Learn CFOP, the J Perm way

A study guide built from J Perm's Beginner + CFOP Method playlist. Every algorithm is the one he teaches, and every case comes with a 3D cube you can step through move by move.

How to use these pages

• Read the algorithms: the notation page explains every letter and has a cube you can turn yourself.
• 3D players: ▶ plays, ◀/▶| step one move, and you can click any move chip to jump there. Drag to rotate, double-click to reset the view. With a player focused, the keyboard works too: Space plays, ←/→ step.
• Gray stickers are pieces you can ignore for that step (for OLL only the yellow matters, so everything else is gray).
• Case pictures (OLL/PLL) are drawn looking down at the top face, with front at the bottom of the picture. Click one to watch it solved in 3D.
• Track progress: on the OLL and PLL pages, mark cases as learning or learned. The trainer can then quiz you on just those. Progress is saved in this browser.
• Color scheme: white bottom, yellow top, green front, so orange is on the right and red on the left (standard cube colors).

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Learning roadmap

This is the order J Perm recommends in How to Learn the CFOP Speedcubing Method. You don't have to follow it strictly. "Having fun and being motivated is a huge part of it."

1. Get the beginner method back into your hands

   If the muscle memory is rusty, start with the beginner refresher. It's the same 7 steps from his 10-minute tutorial, plus his "solve faster with the beginner method" shortcuts.

2. Beginner (intuitive) F2L

   Learn this first: it takes the most time to get used to. Instead of a corner then an edge, you pair them on top and insert both at once. F2L page →

3. Cross on the bottom

   Making the cross on top means flipping the cube afterwards and not seeing your first pair. Start doing it on the bottom one piece at a time, then pick up the efficiency tricks. Cross page →

4. 2-look OLL + 2-look PLL (16 algorithms)

   10 OLL + 6 PLL algorithms, each with a memory trick. Once you have these, you're doing full (beginner) CFOP. 2-look OLL → · 2-look PLL →

5. Full PLL and advanced F2L, going back and forth

   Full PLL is 21 algorithms, but you already know 6. Advanced F2L means always pairing the pieces efficiently, even when one is stuck in a slot. Both are hard, so take them slowly. Full PLL →

6. Efficient cross + finger tricks

   Plan the whole cross during inspection. Learn U2 double flicks, D moves with either hand, and the "push U from home grip" trick. Cross · Finger tricks

7. F2L look-ahead

   Only once every F2L case is muscle memory. While solving one pair, look for the next. Look-ahead →

8. Full OLL (57)

   Surprisingly, one of the less important steps. Learn it last, one shape group at a time. Full OLL →

9. Later

   Small extra alg sets (like Winter Variation / VLS), better OLL/PLL algs for your hands, and planning your first F2L pair during inspection (the cross-to-F2L transition). Don't worry about these yet.

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