How To Solve the Cross FASTER [Cross Boot Camp]

[@JPerm]

For those of you wondering about the cube: I have 2 Yuexiao Pro cubes that I have no use for, so I peeled the stickers off one of them. Anytime I need specific pieces (like in my ZZ tutorial too) then I just swap out black pieces for stickered pieces.

[@trufflewormmapping7601]

Big brain

[@hamadachetouane9297]

Big braain

[@skeletoneagle7886]

..

[@arrow9031]

J Perm can you do your community a huge favor. One of my favorite videos and many others favs is the 3x3 ranking. Its so enjoyable to watch you do rank 3x3s and its very helpful. Pls make another one. You should include way more 3x3s than last time and keep the old ones. like a lot of cubes. That would be awesome.

[@Richard-pt3dd]

Since you use CsTimer, do you keep your sessions? if you do (assuming that it's up to date,) what session are you currently at?

[@nichoIas_]

One day cubing is gonna get so advanced that J Perm uploads a video on how to use the stack mat timer fast

[@OP-pe4yc]

Stack mat timer will probably be advanced by then..

[@nathanyam2310]

lol

[@meryemnaciri767]

Lmao

[@meryemnaciri767]

But it's the reality

[@aarav_rao]

Lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thaddeusbrennan9740]

I’m not first I’m not last But when j perm uploads I click fast

[@ej22_gc86]

petition to make speedclicking on J Perm’s vids a WCA event

[@mlons5252]

Yes

[@thaddeusbrennan9740]

Ha

[@LEVIHackerMan]

Nice

[@iqbalhakim2658]

unoriginal

[@rubikscinema1455]

I seriously started yesterday with cross improvement and looked your old video’s about cross and now a new video, this is amazing, you are always up to date

[@Gretchaninov]

This video is so helpful! I only wish you showed the scrambles at the start and end of each example because I wanted to retry a few times and kept having to go back.

[@hannahbendavies1281]

9:30 you can also do facing green F2 L' D' R' F2 D' which i think is better for finger tricks

[@syedarbishalishah5140]

For the second scramble I did: x2 F R' L D L2

[@avaneeshpatil5729]

Jperm this helped so much because now I'm a sub-25 I started cubing a year ago

[@boo7948]

8:15 lmao captions think his rubiks cube is music. i mean it kinda is for our eyes lmfao

[@ivantran3420]

Yesss finally a better cross tutorial from j perm. Thank you helped a lot. :)

[@NoahS4226]

1:24 "You usually want your cross to be about 10% of your time" Then there's me averaging 12 seconds with my barely sub-2 cross lol

[@maxime9006]

The Anonymous Cuber ok.

[@gemgem3280]

You're videos are amazing!! can you do one about block building?

[@JPerm]

I did! search for it :)

[@gemgem3280]

@@JPerm*GASP* THANKS!!!!

[@cartermarrero9431]

I already do all of this without looking up any videos just years of practice. What I find impossible however, is doing it with yellow facing up, it’s like I’m relearning the entire thing upside down.

[@damianrzeznik7571]

My brain isn't good enough for this

[@nickcasterline4714]

Not sure if you saw it or not but you were on an episode of REACT.

[@nageshsalunkhe2968]

Master morphix tutorial please

[@jackmuller8541]

I GOT NUMBER 5 RIGHT!

[@vishnuvardhanreddy5276]

Super bro

[@yourrocketsdealer6904]

is easy with the black pieces

[@CANVASARTS123]

When your cross is longer than the world record

[@aryenrunois6826]

I like j perm he doesn't cheat

[@rajasparekh455]

Tip : You can also scramble just a solved cross to get the same scrambled cross according to the scramble algorithm. You don't need to solve the cube each time. Just perform the scramble alg on a solved cross.👍🏻

[@kazimierz1032]

thanks for tip, it will save time. I was just randomly scrambling, or solving cube first

[@rajasparekh455]

@@kazimierz1032 you're welcome

[@WizriCutClips]

Thanks, saved my time

[@rajasparekh455]

@@WizriCutClips happy cubing:)

[@Vicky-kf6it]

Great idea man... Thanks I thought I will have to solve whole cube each time that's why I was not doing that... I just used to scramble it randomly and solve it but now I'll do that...

