APB Speedcubing Method Tutorial (Beginners)

[@wolfonic]

Wow! it's been a while since I've seen such a detailed and well-made tutorial. Instead of just listing algs, you've shown plenty of example solves, resources, and explained things in an easy-to-understand way. My favorite part of all however is the structure you provided, a feature which seems to be lacking in most tutorials. The effort in this video is clear: You've provided all the steps and plotted out a structured roadmap. I couldn't wait for this video to come out after your initial video on APB, and I must say it did not disappoint! worth a sub ;).

[@INaboMisticoI]

My best official pb is 10.86. i decided to come back to speedcubing to officially break the 10s barrier and I'm decided to try it with this method. I truly believe the method potential due to how fast the first 2 layers can be solved. Keep bringing tutorials ❤

[@kyh148]

what do you average with apb currently and what's your pb?

[@INaboMisticoI]

@@kyh148 I'm not tracking time yet. But before I left this comment a month i tried a few timed solves and got like some sub 40 solves by knowing 0 of the APB's algs and not being used to block build at all. My goal is to learn apb in this order: pair creation, lexus, misoriented eopair, oriented eopair, zbll. And I'll start officially tracking time after I finish learning lexus

[@TejasKunduru]

@@INaboMisticoI How's it going? I'm also thinking of switching to APB

[@barddz4646]

​@@INaboMisticoIso? How is it going

[@bradleygallella498]

Always appreciate a beginner friendly tutorial of a not CFOP method! Gotta break that monopoly!

[@LiamHighducheck]

We’re all early investors

[@willlagergaming8089]

Why does this thumbnail look so similar to Jperm's video

[@chheng1863]

How to be famous just copying from other people

[@theonewiththeratpfp]

cubes on black background with white text

[@Stabruder]

That was exacly my first thought 😂

[@LiamHighducheck]

Hey if he gets millions of views he must be doing something right

[@willlagergaming8089]

@@LiamHighducheck I'm pretty sure that he built a successful brand off himself. Like black background with white text,That must be a jperm's video. Cubing on wooden table with really good camera, That must be jperm's video

[@RafaCuber]

I would say this channel is underated but that will change soon with the quality of the videos. Continue making great videos ❤

[@edward_newman]

This is the most informative and interesting video if ever seen. All questions I had were answered and with your APB tutorial I'm almost sub 20 :) THANK YOU!

[@scientiaestpotentia2007]

Is it worth learning over cfop?

[@unrealxela]

This is fantastic and has definitely informed me of techniques I should be using, I'd love to see more tutorials on APB in the future

[@hyperox7601]

I love the tutorial and it's the only one on KZbin as well. I also like how you have the guide on how to learn advanced APB as well.

[@DrTriggered]

Every question i had developed was answered in one video. Not sure if im happier about my questions being answered or that such a video exists and hasn't waisted a single second of my time. Amazing video.

[@LiamHighducheck]

I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@Slapthesushi]

I want to see this become one of the top used speed solving methods, it only makes sense and I’m sure there’s a way to predict eo pair. Great method! 👍

[@TheCubingGymnast]

Awesome! I am going to try to switch and learn all 737 algs

[@nafrulnizamabdulmanap2342]

Cant tell if this is sarcasm or not... but good luck 😊

[@TheCubingGymnast]

@@nafrulnizamabdulmanap2342 Well... I did try, but failed.

[@akiomiguelabadicio]

Thanks! I don't really have a main method and depending on the scramble, I just pick the method I think is best. This method has high TPS and its efficient. Also, you can use winter variation and pll instead of zbll.

[@curiousNic]

Very well explained, easy to follow with a lot of helpful links. Thanks for this great tutorial!

[@SHD69]

thank you so much! this is the first new method that i have learnt that does not hurt my brains! props to you for making it so simple to understand!

[@tperm99a]

I am learning this soon and this is very awesome

[@ArthurCooper1]

Thanks now i solved the cube with apb for the first time

[@CubingMania]

thank you!! i loved your overview video and could not wait for this to come out!

