How to solve your F2L in less than 10 seconds!

Hey guys! I got a request to make this video from one of my friends a couple of weeks back, so I decided that I'd try it out. I don't know if it will help you though - only you can decide that :) I hope that this does give you a better understanding of what is required though, to solve the First 2 Layers of a 3x3 in less than 10 seconds.
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[@joelhibbert4113]

Hey everyone! I've just released a video where I do 3 example walk through solves on the 3x3 using advanced F2L! If this video helped you, hopefully the walk through solves will too 😁 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3LQqqqip7eco9U

[@sleepycuber]

You deserve more subs. You are really good at teaching. Thanks!

[@joelhibbert4113]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that 😄

[@kreativlegetube7305]

Your right

[@RatioBozo69]

Underrated video! Deserves so much more views! This helped alot!

[@joelhibbert4113]

Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it! 😄I'm glad I could help!

[@Planet_Memes]

Thank you so much this takes sooooo much time off my solves. such an underrated video.

[@joelhibbert4113]

Ayyyy that is so good to hear that it helped you get faster! So glad that I could help, thank you so much! 😄

[@lynziecollins]

Thanks Joel!!! I really appreciate it!!🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@joelhibbert4113]

You're very welcome! 😄 Good luck!!

[@janintrovic8210]

Thanks you very much bro! This really hleped me alot. You deserve more Subscribers!

[@joelhibbert4113]

Hey dude! I am so glad to hear that this helped you! Thank you so much for the comment! 😄(And for the sub too!)

[@MartynRice1]

Such a helpful video, you are a great teacher:)

[@joelhibbert4113]

Thank you so much 😄 I'm glad that I could help!

[@batbsbs9cjw]

3:20. I replayed that several times to catch before you explain about 30 seconds later 😅 Same number of moves as the alg I was using, but way quicker to execute. The left side and rear inserts are going to be a big help too. Thanks.

[@joelhibbert4113]

You're most welcome! 😁👍

[@ihni]

im really glad i read your comment before i started the video. :) great alg also

[@boobow9941]

Why don't you have more subs? This is a really great video and you deserve more subs and I'm glad I found you

[@joelhibbert4113]

Hi! Only just saw your comment, so sorry for the super late reply! Thank you so much, I really appreciate that 😄

[@Strike1141]

yeah these finger tricks and algorithms are extremely helpful. I didn’t know one of the sledgy algs u did which was helpful.

[@joelhibbert4113]

Hahaha, all good bro, thanks for the comment! 😄All the best with your cubing!! 😁

[@Strike1141]

@@joelhibbert4113 thank you so much I’m trying to get sub 30 average on advanced f2l!

[@westfield90]

Excellent

[@jetforceexe8170]

nice this helped me quite a bit!

[@joelhibbert4113]

Hey dude! I'm so glad to hear that!!! 😄All the best with your cubing!!!!

[@ll0103]

Thank you!! I average around 30 seconds but my cross is okay, f2l sucks, and my oll and pll are around 3 seconds. So this helps a lot! You should do a advanced cross as well!

[@joelhibbert4113]

Hey, that's awesome! No worries!! I'm so glad I could help! Good luck with improving your F2L and your solves in general!! 😄Thanks for the comment!!!

[@JustFootballEditz111]

Bruh same lol

[@ardenwii]

samee exact thing

[@twopolaar599]

3 second OLL and PLL at your speed is insane I average around 18 seconds and my last layer takes at least 5 seconds, maybe even more

[@joshuaPurushothaman_]

As someone else said - 3 seconds for OLL and PLL at the 30 second mark is really fast! With some practice you'll be sub 20 in no time :) Focus on lookahead!

[@just_hangin_around07]

10:25 i really like that part it will boost my solve it was something i was looking for thank you💜

[@joelhibbert4113]

You're most welcome! Glad that I could help 😄

[@sjefselg]

Really nice video!

[@joelhibbert4113]

Thank you very much! 😁

[@user-rr4mu7kk2w]

The basic salutations had never even occurred to me

[@joelhibbert4113]

It's amazing how much can be done simply and faster than crazy complex tricks 😄

[@Mr_Blacky111]

That intro f2l was sooo smooth woww

[@joelhibbert4113]

Haha thanks bro! 😁

[@tvre0]

This helped a lot thanks

[@joelhibbert4113]

You're most welcome! 😄 Glad that I could help!