[@bitgoodtomato2858]

He highly recomends everything Edit: thanks for all the likes😅😅

[@abdulmajeedhamid2607]

😂

[@orion7222]

Lol

[@prasantasaha7556]

Lul

[@keshavasanjevani2803]

Lol

[@debratasingh370]

Devils likes

[@AliKhan.1247]

When I want to solve the cross faster. Jperm:

[@Mahfy3w]

Jperm is always there when you need him

[@ignaspast4416]

Gets 149 likes r what?

[@yashaswinikapse9261]

Lets just thank him for preparing a separate cube for just a tutorial😍😍Big fan

[@andersensplob9082]

Trying to get rdengjbmmzxnamn 🚀😁😁

[@madhurimarkad4109]

Very true yashaswini

[@SandeepGupta-zz1lt]

He could have also used the monster go cubes well !

[@Dg47PRO]

Sandeep Gupta they weren’t out yet

[@SandeepGupta-zz1lt]

But currently when they are out he still peels the stickers off and not use those cubes

[@ivoplaninic9356]

J perm knows algoritms and stuff I would love to see him answering questions on stack owerflow

[@stickguy9109]

I see a man of culture here. But I hate stackoverflow they always downvote my questions for some reason. I would rather figure it out myself

[@ivoplaninic9356]

@@stickguy9109 cant argue with that logic, if i posted questions and they got downvoted i would hate it too But i have everything proof plan so that doesnt happen: i dont post i just read.

[@stickguy9109]

@@ivoplaninic9356 Yeah I am not saying that i don't even read. I always use stackoverflow. I just don't post my own questions anymore

[@m1nus0ne]

My coding man here lol java stackoverflowes are the worst

[@tristanrujano]

I was literally just thinking "I need to improve my cross." so I go to KZbin and this was the first thing on my recommended

[@piconum8197]

This was my second

[@dominoesrex8884]

Creeppyyyy

[@DayFlounder]

Lmao I love how I was watching another video and you commented the exact same thing

[@Ahmet-ur5js]

Yes this happened to me now

[@adrenalinelol4961]

Ur device can read ur mind

[@SolisAdarsh]

I think he took the "I just peel the stickers off" too seriously…

[@cybershark5465]

Nah we don’t do that here

[@SolisAdarsh]

@@cybershark5465 umm not sure if I quite understand that... 🤔

[@paarthpradhan198]

If you see one of his videos on his collection of cube, he tells that those are GAN cubes (I guess like poor memory) which were given to him by Gan so it's factory made like that

[@SolisAdarsh]

@@paarthpradhan198 oh ohk

[@andreabenini7392]

And then there's me doing the daisy in 5 min

[@monkeh3925]

Everyone- what do you do ? J perm- I like to highly recommend

[@StormRaid417]

The cross and F2L is my biggest obstacle. Everything else is decently fast. I will try to practice this more to get better since this is my slowest part of a solve.

[@4klegendaryyt379]

Not only yours, basically everyone's before they get good at it.

[@Zoomrail]

Algorithms arent that hard, with f2l and cross, you are forced to think about it more, and thats makes it the hardest for everyone

[@lucasjagger674]

4:30 I would've done the Cross like this, also facing green: D2 L2 D' R' F2 which is pretty easy to fingertrick and one move less. I also have a question how to take the most advantage of color neutrality because I often see myself spending a lot of time choosing in which color should I do. Btw really useful video

[@JPerm]

For color neutrality you should focus on colors that have the most cross pieces attached to the center, like a red edge touching the red center. I go over this a bit in color neutral example solves. This usually reveals one of the best crosses, and makes first pair tracking a lot easier.

[@Exzochunk]

@@JPerm But you can try the colour which are more dark becuz they are more attractive than pther

[@-eagle-5014]

One day, when there will be a 50x50x50, J Perm's tutorial videos be like, 3:48:27

[@sleepingboiz8155]

nah it would been 2 minutes of saying to watch his previous video of 49x49x49 then that video would talk about the previous and so on or it would just been j perm saying we need to know how to solve 4x4, 5x5, 6x6 then we are done

[@bloodeagle2945]

Damn, you've got the whole squad laughing

[@-eagle-5014]

And also he might even be doing how to have a correct posture in order to shave off 5 seconds

[@noeruchangd]

*sees the word cross* Me: pleasedontpleasedontpleasedont My brain: *c r u s a d e* Jokes aside, thanks for the tutorials! I'm now sub-15 after a year and I couldn't have done it without you!

