How to solve a Rubik's Cube BLD + Progression

[Tim Major]

If you made a M2 tutorial It would be much appreciated!

I think his process was Old Pochmann -> Old Pochmann corners TuRBo edges -> BH corners TuRBo edges -> BH.
He already has a TuRBo tutorial on his channel.

I might look at this later Zane, sounds good :tu

 

[Dene]

holy freaking hell Zane, what an effort! Top job

 

[chardison1980]

i cant wait until the m2 turorial as it is what i've moved onto to decrease my solve times compaired to pure OP.
great tutorial very nicely done.

 

[Reinier Schippers]

the UFL set up doest work for me, i get the wrong orientation...

 

[Cubenovice]

the UFL set up doest work for me, i get the wrong orientation...

should be F R' - Y-perm - R F'

prolly a copy-paste error by Zane as in the list both UFL and FLU have the same set up which is impossible

 

[Zane_C]

Thanks guys, if anyone spots other errors please let me know.

 

[chris410]

I watched it this morning and would like to say thanks once more, really well done.

 

[Reinier Schippers]

ok thank you, i have looked in your video discription aswell. The same error is over there.

EDIT: checked and you already have corrected it

 

[Sarahjdes]

Could you break the video into 5 videos? I believe you said there were 5 sections.... Or I might have the number wrong. I just feel like it's hard to navigate within the video when the segment is so long. But it takes a while to load, and my bandwith is on a budget.

 

[Zane_C]

Could you break the video into 5 videos?

I originally wasn't intending on having it all in the one video. I thought it would be 'less daunting' for most people if there was just the one video rather than multiple videos for the one tutorial. Maybe I made the wrong choice.

I believe you said there were 5 sections

Sort of, I said "broken up into sections", then listed: Concepts and terminology, solving process, memorise techniques and progression.
'Concepts and terminology' are that closely linked that I don't think they need a separate video. And I did end up putting 'progression' into a separate video.

If I was to break the first video up, it would be something like:
-Introduction (discussing concepts and terminology)
-Solving process: (How to use T, L, J and Y-perm to solve the corners and edges)
-Memorising

I just feel like it's hard to navigate within the video when the segment is so long.

I was aware of this issue when deciding whether to break the tutorial up, or keep it all together.
To make navigating easier, I already had a little contents section at the top of the description.

Key parts:
Conjugates and setup moves: 6:20
The buffer and targets/cycles: 8:22
Intro recap: 10:10
Edges: 10:39
Corners: 16:07
Flipped/twisted pieces: 19:10
Parity: 21:38
Example solve: 23:07
Memorising: 32:47

But it takes a while to load, and my bandwith is on a budget.

Sorry to hear that. The internet download wouldn't be any less if you were to watch the tutorial in multiple videos. However, this statement would only apply if were were planning on watching the entire thing in one go.

I also am careful with how much internet I use. To avoid re-watching lengthy videos, I download them onto my computer.
I don't know what most people use, I personally use Flash Video Downloader.

Sorry, I won't be breaking this video up unless/until I get some serious protesting.

 

[Sarahjdes]

Sorry, I won't be breaking this video up unless/until I get some serious protesting.

And I don't intend to seriously protest Good job with the tutorial! And thanks for the link.

 

[Zane_C]

Thanks a lot! I am amazed that I could actually remember lots of images, I put the images around my apartment, I also use my house that I grew up in. The awesome thing about an apartment is that all other units are the exact same. There are 24 floors and 8 units per floor meaning that I have more than enough for 3BLD, I will see if I can actually get good at this and try 4 or 5 BLD or even multi.

Good to hear.

Memo can be easier to recall if you interact 2 images per location. For example: BR+LB could be imagined as a bear eating a lobster.

I currently use your suggested images with 2-3 exceptions, for the corners however, I can't memorize visually or by tapping, is it possible to use images for corners as well? If so, then could you suggest 1 or 2 images please? Thanks again!

I suggest you look into a lettering scheme. A lettering scheme gives every single sticker its own independent letter. (A lettering scheme can also be applied to the edges.) If you want to use a lettering scheme, you should definitely experiment with audio memo/audio pairs. See 'BLD memorization'.

