How To Solve Any Rubik's Cube

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[@am53n8]

Huge props to Brandt for those animations

[@BrandtHughes]

Thanks! Wish I had the time to do more towards the end, but they were fun to make!

[@BPlus-oz7cm]

Yep, you killed it man!

[@JD2jr.]

@@BrandtHughes Might consider doing the whole process as its own thing like that, it was sooooo slick. You'd probably get a bajillion watchtime hours on it.

[@bvoyelr]

@@BrandtHughes You were the only reason I walked away from this video with ANY information beyond "think of the cube as discrete pieces to be placed in their correct spots, not a series of colors to line up."

[@currentlypooping]

@@BrandtHughes I came here to say the same thing (and I'm only 10 minutes in lol). You really did a phenomenal job with the animations and the explanations!! Thank you :D

[@stevenduering7155]

Don’t ever underestimate Brian and Jason’s ability to accidentally mess something up. I guarantee you if they did Rubix Cubes, one of them would accidentally end up with a new color in it.

[@wobblysauce]

Ahh have you seen the gray cubes?

[@sillynapalm]

The level of work on this video is phenomenal. Ya’ll keep outdoing yourselves. Special shout-out to Brandt for the fantastic edits.

[@cubecatecho]

He really did some amazing work with the visuals to help explain things! This video would not be nearly as good without him!

[@BrandtHughes]

Thanks a bunch!

[@Stubbari]

Awesome to see Brian figure out what he's doing! When I got taught the cube for the first time I was just like Jason - following along and pretending I understand what's going on.

[@idogtv]

Speaking as someone who learned to solve the Rubik's Cube 15 years ago using the basic method demonstrated in this video, it's like riding a bike: you never forget how to do it after you do it maybe a few a times for yourself, but you'll have a good "party trick" forever.

[@cubecatecho]

Super stoked to do this collab with yall!

[@TheeManWIthNoLife]

There are so many times where I'll see a video in my recommendations that'll make me say "Why the fuck would I wanna know how to do this?! Why is this even being recommended to me?!" and then I realize it's a Modern Rogue video and become super interested in said thing...

[@3en847]

Unrelated to absolutely everything, but mad respect to Echo for, what I am 99% sure is a Lorna Shore hat.

[@cubecatecho]

It is!

[@elrevelde04]

Yessss!!! I was watching the video and came running to comment section to see if someone else caught that :D

[@cubecatecho]

@@elrevelde04 gotta rep the boys. Saw them on their recent tour and they absolutely killed it!

[@michaelparham1328]

This is one of my favorite of a number of obscure skills I've learned. One that's extremely hard to show off without looking like an ass. Because there's only two possibilities. Either you happen to come across one in your every day life, which has only happened to me once in 12 years. Or you have to carry one around, and if you just happen to be carrying a cube around, there's nobody that thinks you can't solve it. The one time I unexpectedly came across a cube was when I was installing flooring for lowes. It was just chilling on a coffee table. Props to the person that was trying to solve it, because one side was done...but the corners were out of place. I should have asked if I could finish it, but the client was working from home, so I didn't want to bother them. Before we finished, solved it, and left it exactly where I found it. I never saw that house again, and I have no idea the reaction it got. Still satisfying though

[@osmanbadroodin3215]

It's awesome that you guys finally have an incredible rubiks cube video on your channel As one of the African rubik's cube record holders I think this is epic

[@cubecatecho]

Glad you like it!

[@SliminBlue]

I've been speedcubing since early 2020 after being kinda addicted to watching Rubik's Cube videos in late 2019, and it's easily one of my favorite hobbies. My PB is 14.07 seconds and I average roughly around 20 seconds give or take. It's always cool watching these videos teaching non-cubers how to solve a 3x3 for the first time, it's interesting seeing how they go about understanding the methods with metaphors for each step and stuff like that. Once you become a cuber you don't really see many non-cubers out there who genuinely want to learn how to solve it, you just see people think it's a cool party trick (which it is but that's just one perk to it) and are perfectly content never learning how to solve one which is fine, but that just makes those who know how to solve it or actually want to learn how stand out that much more. Props to them for actually learning how to solve it! also gotta say respect for the speedcubeshop mat they're one of the best cube stores around and you should totally check them out

[@Pigeon__Man]

Been able to do a cube sub minute for 10+ years now. Decided to just grind it out in high school. Always a great party trick! Shout out to Thrawst for teaching me the beginner's method.