[@cryogopher8902]

Yoda8778 DEUS vult my dudes

[@philippechotard1603]

Nice, I'm only sub 60 after a year ;(

[@crossmane]

I’m sub 35 after 3 months

[@kyedo-]

I’m sub 25 after 3 months using roux 😅

[@ClumsyCuber]

Haydan Tran same

[@Alexis-hr7ty]

0:02 what is that cube ...?

[@bostynbrace5851]

moka ramirech Valk power M

[@dem0ny653]

@@bostynbrace5851 it isn't it's a mo fang ge cube

[@Cubingwizard]

Jperm: "if you average 10 seconds cross in 1 sec, if 20 then 2 secs" Feliks: "what if you average 5 secs?"

[@lumina_]

he doesn't average 5 seconds tho

[@Cubingwizard]

@@lumina_ i was trynna make a joke, but it didn't work

[@crateer]

@@Cubingwizard there's always a really smart dude that doesn't get jokes xD

[@why-him982]

You guys talking about what Feliks averages meanwhile me over here:. 5 seconds

[@jyothisatish156]

@@Cubingwizard it was good not gonna lie

[@outandabout259]

Someone calls me: what are you doing? Me (watching this video): cross training

[@The_Cuber]

Summary of video: What side to face, depending on how much regrips there are and how efficient it is(is it finger trickable). Saving regrips is finding solutions that have less regrips(make you change your current hand position or grip). The first move of the cross is usually slower when you do b and f when you lift the cube because it has a regrip at the start which slows down your momentum. If there is only pieces in bottom layer you can just fix it by using replacement technique or other advanced cross techniques. You also avoid B moves in solve and if there is no option then try to do a R or L moves to setup to a B move to speed up the cross without regrips. If you want to start the solve with F/B moves face the white side and do the solution which helps minimize regrips. A common mistake for cubers is to trying to avoid b moves when there is a lot of pieces in one side instead you can minimize effect of B move by setting it up using R or L moves. Go over mulitple options to solve a cross to help solve efficiently like changing sides or moving different pieces. Lastly, use the replacement technique which is just replacing a unnecessary piece with a needed piece and put the un-needed piece into the cross at the end of the cross solve. I hope you found this summary useful!

[@santiagobautista245]

Friend, your videos are good, however, there are many Spanish-speaking people like me who cannot understand your videos, I feel like you should think one day of making a channel in Spanish so that we can understand these videos so good :)

[@MeatBallFreak333]

J can use the text thing

[@ing5426]

1st viewer 😊😊🤩 really very helpfull

[@smallno744]

YES FINALLY THE CROSS THAT TAKES ME HALF OF MY TIME MASTER J-PERM FINALLY CLEAR IT * This fills you with DETERMINATION

[@727-]

Wait really :| do you not plan it in inspection??

[@smallno744]

@@727- i do,but still learning. currently i can plan 3 blocks of cross,but if i move the last one i have to find it again

[@727-]

@@smallno744 just one look cross lmao

[@sandpaperunderthetable6708]

Hmm, determination

[@bl.edxardo]

@@sandpaperunderthetable6708 crin ge

[@ivanwinleymanllagas3835]

I can solve a rubiks cube for about 40 sec. Sometimes it takes about 1 minute, But when I start watching your tutorials, now I can solve for about 20sec, and im still improving Thank you Mr. J Perm

[@frankfujita2096]

Would it be helpful for a speed solve newbie to create cubes like you are using in this video, with mostly black cubes? Currently the only cube I have is an RS3M2020 which I love. Should I buy more of them, and put black stickers on or should I buy a budget cube that comes with stickers and only put the stickers on that you've done in the video?

[@mayurkarade42]

Thanx By the way i am sub-30 all credit goes to you

[@elwars9389]

Kaha highlight kiya re J perm ne?

