Step 3 · OLL (Orient the Last Layer)

After F2L, make the whole top yellow. Full OLL does it in one algorithm, but there are 57. 2-look OLL does it in two steps with only 10: first the yellow cross, then the corners.

2-look OLL Step 1: cross Step 2: corners All 57 OLLs Tips

Reading the pictures: you're looking down at the top. The front of the cube is at the bottom of the picture. The thin strips around the edge are the side stickers of the top layer. Click any picture or ▶ 3D to watch it solved.

2-look OLL (10 algorithms)

Look 1 · Make the yellow cross (edges only)

Only look at the edges that are yellow on top. Ignore the corners. You'll have a line, an L, or a dot. All three use the same "four moves" inside a front turn:

The L version uses a double-layer front turn (f), which is why the L has to be held at the front-right. The dot is just the line algorithm followed by the L algorithm.

Look 2 · Orient the corners (7 cases)

Now the cross is done. Count how many corners already have yellow on top:

0 corners: H or Pi. Look at the side stickers.
1 corner: Sune or Antisune. Put the solved corner in the front-left (Sune) or front-right (Antisune). Check that you see yellow on the front face.
2 corners: L (diagonal), T (side by side, side stickers point opposite ways), or U (side by side, side stickers point the same way, like headlights).

All 57 OLLs, grouped by shape

When to learn these: after full PLL. Then learn one group at a time. The groups are in J Perm's order, from roughly easiest to hardest. Many OLLs look alike, so it gets easier as you go. Mark each case as you learn it. The trainer can then drill only those.

OLL tips

Avoid double recognition. The top face plus any two sides is enough to know the case. If you have to turn the cube to look at another side before you know the case, you lose up to a second each time. Study cases that look alike until you can tell them apart instantly.
Don't rotate before OLL. Turn the top (U) to line the case up instead of rotating the whole cube.
Remember them by what your hands do, not letter by letter. Sune is "right side up, push, down, push, up, double push, down". Pi is "R, U2, then R2 and U' over and over, finish with U2 R".
Watch a block through the algorithm: in Sune, watch the front-right pair come out, move around, and go back in.
"Are these the best algorithms?" For many OLLs there's no single best; it depends on your finger tricks. But don't confuse "my preference" with "the finger tricks I happen to know so far". Learn new finger tricks to unlock better algs.
The brackets in some algs, like (R' F R F'), are only memory groupings. The lowercase l is a lowercase L: the two left layers.

Sources: Easy 2-Look OLL Tutorial (algorithms + memory tricks from the video and its description) and [New] All 57 OLL Algorithms & Finger Tricks (numbered list from the description). Every algorithm was checked in a simulator: it keeps F2L intact, and the 57 algorithms cover all 57 distinct cases.