MagicVince
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Each one of us has different tricks to memorize algs until they go to the muscle memory.
For instance, I break x'RU'RD / RUR'D' / RUR'D / RUR'D'x into 4 lines when I write it on a cheat sheet, or I learn the rhythm of 2-gen algs like M2U' M2U' M'U2 M2U2 M'U2.
Something that works well for me is to follow the movement of some pairs or some cubie while I perform the alg. The typical case is Sune or Anti-Sune, for which you follow the front-right solved F2L pair. I guess everybody learned it like this (or am I wrong?). This video series from Caleb Miler uses this trick for different OLL.
Recently, I found a French video on that was mentioning that the sexy move of this Rb alg R' U2 R U2 R' F (R U R' U') R' F' R2 U' was breaking a pair and rebuilding it right away. I tried to follow this solved F2L pair from the beginning of the alg (it is on the right-back), I find it rather easy to memorize it this way.
So I was wondering if there were more algs for which following a pair or even a single cubie would make them easy to memorize (at least for me).
I wanted to generalize this process for all the algs, by defining a sort of "maximum bandage cube" on which the alg could execute, and finding the block that was moving the greater number of times. But it was rather difficult and at the end of the day, most blocks become single cubies so I decided instead, for a given alg, to count the number of moves for each cubie. Then if by looking which cubies are moving at the same time as the most moving cubie, the blocks could hopefully be found out.
I modified my Formula Analyzer page to show some stats (how many times did a cubie move, and with which other cubies), and here are the results for the Rb alg already mentioned: R' U2 R U2 R' F (R U R' U') R' F' R2 U' (14 rotations, AUF included)
The diagonal of the matrix show how many times a cubie moved. The DRB corner moved 11 times (out of 14) which is the maximum, as expected. So this is working fine.
Instead, regarding the BR edge, it only moved 7 times (and each time simultaneously with DRB: you can see it by looking at the intersection of BR line with DRB column showing also 7). These are less moves than ULB for instance (10 times), and even worse, if you look at the edges that move the more often simultaneously with DRB then UF does better (8 times) than BR. So I am a bit disappointed regarding blocks.
And you, what are the algorithms you learned by following a block or a cubie? Are the stats showing the same cubies as good candidates to be followed? You can go the Formula Analyzer page, enter your alg and then press F12: I temporarily modified the code so that the console window will show this kind table at the end of the logs.
For instance, I break x'RU'RD / RUR'D' / RUR'D / RUR'D'x into 4 lines when I write it on a cheat sheet, or I learn the rhythm of 2-gen algs like M2U' M2U' M'U2 M2U2 M'U2.
Something that works well for me is to follow the movement of some pairs or some cubie while I perform the alg. The typical case is Sune or Anti-Sune, for which you follow the front-right solved F2L pair. I guess everybody learned it like this (or am I wrong?). This video series from Caleb Miler uses this trick for different OLL.
Recently, I found a French video on that was mentioning that the sexy move of this Rb alg R' U2 R U2 R' F (R U R' U') R' F' R2 U' was breaking a pair and rebuilding it right away. I tried to follow this solved F2L pair from the beginning of the alg (it is on the right-back), I find it rather easy to memorize it this way.
So I was wondering if there were more algs for which following a pair or even a single cubie would make them easy to memorize (at least for me).
I wanted to generalize this process for all the algs, by defining a sort of "maximum bandage cube" on which the alg could execute, and finding the block that was moving the greater number of times. But it was rather difficult and at the end of the day, most blocks become single cubies so I decided instead, for a given alg, to count the number of moves for each cubie. Then if by looking which cubies are moving at the same time as the most moving cubie, the blocks could hopefully be found out.
