MI1

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Twisted101: Updating naming of methods

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| bgcolor="#E0E8EF" colspan="2" | '''Information'''
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" align="right" | '''Proposer:'''
| align="left" | {{{proposers|[[James Straughan]]}}}
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" align="right" | '''Proposed:'''
| align="left" | {{{year|2006}}}
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" align="right" | '''No. Steps:'''
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" align="right" | '''Purpose:'''
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'''MI1''' (also known as Solaris) is a speedsolving method created by James Straughan in 2006.

== Steps ==

'''1.''' Solve the first two layers minus DF, DR, DFR, and FR. This forms a wall shape on the first two layers of the cube. There are several good approaches to building this shape. Users can build a 1x2x3 on the left then the 1x2x2 at DB+DBR+BR. Or users can build a 2x2x2 at DBL, the pair at DFL+FL, and the pair at DBR+BR. Another good option is to solve DFL, DL, DBL, DB, and DBR then add the three E-Slice edges.

'''2.''' Orient all remaining edges. Moves such as r U r', f' U' f, and M' U M are all available to quickly orient the edges.

'''3.''' Create and place the DFR+FR pair while orienting the U layer corners. This is similar to [[Winter Variation]], but with additional movesets available.

'''4.''' Permute the U layer corners while solving the DR edge. There are 9 cases for this step.

'''5.''' Permute the remaining five edges. This step is known as [[L5EP]].

There are many variants and advancements that can be used after building the wall shape. The original variant of the method involved orienting the edges, placing DF+DR, solving all corners, then doing L5EP of the U layer edges and the FR edge.

== External Links ==
* [https://sites.google.com/site/athefre/3x3-methods/mi1 Website]

[[Category:3x3x3 methods]]
[[Category:3x3x3 speedsolving methods]]
[[Category:Acronyms]]

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Twisted101: Redirected page to MI1

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