Order of learning advanced algsets for 3x3 blindsolving

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I am currently on a path to learning all the advanced algsets soon.

This is the order I have chosen, do let me know if the learning path can be optimized, You can share your unique learning paths as well and the extent upto which you wish to pursue blindsolving for 3x3.
  1. 1c parity (last corner target + UF-UR swap) :22 cases
  2. 2e2e + 2e2e' UF/UR : ~50 cases of 2e2e
  3. Floating 2-flip : 66 cases
  4. Floating 3-style edges : 1760 cases
  5. Floating 3-style corners : 1008 cases
  6. LTCT : 242 cases
  7. 2c2e Parity on U layer (ZBLLs cases): ~80 cases
  8. 4-flips : ~495 cases
  9. UF-x/UFR-x parity (any last corner + edge target) : 462 cases
  10. Floating 2e2e : 5940 cases
  11. Twisted 2 corners : 126 cases
  12. 2c UF-UR : ~50 cases
  13. 4 to 8 mover UF5 : 4036 cases
  14. F2E (2e' + buffer flipped) : ~50 cases
  15. UF LTEF: 3240 cases
  16. LQs and full UF5 (excluding the 13 and 14 movers as 2 UF3 algs would be faster exec) :126k cases
  17. Full 2c2e parity :11088 cases
  18. Floating LTCT : ? cases
  19. Block commutators UF/UFR : 81 cases

Notes:
I will edit this post (in the future) to add the total number of algs for each algset which I have copied to my algsheet.
Total algs to learn are a lot but that is how modern blindsolving is 😅

Disclaimers:
  • You can learn these algsets partially as well.
  • You can learn these algsets in parallel or in disjoint fashion.
  • The number of algs in an algset does not determine the complexity of it
  • The use-case for each algset varies, for example CEEC parity is useful in half of the solves whereas convenient time-saving block commutator case might happen once every 200 solves.
  • I am an intermediate level solver, so I do not have functional understand of all the advanced algsets
  • UF5 and some other algsets is still not accepted by the fastest solvers in the community to be feasible, so the list technically should end at point 10 with T2C being the last algset to use.
 
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I am revising my list after the learnings and my understanding in the last 10 months.

The list is the order of learning and the need to learn each algset after becoming comfortable with the previous one.

  • 1 corner target parity algs
  • 2e2e + 2e2e' UF/UR : Just 2 comms
  • Floating 2-flip : 66 cases (Just 2 comms)
  • Floating 3-style edges : 1760 cases
  • Floating 3-style corners : 1008 cases
  • LTCT : 242 cases
  • 4-flips : ~500 cases
  • UF-x/UFR-x parity (any last corner + any edge target) : 462 cases
  • T2C : 126 cases
  • 4 to 8 mover UF5 : 4036 cases

Optional sets after getting familiar with the previous ones:
F2E (2e' + buffer flipped) : ~50 cases
UF LTEF: 3240 cases
Full 2c2e parity :11088 cases
Block commutators UF/UFR : 81 cases
 
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I am revising my list after the learnings and my understanding in the last 10 months.

The list is the order of learning and the need to learn each algset after becoming comfortable with the previous one.

  • 1 corner target parity algs
  • 2e2e + 2e2e' UF/UR : Just 2 comms
  • Floating 2-flip : 66 cases (Just 2 comms)
  • Floating 3-style edges : 1782 cases
  • Floating 3-style corners : 2804 cases
  • LTCT : 220 cases
  • 4-flips : 495 cases
  • UF-x/UFR-x parity (any last corner + any edge target) : 462 cases
  • T2C : 126 cases
  • 4 to 8 mover UF5 : 4036 cases

Optional sets after getting familiar with the previous ones:
F2E (2e' + buffer flipped) : ~50 cases
UF LTEF: 3240 cases
Full 2c2e parity :11088 cases
Block commutators UF/UFR : 81 cases
There are definitely not 1782 edge and 2804 corner cases
Or 220 LTCT and ~50 F2E cases
Feel free to gain some basic understanding of these alg sets and find out what the correct numbers are yourself
 
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