used in this video is a DaYan GuHong
-TheSergsB - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
8:40 Corner setup
10:02 Edge setup
16:30 Case 1
22:20 Case 2
27:55 Case 3
thankyou
FlashDriveFugitive omg thankss
FlashDriveFugitive Thx
Thank you! I had to keep rewinding it so this helps a lot
very nice and detailed explaination. really helpful. thankyou
This is far the best F2L video. It explains F2L a lot. I have seen like 15 F2L videos none of them go this In depth and slow for people just learning F2L. I love how you repeat things. So that if I don't get something you repeat It then I realize what you just did. Another thing I like about your video is you when't through all the situations that could happen. I would say watch the hole video if you wanna get good. If you skip through it you might not get faster. if you do good, good for you. I am just saying watch the whole video even though it is 40 mins long. Over all I am very happy with this video. My time was well spent watching the whole video. Thank you.
please tell me something that i didn't know
Neon Drift go check how do you solve a 3 x 3 by the TH-cam or Noah Richardson
agree
Neon Drift its not i cant understand anything what he is saying
Yes this video is really good :)
this is the only F2L tutorial that explains EVERYTHING without leaving anything for granted and that actually uses color examples. no other tutorial does this, they all tell you how to do it without really explaining what you are doing and why. the timestamps also are incredibly helpful once you understand what you're supposed to do
I 100% AGREE
This guy knows how to teach! The other guides on TH-cam are just too fast, too messy and don’t try to simplify for beginners.
Thank you S.! Best f2l guide so far!
This is the first turorial that i actually understood! Thx man
Mufflon same
Me too bro
um how?
Lol
Saaaame
Wow, by far the greatest F2L video on the interwebs:D
Yeah. Keep it up +TheSergsB!!! The annotations make it so much easier to understand than the other F2L videos. i understood it on the first try!
i agree.
+TheBarbarian125 I agree!!!!
+TheBarbarian125 yassss he helped me bring my average down to 20 seconds
+TheBarbarian125 The tutorial by monkeydude1313 on intuitive F2L also isn't bad.
This is literally the best f2l tutorial in the world
We can clearly see that you have put a lot off effort into your videos, and you explain the F2L really well. Keep it up :D
He is ded
@@Redtornadogrenade-or is he really, because I’ve been watching him for years
@@lukethomas9235 he is he hasn’t posted for years
@@Redtornadogrenade-or yea I know we need to find him. He probably left his channel because cubing was getting irrelevant at the time. Hopefully he is still alive tho I would love to watch his videos again.
@@lukethomas9235 me too
You've taught me F2L, LBL, and 4x4! Keep it up! 👌🏻😁
What's LBL
layer by layer aka the beginner's method
Cubing W/ Nick F2L isn't a method CFOP is
TotallyRound_TylerJames he never said it was a method...
It really wasn't. :P
There are so many tutorial on TH-cam and I watched most of them but let me tell you you are the best.
THANK YOU 😊
This is the only F2L tutorial that makes complete sense!
Thank you very much!
I just need the last layer please I can’t find a good vid to learn the last layer. This is the best F2l vid so I’m gonna wait for his last layer vid
Nevermind I just realized this was public 3 years ago
Same
Just watch *J perm's* 2-look PLL video
Watch zman278
So it’s not just me. WHERES MY FUCKING LAST LAYER VIDEO
@Ph4se_loise u have no idea just how helpful this really is
Thank you...to me, this is the best tutorial for F2L. Explaining the theory behind the moves helps solving make sense. This is much more helpful than just memorizing algorithms. I would love to see your take on the OLL and PLL. Tbh, I had a hard time following the tutorials in the playlist.
Also, I totally get what you mean now by getting excited when white is facing up. Take care.
16:30 Case 1
22:20 Case 2
27:55 Case 3
thx. so much!
it's is the vid...
24:00 for pt 2 on step 2
Thx
This is the best F2L video tutorial that I've ever seen/heard. I understand everything. Even with this technique, I still ended up 1 minute+. Without F2L, I managed to do 45+ seconds. This technique requires a lot of practice and muscle memory which I'm not good at. But anyway, very nice tutorial vid.