[@jairusmiguelpangilinan3593]

Bro YOUR SO GOOD AT EXPLAINING

[@joelhibbert4113]

Thanks man! Only just saw your comment, sorry for such a slow reply!

[@abelvannieuwenhove2620]

I'm averaging 11 seconds, clicked on this video because I'm still looking for better algs for certain cases which i rotate unnecessarily for. Helped me out here. Thanks! Make another video on special cases and i'll definitely sub

[@joelhibbert4113]

Heya thanks for the comment! Dude, I've actually got some better advice for you... It sounds to me like you are at the level that I was at when trying to get sub 10, and then I watched BrodyTheCuber's video called "How to be really fast with only basic techniques". In the video, he gets a sub 8 AO5 using literally basic F2L! That video ultimately was what helped me get sub 10. I highly recommend you check it out!

[@kub1xsolvescube]

soo good video, helped me alot thanks bro

[@joelhibbert4113]

Thank you so much for the comment dude! I'm so glad I could help you! 😄

[@kub1xsolvescube]

@@joelhibbert4113 i learn some cases today and my avarare from 17 to 12 pb omg

[@joelhibbert4113]

@@kub1xsolvescube BROOOO!!! THAT IS AMAZING!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! 😃👏👏🥳

[@kub1xsolvescube]

@@joelhibbert4113 thanks same and good luck to future

[@ceejay8328]

I didnt know I was already below 10 seconds, but I watched this vid for good measure.

[@stevieM82]

Nice vid! Question: how to train your Turning Speed? Cause man you move pretty quick!

[@joelhibbert4113]

Thank you! 😁 My recommendation to practice your turning speed is to get super smooth through deliberately focusing on smooth turning. Once you are smooth, start to turn a little faster and your speed will come. It just takes practice! 😄

[@bami56]

Not so easy but I love your backflip and frontflip in the start intro!!!!!!!!

[@joelhibbert4113]

Thanks so much dude!! 😊

[@MauriceCalis]

Last one was the best trick. I hate rotating on that case and never figured out how to avoid it. Can’t beat a 3 move insert!

[@joelhibbert4113]

3 move inserts are just soooo satisfying 👍

[@travis.la_rue]

Very helpful video. Except every time I get told or shown something on a cube, it just like instantly deletes from my mind haha. I can never learn these things for some reason. My intuition isn’t great on a 3x3. My average is slowly dropping though because I recently just improved my lookahead

[@joelhibbert4113]

That's so cool bro I am soooooooo glad!! :)

[@happystabbedman6857]

lmao like before learning look ahead I was a sub-23, but after trying the look ahead method I'm barely a sub-30,but hey I got less pause than my usual for the price of average speed 🤣

[@EdujoTV]

Hi, thanks for this video. Just stumbled upon it today. Will definitely try it out. I got into the cubing game a bit late...around 4 years ago. I'm 53 and started a cubing club at my school for some of my students, some are way better than me. I average around 30 seconds and my F2L definitely needs a lot of work. I agree with 'Ll010 Productions' below, please also do an advanced cross video.

[@joelhibbert4113]

Hi sir! Thank you very much for your comment! That is so cool! Cubing is really for everyone and anyone 😄I would love to be a part of that cubing club hahaha. I'm sure your students appreciate it! With some time, I'm certain you'll get better! And I will make sure to make an advanced cross video in the future! 😄

[@EdujoTV]

@@joelhibbert4113 Thanks so much! I look forward to the advanced cross video.

[@joelhibbert4113]

@@EdujoTV Thank you! Will definitely do it in the future at some point in time 😄

[@Crowgod_brawlstars]

Op man ur pro very helping vid thanks

[@joelhibbert4113]

Thank you so much dude! I'm so glad that I was able to help you!! 😄

[@Crowgod_brawlstars]

@@joelhibbert4113 welcome 🤗

[@justinquah]

Wow, that makes my life a lot easier, I usually just solve that part when the white is next to the edge piece by seperating them both, then either connecting them and slotting it the correct area or just slotting it (also was inspired by you solving the cube underwater so while I was in the pool yesterday I decided to give it a go, and I somehow did it without suffocating to death. Happy happy.)😃 After watching some more videos the time it takes for you to solve the 4x4 is about the same as me solving the 3x3.

