41 F2L Algs...

[ColdbuffeT]

Do you guys reckon it is necessary to memorise all 41 cases for the F2L for the Fridrich method? I've memorised about 36 cases, and the rest of the ones I haven't learnt are the wierd ones where the C-E pair are already in place (just not correctly). Is it necessary to learn those algorithms to gain a faster time (What I usually do with those cases is just take the pieces out of the slot and break it down to another F2L case)?

 

[Erik]

No! Don't learn them, you don't have to, you can find it intuitively too. I explain it a bit here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbKvOXE__CM

 

[Lt-UnReaL]

I learned intuitive F2L here: http://rubik.webhop.org/stuff/f2l/f2l.html

 

[csfield]

Don't learn the "algorithms". Learn the strategies for pairing up and inserting.

 

[ColdbuffeT]

Yeah, I'm not just learning the algorithms without thinking what I'm doing. I'm reading off Macky's page and most of the cases are just broken down to a few basic cases. So when I memorise the algorithms, I only really need to memorise the first couple of moves (most of the time) and I can figure out what the rest of the moves will be according to the basic case.

 

[HelloiamChow]

Well, I think you're fine. As long as you know what to do when you see it, you're set. I do the same thing. I don't know those cases where the corner edge pair is already in the slot, and it's just wrong, either. I just take them out and solve them from there.

 

[AlexandertheGreat]

yeah, there are so many ways to do F2L. For a few cases like the ones stuck inside the slot but incorrectly oriented, i also just take it out solve it.
If you find a case that you want to find an alternative alg to, i found opticubes.com to be pretty nice - lots of F2L algs for each case
but then again if intuitive works for you, more power to you