I've been trying to get faster at solving my Rubik's cube, but I keep forgetting the sequences. I write them down but it's hard to remember which algorithm to use when. Does anyone have a system for organizing or memorizing these patterns?
The single best thing is to group algorithms by what they actually do - like all the ones that fix your top layer together, all the corner rotations in another group - rather than trying to memorize them as random sequences. Once you see the pattern in what each algorithm accomplishes, you'll naturally remember which one to pull out when you need it. Writing them down helps, but physically practicing each one in isolation until your fingers remember the moves is what really sticks; muscle memory beats reading notes every time. Some people find it useful to give algorithms silly names or associate them with songs, which sounds gimmicky but honestly works for a lot of solvers.
Grouping by function is solid, but what really stuck with me is pairing each algorithm with a *trigger* - like a specific scrambled state you intentionally create and solve over and over until your hands just know what to do without your brain translating the notation. Once your muscle memory locks it in, you stop forgetting which move comes next because your fingers are doing the thinking.
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