[@sirskyrage]

have been using cfop and then roux for quite some time but I think I will change starting today. this looks like a really cool and fun method

[@Kyle_The_Cuber]

This is a pretty cool method, would love to see it used in comp

[@torres_lim]

This video popped out at the right time😂

[@Arcticgdnmore]

Yoo you actually made a tutorial like I recommended damn I have respect for you

[@itsissun]

wow this guy makes great videos AND he gets his cubes from wattlecube? what a flawless god

[@lachlancooke]

Flawless god 🙏

[@WangYiheng347]

@@lachlancooke floorless

[@tomb2577]

@@WangYiheng347 hi

[@Dagg361]

Wow this is totally a good method to solve the Rubik's cube, I searched because a friend used on a local comp and got very good times, we were surprised whe he told us how he solves the Rubik's cube

[@hyoukaa123]

very informative and welldone, apb will thrive

[@EinoPlayer-sq4ch]

this is like the only method that isnt in the main three methods that i think has potential

[@sacheinsaravanakumar8848]

Thank you for uploading this tutorial!❤

[@ekkekrosing8454]

Amazing video! It was very informative and I learned alot from it!

[@Penguin0_x1n]

I did my first timed solve and got 2x the normal time i get but this mehtid feels more fun so im gonna get used to it to see if it works but thanks for such an easy turorial to learn from :)

[@teammathcraft]

Didn’t realise that this random person at a competition a month ago was actually a good ytber

[@alien3200]

How do you know his face, stop lying 🤥

[@draakisback]

I do zzct with a sub 8 average, going to try apb for a bit because I want to see if its more ergonomic. Im always trying to find the most ergonomically sound method because i suffer from carpal tunnel. Anyways, good video; everything seems pretty straightforward. I may start learning lxs out of the gate though since I already know zbll and roux first block.

[@brickinapresent]

this is indeed how it is done

[@jerryq1837]

Would doing EO first be any good? I’m a ZZ solver and I’m wondering if you can do APB like this: EOLine Left Block Make and insert pair LXS ZBLL Would doing it like this be any good? It avoids the difficult slice finger tricks in EOPair and also give a more ergonomic first step?

[@squirrelcubed31415]

Doing EO first could limit how far you can plan during inspection, there are my two cents

[@LiamHighducheck]

We have considered this and short answer: it’s worse. Doing EO first does limit how far you can plan in inspection. You don’t want to avoid the slice finger tricks because they become very fast and allow for some very efficient solutions (so much so they even get used in CFOP OLL and PLL nowadays). There are also problems with switching between R/L turning which is a common thing in ZZ solving. Making and inserting the pair without solving anything else is more wasteful and at that point you’re better off just doing regular ZZ or squall. Also I don’t think EOLine>Left Block is more ergonomic than FB>DFDB

[@squirrelcubed31415]

@@LiamHighducheck thanks for the explanation I could give myself but was too worn out to do so, well done!

[@ronjaslife1052]

Very good method might even become my main

[@nperm1255]

Can you teach me how to make thumbnails/graphic like this? (The cube part)

[@LiamHighducheck]

I used visual cube on cuber.rider.biz to generate the cube images. Just look up visual cube and it should come up

[@nperm1255]

@@LiamHighducheck thanks

[@nperm1255]

@@LiamHighducheck also is there anyway for a square 1 visualcube? I need a pfp better

[@LiamHighducheck]

@@nperm1255 I don’t know of one, if you only need one image it might be faster to just make it in in photoshop or illustration (or alternative software)

[@louisjackson4634]

A fun method and a great introduction to APB. Q. Would it not be a little more efficient to solve the BR pair in Roux style rather than int F2L and then do DFDB; if not why not?

