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Speed Cubing
The epicenter of all the Cubing activities around the world.All the latest Cubing news and trivia.
Official WCA website
The official WCA website.All the official records here.
Speed Solving
Very nice forum for cube related discussions.
speedsolvingrubikcube
The speedsolvingrubikcube Yahoo group.
Jaap's Puzzle Page
The biggest collection of puzzle solutions.Also lots of other interesting articles.

Here I am mentioning a few popular methods used by Cubers around the world.

Fridrich Method
Invented by Jessica Fridrich in the 1980s.This is the most popular Cubing method used by most experts.
Petrus Method
Invented by Lars Petrus.Known for its very low move count yet incredibly possible fast times.
Roux Method
Invented by Gilles Roux.This is also a pretty fast method.
Waterman Method
Invented by Marc Waterman.This method produces very fast times but requires memorization of a very large number of algorithms.

Some really nice Cube related softwares.

Cube Explorer
Created by Herbert Kociemba.Finds optimal or near optimal solution to any scramble of the Cube.Also loads of other features including webcam interface.
Ron's Cube Solver
Cube solver applet by Ron Van Bruchem.
Gabbasoft Simulator
Great Cube simulator for Windows machines.Can simulate cubes and supercubes up to order 20.
ACube
Another great program to find cube maneuvers.
Softwares by Werner Randelshofer
Lots of great softwares by Werner Randelshofer.Including Java Applets for webpages and Cube Twister.
Web Timer
Nice webtimer in case you need one.
JNet Cube Timer
Very nice Java Timer by Chris Hunt.It is a cross platform timer since it is written in Java.
ImageCube
A PHP script for generating static 3D views of the 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube.

Webpages of a few other Speed-Cubers.

Stefan Pochmann
A very original and innovative blindfolded method for 3x3x3 can be found here.Stefan has also blindsolved a lot of other puzzles.
Dan Harris
Nice collection of different methods and algorithms.Also hosts weekly FMCs.
Shotaro Mackisumi
Tutorial on Fridrich Method and the 3-cycle blindfolded method.Also has an extensive cube glossary.
Lars Vandenbergh
Extensive collection of COLL and ZBF2L algs.It has a complete tutorial on solving the Square-One.
Joël Van Noort
Lots of tips on Speedcubing.Also a good collection of useful scripts.
Chris Hardwick
Find expert methods on solving bigcubes blindfolded here.Also has a lot of information on solving the Revenge and other speedcubing tips and tricks.
Erik Akkersdijk
Home of the world record holder for the 3x3x3 and the Megaminx.The most extensive collection of methods for the 2x2x2.Also lots of other tutorials.