How to Solve the Rubik's Cube: Roux Method Step 2: Second Block

[@flowkap6911]

I learned CFOP first and am learning Roux right now. In comparison there are few good Roux tutorials out there. And I find yours to be the best when it comes to "pure" Roux. Most tutorials are Roux for CFOP solvers and alike. Especially the first two blocks are then solved like F2L which kinda is not the point. Love this series!

[@Coltious]

I completely agree. When I want to learn a new method, I wanna learn a new method!! Lol completelyish different ways to solve it.

[@GingerSchooling]

These r the best roux tutorials out there!

[@huypham2911]

I love Roux cause it requires less Algorithms! CFOP is just insane! Also, M and U moves only for last step is satisfying to watch!

[@Shreyas_Jaiswal]

Yaa. Very satisfying

[@Perez960]

True

[@12ธเนศงามพสุธดล]

I use both cfop and roux and yeah i remember all cfop alg take time but easy to excute but i prefer using roux for now cuz im having fun with it

[@soisaus564]

*Placing pieces to their correct spots* 2:07 First piece (White, green edge) 3:50 Second piece (Red, green edge) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Placing pairs to their correct spots/Cases* 7:37 Case If pair top face is red 7:58 Case If pair top face is green ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8:35 Example of solving the front pair ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Placing pieces to their correct spots (Second Pair)* 10:26 First piece (Orange, green edge) 11:05 Second piece (Orange, white, green edge) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Placing pairs to their correct spots/Cases (Green, orange pair)* 11:55 Case If pair top face is green 12:14 Case if pair top face is orange ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12:44 Example solve of the second block

[@hubert3074]

Ty

[@mymafiavideos3040]

@0:48 "and I'm just gonna show you how it looks like"... I thought you would show a second block solved cube but you solved your own cube in one blink of my eye and I was so shocked! I am a beginner and wish to be that fast 😍

[@kernel_sand3rs428]

Just practice

[@hassaanrauf4349]

That is extremely fast for intuition, but he's an expert. Just keep practicing and you'll be just as good one day

[@isrraelpalacios9994]

Roux,CFOP and ZZ are all great! I love learning new methods!

[@eyeblitz5337]

Isrrael Palacios same! I’m good at cfop so now I’m learning roux

[@eyimofefagbami4934]

@@eyeblitz5337 me too fam im sub 30

[@mattevans1643]

Just had the greatest solve ever. I've been focusing on block building more than CMLL and oh man am i getting good. I had 1st block in 6 moves, second block in 8, had my UF edge on the bottom so i decided to put my UB edge down there during LSE, Did AUF to open the middle, and solved with an M2U2M2 it felt so good. All because of these videos you're great man

[@Kian_Mansour]

That's awesome dude! Good luck on your Roux journey :)

[@tonikspianoanddrums2728]

Me too

[@tonikspianoanddrums2728]

R.U.R'.U.R.U2.R

[@tonikspianoanddrums2728]

HAHAHA

[@mycodingjourneybyramzan8232]

@@tonikspianoanddrums2728 IMPOSTOR

[@zaubermanninc4390]

Let the Rouxvolution begin! :)

[@litusiek7513]

It begin!

[@unnamed2049]

VIVE LA ROUX!

[@NPC_exe]

Viva la Rouxvoltion!

[@mrfluffywolf0141]

Finally someone who can teach me Roux! Thanks Kian!

[@johnjoseph2920]

Amazing tutorial. Thanks

[@Syriancoder]

Yo Kian I have been cubing for some time and i learned Cfop at first. when i was EXTREMLY slow because of the moves and my hands were not that fast. so i decided to use roux because it has less moves than cfop. i found no other video that makes people understand other than yours. Thank you for teaching me second block! you desserve a like and sub on my both alts

[@Coltious]

I’ve been looking at about 30 different videos where it’s basically how to solve the roux method on the rubiks in under 10 minutes!!!!! And there was this Singaporean dude but he didn’t explain himself at all. Now I’m learning how to solve it from the ground up again.

