Can You Solve a 4x4 Rubik's Cube Like a 2x2?

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  • @LemonCookies
    @LemonCookies 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6361

    when solving any size cube. i always reduce to a 1x1

    • @michelleclark9355
      @michelleclark9355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +231

      Wait how that’s so hard 😰

    • @xettabyte4162
      @xettabyte4162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +493

      i reduce to a 1x1 too, but i cant solve it from there :(

    • @viennazhou6982
      @viennazhou6982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      what

    • @taguit3661
      @taguit3661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Me to, smart minds think alike

    • @bloodlust_9890
      @bloodlust_9890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      I reduce to a 0-0

  • @LivingWithTheCoopers
    @LivingWithTheCoopers ปีที่แล้ว +46

    You taught me how to solve a 3x3, 4x4, 5x5 and beyond.
    I will happily admit you got me through lockdown here in the UK by opening up the world of speedcubing.
    You break things down so well, but when you got onto commutators you absolutely destroyed my mind.
    I still use the beginners method, but I'm working on it, to be fair I was 35 when I started and I'm 38 now, so it's a little harder for things to get into my head these days ha ha
    Thank you.

    • @Katec444
      @Katec444 ปีที่แล้ว

      do you start solving the 5x5 like a 3x3? from the middle?

  • @emhogg
    @emhogg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5551

    Dylan: I will not do that ever again it's pointless
    Also Dylan: Why dont we solve 6×6 like a big 3×3

    • @Dhruveluv
      @Dhruveluv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +374

      And 8x8 like a big 4x4

    • @JTCubing916
      @JTCubing916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1142

      @@Dhruveluv 8x8 into a 4x4 into a 2x2

    • @JPerm
      @JPerm  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1666

      @@JTCubing916 That's cursed

    • @hardhappyuwu
      @hardhappyuwu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      Redicendia do you realize that’s impossible

    • @Sougetsu1213
      @Sougetsu1213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@apoiadordelobos7887 you commented on the wrong comment you know ?

  • @stefanchelarescu4090
    @stefanchelarescu4090 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1452

    it doesnt matter , in the end we always reduce every Cube to a 1 x1

    • @MurihSantos
      @MurihSantos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I belive that's the cleverest thing I've ever heard

    • @MrSharkFIN
      @MrSharkFIN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@MurihSantos Most clever, rather

    • @mariosumilang7556
      @mariosumilang7556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Help me I reduced it to a 1x1 and I don’t know what to do next 😰

    • @petert1595
      @petert1595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      So that means every cube we solve, we end up with a DNF because be don’t solve it like a 1x1?

    • @greenhum50
      @greenhum50 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I expand it into any cube lol

  • @cuttlefishn.w.2705
    @cuttlefishn.w.2705 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I've become obsessed with doing it this way. This has been great commutator practice, and the f2l/fl/f4b has become a lot simpler and less daunting than how you did it here.
    F2L algs covers all the corners and edge pieces for the first 4 blocks, keeping what you've solved at the bottom and repositioning them in optimal positions to continue solving. Putting the centers in place I found was easiest after first making them face the bottom and using 2 slice moves (assuming a desired center piece was somewhere along the sides).

    • @samueljehanno
      @samueljehanno ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Please develop

    • @Kevin-qj7fp
      @Kevin-qj7fp 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      i agree
      id like to learn to commutate @@samueljehanno

  • @megangibbons2363
    @megangibbons2363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2526

    I dare you to do an official solve like that in a comp after Covid

    • @nahbus2033
      @nahbus2033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Megan Gibbons I don’t think wasting ur solves doing that is eorth it. Unless he gets faster with this method

    • @maxwellsimon4538
      @maxwellsimon4538 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      @@nahbus2033 Or just to meme. Meming is fun

    • @nahbus2033
      @nahbus2033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      maxwell simon True. But wca is a official comp

    • @LeaveNow.
      @LeaveNow. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      but meming in an official comp would be way more funny

    • @Chaserodg
      @Chaserodg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Exactly

  • @johnyzhang7545
    @johnyzhang7545 4 ปีที่แล้ว +745

    2030: This day 4-8-2020 Wang Method had been invented the best 4x4 method

    • @kumaraswamykesavaraj9565
      @kumaraswamykesavaraj9565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      LOL

    • @fesh
      @fesh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      it's been done multiple times in the past, and it's been shown to be shit

    • @anthonyrobert1376
      @anthonyrobert1376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      haha

    • @iDunnoMC
      @iDunnoMC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fesh That's the joke.

    • @fesh
      @fesh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@iDunnoMC it's barely a joke

  • @ranveerkapoor4486
    @ranveerkapoor4486 4 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    Nobody:
    Jperm in his next video: reducing 12x12 to a 2x2 and solving it

    • @kevinm1317
      @kevinm1317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Nobody:
      Jperm in his next video: reducing a 3x3 to a 2x2 and solving it

    • @thephoenix252
      @thephoenix252 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Pro Clash thats the joke...

