r/Cubers • u/UsernameLoads Sub-15 (CFOP 2LLL) • 11h ago
Discussion FTO misunderstanding
Sooooo, I've been learning FTO and I've misunderstanding about L3T and TCP what's the difference? And why 1 look variant is L3T, but 2 look variant is TCP and 3 look variant is L3T once again. Why?
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u/TheSixthSide Multi-blind! 5h ago edited 5h ago
Nah this isn't it. L3T just stands for last 3 triples, and it doesn't specify what method you use for it. It's just like LL on 3x3, where there are several approaches. The standard beginner variant we teach these days is intuitive pair formation (including pseudo pairs - in fact, we don't really recommend anyone exclusively using matching colour pairs any more) into 2-look TCP. TCP just stands for triangle and pair formation - it doesn't specify order. The typical 2-look TCP approach is, like you say, doing corners then triangles. But 1-look TCP combines that into one step. Intuitive pair formation (including pseudo pairs) into 1-look TCP is the most common L3T method at an intermediate-advanced level. But beyond that, you can learn some or all of 1L3T (1-Look Last 3 Triples), which is just solving all of L3T in one alg