For all of you guys saying this IS confusing, you are kinda right. I know when I started I was pretty frustrated with f2l but eventually I got it. A better suggestion, if your not progressing is too start with 2 look OLL and PLL. Badmephistos tutorial for that is excellent and you can speed up your times. So far my personal best is 31 seconds (PLL skip) But I average around 45-55 sec. So don't give up and keep trying!
+Pitch Dark I couldn't do FTL, but it just came to me for some reason after watching badmephisto's tutorial though, I finally got it. Well, I get the basics at least, lining up etc, but so far, I don't know the best thing to do if the edge piece you need isn't on the top layer, or if when I align the corner or the edge, sometimes the edge piece is facing the wrong way, but I'll get there hopefully :D
Totally forgot about this video, an a friend was looking for help glad I found it. This is by far one of the best F2L explanations. Cleared up a bit of the cube orientation I had trouble with at the time. Avg 10 went from 1:26 to 1:05. Just a note, for those of you having problems with this. Keep practicing the Beginners method till your avg sub 1:45. Lots of repetitions cause you to become more aware of intuitive steps and workings of the cube. Not just memorization.
That was extremely well explained and organized, thanks! I just started learning f2l about a week ago and this is one of the more well-explained videos
Wow, I usually give up on learning a proper F2L for lack of understanding, but the way you're showing it and saying it is helping a LOT! Thanks for this :P
I've been comfortable with beginner's method for a couple of years. So I decided to take a look at speedcubing (which I've always been intimidated by). I'm impressed at how intuitive F2L is. I think I need to get a DIY cube now, and have a play. Good video.
Thanks! This is by far the best explanation of F2L I've seen. The emphasis on logic and just common sense was a hell of a lot better than "here are 50 cases that are going to occur. Memorize."
finally!! i was looking for a video on F2L that i could actually process, and i was recommended this video by a website explaining CFOP. i was hesitant since this video was made over 14 years ago, but i’m glad i took the chance to watch it. most videos used confusing terminology that i just immediately gave up when trying to get faster. you have no idea when i finally understood it, my face just positively glowed!! thank you so much for this video.
wow that was quick :D. Thanks for the quick reply. I wanted to know which method was the best for the quickest time. Which method do you prefer, the F2L or the Keyhole? I have been looking at your videos and they are REALLY helpful. Thanks again.
Thank you for these videos. I finally understand F2L. Lines of algorithms don't sink in, but detailed explanations by showing what's happening are the way I personally learn better... these are perfect!
Thank you so much! I thought it was going to be impossible to learn something other than the beginner method. Unlike other videos, you EXPLAIN what's going on so it makes it like 30 times easier!
I heard a lot of good things about you, so i decided to check out your channel. When i saw this video, i immedeately liked you. I understood how to insert the pairs, but i didnt get how you pair them up. Now i do, thanks to you
Hi badmephisto. I'm a huge fan and I've been watching your videos for about a year. I just wanted to say that you have been a HUGE help in improving my time. Right now I can solve it in about 45 seconds, and I'm working on new fingertricks and learning the full OLL. Great videos and website. Thanks for all of the help. (oh, and I also just bought an F-II cube since you said it was so good lol)
Dude, just wanna say this video really helped. I've got F2L pretty much sorted in a couple of hours, and my time isn't much slower when compared to the beginners method, and I'm getting faster at it. Gonna look at OLL and PLL next. The best video on this!
Badmephisto, i would like to say that your videos have helped me tremendously. This F2L video and others have boosted my average to just over 40.00 seconds using F2L and 2-look OLL and PLL. I intend to learn full OLL and PLL during the summer. Keep up the good work! I would love a reply!
Thank you SOOO much. I've been searching for weeks for an advanced F2L video that explains it in a way that a beginner could understand, and I couldn't find anything. THIS however solves that problem. Thanks for the awesome video man!
Super Good Tutorial! You gave me another view of the F2L and i now understand how the F2Ls algs work! Now you got me back into cubing (22seconds) avergage but you showed me a new perspective Thanks
Thank you so much! Your videos have helped me drastically improve my cubing. I usually have to rely on algorithms, but with this level of understanding, I can have my muscles to the work for me!