[@bruce4139]

so I'm not a roux solver but I'm thinking that its because it gives you less places to look while you're trying to find 2 pieces as oppose to finding one piece at a time and yes I'm aware that we're solving both edges but I'm not sure if its the same but this is just my hypothesis

[@jukezy4669]

Surely this method would be worse than cfop because of how difficult it is to do look ahead with this with all the unnatural s and m moves. With cfop, although it has a high move count, you do the moves unbelievably fast with the easy look ahead. With apb, you have high tps but long pauses at eo and zbll.

[@theonlybass8947]

lookahead to eo is not really that difficult and organized zbll recognition systems like tranv2 and baum-harris have been making zbll recog much better than it was.

[@Lucashallal]

Is this really the best way to follow after the 2x2x3 block? Why not solve the last cross piece along with eo and then solve the other 2 f2l pairs? Also, how far into the method can a really experienced solver realistically plan during inspection?

[@piershanson1784]

while only time will tell how good this follow up is, Petrus users can plan the 2x2x3 in inspection, and possibly more. Solving eo pair into lxs is about 15 moves. Meanwhile inserting the dr edge with eo is 719 algs (source: trangium batch solver) with an average move count of 6.6(similar to eo pair), after which you need to insert 2 pairs in the same number of moves as lxs takes (around 8). I believe that the petrus method of eo, the square then pair is a bit more movecount efficient, but is usually done intuitively as it would otherwise be a lot more algs with harder eo recognition (since you have 2 edges rather than 1 without white or yellow)

[@piershanson1784]

I said it was 719 algs, but I typed something wrong, and it’s actually 135. The new average movecount is 5.7. Then you solve the two pairs which is around 7 moves each if you’re good at influencing pairs which, in conjunction with 3 auf’s is around 22 moves total. Eopair lxs is around 15.2 moves + 4 to make the pair and 2 auf’s is around 20.5 moves with better eo recognition.

[@Lucashallal]

Oh okay thanks

[@Lucashallal]

You did a lot of analysis lol, but yeah, at the time I made that comment I didnt understand the importance of eo recognition, and thought that the steps were kind of unnatural, but it makes sense now.

[@Lucashallal]

Is there a name to the specific variation of freefop where you do petrus without the eo step? It seems that it could be really fast

[@dontalks1060]

I made a method called Anti-APB which started 2x2x3 the same way as petrus did, did the EOPair normally, did the last cross piece and used the winter variation and used full PLL.

[@LiamHighducheck]

You could also use full OLS (a touch over 500 algs) to solve the last pair and OCLL at the same time. Winter variation (and summer variation since you could also end in a split pair) would be a decent beginner version of full OLS but I couldn’t say it’s better than just LS>OCLL>PLL at that point. Easy cases would probably be worth it tho

[@BenjaJohnsonIII]

Is this not just petrus?

[@Conning157]

It’s a better version of Petrus. It’s a little different

[@UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUV]

For last layer You can use coll 40 algorithm Then 3

[@barddz4646]

Or skip eo line and just do oll pll

[@Global_Cub3r]

I saw the other apb vid and when I saw this on my recommended I literally shouted yes and got in trouble from my parents

[@LogTheGoofy]

lol me too when I saw it

[@piershanson1784]

At the highest level, how important is it that the pair creation step gets done 2gen? I was wondering cuz some of the cases where both pieces are at the bottom of the right side look like they might be easier to solve with s or wide f moves. The downside would of course be harder eo prediction and the fact that the pair isn’t always made in the 4 given locations. (e.g. the case where the corner is solved and correctly oriented but the edge is oriented at DR could be solved with S R S’ instead of R’ U R’ U)

[@swathitvr2398]

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[@norsitoang7714]

I got 3 10's on this method(beginner)lmao. This method has good potential.

[@chargingbatteryminecraft]

why do i have 1 bad edge?

[@LiamHighducheck]

Something has gone very wrong

[@archiehandler1292]

as the 3x3 world record holder, I can say with certainty that with certainty that this is true

[@LiamHighducheck]

I don’t think it’s gonna work the second time…

[@voidrxreal]

Awesome!