[@joelhibbert4113]

BROOOOO you're awesome!!! Good job with your pool cube solve!!! Thank you very much for not suffocating to death!!!! Good luck getting faster man, you're awesome!

[@jamespiontkowski7408]

Cool vid

[@joelhibbert4113]

Thank you verymuch! 😄

[@rcmakingtracks18]

Wonderful to watch. Liked and subscribed. John

[@joelhibbert4113]

Thank you so much!! 😄I appreciate that a lot!

[@dannymorgan8203]

i average 8 and even i cant get my f2l under 10 seconds this helps so much thanks

[@joelhibbert4113]

You're most welcome! 😄All the best for your journey!!

[@naomitaylor3859]

Cool from savvy💯🙌🏻

[@joelhibbert4113]

🤣Thank you Savvy!!! 😄

[@SolanaRuben]

Ayo nice video but try fixing your light a bit and it will look way better thanks for the tips tho

[@joelhibbert4113]

Thank you for the advice and comment dude! 😄I appreciate it!

[@insellacolbradipo5322]

So in the first example with green on front you didn't pair them up with F' because you would then have to rotate the U face, do F again and then slotting the pair, right?

[@joelhibbert4113]

Pretty much! 😄Someone who's really good with their F move fingertricks (not me 😂) might be able to get away with pairing that particular case up with F moves, but I personally think it's faster to do R U moves 😄

[@HeyLuke]

Great video! I don't like the trick/alg which goes F (U R U' R')2 U F. Why not go L U2 L2 U' L2 U' L ? It's 4 moves shorter and maybe a little easier to pull off with the double turns. The two tricks before that are actually great though! I'll definitely try to work them into my F2L routine.

[@joelhibbert4113]

Hey dude! You're welcome for the video! That specific trick was just one I brought to the table, the L moves are definitely another way of solving the case well! 😃Those who can do F moves much better than L moves might benefit from that certain trick, it's just a matter of picking and choosing what suits you best 😄

[@asadjaved6633]

Thanks bro by using it iam now sub 25 and starts cubing 6 months ago

[@joelhibbert4113]

Yooo that is awesome bro!!! Sub 25 after 6 months, that's good progress!!

[@asadjaved6633]

@@joelhibbert4113 thanks buddy for your great reply , should I learn advance oll and pll,I am using 2 look oll and pll

[@ThanMG]

I have gotten to a point where I average around 22 seconds. I do use finger tricks during F2l, and feel like I have decent solutions to F2L cases as I see them, but I simply don't know how to improve. I know 2-look OLL and (almost) full PLL. (I think I am decent on my last layer). I can occasionally get sub-20, but not consistently, and I have a PB of 14.95. I really want to break the 20 second average barrier, but am having a hard time figuring out what I should do... Any suggestions?

[@joelhibbert4113]

Hi! The sub 20 barrier! This was a painful barrier for me to break too! I got stuck at a 20-23 second average for about 3 months before I just suddenly improved. Here's my biggest suggestion: use look ahead. I broke through the 20 second barrier by starting to really concentrate on using look ahead when solving. I would NOT look at the F2L pair that I was doing, and instead, as I solved that pair, I would look around for my next pair. JPerm has many awesome videos on F2L, I really recommend watching those 😄 Also, feel free to send me some videos of your solves - I'm more than happy to look at them and give you some tips! Good luck breaking the barrier dude! You've got this!!!

[@ThanMG]

U are the absolute best. Tysm for the advice. I actually have not tried this yet, and will 100% begin practicing asap. I feel like I actually have hope to improve again. Ty again sooo much for the help🙏

[@joelhibbert4113]

@@ThanMG Thanks dude!! 😊I appreciate that!! There is always hope to improve bro! I was stuck with my own 3x3 practice, but then I went to a cubing competition just this weekend, and I've since regained my own hope to get better!

