Hi Stuart, --- In [email protected], "stuarthall_ct" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry to intrude, but is there an FAQ for understanding how the > various algorithms work beyond a beginners method for solving? I look > at Dan Knight's site, or Jessica F.'s and get very much overwhelmed.
No FAQ that I know of. One organizing principle for movement in the first two layers is freedom of movement. > I am thinking that a) I need to practice and b) I need to memorize at > least one solution (currently using Jasmine's beginner page combined > with a single repeated alg for doing the last layer cross - R' U' F' U > F R). So I know I need to do these things... unfortunately it feels > like what it is so far - that is, just learning algorithms without > really understanding what they all do. If you start at the Last Level, and work backward from there, you can step through algorithms, starting from a solved cube, and watch what each algorithm does, this can give you insight as to why and how they work. > Did you all understand what the algorithms did as you began memorizing > them, or do you just do them with the full knowledge that they will > solve the cube for you? Yes I understood what each algorithms did before I started using it. Memory follows comprehension, so once I figured out an algorithm it was in my memory. Only recently have I attempted to write them down, for some odd reason this is difficult for me and I've only written down about 300 so far. I "memorize" an alg by using it, that's both muscle memory and following it in my mind. I never just sit there and do one over and over a hundred times. I'm trying to reorganize all my algs and when I'm done that I might sit down and try repetition type memorization. > p.s. Props to Jasmine.. this is the first time I have been able to > solve a cube in under 3 minutes, with most of the time looking at the > directions since I don't have it properly memorized just yet. You might want to look for efficient ways to coordinate your hands for each algorithm you choose to use before you practice it. Regards, David J ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/u8TY5A/tzNLAA/yQLSAA/MXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
