About

ZZMethod.com is the modern, complete guide to the ZZ Method.

Modern

ZZ has evolved since its proposal in 2003. In recent years, EOCross has become the dominant EO step, but resources have not caught up. This website is the first to fully document "Modern ZZ", the way it is practiced now.

We present an innovative EO tutorial that makes EO intuitive and easy to learn. It goes beyond stating the rules of how to solve it, by showing how the rules emerge from a simple concept. It uses animated 3D cubes from cubing.js (opens in a new tab) to visualize how EO works.

Complete

This site has everything needed to excel with modern ZZ. We have an in-depth tutorial walking through each step of the method.

We feature a very comprehensive improvement guide written by Yoruba (opens in a new tab), a sub-8 ZZ solver. It covers advanced techniques and practical advice for improving with the method.

Modern ZZ has been difficult to learn because key resources were scattered or didn't exist. We are filling the gap, inspired by the classic tutorials of Conrad Rider (opens in a new tab) and Phil Yu (opens in a new tab).

How you can help

As an open-source project, this site relies on contributions to stay modern and become more complete. If you'd like to help, check out our GitHub (opens in a new tab)!

ZZ Pet Gallery

Here are some pets from ZZ solvers around the world:

You can submit yours here (opens in a new tab).