If you don't want to get familiar with a lettering scheme, an image system for the corners is quite complex, and I don't recommend it.
You could attain the 2 letters of a corner target by going clockwise around the corner.

Examples:
FRD = FR
RDF = RD
UBR = UB

You don't need to give you 1 or 2 extra images, you can use the same images you use for the edges.

 

[Chrisalead]

Thank you Zane. After one year and a half of speedcubing I finally decided myself to learn blindfold solving. I spent 2 days to find a good memorization system for me after I watched your tutorial and I just did my first successful blindfold solve in 11'44"92 (second try only, I failed the first one because I forgot one corner in my memo, too bad the time was 8'27"). I'm really happy to finally be able to do it.

 

[drewsopchak]

Thank you Zane. After one year and a half of speedcubing I finally decided myself to learn blindfold solving. I spent 2 days to find a good memorization system for me after I watched your tutorial and I just did my first successful blindfold solve in 11'44"92 (second try only, I failed the first one because I forgot one corner in my memo, too bad the time was 8'27"). I'm really happy to finally be able to do it.

Congratulations on your first success!

 

[Zane_C]

Thank you Zane. After one year and a half of speedcubing I finally decided myself to learn blindfold solving. I spent 2 days to find a good memorization system for me after I watched your tutorial and I just did my first successful blindfold solve in 11'44"92 (second try only, I failed the first one because I forgot one corner in my memo, too bad the time was 8'27"). I'm really happy to finally be able to do it.

Congrats! :tu

 

[Chrisalead]

Thanks you ;o) . Your tutorial Zane is the best I found (quite by far), but I should say that like in any other tutorial there is something you do not explain enough. I'm thinking about cycles. Because when you fall on to the buffer during memo, it's ok, you automatically know that you have to break into a new cycle, but the thing you don't stress enough is that when you fall twice on the same piece, it also means you have a new cycle to do. It seems very logical to me now, but not right after I saw the video.
That was the part where I had some problems, the way I found to solve it is to use a memo system that makes it easy to see when you have done a piece two times.

Any way, great tutorial.

 

[Zane_C]

Thanks you ;o) . Your tutorial Zane is the best I found (quite by far), but I should say that like in any other tutorial there is something you do not explain enough. I'm thinking about cycles. Because when you fall on to the buffer during memo, it's ok, you automatically know that you have to break into a new cycle, but the thing you don't stress enough is that when you fall twice on the same piece, it also means you have a new cycle to do. It seems very logical to me now, but not right after I saw the video.
That was the part where I had some problems, the way I found to solve it is to use a memo system that makes it easy to see when you have done a piece two times.

Any way, great tutorial.

Thanks for the comment.

Looking back on it I realise you're completely right, I'll take note of this for when/if the time comes to explain cycles in another tutorial.

 

[rubixwiz031]

I'm having a lot of trouble with the flipping and twisting.
Could I just do ELL moves for flipping and sexy move variants for twisting?
Also, should I be doing corners or edges first?
And how do you determine how many targets you have?
And how do you know if you have a flipped/ twisted piece?
And if you are doing a set up move where you move your DBR piece to DFR, why would you do R and not D?
And why do you call an edge FR and not RF?

 

[Noahaha]

I'm having a lot of trouble with the flipping and twisting.
Could I just do ELL moves for flipping and sexy move variants for twisting?
Also, should I be doing corners or edges first?
And how do you determine how many targets you have?
And how do you know if you have a flipped/ twisted piece?
And if you are doing a set up move where you move your DBR piece to DFR, why would you do R and not D?
And why do you call an edge FR and not RF?

Yes
Doesn't matter
By memorizing until all pieces are targeted
You see that piece when memorizing in its spot but the wrong way

For your last two it just seems like you don't understand the fact that RFD and DFR are two different stickers. RFD is on the right face, while DFR is on the D face.

 

[rubixwiz031]

You see that piece when memorizing in its spot but the wrong way

What do you mean "the wrong way"?

For your last two it just seems like you don't understand the fact that RFD and DFR are two different stickers. RFD is on the right face, while DFR is on the D face.

I understand this, I just don't understand how you know which one to use.