    • @nafakhiofficial
      @nafakhiofficial 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      RK Cubing reducing a 12x12 to a 6x6 and reducing it again to a 3x3 and solving it

    • @Kromiball
      @Kromiball 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      32x32 to 16x16 to 8x8 to 4x4 to 2x2 to 1x1

    • @lilabenford7159
      @lilabenford7159 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      sssshhhhhhh..... do't give him any ideas XD

  • @weilfug
    @weilfug 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I think this video is second only to "watch for falling rocks in half an A press" for the most insane thing I've ever seen on here. Good effort

  • @sunilnaugain8736
    @sunilnaugain8736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I saw this video 2 years ago when you posted it.
    It just got recommended to me 2 years after you uploaded it. You have changed alot since then and your channel has hit 1M Subscribers.
    When I had earlier saw this, I thought this challenge was very hard, but looking back at it today, just to put every HARD challenge you have done so far after this one into perspective this seems very easy.
    Can't believe that this was posted 2 years ago. And damn time flies by pretty fast. This video just brings lots of cubing memories from earlier times.

    • @premasusai6972
      @premasusai6972 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If u R in Ukraine hope ur good with da things happenin

    • @sunilnaugain8736
      @sunilnaugain8736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@premasusai6972 No. I support Ukraine. I am India.

  • @Ethan-ez2ti
    @Ethan-ez2ti 4 ปีที่แล้ว +812

    me seeing the title
    also me: yes
    me realising what he means: no
    me after watching the video : yes

  • @cookiecubing1235
    @cookiecubing1235 4 ปีที่แล้ว +355

    “You could, but why, why would you do that” 😂

    • @StylesAdy
      @StylesAdy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Just for fun 😆

    • @TukeShark
      @TukeShark 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      why would you say "why" twice

    • @bagua465
      @bagua465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      TukeCS mate it’s a Jon Tron quote you uncultured swine

    • @reversev9778
      @reversev9778 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TukeCS why why would you say “why why” twice

    • @guestaccount1801
      @guestaccount1801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@meenahh *comma

  • @M.athematech
    @M.athematech 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Reduction to 2x2 is my favorite way of slow solving a 4x4, I do it completely intuitively and don't need to worry about parity. Even the ugly case you got I solve intuitively. After the bottom layer 2x2 blocks are built the top layer 2x2s are built doing nothing more than R'D'RD and turning U and swapping positions of 2x2 blocks.
    But if I really feel masochistic I go for a layer by layer solve of the 4x4, first 3 layers are easy, last layer is challenging.

    • @infiniteplanes5775
      @infiniteplanes5775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love you

    • @VTS_RUbik
      @VTS_RUbik 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Layer by layer with commutators [[R,U], 2R] - for wings pseudo-OLL and F2 [[R,U],2R2] F2 for PLL was my own method, when i was beginner, and then it helped me to solve Magic Cube 4D 4^4 (4x4x4x4) without much difficulty (when other used reduction). I just use macros with these comms.

    • @samueljehanno
      @samueljehanno ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@infiniteplanes5775lol

    • @Katec444
      @Katec444 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      tysm bro i couldnt be bothered to remember all the parity algorithms but when i got a 2x2 case on the 4x4 and then solved it for the first time and i knew what i was doing i had to see how to do this since i can solve 2x2 averagely under 8-10 seconds tyyy-and used to remember how to solve the mirror 2x2 😂

  • @wongcayven9893
    @wongcayven9893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +491

    Fun fact : solving a rubik's cube, no matter how big it is, is reducing it to a 1x1x1

    • @Ahmed-qc3bh
      @Ahmed-qc3bh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Its not funny fact tbh

    • @wongcayven9893
      @wongcayven9893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@Ahmed-qc3bh It's not a funny fact because it's a fun fact. Learn to spell smh

    • @B_P3
      @B_P3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@wongcayven9893 well it's not a fun fact either tbh, it's obvious. Learn to not be dumb smh..

    • @kingwillthe1st753
      @kingwillthe1st753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wongcayven9893 same goes for you

    • @emmanuelmacron4
      @emmanuelmacron4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You just copied another comment

  • @jakerussell135
    @jakerussell135 4 ปีที่แล้ว +606

    me who reduces it to a 1x1: don't ever use the word "smart" with me

  • @MinutemenSyndrome
    @MinutemenSyndrome 4 ปีที่แล้ว +673

    Nobody:
    J perm during quarantine:

    • @imnotfuckingusingthisaccou2574
      @imnotfuckingusingthisaccou2574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unique Baconhair Please no covid-19 or quarantine jokes thanks

    • @MinutemenSyndrome
      @MinutemenSyndrome 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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      'Sars coV -2' ?

    • @MinutemenSyndrome
      @MinutemenSyndrome 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@misam5234 Greeting , my dear bacon Robloxian .

    • @MinutemenSyndrome
      @MinutemenSyndrome 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@heshw3277 You like dead memes. Pathetic.

    • @iDunnoMC
      @iDunnoMC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MinutemenSyndrome According to the CDC and WHO the term COVID-19 is a correct term for referring to the Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) more commonly known as COVID-19 or more simply Coronavirus.

  • @cubingnetwork2872
    @cubingnetwork2872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    The YuXin animals are watching in the background wondering what is happening.

    • @JPerm
      @JPerm  4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      They like it because they are all 2x2s

    • @evander29
      @evander29 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@JPerm hahahaha

    • @cubingnetwork2872
      @cubingnetwork2872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      J Perm 😃

    • @chessbitz6846
      @chessbitz6846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@JPerm What do you give them to eat??? Weight 5 lubricant or Martian?

