How to Solve the Rubik's Cube: Roux Method Last Six Edges (Easy LSE Tutorial)

[@parka668]

This series is one of the best Roux tutorials on YT. Absolutely essential if you're starting out.

[@tsmosher]

0:40 LSE Explained 1:00 Three Mini-Steps of LSE 1:04 Step a.) Edge Orientation 1:30 Step b.) Solving UL/UR 2:53 Step c.) L4EP 3:15 Note: LSE entirely 3:35 CriticalCubing's Realistic LSE Times 4:09 Note: Centers do not matter until L4E (final mini-step) 4:45 What are good edges and bad edges? If you have White/Yellow on top: Good edge If you DON'T have White/Yellow on top: Bad edge 5:29 Note: Good/Bad edges always come in pairs (2/4/6 of each) 5:40 The Arrow Cases 6:46 Counting Bad Edges If you have 1 or 3 bad edge(s) on top, you have 1 bad edge on bottom. 7:20 Determining if DF Edge is Bad If you have White/Yellow on front: Bad edge If you DON'T have White/Yellow on front: Good edge 7:55 Positioning to Solve the Arrow 9:17 Solving the Arrow (M' U' M') 8:29 Recognizing the "Other" Arrow (Back Arrow) 8:59 Positioning to Solve the "Other" Arrow (Back Arrow) 9:45 Solving the Back Arrow (M U' M') (Note: OPTIMAL EO ALGS can be found at the very bottom of this comment!!) 10:24 Step a.) Edge Orientation 2 Flips: 10:35 - 2 Top Adj (UB/UR) [7 moves], optimal (M' U' M') --> U2 --> (Arrow) (M' U' M') --> U2 --> (M' U' M') 11:36 - 2 Top Opp (UB/UF) [9 moves] (M' U' M') --> (2 Top Adj 2 Bot) --> U' --> (Arrow) (M' U' M') --> (M' U' M') --> U' --> (M' U' M') 12:45 - 2 Bot [7 moves], optimal (M' U' M') --> U --> (Back Arrow) (M' U' M') --> U --> (M U' M') 13:43 - 1 Top 1 Bot DF/UR [11 moves] (M' U' M') --> U --> (2 Top Adj) --> U2 --> (Arrow) (M' U' M') --> U --> (M' U' M') --> U2 --> (M' U' M') 14:28 - 1 Top 1 Bot DB/UF [7 moves], optimal (M' U' M') --> U' --> (Back Arrow) (M' U' M') --> U' --> (M U' M') 4 Flips: 15:22 - 4 Top [13 moves] (M' U' M') --> (1 Top 1 Bot DF/UR) --> U --> (2 Top Adj) --> U2 --> (Arrow) (M' U' M') --> (M' U' M') --> U --> (M' U' M') --> U2 --> (M' U' M') 16:18 - Arrow [3 moves], optimal 16:28 - Back Arrow [3 moves], optimal 16:32 - 2 Top Opp 2 Bottom (UR/UL) [11 moves] (M' U' M') --> U2 --> (2 Top Adj) --> U2 --> (Arrow) (M' U' M') --> U2 --> (M' U' M') --> U2 --> (M' U' M') 17:06 - 2 Top Adj 2 Bottom (UR/UB) [7 moves] (M' U' M') --> U' --> (Arrow) (M' U' M') --> U' --> (M' U' M') 6 Flip: 17:36 - 6 Flip [15 moves] (M' U' M') --> U' --> (1 Top 1 Bot DF/UR) --> U --> (2 Top Adj) --> U2 --> (Arrow) (M' U' M') --> U' --> (M' U' M') --> U --> (M' U' M') --> U2 --> (M' U' M') 19:01 Step b.) Solving UL/UR 19:07 UL 19:13 UR 19:16 Find UL/UR. 19:30 Where do I position UL/UR? 19:45 How do I move edges from the U layer to the D layer? 19:58 Swap UF/DF (M' U2 M) 20:42 Swap UB/DB (M U2 M') 21:14 What do I do after UR/UL are positioned? If the sticker on the D layer is blue, then you position the green headlights in front If the sticker on the D layer is green, then you position the blue headlights in front (and so on...) 21:36 What do I do after the U layer is correctly positioned? (M2 U/U') 22:08 Step c.) L4EP 22:13 Position U center on the U layer. 22:21 Solve DF/DB. 22:28 DF 22:34 DB 22:39 L4EP [12 moves] (M' U2 M) --> U2 --> (M U2 M') --> U2 --> (M' U2 M) --> U2 23:21 The Final AUF 23:46 LSE Examples Optimal EO Algs: 2 Flips: Setup to front arrow: 2 Top Adj (UB/UR) [7 moves], optimal as taught (M' U' M') U2 (M' U' M') 2 Top Opp (UB/UF) [optimal: 7 moves] (M' U' M) U (M' U' M') This is (M' U' M') cancelling into the optimal solution for (2 Top Adj 2 Bot UL/UB): M2 U (M' U' M'). (See below for explanation of this case.) 1 Top 1 Bot (DF/UB) [optimal: 7 moves] (M' U' M) U' (M' U' M') This is (M' U' M') cancelling into the optimal solution for (2 Top Adj 2 Bot UR/UB): M2 U' (M' U' M'). (See below for explanation of this case.) 2 Flips: Setup to back arrow: 2 Bot [7 moves], optimal as taught (M' U' M') U (M U' M') 1 Top 1 Bot (DB/UF) [7 moves], optimal as taught (M' U' M') U' (M U' M') 4 Flips: Setup to front arrow: 4 Top [optimal: 7 moves] (M' U2 M') U2 (M' U' M') This is (M' U2 M') U2 setting up the front Arrow. 2 Top Adj 2 Bottom (UR/UB) [optimal: 5 moves] M2 U (M' U' M') This is M2 U setting up the front Arrow. 2 Top Adj 2 Bottom (UL/UB) [optimal: 5 moves] M2 U' (M' U' M') This is M2 U' setting up the front Arrow. 4 Flips: Setup to back arrow: 2 Top Opp 2 Bottom (UR/UL) [optimal: 7 moves] (M' U2 M') U2 (M U' M') This is (M' U2 M') U2 setting up the back Arrow. 6 Flip: 6 Flip [optimal: 9 moves via alg] R U' r' U' M' U r U r' Everyone pretty much recommends handling this one with the above algorithm.

