OLL: Orientation of the Last Layer
📋 What it is
OLL makes the entire top face one solid colour, ignoring for now whether the side pieces are in order.
🗣️ Coach says
OLL (Orient the Last Layer) has one job: turn the whole top face a single colour. It doesn't matter yet whether the pieces are in the right SPOTS — just that they all face up correctly. You recognise the top pattern and fire the matching algorithm; then the top is solid and ready for PLL.
🧠 Memory hook
OLL = make the top one colour. Ignore positions for now — just orient every piece up.
😂 Giggle
What did the F2L pair say?
"We're meant to be together — in the slot!"
😲 Whoa!
There are 57 OLL cases — but a beginner can start with just two ("2-look OLL") and still finish the top, learning the full set gradually.
✅ Quick check: After OLL is complete, what is guaranteed about the last layer?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
The entire top face is one solid colour (all last-layer pieces are correctly oriented) — even if they're not yet in their final positions.
OLL orients every last-layer piece so the top face is uniform.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Learn a "2-look OLL" and use it to make the top face all one colour on a scrambled last layer.