Compiling: List of methods

I am compiling a list of solving methods for a speedcubing poll on misterpoll.com. I made a survey awhile ago on surveymonkey.com, but they only let 100 people take it, so that was a bummer. Misterpoll.com, however, has an unlimited amount of results that it can handle. So please join with me as I compile a list of methods to include in one of the questions.

2x2x2 Methods (CF methods for 3x3)

Beginner's Methods

Layer by Layer (LBL)
http://rubikscube.info/beginner.php

Beginner's Guimond
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13055

Speed Methods

Ortega
http://rapidshare.com/files/129358752/Ortega_Method-English.doc
http://rubikscube.info/ortega.php
http://erikku.er.funpic.org/rubik/2x2_ortega.html

Gaétan Guimond
http://rapidshare.com/files/129358753/Guimond_Method-english.doc
http://erikku.er.funpic.org/rubik/2x2_guimond.html

Marc Waterman (Uses CLL)
http://rubikscube.info/waterman/index.php

Erik-Gunnar
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5184
http://erikku.er.funpic.org/rubik/EGIndex.html

OFOTA (opposite face orient, orient, all)
http://erikku.er.funpic.org/rubik/OFOTA-1.html

Stern-Sun

Blindfolded (BLD) Methods

Orientation Permutation (OP)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsknmW5Q6NM
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8653

Old Pochmann


3x3x3 Methods

Layer by Layer Methods

Jessica Fridrich
http://www.ws.binghamton.edu/fridrich/cube.html

Vandenbergh-Harris
http://www.cosine-systems.com/cubestation/cs2/index.php?page=3x3x3/vh/vh

Beginner Layer by Layer Methods:
Dan Brown:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsQIoPyfQzM
http://jeays.net/rubiks.htm

Blockbuilding Methods

Lars Petrus
http://www.lar5.com/cube
http://petrus-speed.netne.net/

Gilles Roux
http://grrroux.free.fr/method/Intro.html

Tripod
http://web.mac.com/teisenmann/Tripod/main.html
http://www.ws.binghamton.edu/fridrich/L1/ece.htm

Zbigniew Zborowski (ZZ)
http://cube.crider.co.uk/

Ryan Heise
http://www.ryanheise.com/cube/


Corners First Methods

Ortega
http://rubikscube.info/ortega.php
http://rapidshare.com/files/129358752/Ortega_Method-English.doc

Gaétan Guimond
http://rapidshare.com/files/129358753/Guimond_Method-english.doc
http://erikku.er.funpic.org/rubik/2x2_guimond.html

Marc Waterman
http://rubikscube.info/waterman/index.php


Edges First Methods


Hybrid Methods

JTLE
http://algobase.110mb.com/JTLE.html


Experimental Methods

Lars Nielsson's Orient First
http://www.speedcubing.dk/index.php...st-method&catid=40:advanced&Itemid=58Nielsson

David Salvia
http://www.speedcubing.com/DavidJSalvia.html

Human Thistlethwaite
http://www.ryanheise.com/cube/human_thistlethwaite_algorithm.html

Triangular Francisco method
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11896


Blindfolded (BLD) Methods

M2/R2
http://www.stefan-pochmann.de/spocc/blindsolving/M2R2/

Old Pochmann
http://www.stefan-pochmann.de/spocc/blindsolving/3x3/old.php

2OP
http://www.cubefreak.net/BLD/3OP_guide.html

TuRBo (for edges)
http://erikku.er.funpic.org/rubik/turboedges.html


Speed Blindfolded (BLD)
http://cube.garron.us/BLD/speed/


Advanced Substeps

MGLS
http://cube.garron.us/MGLS/

Winter Variation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2uIqju7ZJo

Zborowski-Bruchem (ZBF2L)
http://www.cubestation.co.uk/cs2/index.php?page=3x3x3/zb/zbll/zbll
http://www.cubewhiz.com/zbf2l/

Zborowski-Bruchem (ZBLL)
http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/ZBLL

Jessica Fridrich F2L
http://www.opticubes.com/cubing/f2l/

CLL/ELL
http://www.speedcubing.com/final_layer_corners.html
http://dtwoner.110mb.com/index.php?p=1_31_CLL

http://www.speedcubing.com/final_layer_edges.html

OLL/PLL
http://www.cubewhiz.com/oll.html
http://www.speedcubing.com/final_layer_orientation.html

http://www.cubewhiz.com/pll.html
http://www.speedcubing.com/ross_permutations.html
http://www.speedcubing.com/final_layer_permutation.html
http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/PLL