    • @freds2150
      @freds2150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chessbitz6846 Weight 5

  • @alexcheng5979
    @alexcheng5979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +436

    If you only solve 3 "corners" instead of a whole layer, it is much easier.

    • @aryansingh2199
      @aryansingh2199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Yeah i was thinking the same thing. If you leave a slot, you can intuitively solve 3 of the top corners, so you would have 2 unsolved pieces left. Then you could develop algs for solving those two pieces

    • @RedBloodChannel
      @RedBloodChannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@aryansingh2199 Superantoniovivaldi actually has a video on a bandaged 4x4 that's has 2x2 pieces stuck together and he shows how to do it fully intuitively

    • @JPerm
      @JPerm  4 ปีที่แล้ว +194

      That's a good idea, i didn't think of it!
      It wasn't until after I recorded the video that I thought to check if other people had done this before, and I saw a few videos showing how to do it better than I did 😅

    • @c3slayer72
      @c3slayer72 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi

    • @tusharjamwal
      @tusharjamwal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JPerm oops

  • @vari1535
    @vari1535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    12:33 most epic music change ever

  • @samuelnguyen4990
    @samuelnguyen4990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Jperm:
    the first 2x2 corner: easy
    the second 2x2 corner: easy
    the third 2x2corner: medium
    Last 2x2 corners: too hard

    • @vivekg10thd46
      @vivekg10thd46 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No its easy
      I aolved it without knowing anything

    • @itz_t3rm707
      @itz_t3rm707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @TheTrooper spelling literary has nothing to do with solving you vegetable

  • @bilalwarsi11
    @bilalwarsi11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    I’m losing so many brain cells watching Jperm doing this lmao

    • @smoothcriminal7604
      @smoothcriminal7604 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      why dont you watch cubing fails

    • @bilalwarsi11
      @bilalwarsi11 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bitu Pal oh boy

    • @ViswathKumaraa
      @ViswathKumaraa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If there is a WCA Event called 4x4 FMC THen we can use this method AKA Dylan Wang method

    • @ricktheslick1385
      @ricktheslick1385 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeet s Deetus 𝚒𝚖 𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛

