Attempting to Solve the RUBIK'S CUBE (With NO Help)

Millions have tried and failed. Today I try to figure out and explain the elusive solution to the 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube.
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0:00 Rubik's Cube
1:01 I Start My Quest
1:38 Young Me's Knowledge
2:57 My Method (Part 1)
4:52 Creating an "Algorithm"
8:02 Using the Algorithm
10:53 My Method (Part 2)
14:01 Using Setup Moves
15:45 Creating Algorithm 2
18:03 Using Algorithm 2

[@jacobanderson2291]

Challenge: Solve all WCA puzzles (including clock) in a row, but after every move (or clock button push), you must swap to the next cube/puzzle in the cycle until you solve all of them.

[@Evan_0706]

ooooh i like that

[@JAY593_]

that would be cool

[@atom1kcreeper605]

Yes pls

[@alexandra1415]

that's a cool idea

[@insellacolbradipo5322]

This needs more upvotes

[@Xper_ienceZ]

I can’t believe Jperm finally solved a Rubik’s cube. I hope he releases a tutorial soon

[@woolsword8200]

he already has done one! this video mightve been recorded before that one and he wanted to help others before showing him learning it by himself

[@koustabborah4959]

@@woolsword8200 r/whoosh

[@makerofeditsmov]

@@woolsword8200 it was a joke 😅

[@woolsword8200]

@@makerofeditsmov i know, i was waiting for someone to actually read my reply correctly.

[@makerofeditsmov]

@@woolsword8200 oh okay 💀

[@dannymartial7997]

Back in the day, before algos were commonly known, it was actually SUPER impressive for someone to be able to solve it. I remember a scene from "Pursuit of Happyness" where Will Smith's character was able to solve it through intuition alone.

[@EG0909]

I thought he did an old version of cfop? Correct me if I’m wrong

[@dead-scissors]

@@EG0909 yes ig more like the beginners method

[@Conorator]

It was apparently considered extremely impressive how Will Smith actually learned to solve the Rubik's cube, and was able to do it for real in that scene. I think I remember seeing it in lists of celebrities having "hidden talents".

[@pikarizardcharikachu2573]

I really thought this is an April fools video posted in a wrong month but I was wrong! that was really fun to watch as I finally saw an alternative solution to a 3x3x3 cube than the usual solve that I use! Very awesome video.

[@in4init3vr]

it was made on funny number day (6/9) thats why this exists

[@justalonelycapcutmaster7462]

@@in4init3vr 4/20 is also one and its my birthday (april 20th)

[@asrieldreemurrthe1st]

“Corners have the least freedom” Center pieces: “am I a joke to you?”

[@stellastoyfun9658]

I think he meant the pieces that can move to a different position.

[@asrieldreemurrthe1st]

@@stellastoyfun9658 yeah, but still

[@JPerm]

What are you, a corner piece rights activist??

[@blakebuck9488]

Time for a new activism movement!

[@asrieldreemurrthe1st]

@@JPerm Yes. Yes I am.

[@ivanjermakov]

I like how your intuitive solution has more common steps from minor methods like Roux and ZZ. Makes me think that CFOP was more like a computer-oriented method that does not feels as organic as the alternatives.

[@alphhs5260]

Cfop algorithms are the furthest things from being organic/intuitive lol

[@faizanhassan4406]

@@blakethenoobie1433 they agreed and emphasised that part

[@conaldeugenepeterson2147]

@@blakethenoobie1433 that’s what everyone has said.

[@ariac4080]

well zz can be even more crazy often compared to cfop but yea

[@JPerm]

CFOP is very easy to understand visually. Every step creates more solid blocks of color. It doesn't make the most sense as a puzzle solver, but for beginners it actually makes the most sense. Roux is like an optimization of corners first, and I guess that's why it's the most intuitive of the big 3.

[@The_TK2306]

There's something oddly satisfying seeing you solve a 3x3 as if it was a new puzzle

[@PellyPlay]

99% Of people who saw this video in their recommended looked at the release date first.