Great vids bro! ive been watching you for a couple of years, and when i saw my rubix cube in my closet recently, i instantly got out my laptop, made a youtube account and subscribed as a thank you... so thanks man, i think im going to go get the rust off and cube for a bit!
yes, you can. do F2L, then when you get to the last layer, first orient the edges (you will form a cross of the top color) then orient the corners. Once the last layer is oriented, you have to permute the corners and then permute the edges. It takes double the steps than in CFOP, but those are simple algorithms you have to learn. You can find algorithms for the last layer in any beginner's tutorial around.
hi thanks, and yes, i knew it was a good idea, especially since i had the same problem when i was starting out... Now that I know all the things, the lingo, and everything, it's good to teach it to others and make their lives easier :) ty
Great tutorial on F2L. it really helps in UNDERSTANDING this method. At the moment it is slowing me down but I am sure that with practice it will help in improving my time. Looking forward to checking out your other tutorials!
Well, I said "so far" because at the time I hadn't seen ALL of your tutorials. Now that I've seen them I can say that they are all excellent. btw, I found your OLL table on your website very useful, too. Now, I just need to practice ... Thanks for your contribution to the cubing community .... Cheers
yes. try to figure out the best ways of taking them out that will conserve you most steps later on. that kind of stuff comes with time though dont worry about it too much. yes you have to take them out
Greetings from Austria! :) Had internet long in trying to learn F2L, but only with your video I went to the button as it works! Since you use no more algorithms and explain why I have to do something so that the stone there, go there where he should be, made it much easier. The F2L I redeem now with no real problem, but I still have to be faster;)
OMG . Finally, I understand F2L... thank you! I've been searching a good video that actually explains it well! Well, thanks... you did it! I've been looking for text based tutorials, video based tutorials, and a bunch more but the ones I tried failed epicly! Yours worked though thanks, it all makes sense!
I now understand why you flip the cube (and have the cross on the bottom layer) to solve the top layer edge pieces when teaching beginner method! Couldn't figure out why.
Hey, I just wanna say great tutorial :) Watched one that basicly taught the same thing, but I didn't get a thing. This one is much more explaning, it makes me understand why I do certain steps and so on. Thanks!
@Milezy I know this is old so sorry if this doesn't help. If you still solve slower than about 1:30, I would say just R U R' if the edge is on the right or L' U' L if it's on the left, this will pop it out into the top layer. Eventually though you should learn algorithms for hard cases so that you can do them faster. I'm working on F2L (that's why I'm re-watching these videos) even though I learned intuitive F2L from these videos almost a year ago. I only avg 0:46 still. Hope this helps.
Thank you so much. This is something I've wanted to learn for so long, and you're the only one that was clear. You've earned a new subscriber :) Thank you!
i did't understand it at first... but that was when i was about to go to bed...... the next day when i watched this ............. i actually new how to do it! thanx man ur so coooool
Hi! You've really helped me!! I've saw your both videos about F2L and i saw them both like 2 times and now i can do the Fridrich method and my average of 5 times is 1.47!! Thanks alot! - Victor
Iv just started f2l and this video is the best iv seen very helpful. To all the people who are bitching they can't figure it out your obviously not ready so wipe your tears get a cookie from your mama and go back to the beginners method.
You actually made quite a lot of sense...i have no idea what ppl r on about to tell u the truth...i mean i had to watch it a couple of times...but u have to watch anything a couple of times for it to make sense.
It looks a bit confusing at the first times, I know. BUT... DON'T GIVE UP!!! That's the secret of understanding: DO NOT GIVE UP, DON'T QUIT! For example I watched it like 30 times before I could apply it for my own cube without to get stuck. Soo, don't give up!
The F2L is finally paying off. I'm getting faster at F2L. I just can't yet avoid the cube turns like you told in other of your videos and I think sometimes I do more moves than necessary. The worst part is always the last corner and edge... I always get a bit stuck there, but with more practice I think I'll improve. Anyway, thanks for finally making me understand this method!