[@norsitoang7714]

Thank you for the tutorial!!!:)

[@C4Oc.]

Compared to the generic nameless beginner method that often gets taught to anybody new to cubing, how much faster is this? Should I switch to this method instead?

[@knyaz3v]

I can't get the notation for "Pair solved EO" :< what are gray stickers? bad edges or good edges? does it include right slot edge or is it only about edges with white/yellow sticker on top? I tried to follow those algs but edges won't orient, I wonder what I'm doing wrong here I like the method and I want to give it a try

[@LiamHighducheck]

Gray edges are bad edges and they include the front right slot edge

[@Idowpbxjdo]

This method is awesome

[@RileyBrierton]

Apb is so good can you add full zbll?

[@rubyace7058]

after i finish lxs it doesn't give me any zbll cases(no yellow cross)

[@LiamHighducheck]

@@rubyace7058 that means you are not doing EO (edge orientation) 5:41

[@happymario3223]

What benchmark times should I be at after learning each step of the roadmap? Thx

[@Wyverex42]

This is a great tutorial, thank you! I've noticed that my cube often seems kinda stuck when trying to do S moves although it's lubed. Would core lube help here?

[@LiamHighducheck]

I’m not sure, but pretty much all modern cubes should be viable for S moves out of the box

[@MyNameIsUntouchable]

why dont u implement algorithems slow

[@SamanZeb-il9dc]

for pair insertion couldn't you just insert in a F2L way like CFOP with only R* and U*?

[@LiamHighducheck]

I think you’ll find if the pair is oriented that’s what ends up happening naturally, if it’s misoriented it’s better to get into the habit of only pairing the pieces for when you eventually learn EOPair

[@somaytech2023]

Thanks Bro...

[@adriangd5040]

awesome method

[@Anthony_Solves]

What are your thoughts on APB as an OH method? How fast do you think someone could get and do you know of any fast OH cubers who use APB? I've been experimenting with APB OH for the past day and after just one day of practicing, I average around 25 with it, while being around 13 with CFOP. So far it has been interesting and I think it might be good for OH so I will probably try to get fast with it.

[@remigaborit2486]

Thank's you for your working :D

[@NerdyCuber-le6fk]

yooo nice tutorial!!!

[@sunandakm223]

Bro can u pls teach a bit slower the eo part

[@IngeniousCubing]

if i get good with the begginers, what will i most likely averege then?

[@sailE_gnohC]

On the eo step of the beginners method, can't you just check the orientation of the u/d edges and if an odd number of them are bad then the last f2l edge is also bad?

[@chinjunsi7752]

There are 5 U/D edges and only 1 f2l edges so recognizing the odd one first then determining the case is faster than counting the U/D edges and then checking if it's odd/even AND THEN you still need to find the f2l edges to start executing the algs

[@LiamHighducheck]

Yes you could do this but the problem comes when you can’t tell where the F2L edge is. I taught it this way so solvers get used to checking the F2L edge first and eventually track it during Pair Creation, and while it’s true you only need it’s location, recognising it’s orientation as well is a good habit and will speed up your recognition in the long run. Also looking at the orientation of the F2L edge (which you might as well do since you already have to track it’s location) means you have to look at one less U/D edge, for example you could look at the U edges+FR and wouldn’t have to ever look in DR to recognise that edge.

[@Alirezagh-q8o]

Is this better than roux or cfop couse it just looks like petrus with a lot of algs and eo pair is real hard and kinda not good finger tricks But also it doesnt envole 4 f2l Pairs which is really good and you don't need to do second block like roux That's the reason I'm stile thinking about this method Thx

[@comp.lex4]

The algorithms and approach are pretty heavily optimized. I believe it may be competitive with enough practice and development, but I doubt it'll kill either CFOP or Roux. If you like learning algs and are good at EO recognition, this seems like a pretty great method

[@Riokaii]

why is R wide move better for FB? wouldn't it lead to regrips compared to M moves?