[@expl0sions13]

Why is this so true😂

[@PellyPlay]

@@expl0sions13 damn bro one year later I find this comment

[@MrGreenMelon]

@@PellyPlayoh

[@GabrielCraioveanu]

Ok, so I'm in the 1%

[@Kewbix]

That title confused me at first but this was a fantastic video idea!

[@mosesmettu3981]

Hey kewbix

[@calebyao.]

Hello kewbix

[@nasrshariff2385]

Hi Kewbix please reply

[@pecareca6735]

And that's why he's better than max park

[@gildanaret3211]

Hi Kewbix

[@kilo3989]

I have memories of playing with a Rubik's brand cube at my grandmother's house as a kid, and of learning to solve during the pandemic of 2020. It's so fun to see you trying to work through the process!

[@Blade_Venom]

i actually also learned to solve this in 2020 since i was bored out of my mind and i didnt have any way of playing video games

[@CookiesAndSharks]

it makes me feel like your a pro cuber and jperm is noob cuber beacuse of the way you talk and I hate it

[@bonemasked3925]

lmao so I wasnt the only one who learned to solve the cube on 2020

[@Blade_Venom]

@@bonemasked3925 nah bro the pandemic made everyone try new things. I guess rubiks cube was a popular hobby everyone picked up

[@jovilow]

Lol i also learn to solve a cube in 2020 Edit:funfact my first ever cube is a white yj guanlong 3x3

[@heavytanhat]

This was a really interesting addition to the 'solving with no help' series, especially because I actually learned corners first before beginner's method

[@michaellashov3285]

Yes, finally! I've been waiting for such a video for a while now. I felt almost as excited when you solved it and now I wanna see you perfect your method. 😁

[@Mythotix]

This is what I love about cubing. Sure you can memorize algorithms, and practice to the point of solving the cube in mere seconds. But the satisfaction that comes from actually figuring it out yourself is immeasurable! I've known how to solve a 3x3 for a few years now, but recently challenged myself to learn 4x4 & 5x5. And when I ran into the parity issues that come with reduction, I chose to try and solve it intuitively rather than learning the parity algorithms. And the satisfaction I felt when I finally found something that works made all the struggling worth it!

[@JPerm]

Figuring out parity is rough! I would have just restarted anytime I got parity haha

[@Perrocko]

@@JPerm that's exactly what I did every time I get a parity.. then one day I decide to learn an alg for that.. and I try to break it in parts to understand what a hell was i doin.. and also try to see before hand and fix it before I end up with the last 2 edges..

[@jofx4051]

@@Perrocko 4X4 parity is just kinda arghh XD, I can relate when solve naturallu (manually) by making it looks like 3X 3 solving then u just stuck with both sides swapped when others are correct

[@Perrocko]

@@jofx4051 yes parity in a 5x5 it's easier .. and the centers missplaced happened to m alot till i learned from memory where do the go.. I was so relying on others cube to actually having the center stuck there but when you have a par cube 4x4 6x6 you actually have to place them correctly from scratch

[@althaz]

@@JPerm That's exactly how I solve the 5x5 still. I figured out how to solve it on my own and just try to get my edges into a group of three to finish off so I don't have to worry about it :D. I really should learn to do it properly at some point...

[@0Aquamelon]

Fun fact: making "one side" is actually part of a method called "ECP." the first step is to do Edge Orientation plus one face.

[@Chinesemax]

True

[@sirsyphus_prime]

I didn't know tha!

[@tommyinanutshell9552]

Damn

[@rubenverg]

I mean, OLL is just making one side with a bunch of restrictions

[@henaxd5013]

@@Chinesemax yeahh

[@althaz]

Damn, you did that relatively quickly. The first time I solved a Rubik's cube it took me 3 days (and I was spending like every spare moment on it). I was determined to solve it without help and I spent a lot of time writing down algorithms (with a really whack notation that I came up with myself and I now realize didn't cover a lot of cases :D). I ended up solving in a more traditional layer-by-layer approach - because the first thing I did when I got it was have a look to figure out how it worked and realizing the cube was made out of layers and not out of faces. Was so proud when I eventually accomplished it.