I modified my Formula Analyzer page to show some stats (how many times did a cubie move, and with which other cubies), and here are the results for the Rb alg already mentioned: R' U2 R U2 R' F (R U R' U') R' F' R2 U' (14 rotations, AUF included)
u u u u d d d d
b r f l r f l b u u u u d d d d b f f b
r f l b b r f l r f l b r f l b r r l l
ubr [ 8, 4, 3, 5, 7, 3, 2, 0, 3, 5, 3, 4, 3, 2, 0, 0, 7, 3, 2, 0]
urf [ 4, 9, 4, 6, 6, 4, 3, 0, 6, 6, 4, 5, 4, 1, 0, 0, 3, 4, 3, 0]
ufl [ 3, 4, 7, 5, 4, 4, 1, 0, 3, 4, 7, 3, 4, 0, 0, 0, 2, 4, 1, 0]
ulb [ 5, 6, 5,10, 7, 5, 2, 0, 4, 7, 5, 7, 5, 1, 0, 0, 4, 5, 2, 0]
drb [ 7, 6, 4, 7,11, 5, 4, 0, 4, 8, 4, 5, 5, 2, 0, 0, 7, 5, 4, 0]
dfr [ 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 0, 0, 2, 2, 4, 3, 7, 0, 0, 0, 3, 7, 0, 0]
dlf [ 2, 3, 1, 2, 4, 0, 4, 0, 2, 4, 1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 4, 0]
dbl [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
ur [ 3, 6, 3, 4, 4, 2, 2, 0, 6, 4, 3, 3, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 2, 0]
uf [ 5, 6, 4, 7, 8, 2, 4, 0, 4, 9, 4, 5, 2, 2, 0, 0, 4, 2, 4, 0]
ul [ 3, 4, 7, 5, 4, 4, 1, 0, 3, 4, 7, 3, 4, 0, 0, 0, 2, 4, 1, 0]
ub [ 4, 5, 3, 7, 5, 3, 1, 0, 3, 5, 3, 7, 3, 0, 0, 0, 3, 3, 1, 0]
dr [ 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 0, 0, 2, 2, 4, 3, 7, 0, 0, 0, 3, 7, 0, 0]
df [ 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0]
dl [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
db [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
br [ 7, 3, 2, 4, 7, 3, 2, 0, 2, 4, 2, 3, 3, 2, 0, 0, 7, 3, 2, 0]
fr [ 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 0, 0, 2, 2, 4, 3, 7, 0, 0, 0, 3, 7, 0, 0]
fl [ 2, 3, 1, 2, 4, 0, 4, 0, 2, 4, 1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 4, 0]
bl [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
b r f l r f l b u u u u d d d d b f f b
r f l b b r f l r f l b r f l b r r l l
ubr [ 8, 4, 3, 5, 7, 3, 2, 0, 3, 5, 3, 4, 3, 2, 0, 0, 7, 3, 2, 0]
urf [ 4, 9, 4, 6, 6, 4, 3, 0, 6, 6, 4, 5, 4, 1, 0, 0, 3, 4, 3, 0]
ufl [ 3, 4, 7, 5, 4, 4, 1, 0, 3, 4, 7, 3, 4, 0, 0, 0, 2, 4, 1, 0]
ulb [ 5, 6, 5,10, 7, 5, 2, 0, 4, 7, 5, 7, 5, 1, 0, 0, 4, 5, 2, 0]
drb [ 7, 6, 4, 7,11, 5, 4, 0, 4, 8, 4, 5, 5, 2, 0, 0, 7, 5, 4, 0]
dfr [ 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 0, 0, 2, 2, 4, 3, 7, 0, 0, 0, 3, 7, 0, 0]
dlf [ 2, 3, 1, 2, 4, 0, 4, 0, 2, 4, 1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 4, 0]
dbl [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
ur [ 3, 6, 3, 4, 4, 2, 2, 0, 6, 4, 3, 3, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 2, 0]
uf [ 5, 6, 4, 7, 8, 2, 4, 0, 4, 9, 4, 5, 2, 2, 0, 0, 4, 2, 4, 0]
ul [ 3, 4, 7, 5, 4, 4, 1, 0, 3, 4, 7, 3, 4, 0, 0, 0, 2, 4, 1, 0]
ub [ 4, 5, 3, 7, 5, 3, 1, 0, 3, 5, 3, 7, 3, 0, 0, 0, 3, 3, 1, 0]
dr [ 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 0, 0, 2, 2, 4, 3, 7, 0, 0, 0, 3, 7, 0, 0]
df [ 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0]
dl [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
db [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
br [ 7, 3, 2, 4, 7, 3, 2, 0, 2, 4, 2, 3, 3, 2, 0, 0, 7, 3, 2, 0]
fr [ 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 0, 0, 2, 2, 4, 3, 7, 0, 0, 0, 3, 7, 0, 0]
fl [ 2, 3, 1, 2, 4, 0, 4, 0, 2, 4, 1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 4, 0]
bl [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
The diagonal of the matrix show how many times a cubie moved. The DRB corner moved 11 times (out of 14) which is the maximum, as expected. So this is working fine.
Instead, regarding the BR edge, it only moved 7 times (and each time simultaneously with DRB: you can see it by looking at the intersection of BR line with DRB column showing also 7). These are less moves than ULB for instance (10 times), and even worse, if you look at the edges that move the more often simultaneously with DRB then UF does better (8 times) than BR. So I am a bit disappointed regarding blocks.
And you, what are the algorithms you learned by following a block or a cubie? Are the stats showing the same cubies as good candidates to be followed? You can go the Formula Analyzer page, enter your alg and then press F12: I temporarily modified the code so that the console window will show this kind table at the end of the logs.
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