    • @parasocks1613
      @parasocks1613 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m using a ş̶̡̢̨̡̢̧̡̢̛̛͉̭̭̘̗͙̬̳̩̪̱͓̠͍͙̖̖͓̠̖̼͖͇̩̞̜̻͔͍͈̟̝͎̤̜̰̘̗̖̳͚̪̪͎̳̦̮̮͖̦̤̜̞̺̟̣̺̻͉̩̮͎̜̳̬̬̫̩̲̲̜̞̫͕̥͖̮̖̗̩̥̺͉̗̭̜̰̘̫̋́͛̒͒̄̂͐͋̎̏͂̽̓̊̍͌͌͌͊͐̏̈̊̋̆̉̉̇̎̓̌̇̊͑͌̈̓̊͛̍͐̀̈͒̆̈́͆̐̃̍́̎̇̈͌̿́̀̿͛̾̈́͋̀͌̾͌̐̑͒͂̀̋̎̔̽̐̊̌̇̃̐̆̅͒̍̋̓̀͒̃̈́̂͂̒̔͊͋̅̒̑̈́̀̊̒̋̅̋͋̔́͆̈́̂̍̄̚̚̚̚̚͘͘͘͜͜͝͝͝͠͝͝͝͠͝͠͝͝͝͠͝͝͠ͅͅͅͅp̸̨̨̡̢̨̢̢̨̨̛̛̛̟̭̮̭̟̞̬̟̠̮̺̥͚̺̰̙̳͎̣̙̲̜̺͇̮̲͕͕̺̬̟̳̺̪͖̥̞̘̪̣̟͎̱̣̲̲͚̻͔͇̝̣͎͚̲̠̖͙̰̹̘̖̠̗͓̱̻̜̝̤̱̥̳̹̫̻͔̞̤͎͍͍̮̻̯͓͉͙̝̗͕̱͚̺̟̠͆̓͌̑̈́̀̏̐̀̔͐́͆̅̐͛͋́̅̔̾̓̂͆͆̑͒̍̐̒͗̆͛̃̊́̆̍͗̊̔̓̇̑̈͆̉͗̈́͂̈͗̈́̋̀͂̑̈́̽̌̆̾̓́̑̊̂̈́̈̋̐͌̊̀̿̀͒͋̿̿̇̋̿̓̒̐̾̋̆͐̍̉͗̿́̀̈́̃̐̏̆͗̏̓͗̇̅̑̋͛̿̋̌͐̑̀̀̆̈́͋̓͂͆̊̾̅̏͊̑̅̏̄́̀̓͋̎͐̃́̎̀̆̆͂̌͌͊̐͑̽̏̾̊̄̈̿͌́͌͂̑̊̓͋̐̔͐̎͌̄̅̅͛̈́̈́̃͌̈́̅͂̾̅̍̇̿̍́̏̅̔̈̂͌̈́̈̒̍͐͐̐͒͗͐͂͊̏̉͋̎͌̿͑́̽̈̀́̓͌͊͐͐̀̀̇́̋̈̓̅͗̋̈͌͗̈̇̓͒̋̕͘͘͘̕͘̕̕̕̚͘̕̚̕͜͝͠͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅờ̴̛̛̛̗̞̪̆͐́̄͋̒͋̀̌͋̅̅̄̌̍̂̎̎̎́͋̉̑̀̈́̓̑̎̈́͋̂͗̆̐́̎̔̌́̄͐͆͂̂̏̉͆̔̓̅̌̾͋́̅̈́̄̽̆́̿̈́͛̌͐̏͑͑̊̂̏̀́̆̑̓̊̋̄̈́̂͌̀̒̔͑̆͗̔̆̆͆̒̀̄͐̈́͘͘̚̚͘̚̚̕͠͝͠͝͝͝͠͝͝͝ở̵̡̧̢̢̨̧̡̧̢̢̢̧̧̡̧̨̧̡̡̧̡̡̧̨̨̡̢̡̛̛̛̛̙̬̳͎̠͚̺̠̦̩̝̟̫̩̪̦͉̠̹̻͎̫̳̝̰̮̫͓̭͕̮̙͎̦̘̻̬̖̜̠̦̰̜̝̱͙͙̘̺͖͔̯̘̪̫̱͕̯̞͇̝̝͖̝̗̭̭̘̟̫͇̬̫̫͎̖̜̮̬̳̻̰̯͔͉̦̥̞̩͎͉̪̠̲̩̪̤͍̟̗̳̝̮̜͕̝̙̤̫͓̩̘͓̤̫̗̖̳̫̰͎̹͍̠̝̹͔̝̗̫̠̯̻͈̗̥̤̼͈͓̣̪̥͍̦̺̝̯̩͕̪̜̱̖̹͚̹̗͔̟͍̮̳̹͇̭͎̺̞̥̻̯̤͈̻͎̝̎́̈͊͒͒͂̿̈́̇̀̈́̾͑̊͌̃̋̌͌̇̎̈́͋̀̽̊̔̀̅̓́̏̀̒̊͛̾͂͆͒̇̃̋͌́̆̒͗̄̎̈̓̒̓́́̈́͆͆̓̽́̃͊̃̉̾́͊̌̃̓͆̎͌͛͗̾̑͗̿̀̍̎͐̐̐̄̋͑̈̓̇̇̓̆̔̄̎͑́̈́̈͋̅̑̊̿̄̿̈͛̈́̾͆͌̉̈́̀̀͛̌̓̊̽͋̔̎̀̇͒͂̃̓͊̔̇́͌͐̏̊̐̾͆̓͋̒̓͋̔̔̾̃͐̆͑̎̒̄̀̋̂͋̑̿̓̊͊̿͛̀͛̈́́̋͋͘̕͘̕̚̕͘̚̚̚̚͘̕̚̕̕͜͜͜͠͠͠͝͠͠͝͝͝͠͝͝͝͝͝͠͝͝͠͝͝͠ͅͅͅn̸̡̨̧̧̨̢̛̛͓̱͎͚͕̜͕̟̝͓̯̻̙͇͈̺͎͕͎̻̭̳͕̞͖̗̣̙̞̖̜̲̖̈́̑̊̌͌̇͂̒̋̄͗̈́̄̎̈͒̿̐̾̅̓̐̓̋̄͊̀̂̄͛̉̃͑̅̏̂̉̽͒́̀̓͆͒͆́̒̄̉͋̈́̉̃̔̓̓̀̿̓͗̾͆͂̋͌͐̾̃̓̃͌͗̌͊͗̓̾͗͑̈́́͊̾̾̈́̎͐͆̃͑́̓̔̔̽̃͒͐̈̉̂̀̽͒̿̎̓̽̂̀͂̍̊̇͂̈́̎̽̉̍̄͛̒͛́͐̄̀̽̀̽͐̈̂̔̀̑̓͛͆̑̅͗̏̐̆̈́̒̀͗́̀̇͗̏̈́͌̒̍̆͛̉͋̑̀̀̃͆̃͐̌̅͊̀̔͛͋́͐͗͑̔̇͊̀̿̌̇̿͌̊͛͆͗͂͗̋̂̀̔̒̂̽͌̏̍̏̃̋̓̓̂̄͌͑͋̍̈́͌̐͆̈́͌͐̃͊̾̾̐̏̽̏̈́̽̈̚̚͘̕͘̚̚͘̕̚͘̕̕͘͘͘̚͜͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͠͝͠͝͠͝͠͝͠͠͝͝͠͝

  • @krzysztof_jablonski
    @krzysztof_jablonski 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Like you said, instead of reducing to 2x2 it's instead possible to solve the pieces into correct spots right away, one by one. The resulting method would still be a bizarre and laborious 4x4 layer by layer with unnecessary piece order restrictions. You did it the hard way, congrats.

  • @Kai_M
    @Kai_M 4 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    Omg, I did this, me and my bro were doing a 2x2 race, bit we only had one 2x2 so we mixed the 4x4 as if it was a 2x2, wide moves only 🤣

    • @vinishoos9190
      @vinishoos9190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      KaiQubz YT why didn’t u just solve it like a 4x4 then do a wide move only scramble?