I cant do rubiks really fast so my record for now is 10 min
I literally searched up 9000 tutorials and this vid the only one that worked
I started averaging 45 second with beginners method and found out about F2L a couple weeks ago and this is the best one because it has the kinks to go from case to case, highly recommend this. It also takes time so don't get mad. Also my pb is 30 seconds (so pretty bad). I had a hard time getting passed basic cases until this video.
I average around 49 seconds with beginners method and i been cubing for 4 months and i am learning f2l to get my averages faster. My best average is 48 seconds
MOMTOTRIPLETS1 what it is now?
you are the best for F2L tutorial
Praiseworthy man!!
Abrar Jamil preach
These really are the simplest tutorials for me. I've watched maybe about a dozen different versions of the same tutorials from F2L to memorizing parity error algorithms, and yours are consistently the easiest to understand and follow for me. You do a great job.
Wow this is honestly the best F2L tutorial video I have ever seen.I learned the beginners method on this channel 9 months ago and I have been using it until now. Today i learned how to do F2L in about 2 hours.I have been practicing for about 6 hours now and I am getting really fast at it and improving.I am extremely impressed in this F2L tutorial.Thank you TheSergB!
Your video and the way of explaining the moves is very unique, it makes even the hardest algorithm very easy to me. Thanks a lot for these videos. I wish You make more videos on other types of cubes too.
15:37 sneaky bro
15.379
15:278
THANK YOU! ive been solving with the basic 3 layer method at about 1 min for a few years and just got interested in actually getting faster. I've probably watched every F2L video on youtube and yours has far been the most helpful. I'm practicing hard and already feeling myself improve. thanks again!
I think I’ve watched almost every beginner F2L vid on TH-cam. This is by far the easiest to follow and understand. It’s incredibly simple when put this way. Other guys made it out to be like 5 cases (mirrors included) but these 3 cases is the best way to put it. And getting all the basic concepts, inserts and terminology out of the way in the beginning of the video was smart. Followed by 3 simple cases explained and reinforced multiple times really rounded this off for me. Also not doing crazy fast finger tricks was helpful too man. Thank you for this. For anyone learning this material still… Go through the video entirely for the first time, and then your understanding could possibly be to the point where you could go watch a second time on 2x speed just to confirm and double check some finer details.
who else here learned almost everything in cubing with TheSergsB???
Lol I did
christian josh Rojas I learned everything but layer by layer (4x4, F2L, etc.) I learn LBL from Dan Brown, and I believe it is one of the best paced.
same
2-5 by end and f2l
me
My beginners record is 41 seconds and now I'm teaching myself how to get f2l for a even shorter average
What cube do you use? Getting a good cube and learning finger tricks is very important to speed up averages.
I use a gans 357 air. you can get one very cheap on amazon $10~$15.
With beginner method mine is 44.79 seconds D: haha
GlibGaming Did you learn f2l? Ridos hunting tutorial is good
Just finished it, its really good once mastered
XD
Very very very good tutorial. I love the intuitive approach. You actually (albeit unintentionally) explain the beginner’s method very well near the beginning of your tutorial. I love knowing the “why” rather than just memorizing algorithms. You’re a great teacher. Thanks!
3x3 gan air I've had it for almost 2 years now. It(along with many videos) has helped me cut my solve time more then half. Thank you
bro thank you very much 40 minutes of true learning!I recommend this video!
Finally someone who know's how to explain
This is the best beginner's F2L tutorial I have found. I might have never grasped the concept of inserting corners and edges at the same time without this video. You have my gratitude. This thing's not a toy! It's bordering on quantum physics lol. You guys should check out the plethora of algorithms on speed solving wikipedia :)
I just purchased a D-FantiX Gan 356 R and I like it so far. got it 2 weeks ago. before that I was using a basic ribix's 3x3 and 4x4. tryiing to work on my speed since ive been able to solve for quite some time now. time to step it up!!! Thanks for asking about my cube!
the two who dislike definitely cant slolve it
solve*
+Muhd Zikri 5
+Ishaan Damadia 6
xxxTCRminecraftxxx not-a-channel lol
+Ishaan Damadia 10
amazing tutorial. I understand perfectly now, great job. you're a good teacher :D
I like your description of case 3 (white-on-top). It has improved my F2L times. I used to move the white-on-top cubie so white wasn't on top, then solve it like one of the other cases. Now I can go directly to making the pair in one step. Thanks!
