Ever "discover" an algorithm while executing/learning one?

[dada222]

I discovered a parity alg for 5x5 while solving a 4x4.

 

[Sa967St]

Just a few minutes ago I was trying to learn a ccw O-perm on U for square-1
/ (3,3) / (1,0) / (-2,-2) / (2,0) / (2,2) / (-1,0) / (-3,-3) / (-2,0) / (-2,2) / (-3,-2)

When I was trying to memorize it I did / (3,3) / (1,0) / (2,2) / (-2,0) / (-2,-2) / then I realized I made a mistake but I finished it off with (0,2)/ (2,2)/ (-1,0) /(-3,-3) /(0,-1) /(-2,-2) /(-1,3) and noticed that I ended up with a cw O-perm on D

 

[dunpeal2064]

This one sems obvious, but I learned the T-shape OLL (not the F,R,U,R',U',F' one, the other one) while learning the y-perm, because the y-perm would become the t-shape just before the last 2 triggers. So whenever I teach people 2LPLL, I teach them y perm now, so that they can get an extra OLL for free with it xD

 

[crazymanjimbo46]

I was doing the beginners method second layer alg and figured out how to do keyhole F2L, I thought that I had discovered something new and found out it had been discovered.

 

[koreancuber]

Wait, I learned the algorithm from the Y perm, not the weird headlights. Sorry, my bad.

 

[iasimp1997]

AntiSune. And some other Pi cases.

 

[masterofthebass]

I'm lucky I have big hands.

You're lucky you have long fingers*

Trust me... big hands don't help.

 

[Carson]

I'm lucky I have big hands.

You're lucky you have long fingers*

Trust me... big hands don't help.

I dunno... I've seen you hold an 11x11. It looks like me solving a 4x4.

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While learning the beginner's method (the one from the 25th anniversary cube booklet) I "discovered" that I could do inverses of the algorithms to avoid having to do them over and over for certain cases. This seems like common sense now, but at the time it seemed like a huge discovery to me.

I like finding creative ways to use current algorithms. I recently realized (although this should have been common sense as well) that if I solve my cross wrong (which happens way more often than it should) I can just wait until I have finished the solve and then do a pll on the cross face to fix it instead of having to fix it immediately. Of course this only works for certain cases, but I still like the idea. I also mess around with using the belt/equator/outer layer/whatever you want to call it method sometimes. I use sexy move times 3 to move corners between layers and T Perms to move edges between layers. not exactly efficient, but I don't really do it for speed.

 

[Imperatrix]

Yeah, I found some of my OLL cases through experimenting. I know 14/57 algs because of that XD;

 

[SilentlyintheShadows]

I keep scrambling my 2x2x2 the same way over and over again and ending up with a y-perm situation, and whenever I try to figure it out I can't.