[@ibrahimali3192]

i didnt manage to solve rubiks cube without help, but i did discover the sexy moves by myself

[@musicalBurr]

Now that I watch you perform this monumental task (amazing!) - I recall from the early 1980s when I got my first original Rubik's cube as it hit the market, I approached it solving it like you are here. That is, I went for corners first, then edges. I never really figured it out though. I got pretty far, but couldn't figure out say, how to cycle-three edges or two corners etc. I now understand a lot more about cube theory, and Algebraic groups etc. which is very helpful. At at the time back in the 80s, I knew that I had to do a bunch of moves to set the cube up such that the pieces I was trying to manipulate would be located where I KNEW how to be able to perform some operation on them, but ALMOST ALWAYS messed it up and couldn't back out. In other words, I knew intuitively at LEAST about conjugates. I don't think I quite figured out commutators. The deeper problem was I got confused and lost so easily when actually doing the moves. Which brings me to my question here, and something still I have trouble with. You have an amazing ability to be able to recall those conjugates and commutators that you come up with on-the-fly, seemingly without error. You can remember the moves, but more amazingly, you recall their inverse perfectly. Not just once, but repeatedly - with long pauses between execution. Wow! How have you achieved this remarkable ability? Anything special you can suggest to help with building that skill? Thanks so much!

[@selianboy8508]

Way back in either Christmas '97 or '80 I was given a present of an original Rubik's Cube. I solved it before leaving my basic army training at the back-end of 1980. The first two layers were easy enough although I did the 'F2L' upside down to CFOP. I seem to remember getting the top layer first in place then the sides. Eventually one day the cube came apart and I realised that, after putting it back together, I could work things out backwards. So I did this for a month or so and eventually had a set of moves which allowed me to complete the cube. I guess you might call these 'algs' these days! It was a really slow method of course and very repetitive but none the less worked. In 1981 I had a lucky solve one day where the last layer simply solved itself after the F2L. That one solve is my claim to fame as it was 32 seconds! Was it possibly the fastest up to that point? Considering that the first world record of 22 sec was set in 1982, I like to 'claim' so! By 1982 I was sub 60 sec all the time and I used Vasaline! Well at least my RC was quite quiet! 😂😂😂😂 At the beginning of 2020 I picked up the cube again but could not remember how to do that last layer. I had vague memories, but never really remembered what I used to do. Then one day my fingers just 'did' it! After some 40 years somehow my muscle memory kicked in. Then I found (probably) your channel and converted to the CFOP method. I have had a sub-15 lucky-solve once and at last am back to sub-60 but occasionally am around the sub-30. For me the big issue is all about seeing the colours during F2L. But it is slowly getting better with daily practise! Thank you JPerm for all the hours and hours you have entertained me! All I have to do is practise for the next 37 years so that I get sub-15 by the time of my 100th birthday! 😉

[@JPerm]

What an amazing story! You held the world record in my heart

[@selianboy8508]

@@JPerm well that's my claim no matter what my sister says!! (long story 😂). The other day I was looking all cool cubing away in a train and this young lad leans across challengingly asking how long I had been cubing. I said "Oh... for a while." He told me he could do it really quickly and asked how quickly I could do it. I casually told him "... usually under 60 secs but I had subbed 15 once..." He said "Oh!" I don't know what I said that upset him, but he sort of disappeared up the isle and I didn't see him again.... youngsters these days! 😂😆🤣

[@heitorcar-geometrydash8362]

I got a last layer skip recently in school, resulting in a 24 sec solve xD, it is gonna be my personal best for a long time i think, my second best time is 31 sec. (The entire last layer skip, oll + pll skip chance is 1/15500 if i'm not wrong)

[@Jordan....]

@@heitorcar-geometrydash8362 if the chance is 1/15500 then I must be lucky

[@heitorcar-geometrydash8362]

@@Jordan.... yes, probably xD

[@seangauthier8144]

I did a challenge like this a while ago and did it completely differently. Instead of banning any algs I knew previously, I only banned ones that I learned, but allowed myself to still use any that I found out just messing around. Because I first figured out how to do one side as a kid I just started with that. After hearing about f2l, I figured out a jank way to do it before learning how to do it properly, so I used that to finish the first 2 layers. For oll, I came up with a 2 flip alg using commutators for the cross, and came up with RU'L'UR'U'L for the corners. Then for pll I broke my first layer, put it back together and redid almost the entire solve to have a very long but working jperm alg. Then I used an edge 3 swap that I found before from just messing around and boom!

