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I'm curious as to when most people learn beginner OLL and PLL. I'm guessing most people learn this somewhere between 30 and 40 seconds. (I learned beginner OLL and PLL at around 35 seconds)
What Did You Average When You Learned Beginner OLL and PLL?
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JackyLovesCubing11
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If you're asking about average times before learning it, I'm working on it an have a ~50 sec average. I really need to work on it. Just learned F2l
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Before I learned 1-look OLL and PLL
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um i learnt it like a long time ago 
JackyLovesCubing11
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I think he’s just wondering the average time people have before learning it. If you remember.um i learnt it like a long time ago
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When I averaged 36-40
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JackyLovesCubing11
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Ah sorry
EvolutionJournal
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I skipped oll.. Kinda just do a two look.. With some zbll
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Around late march, 2020. I bit before lockdown, I showing a family at the mall my ability to solve a cube, the guy called me a Rubik's Cube Master (still remember that random guy tysm), and then a few days after the big lockdown started I learnt beginner OLL and PLL. I think I knew some before that, but I learnt all of it then. I believe I glow-balled around 33-34.
EveryDayGamer2763
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i learnt 4 look last layer at around 30-40 secs
then i learnt full pll at 30 secs and full oll at sub-20
then i learnt full pll at 30 secs and full oll at sub-20
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I'm fairly certain I was 45-50 seconds, at least in the 40-55 range.
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Either late 2022 or early 2023
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I was right around 40 seconds when I learned 2-look OLL and PLL, so the 36-40 range fits my experience too.
For anyone reading this who's just finished the beginner method and wondering what comes next, the order that worked for me was:
1. Intuitive F2L first. It's the biggest chunk of the solve, and getting comfortable pairing pieces up without a guide is worth more than any last-layer algs at this stage.
2. Then 2-look OLL and 2-look PLL — only about 16 algs between them, and they replace the beginner last layer entirely.
3. After that, full PLL, and full OLL last, a few algs at a time.
The main thing is not to rush into learning algs while F2L still feels shaky. The algs made the end of my solves tidier, but the time really started dropping once F2L clicked.
For anyone reading this who's just finished the beginner method and wondering what comes next, the order that worked for me was:
1. Intuitive F2L first. It's the biggest chunk of the solve, and getting comfortable pairing pieces up without a guide is worth more than any last-layer algs at this stage.
2. Then 2-look OLL and 2-look PLL — only about 16 algs between them, and they replace the beginner last layer entirely.
3. After that, full PLL, and full OLL last, a few algs at a time.
The main thing is not to rush into learning algs while F2L still feels shaky. The algs made the end of my solves tidier, but the time really started dropping once F2L clicked.
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