The competition method

Cross planned during inspection + full F2L + OLL and PLL with a single formula each. CFOP is the method used by practically the entire world top — more cases to memorize, much more speed. Cross, and every F2L, OLL and PLL formula on this same interactive cube.

Here you really do have to memorize: 41 F2L cases, 57 OLL and 21 PLL. In exchange, it's the method world records are broken with, and it has no ceiling.

Press the CYCLE button (the little cube icon, next to the Aa letters) to swap the colors so they match your own cube.

Some cases have alternatives by pressing that same icon (⇄): a different formula that solves exactly the same case. Having more than one in your repertoire is very real — many speedcubers switch between them depending on how their fingers feel on a given solve.

Method steps

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i Cross, F2L (41/42 cases — the "Solved Pair" case doesn't have a formula to show), OLL and PLL are already complete (21/21 cases), on this same interactive cube.