Hmm I recently bought a cube from rubik's site the one with the dvd and learned the beginner's method there. I also invested in Dan Harris' book and began looking at the f2l algorithms. The last 2 days I have been trying to figure out the f2l on my own and this would certainly help I believe! Thank you man...twas seemingly becoming a chore to sit and write my own algorithms though I still may for my own peace of mind.
i spot them fast due to all the practice i've had... i've used this method for about 9 months now. And yes that's all you need to know to solve F2L. It is by no means the fastest way to solve it though. not even close :)
@ElieElKhoury19 I know this is old so sorry if this doesn't help. There are only 8 possible positions for corners and 8 for edges. What I did at first was make up to 4 U turns (which turn the top layer). If I didn't find a corner and edge that match then I looked in the bottom left and right hand corners of the front face. There are only 2 other places for an edge to be and 2 for a corner, both in the back. Eventually, from practice, you just know where they are. Hope this helps.
You did a great job of explaining everything. However, sometimes its hard to tell what you are doing because of the angle you are holding the cube at. Sometimes I had trouble telling what face was the front face, or the right face, ect.
Well I finally understand this and it's a great explanation but it really hasn't made my time better at all. I don't know if I should practice it more or if it's better to just learn the algorithyms for F2L
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Seeing this video after 8 years and couldn't feel better. Thank you so much for making these videos. I wouldn't have got it without this.
Yes.. My first rubiks tutorial.. Thanks man. 13 years later.. Still the best..
1:50 White on right side (easy)
3:59 White on front side (easy)
6:32 White on right side (lineup)
7:37 White on front side (lineup)
only f2l video that made sense! instead of blindly learning the algorithms, you can see how f2l actually works!
great job mephisto, very intuitive
Finally a video that explains F2L in a way that I understand!
been trying to learn this method and so far this is the only video that has helped!
Great tutorial thanks. After spending a week solving the F2L by myself intuitively but somewhat without a clear method, your cases totally make sense.
badmephisto u r the best.
That deserve a subscription.
For all of you guys saying this IS confusing, you are kinda right. I know when I started I was pretty frustrated with f2l but eventually I got it. A better suggestion, if your not progressing is too start with 2 look OLL and PLL. Badmephistos tutorial for that is excellent and you can speed up your times. So far my personal best is 31 seconds (PLL skip) But I average around 45-55 sec. So don't give up and keep trying!
+Pitch Dark I couldn't do FTL, but it just came to me for some reason after watching badmephisto's tutorial though, I finally got it. Well, I get the basics at least, lining up etc, but so far, I don't know the best thing to do if the edge piece you need isn't on the top layer, or if when I align the corner or the edge, sometimes the edge piece is facing the wrong way, but I'll get there hopefully :D
This comment encouraged me a lot more to learn this method.
Lol same but I eventually got to 27.04 today (oll skip)
How does it make sense to watch his oll video instead when you need f2l complete first
Still the best set of videos to learn intuitive F2L. I keep coming back to it for a quick review every time I resume cubing. Thanks!
After trying to learn f2l for about a month, this just finally worked. After the second case, I started completely understanding. Thanks, meph.
Totally forgot about this video, an a friend was looking for help glad I found it.
This is by far one of the best F2L explanations. Cleared up a bit of the cube orientation I had trouble with at the time. Avg 10 went from 1:26 to 1:05.
Just a note, for those of you having problems with this. Keep practicing the Beginners method till your avg sub 1:45. Lots of repetitions cause you to become more aware of intuitive steps and workings of the cube. Not just memorization.
That was extremely well explained and organized, thanks! I just started learning f2l about a week ago and this is one of the more well-explained videos
I just came across this channel years later, and FINALLY I UNDERSTAND HOW TO ACTUALLY DO F2L!!! Thanks man!
Saw this video almost a year ago and it was by far the most well developed videos explaining F2L. Thank you so much for the great explanation.
Wow, I usually give up on learning a proper F2L for lack of understanding, but the way you're showing it and saying it is helping a LOT! Thanks for this :P
this is a brilliant tutorial definatley the best one on youtube keep it up mate ur leg!
