F2L

This stage of solving the 3x3 Rubik's cube using the Fridich's method is called F2L. That stands for "First Two Layers" and occurs after the "Cross" stage. This means you will be solving the first two layers of the cube. To be able to do this you need to understand the cases that it delivers.

Their are a total of 49 F2L cases, all of which you will need to learn to be ablt to solve the cube fast. These cases should really be learnt intuitively - that is, understanding the basic move sets and what they ACTUALLY do, instead of just executing algorithms. This table will help to smoothen out any problems and to find the most efficient solutions to each case.

I find these algorithms the best and most effective ways to do them. You should learn to execute the cases from different angles to increase efficiency. So here is the table:

- U R U' R' - R' F R F'	y' R U2 R2 U' R2 U' R'	U' R U' R' U2 R U R'	R U' R' U2 y' R' U' R	R U2 R' U' R U R'
y' U2 R2 U2 R U R' U R2	- y' U' R' U R - F R' F' R	R' U2 R2 U R2 U R	d' R' U R U' R' U' R	y' L' U L U2 y R U R'
y' R' U2 R U R' U' R	U2 R2 U2 R' U' R U' R2	U' R U2 R' U2 R U' R'	y' R' U' R	y' U R' U' R U2 R' U R
U' R U R' U R U R'	U2 R U R' U R U' R'	y' U' R' U2 R U' R' U R	y' U R' U2 R U2 R' U R	R U R'
- U' R U' R' d R' U' R - y' U R' U' R U' R' U' R	y' U2 R' U' R U' R' U R	U R U2 R' U R U' R'	U' R U R' U2 R U' R'	y U' L' U L U y' R U' R'
R U' R' y' R' U2 R	-U' R U' R' U2 R U' R' -y' R' U' R U2 R' U' R	-U2 R U' R' U' y' R' U' R -U' R U R' d R' U' R	- U R U R' U2 R U R' - y' R' U R U2 R' U R	- y' U2 R' U R U y R U R' - y' U R' U' R U' y R U R'
R U R' U' y' R U2 R2 U' R2 U' R'	F2 L' U' L U d R U' R	y' R2 U2 R U R' U R U2 R	R2 y R U R' U' y' R' U R'	R2 U2 R' U' R U' R' U2 R'