Teaching someone how to solve the cube

[V-te]

I've tried to teach people and successfully taught 2. Lol. There's a girl that wants to learn and I wanna teach her. I was trying to teach her the 2x2 first, but she wouldn't understand the terminology that I was using (eg. Layer, Up face, move this up once, this left, then this right) and I really think she can learn if I took the time to teach her. Any advice??

 

[JTW2007]

My ability to teach has completely degraded, but I'll chime in anyway. I'd teach them notation first, and all the terminology. Then go for the beginner method that comes in the base of cubes with hex-packaging. I think that's what I did back when I used to teach people, and it worked.

 

[lowonthefoodchain]

I taught my friend Andy how to cube. Sorta. He was already motivated enough when I first solved it in front of him. He came back the same week with a cube and all 8 of the algorithms scrawled on binder paper from the beginner's booklet. Some people have the motivation, others just opt to give up.

 

[4Chan]

At first i was like... "hey! its a post by joel van noort, hes posting again~"

But then i was like, "oh this is from 2006, lol."


*ahem* That aside.

I taught a friend straight fridrich f2l. Took him awhile, but he got it. Then i wrote down some algs for him to learn for 4 step last layer. Using the standard edge orientation, and sunes for corner orientation. I then taught him the A perm and the U perm for permutation.

He got around 40 second average and then quit, and i inherited his cubes. (x

 

[Si1v3rx51ay3r]

At first i was like... "hey! its a post by joel van noort, hes posting again~"

But then i was like, "oh this is from 2006, lol."


*ahem* That aside.

I taught a friend straight fridrich f2l. Took him awhile, but he got it. Then i wrote down some algs for him to learn for 4 step last layer. Using the standard edge orientation, and sunes for corner orientation. I then taught him the A perm and the U perm for permutation.

He got around 40 second average and then quit, and i inherited his cubes. (x

what kinds of cubes?

 

[xTheAndyx]

I taught my friend Andy how to cube. Sorta. He was already motivated enough when I first solved it in front of him. He came back the same week with a cube and all 8 of the algorithms scrawled on binder paper from the beginner's booklet. Some people have the motivation, others just opt to give up.

=) good times... but, I don't consider you to be a good teacher BECAUSE you don't want me to be better than you. I believe a good teacher will want to teach good enough so that the student is better. sorry if I'm rambling.

but yeah, good times.

 

[lowonthefoodchain]

I taught my friend Andy how to cube. Sorta. He was already motivated enough when I first solved it in front of him. He came back the same week with a cube and all 8 of the algorithms scrawled on binder paper from the beginner's booklet. Some people have the motivation, others just opt to give up.

=) good times... but, I don't consider you to be a good teacher BECAUSE you don't want me to be better than you. I believe a good teacher will want to teach good enough so that the student is better. sorry if I'm rambling.

but yeah, good times.

I don't know, prove me wrong at Nationals

 

[xTheAndyx]

I taught my friend Andy how to cube. Sorta. He was already motivated enough when I first solved it in front of him. He came back the same week with a cube and all 8 of the algorithms scrawled on binder paper from the beginner's booklet. Some people have the motivation, others just opt to give up.

=) good times... but, I don't consider you to be a good teacher BECAUSE you don't want me to be better than you. I believe a good teacher will want to teach good enough so that the student is better. sorry if I'm rambling.

but yeah, good times.

I don't know, prove me wrong at Nationals

that i shall.

hey, are we gonna bring michael there for him to amaze everyone with a bld solve?

 

[lowonthefoodchain]

Hence, "bld".

 

[4Chan]

At first i was like... "hey! its a post by joel van noort, hes posting again~"

But then i was like, "oh this is from 2006, lol."


*ahem* That aside.

I taught a friend straight fridrich f2l. Took him awhile, but he got it. Then i wrote down some algs for him to learn for 4 step last layer. Using the standard edge orientation, and sunes for corner orientation. I then taught him the A perm and the U perm for permutation.

He got around 40 second average and then quit, and i inherited his cubes. (x

what kinds of cubes?

A type A, 2 type D, 2 cube4you, he kept the storebought. I gave or traded them away though. d:

 

[Rubiks_Lizard]

i taught my friend 7 step solution then 4lll with keywholing he is slowly learning plls

 

[endless_akatsuki]

I sorta taught my bro, but he could already get one side really fast. I just gave him some algorithms for the next parts. Took...a very very short anount of time, partly because he's older than me, and partly because he's extremely smart (lol, smarter than I'll ever be). I mean, like, he actually gets it when I say something, so I only have to say it once.

 

[nccube]

I taught my cousin how to solve a 2x2 using the Ortega method....

Now he's only 1 second slower than me.....

 

[cincyaviation]

I taught my cousin how to solve a 2x2 using the Ortega method....

Now he's only 1 second slower than me.....

you posted in teh wrong thread

 

[Innocence]

I taught a couple of my friends straight beginner's method, with a 4 alg LL. Another of my friends was a little more interesting, as I took into account her learning style.

I admit now, she probably would've been able to remember the single algorithm that is required, but instead, I taught her fridrich F2L. It took a little longer, but it was completely intuitive.

AFAIK, she still has no idea how to do the last layer, and she's graduated, so I'm not really seeing her much any more. >.<

 

[koreancuber]

I teach beginners the easy Fridrich. First I explain how to solve the cross. Then I teach them how to finish one side of the cube (corners). Then I simply teach them two algorithms that put the edges in with (U' L' U L y' U R U' R' OR U R U' R' y U' L' U L). Finally, I teach them the easy LL. First make the cross with three algorithms (F R U R' U' F' or f R U R' U' f' or F R U R' U' F' f R U R' U' f'). After that, I tell them to get two edge colors oriented (either adjacent or opposite sides) with the algorithm, R U R' U R U2 R' (two correctly oriented edges on the back and right). Finally, I teach them one algorithm that switches the corners. (R U' L' U R' U' L) Finally the last algorithm, R' D' R D times until the corner is placed.

 

[cuber13579]

i teached my friend begginer method he's pretty good for a begginer about 1:30

 

[Rob2109]

I've taught a few people now and i think the important thing is to keep it simple for them. Teach them some simple terminology so they can read and understand algorithms and leave them to it. I put together a simple lbl beginners method for when i was learning so i print them off a copy and go through it with them till they can follow the steps on their own. If they get really into it that's when i'd get deeper into speedcubing with them. I find most people just want to be able to do it and being able to solve it in any time is enough for them.

 

[Chapuunka]

I've successfully taught one person completely from nothing, and I taught a friend I learned the beginner's method with Fridrich.

To get them from nothing, the hardest part is making sure they understand the notation (unless you're teaching them intuitively). After that, you just have to explain the steps thoroughly and give them the algs and it should be pretty simple. Neither of them really had any questions after the initial teaching session.

The thing is that half of my geometry class wants to learn now...