Advanced Solution to the Rubik's Cube

Written by James Hamory (last edited 6/13/12)

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Introduction
!n"e you #no$ t%e Intermediate met%od.& getting 'aster boils do$n to learning more algorit%ms&
o(timi)ing t%e solution to your sol*ing style& and lots o' (ra"ti"e. +or t%e ad*an"ed met%od you $ill be
learning more algorit%ms to "ut your last layer times in %al' and be en"ouraged to loo# dee(er into
,ross and +2L to redu"e your sol*e time e*en more.
The Cross
-%e ,ross ste( is t%e same& but remember to loo# 'or t%e easiest "ross& (lan out t%e e.a"t mo*es t%at
$ill sol*e t%e "ross& t%en ma#e "%anges (i' ne"essary) to ma#e it s(eed/o(timal. W%en you are sol*ing
a "ube and you are not getting good times& or you do not $ant to s(eedsol*e& sol*e t%e "ube slo$ly&
loo#ing a%ead and (lanning out t%e best mo*es. -ry to ma#e t%e best out o' e*ery "ase or +2L (air.
-%ese are "alled slo$ sol*es. !n"e you "an e''e"ti*ely do t%e best solutions during slo$ sol*es& t%en
$or# on s(eed& doing t%e slo$ sol*es 'aster and 'aster until you "an do 'ull/out s(eedsol*es e''i"iently.
F2L
W%at I said abo*e a((lies e*en more %ere. 0o a lot o' slo$ sol*es to im(ro*e your +2L& and remember
to loo# a%ead to t%e ne.t (air or ste(& $%ile your 'ingers are sol*ing t%e (re*ious (air.
+2L tri"#s are also *ery %el('ul. !ne $ay you "an (i"# u( +2L tri"#s is loo#ing at an algorit%mi" +2L
(age and loo# at di''erent "ases& see %o$ t%e algs $or#& and maybe you $ill 'ind one t%at you "an
im(lement into your sol*es.
Here is one o' many algorit%mi" +2L (ages1 %tt(1//$$$.s(eedsol*ing."om/$i#i/inde..(%(/+2L
Last Layer
+or t%e Ad*an"ed met%od Last Layer& you are going to be learning t%e +ull +ridri"% met%od. +ull
+ridri"% is +ull !LL and +ull PLL. 2ou $ill be learning all 34 !LL "ases and all 21 PLL "ases& so you
$ill be doing a 2/Loo# Last Layer. -%at means t%at a'ter you 'inis% +2L& you do t$o algs and t%en you
are done. I $ould re"ommend learning all t%e PLLs 'irst& and t%en t%e !LLs. I' you get a "ase you don5t
#no$ yet& 6ust do 2/Loo# 'or t%at ste(& and try to loo# a%ead to see $%at t%e se"ond "ase $ill be.
I %a*e (ut a lin#s belo$ to $%ere you "an do$nload !LL/PLL algorit%m s%eets. Putting all t%e "ases
%ere $ould ma#e t%is (age $ay too long.
!LL (rintout1 %tt(1//$$$.#ung'ooman"%u."om/guides/andy/#lise/3.3.3/oll/*3.(d'
+2L& 2/Loo# !LL& +ull PLL (rintout1 %tt(1//$$$.#ung'ooman"%u."om/guides/andy/#lise/3.3.3/
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I' you don5t li#e t%e algorit%m gi*en 'or a s(e"i'i" "ase& you "an 'ind more !LLs and PLLs %ere1
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Wit% (ra"ti"e& you s%ould be able to get sub/13 se"ond sol*es8 I' you $ant more in'o about $%at to
learn to be sub/13& "%e"# out t%is (age1 %tt(1//$$$.s(eedsol*ing."om/$i#i/inde..(%(/9oad:to:;ub/
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9emember to "%e"# out W,A "om(etitions i' you %a*en5t already1
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=*en a'ter t%is ad*an"ed met%od& t%ere are many more t%ings you "an learn to get 'aster. <ood lu"#8