Sue Doenim
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Since I started cubing, I've always thought blindsolving was crazy. Eventually, I learned how to do it for myself. I'd like to get faster, and I have a few general questions I'd like answered.
First of all, I'm not sure I understand what memory methods are commonly used. I learned, and I believe most people learned, to make letter pairs into words into sentences. I've looked into the concept of rooms, and understand it's especially useful in 4+BLD and MBLD, but I'm not sure I understand how it is used in regular solving. Do people use it for 3BLD too? If not, what do they use? If I wanted to learn a memory method/methods that I could stick with throughout my blindsolving career, what would it be?
Secondly, I'd like to ask about buffers. I use M2/OP, so naturally, I use UBL and DF. However, these aren't the best buffers for 3-style, are they? Don't people usually transition from a simple blindsolving method to 3-style gradually, only doing cases that they know? If this is the case, can't you only transition if you have the same buffer for both? Do you just use a different buffer for M2/OP?
Sorry for so many questions, and thanks for any answers.
First of all, I'm not sure I understand what memory methods are commonly used. I learned, and I believe most people learned, to make letter pairs into words into sentences. I've looked into the concept of rooms, and understand it's especially useful in 4+BLD and MBLD, but I'm not sure I understand how it is used in regular solving. Do people use it for 3BLD too? If not, what do they use? If I wanted to learn a memory method/methods that I could stick with throughout my blindsolving career, what would it be?
Secondly, I'd like to ask about buffers. I use M2/OP, so naturally, I use UBL and DF. However, these aren't the best buffers for 3-style, are they? Don't people usually transition from a simple blindsolving method to 3-style gradually, only doing cases that they know? If this is the case, can't you only transition if you have the same buffer for both? Do you just use a different buffer for M2/OP?
Sorry for so many questions, and thanks for any answers.