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Anti-Sune (R U2′ R’ U’ R U’ R’) (OLL26, 2×2 block at right back corner) Back Anti-Sune (R’ U2′ R U R’ U R) (OLL27, 2×2 block at right front corner) Sune (R U R’ U R U2′ R’) (OLL27, 2×2 block at left front corner) Back Sune (R’ U’ R U’ R’ U2′ R)Continue reading “OLL26 & 27 (OCLL)”

x’ (R U’ R’) D (R U R’) D’ x (non-colored corners of U-face on FR & LB positions) R2 D (R’ U R) D’ (R’ U’ R’) (non-colored corners of U-face on FL & RB positions)

x’ (R U R’) D (R U’ R’) D’ x (non-colored corners of U-face on front side) (R U R) D (R’ U’ R) D’ R2 (non-colored corners of U-face on back side)

R2 D (R’ U2 R) D’ (R’ U2 R’) (non-colored corners of U-face on front side) R2′ D’ (R U2 R’) D (R U2 R) (non-colored corners of U-face on back side)

(R U2′ R2′) (U’ R2 U’) (R2′ U2′ R) (a headlight on L-face) (r’ F R F’) (r U’ R’ U’) (R U’ R’) (a headlight on R-face)

(R U R’ U) (R U’ R’ U) (R U2 R’) (headlights on R & L-faces) (R U2′ R’ U’) (R U R’ U’) (R U’ R’) (headlights on F & B-faces)

There is a headlight & Lightning is striking down to the right side -> OLL42 There is a headlight & Lightning is striking down to the left side -> OLL41 There is not a headlight & Lightning is striking down to the right side -> OLL29 There is not a headlight & Lightning is strikingContinue reading “Way to distinguish OLL29, OLL30, OLL41, and OLL42”

f (R U R2) U’ (R’ U R2 U’ R’) f’ (vertical thunderstorm shape & a discontinuous colored corner is on the back side) F U (R U2′ R’ U’) (R U2′ R’ U’) F’ (vertical thunderstorm shape & a discontinuous colored corner is on the front side) I was using the symmetrical procedure forContinue reading “OLL30 (Thunderstorm shape)”

M U (R U R’ U’ R’ F R F’) M’ (vertical thunderstorm shape & a discontinuous colored corner is on the back side) (R’ F R F’) (R U2′ R’ U’) (F’ U’ F) (vertical thunderstorm shape & a discontinuous colored corner is on the front side) The first one begins and ends withContinue reading “OLL29 (Thunderstorm shape)”

M U’ (F’ L’ U’ L U F) M’ (vertical thunderstorm shape & a discontinuous colored corner is on the back side) F U R2 D (R’ U’ R) D’ R2′ F’ (vertical thunderstorm shape & a discontinuous colored corner is on the front side) The first one is the symmetrical procedure of OLL42. ForContinue reading “OLL41 (Thunderstorm shape)”

M U (F R U R’ U’ F’) M’ (vertical thunderstorm shape & a discontinuous colored corner is on the back side) M’ U (f U R U’ R’ f’) M (vertical thunderstorm shape & a discontinuous colored corner is on the front side) I call this U-face figure Thunderstorm shape, because it resembles LightningContinue reading “OLL42 (Thunderstorm shape)”

There are 2 blocks & Lightning is striking down to the right side -> OLL8 There are 2 blocks & Lightning is striking down to the left side -> OLL7 There is 1 block & Lightning is striking down to the right side -> OLL11 There is 1 block & Lightning is striking down toContinue reading “Way to distinguish OLL7, OLL8, OLL11, and OLL12”

M’ U (R’ U’ R U’ R’ U2′ R) U M (vertical lightning shape & a block on R-face) M U’ (R’ U’ R U’ R’ U2′ R) U’ M’ (vertical lightning shape & a block on L-face) These algorithms are similar to the OLL11. They use Back Sune instead of Sune. It is easyContinue reading “OLL12 (Lightning shape)”

