Thank you so much for all the great intuitive tutorials! Ever since I started cubing, fast times were always my goal so I tried to memorize as many algs as I can for all stages of the cube in order to be fast. But there was always a part of me that was frustrated about not having any idea WHY they solve the cases they solve. Realizing te math of the algs is at the end of the day essential to cubing, otherwise we're just memorizing a bunch of algs and that's alright but there is much more to cubing than just that. When I found your series I was really happy that someone thought of explaining why an alg does what it does. Your OLL videos helped me learn als the olls that i didn't understand and now I know full OLL thanks to the fact that I actually understand the algs. Now I am hitting f2l the same way (although f2l itself is much more intuitive of course) and I am really excited about it. Thank you Caleb!
Wow, thanks for the great comment. I'm going to pin this one! Well you are very welcome. I am just glad the videos are helping people out. Thanks again - Happy Cubing!
Caleb, you have one of the best F2L and OLL video series I have chanced across on youtube! I'm just a beginner cuber but I do have a suggestion to your series. It'll be great to have headers correlated to the time of the vids. Rough example, Oriented alg #1 or #2 min:sec , not-oriented alg min:sec, alternative etc etc. If you have the algs written down in the respective vid descriptions, that'll be the cherry on the cake. But do consider the former as priority. It was a little tedious to navigate my way through the vids (especially the longer F2L series) Keep the vids coming!
Awesome, I am glad you like them! It always makes me smile to find out I am helping another cuber out. As far as the descriptions, I will try to get around to adding algs and times stamps to the description or via some annotations after this OLL series. Currently I spend all of my time shooting and editing the OLL series but when I get done I will try to go back and add some links in the descriptions for the various algs, etc. This is a great suggestion and I would love to do it, but it will have to wait for now until I get a bit more time. I can definitely see how it would be tedious :P Either way, I am just glad they are helping the community. Thanks for the feedback, I really do appreciate it. - Happy Cubing!
Amazing Videos. Thank You for all your hard work and insights. I have literally spent the past moths studying and consuming your F2L series. I have made a 34 page set of notes and know I have watched every video at least 2 or 3 times and many lots more. I'm much better with F2L than when I began. Still have a ways to on my times but making good progress and I feel like I understand the cube so much better than when I first started.
Hey, thanks for the compliment Brett! Just glad the videos are helping people out. Let me know if you have any specific questions and I will try to answer them. Good luck and Happy Cubing!
best tutorials out there. A little fuzzy on the specifics of oriented vs. non-oriented concept. @ 1:40 the two cases look identical just mirrored and in the same sentence contradicts himself.
The concept of orientation was new to me as well but it quickly became clear as I watched the other videos in this series. You can also take your own cube and try to follow the movements being shown. An oriented case can be inserted in 2 moves. A non-oriented insertion takes 3 moves.
+Dan Morris Thank you, that is really nice to hear! You would be surprised how much work went into this series, so I am just glad they seem to be helping the community out. Happy Cubing!
You are welcome! I couldn't find something like this when I started so figured there were others out there that were looking as well. Glad you like it and hope you learn from it. Happy Cubing!
I started in May, and only have a PB of 34 seconds. So there's obviously a lot of opportunity in my F2L. I'll post back on my improvements after I've gone through the F2L series.
Hello. I liked your Beginner's F2L video very much and have gotten pretty good at it. So I am now trying this. But I hit a snag immediately at 2:14 where you briefly show the "Basic Moves" that apparently need to be known before continuing on with the video. Yes, I know the "sexy move" (and you do mention notation of the steps required), but you fly thru the next move - the "PAIR INSERTION" so fast that I cannot tell what the moves are. So can you please give the notation steps for pair insertion. Actually, it would be great if you could just give the notation for all the steps mentioned in the Basic Steps area - in text notation form. For example: Sexy Move = R U R' U' Pair Insertion = ? Sledge Hammer = ? etc. That would be a great help.
The pair insertions and sledge hammers refer back to the inserts I mentioned in my Beginners F2l Video, but here goes. You can set these up by doing the inverse on a solved cube Pair Insertion: URU'R' SledgeHammer: R'FRF' Sledge Hammer (Front Version): FR'F'R Hope this helps. Good luck and Happy Cubing!
@@CalebMiller Yes, that is very helpful, Caleb. Thanks very much! I find that until I get very familiar with the way the cube works (e.g. in those places where you say "take notice of what happens..."), it is helpful to also have things spelled out specifically. I realize that your instructions under "Pair Insertion" in the beginner's video are obviously for pair insertion (go figure!), but it is hard (at least for me) to get everything straight and then use something (hopefully) learned earlier. The "intuitive" method is very helpful for beginning to learn complex things like F2L, but it is also good to have "basic" algs like these spelled out for you, I think. :-)
sir ,we are learners,so please do it slow motion & put algorithms in video ,very very helpfull. idont know very well English.your qube very beautiful.black beauty.