[@mayurkarade42]

@@elwars9389 Abe Kiya tha meko vo highlighted dikha tha

[@DevoteGames]

Hey J perm! I currently average 12 seconds but my cross takes up over 2 seconds on average. I always take less then 8 moves to make the cross, and i follow all the fingertrick tips here and in other videos, but i almost always either lock up, mess up a move or just turn to slowly. i dont know how to fix and improve this so please help! :)

[@nabeel8633]

Hey J perm have you seen that meme where you got a teacher saying that no one can be the best teacher and a student shows the teacher a screenshot from one of your videos

[@voidman6419]

Lol yeah jperm is the best teacher

[@Zeus-cu4ow]

Pleaseeeee listen ,I HAVE SUPER PROBLEMS AND CONFUSION IN F2L

[@kherdental7543]

Yaaaaayyyyyy!!!!!

[@ethanh1759]

0:38 That cube

[@global_noble]

Do you remember the NOTATIONS for what you're about to do in your head?

[@JPerm]

No, which is why I didn't write it on screen this time

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

Dylan is basically the God of cubing instruction. Nobody else comes close. Feliks and Max may be faster, but they can't teach like Dylan.

[@SparkyP3nguin]

who is dylan if you are talking about j perm then are you are a complete idiot. he pretends like scrambling doesnt exist and thinks that the same scramble will happen every time

[@visalsngg]

Penguin Saver thats not true?

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@SparkyP3nguin Quote/link me the video where Jperm says scrambling doesn't exist. He just showed 10 different scrambles for 10 totally contrasting crosses, not to mention the rest of the solution. And you say that he believes scrambling doesn't exist? Sorry, you are talking out of your Hugh Janus.

[@SparkyP3nguin]

i meant on his 3x3x3 tutorial video

[@squaredancerpuzzles]

Thank you very much for giving deeper insight on cross-building, there were a few tricks that I hadn't thought about applying such as attempting to make your first move a U or D move and refraining from leaving the cross on the bottom during your first few moves if it'll leave you with more favorable turns. Also that cross-only cube is such a big mood, I used to have an old Rubik's brand cube that I peeled all the stickers off of except for F2L pieces, heh.

[@ianhuangncubed]

7:54 For Scramble 7 an even better solution (holding red in front) would be U’ R’ D F D F. Zero regrips and less moves.

[@swnk.]

1:45 D2 R U2 F' R U2 gets u an f2l pair not sure if it's faster fingertricks wise because i can't move my fingers as fast as u. I found this out on accident first try lol

[@un_common1483]

Jperm in the future: Today i’ll be showing you how to construct a DIY rubiks cube incredibly fast

[@ob3vious]

Nice, I'm learning CFOP at the moment, because Roux wasn't efficient enough...

[@da_lyga9123]

Lol

[@dhrutube]

Usually ppl say that roux is more efficient than cfop. But you proved otherwise... XD

[@da_lyga9123]

@@dhrutube ya

[@stan1slav995]

I want to know your location

[@727-]

No, you're not efficient enough with roux lol

[@vittorioribechini9289]

I'm the only one that of scramble 5 just did yellow cross?🤔

[@ovidius9862]

What lool me too

[@ruruqbr7893]

Cross is the worst part of my solve by far. its around 3 seconds out of my 23 seconds average

[@SaurabhKumar-cj2mn]

Sameee

[@ruruqbr7893]

Sometimes its even like 4-6 seconds when I fluff it up bad

[@StepanMakarenko]

I did all the same except 6,8,9. For 9(blue front): U R2' D R D R2/R2' D

[@JPerm]

that's really good too, and probably the optimal solution for one hand

[@thaihoang5384]

Again, J perm? You forgot to mention the cube, 0:00 the cube you hate: Thunderclap V3 M and the second is Guoguan Yuexiao Pro

[@JPerm]

I didn't mention it because nobody should buy these!

