Compiling: List of methods

[Nukoca]

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

 

[Lucas Garron]

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.

 

[guitardude7241]

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.

 

[piemaster]

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

 

[Vulosity]

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

:fp

Salvia.

On topic: Guimond

 

[Ethan Rosen]

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

 

[waffle=ijm]

Ethan!!!!
Rebels Use Roux
NOT SALVIA

 

[jtjogobonito]

Do Fridrich/Petrus variations count? If so, JTLE

 

[soccerking813]

Triangular Fransisco method
Ortega

 

[puzzlemaster]

Do fridrich variations count? If so, JTLE.

Very very cool idea john.

 

[piemaster]

Don't forget... XG!

 

[Waffle's Minion]

Don't forget... XG!

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

 

[piemaster]

Xtreme-Garron is a pretty good method.

 

[Waffle's Minion]

I guess
it is!

 

[mark3]

VH
and... thats all i got

 

[Nukoca]

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.

 

[Lofty]

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.

 

[04mucklowd]

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

 

[rachmaninovian]

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!

 

[CanadianPires]

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