[@unrealxela]

Its the other way around, typically you want to stay in "home grip" as much as possible meaning Rwide moves would be much quicker. Its also possible because the right layer is free to move all the time until EOPair and so on

[@TheHorrorMusician]

It’s everything Mehta wishes it was

[@cuberstache]

Yoooo let's go!

[@notshampoo7384]

in this part 3:46 wont U M' U' M be better and shorter than what you showed?

[@LiamHighducheck]

U r U’ r’ would be the actual best thing to do (just because M moves are generally slower than r moves during this step). But yes, I taught it the other way because it’s a beginner tutorial and having a more general rule for each step makes it easier to learn.

[@notshampoo7384]

@@LiamHighducheck ah makes sense

[@notshampoo7384]

@@LiamHighducheck 💀 why did I not think of that U r U' r' is a lot faster

[@gericubing]

I'm finally sub 25 with APB(I'm sub 12 with cfop)

[@mynka7641]

how do you recgonize it if the last f2l edge is in the D layer?

[@LiamHighducheck]

I believe I saw you ask this on the discord so for those here wondering the same thing, if the edge is matching the R centre it’s a good edge, if it has any other colour on the right side it’s bad

[@khoaitaynuong5776]

Coll+epll instead of ocll + pll

[@EinoPlayer-sq4ch]

isnt coll+epll and ocll + pll the same thing

[@LiamHighducheck]

OCLL+PLL is recommended for beginners because it’s only 28 algs and then later on you can learn COLL+EPLL to practice recognising corner permutation

[@LiamHighducheck]

OCLL is OLL but with a cross on top, so 7 algs. COLL is 40 algs and will both orient an permute the corners (solving them)

[@EinoPlayer-sq4ch]

@@LiamHighducheck just found that out on the apb server

[@MaximilianBerkmann]

Yeah, unless you're a beginner. COLL+EPLL is better (especially when you can recognise what EPLL case you'll get).

[@mariacristinamagtibay9918]

Can I use TSLE and TTLL instead it has less algs and are mostly 2gen

[@guiwarr]

Yes but then it wouldn' be apb anymore, would be a method called nautilus lsll

[@hector6264]

well time to learn 3x3

[@Exvictus1]

When inserting the bottom edges could you just use s and u moves?

[@LiamHighducheck]

I’m assuming you mean inserting DR during the first half of beginner LXS. You can use inserts like S R2’ S’ R2 or S’ U2’ S but the RU version are generally faster and most consistent + the RU versions are triggers that get used all over full LXS so it’s good to get used to using them.

[@Exvictus1]

@@LiamHighducheck Alright, thanks

[@ClockSolver]

after watching this tutorial i went to get a gan just to learn it lol

[@k3xk-one917]

I saw that you have a Model O and you put tape on it, do you play Minecraft and bridge with it?

[@LiamHighducheck]

Damn second person to make that read, I did in fact dabble in godbridging back in the day

[@k3xk-one917]

@@LiamHighducheck Thank you for answering my question, and also this vídeo is so good I'm going to learn this method 😁

[@rujon288]

i feel like the most advanced version of APB would be making br pair while doing partial eo to give a lower move-count pair plus EO pair. then while doing that also doing a solution that gives you a favourable LxS. this would be often cancelable into LxS due to it being predominantly 2 gen(so not necessarily always doing the last 2-3 moves of inserting the pair into the back). edit: hmm this is just petrus...

[@cubealgs101]

no shit this is petrus lol

[@cuberpro7172]

I am geting a cace whar only one edge is bad can someone help?

