I don't know what happened... the last time I did a few timed blind solves was a week or so ago. I was averaging 1:20. I just got a 1:07 Mo10/10.
Megaminx BLD: 24:20.70 [12:35]. First scramble in weekly competition 2012-41.
Finally beat Ryosuke Mondo's speed. (He did it in 24:38.56, 4 years ago, and I think it was even his first try. So I'm pretty pathetic.) I still think this is far from the UWR, though, since rumor has it that Chris Brownlee did it in 15 minutes or so. Unfortunately, though, no one seems to know his actual time, so we may never know what the actual UWR is.
I also ordered a new Dayan megaminx this week, hoping I could get a better one - my current one locks up like crazy and often pops because of the lockups. And while I was at it, I ordered an MF8 gigaminx. So I guess it's time for me to figure out a better way to do megaminx BLD (non-orient-permute), so I can try gigaminx BLD.
Thanks, but considering your 5x5x5 BLD speed, I think this is pretty silly. Safe to say that between the you and me, I'm the only mere mortal here. Someday I'll manage a sub-10 5x5x5 BLD; maybe 2 or 3 years from now, but someday.
I currently use an orient-permute method - even though it's more information, it's easier to memorize than a Pochmann-style method is. But I want to figure out a decent way to memorize Pochmann-style (one piece at a time, without a separate orient step), since orient-permute doesn't really make sense for gigaminx.
They say the MF8 gigaminx turns really nicely. I'm hoping that's actually true. Anyway, I've already ordered it, so I guess I'll find out soon.
I already have a Cube4You gigaminx; there's no way I'll ever try that BLD - it would be ridiculous.
I have an idea for memorizing the Megaminx. Disclaimer: I have no intention to actually attempt to blindsolve the Megaminx.
Okay, the idea is similar to Speffz. You have 12 faces and 5 locations on each face, but the locations are defined in a way that makes it relatively easy to keep track of. Every orbit fits into the 60 locations in a roughly similar way. You obviously can't use single letters for this, but you *could* use uppercase letters + lowercase letters + 1-8, or numbers 1-60 (benefit: easy to divide by 5 to figure out the face/location number), or syllables (12 consonants and 5 vowels), or just sixty random images. It may be a little trickier to keep track of which pieces have been used, but if you are considering a Mega-/Master Kilo-/Giga-minx BLD you will probably have no trouble.
The locations on each face are arranged like so:
For the 8 faces around the "equator" that I didn't label, just proceed in a y-erly direction around the puzzle, numbering the locations on that face in the same way you did the labeled one. It's your choice on how to order the faces but I suggest U=1, then 2-6, then 7-11, then D=12.
Having things more or less symmetrical around a y rotation should help a bit with spatially imagining where the pieces are... remember that you're probably going to have to come up with pure sticker commutators on the fly, so it'll be useful to be able to say "okay, location 3 on face 4 is just a y2 over from location 3 on face 2, which is right in front of me".