[@cheese_cookie]

Feels good to learn from a world class cuber

[@superkaku1382]

u deserve a like u deserve more subs u deserve more views u deserve everything i liked and subed

[@idkusername2981]

Me 2

[@carterandotherthings1555]

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[@sanjaylunawat473]

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[@malkisehgal2481]

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[@kristoforstewart995]

I learned Roux my own way, but I got stuck right around 30 seconds. From watching your video, I learned to always put the any color block on the left and then set up the right block while inserting the DR edge. I also learned the insertion where if the right side color is up regarding the corner-edge pair, then I use r' U' r or r U r'. That was the insertion I was looking for. I learned full CMLL in a week or so. I am also studying LSE to get more efficient. I'm going to get to sub 20 one day because I'll keep digging until I do. Thanks for your wisdom.

[@VepiumOfficial]

My first and only roux tutorial that I understand. Love ur stuff!

[@dakevinmg]

I find Roux interesting from a technical standpoint given that it’s an even 2phase solution in a way F2B solves exactly 4 corners and 6 edges and L10P does the same. No other method does this, they basically always end up with more pieces solved in the first half. I believe that Roux could be the future for human 2phase solving, getting as close as possible to CPU solutions. The steps are fairly simple and easily influence one another while keeping symmetry/balance on the cube.

[@Kian_Mansour]

Woah I've never thought of it that way before! That's really cool

[@dakevinmg]

Tolga Kantarcı Hmm. Maybe it’s because Roux solves more pieces in the last steps than other methods? Probably also has to deal with the fact that Roux does closer to “direct solving” of the last pieces while other methods solve all the final pieces at once but in phases (ie solving LL, 8 pieces, all at once using OLL/PLL)

[@doctorjai9322]

This is where to go after beginners method, speaking from experience

[@MEJBelloz]

Thank you for these videos!! Just finished learning this step, as well as step one! Looking forward to learning to solve the cube completely with the rest of this series

[@atlasbailly5439]

So much of a better tutorial than the last one i tried to use. Thanks!

[@czycavage2]

I was really struggling to grasp this at first because I just know C-fop, but I just wrote down all the examples and did it 25 times off the dome and now i feel like I understand this step fully. Great video!

[@rryanl2578]

Explanation clear af understood everything. Ur a great teacher

[@Hikaru109Ichijyo]

Good tutorial. I got the second block. I learned my first rubix solve via beginner CFOP but the same guy that taught me that, I couldn't get past his Roux second block tutorial. But you explained it so I can build both blocks. Awesome!

[@tukhanh2812]

7:45 CFOPer knows exactly what is it.

[@adhammohamed5924]

I know

[@scruffysz]

True

[@eyeblitz5337]

Facts

[@maybeoptify]

some people arent coming from cfop and are just learning the cube

[@Samuel_o_Noodles]

this is so useful. i first learned cfop but im trying new things and this is perfect

[@nfs_zombie5336]

these are such great tutorials great job man

[@nikolapavlovski9378]

Kian you are the best I just started teaching roux to a lot of people (im doing terrible) Ty for making this series it has come In handy. Love you :)

[@pgsworld3713]

My friend recommended that i should learning Roux so thanks for this amazing tutotial

[@parthsavyasachi9348]

I thank you for this beautifully done video.

[@brianliu0412]

2 questions, Are you going to Best in the West? If you are, you better be taking the OH WR back. :) Rouxvolution Second of question, I was messing around with roux yesterday. I was at LSE, and had just finished orienting the edges (all edges yellow and white are up or down), I was about to solve the R/L U piece, but I got a U perm. In this case would you do the U permutation (CFOP), or keep going with solving the UR and UL edge and then last 4 edges?