+Caleb Miller So I actually just asked for advice on the older cuber thread on speedsolving.com about using this. I'm having a bit of a hard time attacking it. I'd love your thoughts, either on the forum or here. www.speedsolving.com/forum/index.php?posts/1191961
Wow, I didn't know that thread existed. Nice to know there are so many other older cubers out there. As far as the F2L Cases, I made this video series for people that want to learn every single case of F2L from every angle. Some people just learn better by doing algs, and some learn better intuitively. It is really just a matter of finding what is best for you. My advice on this series would be to pick a case you want to learn, watch it a few times and take some notes on it. I would watch it all the way through once before trying any of it just to get a feel for how the case is solved. Then (until i get the algs in the descriptions) just write down the alg practice that single case. Getting a test cube helped me out quite a bit because it allows you to focus just on the pair involved without the clutter of the other pieces on the cube. Personally I have never been in a hurry when it comes to the cube. I make sure to take my time and fully understand what I am trying to learn and just practice that for a few days. My goals have always been to understand more about the cube, not necessarily get faster. It just happens to help :) The goal of this series is to help people understand what the pieces on the cube are actually doing instead of just teaching algs. I did the OLL series the same way since some people just learn better that way and I feel that it gives you a better understanding on what you are doing in each case so you can adapt to different scenarios. Sorry for the missing algs, I just don't learn that way but there have been quite a few requests for them so you are definitely not alone in wanting the algs. I am currently in the process of going back and adding the algs to the description btw, just now getting time to do that (the OLL series was taking what free time I had). I really hope this answers your question and wish you the best of luck. Happy Cubing!
+Caleb Miller it helps thank you! I feel this may be a series I come back to off and on over the next couple years (or more). I do tend to want to hurry things, and have definite deadlines, so I think it's just adjusting my thinking that this is not something to knock out in a couple months.
Caleb, would love to be able to build some of the test cubes. But can't a place to purchase them. Any ideas where I can find them. Especially at the price you mentioned.
They were $3.83 when I go them and now it looks like they are $5.36, so still pretty cheap. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G0OG8AG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The GuanLong would work as well, and its a bit cheaper: www.amazon.com/GuanLong-3x3x3-Magic-Cube-Black/dp/B00OK78H5O/ref=sr_1_9?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1470873810&sr=1-9&keywords=yulong And for $3.02, the ShengShou isn't bad either, this is probably the worst of the 3 though. Would make a fine test cube www.amazon.com/ShengShou-3x3x3-Puzzle-Cube-Black/dp/B004UTTXJG/ref=sr_1_2?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1470873910&sr=1-2&keywords=3x3&refinements=p_36%3A-500 Hope this helps. Happy Cubing!
Excellent series of videos. What do you mean when you say "test" cube? Is it a cube where you have peeled the stickers off so you can only see the two layers you are focussing on? Thanks.
JSklyer91 vidoe is here: ruclips.net/video/_rtSJLujpWA/видео.html NoahCubes is here: ruclips.net/video/4BFVHTpW-Y0/видео.html There are quite a few EO videos out there but I found these helpful. Hope this helps. Happy Cubing!
I only really use them in two scenarios: 1.) When I want to avoid a rotation, and really only for the easy case insertion (Case #1/2) in the back. 2.) When i see an easy keyhole insertion. Otherwise I don't really use them. I know some people are quite fast at them but I could never get them to feel really comfortable. Additionally, most of the time there is an alternative insert so you don't have to do a D move. And while I do not use them personally, if you can get them quick and recognize the need for one fast enough, then I would think they can be quite good. Hope this answers your question. Happy Cubing!
Thank you so much for all the great intuitive tutorials! Ever since I started cubing, fast times were always my goal so I tried to memorize as many algs as I can for all stages of the cube in order to be fast. But there was always a part of me that was frustrated about not having any idea WHY they solve the cases they solve. Realizing te math of the algs is at the end of the day essential to cubing, otherwise we're just memorizing a bunch of algs and that's alright but there is much more to cubing than just that.
When I found your series I was really happy that someone thought of explaining why an alg does what it does. Your OLL videos helped me learn als the olls that i didn't understand and now I know full OLL thanks to the fact that I actually understand the algs. Now I am hitting f2l the same way (although f2l itself is much more intuitive of course) and I am really excited about it. Thank you Caleb!
Wow, thanks for the great comment. I'm going to pin this one! Well you are very welcome. I am just glad the videos are helping people out. Thanks again - Happy Cubing!
I'm just starting this series of videos. Thankyou so much!