    • @vinishoos9190
      @vinishoos9190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      MrSushiMaker29 oh oops

    • @VaniljeTV
      @VaniljeTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YAS

    • @Coffee._.Boy.
      @Coffee._.Boy. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @xo-br33zy36
      @xo-br33zy36 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vinishoos9190 he literally said that's what he did

  • @case451
    @case451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm really glad you got pairty in the solve, even though it is a pain, if you lucked out and it didn't happen then it would have still been a mystery about whether it occurs at all. Now we know.
    Thank you for your contribution to SCIENCE!

  • @dwaynesayzhi4402
    @dwaynesayzhi4402 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg!!! After 2 fails, I tried to do it again with your help and it worked! I was having a hard time doing commutators and doing the final piece, but I still managed to do it in the end. Even if its a tutorial or not, you still helped me bro! Thank you!!!

  • @yeet3279
    @yeet3279 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Me: starts doing an intuitive commutator
    Jperm: *I thought you were solving intuitively*

    • @tonysstudent8721
      @tonysstudent8721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Exactly, I would too consider commutators intuitive.

    • @JPerm
      @JPerm  4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Oops, I meant like more intuitively than that, like blockbuilding haha. Each commutator is very intuitive, but the concept of commutators as a whole is less intuitive in the sense that it's really hard to figure out on your own.

  • @georgistankov6855
    @georgistankov6855 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Hey J Perm can you please make a proper "how to plan your whole cross" because i have watched all of your cross tip videos and you say that i should plan it out during inspection but i really struggle with it . I cant memorise my plan i would love some tips for memorization! ♥

  • @helgi777
    @helgi777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    J perm: Teaches us how to use Hoya,Yau and Redux.
    Next day, he teaches us solving it using this 2x2 method.
    Me: Which one should I learn?
    Next day, J perm: Let me teach you another method.

    • @MizhiBirb
      @MizhiBirb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      2x2

    • @Webby104
      @Webby104 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      2x2 it's the quickest

    • @mathguy37
      @mathguy37 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The 1x1 method then you solve it like a 200x200 because it’s easier

  • @c0nstantine320
    @c0nstantine320 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Regardless of the inefficiencies I think this was very interesting. I think more of us should get to know cube theory and veer away from the algorithms.

  • @prawnydagrate
    @prawnydagrate 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    who else has solved a 5x5 layer by layer with no help using millions of commutators

  • @sans5955
    @sans5955 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    J Perm thank you for continuing to make amazing content. You are definitely my favorite cuber channel, and my favorite PLL as well!

  • @daphneblake7889
    @daphneblake7889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Omg! You went about that the hard way. But congrats!
    I like to use this method on a megamorphix puzzle.
    Using 2x2 R'D'RD moves in the last half(layer by layer in the first half) to pair edges with centers moving them around hideing them in the top layer.
    Sometimes you need a corner swap for the final 2 corner groups... this is a good process for the AI bandaged 4x4 cubes
    To fix parity you simply use false equivalency of centers to correct.

  • @airdannguyen3868
    @airdannguyen3868 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Answer: You can but you shouldn’t because you’re not pairing up/solving the same type of piece so it’s harder to see what you’re doing therefore it’s slower

    • @logandolphin8654
      @logandolphin8654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rubix cube nerd

    • @airdannguyen3868
      @airdannguyen3868 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Logan Dolphin oh no it’s u

    • @loo-ssemble
      @loo-ssemble 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Logan Dolphin
      wow using logic is so nerdy :o
      Almost as if I (a new cuber) can understand that!

    • @airdannguyen3868
      @airdannguyen3868 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shrekeroni it was a joke. I know him irl

    • @Bebe-rn2fh
      @Bebe-rn2fh 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Airdan Nguyen Are you Vietnamese

  • @anuj-1659
    @anuj-1659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Me: "I guess he will scramble it like a 2x2 and then solve it."
    Him: Scrambles it like a 4x4, turns it into a 2x2 and Then solves it.
    Me: "High IQ you've got right there man🧐"

  • @morristeeluk9962
    @morristeeluk9962 ปีที่แล้ว

    i just ordered several different rubik's cubes, and the 4x4 cube is a part of that order. And watching this made me just confuzzled in many ways(Yes, I had to look up a word for how I felt). But I'm excited. I'll try to solve it on my own, I'm sure that I will have to look up the method to solve it on TH-cam, and I'll for sure look at one of your videos to solve the cube if i can't solve it on my own. And I do have nearly four months of experience with a 3x3 cube.

  • @ayaan7990
    @ayaan7990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Can we just appreciate the torture he he went through for 15 minutes of our entertainment

    • @zeyy84
      @zeyy84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's longer than that. We don't see the behind the scenes

    • @kingravencubing1357
      @kingravencubing1357 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zeyy84 lol yeah

  • @nabeel8633
    @nabeel8633 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    J perm sounds like the mammoth from ice age

    • @jawad9757
      @jawad9757 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What?

    • @benjibenjo8938
      @benjibenjo8938 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow

    • @saw163
      @saw163 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      apoiador de lobos oh god don’t please

  • @teetertot6977
    @teetertot6977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Tomorrow: New faster 4x4 method: 3 minute full tutorial. Be sub-20

  • @JasperPloum
    @JasperPloum ปีที่แล้ว +1

    for the center swap you could do the 5x5 center swap alg

  • @FalconFlurry
    @FalconFlurry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I tried this once too although I did it a different way and like you said, you get to a certain point and realize how pointless it is. If you are manually placing specific pieces in specific places, you might as well just put them where they belong. The way I did it was a more brute force method where I solved it like a 4x4 supercube where I assigned a specific corner to each corner position based on where the corners were at the beginning of the solve. In the first stages of solving the centres I had to do it without shifting any of the corner's relative positions or rotations because those were my reference points. Once I finished the centres I used them as my new anchors. It was such a pain because if you accidentally rotate one of the centres it is really hard to notice until it's too late.