Dude, your explanation skills are at the top level!
"hello cubers! Welcome to......"
Me:"GAME THEORY!!! "
CUBE THEORY
Please update the advanced third layer solving video.
Thanks this is the best tutorial to watch! I’ve been practicing and it’s all starting to come together
Has anyone ever wondered why his tutorials are easy to learn? it's because he tells his viewers the logic behind the solving of cube, unlike other youtubers who teach a bunch of algorithms for solving the cube. You have my respect bro :)
I'm using an original rubik's cube with stickers, i've had it for at least 10 years!
Time for a new one?
Try buying a speed cube online, it's only about 8-10 dollars (US) on amazon. You'll see the amazing differences.
I think I have either a shengsho or old rubiks brand, but the logos in japanise so I don't know
joy cats if it has like 4 Japanese simples it is a moyu
I suggest a gans 357 air which I got yesterday from Amazon. Bought it for 11 gbp. It can do a little over then 45 degrees cut turns and is very smooth. I of course started with he rubic's brand but they are crap.
Thank you it worked
I love the sleeve idea!!!! Helped soo much! All the other tutorials I couldn't understand, yours was very clear.
I recommend you watch the full video and dont skip if you are a beginning it really helps especially with the repative instructions it may be annyoing but it really helps you remember it . Thx man
Perfect tutorial, you are amazing
Exactly
+Omkar Joshi woah a that comes off as self-centred?
Thanks you a loooooot! This is the best F2l tutorial. You explain very specific, and you always repeat the important things. Like if u agree.
YES!!!!!!!!! This is the least confusing F2L video out there! I thought I was completely hopeless but everything is starting to click for me. Thank you!
Thanks for the tip. The not white side down bit had me really turned around. Its counter intuitive to how I first learned. So it had me turned around. The guides greatly appreciated.
Thank you I tried to use z3 cubing tutorial for 2 days and didn't make sense but I used yours for 1 hour and I know how to do it thanks. Keep it up👍🏽
thanks man you really helped me
I was looking for so long for a good video
Thanks for youre hard work
I know this is 3 years later than when you posted but thanks
This is actually the best F2L tutorial I’ve found. Thank you so much 🙏 Putting the time stamps for the different cases in the description really helps 🙏🙏🙏
i watched multiple videos over the past two days trying to figure this out, but this was the only one that helped me get it. concisely listing every case in a slow and unassuming manner. thanks!
I'm prettty intuitive thankfully so I was able to do the firt 2 layers rather quickly
All this doesn't work, I have COLOUR BLINDNESS....
Get the enchroma glasses
BugOn are they all different colours for you tho??
If you have colour blindness, then to u the Rubik’s cube is already solved!😂😂😂
bro, thank you so much, i literally had spend months trying to understand f2l and was unable to, but i found your channel and now, it's probably the best thing that had ever happened to me for the last few months, I am planning on learning all sorts of rubik's cube starting from 2x2, 3x3 but always wondered why i didn't learn advanced methods of all the cubes, it's because there's no one to teach me or any youtube videos that were well explained. But this right here made me learn f2l within an hour, I'm really glad that i found your channel, it seems that you're quiet inactive here but if you're reading this, thank you, you're the best cubing tutor out there. Really appreciated it :D
Cannot thank you enough for making this HELPFUL video to everyone. Brilliant and simple !! I almost gave up on F2L until I spot this tutorial. I have all the symptoms described in your wrap-up section. Wish I had saw this video earlier.
I am pretty sure most of the people watching this are like 14
res yeah I'm 14
no sorry, I'm still 11😂😳😔
Animecupcakes 500 same eeeee
res I'm 14 lol
Raza Meer 13... close enough
And boom there it is... Nice I just have to master this move then I hope to cut my solving time
it cut mine about 20 seconds and im really slow still
After watching just about every popular video on F2L, and not understanding a single thing I can safely say this is perfect for beginners, he explains it just like the beginner method, thank you I can do the F2L normally.
Thanks for explaining F2L so well. Great video!
Wheres the rest of your videos - It's January 2017 now and you said they would be out four months ago?