[@KxngJoskviewsdaysago]

Bruh

[@hattu2374]

Great idea👍, but J Perms idea was definetly harder.

[@martinmarkov9707]

70th like, I'm not nice..

[@JPerm]

Commutators would have been nice. But I had to ban them since I technically already use every commutator as an algorithm for blindfolded...

[@caissenchua5410]

@@hattu2374 no need to compare

[@timsmith8489]

I vividly remember what it was like when those things came out and we were all on our own as far as solving it went. I was an undergraduate math major at Caltech, and quickly pretty much everyone at Caltech had one, and was furiously working at figuring them out. At the time I was taking abstract algebra and we were required to do a term project. I couldn't think of anything interesting to do so went to my professor to see if he had any suggestions. I made the horrible mistake of bringing my cube with me, and when I asked him if he had any ideas for a project he said "The answer is in your hands", so now I not only had to figure out how to solve the damn thing, I had to tie it to group theory instead of just stumbling on a few algorithms and calling it a day or I'd fail abstract algebra. It wasn't as bad as it could have been, because my professor did agree that I could limit myself to the 2x2x2 cube.

[@kasai7272]

Yikes

[@jamuspham8322]

I’ve tried to do this a couple of times and come up with multiple ways of solving the cube other than cfop but I always end up slipping in one or two non-original algorithms (u perm or commutators) so this is really cool

[@RamThakkar]

19:59 “I am now finally a real cuber” this means 99% of us aren’t real cubers since we didn’t figure it out on our own 😭

[@badrulhasan9935]

SAD

[@Traitoriot]

And since we watched this video we must find a different solution if we wanted to try the challenge

[@TinKot791]

I actually solved a 3x3 by myself when i was 12, 5 years ago. If you want to know how i did it, just ask me.

[@sharmistharathore9966]

😭😭😭

[@TinKot791]

@daniyar I accidentally solved it, i mean i accidentally created some algs by just looking at one specific corner piece on first layer, moving it around and moved it back, that's how. It took me 2 months to " Accidentally" solve it. At that time, i just played for fun, really didnt expect to solve it, but i'm a speedcuber now, sub-10

[@tjzero0008]

My uncle actually figured out how to solve the puzzle himself in the 80s, but he was a genius lol. I however had to watch your tutorial. Thanks for that, been cubing almost 2 months now and my PB is 31 sec.

[@petrusheski7844]

Sammeeeeee

[@tjzero0008]

Woooooo!!! 3 cheers for almost sub 30 PB's!!!!

[@QuinnyDubs]

Same

[@mrpenguin397]

I've been cubing for 27 days and my pb was 23 sec with a last layer skip

[@tjzero0008]

@@mrpenguin397 my PB now it's 18 something. Those last layer skips are super lucky and save a lot of seconds. Either way that's very impressive! Good for you!

[@glenncooper3524]

That's awesome!!! I like how you stuck with your rules. And even forced the redo when it was "too lucky". Came up with your own algorithms , or actually discovered them or somewhere between. Like how Petrus discovered the Sune, he knew others probably discovered it too, but only he named it so epically. You absolutely deserve that sense of accomplishment.. I learned the x method almost 20 years ago. When i teach ppl how to solve i usually teach that method. From what I've read Rubik solved it with a very similar method.

[@christinewilliamson491]

This is the detailed explanation I have been looking for 🎉thank you!

[@jeremyfarr304]

I know you’re not going to see this but in the small chance that you do, I wanted to let you know that I got 4 of my Wisdom teeth out this morning. This video made me feel so much better and distracted me from any of the pain I was feeling. Thank you so much for making such great videos that cheer I’m sure not only me up, but I’m sure it also cheers many many other people. Thank you so much jperm!

[@kingkaizoku85]

Im leaving this comment so if you get notified, you will probably be greatful for how painless your jaw/face is compared to back then.