You are very welcome! Hope it is helpful. If you have any questions along the way, don't hesitate to ask. Happy Cubing!
Caleb, you have one of the best F2L and OLL video series I have chanced across on youtube! I'm just a beginner cuber but I do have a suggestion to your series.
It'll be great to have headers correlated to the time of the vids.
Rough example, Oriented alg #1 or #2 min:sec , not-oriented alg min:sec, alternative etc etc. If you have the algs written down in the respective vid descriptions, that'll be the cherry on the cake. But do consider the former as priority. It was a little tedious to navigate my way through the vids (especially the longer F2L series)
Keep the vids coming!
Awesome, I am glad you like them! It always makes me smile to find out I am helping another cuber out. As far as the descriptions, I will try to get around to adding algs and times stamps to the description or via some annotations after this OLL series. Currently I spend all of my time shooting and editing the OLL series but when I get done I will try to go back and add some links in the descriptions for the various algs, etc. This is a great suggestion and I would love to do it, but it will have to wait for now until I get a bit more time. I can definitely see how it would be tedious :P
Either way, I am just glad they are helping the community. Thanks for the feedback, I really do appreciate it. - Happy Cubing!
Amazing Videos. Thank You for all your hard work and insights. I have literally spent the past moths studying and consuming your F2L series. I have made a 34 page set of notes and know I have watched every video at least 2 or 3 times and many lots more. I'm much better with F2L than when I began. Still have a ways to on my times but making good progress and I feel like I understand the cube so much better than when I first started.
Hey, thanks for the compliment Brett! Just glad the videos are helping people out. Let me know if you have any specific questions and I will try to answer them. Good luck and Happy Cubing!
Very Nice and enticing. thank you for the effort and the share.
You are very welcome! Glad the videos are helping out. Happy Cubing!
Best content which I have found
best tutorials out there. A little fuzzy on the specifics of oriented vs. non-oriented concept. @ 1:40 the two cases look identical just mirrored and in the same sentence contradicts himself.
The concept of orientation was new to me as well but it quickly became clear as I watched the other videos in this series.
You can also take your own cube and try to follow the movements being shown. An oriented case can be inserted in 2 moves. A non-oriented insertion takes 3 moves.
Your videos are really good, your channel will blow up soon I hope
+Dan Morris Thank you, that is really nice to hear! You would be surprised how much work went into this series, so I am just glad they seem to be helping the community out. Happy Cubing!
This video is blowing my mind, thanks for sharing !
You are very welcome. Glad the videos are still helping out! - Happy Cubing
@@CalebMiller Looks like they are. Yeah this stuff is the real meat
Just found this series. EXACTLY what I needed! Thanks!!
You are welcome! I couldn't find something like this when I started so figured there were others out there that were looking as well. Glad you like it and hope you learn from it. Happy Cubing!
I started in May, and only have a PB of 34 seconds. So there's obviously a lot of opportunity in my F2L. I'll post back on my improvements after I've gone through the F2L series.
Thank you, Your videos are really good.
Thank you! Glad they are helping out. I should have a new series starting by next weekend, so stay tuned. Happy Cubing!
Please do some look ahead tutorial..🥰🥰❤
2016 was 5 years back what the heck??
Hello. Thank you for these fantastic videos. I'm just starting to learn. I can't find the test cube anywhere. Can you help me with a link?
Its just a cheapo cube with the stickers peeled off of it. You can find them pretty cheap online for just a few bucks. Hope this helps - Happy Cubing!
Hello. I liked your Beginner's F2L video very much and have gotten pretty good at it. So I am now trying this. But I hit a snag immediately at 2:14 where you briefly show the "Basic Moves" that apparently need to be known before continuing on with the video.
Yes, I know the "sexy move" (and you do mention notation of the steps required), but you fly thru the next move - the "PAIR INSERTION" so fast that I cannot tell what the moves are. So can you please give the notation steps for pair insertion.
Actually, it would be great if you could just give the notation for all the steps mentioned in the Basic Steps area - in text notation form. For example:
Sexy Move = R U R' U'
Pair Insertion = ?
Sledge Hammer = ?
etc.
That would be a great help.
The pair insertions and sledge hammers refer back to the inserts I mentioned in my Beginners F2l Video, but here goes. You can set these up by doing the inverse on a solved cube
Pair Insertion: URU'R'
SledgeHammer: R'FRF'
Sledge Hammer (Front Version): FR'F'R
Hope this helps. Good luck and Happy Cubing!
@@CalebMiller Yes, that is very helpful, Caleb. Thanks very much!
I find that until I get very familiar with the way the cube works (e.g. in those places where you say "take notice of what happens..."), it is helpful to also have things spelled out specifically. I realize that your instructions under "Pair Insertion" in the beginner's video are obviously for pair insertion (go figure!), but it is hard (at least for me) to get everything straight and then use something (hopefully) learned earlier.
