PLL: corners only

Goal

Place the corners with one algorithm when every edge is already right.

What full PLL is

Full PLL puts every top-layer piece in place with one algorithm. There are 21 cases.

T perm and Y perm are already in 2-look PLL: corners. Ua, Ub, H and Z are in 2-look PLL: edges. The other fifteen are split into 4 lessons, plus one lesson for practicing recognition.

How to learn it

Learn one group at a time. For cases you have not learned yet, keep using 2-look PLL.

Words used here

• Headlights: a side's two top corners have the same color.
• Neighboring-color or opposite-color edge: the middle sticker of a side with headlights, compared with the headlights. Opposite colors are red and orange, green and blue.
• Pair: a corner and the edge next to it share a color.
• Full row: all three top stickers of a side match.

How to recognize it

Every side's middle sticker lines up after a U turn. Headlights on one side: three corners cycle (Aa or Ab). No headlights: E perm.

How to hold the cube

White face on the bottom, top already all yellow. Each case's grip is shown under the controls. The player adds a U at the start or end when needed.

The main idea

Aa and Ab mirror each other, and both use x and D2. The x at the start and x' at the end turn the whole cube and back.

Next lesson

Go to PLL: neighboring corner swaps.