BLD Memorization Techniques

[Carson967]

I have been getting into blind solving recently and have gotten pretty good at old pochman. I have not tried doing it blindfolded yet, I have just been working on the method.

I learned for Badmephisto's tutorial and noticed his memorization technique differed from many others. I just have some questions on memorization and if someone could take a minute to answer some, I'd greatly appreciate that

1. Does everybody use a different method, or is there one method that is predominantly quicker than the others?

2. Are there any good tutorials on this or these methods?

3. Is there a method best for beginners like myself?

4. Any tips for starting memorization? As I have zero experience with this.

 

[wir3sandfir3s]

1. Lots of people use similar methods (letter pairs), but it just comes down to personal preference. I actually memorize my corners in triplets (Person, action, object) and it works better for me than pairs.
2. Check the wiki, it always has some great links.
3. Yes, 3OP for corners and M2 for edges, that is how I began (and still beginning, ish).
4. Zero experience? Like not even have a letter scheme? Then I would follow Noah's bld memo video, it will probably answer all of your questions. It can be found on YouTube.

 

[Daniel Lin]

you can find info here, here or here
they all describe the same methods

try looking for resources on your own before asking on the forums

 

[mark49152]

3. Yes, 3OP for corners and M2 for edges, that is how I began (and still beginning, ish).

Important correction to save anyone going down the wrong path: OP (Old Pochmann) is the usual beginner corners method. 3OP is an older method involving orientation then permutation, and is not used much these days.

 

[wir3sandfir3s]

Important correction to save anyone going down the wrong path: OP (Old Pochmann) is the usual beginner corners method. 3OP is an older method involving orientation then permutation, and is not used much these days.

Yes that what I meant. Thanks for correction.

 

[AlphaSheep]

1. Lots of people use similar methods (letter pairs), but it just comes down to personal preference. I actually memorize my corners in triplets (Person, action, object) and it works better for me than pairs.

I strongly recommend memorising in pairs and not triplets.

It is easier to memorise in triplets and its probably fine if you stick with old Pochmann forever, but if you plan on ever moving on to a more advanced system or MBLD then memorising in pairs has a massive advantage. In M2, you need to execute some targets differently depending on whether or not they are even or odd. In 3-cycle methods you solve pieces in pairs so one letter pair = one commutator. Also it's easier to pick up parity if you memo in even groups so you don't have to explicitly remember which cubes have parity in MBLD.

You can also memo in fours which works well for audio memo...

 

[wir3sandfir3s]

I strongly recommend memorising in pairs and not triplets.

It is easier to memorise in triplets and its probably fine if you stick with old Pochmann forever, but if you plan on ever moving on to a more advanced system or MBLD then memorising in pairs has a massive advantage. In M2, you need to execute some targets differently depending on whether or not they are even or odd. In 3-cycle methods you solve pieces in pairs so one letter pair = one commutator. Also it's easier to pick up parity if you memo in even groups so you don't have to explicitly remember which cubes have parity in MBLD.

You can also memo in fours which works well for audio memo...

I do my edges in audio. And I'm only using triplets for now because the way I memorize in pairs for OP is kind of awkward.