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Quest to learn full ZBLL [SUSPENDED]

Will I learn full 1LLL?

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Nir1213

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Doing 2000 solves in one sitting, once, is not the same as regularly doing 2000-solve sessions.


That's interesting.

My personal experience, having learnt ZBLL algs a lot more haphazardly, is that if I don't review regularly (or at least do lots of solves regularly), I'll find myself mixing some algs together. Algs that have similar triggers sometimes just blend into each other in my mind and I mess those up a fair amount. Quite a few times recently I've had to jog my memory by looking the algs up again. Now I'm wondering if it's too late to relearn ZBLL properly (and perhaps actually finish it this time).
oops well then i mean in one sitting lol

Yeah I know a lot of people who learned ZBLL who have had this experience too. I'd guess there would probably be some big differences in how we approached learning and reviewing the algs. I think the most important factor that led me to remembering my algs better than some other people is that my learning approach was completely focused on testing myself on random algs at as fast a rate as possible. For those who are not so familiar with my approach, I think the most important points are the following:


  • I did not use muscle memory to memorize algs - I always memorized the moves first. From my experience, algs memorized with muscle memory will always be forgotten after a break. Remembering stuff using your brain is always more reliable.
I would be interested in knowing what the differences between the ways we learn algs are, and how they may have contributed to our different experiences with recalling algs.
I mean muscle memory is useful, if you just train your muscle memory, come back, recall the muscle memory again, and do it again and again until the alg becomes subcounscious with muscle memory and you wont even think about it.
 

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I mean muscle memory is useful, if you just train your muscle memory, come back, recall the muscle memory again, and do it again and again until the alg becomes subcounscious with muscle memory and you wont even think about it.

I am well familiar with the process of learning algs by muscle memory. In my experience muscle memory will still almost always be forgotten after a long enough break.

Think about it like this: nobody would use muscle memory alone to memorize a password. Muscle memory is a technique that is simply not reliable enough for the task. While many people would know their passwords by muscle memory just so that they can type them faster, it's pretty much necessary to remember them in another way as well, such as simple mnemonics.

I do use muscle memory, but only if I have also memorized the moves of the alg first. Whenever I've taken a break, it has consistently been the case that I forget my muscle memory, but remember the moves.
 

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I am well familiar with the process of learning algs by muscle memory. In my experience muscle memory will still almost always be forgotten after a long enough break.

Think about it like this: nobody would use muscle memory alone to memorize a password. Muscle memory is a technique that is simply not reliable enough for the task. While many people would know their passwords by muscle memory just so that they can type them faster, it's pretty much necessary to remember them in another way as well, such as simple mnemonics.

I do use muscle memory, but only if I have also memorized the moves of the alg first. Whenever I've taken a break, it has consistently been the case that I forget my muscle memory, but remember the moves.
i mean if it happens that to you doesnt mean it happens to others, but good point.
Funnily i have almost all the letters in my keyboard in my muscle memory

hello drkness my old friend
the sentence i did was without looking.
Missed the A tho.
 

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i mean if it happens that to you doesnt mean it happens to others, but good point.
Funnily i have almost all the letters in my keyboard in my muscle memory

hello drkness my old friend
the sentence i did was without looking.
Missed the A tho.

Keep in mind I specified that one is likely to forget muscle memory after a break. Being able to touch type is normal since you're likely to have to do it every day.

It is true that not everyone will have the same experience as me, but I would bet that when it comes to larger algsets such as ZBLL most people would agree with me. When it comes to small sets such as PLL and OLL, yeah I think a lot of people could remember the muscle memory even after a break.
 
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Week 3 is here, nothing much from last week sccomplished, ima go learn some algs now lol.
I've been looking at your progress all this time and I have only 1 thing to tell you. It is not worth to learn 1LLL in 1 go. They have been divided into subsets(like Tripod, ZBLL, etc.) and then into further subsets(like Pi,H,etc.) for a reason. The people who divided them into subsets were/are not mad they did it for a reason.
And your average is 18-ish and 1LLL is not worth at 18 average. Start 1LLL learning when u reach sub-10.
And also let the algs develop more, let them get better
For the time being I would recommend to get better at F2L and Cross and drill all your algs.
Also check out @Zubin Park 's guide to become sub-x till then


I know you have said this
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times but still this was my advice. Your wish to listen or not. So many people are telling you this but you aren't listening.
 

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I've been looking at your progress all this time and I have only 1 thing to tell you. It is not worth to learn 1LLL in 1 go. They have been divided into subsets(like Tripod, ZBLL, etc.) and then into further subsets(like Pi,H,etc.) for a reason. The people who divided them into subsets were/are not mad they did it for a reason.
And your average is 18-ish and 1LLL is not worth at 18 average. Start 1LLL learning when u reach sub-10.
And also let the algs develop more, let them get better
For the time being I would recommend to get better at F2L and Cross and drill all your algs.
Also check out @Zubin Park 's guide to become sub-x till then


I know you have said this

times but still this was my advice. Your wish to listen or not. So many people are telling you this but you aren't listening.
But he “likes learning algs.” :rolleyes:
That was sarcasm in case you couldn’t tell. I agree with you completely.
 