[@rocketptheracoon9226]

damn bro all this effort and no one bothered to thank you? this comment really helped, it's a long videa and hard to understand in one go. many thanks

[@amateurapple]

Thanks to this amazing tutorial I learned Roux in 1 day!

[@amateurapple]

Now I don't have to learn the OLL and PLL algorithms

[@003.cabreraaaronjan4]

Same hahaha

[@tonnamzacubing4647]

congrats

[@popna2694]

It’s possible but I don’t believe you

[@koother]

Vigneshwar X18 I'm nearing the end of hour 1 and I'm on this now can't wait

[@ncuber4762]

Finally a good tutorial!!! Now I can switch to roux!!

[@noahzacharia5030]

I know right! This is the only decent tutorial on youtube

[@kingjonun6003]

NCuber You told me that you would switch to roux

[@ncuber4762]

Canadian Cuber I want to

[@occordingtoalex4650]

agreed

[@lukeplaysbass5821]

NCuber I agree

[@kingusienka1]

This is an awesome tutorial! I don't need to learn all these cfop algorithms!!! 😍 1st day of roux method and I solved the cube in 1 min 58 sec while my previous method was taking me around 2 min after almost 1 month of solving this way. Thank you very much for your great work ❤

[@cocbuilds]

Did you just call it sexy? LMFAO dude, I can't even. Although, roux is actually amazing, I can't believe it's so underrated. It's super easy, super efficient, super fast and intuitive for the most part, with efficient algorithms to solve the difficult parts. It's very well put together. You could teach this to a 5 year old.

[@swattt4079]

THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!!! This helped me a lottt!!! U made me understand the last step of roux which was a bit difficult.. but now I FINALLY SOLVED RUBIX CUBE IN ROUX METHOD!!!! 🤑🥳

[@BX138]

Very clear and thorough. An awesome tutorial. It blows me away it just took him two hours to explain what he can do in 8 seconds.

[@coldlazers5535]

this is such a good tutorial thank you. i could have never learned roux if it werent for you. Thanks

[@intnatnalharvstr]

Until this past Christmas Eve I hadn't seen a rubiks cube since 1976. My cousin had one, but I never got to spend anytime trying to learn it. I've learned 2 methods in the past week and a half; with the Roux method being the latest. I got a 1:35 with the CFOP method and already under a minute with the Roux method; thanks in big part to your incredible video. Thank You . Now I'm going to learn the 5x5

[@destinydemonalpha5653]

In this video we learn how to use our moms to solve all problems. (M' U' M')

[@peneasteca597]

Destiny Demon Alpha ahahha made my day

[@theragingcyclops3040]

Destiny Demon Alpha MUM! SOLVE MY CUBE PLEASE! Mum: ????? What's this weird stuff

[@AlvinBalvin321]

M’ U’ M’s & M U’ M’

[@alexandrosdimitrisantoniad6144]

Hahaha

[@motariq3376]

How about you do this algorithm U R’ D U M B

[@MKStudio1975]

Finally a good and easily applicable tutorial . Thanks

[@justOpenTalk]

First time ever I was able to solve a Rubik's cube. Very thorough and clear tutorial with many examples.