[@HyzerFlip]

That's a name I haven't heard of in a literal decade. Holy fuck.

[@FLUXXEUS]

Whenever I tried it... I've always only solved 3 sides, I then position the cube on a shelf to only show the solved sides to look like it's completely solved 😂

[@lullebulle2]

Only cube i solved was way back in school, the cube had the colors of it on stickers for some reason, so i just moved all the stickers 😂😂

[@Fuzzycap]

I relate to it a lot.....I always used to do that

[@MrLogo1002]

Now imma turn all rubix cubes over just cause of this absolute Blasphemy

[@jmugwel]

If three sides are solved, there must be only three or two pieces to put in their place.

[@giin97]

@@jmugwel and those 2-3 are guaranteed to completely destroy all my previous work, so that's as far as I've ever gotten, as well 😂

[@WeebGamerUnboxing]

Really cool. Echo definitely did an amazing job explaining the Rubik's cube! love it!

[@Space_Moth]

Solved my first Rubik's cube following the instructions on this video, thanks Modern Rogue and Echo!

[@cubecatecho]

Awesome to hear!

[@TheSelphir]

Brian - conversing while following the steps Jason - quietly staring at the cube, trying desperately to understand each step and messing up anyways Oh dear....

[@Rohrae]

Jason is me, except he's doing better than me.

[@giin97]

@@Rohrae same

[@camerondrew2766]

I've been cubing for years now, I still love watching the learning process. I miss the "mind-blown" feeling.

[@ryanorr6467]

It feels weird after solving cubes for over 10 years seeing methods I don't use. Felt like i was learning for the first time again seeing moves that made no sense to me. An interesting thing to experience again.

[@thomasthompson5613]

This cat performs at my open mic. They make me happy/flustered every time they swing by.

[@DarleneLesmana]

i would love for brian and jason to do a video on makeup. special effects, glam, whatever,i just wanna see the chaos and obviously the torture of eyelash curler and tightlining

[@amuseliese]

We need to find a makeup manufacturer who can bring my Rogue's Rouge Palette to life. 😄

[@DarleneLesmana]

@@amuseliese an eyeliner with an injury counter for everytime you have to redo it

[@kenGPT]

23:40 Brian it's simple. Kind of like drawing an Owl. Step 1: Draw a circle Step 2: Draw the rest of the fucking owl.

[@self-preservationsociety7057]

This is hands down the best ‘ Cube ‘ tutorial I’ve seen , Just solved my Rubiks Cube for the first time . I got it when is was 12 , I’m 54 for Christs sake . Cheers Mr Rogers

[@cubecatecho]

I'm so glad it worked well for you! Welcome to the cubing community! :)

[@DarleneLesmana]

i learned how to solve one when i was 7 and it has been locked in my muscle memory ever since. never got to a speed cuber level, most i've done is like 50s but i can do it fast enough for my parents to show me off as a party trick before it stopped being cute. now i do it to ground myself when my depression gets really bad

[@idksomething274]

For some reason this video clicked in my head like no other cube solving research I had done in the past. Had to order one right away so I can properly wrap my head around it.

[@idksomething274]

Follow up: Solved it in about an hour with rewatching the video and taking notes. 😄

[@cubecatecho]

Hope you used code CUBECAT for a discount! Congrats on solving!

[@camh_plays2241]

I’m so happy to see this. As a fellow speed cuber who currently averages about 15 seconds, I love to see other people learn it and experience the same feeling of victory when they finally solve it

[@osmanbadroodin3215]

Yes A fellow speed cuber

[@gingerpicklemcpickle]

This episode has absolute top tier editing and camera.

