{{Method Infobox
|name=VDW
|image=
|proposers=[[Alex VanDerWyst]]
|year=2015
|anames=LCEELL (LinesCornersEquatorEdgesLastLayer)
|variants=
|steps=5-6
|algs=10-42
|moves=
|purpose=
* [[Speedsolving]]
}}

== '''Steps''' ==
#Solve two 1x1x3 blocks on the D layer opposite from each other (also referred to as "lines")
#Orient the last layer corners
#*Alternatively, completely solve the last layer corners by using [[CMLL]] in order to skip step 6
#Now since the lines are completed, there is no need to use the D Layer until [[LSE]. Now pair up two E Layer edges along with its corresponding center to create a line. Place this in the B layer, pointing up and down.
#*The line created is recommended to be the front sticker color of the two corners on the D layer facing the solver
#*continued: The E Layer Edges line (Which is in the B layer) is facing up and down. If an M2 move is performed, then the E Layer Edges line should be in the F Layer. Check the bottom edge of the E Layer Edges line in the back and observe the D layer color of it. Using that scenario, find the F Layer bottom corner with the orange color on the side and perform an F move to turn that corner to the U layer, so that that corner has orange facing up and its opposite corner has red facing down. Next, perform an M2, so that the E Layer Edges line lines up with the corners (orange matches orange and vice versa). Then undo that F move to have placed two E Layer Edges in the E Layer and matched them with their corners (to make two pseudo F2L Pairs).
##Perform an E2 to put the solved E Layer Edges to the back horizontally, still within the E Layer. Then Perform step 3 (not continued) to make a line with the opposite color of the original placed line, which would be now making a green line instead of a blue line. Don't worry about the blue center anymore and allow for the green line to go in the B layer like the original blue line did before entering the E Layer.
##Instead of using the M2 move aligning the E Layer Edges line to the F Layer corners, this step will match the Edges line to the side colors of the pairs already placed that are in the B Layer. When turning the F layer to put in the green line, the undo of the F Layer turn will determine if the edges are lined up properly, so if the side color of the back left edge is red, and the bottom back color of the green line edge is orange then an F' move should be used to do the M2 move so that when the orange green edge of the line comes to the top, the Undo move which is an F will push the orange to the other side and the red edge will line up with the red edge of the blue line in the back.
#Perform an E move, a fat U, or a fat D move to finally line up all of the E Layer edges to their spots. After the alignment, the M Layer should still be free to turn.
#Solve the [[LSE]] (Last Six Edges) by using M and U moves.
#*To solve this step, you are best off to first orient the edges
#*Second, solve the UL and UR edges
#*Third, permute the middle layer edges and centers
#If the solver chose to also permute the Last Layer corners along with the orientation in step 2, then after using LSE in step 6, the cube will be solved. If the solver chose not to permute the Last Layer corners, then after using LSE, the solver will have to perform one of 3 [[CPLL]]s to finally solve the cube.

Video Walk through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRXBW0l45SQ

There are algs currently being worked on by me(Alex) for steps 3 and 4 to fix the E-Layer Edges that are more convenient.

{{work}}

2016-07-04T01:25:29Z

VDW1014: /* Steps */

{{Method Infobox
|name=VDW
|image=
|proposers=[[Alex VanDerWyst|Alex '''V'''an'''D'''er'''W'''yst]]
|year=2015
|anames=LCEELL (LinesCornersEquatorEdgesLastLayer)
|variants=
|steps=6-7
|algs=10-42
|moves=
|purpose=
* [[Speedsolving]]
}}
{{work}}
== '''Steps''' ==

1. Solve two lines on D layer. Each line consists of one edge (D Layer Cross piece) and two related corners (That connect to the D Layer Cross Piece). Both lines will be opposite of each other on the left and right sides of the cube, leaving the M Layer free to turn. This step is extremely intuitive.

2. Orient Last Layer Corners. Use 2-Look OLL algs or any 2-Look corner algs.
2. Optional: use [[CMLL]] algs to also permute corners and skip PLL.

3. Using M, E, U, R, L, B, and F turns (although B and E turns are optional), pair up two E Layer edges along with its corresponding center to create a line. Place this in the B layer, facing up and down.

The line created is recommended to be the color of the two corners on the D layer facing the solver. For example: The two lines that were created on the D Layer had the bottom color of white. The two corners of both lines that are facing the solver in the F Layer have the color of blue. That means the recommended color of the E Layer Edges line in the B Layer would be blue.

