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Makisumi-Garron Last Slot (MGLS)
This page lists the algorithm I use for each case. (I'm still learning, so a bunch are blank.)
Even though there are many more CLS cases than OLL, CLS algorithms are much easier to memorize. Since CLS preserves edge orientation (allowing single R turn), every case can be done with an UR two-generator. Also, many of the algorithms become reduced to a familiar F2L case after the first few moves. This means, to begin with, we only need to memorize the first part of a lot of these algorithms.
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History
I came up with this alternate approach to the last slot of F2L and OLL in 2004, partly through inspiration by Ryan Heise's old method. I generated algorithms for about half the cases and made this page, but then I left it at that, only learning a few cases for last layer control during F2L. In 2007, Lucas Garron developed this idea, generated all the algorithms, and actually learned the full method. We decided to name this step MGLS, for Makisumi-Garron Last Slot. His description of the method can be found here.