[@MushroomDetox]

"As above, so below" is all I understood about this video but I loved it all the same.

[@cubecatecho]

I'm so glad that line made the edit.

[@meneermankepoot]

I love this! Been speedcubing for over a decade, and im genuinely impressed by you undoing your moves Brian. Both of you picked up nice and quickly! If you guys are interested in learning some more in your spare time, Jperm is a great resource on KZbin. These were the foundations of speedcubing :)

[@osmanbadroodin3215]

Awesome I've been speed cubing a couple years How fast are you?

[@meneermankepoot]

My best single solve is 10.1 seconds :D

[@osmanbadroodin3215]

@@meneermankepoot awesome Mine is 6.34

[@meneermankepoot]

Insane, very nice :o

[@osmanbadroodin3215]

@@meneermankepoot thanks , although I don't really practice 3x3 , I prefer sq1 Also I have an 8 second OH solve

[@dougsinthailand7176]

Brian’s such a quick learner.

[@naolmstead]

When I bought a standard Rubik's cube 15 years it had a booklet with it that explained all these steps. When I bought another 10 years ago that booklet no longer had these instructions. I remember most of the moves but I don't always remember the right order to do them. So I can get the bottom two layers but then struggle with the top layer because I will be doing the corner swap move trying to get the edges in the right place.

[@sturgen]

I picked up cubing in october/november ish of 2020 when i had 2 weeks out of school for reasons that may seem clear. I am more into the bigger cubes and less into being as quick as possible. I have a 28.566 pb on 3x3 but i havent timed any solves on any cubes yet this year. Glad to see them learning a new skill that i enjoy so much.

[@starkwinter9476]

This video brings together some amazing creators! Echo did an amazing job, the way they taught this skill was perfect!!

[@cubecatecho]

Thank you!

[@BonsaiMaster300]

This'll take a few views and a notepad to get this down. I have a friend that can do this and I'm always amazed by it.

[@DarleneLesmana]

i was taught to just make a cross first, then swap them around so the colors match up, which adds time but is definitely easier to figure out when i was a child

[@harmonslytherin]

as a cuber/magician myself I found this video to be both very entertaining and informative

[@cubecatecho]

Glad you liked it!

[@Masterchief0521]

I remember a few years back me and a friend were racing cube solves. my fastest time was eventually 20.58 seconds. At that point I was so far ahead of my friend he quit solving and, without any competition, I gave up as well

[@billdunkjr]

I think I can now solve the 3x3 now, thanks. i am still memorizing the moves. Third layer is all good up to corner rotation. I kept thinking I have done something wrong, but I have double triple checked and I am doing the final move correctly. In the video he had only two corners to be rotated and they are diagonally away from each other. I think in my attempts and I not always having that setup and it is messing the cube up once I solved those corners. I learned to go back and fix layer two edges, then white is top and I fix the cross and move the corners around and sometimes that will solve it completely, but I have one where I had two diagonally apart to be rotated. So I when back to that algorithm and it solved. So it must matter what algorithm to use on the final to solve. I have always struggled to figure out this puzzle and for this episode I thank you for my new abilities.

[@cubecatecho]

I'm glad it was able to help!

[@fishnbrian]

Can the next video be tearing one apart and explaining the engineering behind them? They have always fascinated me how they can move but stay whole.

[@cubecatecho]

Might have to do one on my channel!

[@KylerJones]

Most proper speedcubes come apart super easily, look up pretty much any review of a particular cube and they'll probably take it apart and you can easily see how it works. Basically every center piece is attached to a core and spring loaded so they're pulled inward. Then the edge and corner pieces have bits that stick inward which form a sort of sphere around the core. Those bits can slide past each other so a whole layer can spin around. The whole thing is held together by that tension from the springs on the center pieces. Not sure if any of this makes sense but if you see it I'm sure you'll have an easy time understanding it!

[@Local11-m9r]

Holy crap. After all these years I could never figure this thing out. Thanks to this video I still don't know how to figure this thing out.