Phil Waud I know right he's so late
It's January 2018 now
Still waiting for the OLL and PLL.
this doesn't make sense I'm going cry lol jk but this is to intense
Trippy Reaper lol true
I watched this video and mastered F2l. What part did u stuck on?
Have watched a half dozen videos on F2L and this is definitely the best. Thank you.
Finally, I got the right teacher. All steps are so clear and with no algorithms. Thanks for your effort.
For those of you concerned about the 40 minute timestamp:
1. This is an interactive tutorial. It's very repetitive but has plenty of navigation tools to skip around the video for those who want to get to the good parts
2. As such, if you want to learn this quickly and be in and out, it will take 10-15 minutes tops :)
3. The tutorial is deliberately slow since I got so many comments on previous tutorials that I was going too fast, so those who need it can take their time
But F2L is definitely an investment so if you're not ready to put in the time, I apologize for making this one so long - I might make a crash course on it at a later time. But for now, thanks for stopping by and happy cubing!! :D
+TheSergsB the link for steps 3 and 4 are the same link
+Creative projects for the Projectless Thanks! But which steps are you referring to? I just checked all the annotations and couldn't find the issue :/
+TheSergsB where's the 6x6 tutorial
+TheSergsB I saw the problem on insert and align on the left, each time I clicked on either of them it took me to 14:35
+Creative projects for the Projectless Oh yeah that's a fair point. The problem is, because the 3 cases cover the Align and Insert steps at the same time, and the case explanations begin at 14:35, I had them both link there. Perhaps I should just remove the link on "Insert" so it's not as confusing..
ANSWER TO THE SECRET QUESTION :
im using a phone app as a rubik's cube xD
lol
Same, u using "cube rubik" ?
The cube I'm using was from a pack of 3X3 to 5X5 idk the brand name but it's really good and I've been using for a month. Also, this tutorial is amazing and by far the best, easiest to follow, and most in detail tutorial on the internet! So, thanks for teaching me F2L!
This is the first cube video I haven't had to slow down to understand. Absolutely brilliant, thank you!
I like your into!😂
Same here
I don't know if it's my screen, the cube you are using or the lighting, but the orange in shadow looks red, and the yellow in shadow looks orange. I'm able to follow, but man it's hard to tell what color is what
Brien Malone ik it has happens with me too...and not just this video the beginners guide to third layer also
Finally, after watching so many tutorials, i found this treasure. Well explained. Best F2L guide! Thank you!
Thank you SO much! The other tutorials I have looked at kind of drone on and its hard to find what scenario they are doing, so the chapters really help!
Answer: Valk 3, and I've had it..... about 30 hours :p
I feel like im the only but when i use f2l it slows my time
Protock Gaming same
You'll eventually get faster with consistent practice.
Try to recognise the cases faster (your recognition will automatically improve with practice). Basically, you need to differentiate between Case 1, 2 and 3 (as shown in the video) as quickly as possible and then intuitively build the necessary pairs.
Keep practicing, and I'm sure you'll soon be better with F2L.
ARNESH ROYCHOWDHURY thanks
switch to roux method then
Protock Gaming f2l is the longest part of the 3x3 solve so its no surprise you feel that way ps. i feel that way too
Thanks for the tutorial! Finally got it around my head, so all i need now is to make it "second nature" to me when solving! :P
Dude, I learned the basic way to solve a cube a long time ago. I always wanted to learn how to solve it quicker but was intimidated by the tutorials I viewed. Your's are so we'll put together and easy to understand. Thank you for the work you put into it. Now to work on getting my time down.
Surg is that a pebble time you are wearing
Yep!! :)
Surg a great way to pespnalize it is website called dbrand you can personalise other things as well
+TheSergsB I have one too
15:37 secret message
What is the message?
Wow I can't believe it's that easy 👍 you spoke a lot but I'm glad I stayed listening because you made extremely easy to understand!
This is definitely the best f2l vid I have seen. Explained and illustrated very well and no super fast movements. A+
Im struggling to see how doing F2L intuitively is quicker than beginner method. With F2L like this you have to be constantly watching which side you lift up, especially when doing later pairings seems much quicker to just bash out the moves in beginner which are much simpler and easy to execute quickly, requires far less thinking, I can do 1 minute usual solves but doing f2l takes far longer. Im sure pros averaging 20-30 sec solves have taken the time to learn the individual algorithms for each of the cases rather than solving it like shown in any of f2l youtube vids.