[@thaihoang5384]

@@JPermRight, sorry but at least you should write the name of the cube for practice. Because every time I see in the description, the first thing I want to see is the cube you use in the video

[@zhng5487]

8:18 For this cross I insert green and blue while inserting red. Facing blue, (U2 D) L R' (F B') U' L2 For U2 D I do U2 with my right hand and D with my left hand. The L after (U2 D) is to move orange away so that after I finish blue red green, orange wont' end up in its slot flipped. Anyway nice vid bro, have been a big fan of your channel

[@cubingdynamic1575]

You're views are fast and counting 1 sec and 19 views

[@driptidegaming]

Lol I know it's an old vid, but I'm getting my first cube, so I'm learning as much as I can before it comes in, thank you

[@GauravKumar-gz5lo]

4:00 my way of doing this is a little bit different. I started by facing red and did D2 F2 D' B' R2 . Is it good can someone help me please? 🙂🙂

[@ovidius9862]

I'm averaging like 15 and I start cubing from March so like just a half year but that because of you thank you very much and keep going ur the best All my friends are watching you😇😁👏💪👌✌️

[@727-]

Jesus Christ thats fast improvement

[@arrow9031]

J Perm can you do your community a huge favor. One of my favorite videos and many others favs is the 3x3 ranking. Its so enjoyable to watch you do rank 3x3s and its very helpful. Pls make another one. You should include way more 3x3s than last time and keep the old ones. like a lot of cubes. That would be awesome.

[@lalithsashank3498]

J Perm does not pin any comment...

[@lidlad5798]

I hope he sees this

[@727-]

Why do people do this

[@lightningcreates1271]

Zenvy Cuber To get attention. It’s dumb but true.

[@727-]

@@lightningcreates1271 ahh, makes sense.

[@leonardkoh4479]

2019:how to solve cross faster 2020:how to press timer faster and reduce start and stop time

[@jorian_meeuse]

Nope, not yet

[@Liver1776]

@J Perm thank you so much for doing all of these tutorials it finally made me get a sub 30 solve for the first time ty

[@LickOfPaint]

Missed an opportunity to name the video ‘How to Boss the Cross’! Seriously though. I needed this.

[@teddiebloomfield9200]

j perm: making it look like the eisiest thing ever. me: WhAt aRe YoU oN aBoUt MaTe

[@MBrady1970]

I've been longing for a video like this, thanks! Even after 3 years and knowing all the basic stuff in your other videos you recommended, I'm still slow at the cross, and now i know why!

[@wonkeydonkey737]

My cross has become much more efficient thanks to your videos, but when I do a timed a solve I average slower than before. This is because I find it awkward doing these moves at a high speed. Any tips for this? (I average about 20 seconds)

[@JPerm]

Do it as fast as you can, and keep doing it until you're better

[@rosiskharel389]

@@JPerm this has same energy has “Just practice lol”

[@Daizlol]

@@rosiskharel389 that’s because cross efficiency literally just comes down to practice. What I do every day is an average of 100 cross solutions blind folded, not only does it help with the cross, it forces me to plan my cross in inspection which helps a ton with cross to F2L transition. It can get frustrating at first because you likely won’t do the cross correctly first try, but I promise after a few day you will be doing the cross correctly all the time no problem. Not only that, your times will improve.

[@caracohn4496]

I have a different solution for number 7: white on the bottom and red on the front, U’ R’ D F D F

[@cubeblazer]

For scramble 2, it's faster to put yellow on front orange on top and do L2 F' (R' l') F D Scramble 4: It's easier to start WTGF and do U r' D2 F (R l) D' Just some optimizations for anyone who needs it.

[@eerokaartokangas]

0:30 yellow cross in white top blue front is R' F2 L2 😲 and for white cross I will face blue to get the B2 out of the way first

[@jcchen7578]

dude... jperm is just inevitable 1. inspires people 2. great reviews 3. GOOD HUMOUR Keep it up Jperm your the best!!! P.S he also inspired me to cube cube, gan air pro pb average 35.6 :)

[@ummatehasanat353]

Pb 5.34

[@oneismajor4863]

My plan is to avg sub 20 consistently. Hope this video helps! As of now I avg around 23-35 if that's okay lol

[@smittywerbenyeagermenjenso3720]

"if that's okay"..... boi I'm not even sub 60

[@simianas3884]

@@smittywerbenyeagermenjenso3720 same, I'm Noob, too lazy 😞

[@vishalinaik9266]

9 views, 15 likes... Here we go again..