3. continued: The E Layer Edges line (Which is in the B layer) is facing up and down. If an M2 move is performed, then the E Layer Edges line should be in the F Layer. Check the bottom edge of the E Layer Edges line in the back and observe the d layer color of it (for example, the line in the back is blue with a red U Layer edge color and an orange D Layer edge color. If an M2 is performed, then the orange edge color would be on top in the front). Using that scenario, find the F Layer bottom corner with the orange color on the side and perform an F move to turn that corner to the U layer, so that that corner has orange facing up and its opposite corner has red facing down. Next, perform an M2, so that the E Layer Edges line lines up with the corners (orange matches orange and vice versa). Then undo that F move to have placed two E Layer Edges in the E Layer and matched them with their corners (to make two pseudo F2L Pairs).

4a. Perform an E2 to put the solved E Layer Edges to the back horizontally, still within the E Layer. Then Perform step 3 (not continued) to make a line with the opposite color of the original placed line, which would be now making a green line instead of a blue line. Don't worry about the blue center anymore and allow for the green line to go in the B layer like the original blue line did before entering the E Layer.

4b. Instead of using the M2 move aligning the E Layer Edges line to the F Layer corners, this step will match the Edges line to the side colors of the pairs already placed that are in the B Layer. When turning the F layer to put in the green line, the undo of the F Layer turn will determine if the edges are lined up properly, so if the side color of the back left edge is red, and the bottom back color of the green line edge is orange then an F' move should be used to do the M2 move so that when the orange green edge of the line comes to the top, the Undo move which is an F will push the orange to the other side and the red edge will line up with the red edge of the blue line in the back.

5. Perform an E move to finally line up all of the E Layer edges to their spots. After the alignment, the M Layer should still be free to turn.

6. Perform the [[LSE]] (Last Six Edges) technique as used in the [[Roux]] method to finish off the edges on the U, D, and M Layers.

(7). If the solver chose to also permute the Last Layer corners along with the orientation in step 2, then after using LSE in step 6, the cube will be solved. If the solver chose not to permute the Last Layer corners, then after using LSE, the solver will have to perform one of 3 [[CPLL]]s or [[PLL]]s to finally solve the cube.

Video Walk through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRXBW0l45SQ

{{work}}

2016-07-01T00:34:15Z

VDW1014: VDW Experimental Method Created by Alex VanDerWyst (2015-16)

== '''VDW Method''' ==

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This method was created by Alex VanDerWyst (2015-16)

Steps:

1. Solve two lines on D layer. Each line consists of one edge (D Layer Cross piece) and two related corners (That connect to the D Layer Cross Piece). Both lines will be opposite of each other on the left and right sides of the cube, leaving the M Layer free to turn. This step is extremely intuitive.

2. Orient Last Layer Corners. Use 2-Look OLL algs or any 2-Look corner algs.
2. Optional: use Roux algs to also permute corners and skip PLL.

3a. Using M, E, U, R, L, B, and F turns (although B and E turns are optional), pair up two E Layer edges along with its corresponding center to create a line. place this line on the Last Layer, forward to back.

3b. Perform an M' move to place the E Layer Edges line in the B layer, facing up and down.

The line created is recommended to be the color of the two corners on the D layer facing the solver. For example: The two lines that were created on the D Layer had the bottom color of white. The side colors of the left and right sides of the lines are orange (on the left) and red (on the right). That means the two corners of both lines that are facing the solver in the F Layer have the color of blue (since the right corner had a white bottom and red right and the left corner had a white bottom and orange left). That means the recommended color of the E Layer Edges line in the B Layer would be blue.

3b. continued: The E Layer Edges line (Which is in the B layer) is facing up and down. Hypothetically, if an M2 move is performed, then the E Layer Edges line should be in the F Layer. Check the bottom edge of the E Layer Edges line in the back and observe the d layer color of it (for example, the line in the back is blue with a red U Layer edge color and an orange D Layer edge color. If an M2 is performed, then the orange edge color would be on top). Using that scenario, find the F Layer Line corner with the orange edge on the side and perform an F move to turn that corner to the u layer, so that that corner has orange is facing up and its opposite corner has red is facing down. Next, perform an M2, so that the E Layer Edges line lines up with the corners (orange matches orange and vice versa). Then undo that F move to have placed two E Layer Edges in the E Layer and matched them with their corners (to pseudo F2L Pairs).