I've been comfortable with beginner's method for a couple of years. So I decided to take a look at speedcubing (which I've always been intimidated by). I'm impressed at how intuitive F2L is.
I think I need to get a DIY cube now, and have a play.
Good video.
Thanks!
This is by far the best explanation of F2L I've seen. The emphasis on logic and just common sense was a hell of a lot better than "here are 50 cases that are going to occur. Memorize."
finally!! i was looking for a video on F2L that i could actually process, and i was recommended this video by a website explaining CFOP. i was hesitant since this video was made over 14 years ago, but i’m glad i took the chance to watch it. most videos used confusing terminology that i just immediately gave up when trying to get faster. you have no idea when i finally understood it, my face just positively glowed!! thank you so much for this video.
wow that was quick :D. Thanks for the quick reply. I wanted to know which method was the best for the quickest time. Which method do you prefer, the F2L or the Keyhole? I have been looking at your videos and they are REALLY helpful. Thanks again.
Best F2L video on youtube. Mostly because you explain like everything in complete detail.
Thank you for these videos. I finally understand F2L. Lines of algorithms don't sink in, but detailed explanations by showing what's happening are the way I personally learn better... these are perfect!
this is the best F2L video ever!!!!!!!!....this was the only video that made actual sense out the fifty I watched. keep on PWNING the cube!!!!!!!
Thank you so much! I thought it was going to be impossible to learn something other than the beginner method. Unlike other videos, you EXPLAIN what's going on so it makes it like 30 times easier!
I have been looking for a video like this for sooooo long!!! You were born to teach!
I heard a lot of good things about you, so i decided to check out your channel. When i saw this video, i immedeately liked you. I understood how to insert the pairs, but i didnt get how you pair them up. Now i do, thanks to you
Hi badmephisto. I'm a huge fan and I've been watching your videos for about a year. I just wanted to say that you have been a HUGE help in improving my time. Right now I can solve it in about 45 seconds, and I'm working on new fingertricks and learning the full OLL. Great videos and website. Thanks for all of the help. (oh, and I also just bought an F-II cube since you said it was so good lol)
I looked at many f2l movies and you are seriously the best description of author
Dude, just wanna say this video really helped. I've got F2L pretty much sorted in a couple of hours, and my time isn't much slower when compared to the beginners method, and I'm getting faster at it. Gonna look at OLL and PLL next. The best video on this!
nice job dude, your website taught me biginner's method and now you taught me f2L.
Keep up the good work.
Thank you, I've been looking for an understandable explanation of Fridrich's method for a long time, and I finally found one! Thanks! :)
This tutorial is great! It's very intuitive, and straightforward as well
Badmephisto, i would like to say that your videos have helped me tremendously. This F2L video and others have boosted my average to just over 40.00 seconds using F2L and 2-look OLL and PLL. I intend to learn full OLL and PLL during the summer. Keep up the good work! I would love a reply!
Thank you SOOO much. I've been searching for weeks for an advanced F2L video that explains it in a way that a beginner could understand, and I couldn't find anything. THIS however solves that problem. Thanks for the awesome video man!
Super Good Tutorial!
You gave me another view of the F2L and i now understand how the F2Ls algs work!
Now you got me back into cubing
(22seconds) avergage but you showed me a new perspective Thanks
You are smart to realize all your past mistakes. You are really good at explaining!
Thank you so much! Your videos have helped me drastically improve my cubing. I usually have to rely on algorithms, but with this level of understanding, I can have my muscles to the work for me!
By far the best tutorial ever on RUclips, better than modern ones
beginners method: 55 sec.
first f2l : 21 seconds!
THANK YOU, this is the only good f2l video on youtube
thank you badmephisto!!!!!
I totally 100% agree,
This is by far the best F2L video i have discovered on youtube, and the internet!
Great explanation 5 Stars!!!
