Rubik's Cube: 5 Tips to be Sub-15 on 3x3 

J Perm, I recently went to my first competition and got a 16.07 average. I have been cubing for about 9 months and have progressed so much thanks to you and your videos. You probably won't see this, but I just wanted to thank you for helping the cubing community in so many ways.

"Oh my god! World record!!!... Oh crap I forgot to do last layer..." -J Perm 2017

Let's sum up 1. Solve any F2L pair in 8 moves or less 2. Drill your algorithms 3. Plan cross and first pair in inspection 4. Do untimed solves

A 15:15 minute video for a sub 15 tutorial. Haha .Thanks for the tips.

There were 3 F2L cases that bothered me and you just helped me do it in the most efficient way. My goodness you’re a gift that keeps on giving!!

Hello jperm. Your videos have been remarkably helpful to me. Because of your videos, now I'm on the road to sub 15. I would have never broken past the sub 40 barrier if it wasn't for your videos. You reach and influence on the cubing community is immense, and many, many cubers have you to thank for your incredible videos. Thanks, JPerm.

I just wanted to say that these videos are great. They're really really helpful for us that are trying to improve our times. Keep up the great work

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I took your advice, and then worked on it for around a week when I averaged high 15s to low 16s, and now I am around 14 sec after using your tutorial.

Speedcuber’s cube: whooshsrgsrg Non-speedcuber: w-h-a-t Speedcuber: oh I see

no, you like the r u f version because it has a j perm in it.

jperm ive been studying f2l since ive been doing cfop and i dont know all the algoritms for oll and pll i just got my first sub 20 and i am estatic, you are hands down one of the best cfop teachers on youtube and you really helped me with my cubing journy ive been watching your videos since ive started, thankyou jperm:)

1) Solve any F2L pair in under 8 moves. 2) Drill you algs till death and make sure you have good finger tricks. 3) Reduce F2L pauses and regrips. 4) Use unlimited inspection time to find 1st pair + cross (X-Cross) 5) Practice untimed solves and reward yourself if the solve was without pauses, not if it was fast.

if you become a teacher, your students will become professor 😊👍

I tried imitating the pauseless solves at the beginning, and my times were still sub 15. Strange, but this'll be good practice for efficiency

Your voice is so chill. This is exactly what I need! Thanks! I normally average around 19 seconds now so yeah thanks :D

great stuff man I'm currently in the 14-15 sec range and this will help 1 quick tip the pair you got at 9:31 could have been done in 7 moves (R' F R F') (L' U' L) it's a sludgehammer insert case ( I just like to use sludgehammer its so fun) 1 down side to that alg is booth the F Face slots half to be open but when they are its verry fast and regrip less

really useful vid! thanks! I'm averaging high 16 to low 17 rn, and this gave me some really useful things to practice!

I recently got to sub 15 avg- a big tip which I don't think was mentioned in this video is to solve F2L pairs into the back slots. Once I started doing this my lookahead improved dramatically and I went from around 18 seconds avg to 15 quickly. (my average cross+F2L time went from 12/13 seconds to 9/10 with this). I actually use almost none of these tips (i.e. none of: memorized move/grip efficient f2l algs, planning a pair in inspection, non-standard algorithm sets, practicing untimed solves, color neutrality), so these things aren't necessary to get to sub 15, but seems like they will definitely get you there if you are stuck. Thanks for this video- I'm excited to use these tips to get even faster.

Long time no see! Missed your video man haha Thank you for another great video :) Helped a lot!

Efficiency is the best and lookahead!!! I had a 17.43 solve with a pll skip and a 12.75 solve with good f2l rotationless efficient and i didn't have a skip :)

seus vídeos são muito bons ótimo conteúdo, to pensando seriamente em aprender Inglês para absorver melhor seus tutoriais, meus parabéns.