[@dev9606]

Only a even number of edge can be bad check it again or you might have a flipped edge

[@RigilCarolino]

is it better to do coll in as and sune or oll and pll

[@LiamHighducheck]

I’d say use OLL PLL for sune and anti-sune

[@CubeLearner-pf2zw]

6:29 are we doing green and blue good edges or red and orange since I'm used to green and blue

[@LiamHighducheck]

I assume you’re talking about doing EO recognition like you would in ZZ? In this case since it’s only 1 edge you don’t need a full system and should be ok with just quickly comparing it to the front or right centre

[@CubeLearner-pf2zw]

Yeah since I main zz for oh

[@norsitoang7714]

Is Zbll for the sune and antisune cases worth it?

[@LiamHighducheck]

For methods that ALWAYS end in ZBLL (like APB), yes, although they are the hardest get to the point where they become worth it so it’s recommended to learn them last (as learning other ZBLL sets first will provide more immediate value)

[@orilipson7337]

I lose a lot of time in DFDB because edges are hard to find, is there a good way to avoid this?

[@voidrxreal]

You can try to track the DFDB edges while you are solving the First Block, so that you know where they are.

[@orilipson7337]

Ty, i will try

[@Anthony_Jiang]

Nice video

[@Jonboy_1000]

Wait about the last f2l edge being good what do i do if its bad

[@LiamHighducheck]

You treat it like any other bad edge and orient it with the others

[@arandomtree7162]

Is there a 4x4/ big cube APB varient?

[@LiamHighducheck]

Yes there is some stuff but it’s far less developed, you can find it on the APB server but probably the biggest development in the 4x4 variant happened on Athefre’s server which is linked in the APB server

[@chinjunsi7752]

Why volume so small

[@Mr.RubixMan]

At the end 14:11 , I unsubscribed just to subscribe again

[@itslegendplayz]

I can tell you a gamer cuz you got model o

[@LiamHighducheck]

Bedwars calls for a good mouse

[@igorpertoso6115]

Nive vid!

[@EinoPlayer-sq4ch]

i some times get eo cases that arent even in the apb mega doc

[@LiamHighducheck]

Some common mistakes are not AUFing (if solved EOPair) or misrecognising the F2L edge or holding the 2x2x3 in the wrong place or solving the wrong pair. If you can’t figure it out you can join the APB discord server and ask in there too

[@EinoPlayer-sq4ch]

@@LiamHighducheck ok ill say about it in the apb discord server but yeah nice tutorial

[@EinoPlayer-sq4ch]

@@LiamHighducheck i just asked about it in the apb server

[@oa1560]

This method is really good but there is just one problem with ur beginner method, When you flip edges, what do you do when three edges need to be flipped now this is a major problem as in ur beginner tutorial, it only shows how to flip two or four edges, so...😂😂😂😂

[@LiamHighducheck]

The strategy is to set the cube down, stop the timer, pack your bags, fly to Norway and change your identity living out the rest of your days never having to think about EO again

[@SidneyKocen]

Problem: 3 edges isn’t possible

[@oa1560]

Update: just figured out winter variation always works when doing lxs

[@CubingEmperor313]

Some among us kid is gonna comment... 7:50

[@glebnekrasov1]

Tutorial for advanced solvers soon?

[@LiamHighducheck]

Don’t hold your breath, I might do something but if you surpass what is in this video you’re probably ahead of most people and should hop into the APB discord server to figure out what to do next

[@chinjunsi7752]

Is this actually worth it switching from cfop

[@kassemhaidar762]

Maybe

[@justme4466]

What cube are you using?

[@LiamHighducheck]

I actually switch between 3 different cubes throughout the video, the one I used to do my speed solves is the XMan Tornado V3 Flagship

[@saranrapaka6539]

Screw cfop when you have this

[@zenhunter3552]

what does "APB" and "LXS" stands for?

[@arandomtree7162]

APB is Athefre's pair and block, and LxS is Last extended Pair

[@LiamHighducheck]

APB is Athefre’s Pair and Block LXS is Last eXtended Slot

[@zenhunter3552]

thanks for those who's answering:v

[@epicpvpstudios]

the megaming 💀💀💀(like when you see it)