[@snickile1576]

The non-cubers are finally right, you need a high IQ to solve a Rubiks cube :O

[@user-vw6sr8mh2x]

Remember

[@robinvosloo1894]

Super proud as always. I thank you Dylan for all that I've been able to learn from you. Currently on 45s-55s..Working on cube rotations.

[@ibrahimali3192]

Currently on 20s-25s. Still working on cube rotations.

[@JohnMeacham]

Wow, this is almost identical to the method I came up with back in the day. I already learned how to solve the 2x2x2 from a friend so that gave me a head start and motivated the corners first approach. Honestly, it's how I still solve sometimes, slotting in the edges is fun.

[@catdadproblems]

This is actually very encouraging as I am still struggling to solve it on my own (no, I'm not going to just memorize known algorithms). I only just within the past few months have taught myself to intuitively solve the first two layers. But solving corners first is a method I've also explored.

[@khozema_gangardiwala]

m.youtube.com/@TALENTZONE222

[@bingwhip]

I learnt myself to solve the cube in 1981 and invented my own algorithms, some I still use today

[@lefterismplanas4977]

Congratulations 🎊 👏 This feels amazing and inspirational

[@Mindstormer]

I am just learning to do a rubiks cube and I came up with my own step for the final portion. it was pretty fun. it's similar to what you had in the end. what you could have done is act like the solid parts were top and bottom, rotate bottom, side slice x 2, rotate bottom accordingly. then you should have 4 incorrect centers. on a correct center do a slice in each direction rotating the cube every slice. after that align the middle color with the side pieces one at a time with slice moves. and then you should have a solved cube. it's overly complicated but I figured it out myself, and I was so proud.

[@Amethyst_js]

I thought it was April 1st when I looked at the title

[@theboredcuber6752]

Jperm, I think you should do another video showcasing all of your cubes again. You have gained a lot of subscribers and cubes since then, including the holy grail: the 21x21. So pls do another video like that. Thank you!!!

[@Nehji_Hann]

Dude I used this video and the same mentality, along with my knowledge of how to solve a 3x3 and 5x5, in order to figure out the X2 puzzle. Always love getting a new puzzle that's a different shape and trying my best to solve it without help. Very inspiring vid :D

[@GabeB17]

Oh my god this is insane I can’t believe your attempting this challenge I clicked right away I know how much you struggle with this kind of thing.

[@JPerm]

Yeah I've had this 3x3 cube sitting on my shelf for years. Could only ever solve 1 side

[@GabeB17]

@@JPerm ikr

[@ArhamKhan-tv3gx]

J perm: Today i am gonna solve a Rubiks cube with no help Also J perm: But i already know how to solve it

[@innerchimp9783]

Phenomenal! I bought a cube 2 days ago and I managed to do it in under 4 minutes today by watching your videos. I can't wait to learn your quicker techniques

[@TheQasimKhan]

Genuinely an interesting bideo to watch. Seeing the throught process work.

[@Multicubing]

Maybe the hardest challenge of them all! That was pretty neat!

[@shaunzhang733]

When I had no idea how to solve the last layer of the Rubik's cube, I came across a video where the cube was solved in a different way. Building 2x2x2 blocks and expand it to 2x2x3, leaving one edge free to push up the rest of the edges to the point of solving all the edges leaving several corners unsolved. A few years after I learnt the beginner's method, I came across another video where someone had a tutorial on how to solve a Rubik's cube without memorization, it is the same thing (though he solved the first two layers slightly differently, solving one layer first, then insert three of the edges, leaving one edge to solve all the top edges), he taught me commutators. Eventually I understood how commutators was done. I learnt these from the following channels. Phillip Brocoum thepuzzledmagician

[@mch6367]

those dan brown videos are how i learned, way back in 2007. what a blast from the past. thank you for that lol. i had completely forgotten about those videos

[@OlgaFyodorova]

You are a genious for remembering everything you do in order to undo it later. Whenever I tried commutators and making up algs, I just can't remember what I did. I have to write it down, and then I mess up reverting it, it gets so frustrating. Great job, J Perm.

