Speedcubing

Speedsolving methods

2x2x2

• Varasano-Ortega Method - Jeffrey Varasano, Victor Ortega
• Guimond Method - Gaétan Guimond
• EG - Erik Akkersdijk, Gunnar Krig

3x3x3

• CFOP/Fridrich Method - Jessica Fridrich
• Roux - Gilles Roux
• ZZ - Zbigniew Zborowski
• Petrus - Lars Petrus

NxNxN (Big cubes)

• Reduction/Redux
• Yau/Yau5 - Robert Yau
• Hoya/Hoya5 - Jong-Ho Jeong

Blindfolded (BLD)

• Old Pochmann/Classic Pochmann - Stefan Pochmann
• M2/R2 - Stefan Pochmann
• Beyer-Hardwick/BH/3-Style - Chris Hardwick, Daniel Beyer
• Orozco - Gabriel Alejandro Orozco Casillas
• Eka

Square-1

• Vandenbergh Method

3x3x3

2-look OLL

• Edges:

  # Dot (OLL 2)
  F (R U R' U') F' f (R U R' U') f'
  
  # L shape (OLL 44)
  f (R U R' U') f'
  F U R U' R' F'
  
  # I shape (OLL 45)
  F (R U R' U') F'

• No corners solved:

  # H (OLL 21)
  F (R U R' U')3 F'
  
  # Pi/Air Jeff (OLL 22)
  R U2 R2 U' R2 U' R2 U2 R

• 1 corner solved:

  # Sune (OLL 27)
  R U R' U R U2 R'
  
  # Antisune (OLL 26)
  R U2 R' U' R U' R'
  
  # Back Sune
  R' U' R U' R' U2 R

• 2 corners solved:

  # L (OLL 25)
  F' (r U R' U') r' F R
  
  # T (OLL 24)
  (r U R' U') (r' F R F')
  
  # U (OLL 23)
  R2 D R' U2 R D' R' U2 R'

2-look PLL

• Diagonal corner swap:

  # Y
  F (R U' R' U') (R U R' F') (R U R' U') (R' F R F')

• Adjacent corner swap (headlights):

  # T
  (R U R' U') (R' F R2 U') R' U' (R U R' F')

• 3-edges:

  # Ua
  L2 U' (L' U' L U) L U (L U' L)
  R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2
  
  # Ub
  R2 U (R U R' U') R' U' (R' U R')

• 4-edges:

  # H
  M2 U' M2 U2 M2 U' M2
  
  # Z
  M2 U M2 U M' U2 M2 U2 M' U2

Patterns

• Superflip

  U R2 F B R B2 R U2 L B2 R U' D' R2 F R' L B2 U2 F2

• Cube in a cube

  F L F U' R U F2 L2 U' L' B D' B' L2 U

• Cube in a cube in a cube

  U' L' U' F' R2 B' R F U B2 U B' L U' F U R F'

• Checkerboard in a cube

  B D F' B' D L2 U L U' B D' R B R D' R L' F U2 D

• Vertical strips

  F U F R L2 B D' R D2 L D' B R2 L F U F

• Strips

  R D R F R' F' B D R' U' B' U D2

• 4 crosses

  U2 R2 L2 F2 B2 D2 L2 R2 F2 B2

• 4Ts

  F2 D2 F' L2 D2 U2 R2 B' U2 F2

• 6Ts

  F2 R2 U2 F' B D2 L2 F B

• Solve only 3 sides

  U' D L2 U B2 D2 B2 D2 L F' U D' R U' F2 L F' B'

Triggers

# Sexy
R U R' U'

# Sledgehammer
R' F R F'

# Hedgeslammer/Reverse Sledgehammer
F R' F' R

# Sune/Anti-Chair
R U R' U R U2 R'

# Fat Sune
r U R' U R U2 r'

# Anti-Sune/Chair
R U2 R' U' R U' R'

# Fat Anti-Sune
r U2 R' U' R U' r'

# Double Sune
R U R' U R U' R' U R U2 R'

# Air Jeff
R U2 R2 U' R2 U' R2 U2 R

4x4x4

OLL parity algorithm

Rw U2 x Rw U2 Rw U2 Rw' U2 Lw U2 Rw' U2 Rw U2 Rw' U2 Rw'

PLL parity algorithm

r2 U2 r2 Uw2 r2 Uw2 U2

7x7x7

Edge flipping algorithms

R U R' F R' F' R
(R' F R F') R U' R'

Parity on last edge

R2 B2 U2 L U2 R' U2 R U2 F2 R F2 L' B2 R2

Edge swap algorithm

R U2 R U2 F2 R F2 L' U2 L U2 R2

Miscellaneous

Speffz lettering scheme