A Leman
Veteran
Hello ZZ cubers, I have been trying memory challenges recently. One memory challenge that I decided upon was to learn ZZLL and to learn it as quickly and methodically as practical.
I decided that one of the problems with my typical approach to learning algs is that I don’t have names for the cases. I almost forgot how helpful calling certain OLL shapes like P’s, Lightning, Sune, T, U, etc actually helped the learning process significantly. It’s the same with 3style, I use a lot of specific non-commutator cases but the letter pair name is a mnemonic hook that helped me remember them. The problem with ZZLL is that they are less intuitive than the shapes of OLL to name and recognize. I made a system to change that.
I learned a mnemonic image for every ZZLL case based upon the recognition for the case. First, ZZLL recognition is easier than ZBLL since you only need to look at 1 edge sticker to recognize the edge case instead of 2 (the reason for this is due to phasing and because the parity of the phased edges is decided by the COLL case). There are 4 possible edge cases for ZZLL.
The recognition of edges is easy: Look at the FU sticker, It is going to be the same or opposite color as one of the stickers on the UFR corner. I call one of the stickers for each oll case the first sticker and the other one is the second sticker. Deciding which sticker is first is personal preference
The OCLL cases are each given a consonant:
Sune=S
Antisune=N
T=T
U=B
Pi=P
H=H
L=L
The four edge cases are given a vowel:
FU is the same as the first corner sticker =a
FU is the opposite as the first corner sticker =e
FU is the same as the second corner sticker =i
FU is the opposite as the second corner sticker =o
My initial trick to remembering these vowels were the words: sAme, Except, Is, and Opposite. And the fact that they are in alphabetical order.
The COLL cases are each given a Letter based on recognition:
f= front bar
b= back bar
l= left bar
r=right bar
c=cross
d=double bars (on the top and bottom)
s= side bars
g= diagonal (the UBL and the UFR corner stickers are the same)
h=slash (the UBR and the UFL corner stickers are the same)
The recognition is somewhat standard since I look for bars and diagonals of matching color.
My L recognition is a bit different. I learned it from a 2x2 CLL video by Rowe Hessler on Youtube. I look at the stickers if the U face are the same, opposite, or adjacent and then see if the UBR and FUR sticker is the same, opposite or adjacent. I assigned the letters t, n, m, r, f, s to these six COLL cases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh7DoXKZUd8&list=UUn6_mDIXk0iLCJFtRNdeALQ
Describing ZZLL recognition was a taxing but necessary pretext to the main part. I can now give each ZZLL case a name using the mnemonic letters above. For example, a T case with a left bar(L) and the sAme color stickers on FU and FUR(A) is coded as TAL and the image/name for the cases is a TAiL.
Inside the spoiler is the name that I made for every case.
I think having a name for each case was very beneficial for training recognition since, while I was learning, I would know when I would get an ELL skip. Also, for the cases that I did not yet learn the ZZLL for, I would know what PLL I would get before COLL. The names are also mnemonic hooks to help learn the algs. For example, LEF (leaf) is a setup to a T-perm. The previous sentence is much easier to remember than that abstract relation of the stickers on the cube. I could also link the images for the cases that are inverses of each other.
The result of this mnemonic system is that it took about a month to learn the ZZLL set. It would have been done even sooner if I wasn’t so picky about finding good algorithms. This is fast, but it does not take into account the fact I already knew the 3 cycles and parity cases from BLD, previous COLL and also some more than that, but I needed to know the sighted recognition for those. I’m sure anyone else that would learn ZZLL would have previous algorithm knowledge similar to mine so naming algorithms seems to have benefits for all events instead of just BLD. With that said, I don’t think ZZLL is really a set that can be half-heartedly learned no matter how good the approach is.
If you have any questions about the naming system or recognition, then I will do my best to respond.
I decided that one of the problems with my typical approach to learning algs is that I don’t have names for the cases. I almost forgot how helpful calling certain OLL shapes like P’s, Lightning, Sune, T, U, etc actually helped the learning process significantly. It’s the same with 3style, I use a lot of specific non-commutator cases but the letter pair name is a mnemonic hook that helped me remember them. The problem with ZZLL is that they are less intuitive than the shapes of OLL to name and recognize. I made a system to change that.
I learned a mnemonic image for every ZZLL case based upon the recognition for the case. First, ZZLL recognition is easier than ZBLL since you only need to look at 1 edge sticker to recognize the edge case instead of 2 (the reason for this is due to phasing and because the parity of the phased edges is decided by the COLL case). There are 4 possible edge cases for ZZLL.
The recognition of edges is easy: Look at the FU sticker, It is going to be the same or opposite color as one of the stickers on the UFR corner. I call one of the stickers for each oll case the first sticker and the other one is the second sticker. Deciding which sticker is first is personal preference
The OCLL cases are each given a consonant:
Sune=S
Antisune=N
T=T
U=B
Pi=P
H=H
L=L
The four edge cases are given a vowel:
FU is the same as the first corner sticker =a
FU is the opposite as the first corner sticker =e
FU is the same as the second corner sticker =i
FU is the opposite as the second corner sticker =o
My initial trick to remembering these vowels were the words: sAme, Except, Is, and Opposite. And the fact that they are in alphabetical order.
The COLL cases are each given a Letter based on recognition:
f= front bar
b= back bar
l= left bar
r=right bar
c=cross
d=double bars (on the top and bottom)
s= side bars
g= diagonal (the UBL and the UFR corner stickers are the same)
h=slash (the UBR and the UFL corner stickers are the same)
The recognition is somewhat standard since I look for bars and diagonals of matching color.
