Solve by Opposite Sides?

[OregonMichelle]

I know there's a bunch of different ways to solve the cube, and I've looked at some of them, but what I'm trying to find is a solution that involves solving two opposite sides first. I remember a friend when I was a teenager working to learn this solution from a book, at the same time I was learning my own solution, also from a book.... yeah, this'll date me but it was before the age of the internet when the cube was new LOL

Any help would be very much appreciated

 

[4Chan]

Possibly Waterman or Columns first?

Sounds like some type of CF method, at first I was thinking sandwich method.

 

[Attila]

I know there's a bunch of different ways to solve the cube, and I've looked at some of them, but what I'm trying to find is a solution that involves solving two opposite sides first. I remember a friend when I was a teenager working to learn this solution from a book, at the same time I was learning my own solution, also from a book.... yeah, this'll date me but it was before the age of the internet when the cube was new LOL

Any help would be very much appreciated

You need this:http://rubikscube.info/ortega.php

 

[Cubenovice]

Or perhaps Human Thistlethwaite where you "sort of" solve two oposite faces first.
"sort of" because you treat opposite colors as being the same color in the first couple of steps of the method.

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

I fin this a very fun way to solve the cube. It does not require a lot of algs at all.
But knowing some corner OLL's, Guimond or Ortega algs makes the corners steps more efficient.

 

[Ranzha]

I believe the Fisher method does this.

Solve first layer --> solve third layer corners --> solve third layer edges --> solve middle layer.
After the first three steps, two opposite sides (and their respective layers) are solved.

 

[abctoshiro]

My first thread in this forum. I'll dig it up.

 

[OregonMichelle]

thanks everyone, I've looked at every link

Attila, that's it!

Corners done.... this seemed a lot easier when I was a kid LOL

 

[maggot]

thanks everyone, I've looked at every link

Attila, that's it!

Corners done.... this seemed a lot easier when I was a kid LOL

ortega 3x3 is horrible. just want to point it out . . .

 

[uberCuber]

ortega 3x3 is horrible. just want to point it out . . .

lol last time i tried i could barely sub-40 it...im sure I could do better now, but still..

 

[somerandomkidmike]

ortega 3x3 is horrible. just want to point it out . . .

Hey, it's possible to sub-20.... but yeah, I agree.

 

[Kenneth]

Corners, fill in E-layer and you got [wiki]columns first[/wiki], compleate [wiki]F2B[/wiki] and you can end it using [wiki]Roux[/wiki] last step(s).

 

[anders]

My method:

Upper layer's corners
Lower layer's corners
Upper and lower edges pair-wise
Middle layer

 

[irontwig]

Well most if not all CF methods leave midges for last.

 

[OregonMichelle]

Sorry, I was wrong. The method I was remembering was "The Winning Solution"

 

[Attila]

Sorry, I was wrong. The method I was remembering was "The Winning Solution"

"This solution method is based on Minh Thai's Winning Solution."
I copy this quotation of Josef Jelinek's homepage, that i suggested for you Minh Thai won the first world championship in Budapest (1982). You looking for this?

 

[OregonMichelle]

I didn't know actually, thanks.... was planning to look it up after work today

Did I miss this solution in the methods listed in the wiki here?

 

[oll+phase+sync]

When I started cubing I swiched from Layer By Layer to Ortega, and was almost immedeatly faster, even though I didn't learn all the edge orientation cases from the Jelinek site. (used roux orientation instead)