Your 3x3x3 Speedsolving Method History

[Lucas Garron]

Prompted by the thread "your speed cube history."

What have been your main speedsolving methods for 3x3x3?
The question is a bit ambiguous, but take it to mean something like the "best method" you would generally have used for an official some at the time.

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My history is on this page on my website. In short:

• a few freestyle LL variations on LB
• "mini-ZB" (insert LS corner, edge+EO, OCLL, PLL)
• Full MGLS

These days, I still use MGLS-F, although because it's so close to Fridrich, it can get a bit blurry. As I like to say: "CFOP users generally learn a few tricks, like COLL. Well, there's a cool trick I can use instead of CLS sometimes: it's called "OLL.""

 

[bluedasher]

1.) LBL
2.) Corner first
3.) ZZ
4.) Petrus
5.) Fridrich

 

[Cubezz]

My own method
Badmephisto method
CFOP, some COLLs, and I try to X Cross as much as I can (as long as it is still efficient).

 

[a small kitten]

Some basic LBL
Fridrich with 3LLL
ZZ-VH

I still use ZZ-VH. I'm thinking about branching out into another variation of ZZ that has a 1LLL. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.

 

[Hyprul 9-ty2]

there's a cool trick I can use instead of CLS sometimes: it's called "OLL.""

Orgasm.

My transition is so lame.
LBL -> Fridrich

 

[oprah62]

LBL 1 month
Keyhole 1 week
Fridrich 4 months
And now keep adding cool tricks to it; add-ons.

 

[waffle=ijm]

ok here we go

1) Hiese - back when I didn't want to memo x amount of algs.
2) Petrus - block building ftw
3) CFOP (3LLL) - became discouraged due to how fast CFOP users were and I needed to know why it was so fast ;-;
4) Petrus - became discouraged at the amount of algs in CFOP
5) Roux - It looked effing cool.
6) Roux w/ tricks - Extended to MeePLL, ELL, and some KCLL.
7) I'm still adjusting to this method - Secret :3

Spoiler

I feel like I'm betraying Roux Users using this method

 

[XXGeneration]

LBL
Fridrich
Roux
ZZ
Roux
ZZ
...etc.
Fridrich.

 

[cincyaviation]

1- Dan Harris' beginner method.
2- F2L with same LL as 1
3- F2L with 4LLL
4- F2L with 3LLL
5- F2L with partial edge control and 2LLL
6- Roux with about 1/3 CMLL

 

[TheMachanga]

1-LBL
2- CFOP f2l with LBL version of LL
3- CFOP 2-look everything
4- CFOP 2-look OLL full PLL
5-CFOP full everything

 

[irontwig]

Edges first, Keyhole with EF finish, CFOP, Roux, CFOP

 

[FatBoyXPC]

Seeings how the only official time I ever had was with CFOP, I'll go ahead and post my whole history (pretty small anyhow):

Keyhole + M'UM U2 M' U M EO (use Sune to make the L shape if I have horizontal bar) + Sune until OCLL is complete + A perm (do twice if Y for corners) + U perm (do twice for H + Z edges)
Keyhole + same EO alg + all 7 OCLLs + same PLL
Keyhole + 2LOLL (using standard EO algs) + Same PLL
F2L + 2LOLL + Same PLL
F2L + 2LOLL + Full PLL
F2L + OLL + PLL

 

[Edward]

1. LBL
2. Petrus
3. Keyhole
4. F2L with LBL LL
5. F2L 2lOLL 2lPLL
6. F2L 2lOLL 1LPLL
7. Roux
Alternate 6 and 7 'cause I'm indecisive

 

[kdawg123]

Some weird beginners version my consular at camp taught me. (Like a week.)
Pobobat beginners method. (a month)
F2L with Pogobat for LL. (two weeks)
2LOLL-2LPLL current.

 

[riffz]

Dan Brown -> badmephisto beginner LBL method -> Fridrich

 

[Cubenovice]

LBL as in Jasmine lee's tutorial EO, CP, CO, EP
LBL some keyhole with same LL as above
CFOP intuitive F2L, 2LOLL, 2LPLL
CFOP intuitive + some alg F2L, 2LOLL, PLL, some edge control

To get some better cube understanding in general I also learned CF, ZZ and Petrus

 

[Sa967St]

1. LBL with 3 look OLL and 4 look PLL
2. LBL with 2 look OLL and 2 look PLL
3. LBL with 2 look OLL and 1 look PLL
3. LBL with 1 look OLL and 1 look PLL
4. CFOP

 

[Andrew Ricci]

LBL w/ FRURUF, Sune, Aa and Ua
Fridrich w/ intuitive F2L and 2Look Oll and PLL
Full PLL
Optimised F2L
1/2 OLL

BORING AS HELL

@Sela: Why didn't you do F2L first?

 

[waffle=ijm]

cuz she's sela.

 

[mr. giggums]

Technically I've only used Petrus but my LL system changed.

1. Pure Petrus
2. OCLL + 2L PLL
3. OCLL + 1L PLL
4. EJF2L + PLL
5. OCLL + PLL and sometimes COLL
6. OCLL + PLL (I got lazy and forgot some algs)