Don't start with algorithms. Figuring out how to solve them is half the fun. If you want to be a speedcuber you could always look up algorithms later but you can't unlearn the algorithms once you learn them.
Perhaps it worked that way with you, but I'm not smart enough to figure out a 3x3 on my own, and wouldn't have had the many many hours of enjoyment that I did have, if I wouldn't have learned any algorithms.
It's not like memorizing algorithms makes it trivial - there's still recognition/look-ahead and finger tricks to learn, if you want to get faster. And finding the optimal cross (in CFOP method) during the 15 second inspection takes some thinking. I'm bad at that.
That’s a big part of why I’ve never learned to solve a Rubik’s cube. I’d rather learn how to learn how to solve it than memorize an algorithm and I don’t really have the time/motivation/interest to learn how to learn how so I haven’t bothered.
My son, at age 9, loved learning these kinds of algorithms (he also learned how to solve square roots by hand from a YouTube video and would do random square root calculations to entertain himself, checking his answers against the calculator on my ex-wife’s kitchen Alexa).