4a. Perform an E2 to put the solved E Layer Edges to the back horizontally, still within the E Layer. Then Perform steps 3a and 3b (not continued) to make a line with the opposite color of the original placed line, which would be now making a green line instead of a blue line. Don't worry about the blue center anymore and allow for the green line to go in the B layer like the original blue line did before entering the E Layer.

4b. Instead of using the M2 move aligning the E Layer Edges line to the F Layer corners, this step will match the Edges line to the side colors of the pairs already placed that are in the B Layer. When turning the F layer to put in the green line, the undo of the F Layer turn will determine if the edges are lined up properly, so if the side color of the back left edge is red, and the bottom back color of the green line edge is orange then an F' move should be used to do the M2 move so that when the orange green edge of the line comes to the top, the Undo move which is an F will push the orange to the other side and the red edge will line up with the red edge of the blue line in the back.

5. Perform an E move to finally line up all of the E Layer edges to their spots. After the alignment, the M Layer should still be free to turn.

6. Perform the LSE (Last Six Edges) technique as used in the Roux method to finish off the edges on the U, D, and M Layers.

7. If the solver chose to also permute the Last Layer corners along with the orientation in step 2, then after using LSE in step 6, the cube will be solved. If the solver chose not to permute the Last Layer corners, then after using LSE, the solver will have to perform one of 21 PLLs to finally solve the cube.

List of methods

2016-07-01T00:32:53Z

VDW1014:

: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.

