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A few years back I learned to solve a #rubikscube using the beginners method. Got to about 2 minute average solve time and put it down and forgot about it.

Picked it back up and It seems I've forgotten how to do it now. I can still do the cross and intuitive first 2 layers, though much slower than before. The last layer is gone from my brain. I guess this is my chance to fix that mistake from last time and learn CFOP instead of beginners method. I spent a little time on it today. Refresher on the notation and then working on my OLL algorithms.

If this note gets any interest I'll keep updating as I relearn as a little #grownostr contribution.
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vinney...axkl 1y ago

The last layer is always the hardest! The patterns there are weird and have stupid little edge cases that are easy to forget after years.

I've gone a few multi-year stretches without touching one but I always get it back. I don't know what method I learned, but it seems pretty grug-brained... Set things up, then repeat some shit a bunch until good. Repeat with different shit.

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Bill Cypher 1y ago

I found a cut down version of cfop that I'm using as my guide. Not the full list of algorithms that competitors use but more than beginners method.

It sounds like you learned beginners method. I recall it being all about the front right corner. You rotate the top layer as needed so that your front right corner algorithms can solve the entire top layer.

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vinney...axkl 1y ago

Yes exactly - top right corner