  • @M3ko2
    @M3ko2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Can you solve the 4x4 like a 2x2?
    *JPerm* : Well yes, but actually don't

  • @sudipachakravarty2332
    @sudipachakravarty2332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    solving a 4x4 by Yao method: *this man's pro*
    solving it by moving pieces in random: no.
    solving it by reducing the full thing to a 2x2: yEs, WhY nOt
    next challenge for JPerm: solve 4x4 by reducing to 5x5

    • @mattcraft5012
      @mattcraft5012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sudipa Chakravarty ?

    • @maddieseidel850
      @maddieseidel850 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@mattcraft5012 it's a joke idot

    • @anshumanagrawal346
      @anshumanagrawal346 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maddie Seidel You're The Idiot And The Commenter As Well, Jokes Should Also Make Sense Otherwise They're Just BS

    • @Le_g3nd
      @Le_g3nd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Anshuman Agrawal no no you are the biggest idiot because it IS a joke

    • @hvrst6241
      @hvrst6241 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And then 3x3 lmao

  • @tongqiustb847
    @tongqiustb847 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    4:44 wait then every time I do f2l on 4 by 4 I am actually doing f3l...

    • @taguit3661
      @taguit3661 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don’t have a 4x4 but I want one because I have so many other cubes and I was thinking about it and I was like how do you do f2l and then I thought wait it’s f3l

    • @SG2048-meta
      @SG2048-meta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@taguit3661 I have a 6x6 but I can’t solve a 4x4 😂😂😂

    • @Ha_haqiqie7
      @Ha_haqiqie7 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What?

    • @antoniomolina3612
      @antoniomolina3612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If you’re willing to spend 1000 dollars you can do f18l 😂😂

    • @nojumper01
      @nojumper01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@antoniomolina3612 or if you happen to be the 1 person in the world who has it **F32L**

  • @fonyomini
    @fonyomini ปีที่แล้ว +1

    dylan: ill do this "intuitively"
    also dylan: nah i'll use a commutator

  • @alexandergalindo6021
    @alexandergalindo6021 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey J Perm just wanted you to now you are a great example to follow your tips and vids are super useful and I have been improving thanks to you your the best. Hope everyone who reads this have a wonderful day full of blessings✨

  • @venomousstriker4715
    @venomousstriker4715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Ok guys if you want to know the tutorial is gonna be out tomorrow and the sub 1 tutorial next

  • @slimshejdy
    @slimshejdy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Literally yesterday my brother (non-cuber) asked me:
    wouldn't it be a nice method for a 4x4 to reduct it to a 2x2 and then solve it like a 2x2?
    I almost died when u uploaded this :D

  • @cqkeman707
    @cqkeman707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    i "made this method" when i first learned to solve a 4 by 4, i called it 4tega (say it if you dont understand)

    • @hugopaalman6991
      @hugopaalman6991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      MrCakeMan3 what do you mean?

    • @yazanhamod5187
      @yazanhamod5187 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@hugopaalman6991 he alredy solved the cube using this method, 4tega means ortega method(the 2x2 method) but in a 4x4 cube

    • @stoio24
      @stoio24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@yazanhamod5187 BIG BRAIN
      I couldn't understand it
      Edit:Thank you!

    • @Pegalo
      @Pegalo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      apoiador de lobos okay boomer

    • @hugopaalman6991
      @hugopaalman6991 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @fire gaming IL. Thanks

  • @kronusaerospace8872
    @kronusaerospace8872 ปีที่แล้ว

    years after release, and months after watching it for the first time (before I'd even gotten into cubing) I managed to solve a 4x4 as a two by two myself. It took me like 4 hours, and was pure pain, would recommend!

  • @joaosantana4199
    @joaosantana4199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I don't know why, but whenever I'm watching TH-cam late at night, I always seem to become bored yet not tired. then, I click on one of Dylan's videos and start to close my eyes. Can anyone else relate?

    • @pierrdemon2707
      @pierrdemon2707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      His content is unintentionally soothing, like a teacher with a soft voice to whom you should be paying attention but end up dozing off, not because you aren't interested in what they're saying, but because they naturally blend into the silence

  • @Spifyninja
    @Spifyninja 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I remember when I got my Rubik's 4x4 (this was was probably around 13 or 14 years ago). It came with a solve guide that taught solving the all of the edges and corners (partially using commutators) first and then solving the centers using commutators. When I got it all memorized, a good solve was probably around 7-8 minutes. Then I got the Rubik's 5x5, and basically applied the same methods, having to come up with something for middle pieces. I think 15-20 was probably around my average then. Long story short that method sucked, and also I never want to touch my Rubik's brand 5x5 ever again.

  • @oscar9180
    @oscar9180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    still waiting for that thistlewaite's algorithm tutorial....

  • @eig5203
    @eig5203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I feel like with algorithm optimization, and just getting used to it, i feel like it could become a viable strategy.

