Step 1/8 · CLL

First layer with R and U only

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Finish the last two white corners quickly when the left two are solved, using only R and U.

What CLL is

CLL solves the 2x2 in two steps. First build the white layer, side colors included. Then solve the whole top layer with one algorithm.

There are 42 cases, split into 7 lessons by top shape. The shape names match Yellow face of the layer-by-layer method.

Goal

Build the white layer on the bottom with matching side colors. This lesson practices the end: the two left white corners are solved and the two right ones are not.

How to recognize it

See where the missing white corners are and which way their white faces. The one-corner-at-a-time way is in White layer of the layer-by-layer method.

How to hold the cube

White on the bottom, with the two solved white corners on the left. Only R and U turn, so the left corners are never touched.

The main idea

These are 6 examples, not a full list. Redo each one until you see why every move brings the corners home.

Next lesson

Go to CLL: Fish.

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U: Top face: turn 90°, front face goes left

One corner is missing. It is at the top front right, white facing right.

White on the bottom, with the empty spot at the bottom back right.

Step 1 of 4: U. Top face: turn 90°, front face goes left