M’ U (R U R’ U R U2′ R’) U M (vertical lightning shape & a block on L-face) M U’ (R U R’ U R U2′ R’) U’ M’ (vertical lightning shape & a block on R-face) I chose these algorithms because both have the same kind of finger tricks structure with Sune pattern.Continue reading “OLL11 (Lightning shape)”

(r U R’ U) (R U2′ r’) (vertical lightning shape & a block on R-face) (l U L’ U) (L U2 l’) (vertical lightning shape & a block on L-face) These are the reverse procedures of OLL6 (Square shape). All 4 algorithms of OLL7 & OLL8 use Sune patterns, right & left hands, and backContinue reading “OLL7 (Lightning shape)”

(l’ U’ L U’) (L’ U2 l) (vertical lightning shape & a block on L-face) (r’ U’ R U’) (R’ U2′ r) (vertical lightning shape & a block on R-face) These are the reverse procedures of OLL5 (Square shape). So, they are one of the Sune patterns, but with double row turns for the firstContinue reading “OLL8 (Lightning shape)”

When S shape is laid down, UFR & ULB is colored -> OLL40 When S shape is laid down, UFL & URB is colored -> OLL39

(r U’ r’ U’) r (f R f’) r’ (a colored edge on F-face) (R U’ r’) d’ (r’ F r) S (a block on F-face) The second one is same as R U’ r’ U’ F’ U F M’, but as I mentioned before, I prefer avoiding U’ F’ U F by using d’Continue reading “OLL39 (S shape)”

(R’ F) (R U R’ U’) (F’ U R) (a colored edge on F-face) (f R’ F’ R) (U R U’ R’) S’ (a block on F-face) The first one has OLL No 45 (F R U R’ U’ F’) inside of a back trigger (R’ U R). The second one begins with Hedgeslammer withContinue reading “OLL40 (S shape)”

A colored edge or a block is on the right side of the 3 faces (no colored piece on 1 face) -> OLL5 A colored edge or a block is on the left side of the 3 faces (no colored piece on 1 face) -> OLL6

(l’ U2 L) (U L’ U l) (Square shape at left back corner) (r’ U2′ R) (U R’ U r) (Square shape at front right corner) Regrettably there are not good algorithms for “Square shape at right back corner” and “Square shape at front left corner” to coincide with OLL6. So, I chose the aboveContinue reading “OLL5 (Square shape)”

(r U2′ R’) (U’ R U’ r’) (Square shape at right back corner) (l U2 L’) (U’ L U’ l’) (Square shape at front left corner) These are one of the Anti-Sune patterns, but with double row turns for the first and last moves. The second one uses left hand moves much, but as itContinue reading “OLL6 (Square shape)”

S’ (R U R’) S (R U’ R’) (Arrowhead at left back corner) S (U R U’ R’) S’ (R U R’) (Arrowhead at front right corner) I was using M’ U M U2 M’ U M for the second case, but I prefer S/S’ turns to M/M’ ones, so I changed it.

There are blocks at Fish shape tail sides-> OLL37 There are colored edges at Fish shape tail sides-> OLL35

(R U2′ R2′ F R F’) (R U2′ R’) (Fish shape head at front right corner) There is not any valuable algorithm for the opposite position, so I use this one for all cases.

(F R’ F’ R) (U R U’ R’) (Fish shape head at left back corner) r2′ D’ (r U’ r’) D (r U r) (Fish shape head at front right corner) There are many algorithms which have D…D’ or D’…D pattern. For the most of the case, D’ comes after R’ turn, and D comesContinue reading “OLL37 (Fish shape)”

There is a block at the lower right side of Y shape -> OLL10 There is a block at the lower left side of Y shape -> OLL9

(r’ F’ r) U (r U’ r2′ F’ r) U F (Y shape head at right back corner) (R U R’ U) (R’ F R F’) (R U2′ R’) (Y shape head at front left corner) As for the first one, I learned the moves by L’ U’ L U L F’ L2′ U’ LContinue reading “OLL10 (Y shape)”

(R’ U’ R U’ R’) U (R’ F R F’) U R (Y shape head at right back corner) (R U2′ R’) U’ S’ (R U’ R’) S (Y shape head at front left corner) For the first one, it is better to start with thumb on U-face, then the connection to the first UContinue reading “OLL9 (Y shape)”

S (R’ U’ R U) (R U) (R U’ R’) S’ (any angle) There are many algorithms, but I can turn this one faster than others.

