OLL and PLL

[snckdude]

I was determined to learn all of the OLLs and PLLs as quick as possible, the fist day i learned 17 of the OLLs, and none of the PLLs. The second day i learned the other 40 algs for OLL. ( it was basically what i did all day, i would not try this sometimes the algs kind of mix together). The only other thing i did that I did that day was talk to other cubers like "byu". Then i took a one day break to let the OLLs sink in.(i was trying not to get ANY OLLs mixed up with PLLs) so the day after that i learned the first couple PLLs . (couldn't find myself to do it, they just wouldn't stick in my mind).Then on the fifth day i learned the rest of the PLLs.

So i learned all the OLLs and PLLs in 5 days. Looking back on it, It was not to smart of a thing to do. Even after i had 2 days to practice them their is still a couple that get mixed up. But it did lower my average by 5 seconds. ( from a sub-40 to a sub-35)

So, how long did it take you to learn your OLL and PLL?

 

[vinko]

I learned PLLs in 14 days (7 of them I know before). Now i learning OLLs slowly - 1-2 to day
My average is around 30s.

 

[Pietersmieters]

I know 19/21 PLL's and 2Look OLL, I'm sub 30

 

[marineasalia]

i learnt 18 plls in like a month or so.. still have 3 more to
and i know like 20 olls that i learnt in 2 weeks, still have 37 more to learn...

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

I think that that's the worst way you could ever learn algs, ever. Sure, you "learn" them, but you don't know how to distinguish between them and associate an alg with the pattern when you're learning so many so fast.

I did the PLLs in about 3 weeks, maybe a month. The OLLs I've been taking my time on, because I'm lazy I know about half of them, and I started with them about 4 months ago.

 

[nitrocan]

PLL: About 2-3 weeks
OLL: About 2 months.

 

[Escher]

I think that that's the worst way you could ever learn algs, ever. Sure, you "learn" them, but you don't know how to distinguish between them and associate an alg with the pattern when you're learning so many so fast.

are you talking from experience?

 

[Kyle™]

Some people can learn as many algs as they want without mixing them up. I learned 30 Fridrich OLLs last week , which took 2 hours, so I could switch over to see how it is, and I still remember all of them. I just got bored of it.

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

I think that that's the worst way you could ever learn algs, ever. Sure, you "learn" them, but you don't know how to distinguish between them and associate an alg with the pattern when you're learning so many so fast.

are you talking from experience?

Well, if I wasn't, I wouldn't know what I'm talking about, which would render my statements void and irrelevant; so yes, I'm talking from experience

 

[Hadley4000]

There isn't a right or wrong amount of time so long as you remember them.

I'm at 17/21 PLL, and have been that way for a looooong time(So lazy!)

And maybe 15-20 OLL.

 

[Escher]

I think that that's the worst way you could ever learn algs, ever. Sure, you "learn" them, but you don't know how to distinguish between them and associate an alg with the pattern when you're learning so many so fast.

are you talking from experience?

Well, if I wasn't, I wouldn't know what I'm talking about, which would render my statements void and irrelevant; so yes, I'm talking from experience

What i mean to say is that its simply your experience of learning algorithms quickly - for others, they may gain a good understanding of how it works very quickly, and then will put it into muscle memory after a few minutes. Also, they may have learnt loads of algorithms already, and I find that that makes it easier.
I just don't think its that accurate to say that its an awful way of learning them - everybody has an individual learning style, and for some, going slowly and surely may just be really, really slow and frustrating...

 

[dChan]

Hmm, PLL took me about maybe four weeks if you can't time actually spent trying to learn. I knew both A and U-perm sets so that left me with 17 PLLs to learn which I crammed later on when I decided to learn the rest.

For OLL, I already knew about 13 before I decided to learn the rest. I crammed the rest in about four days with the initial 13 probably taking a few weeks to learn. Of course, if you talk about real-time then it probably took about a little under six months to learn all of my OLLs and PLLs.

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

I think that that's the worst way you could ever learn algs, ever. Sure, you "learn" them, but you don't know how to distinguish between them and associate an alg with the pattern when you're learning so many so fast.

are you talking from experience?

Well, if I wasn't, I wouldn't know what I'm talking about, which would render my statements void and irrelevant; so yes, I'm talking from experience

What i mean to say is that its simply your experience of learning algorithms quickly - for others, they may gain a good understanding of how it works very quickly, and then will put it into muscle memory after a few minutes. Also, they may have learnt loads of algorithms already, and I find that that makes it easier.
I just don't think its that accurate to say that its an awful way of learning them - everybody has an individual learning style, and for some, going slowly and surely may just be really, really slow and frustrating...

You're right. What I said above is how it is for ME, and for many other people too, I'm sure. But yeah, to each his own, of course

 

[noblsheep]

it took me a week for the 5 "other" OLLs, and about a month for all PLLs.
i know, i'm awfully slow.