[@Kian_Mansour]

Yep I'm going to BiTW. Yes in this case I would do a U perm but ideally you want to do the last move of your EO in a way that one of the UL UR edges ends up on bottom. This will completely avoid PLLs and cancel moves

[@him6008]

Honestly I am not using roux but it helped me so much with cfop for f2l

[@Nicki1770]

This is the best roux tutorial I've ever found 👍

[@dwigt123]

What time should you get if you are using the roux for beginners method?

[@rudraksh2708]

Roux is better than CFOP WR shall lie in the clenched fists of our champion kian

[@abhijeetghodgaonkar]

Agree

[@rudraksh2708]

They could do better with roux considering low move count and rotatoonless approach

[@emilioparedesbarba4032]

Roux requires more thinking which can slow down solves... Unless you learn algs for every single step...

[@rudraksh2708]

Emilio Paredes Barba for people who lack brain

[@emilioparedesbarba4032]

Yeah, I agree with you. I use roux but I think not everybody should.

[@liammarshmallow7696]

Which finger do you use to do the M move?

[@muhammadtahirakhtar3054]

Sir u always give a big explaination

[@aadhilahammedb2595]

If u think this is a big explanation then check the tutorial of Critical Cubing😂

[@idaregine]

@@aadhilahammedb2595 that tutorial was slow as hell (which may be good for some), it got me really irritated

[@N1022]

Yes OF COURSE so that you would understang more

[@N1022]

@@aadhilahammedb2595 even more explanations!! Haha good one

[@hefey]

I can do both blue and green blocks in a slow 1:19 (fastest time). Should I try to get faster before moving on to the next step?

[@Kian_Mansour]

Learn all the steps and practice them together in a whole solve

[@fugbyte1962]

so cool bro 👍

[@Sw0OK1]

I’ve been trying to learn roux but it was hard but all your tutorials are great :D

[@Chikezie-tg5jt]

Who is watching this in 2024. MAN ,your videos never get old your the GOAT

[@o0MalakAlhaq0o]

Hello Kian! I'm watching you from Poland and still cant believe you're 18. I'm pushing 30 next year (hope its not too late to learn speedcubing lol). I would like to ask you a question and hope you could answer. I'm super noob at cubing in general (doing first block in 20 seconds does not make me proud - I practice this for 3 days now). How long should I be doing the whole process (all the steps starting from blue block) to consider moving towards more advanced planning and color neutral solves? Should I be solving blue block first until I can solve the whole cube this way in sub-30 or something?

[@bguy510]

I'm not Kian, but the general guideline about color neutrality is that the earlier you start, the easier it is. There's really no reason to stick to blue until you do x seconds, go ahead and start solving on different colors. That said, I assume you know this, but in case not: always leave either white or yellow on bottom, it is unnecessary and overwhelming to go any further, even at a high level. Also, I'd recommend doing just white bottom first until you're comfortable with that, then implementing yellow bottom as well.

[@o0MalakAlhaq0o]

@@bguy510 Thanks for your answer! I'll definitely try it out. The more I dig into speedcubing, the more I'm stunned by how open and kind the community is! It only makes me more and more confident that cubing in general is just great

[@amarkaran3784]

Any advice on how to lrn cmll algs faster

[@Tryexon]

I couldn't go under 40 sec with the "rookie methode", so i wanted to learn an advanced methode but everything i could find was not that well explained,... Until this video ! Thanks a lot for making these !

[@syevaa]

Tryexon how fast can you solve one now?

[@Tryexon]

@@syevaa 35 seconds, and i'm trying to get sub 30

[@preciousquitalig8945]

i bet you're sub 20 now

[@Lx.Yy22]

5:36 instead of red on top and green i got green and red😢😢

[@liamgerard8870]

2 questions: 1) Could you make a series on how to orient Roux towards speed from basic learning? 2) I currently do CFOP, and I recently learned full COLL. Is it worth it to learn CMLL too, or should I stick with COLL?

[@Kian_Mansour]

1) I'll probably do that after US nats 2) yes learn CMLL

[@philbarry7979]

Start pumping these vids out man. i'm try'n 2 make my brother learn roux but i suck at teaching. and he's still a beginner/nub ; ). (aka) He still uses beginners method layer by layer.

