speedcubing
is solving the Rubik's cube as fast as you can. The term
speedcubing was first introduced by Ron van Bruchem in
July 2000 when he was thinking for a domain name for his
site. there are a few different methods that are commonly
used by cubers these days. we will talk mostly about three
different methods. the Fridrich, Petrus, Roux methods; of
which, Fridrich method is the most dominant.
Fridrich Method: a layer by
layer method. It was developed by Jessica Fridrich in
the 1980s. The method has four basic steps:
1. Form the Cross
2. Solve the First Two Layers (F2L)
3. Orient Last Layer (OLL)
4. Permute Last Layer (PLL)
Petrus method:
invented by
Lars Petrus has 7 basic steps.
Build a 2x2x2 block
Expand that to a 2x2x3 block
Orient remaining edges
Finish F2L
Permute Last Layer Corners
Orient Last Layer Corners
Permute Last Layer Edges
Roux method: Invented by
Gilles Roux in 2003, this method is causing a stir in
the speedcubing community. It is currently one of the
very few methods about to challenge the popular CFOP
as Gilles averages under 15 seconds with it, and his
current best average is 13.44 seconds