Yo J perm you should come up with an oll subset. JLL. Jperm last layer. Algs for each edge oriented last layer that always gives a j perm.

omg this video is very helpful! thank you so much! F2L during inspection and pauses are my biggest problems atm, Im sub 25, but this can still help me get through the 20 barrier

Your videos are always so helpful. You always make me think, "wow why didn't I think of that"

Love your channel and tips dude! ❤ Gogogo 10k subs :)

Thanks for tips. I'm currently sub18 and it took me years to become sub20. When I reached sub20, I've realized I can be sub15, which I thought I could never do.

ive been doing a lot of slow solves to get better at blockbuilding for roux, even though you use cfop, these tips are still good, thanks!

Great video! Exactly what I needed. Thank you!

Video Suggestion: You could make a video setting up a cube the way you like it (lube, tensions, stickers, etc). Like you could buy a new cube like the GTS 2 and set it up using your way of lubing and stuff. Maybe also including some tips and things to avoid doing when setting up a cube. RU-vid right now is saturated with cube unboxings and solving tutorials like this one (both are good) but it would be cool to see you set up a cube to your liking :P just a random thought :).

this channel is like a better quality version of chris olsons channel with a worse camera.

I like what you said around 12:34 about forcing yourself to practice what you want to improve. I could do F2L "intuitively" but it was so slow and frustrating that I kept going back to beginner. Eventually, my beginner method got down to just below a min average and I thought, ok it's time to REALLY tackle F2L (and eventually full OLL/PLL, etc.). I watched yours and cubeskills vids on intuitive F2L which got me to where it's not TOO painfully slow, but my solves took a dive all the way back down to 2mins, sometimes 2:30 😩. But I'm just FORCING myself to keep working on it. I'm going through your F2L alg sheet and really trying to study the algs and simultaneously UNDERSTAND what they do while also getting them down to where they're automatic. I also decided to go color neutral as well, so that added to the slowdown of my solves. I've been trying to decide whether I should step back from that and maybe instead of going cold turkey on color neutral, try to maybe focus on one color each week or something. I've got my opposite color patterns down but adjacent colors are more confusing since the relationships can turn upside down. Which in turn slows down F2L recognition. So I'm sometimes literally having to talk to myself while solving and point to the cubies in desperation like, "OK, WHERE's the red/yellow edge? Looking for the red/yellow edge!". I'm insane but I just love the cube. So yeah, thanks for all the great content!

Another great video ! Always lookin forward to ur content !

Or... Get a last layer skip, then have to re-watch that.

For the f2l case in 2:46, I have a 3 move solution. M F M'

You have impressed me once again, J Perm...... Great Job!

Honestly I think this was the best video made by any youtuber on how to get sub 15, especially because up you talked about regrips which was huge problem in my solves also talked about practice tips I have never seen such a good video thanks a lot man. You gained another sub man

j perm: talking about better f2l solutions "every f2l case can be solved in 8 moves or less." *five seconds later* "with the exception of this case, and this case, and this, and--

thanks J Perm, because of you i'm averaging 13-14 seconds, in only 6 months, and my pb is 7.75 seconds, without u i wouldn't be that fast thank you so much)

The video was very useful Amazing work!! But i want to know some advanced f2l algorithms for sub-15

Always nice videos, tysm by the tips!

This is a video I like so much and it came out exactly when I need it! XD I like your tutorials J perm! I hope you like my support too!

F2L efficiency helps a lot.I used to average 27,and then I learnt some efficient solutions for a lot of the cases and just practiced them in solves for a week,and my average became sub 25.I average 22-23 now,and dropping because I am getting better at looking ahead to the solutions.

