Blindsolving Discussion and Help

[Noahaha]

How does everyone do M2 (in BLD, not normal solving)? For me, I always do r2 R2, which although faster compared to doing M2 with ring/middle finger, result in a lot of turn fails (making my dnfs look really ugly) .

I notice everyone can do it with their ring/middle finger with ease, I on the other hand find it slow and hard with all the regripping.

Maybe try left ring, left middle. I find it doesn't interfere with my normal U turns. It only took me a few days to get used to.

 

[god of rubic 2]

I've never solved the cube blindfolded, but I know the method. I'm having lots of trouble to pick what memo method I should use, for a beginner like me, what would you recommend I learn first, for corners and edges. Thanks

 

[Marcell]

How does everyone do M2 (in BLD, not normal solving)? For me, I always do r2 R2, which although faster compared to doing M2 with ring/middle finger, result in a lot of turn fails (making my dnfs look really ugly) .

I notice everyone can do it with their ring/middle finger with ease, I on the other hand find it slow and hard with all the regripping.

Start an R' but don't go all the way, just until you can put your middle finger on the UB sticker. Than you pull it all back with an r and add an M' with your middle finger (but you can also think of it as doing an R' and in the same time doing an M2, it's really happaning parallel). Fast and safe.

 

[Noahaha]

I've never solved the cube blindfolded, but I know the method. I'm having lots of trouble to pick what memo method I should use, for a beginner like me, what would you recommend I learn first, for corners and edges. Thanks

You can't go wrong with lettering your stickers and making sentences. Try visual for corners as well, which many people like.

 

[god of rubic 2]

You can't go wrong with lettering your stickers and making sentences. Try visual for corners as well, which many people like.

Thanks a lot, I'll try them both

 

[Speedmaster]

one week ago i started cuving blindfolded again, i did about 15-20 solves only edges to fix m2, times were about 1;15-1;30 and memo was 30-40
is this abgood result? and when should i start doing whole bld solves?

 

[AbstractAlg]

that is pretty good time.
do corner practice also, and when you feel ready do full solves.
don't bother your self with times, for now just practice accuracy, memo and knowing the method well, times will drop afterwards.

 

[Noahaha]

Does anyone else memo edges last and solve them first?

 

[drewsopchak]

Does anyone else memo edges last and solve them first?

Not that I know of, but I'm sure someone else does.

 

[CubeLord]

Does anybody know what method the best cubers use for both corners and edges?

 

[Noahaha]

Not that I know of, but I'm sure someone else does.

It actually works really well for me, so I'm surprised more people don't do it. I memo corners using a simple image made up of letter pair words and then I audio the edges.

 

[Julian]

Does anyone else memo edges last and solve them first?

Chris Hardwick? Rob Holt (Riffz)?

I did (letter pairs for corners and audio for edges), but I'm in a crossover period right now in which I'm making my LPL and not actually solving any BLD.

 

[cubernya]

Does anyone else memo edges last and solve them first?

I do. I personally don't see why everybody solves corners first; edges just felt more natural.

 

[DrKorbin]

I do. I personally don't see why everybody solves corners first; edges just felt more natural.

I use audio memory for corners because it is quick. But then I must solve corners first, otherwise I'll forget them, audio memory is short.

 

[thatkid]

Does anybody know what method the best cubers use for both corners and edges?

BH corners and 3style i think

 

[drewsopchak]

Does anybody know what method the best cubers use for both corners and edges?

Speed optimized three cycles. Algs for this style include: Commutators, conjugated Uperms/Aperms and TuRBo algs, and any other 3cycles that are fast. Most cases are done with Commutators. And most people get the basics of commutators from BH.
Hope that helps. PM me if you have any other questions.
-Andrew

 

[Cheese11]

May be It would involve more B move, which is not the most finger friendly? Am I right?

Actually, the finger trickiness of the lags are just as good as a DF buffer. Plus, you really only need to look at the piece once anyway.

 

[CubeLord]

Speed optimized three cycles. Algs for this style include: Commutators, conjugated Uperms/Aperms and TuRBo algs, and any other 3cycles that are fast. Most cases are done with Commutators. And most people get the basics of commutators from BH.
Hope that helps. PM me if you have any other questions.
-Andrew

What does it mean to PM?

 

[CubeLord]

which is faster for corners: bh corners or commutators with conjugates and conjugated a-perms?

 

[Noahaha]

Only doing A-perms would be terribly slow. Think about how many of them could just be solved with pure commutators. BH is certainly faster, but most people agree that you don't need to stick to move optimal algorithms for all your cycles.