[@vimtheprotogen2855]

It’s weird that he isn’t using the standard U D R L F B notation/terminology Edit: to those who are saying it was easier to teach in a shorter amount of time. After thinking about it, I agree. It did take me a few days to figure out how to solve a cube even after I learned the notation and had the algorithms in front of me. (I kept messing them up halfway through)

[@thehorriblebright]

That's what I thought as well.

[@kilo3989]

Yeah, that struck me as odd as well. But it was fun to watch, at least!

[@Foofso]

It would be hard to learn in the time they haf

[@cubecatecho]

This was easier to teach in a short amount of time than notation.

[@KylerJones]

I have to disagree, the notation is super easy and intuitive, up, down, left, right, front, back. Only thing that I found difficult to grasp at first was which way to turn the D and B faces since it's counterclockwise by default from your perspective, but none of the algorithms he taught them used those moves anyway. And if this is your first tutorial, and you decide to try and reference anything else on the internet, it'll be harder to unlearn his notation and learn the proper one that it would be to just learn it properly in the first place.

[@dvldgz6306]

I've been learning how to solve a cube on my own. Everything on the internet seemed too confusing and people suck at explaining it. All I learned from the internet was solve white first. I can always solve for white but that's it lol. This video explained it pretty well so I might just write down those moves

[@meneermankepoot]

You might benefit from Jperm on youtube. Although you probably have found him already since he is the most popular cuber on youtube

[@dvldgz6306]

@@meneermankepoot I have seen a few of his videos. The only thing I learned from the internet was to solve one row at a time. I can solve the first row I figured that much out on my own

[@SaebriSelect]

still working on it, but so far this vid has helped me get 1 layer of my cube and its fun to keep doing that layer and reset it. still learning how to do the next 2 layers tho but have to keep taking breaks. should be done with this video in about 6 more months

[@PunchMcLightning]

Those animation were a live saver for a dummy like me lol. Great stuff.

[@MrAqr2598]

I do it in a similar way until the top cross, where I complete the top face (make all the top face colors face the same direction), then match the top corners with the other faces, and finally match the edges with the other faces. Also I usually use the blue face as the bottom, green as the top. 21:53~ The "none" configuration is the worst you get, which gives you the "L" configuration after you do the algorithm once. After that you just position the L in the rear left, and just like how they did it. 11:38~ 27:13~ How the last function works is the fact that chaining six basic right hand algorithms without doing anything in between brings everything back to the configuration you started off with. For example: if you start doing right hand algorithms from a solved cube, using the same two axes every time, without doing anything in between, six algorithms in a row resolves the cube. Same can be said for the left hand algorithm.

[@PSnGa]

So I was young when RC came out but I never got into them. This vid is the first I've seen (not that I've been looking) that makes this easy. Apparently playing with these is becoming popular again (my youngest is into them) so I played around for a bit. Solved it twice in no time at all. Thank you guys so much. I think I might get competent with one. LOL

[@cubecatecho]

So glad you've crushed the cube! I love hearing that this tutorial has helped people

[@surreal5444]

Rogue,I've heard different height,skin color and other factors is involved in SUITS,It'd be awesome if u guys make a video on that.

[@oscarcacnio8418]

This may be one of the few times when I watch a video and have the material at hand. Somehow, with just learning how to do the algorithms, I solved mine with a completely different scramble!

[@cubecatecho]

I'm so glad to hear!

[@demonicbunny3po]

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[@cubecatecho]

Doing the lords work

[@demonicbunny3po]

@@cubecatecho Honestly, I did this for me. This is actually an amazing video for learning and I need to reference the time stamps for the top layer. I think I got the rest down. But if I was going to put the time stamp I needed somewhere, then I might as well do all the time stamps.

[@cubecatecho]

@@demonicbunny3po hey that's super smart and I'm glad you like the video! Let me know when you solve your cube, and feel free to subscribe to my channel for more cubing content. :)

[@demonicbunny3po]

@@cubecatecho solved it several times. Still have not memorized the top Cross techniques.