There is a block at the lower right side of W shape -> OLL38 There is a block at the lower left side of W shape -> OLL36

(R U R2′) (F’ U’ F U) (R2 U2′ R’) (W shape stuck to left back corner) (R U’ R’ U’) F (U R U’ R’) F’ (R U2′ R’) (W shape stuck to front right corner) Although the second one has more moves than the first, I can turn the both in almost sameContinue reading “OLL36 (W shape)”

(R U R’ U) (R U’ R’ U’) (R’ F R F’) (W shape stuck to left back corner) (R U R’ U) (F’ U F) U2′ (R U’ R’) (W shape stuck to front right corner) The second one has F’ U F sequence which I personally dislike. I try to use my leftContinue reading “OLL38 (W shape)”

There is a block at the side of T shape -> OLL33 There is a colored edge at the side of T shape -> OLL45

(R U R’ U’) (R’ F R F’) (T shape fallen to the right) (r’ F’ r U) (r U’ r’) F (T shape fallen to the left) The second one is the same as the symmetric procedure of the first one, but rewritten as a right hand version.

F (R U R’ U’) F’ (T shape fallen to the right) f (U R U’ R’) f’ (T shape fallen to the left) These are easy.

In upright P shape position, a bar is at the right side of P shape -> OLL44 In upright P shape position, a bar is at the left side of P shape -> OLL43 In upright P shape position, a block is at the right side on F-face -> OLL32 In upright P shape position,Continue reading “Way to distinguish OLL31, OLL32, OLL43, and OLL44”

(R’ U’ F) U (R U’ R’) F’ R (upright P shape & a colored edge on L-face) S’ (r’ F’ r) (U r U’ r’) f (upside down P shape & a colored edge on R-face) Finger trick for the first one: F’ by left index finger (Michael Trigger) The second one is theContinue reading “OLL31 (P shape)”

r (B U’ B’) (r’ U r) U r’ (upright P shape & a colored edge on R-face)) S (R U R’ U’) (R’ F R f’) (upside down P shape & a colored edge on L-face) Finger tricks for the first one: B’ by right index finger, last U by left index finger (pushingContinue reading “OLL32 (P shape)”

F’ (U’ L’ U L) F (upright P shape & a bar on L-face) f’ (L’ U’ L U) f (upside down P shape & a bar on R-face) I use symmetric procedure of OLL44, since they are easy turns even for my left hand.

F (U R U’ R’) F’ (upright P shape & a bar on R-face) f (R U R’ U’) f’ (upside down P shape & a bar on L-face) There is no need to mention about these easy algorithms.

There is a block at the side of recess of Knight Moves shape. And in the horizontal center line position, URB or UFL is colored-> OLL13 All are same as above, except that ULB or UFR is colored-> OLL14 There is a colored edge at the side of recess of Knight Moves shape. And inContinue reading “Way to distinguish OLL13, OLL14, OLL15, and OLL16”

(R’ F’ R) (r’ F’ r U) (R’ F R) (horizontal center line & a colored ULB) (r’ U’ r) (R’ U’ R U) (r’ U r) (horizontal center line & a colored UFR) It is smooth if you use Michael Trigger for F’. As for (r’ U r), I use my left index fingerContinue reading “OLL15 (Knight Moves shape)”

(r U r’) (R U R’ U’) (r U’ r’) (horizontal center line & a colored URB) (R’ F R U) (R’ U’ F’ R U’) (R’ U2′ R) (horizontal center line & a colored UFL) The second algorithm is 3 moves more than the first one, so it is not a waist of timeContinue reading “OLL16 (Knight Moves shape)”