  • @sojourner_303
    @sojourner_303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    challenge: solve 5x5 using an alternate reduction method: centers = centers, edges = edge centers and edges, and corners = wings, corner centers, and corners. Basically 1x1 centers, long, skinny edges, and giant corners.

  • @abrahamdomingo8239
    @abrahamdomingo8239 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was honestly one of the most entertaining videos ive seen in a while. Great video!

  • @devarthtandan1346
    @devarthtandan1346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "He will soon regret saying this" had me literally ROFL 😂

  • @alkismamasioulas6916
    @alkismamasioulas6916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Cubing companies:
    Gan=Apple
    MoYu=Samsung
    QiYi=Huawei
    YJ=Xiaomi
    Yuxin=Lenovo
    RubiksBrand=Nokia

    • @nikitakusuma8440
      @nikitakusuma8440 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      alnek mamasioulas so true

    • @ezdor8877
      @ezdor8877 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just one thing. GAN are good and apple is... not.

    • @chessbitz6846
      @chessbitz6846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ezdor8877 Apple is good... But sometimes you can't get same features but for *much much* cheaper price...

    • @rusanamaroyal8904
      @rusanamaroyal8904 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yuxin is Xiaomi actually...

    • @alexipino
      @alexipino 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      LMAO this is scarely accurate

  • @RyanNgoclashroyaleCen
    @RyanNgoclashroyaleCen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    wth i was literally thinking about this yesterday
    jperm can read my mind ?!

  • @noahmurphy9295
    @noahmurphy9295 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jperm has officially gone insane during quarantine this is the best method

  • @nybsfp7486
    @nybsfp7486 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It actually was worth it in exercising problem solving skills vs just knowing algorithms. Keeps skills sharp

  • @PlusTwo
    @PlusTwo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Hey JPerm, I love this question and you did a lot of the same things that people usually do when they start out with it.
    I actually created a 2x2 reduction method for 4x4 a couple years ago that I still use to speed solve to this day. I still haven't finished the method, but here is a video of me using my method and getting a 1:07 pb with a 2x2 reduction method.
    th-cam.com/video/qUVaWMzhJjo/w-d-xo.html

  • @tomaszrebiszcubing9469
    @tomaszrebiszcubing9469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Who is watching this while sitting home and staying safe from the coronavirus?

  • @ThatOneSpud
    @ThatOneSpud 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I mean technically we reduce to a 1x1

  • @fritos1445
    @fritos1445 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    my first 4x4 comes in tomorrow, i'm pretty excited. I'm familiar with solving 3x3 and i've heard people say after the centers of the 4x4 you solve it like a 3x3 but the concept is going over my head by just looking at it. Maybe it'll make more sense when I have it in my hands.

  • @bradleyhewitt8996
    @bradleyhewitt8996 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had to delete a comment on another video because I was saying you should try this as a challenge and didnt realise you actually did it lol

  • @Doom_Guy_Slayers
    @Doom_Guy_Slayers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "He Will soon regret that" j Perm 2020

  • @RedBloodChannel
    @RedBloodChannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Superantoniovivaldi has a great video on how to do this! He shows how he solves a 4x4 with bandaged pieces that make 2x2 pieces if it makes sense, his video is really great and his method is intuitive

  • @bruhmomentlol715
    @bruhmomentlol715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i actually always wondered if you could.

  • @mustafaemrebasaran7701
    @mustafaemrebasaran7701 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video. I've always wondered this myself. You've got a new well-deserved subscriber. :)

  • @devini15yt
    @devini15yt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I find it fun to scramble a 4×4 like a 2×2, then scramble that like a 3×3. Now I have a way to make a 4×4 into a 2×2 using only 3×3 algorithms. It's still challenging but it's not as complicated as turning a randomly scrambled 4×4 into a 2×2

  • @lukekereti2783
    @lukekereti2783 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Next vid: solving a 9x9 like a 3x3

    • @marysartr
      @marysartr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Solving a 24x24 like a 12x12 like a 6x6 like a 3x3

  • @cubing3656
    @cubing3656 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Me after seeing the title:
    Well no,but actually yes

  • @whoiam4235
    @whoiam4235 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    J perm : "solve 4x4 like 2x2 in a minute or hour"
    Me : "solve 2x2 in 7 day and 3x3 in 12 day"

  • @MelindaGreen
    @MelindaGreen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Definitely a like for the effort! I'm glad to find out what it's like. It doesn't matter if it's useful. Like what's useful about blind solving? The task *is* the puzzle.