[@jennifermulvihill]

has he learned yet?

[@maybeoptify]

we need an update

[@N1022]

Thx for the video!! Now i can do the roux method.!!

[@BrandonNunez]

Kian, do you clamp your fb normal solves?

[@Kian_Mansour]

Kind of. I have to grip the left side so the cube doesn't fly out of my hands

[@cheshireduke9463]

THANK U FOR TEACHING ME THE ROUX METHOD

[@ayaannaha7141]

Him: Alright, so you're gonna do R U' R' Me: *Laughs in R U R' U'*

[@maybeoptify]

sexy

[@soisaus564]

Tip if your white green edge is flipped while try to insert it: place on top of green center and then U' R' R its easier.

[@AzPlayz1052]

can i use some wide moves from cfop?? :EDIT: can't i use Lw moves?? even though im not breaking my first block?

[@Kian_Mansour]

You can, but why would you do that if you can just do R or R' ?

[@shrenivaasanchandrasekaran6775]

Kian you are very good at teaching I use CFOP Roux and ZZ. Roux and ZZ are cool way to solve 3*3. I have 2 question 1.Do u use the same algs for OH solve. 2. What method you use for others like 4*4 etc

[@Kian_Mansour]

Some of my CMLL algs are different for OH, and you can see which ones on my website. For 4x4 I use Meyer

[@shrenivaasanchandrasekaran6775]

Kian Mansour Thanks Kian I am not a speed solving guy my times are around 2 minutes I am forty five yrs old I spend a lot of time searching for pieces how should I fix this problem I saw your partial speed BLD stuff I am planning to follow that may be that will help me reduce my time I will be really happy if one day I solve a cube in less than a minute....how abt you breaking the WR single set by Feliks and me trying to get below one minute who will be first

[@chaoseros5607]

i found that its easier just to not find the edge piece for the blocks until your done with both blocks to make it easier to pair the second block using m moves

[@jonathanmellette8541]

These are pretty amazing. Well done, Kian.

[@vegito200]

You are the best one teaching roux, I really appreciate you ❤️. I hope you add a love to my comment

[@alfredmariano7189]

Y I love your intro?

[@alfredmariano7189]

Ilie Gheorghiu #subscribetomychannel 😂 LOL!

[@alfredmariano7189]

Ilie Gheorghiu I have a MF3RS, Yuxin Little Magic, Qiyuan S, 1 pyra, 2 2x2 , 2 4x4 , MF3S , 2 3X3

[@Rordex]

I have gans 360 , Osisk cube gan X and 2x2 qiyi

[@danielb840]

I do this a little weird, I use CFOP to form my blocks

[@joycechen677]

currently using CFOP. Might swich to roux

[@pixy3266]

I have a question, is this really hard to get better I mean, this is the beginner method, then when we try advenced method for roux method, for these two blocks is this really harder to learn? Anyways this is awesome, very good and simple explications ;) I always use CFOP, and now I want to know roux and this looks awesome!

[@graham_lively1732]

Yeah I'm going to become method neutral at least at home after my next comp so I can decide which method is better, but I'll probably do CFOP in comp because big cubss

[@kengarcia2919]

What camera did you use?

[@Kian_Mansour]

I used my phone, Samsung Galaxy S8

[@kxden3849]

Your a life saver!

[@GingerSchooling]

Thank u for the video!!!

[@abhijeetghodgaonkar]

Yaaaaas much needed!

[@ghaniaalbanna9109]

Thank you so much

[@abirhasanrahee]

Can you make a video on fingering tricks ?

[@balkabagicubingakademi2648]

I think sometimes doing normal f2l algs faster

[@_sqrrl3299]

With the method he explains... yes f2l would be faster. But forget about this and the first tutorial and solve the blocks on your own, completely intuitive. You will realise, that there are many possibilities of doing the blocks wich are mostly even faster than f2l, because you still have the m-slice. + you would need a cube rotation for the most f2l cases, wich is exactly what roux tries to avoid.