[@aroxgd7337]

Thank you so much, I learned roux method in 1 day. Best roux tutorial!

[@ThinkingInChess]

You are so good at explaining! Thank you so much. I got it like in 2 hours of your videos on Roux.

[@SoundToxin]

It took coming back to this video again the next day for it to really make sense, but you've been a great help in learning Roux. Thank you. I took notes of some steps and I will still have to practice a bit before I can do it from memory.

[@adamwells5396]

This video is really helpful, thank you! I always watch your cubing tutorials if I am having trouble understanding a concept. Keep up the good work!

[@desult0r]

Thanks for all the examples! I can tell you were getting tired of explaining everything, but it's so helpful for beginners like me!

[@sayyamaneja4755]

in H position u can also do ( U2 M2 U2 M2 )

[@IWubYooz]

This tutorial has been great to me overall. I got a very rudimentary understanding from Kian Mansour’s tutorial, but wish I had found yours first. You cleared up so many things for a low IQ cuber like myself. And I enjoy this way more than CFOP.

[@calinparaschiv8183]

I found the best roux method tutorial thank you so much

[@zacharysouth3835]

Really good tutorial like how you used the solve cube. Hang in their guys the trick to learn it is just write down what to do for each case. That's what i did. Now i know roux!!!

[@DimitarVankov]

I'm just a beginner, having learned the beginners method and I think I'll be going with Roux. It looks more intuitive and fun than CFOP.

[@voidman6419]

I recommend switching to cfop cuz it's not that easy to do M and U moved whereas in cfop you can do any alg in less than a second. Good Ergonomics is also important which roux doesn't has

[@noelic6744]

@@voidman6419 I believe he's the same as me, we don't care about how fast we can do it. As he said, it looks more intuitive and fun. We wanna solve it like the puzzle it is by using our heads instead of memorising dozens of algorithms and taking all the intuitive thinking out of it. Not everybody is looking to solve it the fastest they can, some just wanna have fun and waste time in our leisure even if it takes longer.

[@voidman6419]

@@noelic6744 hmm in that case i think you and he should learn commutators and make your own algs and then Invent your own method which is what i did It is much more fun and intuitive

[@eduardoxenofonte4004]

@@voidman6419 look, i have the same viewpoint as J perm on this, they are both good, if you don't like thinking, then use CFOP, if you can't turn that fast, then use roux. the ergonomics in roux are fine, M moves are fine, the only problem with roux is that you have to think more than in CFOP, and by the way, you can also solve every alg in roux in less than one second

[@mdahnafalfee196]

The best Roux tutorial ever !!! (Extra edit : Solving cube with roux method for the first time and got the case of 'All good edges' xD)

[@Frankie.D3]

Great series! I learned and memorized Roux in one night! Now I can switch from Beginner's with F2L.

[@Vivotic3]

These tutorials were really in depth and amazing I finally learned roux

[@mastervos5549]

hey thanks man gread work👏

[@jacob.conradi300]

best tutarial ever❤❤ thank u soooooo much. if you dont understand it you just need to watch it more. i think i watch it 5 times

[@wontonsoup5593]

Good job man

[@aakashparmar9378]

Amazing!!! Critically amazing😂😁

[@bryanowen6755]

THANK YIU CRITICALCUBINGGG CAUSE OF YOU, I CAN FINALLY LEARN ROUX METHOD, NOW I CAN USE CFOP AND ROUX

[@batpigz8192]

You are an absolute legend! Thanks for the amazing tutorial and thank you for giving your time to teach us 🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

[@delith21b]

Great tutorial.. Thank you. Took some time but i finally got it!!! Can now solve a cube in about 1min 40-60 seconds after a lot of practice. cutting time off every day

[@nagarajmanjithaya8536]

Awesome....i learnt it in 1 single day.. .

[@sherlockjunior8612]

A single day is always 1. So mention only one of 'em

[@high-topprofessor4645]

Thx so much dude, I was about to give up on LSE and roux

[@uniquesystem3734]

Thanks criticalCubing.. I learned roux from you about 1 year ago .. N now my average is sub 30 ... Pb .. 20.79.. I came here to pay my respect to my teacher

[@nichamyy2011]

Thank you So much, i didn't understand this method at first, but now i do! I love it!

