What took you longer to learn? OLL or PLL?

[OMGitsSolved]

So I see that OLL has shorter algorithms but there is lots more and PLL has longer algorithms but there isn't as much. So for all of you who know full 2 look LL which one was easier? OLL or PLL.

 

[Nestor]

I bet no one is going to say OLL.

 

[OMGitsSolved]

I bet no one is going to say OLL.

I know someone who will...

 

[Systemdertoten]

I learned PLL in a week or so in September.
I started OLL back in October.
I'm still learning.

 

[Rpotts]

OLL, but i had like a year break in learning PLL lol.

 

[freshcuber]

Learn OLL first. Sure PLL is less to learn and all that jazz but I'm almost done with OLL and recognition can be rough at first. Not recognition as much as recall really but either way with 57 possibilities it takes longer for that to get better. Especially when most subsets are one or two cases and then a mirror. The only thing that's hard about PLL is longer algs. I think recognition is really easy. The only thong that takes me a bit to identify is which G is which and that's because there's four and then for some reason I have problems recognizing Ja as well as I do Jb. By the time I finish I'd say that they'll both have taken roughly the same amount of time.

 

[Rpotts]

Learn OLL first.

do not do this.

 

[freshcuber]

do not do this.

Why not?

 

[tx789]

OLL I've been learning slowly since July even a little before the first tournament. I've got 22 left and PLL a learned in a few months or so-ish a learned the H and Z before July 10 later year as well. I learned the G last but didn't learn to recognise them and have half-forgotten them.

 

[RyanReese09]

I learned OLL and PLL semi together. Mostly OLL first but I'd learn a few PLLs mid way through just because I wanted to do something cool with the cube.

I guess OLL took longer if you talk about periods of time.

 

[EricReese]

PLL took me about 7 days. OLL is by far easier to learn though Nick..the algs are so easy to learn. And its an easy way to knock off around 2 (if your fast, because recognition for both the 1st and 2nd look of OLL)-3 seconds off your time

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These added times reflect Nicks current times, and the approximation I think it adds to his solves.

 

[Tim Major]

Why not?

2 look OLL adds on 1~ second. Depends on turning speed but Faz did 8.xy a12 with 2 look OLL, FRUR'U'F' and the variants are much faster than RUR'U'R'FR2U'R'U'RUR'F'. 1 look PLL saves more time.

 

[Cool Frog]

OLL took me less time to learn than PLL I found PLL algorithms hard to get into memory, then when i started getting into OLL it was all about recognition. Was able to do 3-4 performances until OLL got drilled in.

 

[cubeslayer]

I am still learning my olls ( I know, on and off, 30 +). Plls were easy to learn since there are only 13 algs to learn ( the remaining 8 are mirrors).

 

[freshcuber]

2 look OLL adds on 1~ second. Depends on turning speed but Faz did 8.xy a12 with 2 look OLL, FRUR'U'F' and the variants are much faster than RUR'U'R'FR2U'R'U'RUR'F'. 1 look PLL saves more time.

Execution isn't what kills you at OLL. It's recognition. The more time you look at OLL cases and see lines, dots, or small L's the harder it is to break from there and scan the whole top layer quickly to see the case.

Whichever you learn first once you learn it start on the next. I took months before I started learning OLL and it was a bad choice. Starting to learn algs is like homework. It sucks at first but once you're in the mindset it's not too bad. Don't look at it as "Oh, I'll learn full PLL right now." Look at it as "Oh, I'll learn 2LLL"

 

[Andreaillest]

I'm procrastinating the hell out of learning OLL.

 

[freshcuber]

I'm procrastinating the hell out of learning OLL.

Just grit your teeth and take the plunge. Two a day and you're done in a month. Not too bad at all.

 

[Chrisalead]

PLL took me 2 weeks (specially the 4 G perms took me 4 days to avoid mistakes). OLL took me 1 month and a half.

 

[Godmil]

As above. 2 weeks PLL, 6 weeks OLL.

 

[ilikecubing]

Duh...OLL