[@WaterFountain]

my average is 1 min and pb is 42 sec. My goal is to get sub 30 and no matter how much I'm practicing i can't do it, partially because i use 2 look oll and 2 look pll and also a cheap cube i own, but oh well i hope this'll work out as it seems really useful

[@isaackoo6258]

i use 2 look oll and 2 look pll and average 20 secs

[@joelhibbert4113]

Hey bro!! That's such a great goal! 😄I wish you the best of luck dude, and don't worry about your 2 look OLL and PLL at the moment - you can be sub 20 with 2 look, so you only really need to learn more algs later in the future!

[@joelhibbert4113]

@@isaackoo6258 🥳👏Awesome job dude!!

[@joelhibbert4113]

How are you going with that goal? Made any progress?

[@russellwen1410]

For 11:32 pseudoslotting is helpful, D' R U' R' D' is a lot shorter than U2 R' F R F' R U R'.

[@joelhibbert4113]

Yeah, pseudoslotting is great! 😄Thanks!! How fast do you average at 3x3? 😃

[@russellwen1410]

@@joelhibbert4113 12 with Roux but only 20 with CFOP

[@joelhibbert4113]

@@russellwen1410 Awesome bro!!! 😄👏

[@skyiscubing69]

I think we should turn at the speed where we can see the pieces .... JPERM said the same ... but it is my interpretation

[@joelhibbert4113]

I am in total agreement with you there. It helps a lot!

[@mamba1072]

hello, thanks for this, i am kinda stressed cuz i noticed and i rotat a bunch of times, i hope i get better after some practice

[@joelhibbert4113]

Hey, no worries! There's no need to be stressed, we all rotate a lot in the beginning. It just takes practice to fix it 😄 You'll get there! Feel free to comment with any questions you might have. All the best!

[@FB0Cubing]

Hello for some reason I'm using advanced f2l and getting 20 seconds and I don't know why 😟 also rlly like your content 😊

[@joelhibbert4113]

Hey there! Thank you very much! 😄 Using advanced F2L and getting such high times can be pretty discouraging - I'm speaking from experience here. I learnt a LOT of super clever F2L cases and tricks to try and get sub 10 and I was barely manging to get 12 second solves. So I know how you feel. My advice to you would be to do some slow solves and actually check and see if your F2L is fluid, or if your finger tricks are awkward and difficult to execute. The faster your F2L gets, the faster your solve gets, guaranteed. If you'd like, I'd be more than happy to watch some of your solves and give some feedback, sort of like a critique. Whatever works best for you! All the best for improving!

[@FB0Cubing]

@@joelhibbert4113 i just dont understand how to get them so there ready to be paired up

[@joelhibbert4113]

@@FB0Cubing When you say ready to be paired up, do you mean pairing them up from any angle and position on the cube?

[@FB0Cubing]

yeh im not sure how to know how to make a pair @@joelhibbert4113

[@FB0Cubing]

do u think i could show you a video somehow so you might understand better cause its hard to explain a bit in the comments

[@ShadowHaunter64]

Whenever I try and learn advanced f2l like I just don’t really understand so I have to keep using beginner, have any tips?

[@joelhibbert4113]

Ahhh I understand - I had this same issue myself in the beginning. My suggestion is to learn how the advanced F2L works - don't memorize an algorithm for each specific case, but watch how the pieces move on the cube and how they get paired up. If you can understand this, then you'll be able to figure out your own F2L tricks! 😄 Good luck dude!

[@ShadowHaunter64]

@@joelhibbert4113 thanks 😊 also thank you for responding so quickly I saw that u posted this vid 4 months ago but u still replied in less than like 3 hours!

[@joelhibbert4113]

@@ShadowHaunter64 Hey, no worries dude! 😄I seem to have notifications turned on, so that's a good thing!!! 😂Thanks for the comment, all the best with your cubing!!

[@ShadowHaunter64]

@@joelhibbert4113 ty

[@silkcubing]

Je ho

[@runningperson8359]

😃👍🏻

[@joelhibbert4113]

Thank you! Sorry for a slow reply too!!

