What 2x2 method do you use?

I still use the Fridrich way of solving the 2x2, with one look OLL and one look PLL and I hold the Philippine 2x2x2 Record

I average 6-7 seconds in my house, and I was so nervoused during the last Cebu Open 2008 )

My best average is 5.86 seconds and fastest time is 2.15 seconds.

This is what I do, I start of with any color. If I will start of with any color, I then averagely solve the first layer in 7 moves. I orient the last layer averagely in 7 moves and permute the last layer averagely in 11 moves. So total of 25 moves average.

And I have planned my 2x2 LBL system carefully that I will know if I will have a PLL skip after I do the OLL, so whenever I have a PLL skip, I will not pause for a while then stop the timer, thus saving 0.5-0.7 seconds of my time cause I notice some people, when they have a PLL skip, they will pause for like 0.5-0.8 seconds then stop the timer because they were shocked. I hope those tips I mentioned above will help you guys go below 7 seconds. And don't forget to have a good 2x2, like mine, cause mine when you put it flat on the table, and turn the top layer with the finger once, the top layer will spin rapidly for like 19 revolutions.

@brian

ah... so mabilis pala ang ortega=))... enough to get you the national average record

@ brian

wow posible pla yung ganung average sa ganung method
i also use the same way but 7 sec is my fastest
question lang wat cube do you use?
ES or rubiks brand?
if ES, have you modified it like nilagyan ng spring sa loob
to have a good fingertricks?
tnx... congrats bro for the record... galing ang bilis naman...

I use East Sheen, but i have popped it twice already... haha! That is why it is so loooooooose.

@bonoan1027
I don't use the Ortega method, I still use what almost everybody uses, which is the Layer by Layer. I just modified and systemized it so I would save sometimes. Before I modified the lBL system, I average 9 seconds on 2x2. After I modified and systemized my LBL for 2x2, I suddenly got to 8 seconds average. And with some practice, I got to 6 seconds average now. I am going to abandon this method now and go for the Guimond ( Peace ). And I will then average 5 seconds, and with practice again, I will go to 3.9 seconds average, bwabhahhahah!!

I popped my 2x2 then assembled it, when I a ssembled it, it got soooo loose. Actually I lubricated my 2x2 east sheen, then the time I popped it, I completely removed the silicone and it got smoother a lot. If I never popped my 2x2, I would still average 7 seconds right now and may be average only 9 seconds during the last Cebu Open 2008 which is not a National Record for 2x2:D

paano yun? yung eastsheen kong 2x2x2 hindi nagpapop maski ang best ko a 6-8secs.
paano ba ho baklasin ang 2x2x2?
ang gamit ko fridrich just like sa 3x3x3 and it works.
pag fish na orient then tapos na.
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Don't pop your 2x2 because it is seriously harder to assemble than the East Sheen 4x4.

@Brian

I just learned Guimond. practice na lang.
better protect your national record cause i'm going head on (as if makakaya ko yun) You're not using Ortega which is the 3rd fastest 2x2 method pero mas mabilis pa time ng LBL fridrich mo kesa sa Ortega ko pare. ^^ wowowiwaw

I'm using pogobat's (I don't know what he's using eh) method in 3x3x3 for solving 2x2x2...

I can do guimond now too, but I am too busy right now to optimize my Guimond

@Bonoan
Ortega is the 3rd fastest? Then which is the fastest and 2nd fastest?

@Brian
Guimond bro:P

I use Guimond Method. Gives me sub-10s sometimes lol.

visit erik's site. the last method he describes is the fastest.

@benjediman
ayoko na pag-aralan yan:)) EG method di ba?

I'm using the LBL.. Pina-practice ko rin ung Ortega..

3x3 fastest time =38.20 seconds
average time = 43.68 seconds

yepeee!!sana po yung fastest time ko maging average ko na!!
thank you nga pala SaSori-Sandro Ballad for telling about friedrich!!thanks po talaga!!

parang fridrich din gamit ko 1look oll and pll... bagal ko pa ndi ko kasi sineseryoso 2x2

Di ko alam anong tawag eh. Basta what I use for 3x3x3 I use for 2x2x2.

crap..all this time i thought wala nang ibang methods ang 2x2..haha.. dunno why i didn't even think of researching other methods for 2x2..ginagawa ko lang..buuin 1st layer..then use 7 cross OLLs to orient LL..then j perm or y perm na lang.. masubukan ngang aralin yang ortega and guimond na yan..

ortega and guimond.

Ortega/Guimond or minsan hybrid. Depende kung ano lumabas.