My L recognition is a bit different. I learned it from a 2x2 CLL video by Rowe Hessler on Youtube. I look at the stickers if the U face are the same, opposite, or adjacent and then see if the UBR and FUR sticker is the same, opposite or adjacent. I assigned the letters t, n, m, r, f, s to these six COLL cases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh7DoXKZUd8&list=UUn6_mDIXk0iLCJFtRNdeALQ
Describing ZZLL recognition was a taxing but necessary pretext to the main part. I can now give each ZZLL case a name using the mnemonic letters above. For example, a T case with a left bar(L) and the sAme color stickers on FU and FUR(A) is coded as TAL and the image/name for the cases is a TAiL.
Inside the spoiler is the name that I made for every case.
tazer
Tess
tissue
toes
tadpole
Teddy
tide
Todd
Tab
Trebuchet
Tribe leader
Toboggan
Traffic light
Teflon
Tiffany
Toffee
tail
telephone
tiles
toll both
tar
Theresa
tire
Torkoal
Buffoon
beef
Biff
bowfin
Babbidi
Beiber
bib
Bobby
Bacon
Beck
Bic lighter
Brock
Brad
bed
bride
body
bag
beggar
Big
bog
Bachelor
Beach
Birch
Broth
Sail
Seal
Silo
Solrock
Sasuke
Sesi
Sister
SOS
Sauron
serendipity
shire
sour patch
Shaggy
segment
sig saur
Soggy
Sasha
Screech
Sith
Sloth
Sac
Secretary
Slicer
Soccer
Naruto
Nero
Nirvana
Normann
Nascar
Ness
Nisaki
Nosepass
Nail
Nelson
Nylon
Nole
Nacho
Nehru(indian)
Nihon
Noah
Nag
Negative
Nigel
Nog
Nacre
Neco
Nicole
Noctowl
Palin
Pelican
Pill
Polywhirl
Parrot
percent
Piranha
Porygon
pasta
Presley
piston
Poseidon
Pacman
peacock
piccolo
poccahontas
patch
peach
pincher
ponho
pagotta
pegasus
pig
pong
Latias
letter
Light
lottery
lanturn
Lenin
Linus
Loon
Lamb
lemon
Lim GJ
Lombardo
Lauren
Lear
lyre
Lorenzo
Laforge
leaf
life cereal
loaf
lasso
Les
Lisara
Los Angeles
Haddi
head
Hyde
Hood
Hassam
Hess
Heisenberg
Hose
Haruhi
Hermione
Hiroshima
Horiyama
Haffnium
Hefner
Hilfiger
Hoffman
Tess
tissue
toes
tadpole
Teddy
tide
Todd
Tab
Trebuchet
Tribe leader
Toboggan
Traffic light
Teflon
Tiffany
Toffee
tail
telephone
tiles
toll both
tar
Theresa
tire
Torkoal
Buffoon
beef
Biff
bowfin
Babbidi
Beiber
bib
Bobby
Bacon
Beck
Bic lighter
Brock
Brad
bed
bride
body
bag
beggar
Big
bog
Bachelor
Beach
Birch
Broth
Sail
Seal
Silo
Solrock
Sasuke
Sesi
Sister
SOS
Sauron
serendipity
shire
sour patch
Shaggy
segment
sig saur
Soggy
Sasha
Screech
Sith
Sloth
Sac
Secretary
Slicer
Soccer
Naruto
Nero
Nirvana
Normann
Nascar
Ness
Nisaki
Nosepass
Nail
Nelson
Nylon
Nole
Nacho
Nehru(indian)
Nihon
Noah
Nag
Negative
Nigel
Nog
Nacre
Neco
Nicole
Noctowl
Palin
Pelican
Pill
Polywhirl
Parrot
percent
Piranha
Porygon
pasta
Presley
piston
Poseidon
Pacman
peacock
piccolo
poccahontas
patch
peach
pincher
ponho
pagotta
pegasus
pig
pong
Latias
letter
Light
lottery
lanturn
Lenin
Linus
Loon
Lamb
lemon
Lim GJ
Lombardo
Lauren
Lear
lyre
Lorenzo
Laforge
leaf
life cereal
loaf
lasso
Les
Lisara
Los Angeles
Haddi
head
Hyde
Hood
Hassam
Hess
Heisenberg
Hose
Haruhi
Hermione
Hiroshima
Horiyama
Haffnium
Hefner
Hilfiger
Hoffman
I think having a name for each case was very beneficial for training recognition since, while I was learning, I would know when I would get an ELL skip. Also, for the cases that I did not yet learn the ZZLL for, I would know what PLL I would get before COLL. The names are also mnemonic hooks to help learn the algs. For example, LEF (leaf) is a setup to a T-perm. The previous sentence is much easier to remember than that abstract relation of the stickers on the cube. I could also link the images for the cases that are inverses of each other.
The result of this mnemonic system is that it took about a month to learn the ZZLL set. It would have been done even sooner if I wasn’t so picky about finding good algorithms. This is fast, but it does not take into account the fact I already knew the 3 cycles and parity cases from BLD, previous COLL and also some more than that, but I needed to know the sighted recognition for those. I’m sure anyone else that would learn ZZLL would have previous algorithm knowledge similar to mine so naming algorithms seems to have benefits for all events instead of just BLD. With that said, I don’t think ZZLL is really a set that can be half-heartedly learned no matter how good the approach is.
If you have any questions about the naming system or recognition, then I will do my best to respond.