[@toddkobelljr.2004]

anyone know a good cheat sheet with all this info?

[@rajatwankhade475]

That was one of the best tutorial for the Roux method !!!

[@vitorinow]

Very very good tutorial! 👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@piplup10203854]

Oh my god! I just learned Roux because of this tutorial! YES Thank you!

[@JesusChrist-bl1cg]

me too

[@alcuber2003]

i watched all your roux tutorial videos and i can solve a cube with this method in 3 minutes i can solve a cube in 30 seconds with a cfop.. so after 1 week or so i will comment here again and update my time in solving cube with roux method anyways GREAT TUTORIAL YOU GOT A NEW SUBSCRIBER!

[@dakevinmg]

Learn blockbuilding as soon as possible, it will make you much faster! Watch Kian's videos to get an understanding of it.

[@victomyt1964]

Adrian Leo how was it? Did you switch?

[@silverzero9524]

so ,...... update now cause i am around 1minute using cfop/beginner both take fucking same time cause i suck at f2l

[@AbuKhubz]

Dude, I LOVE you! This tutorial was sooooooo helpful and I can finally solve LSE now :D

[@adhirajjarwal3186]

Just two word's - it's amazing...

[@danplush81]

This is the easiest explanation found. Nice. 👍

[@jungling3590]

I learned roux in 1 hour. Thank you

[@BassistYannou]

My first Roux solve :D Thanks man !

[@criticalcubing]

Thank for watching buddy :D

[@pigasus2479]

im finally at the last step... ive been studying this for the past 6 hours i think... from beginners method to Roux

[@mkmkell.]

Same

[@hrianvinzogbac7601]

very understandable tutorial tnks

[@sikandarhussain11]

Finally I solved with Roux method.... Thank you so much

[@obama69890]

Best time?

[@paldepind]

Great tutorial. I've just solved my cube with the Roux method for the first time :)

[@glitched_matrix44]

You really are a great cuber Thanks to you I now know CFOP as well as ROUX Many Many Thanks for the series

[@jorge9117]

Thank you very much for this tutorial series!!! Any progress on that advertised "cheat sheet"?

[@Enrikoh]

I was stuck in this step but now i got It! Thanks!

[@mr.creator7725]

wow his explanetion is so good I learnt it .after practice few months I will tell my minimum time .current best time is 28sec.thank you so much for making this video.

[@salahs3766]

Any updates?

[@noname-xl6ey]

Best tutorial i made it for 3 day

[@kanguskate3109]

Dude you're the best, lit i understood every single thing, amazing tutorials !!!

[@esh31]

Thank you CriticalCubing! You are an amazing teacher!❤️

[@najuaktar9240]

Thanks man 🙂 i finally did it

[@smping]

Best vid ever!!!

[@criticalcubing]

Haha thank you so much

[@smping]

CriticalCubing no worries

[@MCGERHAD]

Cube solved! Ty vor this AMAZING easy Roux turtorial CriticalCubing.(now bacck to training:)

[@alfreido185]

Thx u very much, switch to roux method now

[@xaviershubs5787]

you explane so good

[@sync-mo2bq]

Nice job for doing this to beginner's let them be in touch with roux.Also, It's not hard to learn it after you cut off to many mini steps.I hope you will have more tutorials about how to do it faster and effectively in the future :D

[@1inchsoilsaysl508]

Got cofuse with the M' & M by the video, shall M to be clock wise rather than counter clock wise in the video？ pls

[@dabbermanxd883]

sasa l M' is moving the M slice upwards, and M is downwards

[@stsk8633]

Great video, very helpful ,thanks you so much.

[@atomich673.]

Ok men thanks for all those tutorials because I dont know cfop I just know f2l and almost all videos were for cfop solvers

[@manjudas133]

You are a very good cuber

[@mrwiz124]

For the last step, I get regular cases where two edges need to be flipped as they are on there correct centre just miss oriented. How do I do it?

[@adrianpaolofollante7972]

Thanks dude. You deserve a subcribe

[@noelic6744]

So the printable cheat sheet mentioned in the description...where is it?

[@3dwardcpr-cellphonerecordi537]

Awesome vids. Noob here. Can you please tell me why other roux users are writing down algs for the cross? I used to believe we forget the cross and do the corners first?