[@nived3029]

Perks of learning 3-style

[@douglaschaplow4467]

Your method is actually almost exactly the same the one Minh Thai used in the 1982 World Championship. He would use Ortega to solve the corners, and then solve three edges each in the top and bottom layers, leaving one edge slot open to move the centers and edges around. Then he somehow would get the last two edges and solve the last four edges and centers. I don't quite understand the last step, but I think it's worth looking into.

[@kazedcat]

You just need to solve both pieces at the same time. First you put one of the pieces in the solve position then you drop it from the slot but you need to drop it in a way that it aligns with the other piece so that when you solve the other piece the drop piece will also be solve. It is the same method of breaking up and solving it another way but the setup is to make sure that dropping one edge aligns it to another edge so they can be solve together.

[@christerohlsson500]

Kind of straight up 80s CF until cross on all sides. I don't think anyone would even try to do horizontal middle layer moves on a classic 80s Rubik's cube. What I did back then was just the following and a mirrored version to swap around 3 edge pieces, 1 in second layer and 2 in bottom (original move style to allow full palm turns): [ldR'rd'][R'dRr'd'] (probably messed something up in that :) Guess commutators were banned because its known algorithms. Otherwise I think they are more logical path to go, even when trying to figure things out. And you end up calling them 3 piece rotation/swap without messing any other stuff up.

[@slingerwitch1771]

I'm super happy that when I sat down to learn how to solve one I didn't look up algorithms or anything specific on how to manipulate the cube. Really the only big hint I got was to look at the cube as pieces instead of tiles. I wound up doing CFOP with algorithms I made up myself. With a lot of my steps being horribly horribly inefficient of course. I didn't have another cube to test stuff on so to keep track of how unsolved pieces moved in relation to other unsolved pieces I had to like extensively write stuff down in a note book. It never occured to me to explore my algorithms on the solved layer ...

[@philry.4319]

WOW. That's exactly how I also solve a rubics cube back when I was in 4th grade when I am just starting to learn how to solve, the way J perm saves the edge piece when inserting the Corner piece. This video brings back memories. Anyway I'm now 20 years old and now I use CFOP. and my personal best is like 20sec. Thanks to all your CFOP tutorials. lets go!

[@lachlancooke]

Challenge for you: 1. Scramble the cube, 2. Form any 1x1x3 block (2 corners, 1 edge), 3. Place your thumb and pointer finger on opposite sides of the 1x1x3, 4. Solve the entire cube without taking your thumb/finger off (idk if this is actually possible) ;)

[@jonathanbachman]

Let me nominate him as the smartest cuber ever ......... wait there isn't even someone good enough to compare!

[@user-ls2ne7qs4w]

hi 🤝 i really enjoy watching your videos, you explain well. please tell me from which video I need to start watching the 3x3 assembly tutorial

[@mrflammable4664]

Before I learned how to solve the Rubik's cube, (by j perm's vid) I could only do the first layer, but I actually had some more advanced techniques that I'm still using such as using m moves to preserve edge pieces. I also found it easier to do all the edges first, essentially making the cross. I also learned to solve all the pieces correctly rather than just random pieces in random places

[@gehamarakelyan3110]

Plot twist: This was filmed over 10 years ago

[@razalgut12]

13:04 this happened to my mom with me doing simple moves and I needed to do the cube again lol

[@MacMoney20]

Honestly thank you so much for this, I never thought about “move this away to slide this in and then move it back”. I just solved the white side for the first time!!

[@Sketchit_art]

My Jperm cube just arrived, I’m loving it

[@cubeknight3078]

Very good video

[@CatherineKimport]

Funny, I challenged myself to do this very thing a couple months ago (on the two-year anniversary of watching your tutorial!), and my instinct was the opposite, to do edges first and then corners last.

[@baboo8211]

I like how ur intuitive solution is much much more complicated than cfop or beginers, i think that cfop is more of a digital version made of solving not as natural as the other ones

[@ockieolivier4330]

Hi J Perm. Went I stated playing around with the Rubiks cube about four years ago I decided that I am going to try and do it without any assistance. I managed to do it in two December holidays (summer holidays in South Africa). Then I learnt the beginner method and CFOP from your videos. The only CFOP algorithm I discoverd on my own was the sune. Since then I have leant ZZ and Roux. Next I want to do Pochmann. Let me know if you want me to show you my method? If you want to you can do a video on it.