COLL/EPLL
http://www.cubewhiz.com/coll.html
http://www.speedcubing.com/final_layer_corners_no_edge_flips.html

http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/ELL
http://www.cubewhiz.com/pll.html (algs 4-7)
http://www.speedcubing.com/ross_permutations.html (algs 4-7)
http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/PLL (algs 1-4)



Big Cube Methods

Reduction
http://bigcubes.com/

K4 (Thom Barlow)
http://rxdeath.com/k4/

Cage Method (Per Kristen Fredlund)

Sandwich
http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Sandwich (wiki page needs content)


Big Cube Blindfolded Methods (BLD)

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=201

R2
http://erikku.er.funpic.org/rubik/r2.html



Square-1 Methods

Lars Vandenbergh
http://www.cubezone.be/square1.html

SSS1M (Shelley Chang)
http://shellie.nfshost.com/cube/square1.php

Jason Baum
http://jmbaum.110mb.com/square1.htm

How to get it into a Square Shape
http://popelka.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~vitas/txt/cube21/cube21-dokostky.html
http://www.alchemistmatt.com/cube/square1list.html#61

Bandaged Square-1
http://dtwoner.110mb.com/index.php?p=1_3_Bandaged-Sq-1

Other/Unknown
http://sinac.orgfree.com/square-1/beginner/overview.php
http://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/square1.htm




Megaminx Methods
http://translate.google.com/transla...ril/mega_index.php&sl=fr&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
http://erikku.110mb.com/minx.html
http://grant.tregay.net/cube/solutions/megaminx/index.html
http://stefan-pochmann.info/spocc/speedsolving/megaminx/



[Master] Skewb Methods



Pyraminx Methods
http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Pyraminx_Speedsolving_Methods
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74zFmYtSfew



Rubik's Clock Methods
http://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/clock.htm
http://www.stefan-pochmann.de/spocc/speedsolving/clock/



Rubik's [Master] Magic Methods

2x4 Magic

Beginner's Method
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxSTVfxE7Ds&feature=related

Advanced Method
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeTXwU8J_sQ

Master Magic

Stefan Pochmann
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8rNspyU6Ig

Ooms Method

MGLS-F (Fridrich F2L)
MGLS-P (Petrus F2L)
MGLS-Z (ZZ F2L)
MGLS-H (Heise F2L)
M2/R2
3OP
Freestyle BLD
Human Thistlethwaite
Grant's HTA stuff.
...

:rolleyes:

Also, this has been tried before.

Yes, it has. Didn't work too well, even though the wiki isn't regularly updated. Takes alot of work to get links to every single method and post them up, too.

What's the Saliva method? Is that a joke, or is it real?

piemaster said:

What's the Saliva method? Is that a joke, or is it real?

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:fp

Salvia.

On topic: Guimond

piemaster said:

What's the Saliva method? Is that a joke, or is it real?

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Ethan!!!!
Rebels Use Roux
NOT SALVIA

Do Fridrich/Petrus variations count? If so, JTLE

Triangular Fransisco method
Ortega

jtjogobonito said:

Do fridrich variations count? If so, JTLE.

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Very very cool idea john.

Don't forget... XG!

piemaster said:

Don't forget... XG!

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It is only known like, 2 minutes! Does it count:confused: Of course it does!

Xtreme-Garron is a pretty good method.

I guess
it is!

VH
and... thats all i got

Thanks for the responses, guys!
I'm only looking for pure methods, not hybrids. Assuming we have, say, 20 different methods, there can be over 400 different hybrid combinations, which is a bit much to put on a poll.

Also... is Ortega a 3x3 method? I thought it was 2x2 only.

Ortega is also a 3x3 method. Its a CF method.
And the hybrid method mentioned does have a unique step. The last cross piece+CO is pretty unique.

A boy at my school once told me there was a method where you have to get T's on each of the sides

sandwich. just a cage variation; but once again so there are many cage variants out there. so far my 4x4 centres system is the fastest (i think)
the centres system produces a 4-look average (using fairly fast algs) with minimum one alg needed(VERY LUCKY!! or just zero...xD) and maximum 6 algs.


and not forgetting k4!

The "ring" or "doughnut" method that someone posted a vid of a couple days ago.