List of methods

2026-07-30T05:59:18Z

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:For a category view, see ''[[:Category:Methods and substeps|Methods and substeps]]''

== Table of methods by purpose ==

The following is a table of methods (and their variants) for solving various twisty puzzles. Follow the links to read more about each method or the methods in the category.

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!| Name
!| Original Proposer(s)
!| Year
!| Variants
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| colspan="4" style="background-color:#d5d5d5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:2x2x2 methods|2x2]]'''
|-
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| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:2x2x2 beginner methods|2x2 Beginner]]'''
|-
| [[LBL]]
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| style="text-align:center;" | Waterman Last Layer
|-
| [http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Beginner_Guimond#Guimond_as_a_Beginner_Method Beginner Guimond]
| [[Conrad Rider]]
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|-
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:2x2x2 speedsolving methods|2x2 Speed]]'''
|-
| [[CLL]]
| Various
|
|-
| [[NMCLL]]
| [[Gilles Roux/old_revision|Gilles Roux]], [http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/User:Athefre James Straughan]
|
|-
| [[EG]]
| [[Erik Akkersdijk]], [[Gunnar Krig]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" | EG-1, EG-2
|-
| [[Guimond]]
| [[Gaétan Guimond]]
|
|-
| [[Ortega]]
| [[Victor Ortega]], [[Josef Jelinek]], Jeff Varasano
|
| style="text-align:center;" | PBL
|-
| [[SS]]
| [[Mitchell Stern]], [[Timothy Sun]]
|
|-
| [[OFOTA]]
| [[Erik Akkersdijk]]
|
|-
| [[VOP]]
| [[Kenneth Gustavsson]]
|
|-
| [[GBC]]
| [[Signalcuber]]
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|-
| [[TCLL]]
| [[Robert Yau]], Christopher Olson, and others
|
| style="text-align:center;" | CLL
|-
| [[HD]]
| V. Higgs, J. Demars, Max Garza, John Lewis
|
| style="text-align:center;" | VOP
|-
| [[BOP]]
| Matthew Pan
|-
| [[MLS]]
| Matthew Pan
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#d5d5d5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:3x3x3 methods|3x3]]'''
|-
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:3x3x3 beginner methods|3x3 Beginner]]'''
|-
| [[LBL]]
|
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|-
| Ortega/Mcetsu
| Jeff Varasano
|
|-
| [[Corners First]]
| [[Marc Waterman]]
|
|-
| [[Less is More]]
| [[Camilo Amaral]]
|
|-
| "[[The Ideal Solution]]"
| Ideal Toy Corp
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|-
| [[Edges First]]
|
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|-
| [[8355]]
| [[Reheart Sheu]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Sexy Method]], [[MirIS Method]]
|-
| [[Edge Supertwist Method]]
| [[David Ha]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:3x3x3 speedsolving beginner methods|3x3 speed Beginner]]'''
|-
| Beginner CFOP
| Badmephisto
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| Beginner Roux
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| [[Beginner Petrus]]
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| Pogobat Beginner Method
| Dan Brown
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|-
| [[Keyhole]]
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|-
| [[XG]]
|
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| style="text-align:center;" | [[OLL]], [[PLL]]
|-
| [[Samsara Method]]
|
|
| style="text-align:center;" | [[OLL]], [[PLL]]
|-
| [[Lazy CFOP]]
| [[Alex Yang]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" | CFOP, Roux, Petrus, CFCE, ZZ, Columns, LBL, FreeFOP, FreeFCE, WV, Salvia, Snyder
|-
|[[335]]
|[[Robbie Safran]]
|-
|[[CB]]
|[[Allen Milazzo]], [[Joon Johnson]]
|
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:3x3x3 speedsolving methods|3x3 Speed]]'''
|-
| [[CFOP]] (Fridrich)
| [[Donald Taylor]], [[John Conway]], [[David Benson]], [[David Seal]], [[Jessica Fridrich]], [[Mirek Goljan]], [[Hans Dockhorn]], [[Anneke Treep]], [[René Schoof]]
| 1979-1981
| style="text-align:center;" | [[VH]], [[ZB]], [[MGLS| MGLS-F]], [[FreeFOP]]
|
|-
| [[CFCE]]
| [[Guus Razoux Schultz]]
| 1981
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|-
| [[Petrus]]
| [[Lars Petrus]]
| 1981
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| [[Waterman]]
| [[Marc Waterman]]
| 1981
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| [[Snyder Method|Snyder Method 2]]
| [[Anthony Snyder]]
| 1982
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|-
| [[Tripod]]
| [[Ryan Heise]] [[Michael Gottlieb]]
