Need help with guide for oll and pll with no cube rotations

[panyan]

i am learning cfop from dan harris' book and i would like some alternative algs that dont include cube rotations for the oll and pll's (they confuse me).

thank you

 

[MTGjumper]

Considering you don't list what OLLs and PLLs you're struggling with in particular, I can only point you in the direction of places like cubefreak, Bob burton's site, cubezone and cutexcuber. If you look around, it shouldn't be too hard to find some more good sites.

Also, as a note, it might be best to look around for the alg the best suits you for each case. I wish I'd done this before, as now I'm stuck in my ways with less efficient algs.

 

[amostay2004]

How does cube rotations confuse you?

 

[soccerking813]

I think because of what exactly x, y, and z mean to do. I often get confused between them when learning an alg.

 

[panyan]

How does cube rotations confuse you?

i just have to think about them alot which slows my solve times

 

[brunson]

How does cube rotations confuse you?

i just have to think about them alot which slows my solve times

That just means you need to practice them more.

You could take out the rotations yourself if it helps. For example, people usually do the cube rotation to enable finger tricks: x' R U R' U', e.g. If the x' confuses you, then rewrite the algorithm as F U F' U'.

But really, with a bit more practice you won't be thinking about the notation, just executing the algorithm.

 

[rjohnson_8ball]

I feel the Japanese style of [r], , [f] instead of x, y, z is easier to remember. I am glad the WCA regulations page mention it under "Notation". Also Rw, Uw, Fw instead of r, u, f seems better to me for 3x3 cubes.

 

[abr71310]

Search "Cube notation" on Google, and in the first couple of links it should say "nascarjon.us" or something "notation"...

It lists x, y and z rotations, since that's where I learned mine (Hooray for full PLL! ).

 

[AvGalen]

Or you use a recent version of Cube Explorer, setup the case, let it generate many solutions (optionally you can only allow FRU moves for example) and find one that suits you

 

[a small kitten]

WIKI has pretty good algs. Otherwise generate them like Arnaud said. If that doesn't work shop around on youtube.

 

[SFCuebr]

Just re-write the algs to where in stead of rotating it just switches the turns.

EX:

Aa: x' R' D R' U2 R D' R'U2 R2

Turns into:

Aa: R' F R' B2 R F' R' B2 R2

So just do the alg as if you where looking from another angle.

 

[IAmEpic2004]

Just re-write the algs to where in stead of rotating it just switches the turns.

EX:

Aa: x' R' D R' U2 R D' R'U2 R2

Turns into:

Aa: R' F R' B2 R F' R' B2 R2

So just do the alg as if you where looking from another angle.

Umm,

Spoiler

This is from 2009...