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You have good advice but, it doesn't suit who I am. Tx :)
I'm not a competitor and I don't want spend time with a trainer.
I only do 40~50 solves a day. It's not enough to keep 57 cases in memory.
I hear you, I'm 40 and never gonna compete. But I still compete with every solve I do, with myself.
The serotonin dump I get when I get a PB is enough for me to spend time learning a new alg here and there. I was trying to learn a new alg a day at one point, then just a new one a week, and it's since dropped off a bit and my solves have plateaued.
So the decision to spend some time teaching myself better look ahead was exactly the kick up the arse I needed to care a bit more about cubing
I may not get the best times, but I do know that I was excited to be getting solves under a minute using 2 look and now I'm excited to be getting some in the 20-25 range.
The fact you're getting sub 30 solves without that is quite impressive to me and so i just wonder how much faster you would be with all the algs in your head.
I started by just learning a couple. When those cases showed up I'd get a little giddy and shave loads off my normal times, and that pushed me to learn a few more.
Thing is, some you already know, you just add an extra move or two onto the beginning or end.
Anyway you do you, but I do honestly think you'll be glad you learned at least a few full algs
I share your excitement and the serotonin addiction, like all cubers :)
I wonder too. You can also ask yourself how much faster you would be after learning some COLL or/and Winter Variations, or if you do x-crosses/cross+1 each solve. Learning is endless in cubing! I've decided to stop − for a moment − learning new algs and focus on inspection and F2Ls.
May be I'll take a look at few sexy/sledge OLL algorithms ;)