[@Nikhil-ek1mq]

You are awesome men!!❤❤❤🙏

[@Ashurbanipal7446]

I think I'm going to fully commit myself to roux. I used to be able to solve the cube sub 15 with cfop 3 years ago but I quit around around the same time, I want to start cubing again now but my cfop habits are still really present. Any advice on breaking them and acquiring roux habits? Great video btw on of the better tutorial on roux that I've seen :)

[@criticalcubing]

For breaking CFOP habits, I personally completely stopped CFOP for a couple months until I had Roux habits in muscle memory. That helped me learn more about Roux, while not confusing it with CFOP.

[@priyankabhardwaj4590]

+CriticalCubing I can't get faster than 4 minutes with roux

[@jasonnomor6965]

I do CFOP, so I think you should do Roux step separately, so you can make it a habit. I hope I help ;)

[@diablo6250]

Priyanka bhardwaj What method do you use originally? Beginner or cfop

[@mattevans1643]

Go slowly and think about your moves. Get out of the habit of building you blocks like F2L. Also, there is nothing wrong with mixing methods. For instance, Roux uses CMLL, but if you don't want to learn CMLL, but tou already know OLL you can just use OLL, to get the corners.

[@Xomaa]

Thank you!

[@maxtroy4432]

Hi, thank you very much for the indepth steps for Roux for beginners. Everything was good. Except for the last part. Solving the four sides. Yellow-red, Yellow-orange, white-red and white-orange.for that, can you please give more examples as I experienced different patent that is not shown by you. Thank you.

[@ayamirritator9103]

Thanks for the tutorial😎 Its really helpful.

[@mdaffailhami]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial, now I can solve Rubik's Cube with Roux Method instead of CFOP

[@aaryakulkarni8911]

thanks really good video

[@stub2233]

how critical is your cubing 🤔

[@sakimtakmad842]

Can i use m2 in the middle slice like c & w

[@atharvaokhade5225]

I m a roux beginner so thanks for ur vids I average sub 10 with cfop and it's tough to come close to sub 8

[@tommyyyyy9795]

YES THANK YOU SO MUCH U GOT A NEW SUB

[@gamecockanimaljam1731]

Very, Very helpful.

[@borjarodriguez6448]

Very good vídeo!!

[@criticalcubing]

Thank you

[@jaddboibh]

thanks i can finally learn roux

[@johannpeet8268]

Thank you did roux for the first time and I am converting from crop to roux

[@rubiksmurad7305]

Thanx for this awsome vid I learn roux in 1day you at awsome

[@seanisnoob2885]

I like this tutorial

[@iCompletionFactory]

yesterday i failed on 2nd algorithm of CMLL, today 1st algorithm took longer time than yesterday maybe i can use some tips on placing the corner on proper way before applying first algorithm of CMLL , anyway i got lucky today i got all corner permuted before applying 2nd Algorithm ; LOL . Now LSE is left to apply , wish me luck guys. xD

[@AlvinBalvin321]

10:20 I took a break and tried to solve a Rubik’s cube with my feet(using cfop) then I failed on Z Perm :’( I was sitting there for like 35 mins and didn’t solve it 😢

[@hadowclasher3853]

Great Video series! You should consider putting all the videos in a KZbin Playlist. What cube are you using in this video? just wondering . Keep up the good work!

[@criticalcubing]

I use GTS2 as my main (non magnetic)

[@someonelsy]

@@criticalcubing do you prefer non magnatic cubes? If yes, why? Thanks!

[@namanisawsome6548]

best vid ever

[@Redcuber_Heh2]

Thank you so much

[@Ethan_Sy653]

Do you have any advice for solve first block in 7 or 8 moves?

[@criticalcubing]

Yes. Watch my "First Block" video. It exclusively goes over first block.

[@drprtk2904]

Beautiful

[@calxy.]

thanx bro hank you very much superb tutorial :)

[@neilallenlopez7742]

thanks to you i think i can win a tournament with your tutorial

[@10602156]

can you make a video on how do do those m slice moves? which fingers you use to do the M move and how you do it cuz i can do M' easy enough and U easy enough but i cant figure out how youre doing it so fast.. thanks bro

[@criticalcubing]

For M move, I push the D edge to the U layer with my middle finger. I have a video called "advanced fingertricks". I show M move there. Thanks :)

[@maroofkhatib3421]

Can anyone please explain what happens after all the bad edges are eleminated I cant seem to understand which edge goes where and why I learned till there in just one day and i cant wait to complete the whole tutorial

[@kearomalley5895]

roux looks really cool because of the m moves