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Method Developers

Since the inception of twisty puzzles, many people have contributed ideas and developments.

Adam, Julien (Crafto22)​

  • ECE
  • Final step variants of ECE used with SSC

Akimoto, Masayuki​

  • Akimoto method
  • OLLCP (the first known proposal)

Akkersdijk, Erik​

  • EG method (Alongside Gunnar Krig)

(Arc)​

  • LEOR (Independent development from Noah Arthurs' previous proposal, developed independently in the same year as community member "Pyjam")

Arthurs, Noah​

  • Noah's CP Block
  • Noah's CP Block 2.0 (later merged with other similar methods to become CEOR)
  • LEOR

Aquino, Mariano​

  • Early CEOR-like method

Barlow, Thom (Kirjava)​

  • K4 method
  • CMLLEO (The first to put major effort into the idea's development)
  • Algorithm Combination (The Duplex LL method)
  • FreeFOP
  • CLL+1 (The idea)
  • CPEOLL

Bennett, Mike​

  • L5EP (4 on one layer, 1 on opposite layer variant)

Benson, David​

  • F2L pairing technique (first known development)
  • OLL (OLL preserving PLL)
  • PLL (PLL disregarding OLL)

Beyer, Daniel​

  • BH (3-style)

Bremer, Hanke​

  • Corners First (first known published version, Rubik was the first to independently develop and use Corners First)

Briggs, Joseph (shadowslice)​

  • 42 method
  • SSC method
  • M-CELL method
  • CCxLL
  • Briggs method (later combined with other previous and later similar methods to become CEOR)
  • B2 (Briggs 2) method
  • Transformation (independent from Straughan's prior development)
  • Tripod for Megaminx
  • Shadowslice-Meyer method
  • Bars system for Roux LSE
  • Top Down vs Bottom Up (method analysis strategy)

Brooks, Anthony​

  • BLE

Bruchem, Ron van​

  • ZBLS (along with Zbigniew Zborowski)

Callan, Will​

  • 1LLS / LS (2x2 method and L5C subset)

Conway, John​

  • F2L pairing technique (first known development)
  • OLL (OLL preserving PLL)
  • PLL (PLL disregarding OLL)

Corr-Robinett, Devin​

  • Magic Wondeful (along with David Gomes and Jeremy Fleischman)

Cubingcubecuber​

  • HK+

Dicks, Duncan​

  • L2L method
  • L5EP (E layer edge + four LL edges variant)

DiPalma, Matt​

  • Portico method / ZZ-Portico
  • ZZ-EF
  • Speed-Heise
  • Cardan Reduction
  • CR†
  • SIMPLE
  • Tripod Method Supplement

Dockhorn, Hans​

  • OLL (independent in the same year as Jessica Fridrich and Mirek Goljan's development)
  • PLL (independent in the same year as Jessica Fridrich and Mirek Goljan's development)

Fattah, Eric​

  • LMCF method
  • WaterRoux method
  • 3 edges on U, 2 on D L5E

Fleischman, Jeremy​

  • Magic Wondeful (along with David Gomes and Devin Corr-Robinett)

Fredlund, Kristen Per​

  • Cage method
  • Insertions for FMC

Fridrich, Jessica​

  • OLL (independent in the same year as Hans Dockhorn and Anneke Treep's development)
  • PLL (independent in the same year as Hans Dockhorn and Anneke Treep's development)

Garron, Lucas​

  • MGLS (along with Shotaro Makisumi)
  • ZZ-TOP

Garza, Max (Neuro)​

  • WaterRoux method
  • ZZ-Tripod variant (NLS)
  • TCMLL algorithms
  • NLL for the HD method

Goljan, Mirek​

  • OLL (independent in the same year as Hans Dockhorn and Anneke Treep's development)
  • PLL (independent in the same year as Hans Dockhorn and Anneke Treep's development)
  • Tripod LL algorithms

Gomes, David​

  • Magic Wondeful (along with Jeremy Fleischman and Devin Corr-Robinett)