[@austinraymond9932]

i felt his pain at the when he could have solved it

[@user-of2uy6fw5c]

Hey, JPerm!

[@KingSamki]

If someone named b perm commented have you forgotten about me?

[@GhostFear]

2:42 you can put the middle part once down and then bring the corners into its spot and bring the middle part back up

[@CU-fv5lx]

I actually learned stuff from this nice vid😊

[@Octahedron2]

"Sometimes that's how you succeed, you just don't try until you know you can probably do it." - J Perm 2022

[@Anonymous2173dj]

Lol you are doing like a beginner jperm 😂😂 btw you are the sponser

[@qwertyfinger]

I really appreciate how you rescramble when you get a lucky skip! It's more interesting to see the full end to end solve. But the other side is, when you solve a lot of puzzles, you get a lot of rolls for skips. So it's like you earn it just through sheer volume.

[@DragonRockNRoll]

Hey man, awesome job solving it on your own. I also created my own way of solving the cube, and in the process, I made an algorithm that works on just about every cube or cube type puzzle. Though my way is pretty unorthodox and might seem strange to most cubers. Maybe I'll make a video on how I solve it.

[@TeronyGaming]

Hey J Perm, you’re trying to figure out this difficult puzzles, BUT... I have a challange! Why don’t you make a video getting better/faster at the..... SQUARE-1 You’ve been fearing it for a long time, but I think it’s time. “I Tried to Get Faster at The Square-1” It’s gonna be amazing.

[@borisvelickovic]

Okay so hear me out.... What if we try to improve this system and call it J Perm speedcubing method? It may sound dumb but with the right scramble it could be really fast, right?

[@JoshuaRennig]

wicked kick ass video and concept bro, loved it

[@brizzle1473]

didn't expect to see you on stream at battle of bc 4 but it was a nice surprise! Cool to see you've been playing melee as well

[@1.4142]

This is the essence puzzle solving!

[@TheLizardKingReal]

Here’s a video idea: Take off all the center piece caps and twist all the corners once. See how fast you can get it to be solved.

[@ramanauvalf5393]

Nobody : Ernö Rubik in 1974 :

[@catsthecuber4049]

I distinctly remember what it was like to not know how to solve, but I can't recreate the feeling. It was the most satisfying thing, being able to solve the cube, then 4x4 and up! Now I try and teach as many friends as I can, and seeing their faces when they solve for the first time is even more so!

[@RickmoZamms]

This was the most helpful tutorial on here! Masked as a “challenge”😂. Thanks.

[@PHOENIXFOOTBALLCLUB]

Haters:BuT hE iS uSiNg U aNd R mOvEs ChEaTeR

[@brunettimarco]

Me, a beginner that just bought a Rubik's cube: 🤡🤡🤡

[@FredHerrman]

That was fascinating to watch. 👍

[@daemonas]

The way you solved the edges kinda reminds me of 4×4 edge pairing. Neat

[@Rohan_oFc]

With a rubiks brand!!!!!

[@asulsonkei]

Still Waiting for the Smart Cubes...& My Main Speedcubes 2022

[@JohnVDenley]

Wow, this is such a complicated way to do it! Lol, my system is super intuative anyway, but it's still interesting to see your thinking anyway! I might do a similar video showing my method, but talking about the thinking behind the moves! Nice...

