Like most people when I was learning F2L, I just went online to figure out how to do it. After watching numerous tutorials on how it was done I had finally got it. During this time I found that if some things had been explained a little differently it would have helped tremendously in understanding how to consistently perform F2L. When you are first starting it is difficult to keep track of everything and there is a lot to remember.

I created a system for myself that allowed me to be able to complete F2L in a more organized manner. There are lots of tutorials online but I wanted to include some items that I wish someone had told me while I was learning. I’m sure this is how most people learn to do F2L but I never found it written down in one location that was comprehensive enough for my taste. There was no systematic approach I could reference every single time no matter what the case was. Having it written down and not having to keep rewinding a youtube video helped out quite a bit as it's much faster to reference a single case. This is just my explanation of a systematic approach to beginners F2L that makes sense to me and hopefully it helps someone else out there. I am by no means a super fast cuber (around 30 second average at the time of this writing) but wanted to get my thoughts down on paper before I forgot how difficult it was to keep everything straight.

This video is for people just learning how to do F2L and is intended to allow a user to solve every F2L case (there are 41 different unsolved cases) by following the following 3 steps no matter what the case is. I am going to assume you either have no F2L experience or very little and still need help with the basics. I tried very hard to make each step as simple and detailed as possible. It may seem like a lot initially, but once you have it down, you will probably only be referencing the images anyways.
I am more than willing to take feedback on this to help improve the video. ([email protected]) The goal is to make F2L as easy and understandable as possible for everyone. I know it seems like a wall of text initially and for a beginner it may seem like a bit much, but once you understand the content my hope is that these instructions break down something as complicated as F2L into something that anyone can do by following the same steps over and over and over again. Like most beginner methods it breaks down every F2L case into 3 cases and 2 insertions.
Beginners F2L: 3 easy steps for every case.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n...

Link on the speed solving forum for discussion
https://www.speedsolving.com/forum/sh...

Cubes Used:
I bought two cheap cubes off amazon and peeled all of the stickers off of one of them, then replaced the pieces from one on the other as I saw fit. The Sulong and Gulongs are only 4-5 bucks shipped per, so for 10 bucks you can have two test cubes.
Here is the link on amazon i got mine from: https://www.amazon.com/MoYu-Smooth-Su...
And I chose the #X / # option.

If you want better test cubes, then the Thunderclap V2 is one of the best sub-$10 cube on the market.

Here is a summary Hubert Cumberdale added via the comments. Thanks Hubert!
Heres something that sums up the video so you dont have to jump around

WHITE (7:47)
face slot towards you
line up edge position to left or right
lift slot
fix corner

SAME (9:38)
face white to opposite color on the corner
hide corner and move edge over it


DIFFERENT (12:20)
line up edge
face slot to you and edge piece on left or right
lift slot and turn top until you see white
lower slot

EASY CASE
white over slot
slot faces you and you cant see white
lift slot
move top until you see white
lower slot


Happy Cubing! - Caleb Miller.

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