Q&A for How to Memorize Speedcubing Algorithms

First, you will want to make sure you are using a real speed cube, not just any puzzle cube. Speed cubes are designed for faster turning. If you need even more speed, you could try a silicone lube to enhance the speed.

A week to get into it and maybe a month for sub -1 minute. It really depends on the amount of time you're willing to put into it. There are a few people who can achieve sub -20 in a few months time.

It depends, if you can do one part intuitively (without algorithms) it's fine but you may want to memorize more to become faster. Forgetfulness in this case is a sign of improper application and attention to detail -- you can force yourself to remember anything if you open yourself up to doing so, so keep trying.

No, use f2l algs only for common cases. For others, learn the insert with muscle memory.

You cannot rotate only one corner. You need to rotate at least two. If your cube has only one corner twisted, that means someone did it manually. You will need to manually undo it.

Try learning full intuitive f2l, which just uses some basic triggers. Then look at OLL & PLL. Then Full PLL. Lastly, look at Full OLL. Some good websites with algorithms are jperm.net and cubeskills.com.

Drill algorithms such as pll and oll algs. But you should first work on your look ahead, which is where you look ahead to the next f2l pair while you are doing the current one so that you could start the next one right away. to do this you will have to have a relatively slow tps, but when you get better at it you can practice it by doing faster solves while looking ahead. You might want to slow down the cube with some lubricant, since you need to balance the controlability and the fastness of the cube to make the cube be good. to sum up, you should get faster on last layer algs, and be a little slower on f2l so that you can look ahead easily.