[@Jigen_Isshiki]

So when I solved the first block, I started on the second one. The middle layer is correct, and when I looked the green orange middle piece and white green orange corner piece are already in the correct spot. Now I can't figure out how to put the green and red piece in without messing up the first block

[@saiyinvandiar88]

This guy is amazing

[@LegendGamer-me3kr]

Just 2 questions rrrr youu readyy??? 2 can we just find a f2l pair for both?

[@_sqrrl3299]

You can but... you would need a cube rotation (wich is exactly what you try to avoid in Roux) for the most f2l cases.

[@jaival7522]

can you use this block building method for sub 10 and faster ??

[@Kian_Mansour]

Not really, this is just a beginner way of doing it. You're going to want to learn more flexible ways of doing it pretty quickly

[@jaival7522]

Kian Mansour Can you make a tutorial on advanced block building please ????

[@jaival7522]

Kian Mansour and, does f2l work on this method ??

[@finn1400]

This makes no sense I can get the edges but not the corners any tips?

[@Kian_Mansour]

pick 1 sticker on the corner and follow where it goes. This will let you track orientation

[@beckettgonzales2465]

what’s a loading spot?

[@matteomalcoci746]

I love this method

[@gemgem3280]

There is a way to solve the cube using this technique where you can use L B D F moves. Just move the block out of the way and then put it back when you are done.

[@Thanos-qz3rs]

u earned an subs but can u pls make a slowerntutorial :)

[@sudharajkrishnakripa479]

Can u suggest how to learn algs faster

[@noahthamban379]

sudharaj krishnakripa I would use cyothekings method but u only need to learn 42 algs at most

[@sudharajkrishnakripa479]

Which method

[@Maniaxtm]

I like your Intro

[@RaghavBabbar]

in how much time i can solve cube by this method after practicing 1 year?

[@Thepuffymonkey]

1 year with very good practice, no experience can get you to 15 - 20 seconds, dont be surprised if you dont get it

[@thomac9656]

Is this faster then cfop Please reply

[@xenderway7374]

there isn't really a faster method

[@thomac9656]

@@xenderway7374 aww that sucks im pretty fast at.cfop its just that.f2l takes me so long

[@ShiftyMoon]

@@thomac9656 Roux takes less moves to solve

[@thomac9656]

@@ShiftyMoon ok

[@i4TheWinN]

Is this what all pros use?

[@AnitaSharma-pr5on]

I am your fan Kian

[@HE2-j8k]

Hi ! My name is heturaj and iam from india. My avarage is 38.21sec. how can i faster? What i do?

[@asherkimmagierek9793]

nice tutorial

[@N1022]

Thx for loving my comment kian. But I still cannot really understamd the last step for solving it..(CMLL)

[@egcuber5187]

It orients and permutes the corners

[@Radhakrishnan2949-w4t]

U can use edge oll and 2 algs

[@Akash_1441]

Thx roux with simple english

[@Julian-uy5qs]

I just made the first block my self =)

[@AnitaSharma-pr5on]

Good method

[@theanimalkid15]

I all ready know c f o p but I am learning a knew method

[@sabrikatoglu8668]

I'm shocked you only have 16k subs

[@gamingwithgabe6156]

GENIUS

[@dogoctopuss6627]

The rouxvolution begins.

[@jennifermulvihill]

LOL!!! A future meme in the making

[@Sam-q1m4u]

11:25 i can just do R' U2 R

[@sudharajkrishnakripa479]

You r great

[@magnusderwagnus]

Slow but steady, I'm getting there.

[@neonvenom496]

A little fast talking about the inserting but good vid I understood a lot

[@ervin570]

Are you from iran?

[@Coltious]

Lokey 2:05 forgot that rw was a thing 😅

[@ncjfreighters9875]

I love roux what do you like?