Memorising Algs (With a Full Brain)

[Incanumix]

Hey Guys
I've searched, but found no answers.
I want your guys thoughts on this:

When I learn algs for PLL, I need to practice it for atleast 48 hours before I can move on.
It's really annoying me, the alg takes me 3 minutes to learn, after 3 minutes, I do it perfectly, but the thing is, if I try and learn 1 more alg before the 48 hours of practice and rest are up, I get mixed up.
Yesterday I learned T Perm, now I'm on (b) J Perm, everytime I try and learn J, in a matter of minutes, I perfectly have it, but when I try and do T Perm, that's when both algs clash.

What do you guys suggest I do?
I really don't want to wait 48 hours for every alg, or I'll be learning these for ages.
Any tips?

 

[sauso]

slow and steady win's the race mate. i'm the same.

 

[Incanumix]

slow and steady win's the race mate. i'm the same.

But man come on, 48 hours is way too much, I see my friends at school putting me in their dirt, they learn around 2~3 a day effeciently, I'm only learning .5 a day T.T
Although, I have noticed that in that 48 hours of practice, I can easily tell what the PLL is by just looking at it for 1 second

 

[Godmil]

Are you using these algs in your solves?
When I started learning algs, I'd drill them for a while, but wouldn't properly memorise them until I was actually using them while solving.

 

[Incanumix]

Are you using these algs in your solves?
When I started learning algs, I'd drill them for a while, but wouldn't properly memorise them until I was actually using them while solving.

Yeah, I hardly come across them, but when I do, I use them.
Although I'm not solving it much, maybe 20 times a day, and I'm basically just practicing the PLL alg like 100 times a day.

 

[AndreasFrom]

I learned Badmephisto's PLL algs not so long ago and I learned one a day except for mirrors where I learned both. I learned several 2-look OLL algs a day but PLL's are just harder to mess up I guess. Learn them at your pace and just appreciate that

 

[Akuma]

Find familiarity in the triggers used in the algorithms.
You are probably confused because it's difficult for you to see the patterns and familiarity.

Learn how to see the patterns and the triggers such as sexy move and jackhammer used in the algorithm.
This helps greatly when learning how to fingertrick them little bastards.

 

[dabest2500]

When you're learning algs, are you just memorising them or drilling them into muscle memory?

 

[Kirjava]

Just keep going, you'll speed up the more you learn. There's not really any special techniques you can learn.

Might take you 48 hours to memo your first few PLLs, but you'll memorise your last few OLLs much faster than that.

 

[Georgeanderre]

I Learned full pll on a few days if i remember rightly, mainly because most of them are 2 olls or mirrors/inverses, i never got round to learning oll
brute force is how i learned so fast

i can only remember a few now because i no longer use fridrich, but i have recently learned ell, 22/29 cases in 2 days, not bad going, just need to work on recognition

everyone will learn them at their own rate, so stick with your current speed and as the above have said first pll is hard, last oll is easy

 

[radmin]

I have to do it in steps.
Step 1 is muscle memory-just repeat over and over
Step 2 is recognition. I have to do this in groups based on mirrors and inverses. Like the 4 G perms.

It takes a long time for me to connect the right alg when I see it. If I see one I think I should know during a timed solve I'll stop and try to think of it. Olls are harder to get because some don't come up as often.

 

[userman]

Im the one of TWO student that cubes at my school (2 of aprox. 350)....

 

[uberCuber]

sexy move and jackhammer.

lol

Im the one of TWO student that cubes at my school (2 of aprox. 350)....

good for you? What does this have to do with the topic?


anyway, seriously what Kirjava said. You'll get better at learning algs the more you learn. I remember taking forever to learn PLL too, but then when learning COLL I would learn a full 6-alg set in a day.

 

[SPeedHANd93]

Just do all alg with a rythim
try dont to think while learning of the letters just think as moves

i write alg´s i want to learn on my hand and while cubing i can take short looks at it hope this help u !
have FUN

 

[Ltsurge]

i usually watch the cube's stickers
when i see them in a particular state i know when to turn it to the next step
sounds wierd but it works for me
oh and you need to use them in real solves

 

[Rpotts]

Just do all alg with a rythim
try dont to think while learning of the letters just think as moves

i write alg´s i want to learn on my hand and while cubing i can take short looks at it hope this help u !
have FUN

rhythm

 

[Zarxrax]

Take breaks and keep refreshing your memory over time.
If you get them mixed up, big deal. Just practice a bit more and correct yourself.

 

[Erzz]

I have some algs (such as N and R perm) which I have a lot of trouble just doing on a solved cube. I need to recognize the PLL before I can do it. Not sure why.

 

[Jungleterrain]

After learning the PLLs, I forget how to execute them with pure muscle memory, although I know that I know it. I just go back to the algorithm to remember it, and it comes back to me in my first try. I don't know why this happens, because I didn't learn them very quickly at all(2-3 weeks for all 21). However, I've found that this only happens to me with algorithms I've switched for a new alg, or with the most recent ones I've learned. I also think it is important to take into account if your hands feel comfortable while performing the algorithm. If I don't find any comfortable and fast fingertricks for an algorithm, I end up having a harder time recalling it when I need to use it. In that case, I would switch the PLL alg for another one(I've done this with a few PLLs already). As I learned more, I picked up the pace, as well. I can easily learn 2-3 algs in one day now(maybe more, but too busy to test that). Finally, I think implementing it into your solves sticks it into your memory more than anything else. I do ~100+ solves a day, and it helps my PLL recognition and execution.

 

[uberCuber]

I have some algs (such as N and R perm) which I have a lot of trouble just doing on a solved cube. I need to recognize the PLL before I can do it. Not sure why.

There are a few OLLs that are like this for me; I noticed it when I timed a bunch of my OLLs a couple days ago

TBH, I take it as a good thing because it means that in my mind, the alg and the case recog are completely synchronized.