| 2002
| style="text-align:center;" | F2L, 2x2 Block, 2x2x3 Block
|
|-
| [[Doug Li Method|Doug Li]]
| [[Doug Li]]
| 2002
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| [[Roux]]
| [[Gilles Roux/old_revision|Gilles Roux]]
| 2003
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| [[Heise]]
| [[Ryan Heise]]
| 2003
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| [[L2L]]
| [[Duncan Dicks]], [[Stachu Korick]]
| 2004
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| [[MI1|Solaris]]
| [[James Straughan]]
| 2006
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|-
| [[Nautilus]]
| [[James Straughan]]
| 2006
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|-
| [[ZZ]]
| [[Zbigniew Zborowski]]
| 2006
| style="text-align:center;" | [[ZZ-VH]], [[ZZ-a]], [[ZZ-b]], [[ZZ-d]], [[ZZ-WV]], [[MGLS| MGLS-Z]], [[ZZ-blah]], [[EJLS]], [[JTLE]], ZBLL
|
|-
| [[Polaris]]
| [[James Straughan]]
| 2010
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|-
| [[Hahn]]
| [[Eric Hahn]]
| 2010
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|-
| [[Pizel method]]
| Alexandre Philiponet
| 2011
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|-
| [[CEOR]]
| Various
| 2013
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|-
| [[LEOR]]
| [[Noa Arthurs]]
| 2013
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|-
| [[SSC]]
| [[Joseph Briggs]]
| 2015
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| [[M-CELL]]
| [[Joseph Briggs]]
| 2015
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|-
| [[Hexagonal Francisco]]
| [[Andrew Nathenson]], [[Henry Helmuth]]
| 2016
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|-
| [[Quadrangular Francisco]]
| [[Alex Yang]]
| 2016
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|-
| [[2GR]]
| [[John Li]]
| 2017
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| [[42]]
| [[Joseph Briggs]]
| 2017
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| [[Zipper]]
| [[Justin Taylor]]
| 2017
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|-
| [[Ribbon Method|Ribbon]]
| [[Justin Taylor]]
| 2017
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| [[Sledgehog]]
| [[Ryan Vigil]]
| 2017
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| [[LMCF]]
| [[Eric Fattah]]
| 2017
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| [[WaterRoux]]
| [[Eric Fattah]], [[Max Garza]]
| 2017
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|-
| [[R3T]]
| [[Terence Tan]]
| 2018
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| [[Tudor]]
| [[Joseph Tudor]]
| 2018
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| [[Russo]]
| [[Anthony Russo]]
| 2019
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|-
| [[Square-101]]
| [[Vincent Trang]]
| 2020
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| [[Mehta]]
| [[Yash Mehta]]
| 2020
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| [[SSRC]]
| [[Silky]]
| 2020
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| [[APB]]
| [[James Straughan]]
| 2021
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| [[Squall]]
| [[Vincent Trang]]
| 2021
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| [[TruSRU]]
| [[Vincent Trang]]
| 2021
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| [[Farz]]
| [[Faris Zamani]]
| 2023
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| [[Peridot]]
| [[Kristopher Tibbetts]]
| 2023
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| [[Epidote]]
| [[Kristopher Tibbetts]]
| 2023
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| [[Iacob method|Iacob]]
| [[Iacob Razvan]]
| 2023
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| [[Hall Method|Hall]]
| [[Daylen Hall]], [[Ethan Hayes]]
| 2023
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| [[ECBL]]
| [[Montu]], [[Kristopher Tibbetts]]
| 2024
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| [[Quipper method|Quipper]]
| [[William Sallros]]
| 2025
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| [[Petrus-T]]
| [[Gustavo P Leite]], [[Mingus]], [[Major Gilreath]]
| 2025
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| [[TN]]
| [[Ngô Anh Tuấn]]
| 2025
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|-
| [[Columns First Methods]]
| Various
| Unknown
| style="text-align:center;" | Roux, CFOP, Shadowslice
|
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:3x3x3 speedsolving methods|3x3 Speed]]/[[Fewest Moves techniques|FMC]]'''
|-
| [[Petrus]]
| [[Lars Petrus]]
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| style="text-align:center;" | [[JTLE]], [[EJLS]], [[MGLS| MGLS-P]]
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| [[Heise]]
| [[Ryan Heise]]