Gottlieb, Michael​

  • OBLBL method
  • Tripod method (independent from Heise's earlier proposal)
  • Triangular Francisco method

Grangeiro, Iuri​

  • EOLR for the Roux method (independent from Straughan's prior development)

Guimond, Gaétan​

  • Guimond method

Gustavsson, Kenneth​

  • KCBM method
  • OLLCP (The second known proposal and the first publication of algorithms using the name XCLL)
  • Columns First (independent development named PCMS)

Hardwick, Chris​

  • XCross (proposal for CFOP, independent of Anthony Snyder's prior proposal as part of Snyder method 2)
  • XXCross
  • BH (3-Style)

Harris, Dan​

  • VHLS (along with Lars Vandenberg)

Hedrick, Kole​

  • CEOR like method that inspired the Briggs method (which later became part of CEOR)

Heise, Ryan​

  • Heise method
  • Human Thistlethwaite method
  • First known proposal of what is now called the ZZ method
  • Non-matching blocks in speedsolving
  • Tripod method

Helmstetter, Bernard​

  • ZBLL (Developed for the Petrus method. However, the community named the step after Zborowski and Bruchem.)
  • 2GLL

Hessler, Rowe​

  • HLS

Highducheck, Liam​

  • HOPE parity avoidance technique
  • Nautilus for FTO (with Michael James Straughan and Vincent Trang)
  • APB development assistance

Hudgens, Ryan (OreKehStrah)​

  • PCS+1 for Square-1
  • Nautilus for Square-1
  • Mehta APDR for Square-1
  • NCP ZBLL recognition
  • Free Slotting
  • TLS

Jaehne, Konstantin (sqAree)​

  • EOEdge for the SSC method

Jansen, Peter​

  • x, y, and z letters for whole cube rotations in the standard notation

Johnson, Erik​

  • EJLS

Johnston, Jack​

  • JLS

Korick, Stachu​

  • L2Lk

Krammer, Daan​

  • Waterman method (in collaboration with Marc Waterman)

Krig, Gunnar​

  • EG method (Alongside Erik Akkersdijk)

Laire, Johannes​

  • Rubik's Snake notation (in collaboration with James Straughan)

Li, Doug​

  • Doug Li method
  • Doug Li block

Li, John (teoidus)​

  • 2GR method

Lian, Chester​

  • Summer Variation

Makisumi, Shotaro​

  • MGLS (along with Lucas Garron)

McGruddy, Jacob​

  • 1LLS / LS (2x2 method and L5C subset, developed two sets out of nine)

McNeill, Jayden​

  • Twisted TTLL

Mehta, Yash​

  • Mehta method
  • YruRU method (later combined with other similar methods to become the CEOR method)
  • New CP recognition method (also called YruRU)
  • Mehtad method

Meyer, Thomas​

  • Meyer method

Mosher, Tim​

  • CCMLL recognition (ATCRM)

Mossey, Brayden​

  • Hawaiian Kociemba

Olson, Christopher​

-- LEG-1 (independent from Straughan's prior development)

Orbit, Kim​

  • ZZ-Orbit

Orser, David​

  • Lowercase letters to represent wide turns (first known online publication)

Petrus, Lars​

  • Petrus method
  • Blockbuilding
  • 2x2x2 block
  • 2x2x3 block
  • Edge orientation for speedsolving
  • COLL
  • Algorithm Combination (Petrus 270)
  • Early CP (idea, but no development)

Pochmann, Stefan​

  • Classic Pochmann 3x3x3 blindfold solving method
  • M2/R2
  • RoFL

(Pyjam)​

  • LEOR (Independent development from Noah Arthurs' previous proposal, developed independently in the same year as community member "Arc")

Nyein, Dylan​

  • Completion of ZZ CPLS (along with Joseph Tudor)
  • Yellow Bird method

Roddewig, Ulrich​

  • Edges First (first known publication of the Edges First method)