This is easily the best tutorial I've seen of the f2l method.
i have been doing the fridrich method for months now and this was so illuminating. thanks!
finally man.. a video which actually is understandable when teaching f2l. you are a GOD
Great vids bro! ive been watching you for a couple of years, and when i saw my rubix cube in my closet recently, i instantly got out my laptop, made a youtube account and subscribed as a thank you... so thanks man, i think im going to go get the rust off and cube for a bit!
yes, you can.
do F2L, then when you get to the last layer, first orient the edges (you will form a cross of the top color) then orient the corners. Once the last layer is oriented, you have to permute the corners and then permute the edges.
It takes double the steps than in CFOP, but those are simple algorithms you have to learn.
You can find algorithms for the last layer in any beginner's tutorial around.
hi thanks, and yes, i knew it was a good idea, especially since i had the same problem when i was starting out... Now that I know all the things, the lingo, and everything, it's good to teach it to others and make their lives easier :)
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Great tutorial on F2L.
it really helps in UNDERSTANDING this method. At the moment it is slowing me down but I am sure that with practice it will help in improving my time.
Looking forward to checking out your other tutorials!
Well, I said "so far" because at the time I hadn't seen ALL of your tutorials.
Now that I've seen them I can say that they are all excellent.
btw, I found your OLL table on your website very useful, too. Now, I just need to practice ...
Thanks for your contribution to the cubing community .... Cheers
You are the best!!!! I understood f2l and learned it! Thanks! :-)
amazing vid ,this is the only f2l video in you tube i understood properly and helped me to improve my solve time
Dude, you are the man!!
The explanation is really thorough. Got it after watching it once.
yes. try to figure out the best ways of taking them out that will conserve you most steps later on. that kind of stuff comes with time though dont worry about it too much. yes you have to take them out
Greetings from Austria! :) Had internet long in trying to learn F2L, but only with your video I went to the button as it works! Since you use no more algorithms and explain why I have to do something so that the stone there, go there where he should be, made it much easier. The F2L I redeem now with no real problem, but I still have to be faster;)
OMG . Finally, I understand F2L... thank you! I've been searching a good video that actually explains it well! Well, thanks... you did it! I've been looking for text based tutorials, video based tutorials, and a bunch more but the ones I tried failed epicly! Yours worked though thanks, it all makes sense!
I now understand why you flip the cube (and have the cross on the bottom layer) to solve the top layer edge pieces when teaching beginner method! Couldn't figure out why.
Hey, I just wanna say great tutorial :) Watched one that basicly taught the same thing, but I didn't get a thing. This one is much more explaning, it makes me understand why I do certain steps and so on. Thanks!
such an in depth tutorial, the best one i've seen till this day
OH MY GOD, thank you so much! This is the best tutorial on youtube because you explained it extremely thoroughly. THANK YOU!
i respect you for admitting you have made mistakes and you choose to right them
I have found all of your tutorials useful so far - thanks
dude!! this is the best explanation ever!!
Can't seems to understand the f2l until i met u.. Haha..Nice Vid!! :)
@Milezy
I know this is old so sorry if this doesn't help.
If you still solve slower than about 1:30, I would say just R U R' if the edge is on the right or L' U' L if it's on the left, this will pop it out into the top layer. Eventually though you should learn algorithms for hard cases so that you can do them faster. I'm working on F2L (that's why I'm re-watching these videos) even though I learned intuitive F2L from these videos almost a year ago. I only avg 0:46 still.
Hope this helps.
1000th like!
Really taking chunks off my 2 min beginners method average.
Keep up the good work :)
Grtz Woutie
This was the only f2l guide that i did fully understand!
Thanks bro.
1:50 White on right side (easy)
3:59 White on front side (easy)
6:32 White on right side (lineup)
approx 7:00 - 9:00 White on front side (lineup)
Thank you so much. This is something I've wanted to learn for so long, and you're the only one that was clear. You've earned a new subscriber :) Thank you!
i did't understand it at first... but that was when i was about to go to bed...... the next day when i watched this ............. i actually new how to do it! thanx man ur so coooool
thanks for the constructive comment.
Where did you get stuck? Do you know the beginners method already? How long have you been cubing?
Hi!
You've really helped me!!
I've saw your both videos about F2L and i saw them both like 2 times and now i can do the Fridrich method and my average of 5 times is 1.47!!
Thanks alot!