I only recently hit sub 20 and i think some of the things i need to work on the most are look ahead (slower turns, consequently), finish learning full OLL, better finger tricks, and replace some of the worse algorithms I’ve learned. Idk why I’m sharing this but here it is

Can you do a video on what algs/algsets people should learn and when you they learn them? A video about different speedcubing methods such as CFOP, Roux and ZZ is great. This vid is great btw. Well explained. Keep it up. :)

I'm having trouble with imagining the pieces where they'll go and to predict what F2L case will appear when I make the cross during the inspection time. Can you please give a tip? I'll really appreciate it!❤😊

Who else read “no pauses is pretty good” then the video continued to pause because of your connection? 😂

suggestion for a video----- when your recognizing your pll what is is that you see exactly on those two sides that make you think ohh hey this is this case (to help with 2 sided pll recognition) such as cues that you see to make you think that ohh hey there is this in such and such location( like two opposite colored corner stickers you would know there's headlights on the other side if the adjacent corner stickers do not also have opposite colors)

Wow I love the first alg! I never knew about that one. That's probably one of the reasons why I've been sub30 forever!

The question is: Is your channel Ja Perm, or Jb Perm? By the way, Ja Perm should be called L Perm.

I agree with one of your last statements about sticking it out and figuring out your alg even if it ruins your time. I'm in the middle of learning COLL and you really notice the improvement for learning new algs when you actually recognize and execute them in a real solve and not just repeating it over and over. Also, would you be able to do a video on x-crosses? More specifically, WHEN it's a good idea to do them. I already know how to form an x-cross, but everyone says only do them if they're easy. Well... what's an easy x-cross and what isn't? I've never seen any examples. Granted I'm not hardcore practicing x-crosses because I know I'm not there yet (I have a lot on my plate with learning COLL and becoming color neutral being ~22 second average dual color neutral between white/yellow), but it would be great to have that resource.

FINALLY BEEN WAITING SO LONG

I am extremely happy. I ordered a GTS V2 and I was spending my last days with me Thunderclap V1, when this happened. PB SINGLE. My first ever sub-11 it was 10.99, but still a sub-11 :-)

Hi, I came from BrodyTheCuber's "How to be sub-20" video, and I finally managed to achieve that. I will be commenting my progression of becoming sub-15, in hopes that this video would help me. Currently I avg 20s with a PR of 11.94s. Edit 1: Today's December 4, 2023, and I managed to beat my record (only a little bit) which is 11.78s. Most of my solves I get around sub-20, but I guess my average ranges from sub 18-20s. Edit 2: Today's December 7, 2023, just three days after my new pr and I got a new single of 11.408s. Avg still ranges from 18-20 but there have been times where I consistently get 15 or 17s. Edit 3: Today's December 15, 2023, about a week after my previous pr, and I finally got a 10-sec solve (New PB) which is 10.38s. I'm now averaging 18s and it wont be long (hopefully) until I manage to average 15s. Edit 4: Todays February 12, 2024, and About the statement I made in Edit 3, well, it took me about 2 months just to be averaging sub 17 and a pb ao100 of 16.41 🥲. Not much has improved in the preceding months since I had to manage both my time in school and in cubing. Fortunately, I did practice 3x3 OH and got a pb of 17.59 and average of sub 27. Additionally, I'm also currently practicing 3x3 BLD. Though I do have some good news for regular 3x3. I now have a pb of 8.66s! and an average of sub-17, so I guess it's nice. (P.s. for now I think I won't be focusing on training in regular 3x3, I think I'll focus my time on BLD and OH more, but I'll still practice on the normal 3x3. See you again next time. Edit 5: Today is March 6, 2024, and a lot has changed since the past month. For 3x3, I managed to get a pb of 7.9s (though this is only thanks to a smartcube scramble, so technically, my pb single should be 8.6s) as well as a pb ao50 of 14.80. While I am technically "sub-15" in that category, I'm still practicing until I finally get an ao100 of sub-15. Though I did manage to get close to it at 15.11s. In other words, I think I am now averaging around sub-15-16 seconds. My guess is that in the month of march or april, I would be able to finally get sub-15, and move on to the next step. Wish me luck in that. Edit 6: Today's March 8, 2024 and I have finally reached sub-15. My next goal would be sub-10, so wish me luck on that. From now on I will be commenting on Jperm "Tips to be sub-10" video until I've reached that. Btw, my pb is still 8.66 I've gone a long way since septemeber 2023 where I was just sub-25 ar the time. Im hoping at the very least, id be able to achieve sub-12 or sub-10 before my 1 year celebration. (Speedcubing for ke started on around august-september, so its been around 6 and a half months since I started that).