The "intuitive" method is very helpful for beginning to learn complex things like F2L, but it is also good to have "basic" algs like these spelled out for you, I think. :-)
sir ,we are learners,so please do it slow motion & put algorithms in video ,very very helpfull.
idont know very well English.your qube very beautiful.black beauty.
This looks great excited to watch it!!
Thanks! I hope you enjoy it and more importantly, learn something :) Thanks again for the comment, Happy Cubing!
+Caleb Miller So I actually just asked for advice on the older cuber thread on speedsolving.com about using this. I'm having a bit of a hard time attacking it. I'd love your thoughts, either on the forum or here.
www.speedsolving.com/forum/index.php?posts/1191961
Wow, I didn't know that thread existed. Nice to know there are so many other older cubers out there. As far as the F2L Cases, I made this video series for people that want to learn every single case of F2L from every angle. Some people just learn better by doing algs, and some learn better intuitively. It is really just a matter of finding what is best for you.
My advice on this series would be to pick a case you want to learn, watch it a few times and take some notes on it. I would watch it all the way through once before trying any of it just to get a feel for how the case is solved. Then (until i get the algs in the descriptions) just write down the alg practice that single case. Getting a test cube helped me out quite a bit because it allows you to focus just on the pair involved without the clutter of the other pieces on the cube.
Personally I have never been in a hurry when it comes to the cube. I make sure to take my time and fully understand what I am trying to learn and just practice that for a few days. My goals have always been to understand more about the cube, not necessarily get faster. It just happens to help :)
The goal of this series is to help people understand what the pieces on the cube are actually doing instead of just teaching algs. I did the OLL series the same way since some people just learn better that way and I feel that it gives you a better understanding on what you are doing in each case so you can adapt to different scenarios.
Sorry for the missing algs, I just don't learn that way but there have been quite a few requests for them so you are definitely not alone in wanting the algs. I am currently in the process of going back and adding the algs to the description btw, just now getting time to do that (the OLL series was taking what free time I had).
I really hope this answers your question and wish you the best of luck. Happy Cubing!
+Caleb Miller it helps thank you! I feel this may be a series I come back to off and on over the next couple years (or more). I do tend to want to hurry things, and have definite deadlines, so I think it's just adjusting my thinking that this is not something to knock out in a couple months.
Caleb, would love to be able to build some of the test cubes. But can't a place to purchase them. Any ideas where I can find them. Especially at the price you mentioned.
They were $3.83 when I go them and now it looks like they are $5.36, so still pretty cheap.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G0OG8AG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The GuanLong would work as well, and its a bit cheaper:
www.amazon.com/GuanLong-3x3x3-Magic-Cube-Black/dp/B00OK78H5O/ref=sr_1_9?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1470873810&sr=1-9&keywords=yulong
And for $3.02, the ShengShou isn't bad either, this is probably the worst of the 3 though. Would make a fine test cube
www.amazon.com/ShengShou-3x3x3-Puzzle-Cube-Black/dp/B004UTTXJG/ref=sr_1_2?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1470873910&sr=1-2&keywords=3x3&refinements=p_36%3A-500
Hope this helps. Happy Cubing!
Well, Im late, but Great Vid!
Excellent series of videos. What do you mean when you say "test" cube? Is it a cube where you have peeled the stickers off so you can only see the two layers you are focussing on? Thanks.
Thanks for the compliment! And yeah, just a black cube I peeled the stickers off, any cheap one will do. Happy Cubing!
where can I find the edge orientation videos you mention pool plz
JSklyer91 vidoe is here: ruclips.net/video/_rtSJLujpWA/видео.html
NoahCubes is here: ruclips.net/video/4BFVHTpW-Y0/видео.html
There are quite a few EO videos out there but I found these helpful. Hope this helps. Happy Cubing!
What do you think about d and D moves in F2L?
I only really use them in two scenarios: 1.) When I want to avoid a rotation, and really only for the easy case insertion (Case #1/2) in the back. 2.) When i see an easy keyhole insertion. Otherwise I don't really use them. I know some people are quite fast at them but I could never get them to feel really comfortable. Additionally, most of the time there is an alternative insert so you don't have to do a D move. And while I do not use them personally, if you can get them quick and recognize the need for one fast enough, then I would think they can be quite good. Hope this answers your question. Happy Cubing!
Thank you. Greetings from Poland :-)
Where did you get your test cube?
It's just a cheapo cube that I peeled the stickers off of.
@@CalebMiller gotcha. I am teaching my nephew and thought about buying a 2 pack and peeling one so I can swap pieces out when I need to