CUBING
General
- 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.
Different Methods
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.
Softwares
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.
Other Speed-Cubers
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.
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