[@TesserId]

This has the most detailed explanation I've ever seen, and I've seen plenty. This may well be the ultimate beginners guide. But, do get a proper speed cube (magnetic, if you can afford one over $10), as they don't have the frustrating course turning of the cubes you find in the toy section at the drug store.

[@TesserId]

Just found out they're using the astoundingly popular MoYu RS3 M. There are a number of variants of this according to your budget, and any of them will be great for beginners. And, prices are really good right now.

[@cubecatecho]

Glad you liked the video! This comment makes me very happy! :)

[@DevynPlaysGames]

I'm more impressed this guy actually remembers the moves to solve the cube. I just run off of muscle memory at this point

[@cubecatecho]

I spent a good month preparing the method and making sure I could explain it fully leading to filming lol. Muscle memory really does take over after a while. The reason i used moves rather than algorithm terms for this was actually to make it easier for muscle memory to take over for those that follow this tutorial! :)

[@JonathanYeets]

Man, I'm with Jason on this one. I have no idea what's happening. Even just the simple moves confused me. Like...I know how you're meant to do it, but in practice I immediately got lost. I'm the kind of person that can create an equation if I can see the problem laid out flat. The 3D screwed me up.

[@davidsonmg]

spacial awareness is key....once you can visualize how the pieces move it's so much easier!

[@dman9987]

Shout out to whoever made the animated cubes! And to whoever chose the song in the background…. Even tho it’s pain for your lie in April fans

[@amuseliese]

All team credits are in the description! (It was Brandt who made the animated cubes!)

[@johnbeauvais3159]

Question to people who play with these, is there a method like the riffle shuffle in cards where you can do the same thing multiple times and completely scramble and then unscramble a cube? Like 8 perfect riffle shuffles will put a deck back in order

[@Hawkinator-gv9nt]

Yes! There's actually almost an infinite number of these methods: all you have to do is pick a set of moves and just keep repeating them over and over. Eventually, it'll take you right back to where you started. This works for any and every set of moves, as long as you don't make any mistakes and start with a solved cube. Some of these sets take longer than others, but they all go right back to the start.

[@VVheeli]

There are some dead simple ones like flipping the TL corner of a side up, right, down, left, constantly repeat, which is a good way to keep your hands warm. Or middle column up, top row right, and repeat is also another “shuffle”.

[@bradleymorgan8223]

any finite series of moves repeated infinitely will EVENTUALLY solve the cube when starting from a solved position!

[@nanonyne5130]

Literally any set of moves, if repeated enough, will eventually bring the cube back to the solved state. The maximum number of repetitions it will take is 1260.

[@danielroder830]

I mean when you think about, it's impossible that a repeated set of moves would not lead to the starting position. Because even if the cube has many possible states, its never infinite (Edit, looked it up, it has about 43*10¹⁸ states). So your chain of states has to eventually loop.

[@Blargthehandsome]

Always wondered how they solve those.

[@DamnedEyez]

I learned the basic way to begin with...then the bottom 2 layers, but when I hit that wall (~45 seconds give or take for most people) when you start needing to learn all of the top layer states/shapes for the speedcubing aspect, I realized I had more fun figuring out what went where rather than rote memorization. It's still fun to watch, but much like Chess Masters, at that point you're no longer playing based on the piece movements but more on the state of the board and related it to how other notable games went for those moves. These days I solve a 3x3 corners first, but still use a similar way to this when I reduce a larger cube. Sune (?) to get the top color the same, corner swap (T-shape) until the corners are in place, Three edge rotate to get the edges in place. (mirrored to do clockwise or counter). Less algorithms to know, but still gives the feeling of solving a puzzle.

[@Blutzen]

That has always been exactly my problem with solving these puzzles; I can get everything up to the final face just by having fun with adjusting pieces in space, but then the way you're taught to "solve" the final layer is "just memorize and apply this algorithm" which is _boring._

[@IONProd]

YOOO CUBING EPISODE!! I've been cubing for a while now so this is really cool to see

[@cubecatecho]

Hope you like it!

