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PuzzledGeek

PuzzledGeek

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Hi, i started cubing about a year ago now and I decided to join the awesome creation of speedsolving!
Bit of a beginner here in awe of everyone else's times... :eek: Currently my best single is 1 minute 20 (*hides away in the corner weeping*) and I am desperately trying to get sub60. I am currently using f2l and i am getting there on learning algs for oll and pll. Besides 3x3s I also have a mirror cube, 2x2, octagonal barrel and a magic. Hoping to get a 4x4 or a curvy copter soon for christmas! :tu

Yeah so that's me... Any tips on learning algs?
 
Hello! Welcome to the forums :)

At your speed you don't really need to learn all the algs (I haven't yet but I don't like algs much- probably why I use Roux). Just work on lookahead and not pausing.

Hope you enjoy your time on the forums! :)
 
Hi, welcome! Learning algs can be hard at first, but you get used to it. What I usually do is look at one algorithm at a time. I repeat it over and over, maybe 5-10 times, and I look at what happens to the pieces. You might find patterns, or easy things to remember that will help. Then I try to do it without looking at the algorithm, but looking at the cube - you can then use those patterns to help you remember the alg. Finally, do it without looking at anything. This can be challenging, and often you might find you can't do it: that's fine! Just go back to the beginning, look at the alg, and try again.

Learning algs is something that you get better at with practice - just like everything! :)
 
You said you were currently learning OLL. I would only memorize a few OLL's for right now and focus mainly on full PLL and PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE you F2L.
For help on f2l, a youtuber named crazybadcuber has several videos that helped me with my f2l, you should check them out! (I'm too lazy to post the link)
 
welcome to the forums! a tip for learning algs is first taking your alg and dividing it into 'triggers' which are a specific 3, 4, or 5 moves that are named and can be done fast, for example, "sexy move" which is R U R' U', common triggers include U R U' R', R' F R F', R U2 R', R U R' F', R' F R2, after that it should be much easier to memorize, perform it a bunch of times until you've memorized it by muscle

let's try dividing the T Perm, R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F', this is it without being divided, let's condense it a bit, (R U R' U') (R' F R2) U' R' U' (R U R' F')

instead of an algorithm looking like a big mess, you can divide them to make it easier for you

different ways of learning algorithms include watching the pieces while you're performing the moves to see what the algorithm actually does and tracking the pieces that move
 
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