[@mrtoch1291]

That was impressive fr well done ✅

[@acno4780]

I have figured it in about 8 hours. You just have to build upon every new concept. Then I solved it for 5 times with an average of 13 min and 30 sec. Basically my experimental playing brought me to a 4 move sequence that allowed me to shift 3 edge pieces in a circular motion. Using this I managed to put all edge pieces in their place and using the same 4 move sequence shifting a "set" of edge pieces another 3 times, the edge pieces would reach the starting position but instead corner pieces would change their positions. It was just a matter of another few hours to figure out exactly what corner piece moves where and in what order to use my movement sequence in order to solve the cube. A very inefficient method, but damn it feels good being able to do it alone and when you do it more than once you really know you've mastered it. My friends who knew how to solve it found it hard to believe, but knowing it was me they accepted it. 🤓 When someone tells you something is impossible dont believe him and take the challenge, if u feel like it ofc

[@lutimstrickshots9253]

A few years ago, I actually decided to try this on my own. My thoughts were also to solve the corners first, so I did that, using the algorithm which I invented R U R' U' y L U L' U, which did a 3 cycle of corners. I solved a lot of edges, and used the algorithm M' U M U2 M' U M which is a 3-cycle to solve the remaining edges. It's unbelievable how similar our methods were!

[@nonacidic8152]

the method you came up with reminds me a lot of beginner bld methods - solving the corners and edges separately, and using setup moves and simple algs to put the pieces individually into their place (don't remember the name but hopefully you know what i mean)

[@zeepsjob]

can you make a video showing/explaining all the pll/oll fingertricks and algs?

[@8BSEMT8]

J Perm in 2025: Attempting to solve the RUBIK'S CUBE BLINDFOLDED (With no help)

[@DeathDoesThings]

he already has practiced blindfolded and is faster than me solving it normally

[@8BSEMT8]

@UCP54F1fJKtMADrnKROHeqUA /s

[@schmaffew2343]

@@DeathDoesThings he means coming up with his own method like he did here.

[@8BSEMT8]

@@schmaffew2343 👍

[@ClutchCps]

Joerm is so smart that way in the future when he discovers time travel he will go back to the past to learn how to solve the Rubik's cube from his own tutorial. While he's at it, he'll also drop off a Gan 11M Pro at a non-cuber's house so they can put it on their shelf and look at it once in a while. (Reference to an old QnA)

[@luisdimensity]

Good work!!

[@RamishaZabin]

So your basically teaching us how to solve a rubiks cube

[@siddharthguha4713]

Ya

[@marialexos]

Hello, if u go to a comp, and ur really good at 3blind, is it legal to plan an entire 3-style solve in normal 3×3 in 14 seconds instead of solving with a regular method? Plz i subcribed as soon as I found ur channel

[@tadhghopkins5965]

Yes

[@giannistek1]

The H pattern at the end was one I actually found out intuitively. You want the edges swapped at both sides. If you just swap one edge, the sides are messed up. However you can do it twice/mirror it in some way to solve it. So by putting the left and right down, then swapping the edge, then spinning the top part 180, swap the edge again and basically work like that, you can solve it.

[@MWFreerun]

Awesome video! Would love to see you attenpt a 4x4 or 5x5

[@luwuciferr]

Man it's been ages since I saw your last video. I'm thinking of getting back to cubing.

[@iliasnik21]

and you got his video in your recommended after 1 minute of uploading... right

[@gamespoint1701]

@@iliasnik21 ever heard of notifications ?

[@iliasnik21]

@@gamespoint1701 why would he have notifications to someone he hasn't watched in years

[@adityas9377]

@@iliasnik21 Ever heard of a subscription feed? 🤦‍♂️

[@iliasnik21]

@@adityas9377 look at his channel he has cubing videos which means he is just COMMENT BAITING HE JUST WANTS TO MAKE A NICE COMMENT EARLY SO HE GETS SOME CLICKS ON HIS CHANNEL WHAT NOW HUH?

[@MajarF1]

Youre already ez cubing

[@AreaNeofob]

This was really cool!

[@amethystjean1744]

this is just what I wanted lol. I just learned how to do it by beginner algorithms but seeing how things actually move and thinking through it,, yes!

[@elkinranjith3926]

Wow, I've never tried this. Wonder how hard it must be. When I got my first cube, the greatest number of sides I was able to make was 3.

[@potatofarmer_116]

@Comrade Panda what How is that possible

[@kakaboi4373]

@Comrade Panda bruh

[@everythinginacube.7960]

@Comrade Panda huh

[@PlayeCrackenYT]

@Comrade Panda haha

[@Traitoriot]

@Comrade Panda same man I was dissapointed but eventually i solved the last side!!11!