Him: *Finishes the cube*
Me: Wait, where does the red piece go again?
Thank you so much! This helped a lot. i have watched like 10 other videos and this is by faaaaaaar the best. it just seems like you care more than all other the other people do making videos on f2l. Thank you!
This is the only tutorial on the internet that actually helped me solving my cube with f2l. Thank you so much :-)
i got 17 minutes and 49 seconds with f2l and 39 seconds with the beginners...
RacistFish practice bruh it doesn't take two days like beginners method this is intermediate
Don't worry. When you applied it, your times will slow down. As time flies, you get better, and your times get faster.
RacistFish Okay you must be doing it wrong. There are 2 things going wrong here. 1. You have to be doing F2l wrong or something. 2. Your lying about getting 39 seconds for your basic method solve. Because with I just learned F2l not even an hour ago and for my first timed solve ever I got 2 minutes and 7 seconds. And my Pb for basic method is 40 seconds. So you have to be either doing F2l wrong or your not understanding it completely or your lying about your times. Because that's just crazy with that big time gap you have..
You just don't like it because he's brown.
SilverProdigy 39 seconds is possible on basic method
Answering the secret question: I am using a GANS 357 and I've had it for around a month
Yes I'm not the only one!
1221yeah right
I only use mofang jiaoshi lol
So glad I found this video. All the others made it seem like f2l was more difficult than it really is, thanks!
This is the best video I've found on TH-cam and it was so helpful
13:13 I've better move which will surely Decouple the wrong arranged pairs without destroying any of the pre-arranged pairs.
F R U R' U' F'
Same. I'm not used to R' U/U' R. But I've already used to F R U R' U' F' / F U R U' R' F'. Simply because it's one of the beginner's moves
rubix 1 week 4 days record 1:31
Lol 1 week 3 days and 39 Secounds!
now i 25 av
+jojoagario Ooo nice
thank you
+jojoagario I subbed to u
Excellent explanation, it is not repetitive at all. Thank you !
Amazing tutorial! I've seen so many other f2l videos but i still didn't understand f2l. This vid makes it so easy to understand f2l. Thank you for making this vid!
Few parts were a bit fast.... so i slowed it down. You sounded drunk lol!
NOBODY GIVES A SHIT DUDE STFU
Few parts were a bit boring... so I disliked the video. TheSergeB might be mad at me lol!
@@brnico6184 Okay child.
Kplkk
Secret Question Answer: I'm using Rubik's brand and I've had it for 20 days.
PS my record (not using a speed alg) is 1 min and 31.80 seconds
I know this video is old but it really helped me. I'm still really slow in terms of cubing standards (3-5 minute solves with a pretty crappy cube, I can't do finger tricks yet) but I was able to actually do F2L and it feels way more satisfying than using the beginners method. Not sure if you're reading these, but thank you.
This mad WAY more sense, I have watched other videos and they didn't make any sense (mostly because they only showed one case). Thanks for showing all the cases and clarifying everything TheSergsB!!!
I am using a cyclone boys cube and I got it about a week ago. #foundthesecretmessage
Also found the message. I'm using a DaYan Zanchi
What secret message
+Jimmy Gong same
at 15:37. I use the qiyi sailing I got it 2 month ago
Eren J. Same
I dont understand how this could possibly make your time faster.
Jerome Sharpe You don't understand how doing 2 steps at once will improve your time?
+Table Hook yeah I think its just me being a slow learner tbh
Jerome Sharpe Learning to speedcube is difficult for everyone. Just practice when your'e bored.
Nah ur just trash at this kid, initially this new method will be slower than ur begginers method time but as you get better at what he showed you in the video your time will increase drastically
Jerome Sharpe ask Zelix Femdegs
Nicely explained.
Instead of giving a predefined set of algorithms this video explains how to solve it on your own.
Exactly what I was looking for.
Broooooo, this is hands down the best vid out there . I’ve been trying to do this for weeekkkksssss ,