[@eagerglitter8026]

I want to be sub 20,I can do f2l in 10 sec last layer10 sec but cross 5

[@atharvagarwal6412]

Omg first

[@crossmane]

Gg

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@crossmane No, I was first.

[@welsonliong8607]

If I land on bootcamp I'm gonna get too soon lol #pubg

[@amiruliman5]

Yeah especially in the middle of bootcamp

[@krishnanshkothiwal5612]

I am a sub-55, non-color-neutral 3x3 solver. J perm has lot of videos about speech cubing, can anyone give me any tips/idea from where to start.

[@JJC-dx9dq]

I can help u. What method u use

[@ovidius9862]

Just practice😏

[@qwertyqwerty-jp8pr]

Advanced f2l

[@chikado6964]

Cross - 2look oll- 2 look pll-beginner f2l-advanced f2l- full pll-full oll

[@krishnanshkothiwal5612]

J J C normal cross

[@Zeus-cu4ow]

How much I think it takes at least 30 secs for f2l

[@joanomari8600]

No to be sub 30 f2l must take at least 9 to 11 secs

[@jabuka2502]

Hello everyone, I hope you have a good day. I have a question. I learned how to solve 3x3 2 days ago, with the basic starter method. 2 days passed, and I practiced it a bit and now my pb with that method is 1:53. Is that good for 2 days of experience?

[@sarajisung9417]

Thank u from algeria 🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@hamadachetouane9297]

Same heyy

[@yashdeshmukh9415]

Plzzzzzzzz make a video in which show your house🏠🏠🏠🏠🏠

[@hamadachetouane9297]

I sometimes do crazy stuff to do cross + 3 pairs using keyhole...

[@mannypadilla4802]

I’m just wondering, who is a cuber in Cali?

[@charliew_2364]

Manny Padilla as in Caloundra

[@Ludde_-]

I dont understand a thing, how do I predict and know what to do next :(

[@LakeIverson]

J Perm, can you make a video on misfit tips, like what to do if the cross pieces end up in the wrong spots, or like wrong inserts in f2l, or just stuff that wouldn't warrant their own video

[@asr2009]

he did that in a video called... so you screwed up

[@th3ch0s3ntw0]

Hey idk if you'll answer this, but for inspection for the cross, do you think of where you're going to MOVE the pieces or do you think of the algorithm order that you have to solve the pieces in. I can complete the cross in inspection but I'm just slow after i get about halfway through because i forgot what pieces needed to go next and froze, as well as extremely slowed down so i could see what i was doing. I've been cubing for a year now and have only gotten 20.695 and am looking to get sub 20 (im 2 look PLL rn but hoping to learn the rest) im fast at everything but the cross and always struggle to have a full mental image on what turns i need to make to solve the cube as fast and efficiently as possible. (i main the Moyu RS3M 2020 btw, yours ofc) Thank you so much if you can help me with this

[@PHCuber]

Respect for actually removing the stickers

[@L_P-012]

PhCuber05 I have a cube that only has cross stickers and one with f2l stickers and one with last layer stickers

[@PHCuber]

seb by cool

[@christianorlando303]

Nice dudes

[@priyakarthik737]

I would’ve done yellow cross for the first scramble. It is 2 easy

[@ThisIsRust]

what I actually have to learn in order to properly follow this video: flick my fingers backwards

[@doiz-gd8505]

Extra tip: if you plan on starting the cross with (U2 D2), you can rotate y2 and just start with E2 which makes fingertricks way easier imo

[@waldolemmer]

What's y?

[@doiz-gd8505]

@@waldolemmer y2 means rotate the cube 180 degrees, y means 90 degrees

[@준형-k6c]

I do not speak English Please add Korean subtitles

[@migueword9793]

When are you getting a bigger discount on Scs with the code JPERM? I need a new cube but im broke rn.

[@JPerm]

It will most likely not change

[@migueword9793]

@@JPerm Yeah ik I phrased it wrong, I meant like a "30% discount for limited time"

[@hamadachetouane9297]

@@migueword9793 you'll see it in heaven

[@guypeleg9675]

Thanks for the tips. I have improved a lot just watching your vids and practicing your methods :)