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I've been looking at your progress all this time and I have only 1 thing to tell you. It is not worth to learn 1LLL in 1 go. They have been divided into subsets(like Tripod, ZBLL, etc.) and then into further subsets(like Pi,H,etc.) for a reason. The people who divided them into subsets were/are not mad they did it for a reason.
The 1LLL sheet OP is learning from is already categorised by OLL and corner permutation, and he's said he's going through the sheet in order, so yes, he is already learning by nicely-categorised subsets.

Possibly not the most meaningful ones, and definitely not the optimal order to maximise benefit, but you seem to be thinking OP is going at 1LLL in a completely random order and no, it's not nearly that haphazard.

And your average is 18-ish and 1LLL is not worth at 18 average. Start 1LLL learning when u reach sub-10.
And also let the algs develop more, let them get better
For the time being I would recommend to get better at F2L and Cross and drill all your algs.
This is clearly a multi-year endeavour. There's more than enough time to get better at F2L and cross while also learning 1LLL algs.

Actually, don't take it from me; take it from Jabari:
context: this person probably averages 20-25
/u/Aidoni05 on Reddit said:
Hey Jabari, I'm somebody who loves learning algs for 1lll cases, but most other cubers I talk to say I shouldn't even think about it until I'm much faster. What do you think I should do, should I dedicate all my time to fundamentals or should I keep learning algs?
Jabari said:
It's ignorance combined with laziness. Pople don't appreciate the deication it takes to master algs, so they think that they can just wait until they're faster not knowing the earlier you start the better you'll be when your actually fast af.

(I don't entirely agree with this, for the record, but let's say I'm playing devil's advocate here.)
 
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Then learn COLL and WV and all the useful alg sets
i already know full COLL and like 2 WV but ima hold off on WV until i get bored with 1LLL and take a day or 2 off to learn something else like WV. I am taking a few days off the quest right now to gen algs for an alg set I am working on.

The 1LLL sheet OP is learning from is already categorised by OLL and corner permutation, and he's said he's going through the sheet in order, so yes, he is already learning by nicely-categorised subsets.

Possibly not the most meaningful ones, and definitely not the optimal order to maximise benefit, but you seem to be thinking OP is going at 1LLL in a completely random order and no, it's not nearly that haphazard.


This is clearly a multi-year endeavour. There's more than enough time to get better at F2L and cross while also learning 1LLL algs.

Actually, don't take it from me; take it from Jabari:
context: this person probably averages 20-25



(I don't entirely agree with this, for the record, but let's say I'm playing devil's advocate here.)
I average 16-20 on 3x3. If it was me back in the summer, that'd be 20-25 but i am currently 16-20 right now
 

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I average 16-20 on 3x3. If it was me back in the summer, that'd be 20-25 but i am currently 16-20 right now
What on earth is up with you people quoting the entirety of multi-part posts instead of just the part you want to reply to?

Anyway, the "context" was meant to describe the person who asked the question on Reddit, not you.
 

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What on earth is up with you people quoting the entirety of multi-part posts instead of just the part you want to reply to?

Anyway, the "context" was meant to describe the person who asked the question on Reddit, not you.
Yeah i'm too lazy for that.
 

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I don't know if you've seen it, but this video should interest you:

Jabari Nuruddin is one of the closest persons to know 1LLL
 

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I've been looking at your progress all this time and I have only 1 thing to tell you. It is not worth to learn 1LLL in 1 go. They have been divided into subsets(like Tripod, ZBLL, etc.) and then into further subsets(like Pi,H,etc.) for a reason. The people who divided them into subsets were/are not mad they did it for a reason.
@Zubin Park 's guide to become sub-x till then


I know you have said this

times but still this was my advice. Your wish to listen or not. So many people are telling you this but you aren't listening.

Actually, you should definitely not assume that the people who originally divided 1LLL into subsets always knew what they were doing. They developed many of their theories at a time when not many people had the practical experience of learning large algsets, and definitely had some wrong ideas about things like recognition.

Learning by subsets is a very good approach, but is definitely not the only option. Learning in a random order is actually quite reasonable. Simon Kalhofer, a full ZBLL user endorses this method of learning ZBLL, which uses a random order (using Anki).

I would also add that the standard subsets that you mentioned such as Tripod, Pi and H aren't necessarily the only reasonable subsets to consider. I think you could be creative here and define many reasonable subsets for yourself. For example, algs which are a combination of sune+another alg, cases which have checkerboard patterns on top, algs which have 1x1x2 blocks, algs with 1x1x3 blocks etc.

I find that those who haven't actually had the experience of learning a lot of algs seem to have a idea that there are certain rules you have to follow to learn algs effectively. The fact of the matter is that there are many decent approaches to learning large algsets, and it's not so easy to say that one is better than all the rest. This does not mean that there are no bad approaches - there are many - however, if your method of learning is well thought out, and you can prove to yourself that it's more effective for you than other approaches (and not just because you're bad at the other approaches), you should be prepared to go against the common wisdom and stick to your guns.

(disclaimer: I have not looked at what LukasCubes' learning method is and can't comment on whether it's good or bad. The main point of this post is to argue that sometimes you need to be willing to go against the grain and think for yourself.)
 
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