Roux
Official Website
Original Proposal
Gilles Roux proposed the method on August 12, 2003.
Roux provided me an in-depth explanation of the origin of the method.
This message was sent to me in a private conversation with Gilles Roux.
Originally a couple of LSE methods were provided. Roux eventually realized that his LSE strategy was the best and updated the site to only have his strategy.
Misoriented Centers
Misoriented Centers first appeared on Roux's site in 2004.
NMCMLL
A recognition method for NMCMLL first appeared in 2004 on Roux's site.
https://web.archive.org/web/20041214140729/http://grrroux.free.fr:80/method/Step_3.html
The steps are:
Find the orientation of the L/R stickers.
Find the orientation of the stickers that should be oriented to the U layer.
The table wasn't yet 100% developed. There were still 15 missing patterns.
James Straughan completed the above NMCMLL recognition table in October, 2006
A new recognition method for NMCMLL was developed by James Straughan in April, 2010
https://web.archive.org/web/20111204185452/http://grrroux.free.fr/method/Step_3.html
The steps are:
Find the orientation of the L/R stickers.
Check a pattern by looking at pre-determined sticker locations.
Another recognition method for NMCMLL was developed by James Straughan and Tim Mosher in December, 2021.
This recognition method was developed to be an all in one solution for CLL, NMCLL, and CCMLL recognition.
4c recognition methods
FUBU
The first 4c recognition method (FUBU) was developed by James Straughan in April, 2010.
Michał Ciebiada created a video for the recognition method.
https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/waffles-roux-tutorial.11506/post-357273
https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/waffles-roux-tutorial.11506/post-357312
https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/waffles-roux-tutorial.11506/post-357479
https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/waffles-roux-tutorial.11506/post-364254
BU
BU 4c recognition was used by several people around the same time as the first recognition method above was created.
The recognition became more well known with Alex Lau's use of it
DFDB
DFDB recognition for 4c was developed by James Straughan in February, 2012
https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/roux-4b-to-4c-transition.35350/
Several in the community have since optimized the recognition for better recognizing the cases that start with an M2 move.
CMLLEO
Thom Barlow was the first to heavily explore CMLLEO, starting around 2010.
Thom Barlow expresses the opinion that the name should be changed from KCLL to CLLEO, which has now become CMLLEO.
Table Abuse
Thom Barlow discovered and popularized the use of a surface to perform slice turns around 2010. (What is now called Table Abuse)
EOLR
EOLR was first proposed and developed by James Straughan in August, 2012
This development included both EOLR (EO + LR edges on D) and EOLRb. More is explained below.
The plan was to complete every possible EOLRb case with every possible AUF
In its current form then in 2012-2013, the tables included full EOLR and around half of the EOLRb cases were developed.
https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/roux-misoriented-centers-table.38176/post-873153
EOLR (the EO + placing the LR edges on the bottom layer version) was re-developed by Iuri Grangeiro with some assistance from Kian Mansour in August 2016.
Kian Mansour's use of EOLR helped popularize the technique.
https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/accomplishment-thread.1688/post-1189069
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ViMrgrlEpY2E7fhaRdw_Zfj04qwdwm2R8GaXB66YZRo/edit
https://discord.com/channels/416929203607568404/416929203607568406/797470923153735710
Pinkie Pie
Pinkie Pie was first mentioned by Rob Stuart (Brest) in 2011.
Alexander Lau reproposed and named the idea Pinkie Pie in 2012
ACMLL
ACMLL was proposed by James Straughan in April, 2020
ACMLL was developed and presented to the community in January, 2021
CMLL Prediction
The use of NMCMLL recognition for CMLL prediction was initially discussed by Zhouheng Sun.
ATCRM was developed in 2021 and proposed as useful for CMLL prediction.
With ATCRM requiring the identification of just two stickers in its second step, compared to NMCMLL's four, Zhouheng Sun's discussion applies even better.
https://sites.google.com/site/athefre/roux/cmll-prediction?authuser=0
Corner orientation prediction was first developed by James Straughan in July, 2022.
CMLL Acronym
The acronym CMLL was proposed by Roux on the official website.
The CMLL acronym was later removed from the site.
Interesting Fact: Gilles Roux was once 2nd in the world unofficially using his method.
