Sauce
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Hey guys, what are your favorite ways to remember the algorithms that you learnt? I was just wondering about this.
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Favorite Alg remembering strategy?
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obelisk477
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Usually by visually tracking a CE pair.
TDM
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1. Do the alg
2. Repeat step 1 lots of times
3. Do the alg without looking/reading, if you can't then go back to step 1
4. Do step 3 lots of times
5. Write it on a whiteboard/something near where you usually cube
(5b. If you get the case in a solve and forget the alg, then after you've finished the solve take a look at the alg and go back to step 3)
6. Before you go to sleep, check to see if you still remember it
7. When you wake up, check to see if you still remember it
if you can do 7 then you've probably learned it
2. Repeat step 1 lots of times
3. Do the alg without looking/reading, if you can't then go back to step 1
4. Do step 3 lots of times
5. Write it on a whiteboard/something near where you usually cube
(5b. If you get the case in a solve and forget the alg, then after you've finished the solve take a look at the alg and go back to step 3)
6. Before you go to sleep, check to see if you still remember it
7. When you wake up, check to see if you still remember it
if you can do 7 then you've probably learned it
mDiPalma
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Do the alg 3 times.
then you should be good.
then you should be good.
This. If that doesn't work out, though, I usually just track an f2l pair and it's not that hard. I do it enough that I can do it without looking and move on to the next alg in the set. I do this until I have about 4 in the learning stage, and then I do them one after another. I do the same several hours later, before I go to bed, and when I wake up. If I can't do it in a solve then I drill it several times until I can do it without looking. That usually suffices.
martinss
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- Traking a CE pair during the alg.
- Remembering how the alg work (looking after commutators and conjugates)
- Litteraly pronouncing the alg if it 's possible. (I did that for the beginning of a 4x4x4 pll-parity alg. I just repeated "rbulururu..." in my head)
- Finding a phrase or a word for each move in the alg. (On a french forum, anti-sune is known as the "chair" alg because
R : He stands up,
U2 : goes far away'
R' : his chair falls,
U' : he comes back next to his chair,
R : puts well his chair again,
U' : goes on his chair,
R' : and he finally sits down.)
- Repeating the alg until your hands know the alg.
- I personnaly think that the best remembering strategy is mixing all the previous ones...
- Remembering how the alg work (looking after commutators and conjugates)
- Litteraly pronouncing the alg if it 's possible. (I did that for the beginning of a 4x4x4 pll-parity alg. I just repeated "rbulururu..." in my head)
- Finding a phrase or a word for each move in the alg. (On a french forum, anti-sune is known as the "chair" alg because
R : He stands up,
U2 : goes far away'
R' : his chair falls,
U' : he comes back next to his chair,
R : puts well his chair again,
U' : goes on his chair,
R' : and he finally sits down.)
- Repeating the alg until your hands know the alg.
- I personnaly think that the best remembering strategy is mixing all the previous ones...
Never in my life have I memorized an alg based on actual notation... Does that actually work? I feel like you would be at a disadvantage because you first have to remember the notation and then remember how to do it. It's a trivial step, but it's still an extra step...
TDM
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I agree, I don't think it's very good to learn it by notation, unless it's some special FMC alg that you wouldn't have to speedsolve.
AlGoreRhythm
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I usually set my algorithms to the tune of various songs. A favorite of mine is "don't stop believing-- dubstep remix"
Alphalpha
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On top of TDM's method, I like to memorize the inverse to set up the conditions to use the algorithm. From there I just go back and forth, from inverse (setup) to algorithm. When I am semi-comfortable with it, I switch to the other hand as well as begin practicing the counter algorithm (i.e.-the reverse for the same side).
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ryanj92
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nowadays it's mostly either muscle memory or by breaking them up into triggers/similar algs
Rainbow Flash
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That's brilliant! And so funny. I've always thought the sune alg (well I call it the 'fish' alg because the pieces on top look like a fish) was really interesting.
My method is to practise executing my algs with yellow on top. I un-permute the U side, then perform the alg (or its mirror) to re-permute it again.
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rjcaste
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I just:
1. Execute the alg about 10 times looking at the notation
2. Try to execute the alg without looking. If I can, proceed to step 3, if not, do step 1 again.
3. Execute the alg without looking about 10 times.
The more you do the alg over and over again the more you will get used to it and the faster you will get. That's just how I do it. Is it the best way, probably not. It works for me.
1. Execute the alg about 10 times looking at the notation
2. Try to execute the alg without looking. If I can, proceed to step 3, if not, do step 1 again.
3. Execute the alg without looking about 10 times.
The more you do the alg over and over again the more you will get used to it and the faster you will get. That's just how I do it. Is it the best way, probably not. It works for me.
tx789
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Repeating the and over and over., usually trigger by trigger.
sneaklyfox
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Break the alg into triggers or short snippets. Practice one trigger at a time but always turning as fast as possible. I don't even need to look at the cube. Just know how it feels. Practice the next trigger or snippet. Do both together. Keep going. Practice spots that are difficult if needed. Repeat 1000x. In the old days when I was learning my PLLs and OLLs, I had a hard time putting my cube down. So even after I turned off the lights to go to sleep, I had to grab my cube and perform the algs I had recently learned and the ones I knew already. I visualized the case and then executed in the dark. When I woke up next morning the first thing would be to grab the cube and see if I still remember my algs. I would train whichever ones felt rusty until I knew them well again before learning any new ones.
Bindedsa
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In order of how my preference
1. Track an CE pair
2. Look for patterns.
3. Do the alg over and over until you don't forget
Nothing new, but just how I view it. The first two are really just ways I avoid the third one until I've done it over an over in actual solves.
1. Track an CE pair
2. Look for patterns.
3. Do the alg over and over until you don't forget
Nothing new, but just how I view it. The first two are really just ways I avoid the third one until I've done it over an over in actual solves.
IRNjuggle28
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^sticky pls^
I don't usually use this, but you can use algs that overlap a lot. The "awkward" and "dot" OLLs can usually be done with combinations of sunes and FRURUFs. You can use N perms that are J perm conjugates, and other stuff like that. It minimizes the amount of triggers and sequences you need to know. Don't do this if you're trying to learn the fastest algs, only if you want stuff that's easy to remember.
Bindedsa
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I did this for a lot of ZBLLs, only after I finished did I replace them with better algs. I'm pretty sure I got rid of all of them.
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