(r’ U r) U (r’ U’ r) (f R’ f’) (horizontal center line & colored ULB) (R’ F R) U (R’ F’ R) (F U’ F’) (horizontal center line & colored UFR) R’ F R move is Sledgehammer without last F’. For R’ F’ R move, it is better to use left-index-finger F’ (Michael Trigger).Continue reading “OLL14 (Knight Moves shape)”

f (R U R2 U’) (R’ U R U’) f’ (horizontal center line & colored URB) F (U R U2′ R’) (U’ R U R’) F’ (horizontal center line & colored UFL) For the first one, R U R2 move is a little tricky. I put my thumb on D-face during f move. Normal RContinue reading “OLL13 (Knight Moves shape)”

(r U2′ R’) (U’ R U R’) (U’ R U’ r’) (L shape at upper left portion of U-face) The first and last moves are double row turns. The others are pretty normal.

l’ U’ L U’ L’ U L U’ L’ U2 l (L shape at upper left portion of U-face) I adopted this algorithm which uses left hand intensively. As I wrote in my other article, I was using mirror algorithms by left hand when I started to learn OLL, and I left some of themContinue reading “OLL53 (L shape)”

R’ F R2 B’ R2′ F’ R2 B R’ (L shape at upper left portion of U-face) This has 3 half turns (R2/R2′), and F/B’/F’/B appear alternately before and after them, so it is very rhythmical. Finger technic: B’ by left index finger, pushing ULB piece, F’ by the same finger, pulling UFL piece. FContinue reading “OLL50 (L shape)”

(F R’ F2) (R U2′ R) U2′ R’ F (L shape at upper left portion of U-face) It has double trigger 3 times, of which I use right hand for F2 and left one for U2′. One move (R/R’) follows these double triggers, so this algorithm is very rhythmical.

F (R U R’ U’) (R U R’ U’) F’ (L shape at upper left portion of U-face) Sexy move (R U R’ U’) 2 times between F/F’. Pretty easy.

(F R’ F’ R) U2′ (R U’ R’ U) (R U2′ R’) (L shape at upper left portion of U-face) My way to use my fingers for Hedgeslammer is as follows. F: right thumb, R’: normal turn, F’: left index finger, R: normal turn F’ turn using left index finger is called Michael Trigger.

There are 6 OLL’s of L shape (47, 48, 49, 50, 53, and 54). It is necessary to find out which it is. At first, I divided them into 3 pairs, based on its mirror relationship. So, 47 and 48, 49 and 50, 53 and 54 are mirrors respectively. I put the first one ofContinue reading “Way to distinguish L shape OLL47, 48, 49, 50, 53, and 54”

There is one bar -> OLL52 There are 2 bars -> OLL55 There are 2 blocks -> OLL51 There are 2 Headlights -> OLL56

(R U2′ R2) (U’ R U’ R’) U2′ (F R F’) (vertical I shape) (F U’ R2) D (R’ U2 R) D’ (R2 U F’) (horizontal I shape) I use both of these, although the first one is a little easy for me because for the second one I need to use my ring fingerContinue reading “OLL55 (I shape)”

(r U r’) (U R U’ R’) (U R U’ R’) (r U’ r’) (horizontal I shape & Headlight on R&L-faces) (R U’ R2′ r) (U’ R U’ R’ U) (r’ R2 U R’) (horizontal I shape & Headlight on F&B-faces) Although these are long algorithms, are not so complicated and can be rhythmically turned.Continue reading “OLL56 (I shape)”

F (U R U’ R’) (U R U’ R’) F’ (horizontal I shape & Headlight on R-face) f (R U R’ U’) (R U R’ U’) f’ (horizontal I shape & Headlight on L-face) These two algorithms are of the same pattern, starting and ending with Z-axis turn, sexy/inverse sexy moves 2 times in theContinue reading “OLL51 (I shape)”

(R’ U’ R U’ R’) d (R’ U R) B (vertical I shape & bar on R-face) R’ (F’ U’ F U’) (R U R’ U R) (vertical I shape & bar on L-face) For the first one, I start with right thumb on U-face, and use it for the d turn. I regrip toContinue reading “OLL52 (I shape)”

(R U R’ U’) M’ (U R U’ r’) (vertical H shape) (R U R’) S’ (R U’ R’) S (horizontal H shape) I use the first one, but have just found the second one, which is easy, so I will use both from now on, by which way I can omit AUF.