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| [[Mehta]]
| [[Yash Mehta]]
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| [[Snyder]]
| [[Anthony Snyder]]
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| [[SSC (Shadowslice Snow Columns)]]
| [[Joseph Briggs]]
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| [[B2 (Briggs2) Method]] (Briggs/B2)
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| [[LEOR]]
| Arc, Pyjam
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| style="text-align:center;" | [[EO]], [[ZBLL]]
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| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:Blindsolving Methods|3x3 BLD]]'''
|-
| [[3OP]]
| [[John White]]?
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| [[Old Pochmann]]
| [[Stefan Pochmann]]
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| [[M2/R2]]
| [[Stefan Pochmann]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Deadalnix]] ([[M2]]), Freestyle for Dummies ([[R2]])
|-
| [[TuRBo]]
| [[Erik Akkersdijk]]
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| [[BH]]
| [[Daniel Beyer]], [[Chris Hardwick]]
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| [[ZBLD]]
| [[Chris Tran]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" | ZBLD-2Cycle, ZBLD-3Cycle
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[List of 3x3 Domino Subgroup methods|3x3 Domino Subgroup]]'''
|-
| [[N3DR]]
| [[N3RZ]]
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| style="text-align:center;" | 223, DRL, [[DRPLL]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#d5d5d5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:Big Cube Methods|Big Cubes]]'''
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:Big Cube Methods|n×n×n / Universal]]'''
|-
| [[Ofapel method]]
| [[Guillaume Erbibou]]
|-
| [[ABCube Method]]
| [[Sandra Workman]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:Big Cube Methods|Big Cubes Speed]]'''
|-
| [[Yau method]]
| [[Robert Yau]]
|
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| [[Hoya method]]
| [[Jong-Ho Jeong]]
|-
| [[4BOP]]
| [[Kristopher Tibbetts]]
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| [[Obli Method]]
| [[Alex Yang]]
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| [[Reduction]]
|
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| [[OBLBL]]
|
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| [[NS4]]
|
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| [[4Z4]]
| [[Joseph Tudor]]
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| [[Cage]]
| [[Per Kristen Fredlund]]
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| [[Meyer method]]
| [[Richard Meyer]]
|
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| [[K4]]
| [[Thom Barlow]]
|
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| [[Sandwich]]
| [[Nicholas Ho]]
|
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| [[Kenneth's Big Cubes Method]]
| [[Kenneth Gustavsson]]
|
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| [[Z4]]
| [[User:Cride5|Conrad Rider]]
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| [[js4]]
| ??
|
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| [[4trus]]
| Owen Smith
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| [[Lewis Method]]
| John Lewis
|
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| [[Pet5]]
| Isabel S.
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| [[Mehta-MH]]
| Matthew Hinton
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| [[Mehtad]]
| [[Yash Mehta]]
|
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| [[TN4]]
| [[Ngô Anh Tuấn]]
|
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| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:Blindsolving methods|Big Cubes BLD]]'''
|-
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| [[r2]]
| [[Erik Akkersdijk]]
|
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| [[BH]]
| [[Daniel Beyer]], [[Chris Hardwick]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#d5d5d5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:Other puzzles methods|Other puzzles]]'''
|-
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| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:Experimental methods|Experimental]]'''
|-
| [[Human Thistlethwaite]]
| [[Morwen Thistlethwaite]] [[Ryan Heise]]
|
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| [[Belt]]
| Various
|
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| [[CML-Method]]
| [Various]
|
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| [[Salvia Method]]
| [[David Salvia]]
|
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| [[Triangular Francisco]]
