Just a technique I thought I'd share as it's helped me immensely in reducing pauses and increasing the flow in my Big BLD and Multi solves.
As I have gotten faster, the pressure of getting world-class times has forced me to encode images faster than I used to do. I've found that this sometimes leads to less actual visualisation of the images. While this can actually be a really good thing as it can be much more efficient and lead to very fast memo times, it often results in the transition between certain piece types being much slower. This is also true of switching between cubes in fast multi attempts.
To fix this I have incorporated visual 'cues' into my memo. For instance, in 5BLD I will memo wings first and solve them last. Even with a review, I do occasionally take a while to remember the first image and get myself going = precious seconds wasted.
However, if I bite/flick/pinch the first piece for a piece set (and also for all my other 'first pieces' in other sets) during my review phase I am much more likely to remember what my first word is. If the first word is a bit dodgy, or something I'm not used to visualising (such as XM) I will flick the X and then the M for example. This is my 'cue' to remember the rest of the sentence and continue execution.
Using multi as an example, I have found that I am more likely to have memory lapses in remembering the edge images. If I have 2 cubes to recall after I have finished executing my first one, I will often visualise some sort of interaction between those two 'first pieces.' For instance, UF on #2 and RD on #3 could be connected by a piece of string in my mind. When I come to #2, not only will I know what my first images is for #2, but I also know straight away what my first image is for cube #3. I have, in some form, rehearsed it during execution.
Memo shouldn't be a passive process, because it isn't. Since bringing imaginative ideas such as these into memo means I can still actually enjoy memorising.
Does anyone else do this already?