There is a colored edge on the side face of the opposite side of C-shape -> No 34 There is a bar on the side face of the opposite side of C-shape -> No 46

R2′ D’ (R U’ R’) D (F R F’) U R (C-shape looking at left side) (f R f’) U’ (r’ U’ R) U M’ (C-shape looking at right side) f R f’ move is a side version of “trigger” (R U R’). I often use this move in F2L stage, instead of rotating cubeContinue reading “OLL34 (C shape)”

R’ U’ (R’ F R F’) U R (C-shape looking at left side) r’ U’ (F R’ F’ R) U r (C-shape looking at right side) The first one has a Sledgehammer and the second one has a Hedgeslammer. These are short algorithms and easy to turn.

There is a bar and one colored piece on the side face of the opposite and adjacent side of the U-face’s triangle figure respectively -> No 18 There is one colored piece and a block on the side face of the opposite and adjacent side of the U-face’s triangle figure respectively -> No 19

M U (R U R’ U’) M’ (R’ F R F’) (triangle figure on the far side of U-face) M’ U’ (R’ U’ R U) M (R B’ R’ B) (triangle figure on the near side of U-face) The second one is the upper and lower symmetry of the first one. The backside Sledgehammer (RContinue reading “OLL19 (triangle)”

(F R’ F’ R) U2’ (F R’ F’ R) (U’ R U’ R’) (triangle figure on the far side of U-face) (F R U R’) d R’ U2’ (R’ F R F’) (triangle figure on the near side of U-face) The first one uses a Hedgeslammer two times, and is easy to turn. The secondContinue reading “OLL18 (triangle)”

(F R’ F’ R) U (S’ R U’ R’ S) (backslash on U-face and a block on F-face) F R’ F’ R move is called Hedgeslammer, which is a reverse procedure of Sledgehammer (R’ F R F’). S’/S are easy turns (for me easier than F/F’ turns). I was using the algorithm (R U R’Continue reading “OLL17 (diagonal line)”

3 side faces have U-face-color block at the right side, and 1 side face has that colored edge -> OLL3 3 side faces have U-face-color block at the left side, and 1 side face has that colored edge -> OLL4 So, after F2L finished, in the 75% of the case, you see U-face-color block onContinue reading “Way to distinguish OLL3 from OLL4”

M U’ (r U2’ r’) U’ (R U’ R’) M’ (dot on UFR corner) M’ (R’ U’ R U’) (r’ U2’ r) U’ M (dot on UBL corner) OLL3 and OLL4 are in a symmetrical relationship. So, one easy way is to use the symmetrical algorithms of OLL3 as follows. f’ (L’ U’ L U)Continue reading “OLL4 (a center dot & one corner dot)”

f (R U R’ U’) f’ U’ F (R U R’ U’) F’ (dot on UFR corner) F (U R U’ R’) F’ U’ f (U R U’ R’) f’ (dot on UBL corner) There are 4 positions of a corner dot (UFR, UBR, UBL, or UFL), so I chose one algorithm each for FRContinue reading “OLL3 (a center dot & one corner dot)”

One face has a bar, and its adjacent face has a U-face-color edge -> OLL1 One face has a bar, and its adjacent face has U-face-color block -> OLL2

F (R U R’ U’) S (R U R’ U’) f’ (bar on L-face) f (U R U’ R’) S’ (U R U’ R’) F’ (bar on R-face) After F2L completed, one of these algorithm is used depending on the U face direction. Then, you can avoid 2-quarter turn! Also, these are reverse procedures, soContinue reading “OLL2 (a center dot)”

(R U2’ R2 F R F’) U2’ (R’ F R F’) (bar on R&L-faces) This is a symmetrical case, so I use only this one. It has Sledgehammer (R’ F R F’) two times and easy to turn and memorize. Although I don’t use the following one, it is also easy to turn. Interestingly ifContinue reading “OLL1 (a center dot)”