Every time i'm about to get a good solve i get an N perm or a V perm : (

Watching you speed solve is so satisfying

Thank you so much for the easy N perm!

Thanks J perm i'm now a sub 20 cuber ----- going now to sub 15

Thanks J perm. Because of your great videos I am now sub-15 and I only practiced for half a year. I think with your videos I will be sub-10 very soon

love the sound of cubes turning

Really amazing Video!

Right after watching this video, I got a streak of sub 15 solves. Coincidence? I tHinK nOt

How to be sub 15 ..... A video for 15 mins

Nice this is quite helpful my last layer is horrible so drilling algs should help

I wach your vids 10 times and still learning

1:39 I do F U R U' R' F' And than insert

THANK YOU FOR THE AMAZING VIDEO!!!! (yes i actually watched it.) Quick question, how long did it take for you to be sub 10?

Hey thanks forthis video.Now I can improve some lookaheads

Jperm you’re a legend can you update this video you may have new information we need on these ☺️

14:00 Its just like scrambling a 3×3 with 2×2 scrambles :)

Add sub 10 and advance f2l thanks👍🏻

I have been sub 20 for so long(avg around 18) and i think its finally time to improve. Im starting my journey to become sub 15 today. I hope i can do this!

Learned my new N perm from this video. Nice!

J perm solves a cube: Oh that EZ I can do this in 10 sec I solve a cube: Time just like flashing

Bruh my average got worse

Yessss, finally! Thanks :)

As a roux solver with an average of 55s, this still helps me. Not necessarily full oll, not all of it helps, but the bit that does help, helps a lot.

Dang it took me 3 years to become sub 20, I wasn’t cubing the whole time tho. I took a few breaks (they lasted a few months each)

Dear J Perm, An algorithm for 8 moves or less for 3:00 is F U R U' R' F'

Nearly at 10k keep it up

best channel EVER !! im sub 15 now thank u j perm !

i still remember watching this video 1 month ago and thinking "why am i watching this? this is way to advanced for me" i was just getting a few sub 30 solves at the time and now my average is sub 20...insane

Jperm : f2l pauses youtube auto generated caption : *epsilon positive*

Love this guys vids

waited for this vid for a long time

This video wasn't sub 15?!?!

How are u getting so many subs?

thank s this helped me a lot

This is awesome 👍

I have a question... I drilled all my algs but when it comes to the real solve, V Perms are making me SLOW down. I timed my Execution on v perms (.61 avg) but in real solves, execution time is like 1-2 secs.. any tips to improve this? I have a smooth turning style and a good speedcube V perm alg I use most: R U2 R' D R U' R U' R U R2 D R' U' R D2 Sometimes: R' U R' U' y' (is that the correct notation?) R' F' R2 U' R' U R' F R F

I have a problem: I finnished learning full oll 2 months ago, but my 2-look oll times are still faster than when I use 1-look :/

I just got my first sub 15 avg of twlev cuz of this vid. Thank you so much jperm

Thank you even its 4years ago I learn alot of you

he didn't use gan cube

Hey J Perm, what additional tips can u give to someone who recently became sub 16? I know full OLL and PLL. My cross is 1.5-2 seconds, OLLs and PLLs are all sub 2 except for 7 PLLs and a few OLLs which are sub 1. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7UjQiTaxIdA.html here's a link to a video where i get a 14 second solve. Please Critique.

Atlast. After 2 weeks of waiting this video came out.

love your vids... keep on....👍

Anyone watching, who isn't even sub-20?

I got my first sub 15 average :DDDDD 13.99!! Also my current average of 12 is 15.46! edit: SUB 15 AVG OF 12 NOW!!!!

3:04 another way is to do inward sledgehammer it works pretty well