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Method

Block building: measure twice, cut once — except nobody here measures.

Actually, though

A block-building method: grow a 2×2×2 into a 2×2×3, orient the edges, finish the first two layers, then solve the last layer.

Designed to minimise move count rather than maximise turning speed. Rare in competition now, but its ideas fed directly into ZZ and Roux.

In the wild

them45 moves. beautifully efficient.
me58 moves, done in half the time
themthat’s not the point
meit’s a little bit the point

Related terms

Every DNF, every +2, every second you have shaved off. Sub-X turns your csTimer history into the numbers behind the jokes.

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