{| class="TablePager" style="padding:3px; border-spacing:0"
!| Name
!| Original Proposer(s)
!| Variants
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:2x2x2 beginner methods|2x2 Beginner]]'''
|-
| [[LBL]]
|
| Waterman Last Layer
|-
| [http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Beginner_Guimond#Guimond_as_a_Beginner_Method Beginner Guimond]
| [[Conrad Rider]]
|
|-
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:2x2x2 speedsolving methods|2x2 Speed]]'''
|-
| [[CLL]]
| Various
|
|-
| [[NMCLL]]
| [[Gilles Roux]], [http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/User:Athefre James Straughan]
|
|-
| [[EG]]
| [[Erik Akkersdijk]], [[Gunnar Krig]]
| EG-1, EG-2
|-
| [[Guimond]]
| [[Gaétan Guimond]]
|
|-
| [[Ortega]]
| [[Victor Ortega]], [[Josef Jelinek]]
| PBL
|-
| [[SS]]
| [[Mitchell Stern]], [[Timothy Sun]]
|
|-
| [[OFOTA]]
| [[Erik Akkersdijk]]
|
|-
| [[VOP]]
| [[Kenneth Gustavsson]]
|
|-
| [[TCLL]]
| [[Robert Yau]], Christopher Olson, and others
| CLL
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:3x3x3 beginner methods|3x3 Beginner]]'''
|-
| [[LBL]]
|
| [[Keyhole]], [[XG]]
|-
| [[Corners First]]
| [[Marc Waterman]]
|
|-
| [[Less is More]]
| [[Camilo Amaral]]
|
|-
| "[[The Ideal Solution]]"
| Ideal Toy Corp
|
|-
| [[Edges First]]
|
|
|-
| [[Beginner Petrus]]
|
|
|-
| [[8355]]
| [[Reheart Sheu]]
| [[Sexy Method]]
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:3x3x3 speedsolving methods|3x3 Speed]]'''
|-
| [[ZZ]]
| [[Zbigniew Zborowski]]
| [[ZZ-VH]], [[ZZ-a]], [[ZZ-b]], [[ZZ-d]], [[ZZ-WV]], [[MGLS| MGLS-Z]], [[ZZ-blah]], [[EJLS]], [[JTLE]], ZBLL
|-
| [[Waterman]]
| [[Marc Waterman]]
|
|-
| [[Tripod]]
| [[Michael Gottlieb]]
| F2L, 2x2 Block, 2x2x3 Block
|-
| [[L2L]]
| [[Duncan Dicks]], [[Stachu Korick]]
|
|-
| [[Hahn]]
| [[Eric Hahn]]
|
|-
| [[CFOP]] (Fridrich)
| [[David Singmaster]] [[René Schoof]] [[Jessica Fridrich]] [[Hans Dockhorn]] [[Anneke Treep]]
| [[CLL]]/[[ELL]], [[VH]], [[ZB]], [[MGLS| MGLS-F]], OLL, PLL, F2L
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:3x3x3 speedsolving methods|3x3 Speed]]/[[Fewest Moves techniques|FMC]]'''
|-
| [[Petrus]]
| [[Lars Petrus]]
| [[JTLE]], [[EJLS]], [[MGLS| MGLS-P]]
|-
| [[Roux]]
| [[Gilles Roux]]
|
|-
| [[Heise]]
| [[Ryan Heise]]
|
|-
| [[Snyder]]
| [[Anthony Snyder]]
|
|-
| [[SSC (Shadowslice Snow Columns)]]
|
|
|-
| [[B2 (Briggs2) Method]] (Briggs/B2)
|
|
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:Blindsolving Methods|3x3 BLD]]'''
|-
| [[3OP]]
| [[John White]]?
|
|-
| [[Old Pochmann]]
| [[Stefan Pochmann]]
|
|-
| [[M2/R2]]
| [[Stefan Pochmann]]
| [[Deadalnix]] ([[M2]]), Freestyle for Dummies ([[R2]])
|-
| [[TuRBo]]
| [[Erik Akkersdijk]]
|
|-
| [[BH]]
| [[Daniel Beyer]], [[Chris Hardwick]]
|
|-
| [[ZBLD]]
| [[Chris Tran]]
| ZBLD-2Cycle, ZBLD-3Cycle
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:Experimental methods|Experimental]]'''
|-
| [[Human Thistlethwaite]]
| [[Morwen Thistlethwaite]] [[Ryan Heise]]
|
|-
| [[Belt]]
| Various
|
|-
| [[Salvia Method]]
| [[David Salvia]]
|
|-
| [[Triangular Francisco]]
| [[Michael Gottlieb]]
|
|-
| [[Orient First]]
| [[Lars Nielsson]]
|
|-
| [[E15 / E35]]
| ??
|
|-
| [[Zagorec method]]
| [[Damjan Zagorec]]
|
|-
| [[3CFCEP]]
| ??
|
|-
| [[3CFCE]]
| ??
|
|-
| [[PEG]]
| ??
|
|-
| [[PORT]]
| ??
|
|-
| [[FRED]]
| [[Baian Liu]], [[Timothy Sun]], [[Stachu Korick]]
|
|-
| [[VDW Method]]
| Alex VanDerWyst
|
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:Big Cube Methods|Big Cubes Speed]]'''
|-
| [[Reduction]]
|
|
|-
| [[Cage]]
| [[Per Kristen Fredlund]]
|
|-
| [[Meyer method]]
| [[Richard Meyer]]
|
|-
| [[K4]]
| [[Thom Barlow]]
|
|-
| [[Sandwich]]
| [[Nicholas Ho]]
|
|-
| [[Kenneth's Big Cubes Method]]
| [[Kenneth Gustavsson]]
|
|-
| [[Z4]]
| [[User:Cride5|Conrad Rider]]
|
|-
| [[js4]]
| ??
|
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[:Category:Blindsolving methods|Big Cubes BLD]]'''
|-
|-
| [[r2]]
| [[Erik Akkersdijk]]
|
|-
| [[BH]]
| [[Daniel Beyer]], [[Chris Hardwick]]
|-
| colspan="3" 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]]
| ??
|
|-
| [[Pyraminx methods|Face Permute]]
| ??
|
|-
| [[Pyraminx methods|WO]]
| [[Oscar Roth Andersen]] (Odder)
|
|-
| [[Pyraminx methods|Oka Method]]
| [[Yohei Oka]]
|
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[Megaminx methods|Megaminx]]'''
|-
| Balint method
|
|
|-
| keyhole method
|
|
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[Square-1 methods|Square-1]]'''
|-
| [[SSS1M]]
| [[Shelley Chang]]
|
|-
| [[Vandenbergh Method]]
| [[Lars Vandenbergh]]
|
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[List of Rubik's Clock methods|Rubik's Clock]]'''
|-
| ...
|
|
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[List of Rubik's Magic methods|Magic]]'''
|-
| ...
|
|
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[List of Master Magic methods|Master Magic]]'''
|-
| [[Pochmann Method]]
| [[Stefan Pochmann]]
|
|-
| [[Ooms]]
| [[Alexander Ooms]]
|
|-
| colspan="3" style="background-color:#f5f5f5; text-align:center;" | '''[[List of Skewb methods|Skewb]]'''
|-
| Sarah method
| Sarah Strong
|
|-
| Ranzha method
| ??
| Petrus Block, Welder mask, PUC (Permuting U corners), LFC(Last Four Centers), CLL
|-
| 1 Algorithm method
| ??
| FBF (Face by Face), CLL
|-
| colspan="3" 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]]
* [[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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[[Category:Lists of methods|methods]]