Improve oracle query performance without indexing

SELECT c.ClaimNumber, a.ItemDate, c.DTN, b.FilePath
FROM items a,
itempages b,
keygroupdata c
WHERE a.ItemType IN (112,115,189,241)
AND a.ItemNum = b.ItemNum
AND b.ItemNum = c.ItemNum
ORDER BY a.DateStored DESC

SELECT c.ClaimNumber, a.ItemDate, c.DTN, b.FilePath
FROM items a
INNER JOIN itempages b ON b.ItemNum = a.ItemNum
INNER JOIN keygroupdata c ON c.ItemNum = b.ItemNum
WHERE a.ItemType IN (112,115,189,241)
ORDER BY a.DateStored DESC

select
  c.claimnumber,
  a.itemdate,
  c.dtn,
  b.filepath
from
  (
  select itemdate
  from items it
  where it.itemtype in(112,115,189,241)
  ) a
  itempages b,
  keygroupdata c
where a.itemnum = b.itemnum
  and b.itemnum = c.itemnum

SELECT /*+RULE*/
  c.ClaimNumber, a.ItemDate, c.DTN, b.FilePath
FROM
  items a,
  itempages b,
  keygroupdata c
WHERE a.ItemType IN (112,115,189,241)
  AND a.ItemNum = b.ItemNum
  AND b.ItemNum = c.ItemNum
ORDER BY a.DateStored DESC

SELECT c.ClaimNumber, a.ItemDate, c.DTN, b.FilePath
FROM items a,
itempages b,
keygroupdata c
WHERE ((a.ItemType IN ('112','115','189','241'))
AND (a.ItemNum = b.ItemNum)
AND (b.ItemNum = c.ItemNum))
ORDER BY a.DateStored DESC

with a as (
  select
    *
  from
    items
  where
    ItemType IN (112,115,189,241)
)
SELECT
  c.ClaimNumber
  , a.ItemDate
  , c.DTN, b.FilePath
FROM
  a,
  itempages b,
  keygroupdata c
WHERE
  a.ItemNum = b.ItemNum
  AND b.ItemNum = c.ItemNum
ORDER BY
  a.DateStored DESC