[@runningperson8359]

@@joelhibbert4113 oh no all good I was slow in commenting haha 😅😂

[@joelhibbert4113]

@@runningperson8359 Hahaha, ok, slow tag team! 😆 Thanks for the comment still!😄

[@ash-xd5od]

What cube is that

[@joelhibbert4113]

The GAN 11 M Pro 😄

[@DJV_TF]

Yo' m8 what about finger tricks 4 women?

[@joelhibbert4113]

The fingertricks apply for anyone 😄

[@jovanrepic127]

Is that a GAN 356 M or X?

[@joelhibbert4113]

Actually an 11 M Pro 😁

[@QuaderMemes]

I see you do a bunch of low moves to make a f2l pair but people always say to learn it but I dont know where, and for advanced f2l id tried to learn but its not helping me because im learning it wrong or something

[@joelhibbert4113]

Advanced F2L isn't learning fancy algorithms or things like that. It's just knowing how to best pair up your pairs 😄 Don't be fooled by the word "advanced". At the end of the day, we're all doing the same thing to solve the cube. Just some of us more efficiently than others.

[@QuaderMemes]

do you know a good place to learn some of those f2l situations besides a pdf? cuz the pdfs have long ones@@joelhibbert4113

[@chrissidiras]

The content is very 'to the point', you don't find this often

[@joelhibbert4113]

Thank you 😁

[@rohan19493]

Bro I use advanced finger tricks and know all f2l cases's solution. But still It takes me 10-12 sec on average to finish till f2l😢. Can u tell me why?

[@joelhibbert4113]

Dude that was me! I was in exactly the same boat as you were, and when I watched JPerms critique video on the sub 10 cubers, I was absolutely astonished to see my F2L was even MORE advanced than theirs was! I was so confused! Like surely I should've been sub 10 if my F2L was better than theirs was, right? Well, turns out after some experimenting that the time it took me to do the rotation less F2L tricks took me roughly 0.5-1.5 seconds longer than it'd take to just do the simple solution WITH a rotation. Additionally, by rotating at that point in the solve, you're going to be saving rotations later in your solve if you do it right. Long story short, the super clever tricks we can use aren't the best way to solve the F2L cases - that is why your F2L is stabbing you in the back. I hope this helps! All the best dude!

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

3:16 No one does that they just do normal beginner’s method second edge insertion before they learn the sledgehammer and even that isn’t advanced at all. Maybe like advanced beginner. No but like I literally died watching that that’s beginner’s method 6:21 No it doesn’t that’s normal and I’m sub-20 Idek about sub-17 💀💀💀💀 6:50 bro nah that was do inefficient just do R L’ U R’ L or just M F M’ at that point. Like actually though you don’t need to move the pair over on top and then bring the right down and then insert it in the left with an inverse sexy. Just bting the left slot up right then and there, put it in, and bring both down, but yeah that’s obviously just an M move ofc: 8:33 Yeah nahh that’s normal not bizarre 8:56 Yeah Ik that one and Idk if I would call that a trick it’s just how to solve that case 2 gen

[@joelhibbert4113]

Whoops, sorry for killing you with that first case 😂 You have very good points man! In regards to the first part where you died, I never learnt it that way - I used to do such a bad way and so that's why I have included it. In regards to the 6:15 comment, that's a pretty fancy thing I used to do but I've since learnt it's faster to use R or L moves vs M and F moves in F2L. That fingertrick I showed at 8:33 is pretty bizarre, you're right. But it works 😂 Tha is for the comment! I enjoyed seeing the points you brought up

[@user-ss8ic4fl2l]

such a waste of time not a hater i dont even undersyant wht you saying

[@joelhibbert4113]

Nah, that's all good man! And from another point of view, it could be argued that just solving cubes over and over could be a waste of time, but hey, this kind of wasting time beats TV, gaming and anything in between the whole way 😆 (Not to me tion it can be an amazing party trick! 😉)

[@jiyanachavan]

that did not help at all

[@joelhibbert4113]

Sorry to hear that!

[@tacochad2191]

Bro y so mean

[@joelhibbert4113]

@@tacochad2191 Thank you 😊

[@jiyanachavan]

boo

[@aporedDerWahreG]

u could pull so many girl, with a better haircut, please get like a middle part or smth