Cube Orientation for OLL

[DarkArcher]

Hi people, I've been watching some speedcubing videos recently and I noticed the minimal chnages in cube orientation for those really fast cubers out there. I was wondering whether learning longer algorithms with R and U turns are better as opposed to shorter algorithms with some cube orientation.

Specifically, consider the 2 cases, namely #55 and #56... Should I learn the 2nd ones or the first? They differ by about 3 to 4 moves.

http://www.cubestation.co.uk/cs2/index.php?page=3x3x3/cfop/oll/ollcasealledgesflippedcorrectly

Thanks in advance. =)

 

[AvGalen]

That depends on your style.

Algs with only RU-moves are called 2-generators and although they are longer on average many people prefer them because of very fast fingertricks.