[@SatanicDemiGod]

I learned how to solve 3x3 so long ago that is all muscle memory and don't think I could still solve a cube with this method anymore once I learned how to solve with the F2L method

[@no1noone34]

So well edited!

[@xxskabxx]

My fastest solves we’re under 3 minutes. I can get 2 layers but I’ve forgotten the algorithms for the 3rd. I go back to it occasionally but I continuously forget them.

[@triste4-21]

I know those algorithms, but I never thought they were all variations of the same algorithm. Amazing.

[@willthewise420]

Thanks for the content MR crew always appreciated :D

[@MouseTheGayBandit]

its not often yall make a video teaching me to do something i already know how to do, looking forward to your methods

[@LeonardGreenpaw]

I was able to get one whole layer solved when I was 8 wihtout any instructions or help... that was the best I could do

[@hatredy555]

To quote Tyler Durdin: "I got it! I got it! I... crap I lost it."

[@sting2071232]

Wow this video uploaded the same time Mr beast had a whole bit about solving rubix cubes. A COINCIDENCE?!?!?! Yes

[@zeik101]

The one video where I’m ahead of the curve :^)

[@Sinaeb]

This is how you solve any rubik's cube: You ask the world champion to solve it for you.

[@Rohrae]

I've only ever solved one by removing the stickers and replacing them in the solved configuration

[@tzisorey]

This was so much harder to learn when you only read it in text - but this is definitely the same algorithm I learned in the 90s

[@cosmicbrambleclawv2]

Shoutout to all 3 of you! I bought myself a Lego rubix cube and accidentally scrambled it before finishing putting on the sides xD I'm now trying to solve it using just 3 colors 😂 so far I successfully solved the red side entirely

[@cubecatecho]

I believe in you! Let me know if you have any questions that aren't covered in the video!

[@cosmicbrambleclawv2]

Several questions actually lol I've had many instances where I get 1 yellow corner right and then nothing I do fixes the other 3, or I'll have 2 correct and then go to solve it like you did and end up with a solid side of yellow but the entire rest of the cube is messed up 😂 and several times where I have 2 crosses but they are opposite instead of side by side I've successfully solved it 5 times since yesterday but I have no earthly idea how I solved it lol I'm sure I'll have more problems later to ask about so I may edit some in after I get off work :)

[@jeremy486]

Actually had a good few seconds of "omg his hands are actually moving that fast, this isn't sped up"

[@cubecatecho]

And I'm not even near the fastest! The cubing community has some crazy talent!

[@capitalv8062]

What happened to this channel? I just remembered it after 2 years, they still make the same super high quality videos but only get like 50k views?

[@CptFUBAR]

I tried, y'all. But I'll forever not be able to figure these things out 😢

[@DurianXLVIII]

entire comment section: I just peeled off the stickers 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikeperry4262]

I kinda wanna see these guys wear a kilt try and play the bagpipes.

[@DISLEX]

My brain just can't handle those things.

[@MrVodkastinger]

Echo is awesome! Great explanation of the cube. Now I need to get a better one lol

[@kilo3989]

Hi, novice cuber here. If this video is of any interest to you, I highly recommend going and getting a cube and trying for yourself! This video's not going to be a great tutorial because your cube won't be scrambled up in the same way that theirs is, so find yourself a good beginner method tutorial and give it a try!

[@Hawkinator-gv9nt]

I second this! I'd suggest looking up the channel "J Perm" and checking out his beginner tutorial. His video helped me get into this amazing hobby!

[@cubecatecho]

This tutorial should work just fine for any scramble. :) but I second getting a cube and trying yourself for anyone who was intrigued by the video! Make sure to use that sweet speedcubeshop discount code at the end too. ;)

[@skug978]

Great episode, thanks.