  • @Drie_Kleuren
    @Drie_Kleuren 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    9:22 I was trying to understand it and all the sudden he does that move so smooth in 0.001 seconds😂😂😂

  • @cuberty.tmspeedcuber954
    @cuberty.tmspeedcuber954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    When ur early
    And there is no funny comments. Wow

  • @lordseafood
    @lordseafood 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can you solve a 4x4 like a 2x2?
    Me: get in the car and let’s find who the frick asked

  • @Ninjawest-ur8zl
    @Ninjawest-ur8zl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The reason a 2x2 is hard to make, is because in order to get the cube in a 2 by 2 formation, you need the ability to solve the cube another way, because basically what your doing is trying to get the cube in a certain position, which is the exact same thing as you trying to solve a cube

  • @muhamadakmal3689
    @muhamadakmal3689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nice video.. btw i am new on rubik's cube.. i already can solve 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, and pyraminx.. it is really worth it to continue with 6x6 and so on? what next cube should i get? gigaminx? mirrow cube? thanks

  • @jeffreyblack666
    @jeffreyblack666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Before watching you try to solve it as a 2x2, I assumed it was based upon how you can move pieces around.
    You can move the centre pieces around without mixing up already "solved" ones, but that disturbs the edges.
    Then you can fix up the edges without distubring the "solved" centre.
    I assumed that trying to solve both the centre and the edge and corner at the same time to make the larger corner would be much harder.
    There is also the question of if attempting to do so would result in an impossible to solve state due to picking the wrong 2x2 setup.

  • @Sycris0829
    @Sycris0829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    TH-cam can hear me Bc the other day I was talking to my mom trying to do this and this video pops up in my feed a few days later

    • @wontuserealname8918
      @wontuserealname8918 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is your mom Jessica Friedrich or something? Who has obscure NxN cube reduction conversations with his mom?

    • @chris_ss2
      @chris_ss2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wontuserealname8918 lol

  • @0ros3t
    @0ros3t 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    how to solve 4x4 like a 2x2
    Step 1: mix it up like a 2x2
    Step 2: solve it like a 2x2
    You’re welcome lol

  • @taguit3661
    @taguit3661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Who else is solving a 2x2 while watching this
    Just me? Ok🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @rujon288
      @rujon288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am buying a valk2m while watching

    • @taguit3661
      @taguit3661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ru jon10 nice

    • @rujon288
      @rujon288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Learn with Lennon first proper 2x2

    • @TheRutanshGohel
      @TheRutanshGohel 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      me too

  • @yeoldpepsi
    @yeoldpepsi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Getting lost in a parity alg has consistently been the most anxiety inducing event when cubing
    I cringe and grit my teeth whenever I see someone else get stuck
    And it's so satisfying to see them finish it

  • @ewhiteman27
    @ewhiteman27 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i think a better explanation for why you reduce to a 3x3 is that reducing to a 3x3 is a method that stays consistent and works for any cube size. you cant reduce any cube size to a 2x2 because odd numbers exist, but you can reduce any cube to a 3x3

  • @aryasaktiflister_aw
    @aryasaktiflister_aw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    4x4 Methods:
    Redux❌
    Yau ❌
    Hoya ❌
    Wang 💯

  • @davidnelsonjr.5156
    @davidnelsonjr.5156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i have wanted to know if you could do this ever since i watched jperms video on how to solve 4x4.

  • @jovan79
    @jovan79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Who’s here after watching the “solving the rubiks cube one side at a time

  • @elguapob3766
    @elguapob3766 ปีที่แล้ว

    For the"parity" in the 8th piece, you could just break another edge, flipped then change the orientation of the cycle by making a setup move

  • @oscarr5338
    @oscarr5338 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you think about it, for every cube we reduce to a 1x1 stage

  • @xiaw4057
    @xiaw4057 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Imagine u a judge at a comp who cubes and u just see J Perm doing this and u like “...brotherrr.... are u ok in the brain?”

  • @boomerbob_6974
    @boomerbob_6974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    hEy JpErM wHy DoNt We ReDuCe It DoWn To A 1 x 1?

  • @storlok1922
    @storlok1922 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Who else tried this, failed and then just left the cube on the table?

    • @mohammeded-dahbi7603
      @mohammeded-dahbi7603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same
      I thought it would be a beginner method since he mentionned 2x2
      Btw i'm an absolute beginner what's the easiest way to learn how to solve 4×4 ?

    • @CANVASARTS123
      @CANVASARTS123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me

  • @JediMasterWald
    @JediMasterWald 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Mr. JPerm, can you solve a 3x3 by solving the corners like a 2x2 first and then solving the centers and edges? Thanks

  • @SirWigglebott0m
    @SirWigglebott0m 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great great....
    *Now reduce a 5x5 to a 3x3 but the edges and corners are 2 layers deep*

  • @Abbiyaahwu
    @Abbiyaahwu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    OMG! That was so fun to watch. Thank you for suffering for us. You are a God. I learned so much and had my mind blown too many times to count... Namaste 🙏🏿

  • @shwr-thoughts
    @shwr-thoughts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dylan: “I will not dare to do this ever again.”
    Also Dylan: “Today we will be solving and 8x8 like a 4x4 then like a 2x2”
    Dylan in the future: “Today I will try solving a 32x32 like a 16x16 then a 8x8 then a 4x4 and last a 2x2”
    Dylan at the end of the world: “Today I’m going to solve a 4096x4096 like a….”

  • @sidneydamsma
    @sidneydamsma 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im impressed at your cubing knowledge!

  • @owenwells2948
    @owenwells2948 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw a guy on reddit who has put a lot of effort into this method and gets fairly decent times with it I'm pretty sure he has videos on youtube

  • @jackcherbourg2899
    @jackcherbourg2899 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm getting an 8x8 tomorrow, and last night I watched your video on reducing an 8x8 to a 4x4. I decided to try reducing my 4x4 to a 2x2 before going to this video, and I realized quickly solving it like a 4x4 is far easier and quicker. Not interested in making it more complicated.