Marc Ringuette
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I'm trying out using some personalized move letters so that my algorithms sound more like words. I wanted to take better advantage of my verbal memory in memorizing algs, and also to eliminate the problem of forgetting a prime. Has anyone tried something like this? I'm liking it so far.
As an example, I was memorizing Ortega for 2x2x2 yesterday.
My 7 OLL cases: rusuros, roseres, asir ures, ruse sari, tosot, rotetetor, fruseg
My 5 PBL cases: ruse sat eser usi, rese heru suy, rerysus, tyt, tetohet
As I practiced these, I babbled the pseudo-words under my breath and it made memo a lot smoother for me. I also found it pretty hilarious to babble my solves out loud to the non-cuber friend I was with.
Here's my code, with vowels placed so that they usually alternate with consonants given my solving style:
U U' U2 = u e o
R R' R2 = r s t
F F' F2 = f g h (also a i y, whichever sounds better)
L L' L2 = l k j
B B' B2 = b c p
D D' D2 = d v w
M M' M2 = m n z
By the way, I'm not suggesting that we communicate with each other using anything but the standard notation. This is for personal memo. People who use a lot of wide or slice moves won't like my code choices; they should probably tweak their own personal code to suit.
What do you think? Have you tried or seen anything similar? I've seen the BLD memo approaches, but that's all I found, so I thought I'd share this before I really commit to it. Thanks for any thoughts!
As an example, I was memorizing Ortega for 2x2x2 yesterday.
My 7 OLL cases: rusuros, roseres, asir ures, ruse sari, tosot, rotetetor, fruseg
My 5 PBL cases: ruse sat eser usi, rese heru suy, rerysus, tyt, tetohet
As I practiced these, I babbled the pseudo-words under my breath and it made memo a lot smoother for me. I also found it pretty hilarious to babble my solves out loud to the non-cuber friend I was with.
Here's my code, with vowels placed so that they usually alternate with consonants given my solving style:
U U' U2 = u e o
R R' R2 = r s t
F F' F2 = f g h (also a i y, whichever sounds better)
L L' L2 = l k j
B B' B2 = b c p
D D' D2 = d v w
M M' M2 = m n z
By the way, I'm not suggesting that we communicate with each other using anything but the standard notation. This is for personal memo. People who use a lot of wide or slice moves won't like my code choices; they should probably tweak their own personal code to suit.
What do you think? Have you tried or seen anything similar? I've seen the BLD memo approaches, but that's all I found, so I thought I'd share this before I really commit to it. Thanks for any thoughts!