What is OLL? Orientation of Last Layer

What is OLL? Orientation of Last Layer

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September 19th, 2023 4 minute read

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Introduction

The 3rd step of vanilla CFOP, Orientation of the Last Layer, or OLL, is where the pieces in the U layer are "oriented" - all of the U layer pieces' colors are facing upwards, but the pieces are not permuted.

There are a total of 57 algorithms for full OLL, and it is advised to learn all of them after having learned 2 Look OLL

Don't know how to read the letters? Check our article on cubing notation for 3x3.

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Algorithms

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Number Diagram Algorithm(s)
1
R U2' (R2' F R F') U2' (R' F R F')
2
F (R U R' U') F' f (R U R' U') f'
3
f (R U R' U') f' U' F (R U R' U') F'
4
f (R U R' U') f' U F (R U R' U') F'
5
r' U2 R U R' U r
6
r U2' R' U' R U' r'
7
r' U' R U' R' U2' r
8
r' U' R U' R' U2' r
9
(R U R' U') R' F R2 (U R' U') F'
10
R U R' U R' F R F' R U2' R'
11
r' R2 U R' U R U2' R' U M'
12
r R2' U' R U' R' U2' R U' R r'
13
(r U' r') (U' r U r') (F' U F)
14
(R' F R U) (R' F' R) (F U' F')
15
(r' U' r) (R' U' R U) (r' U r)
16
(r U r') (R U R' U') (r U' r')
17
(R U R' U) (R' F R F') U2 (R' F R F')
18
R U2' R2' F R F' U2 M' U R U' r'
19
r' R U R U R' U' M' R' F R F'
20
M U R U R' U' M2 U R U' r'
21
R U R' U R U' R' U R U2' R'
22
R U2' R2' U' R2 U' R2' U2' R
23

R2 D (R' U2 R) D' (R' U2 R')

[y2] R2 D' (R U2 R') D (R U2 R)
24
r U R' U' r' F R F'
25
F' r U R' U' r' F R
26
R U2' R' U' R U' R'
27
R U R' U R U2' R'
28
r U R' U' M U R U' R'
29
R U R' U' R U' R' F' U' F R U R'
30
r' D' r U' r' D r2 U' r' U r U r'
31

R' U' F U R U' R' F' R

[y] S R U R' U' f' U' F
32
S (R U R' U') (R' F R f')
33
(R U R' U') (R' F R F')
34
R U R2 U' R' F R U R U' F'
35
R U2' R2' F R F' R U2' R'
36

L' U' L U' L' U L U L F' L' F

[y'] R U R2 F' U' F U R2 U2 R'
37
F R U' R' U' R U R' F'
38
R U R' U R U' R' U' R' F R F'
39
L F' L' U' L U F U' L'
40
R' F R U R' U' F' U R
41

R U R' U R U2 R' F R U R' U' F'

F U R2 D R' U' R D' R2 F'
42
R' U' R U' R' U2 R F R U R' U' F'
43

(R' U' F') (U F R)

[y'] f' L' U' L U f
44

(F U R) (U' R' F')

[y2] f R U R' U' f'
45
F (R U R' U') F'
46
R' U' (R' F R F') U R
47

F' L' U' L U L' U' L U F

R' U' (R' F R F') (R' F R F') U R
48
F (R U R' U') (R U R' U') F'
49
r U' r2' U r2 U r2' U' r
50
r' U r2 U' r2' U' r2 U r'
51

F U R U' R' U R U' R' F'

[y2] f R U R' U' R U R' U' f'
52
R' F' U' F U' R U R' U R
53
r' U' R U' R' U R U' R' U2' r
54
r U R' U R U' R' U R U2' r'
55
R U2 R2 U' R U' R' U2 F R F'
56
(r U r') (U R U' R') (U R U' R') (r U' r')
57
R U R' U' M' U R U' r'

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