- Victor
This is the best explained F2L video that I have seen. . . Thanks man, I get it!
your the best at teaching realy!!!! No-one can explain better than you. your the best!!!
Iv just started f2l and this video is the best iv seen very helpful. To all the people who are bitching they can't figure it out your obviously not ready so wipe your tears get a cookie from your mama and go back to the beginners method.
hey its been more than a decade since i watched dis! jus wanna say thanks for the tutorials! you taught me fridrich
You actually made quite a lot of sense...i have no idea what ppl r on about to tell u the truth...i mean i had to watch it a couple of times...but u have to watch anything a couple of times for it to make sense.
It looks a bit confusing at the first times, I know. BUT... DON'T GIVE UP!!!
That's the secret of understanding: DO NOT GIVE UP, DON'T QUIT!
For example I watched it like 30 times before I could apply it for my own cube without to get stuck. Soo, don't give up!
thanks a lot !!!! I really couldn't get heads or tails of it the first time i heard it from a friend. You are a very good teacher
The F2L is finally paying off. I'm getting faster at F2L. I just can't yet avoid the cube turns like you told in other of your videos and I think sometimes I do more moves than necessary. The worst part is always the last corner and edge... I always get a bit stuck there, but with more practice I think I'll improve.
Anyway, thanks for finally making me understand this method!
thanks so much man, u made F2L seem so easy. i just started learning and other videos make it seem complicated. thanks for making it so easy to learn.
great, good stuff :)
and thank you everyone, i can't respond to every nice comment, but i do appreciate them all
Hmm I recently bought a cube from rubik's site the one with the dvd and learned the beginner's method there. I also invested in Dan Harris' book and began looking at the f2l algorithms. The last 2 days I have been trying to figure out the f2l on my own and this would certainly help I believe! Thank you man...twas seemingly becoming a chore to sit and write my own algorithms though I still may for my own peace of mind.
i spot them fast due to all the practice i've had... i've used this method for about 9 months now. And yes that's all you need to know to solve F2L. It is by no means the fastest way to solve it though. not even close :)
What would be the fastest way?
(Thank you very much for these videos)
dude your the best teacher and I have recommended many people to you because your amazing!!! and I was wondering.... how many cubes do you have? lol
so far this is the best tut that i've watched for F2L!!!! 5 stars!!!
Okay, I just tried one algorithm here and I (accidentally) filled a gap perfectly. And you say you can not explain.
Thank you!
this is the best f2l tutorial that I have found thank you
@ElieElKhoury19
I know this is old so sorry if this doesn't help.
There are only 8 possible positions for corners and 8 for edges.
What I did at first was make up to 4 U turns (which turn the top layer). If I didn't find a corner and edge that match then I looked in the bottom left and right hand corners of the front face. There are only 2 other places for an edge to be and 2 for a corner, both in the back.
Eventually, from practice, you just know where they are. Hope this helps.
wow your tutorials are more clear than dan brown I used his method and took forever. You are awesome
man u are one of the people who has helped me the best:) thank u
thank you so much mephisto!!! i want to say that thanks to this tutorial i placed 1st in 4 entire states with a time of 10.02 seconds. thanks!!
Good work. I learnt from your first tutorial. It was good, but this is even better.
my friend taught me f2l. we solve it intuitively and i find it easier than memorizing more algs than needed
very good tutorial went from 40 seconds to average 28 seconds. would recommend his 2 look oll and 2 look pll video.
it will , for a while. After some practice you should be able to decrease your speeds by much though.
I gtg, ima make this quick. You have the BEST f2l tut ive seen. I can do it now!
You did a great job of explaining everything. However, sometimes its hard to tell what you are doing because of the angle you are holding the cube at. Sometimes I had trouble telling what face was the front face, or the right face, ect.
there is this thing called video description. I link to not just one, but THREE different pages that have all the cases and all the solutions.
Well I finally understand this and it's a great explanation but it really hasn't made my time better at all. I don't know if I should practice it more or if it's better to just learn the algorithyms for F2L
best f2l video on youtube. great work ;)
dude... ur video + you - awesome :D
thx so so much for clearing my confusion on f2l!