Roux, Gilles​

  • Roux method
  • Misoriented centers for the Roux method
  • Non-matching corner recognition
  • 1x2x3 block
  • The first known proposal of the CEOR method

Rubik, Ernő​

  • Corners First method

Salvia, David​

  • Salvia method

Seal, David​

  • F2L pairing technique (first known development)
  • OLL (OLL preserving PLL)
  • PLL (PLL disregarding OLL)

Schiereck, Frans​

  • M, E, and S letters for slice turns in the standard notation

Schultz, Guus Razoux​

  • CFCE method
  • ELL

Schoof, Rene​

  • F2L paring technique (independent 1981 development after the Conway, Benson, and Seal group's 1979 development)

(Silky)​

  • SSRC method

Singmaster, David​

  • The standard outer turn notation
  • Popularization of cross and the LBL method (though not the actual development)

Snyder, Anthony​

  • Snyder Method 1
  • Snyder Method 2
  • Snyder LL / Fish n Chips / EP+1 last layer method

Sosič, Rok and Polona​

  • F2L paring technique (independent 1981 development after the Conway, Benson, and Seal group's 1979 development)

Straughan, Michael James (Athefre)​

  • APB method
  • Nautilus method
  • MI1 method
  • MI2 method
  • Nautilus method for FTO
  • Nautilus method for big cubes
  • EOLR for the Roux method
  • Straughan recognition
  • Block referencing for the standard notation
  • Transformation
  • LEG-1 and Non-Matching LEG-1
  • Non-Matching CLL and EG
  • Conjugated CLL (2x2)
  • Non-matching corner recognition - NMCMLL / ATCRM
  • Transformed corner recognition (CCMLL) - ATCRM
  • L5C and SL5C for the 42 method
  • CLL+1 and COLL+1 (development based on Thom Barlow's idea)
  • DFDB recognition for the Roux method
  • Algorithm Unions
  • L7E iterative EO and method
  • ACMLL for the Roux method
  • AOLL and ACLL for the CFOP and CFCE methods
  • NMLL
  • Slice Derived EO
  • Rubik's Snake notation (in collaboration with Johannes Laire)

Streeter, Ben​

  • Bencisco method for FTO

Taylor, Donald​

  • Layer By Layer method (first known publication)
  • Cross

Taylor, Justin​

  • Zipper Method
  • Ribbon Method

Thistlethwaite, Morwen​

  • 2x2x3 block
  • Mass edge orientation
  • Thistlethwaite algorithm

Thompson, Blake​

  • ZZ-CT

Tran, Chris​

  • ZZ-CT
  • ZZ-HW
  • Tran-style ZBLL recognition

Trang, Vincent (trangium)​

  • Squall method
  • Triforce method
  • TruSRU method
  • Square-101 method
  • Void Swap BLD method
  • EOFE variant for the Nautilus method
  • Twisted CT
  • TDR variant for the Mehta method
  • CDRLL variant for the Mehta method
  • Movecount Coefficient Calculator
  • Nautilus for FTO (with Michael James Straughan and Liam Highducheck)
  • APB development assistance

Treep, Anneke​

  • OLL (independent in the same year as Jessica Fridrich and Mirek Goljan's development)
  • PLL (independent in the same year as Jessica Fridrich and Mirek Goljan's development)

Tudor, Joseph​

  • Completion of ZZ CPLS (along with Dylan Nyein)
  • WaterZZ
  • Tudor method
  • Early CP + left block isolation ZZ-D variant
  • L2L5

Valk, Mats​

  • VLS

Vandenberg, Lars​

  • VHLS (along with Dan Harris)

Waterman, Marc​

  • Waterman method (Alongside Daan Krammer)
  • CLL pattern recognition

Winter, Lucas​

  • Winter Variation

Wong, Jason​

  • CCMLL recognition
  • L7E methods

Zborowski, Zbigniew​

  • ZZ method
  • ZBLS (along with Ron van Bruchem)
  • C2GR (Later merged with other similar methods to become the CEOR method)