| [[Michael Gottlieb]]
|
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| [[Hexagonal Francisco]]
| [[Andrew Nathenson]], Henry Helmuth
|
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| [[Quadrangular Francisco]]
| [[Alex Yang]]
|
|-
| [[Orient First]]
| [[Lars Nielsson]]
|-
| [[F2LL2C]]
| [[Aiad Janis]]
|-
| [[HSC]]
| [[Imam Tanvin Alam]]
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| [[2GB]]
| [[Imam Tanvin Alam]]
|
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| [[E15 / E35]]
| ??
|
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| [[Zagorec method]]
| [[Damjan Zagorec]]
|
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| [[3CFCEP]]
| ??
|
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| [[3CFCE]]
| ??
|
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| [[PEG]]
| ??
|
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| [[PORT]]
| ??
|
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| [[FRED]]
| [[Baian Liu]], [[Timothy Sun]], [[Stachu Korick]]
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| [[VDW Method]]
| [[Alex VanDerWyst]]
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| style="text-align:center;" |
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| [[Hawaiian Kociemba]]
| [[Michael Humuhumunukunukuapua'a]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" | HKOLL, HKPLL, EO,
|-
| [[Pikas**t]]
| Justin Harder
|
|-
| [[Poux]]
| [[Alex Yang]]
|
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| [[Roux-CFOP hybrid]]
| Tao Yu (and probably others)
|
|-
| [[1/162]]
| Emil Zedelius
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|-
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| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[Pyraminx methods|Pyraminx]]'''
|-
| [[Pyraminx methods|Corners First]]
| ??
|
|-
| [[Pyraminx methods|Layer First]]
| ??
|
|-
| [[Pyraminx methods|Last 4 Edges]]
| ??
|
|-
| [[Pyraminx methods|Petrus]]
| ??
|
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| [[Pyraminx methods|Face Permute]]
| ??
|
|-
| [[Pyraminx methods|WO]]
| [[Oscar Roth Andersen]] (Odder)
|
|-
| [[Pyraminx methods|Oka Method]]
| [[Yohei Oka]]
|
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[Megaminx methods|Megaminx]]'''
|-
| [[Balint method]]
| Balint Bodor
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| keyhole method
|
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|-
|[[S2L Westlund Style]]
|Simon Westlund
|
|-
|S2L+T2L--->Multiple F2L (Virus S2L)
| [[Yu Da Hyun]]
|
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[Square-1 methods|Square-1]]'''
|-
| [[SSS1M]]
| [[Shelley Chang]]
|
|-
| [[Vandenbergh Method]]
| [[Lars Vandenbergh]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" | EO, CP, EP
|-
| [[Roux n Skrew]]
|
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| LBL
|
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| style="text-align:center;" | PLL
|-
| [[Skwuction]]
| Jaap Scherphuis, Cary Huang
|
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| [[Yoyleberry]]
| Cary Huang
|
|-
| [[Lin]]
| [[Tse-Kan Lin]]
|
|-
| [[JQ]]
| Jack Triton
|
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[List of Rubik's Clock methods|Rubik's Clock]]'''
|-
| ...
|
|
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[List of Rubik's Magic methods|Magic]]'''
|-
| ...
|
|
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[List of Master Magic methods|Master Magic]]'''
|-
| [[Pochmann Method]]
| [[Stefan Pochmann]]
|
|-
| [[Ooms]]
| [[Alexander Ooms]]
|
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[List of Skewb methods|Skewb]]'''
|-
| Sarah method
| Sarah Strong
|
| style="text-align:center;" | LBL, 1LLL
|-
| Ranzha method
| Brandon Harnish
|
| style="text-align:center;" | Petrus Block, Welder mask, PUC (Permuting U corners), LFC(Last Four Centers), CLL
|-
| Frisk Method
| [[Alex Yang]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" | VHLS, EG-2
|-
| Skrouxb
| Ben Pang
|
|-
| 1 Algorithm method
| ??
|
| style="text-align:center;" | FBF (Face by Face), CLL
|-
| Kirjava-Meep Method
| Kirjava-Meep
|
| style="text-align:center;" | CLL, EG, L5C, TCLL
|-
| colspan="4" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[List of Rubik's 360 methods|Rubik's 360]]'''
|
|-
| ...
|}

== See also ==
* [[Substep]]
* [[:Category:Substeps|Common substeps]]
* [[Algorithm Database]]
* [[List of Subsets]]
* [[Solving Variants]]

== External links ==
* Speedsolving.com: [http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2402 BCE Methods] - methods based around Blockbuilding, Corners First and Edges First.

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