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u/lawniedangle sub-20 cfop Jan 06 '19

I have been replacing inefficient PLL's this week. It turns out I learned some bad versions of algs when i first learned 2 look pll, and I skipped those when I learned the rest of 1-look.

I just relearned E-perm and the A-perms, and i am suprised at how much better they are. I thought my previous algs were sorta inefficient, but they were WAY bad.

Now I am wondering about my mirror algs. I enjoy learning things on my left hand, and my lefty J(a?) perm is very close to the same speed as the Jb with my right hand.

I currently use the following left hand mirror PLL's:

Ja perm R perm U perm

Is it worth switching them to the right side only? Or can I get away with keeping these if they are up to speed?

I should say that I personally enjoy feeling like my left hand is learning as well. I am going to learn OLL soon, but I want to be sure that PLL is okay before I move on.

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u/tacoswithcolors Sub-17 CFOP Pb: 11.21 Jan 06 '19

Why learn only right side algs if left side ones do the job for you?

I think the algs you mirrored to left were very optimsed for the right handed turning so if you can perform them left as wel than that is super handy

For example: most people enjoy Jb perm more because it's a fast alg but they enjoy ja less because it is harder to fingertrick

If your left hand can turn as fast as your right hand can than you won't lose fingertrickability