https://abaj.ai/tags/rubiks-cube/Recent content in Rubiks-Cube on Aayush Bajaj's Augmenting InfrastructureHugoen© 2026 Aayush BajajSat, 18 Jul 2026 19:16:40 +1000https://abaj.ai/wiki/cubing/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:23:27 +1000https://abaj.ai/wiki/cubing/<p>Notes on twisty puzzles: solving methods, algorithm sets and the odd bit of group theory. Currently home to the <a href="https://abaj.ai/wiki/cubing/" >Roux method</a> reference.</p>https://abaj.ai/wiki/cubing/roux/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:23:27 +1000https://abaj.ai/wiki/cubing/roux/<h2 id="overview">overview<a href="#overview" class="post-heading__anchor" aria-hidden="true">#</a> </h2> <p>roux is a block-building speedsolving method. where CFOP grinds through a solved cross and four algorithmic pair insertions, roux builds two 1x2x3 blocks by intuition, fixes the four remaining corners with a single algorithm, and then finishes the whole cube using nothing but <code>M</code> and <code>U</code> turns. the result is a method with a very low move count (~45-50 STM for speedsolving), essentially zero cube rotations, and a last phase that flows like a drum roll.<span class="margin-note" data-note="invented by Gilles Roux in 2003 --- his original site described it simply as an alternative method"> <span class="margin-note-indicator">𐃏</span> </span> </p>