Your 3x3x3 Speedsolving Method History

[Mahael]

@Kirjava
3x3x3: Roux + what?

4x4x4: Kirjava Method: K4?

 

[Rubiks560]

1-LBL
2-Keyhole
3-Fridrich

 

[Erzz]

1) Some random method from the internet. All edges first then permute corners then orientate corners.
2) Layer by Layer - Leyan Lo
3) F2L - Intuitive
4) 2-look OLL, 2-look PLL - Macky
5) full PLL - Macky
6) ZBF2L (Didn't want to learn OLL) - Chris
7) Cross on right
8) COLL - "Simon Swanson"

 

[Deleted member 2864]

1) "Pogobat"/Rubik's Cube Instruction Manual Method
2) Newb Keyhole
3) Noob Intuitive F2L
4) Nubcake 2 look OLL/PLL
5) Nub full CFOP

 

[Kirjava]

@Kirjava
3x3x3: Roux + what?

Hacks. KCLL, LSE stuff, NM, etc. My blocks are pure.

4x4x4: Kirjava Method: K4?

Yah.

CLL on 2x2x2 and different variations of cross+centres meta method for other big cubes.

 

[oll+phase+sync]

1. Petrus - just 2 Algorithems each 7 moves
2. 2-Algo COLL vs 3Look CO CP EPLL
3. CF Ortega + Roux EO - Made much faster
4. Guilimont if the case is good.
5. Back to Petrus with Phasing Edges to get an 2 Look Last Layer with just 4 PLLs (A, H, E)
6. PLL
7. Simple Waterman
8. Full Roux

Current interest: NMC-Roux, L2L

These Methods I tried many I still use from time to time but they didn't help me getting faster (order by time I spend
- Fridrich F2L
- Human Thistlethwaite
- Fish- / Snyder LL
- Keyhole
- Salvia, Heise, PORTS , 2-Side PLL

 

[RCTACameron]

1. LBL -Dan Brown
2. Intuitive F2L, beginners method LL
3. Intuitive F2L, 2 look OLL and 2 look PLL
4. Eventually, algorithmic F2L, full OLL and PLL

Basically, LBL to CFOP.

 

[Zane_C]

- Pogobat/Rubik's Cube Instruction Manual Method
- Learnt algorithm-based F2L, CW and CCW A perms + corner OLL algs.
- Studied the F2L cases and switch to intuitive F2L.
- Learnt full PLL
- Learnt full OLL

 

[Kenneth]

1981a; LBL, CP-CO-EP-EO (many looks)
1981b; Keyhole F2L, EO-EP-1+L3C or L4C. (I knew all L3C but antiniklas and a bunch of L4C, many using pretty long algs)
1982; Adding more LL algs and used an advanced keyhole style where I solved corners or edges and also more than one piece at the time in some cases. I averaged sub 30 at this point but then lost intrest (because of video gaming)
...
2005a; Almost as 1981b but I had lost most algs, some came back after a while.
2005b; Kehole, VH, EP+1 corner, L3C (much like Snyder)
2005c; Block F2L minus one pair, the rest as 2005b.
2006a; Cross-F2L-VH, previous LL.
2006b; F2L-CLL-ELL
2006c; F2L-VH-COLL (ZBF2L, ZBLL if I knew the case)
2007; In this period I started to experiment with many approaches but used COLL or CLL-ELL for comps.
2008; I used a Roux variation for one comp but later switched back to COLL (lack of practice because other puzzles was favoured).
...
2010; After a couple of years of switching from x to y to z I decide to use columns first as my main method because it is what I like the most. I now broke my comp average using it =)

 

[number1failure]

LBL. I tried learning full OLL and PLL. About a week in I failed. Then I tried learning 2LOLL and 2LPLL. About a week in I failed. I'm currently averaging about 45 seconds with LBL, which is apparently about as fast as you're going to get with LBL.

 

[Ton]

1) Method I created with Rene Laterveer, so the Ton Dennenbroek/Rene Laterveer method, I used from 1981-2003
2) Now F2L, currently a set of algorithms I collect from several speedcubers, mainly from Ron, Chris, Erik, Peter, Joel, LarsVdB and combined with a few of my own....and of course for blindfold Stefan ....

 

[StachuK1992]

2010; After a couple of years of switching from x to y to z I decide to use columns first as my main method because it is what I like the most. I now broke my comp average using it =)

I've been reading up on PCMS since I just found this post.
It seems like a pretty fun idea; what do you think can be done with it?

 

[LarsN]

1. Petrus - I tried to solve the cube by my self first, but only managed to build f2l and do EO. Then by accident found petrus guide on the net, which was the exact way I had build the f2l and EO, then learned COLL and EPLL.
2. Keyhole f2l (cross on left) - EO, COLL, EPLL.
3. Fridrich (cross on left, OLL - PLL and with COLL if applicable)
4. Nielsson Orient first
5. Fridrich (cross on left - with COLL and CLEFF)
6. Roux
7. Fridrich (cross on left)

 

[ilikecubing]

1.Dan Brown Beginner Method
2.Keyhole Method
2.Learned Fridrich with 4LLL
4.Learned badmephisto f2l(still improving on it)
5.Petrus Method(still getting used to it)
6.Learned full PLL and 30/57 OLLs and currently using CFOP

 

[Kenneth]

I've been reading up on PCMS since I just found this post.
It seems like a pretty fun idea; what do you think can be done with it?

Dunno, depends on who is turning I guess because I can't sub 20 anything Seriously, as always, how much practise do you want to put in? Years as you need to be really good using any speed method and it is fast as any speed method.

Just learning the method is easy if you know CLL. If you don't you have to resort to 2-look and slowly add upp CLL's because that you won't learn in a day. (or change the method a bit and leave the CP to the end and use PLL).

 

[marthaurion]

LBL
CFOP
nothing else to it

 

[ben1996123]

CN LBL with CLL/ELL failmethod that uses lolnotation such as R+, T-, B2(bottom, not back), P-
CN Fridrich

 

[irontwig]

CLL/ELL is :3 and there was no standard notation back in '81.

 

[4.]

1. Beginner's Method (Picked it up from a few places)
2. Added keyhole method
3. Fridrich (Taught mostly by badmephisto and monkeydude1313)
4. Hopefully More =)

 

[lilmack]

1. Beginner LBL method HERE
2. Learned 4LLL from macky's site.
3. Learned inituitive F2L from a mixture of places.
4. Learned PLL (I then had a 5 month break and forgot some of them, and I am still relearning the G's)

I never really changed methods, I just upgraded.

I will probably end up learning MGLS-F or I may learn coall if I can find the algs.