Human Thistlethwaite

Description

Proposer: Ryan Heise

Proposed: 2002

Steps:

Reduce the cube to the move group <U, D, L, R, F2, B2>. This means to orient all edges along the z axis.
Reduce to the <U, D, L2, R2, F2, B2> move group. U/D layer edges are moved to U/D and all corners are oriented to U/D.
Reduce to the <U2, D2, L2, R2, F2, B2> move group. The corners are permuted to have opposite stickers on all sides and all edges are moved to their native inner layers.
Permute all pieces using the <U2, D2, L2, R2, F2, B2> move group.

The first mention of the method was in June, 2003. Ryan Heise stated that he had once developed the method [1].

A couple of weeks later, in July, 2003, Heise described the steps and process [2].

In late April or early May, 2006, Heise added the method to his website [3, 4]. The website states that the method was created in December of 2002.

[1] R. Heise, "Re: [Speed cubing group] Looking ahead: how good are you?," Yahoo! Groups - Speed Solving Rubik's Cube, 20 June 2003. [Online].

[2] R. Heise, "Thistlethwaite, human version," Yahoo! Groups - Speed Solving Rubik's Cube, 1 July 2003. [Online].

[3] R. Heise, "Re: [Speed cubing group] Noob Cuber looking for new solution…," Yahoo! Groups - Speed Solving Rubik's Cube, 2 May 2006. [Online].