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I'm a CFOP man but Roux interests me, I just can't seem to wrap my head around the last algs yet.
I guess I'm a speed solver, just a slow one. I'm nearly 40 and just wanted something to occupy my mind rather than Reddit (social media in general) and it's certainly done that. Currently I'm working through learning OLL, then it's PLL which is apparently easier.
I like being able to stand at a bar 6 beers in and solve a cube in a minute or two with one eye shut, and I like that I had no clue how to do this 3 months ago and now I'm faster than the majority of people at it
Huh, I've always seen people recommend learning PLL before OLL. Hope that's going well for you, anyway. I'd recommend you learn algs that work well for you rather than whatever your source suggests (check some algs out over on algdb.net).
Also, you may want to check out the Speedsolving Forums. I've used them and here to supplement my lack of visiting the cubing subreddit.
Thanks for the algdb.net link, looks like a good site. I'm using https://www.speedcubedb.com/a/3x3/OLL atm because I like that it tells you how to set the alg up too, but I've bookmarked your link.
There's this https://www.reddit.com/r/Cubers/comments/tygask/learn_oll_the_easy_way/?share_id=d53oqI0G9XwOvG9JN9kXi&utm_content=1&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1&rdt=32907
Which is a great little resource, just a pity it's on Reddit.
OLL seemed to make more sense to me because I already know some of them, and the rest seem to be variations of them, so I just need to remember that THIS case does this, but if it looks like THAT then I vary it like THIS.
PLL just makes my brain hurt, hopefully OLL will help with that.
I didn't know about this site and, just from skimming it a bit, I'm impressed. I've just come back to cubing after a 3-year long pause and didn't catch up with the times, so thanks for the link, I've bookmarked it also.
Yeah, sucks to be a cuber and wanting to be away from Reddit, because the r/cubers sub was actually one of my favorites.
It definitely will. Some PLLs are just combinations of shorter OLLs (take the T perm, which is a sequence of a T OLL and a fish-shape OLL), so it'll definitely help you out. Also, the fact that there're way fewer algs in the PLL set will make it a breeze (hopefully) after you grind through OLL, so maybe that'll help out your motivation. Still, I think it's a bit odd to learn OLL first, but it seems fine and even good now that I think about it.
Yeah the speedcube db is great because it's all in sections so you can pick say Fish Shapes and just concentrate on them.
As for PLL or OLL first debate, I'm already doing 2 look so the idea is to get down slowly to 1 look. I keep going back to Guitar analogies and it doesn't really matter the order on Guitar that you learn once you have a solid foundation. I really am treating Cubing the same way.
When I get bored of OLL I'll go to PLL and switch back again. It's a way of staving off the boredom while teaching my muscle memory.
I'm already at a point where I'm getting a little frustrated at forgetting some OLLs so it won't be long. Thanks to you I'm learning T perm first