What PLL does
PLL swaps pieces without changing their orientation. When it is complete, the cube is solved except for any final AUF.
Two-look PLL and full PLL
Two-look PLL separates corner and edge permutations. Full PLL uses one algorithm for each of the 21 cases, reducing the average number of moves.
Recognition basics
- Find headlights: two same-color corners next to each other.
- Check adjacent color blocks and their direction of travel.
- Decide whether only corners, only edges, or both need to move.
In the complete PLL catalog, play a case to see how its headlights and blocks change before and after the algorithm.
The final CFOP step
PLL is the last CFOP stage after Cross, F2L, and OLL. Use the solver to practise a full scramble one stage at a time.