1 Algorithm a day? Don't make me laugh.

[jeff081692]

I know in the past I have probably said learn 1 a day and the point being that it's making progress each day. When I was learning OLL it took probably a year or more because I was too lazy and had I stuck to a rule of 1 a day I would have known full OLL a lot sooner. It had nothing to do with not being capable of remembering more but fighting laziness in learning algs. If I had to do it again I might take Kevin's advice though. I think most people here know that they can easily learn plenty of algs a day.

 

[Imago]

@DeeDubb Google "How to learn Rubik's cube algorithms" or "How to solve the Rubik's Cube". Click on video. Search through randumb videos. 8D, your answer lies there... anyway, I agree with the thing about recognition. Like if you've ever had trouble with G-Perms... But I really think that it's dependent on the algorithm.

@Imago Hm... That's understandable, but I'd really only do it like that for something like G-Perms

well at the end of my memorizing technique i will be able to memorize the alg in exactly 2-3 weeks including inversions, usually i do mix roux +cfop F2L and some ZBF2L when i do F2L i dont rely on cheatsheets i do it pure intuitively, i am not aiming to be the fastest speedcuber but somehow at least solve the cube in variety of manners.

e.g.

if i see easy blockbuilding in the scramble i go for roux whilst the last pair corner-edge will be inserted + orienting 2 edges in the bottom with only 1 algorithm which usually save me OLLs in such manner, the OLL on top will be cross etc then i will perform ZBLL to solve it.

sometimes i use CFOP + LSE + ZBLL

Or sometimes Roux+Insert edges on bottom + ZBLL which i think ieasier.

i do average 30ish sec now and i love it.

 

[LaraMJ]

When I started to learn CFOP I learned 2 Look OLL (first cross and then any of the 7 possible situations) and both U's and A's perms the same day (sorry for my deficient English).

 

[waffle=ijm]

Everyone has their own learning curve. I mean sure there are people who are incapable of learning more than 1 a day due to lack of time or just plain inability. But no one really set a limit on how many to learn in a day. And you believe people that say only 1 a day, well that's your fault for falling for it.

 

[brian724080]

Everyone has their own learning curve. I mean sure there are people who are incapable of learning more than 1 a day due to lack of time or just plain inability. But no one really set a limit on how many to learn in a day. And you believe people that say only 1 a day, well that's your fault for falling for it.

That's right. At first, I found that I can barely learn one per day (when I first started with the A perms and U perms -- Sune was easy), but I recently learned the entire CLL subset in less than a week.

 

[uberCuber]

Thanks for making this thread, you reminded me about alg-learning just in time to learn the T set of ZBLL's before my next comp. Learned 15 tonight :s

 

[MarcelP]

For OLL I took about two/three months, but a year later I still forget some OLL's and mix them up here and there.. It is possible to learn algs fast but is requires a lot of focus and lot's of repetition.

 

[Lachlan]

I memorised the Fridrich method in about two days. Just practice the same algorithm over and over again for about 10 mins and it will stick.

 

[kcl]

Thanks for making this thread, you reminded me about alg-learning just in time to learn the T set of ZBLL's before my next comp. Learned 15 tonight :s

I'm curious, why does everyone learn T? Are the algs the best?

 

[uberCuber]

I'm curious, why does everyone learn T? Are the algs the best?

The reason I'm learning T first is because it's the set I'm best at recognizing for COLL, so adding the extra task of recognizing edge permutation still results in a pretty fast recognition time, which wouldn't be the case right away for a few of the other sets. I don't know anything about if the algs are better, they might be

 

[Tim Major]

The reason I'm learning T first is because it's the set I'm best at recognizing for COLL, so adding the extra task of recognizing edge permutation still results in a pretty fast recognition time, which wouldn't be the case right away for a few of the other sets. I don't know anything about if the algs are better, they might be

This, and the fact that learning sune, antisune, pi and doublesune (double antisune) cases give little benefit. L/T/H are the logical cases to learn first.

 

[CriticalCubing]

I did 4LLL is 1 day
and also PLL in 1 day
Both recog and execution

Next up: Doing OLL in 1 day (will be hard)

 

[mark49152]

This, and the fact that learning sune, antisune, pi and doublesune (double antisune) cases give little benefit. L/T/H are the logical cases to learn first.

Why does Pi give little benefit?

 

[Tim Major]

Why does Pi give little benefit?

Well out of those 4 I guess it gives the most but the standard pi OLL alg is very fast.

 

[GG]

I learnt about 30 OLLs in a day a while back, it's not difficult if you have a whole day with no-one bothering you

 

[Kirjava]

I remember timing myself learning an MGLS subset a few years ago in a few mins.

 

[kinch2002]

Just have a memo system for learning moves. You could 'learn' thousands of algs in a day...

 

[uberCuber]

Just have a memo system for learning moves. You could 'learn' thousands of algs in a day...

Oh hey good idea lets memorize optimal LS+LL for FMC purposes

 

[TeddyKGB]

Oh hey good idea lets memorize optimal LS+LL for FMC purposes

Count me in.

 

[Bindedsa]

Well out of those 4 I guess it gives the most but the standard pi OLL alg is very fast.

Most of 2GLL for Pi is pretty fast, I would say it's worth learning the set and I've got like 2 Diags left, but the ones one the wiki are all pretty fast.