Your 3x3x3 Speedsolving Method History

[Litz]

Wow, I'm surprised everyone had so many main methods. For me it was just:

LBL
CFOP (4LLL -> 3LLL -> 2LLL)

I did learn many other methods after full CFOP (like Roux, Petrus, ZZ, etc) but mostly due to curiosity. I'm decent with ZZ and like the idea of Roux, but I just like CFOP more..

 

[Mike Hughey]

1. All corners first, then all edges (for the first 26 years)
2. CFOP (2LOLL, 1LPLL)
3. CFOP (2LLL)

 

[Kynit]

1. Layer by layer; Cross -> Corners -> Edges -> Niklas/Sune/Hpattern/Fishpattern
2. CFOP:
- Cross on top for about a month
- 4 alg OLL for about 6 weeks
- Currently: ~15 OLLs, full PLL
- (COLL: 9 with recognition)

I know most common methods, though: I can solve with Petrus, Roux, Heise, and ZZ.

Also, while I'm at it: I can use Old Pochmann and M2 for BLD and K4 for big cubes.

 

[rubiksczar]

1. LBL
2. LBL with finger tricks
3. LBL + PLL
4. CFOP

 

[abctoshiro]

LBL (1min)
CFOP 4LLL (40s)
CFOP 3LLL (25s)
Roux (19s)
ZZ (23s)

 

[blade740]

1. http://jeays.net/rubiks.htm#sol2
2. Fridrich-VH

 

[Togaman10]

LBL to Fridrich 2- Look

 

[Systemdertoten]

LBL
4-look CFOP
3-look CFOP
Roux
ZZ
CFOP with partial edge control for Big Cubes.

 

[Andreaillest]

1.LBL(Dan Brown)
2.F2L w/ Dan Brown's LL
3.F2L w/ beginner LL
4.F2L 2 Look OLL and beginner PLL
5.F2L 2 look OLL and full PLL


Hopefully, I will learn full OLL in the future.

 

[ZamHalen]

This is an awkward transition but...
-Dan Brown LBL (full color neutral)
-Keyhole added
-intuitive f2l + LBL(DB) LL
-intuitive f2l + 3LLL
-petrus +OLL and PLL
-intuitive f2l + 3LLL
-intuitive f2l + 3LLL (some 2 look ,and forcing specific OCLLs and with some 1 look 2 look OLL recognition [I'll explain all that if you want].)
Wow thats weird.

 

[uberCuber]

LBL
Keyhole
Fridrich with 4LLL
Fridrich with 3LLL
Petrus
Fridrich
Petrus
Fridrich
ZZ
Fridrich
ZZ
Fridrich
Roux
ZZ
Fridrich
ZZ
Fridrich


.............

 

[anders]

Quite short list for me. When I got the cuve for the first time, I solved it by myself and I am still using the same method ("Larsson's Corners' First Mehtod"

 

[Inf3rn0]

Keyhole > CFOP

 

[izovire]

LBL - 1 year
F2L-1 month
PLL-2 weeks
OLL-48/57

Pretty much just CFOP... I have a strange Algorithm Amnesia... I forget Z perm sometimes... along with several OLL's... :fp

 

[Tim Major]

LBL (Rubik's Cube booklet solution, learnt from Dan Brown)
Keyhole (Same as above, except for the keyhole)
CFOP (with F2LL)
Petrus (coz F2LL was so sexy)
CFOP (coz am not like minority)

 

[Robert-Y]

3x3x3:
CN LBL (My dad's method of doing LBL)
CN LBL Dan Knight's method
CN Fridrich
CN Fridrich + tricks (like inserting f2l pairs from awkward angles, COLL, OLLCP, EOLL control) + LOADS of better algs for many things like OLL and PLL

4x4x4:
CN Reduction: (Centres as usual + some edges method from some beginner's website) +CN Fridrich + parity before PLL
CN Reduction: (Centres as usual + my own method of edge pairing) + CN Fridrich + parity before OLL and parity before PLL
Same as above + (OLL + OLL parity algs)

 

[TMOY]

Quite short list for me. When I got the cuve for the first time, I solved it by myself and I am still using the same method ("Larsson's Corners' First Mehtod"

Same for me (except that it's TMOY's Corners First, which looks very much like Guimond)
The method has improved over time, though.

 

[Kirjava]

3x3x3 speed

Petrus -> Roux -> Kirjava Method

4x4x4

Cage -> Redux -> Kirjava Method

 

[cuberkid10]

LBL
Beginners F2L, 2 look OLL, 2 look PLL
Intuitive F2L, 2 look OLL, almost Full PLL

 

[somerandomkidmike]

Mine is going to be a little long...

1) Layer by layer (4LLL)
2) Layer by layer with extended cross (Yes, it's strange, but that's what I did)
3) Petrus (3LLL)
4) Columns (similar to Salvia)
5) Keyhole
6) Petrus (2-3 LLL)
7) Intuitive F2L with LL edge control and 3LLL
8) Fridrich (2Look OLL and PLL)
9) Petrus (OLL + PLL)
10) Full Fridrich (with extended cross, etc.)
11) Ortega
12) Petrus
13) Ortega
14) Waterman
15) Waterman with small changes
16) Freestyle CF (without solving a layer)
17) Waterman/sandwich/freestyle CF