[@sydthegoat88]

Be an evil move to swap a coupla stickers around

[@sparkypi]

of course the video about cubes is sponsored by square space

[@azskyking6542]

I wonder how many cubes were smashed by Jason making this video.

[@DevynPlaysGames]

as someone who solves cubes, this video is good

[@cubecatecho]

I'm super glad you liked it!

[@thhkhht]

10:14 I caught that!

[@cubecatecho]

;)

[@darkendkefka]

It's literally an algorithm. I'm not sure I could do it now but 1:13 was my best time when I was good at it. Never got that multi level stuff

[@robertbrunello]

My brain hurts.

[@S_Miclemie]

Honestly some what disappointed they didn’t get a sub 10 solver in this video

[@osmanbadroodin3215]

Same I actually have 4 sub 10 one handed solves and an African record for sq1

[@billgreen4003]

ABC that's incredible speed cubing special episode

[@DasVERMiT]

So it seems like the first 95% is actually really easy and that last 5% is hard.

[@joshuamink8723]

Damn, that's how you get people to buy a Rubik's cube.

[@STE6677]

Well have to watch this another 10 more time than I might get it

[@cubecatecho]

I believe in you!

[@customcuber3692]

Cubing is hype

[@JustOneAsbesto]

A lot of the fun in cubing to me is the wildly different strategies. I'm self-taught, and I do top-cross, then middle layer except for one edge piece, top corners except for one, then use those two spots as real-estate to solve my bottom cross, then I solve my final 5 corners. From what I understand the best speedcubers do corners-first though, which just seems like utter madness to me. I average ~2 minutes with a standard Rubik's brand cube, and I'm pretty happy with that having come up with the algorithms myself. Turncutting is a lot more interesting to me than time.

[@nanonyne5130]

Only one of the top 3 methods can be considered “corners first” (known as roux, it’s what I use) and even then, that’s divided into 3 steps: solving the bottom left 2x1x3 block, solving the bottom right 2x1x3 block, and finally solving the top corners. The final step of the method is FUN; it’s only M and U moves. CFOP and ZZ both work in a more layer by layer style, working from the bottom up.

[@JustOneAsbesto]

@@nanonyne5130 Huh. This video got me watching some Max Park videos. Namely his 3x3x3 average world record. It looks like he gets one side and then it's just done. Do you know what method he uses? Also, do the strategies you mentioned all use OLL/PLL? Those seem to be very popular with the speedy people, but they kind of seem like a lot of extra moves to me. I guess fast is fast though.

[@osmanbadroodin3215]

Actually the top solvers can do corners and edges simultaneously

[@wxbrainiac]

@@JustOneAsbesto he uses advanced cfop he does bottom cross then the first 2 layers by combining the corner and edge pieces and putting them into the slot then oll to make all yellow face up and pll to make all yellow go to the right spot

[@JustOneAsbesto]

@@wxbrainiac Awesome. I think I know how that would work, if I knew OLL/PLL. Thanks. Thanks everyone.

[@357Dejavu]

Are things different with different cubes such as a 4x4 cube?

[@jmugwel]

I have a 2x2 cube, and all algorithms to move corners of 3x3 work at 2x2 as well.

[@erictaylor5462]

I like his pride ring. That's awesome.

[@TheStrahl]

This was made way harder than it needed to be, especially the first layer lol

[@lathiat]

Anyone else unreasonably upset by the powerpoint cut into (only one of) the paintings behind Brian's Squarespace Promo at the start, or is it just me?

[@brennanprobasco8888]

This is awesome and I’m still confused 😂

[@TheMrSelby]

when i learnt a few years back, i was taught that UP is rotating the top layer clockwise and UP' is counter clockwise. If UP is moving the side layer up then what do you say to move the other side? you don't say UP left or Up right, you just say L or L', R or R' etc. the key at the start of the video explained it perfectly but the explanation and diagram went against that entirely

[@cubecatecho]

The key was using standard notation, however the tutorial is laid out to teach move sequence for muscle memory rather than notation and Algorithms. I posted a nice breakdown with actual notation on the Modern Rogue subreddit