I need blindfolded help.

[Duncan Kimmett]

Recently I’ve been getting in to blindfolded solving. I am starting with 2x2 and working my way up. When I get a piece of paper and a 2x2, I can write down my moves and the letter pairs just fine, but I have a few questions that no tutorial can solve because all 2bld tutorials are from 2-4 yrs ago.

- How do you remember the setup moves with knowing the letters? Since it only swaps stickers not pieces, I don’t understand how “TelEphone MoNkey” would tell me the moves I need to do (partway through I realized that knowing the stickers means you can memorize the moves to put those stickers specifically in swapping position, but I just wanna be sure.

- Are there common triggers to make certain stickers go certain places (e.g., If I see the sticker has to go a certain place, I instantly know the setup moves are F’ R’)

- Any tricks on how to memorize it just that little bit better?

 

[abunickabhi]

You have to correlate the setup moves with the letters you have memorized.

With some example solves and practice this correlation will be intuitive.

There are common triggers for sticker targets in Old Pochmann method. You can refer the webpage to get the list of setup moves that are commonly used.

Happy BLDing!

 

[Duncan Kimmett]

You have to correlate the setup moves with the letters you have memorized.

With some example solves and practice this correlation will be intuitive.

There are common triggers for sticker targets in Old Pochmann method. You can refer the webpage to get the list of setup moves that are commonly used.

Happy BLDing!

Thank you very much! Glad that it will become intuitive, thanks for the info. I actually was looking for example solves before posting this, but no one has ever made them. Do you know where I could find them?

 

[ProStar]

Recently I’ve been getting in to blindfolded solving. I am starting with 2x2 and working my way up. When I get a piece of paper and a 2x2, I can write down my moves and the letter pairs just fine, but I have a few questions that no tutorial can solve because all 2bld tutorials are from 2-4 yrs ago.

- How do you remember the setup moves with knowing the letters? Since it only swaps stickers not pieces, I don’t understand how “TelEphone MoNkey” would tell me the moves I need to do (partway through I realized that knowing the stickers means you can memorize the moves to put those stickers specifically in swapping position, but I just wanna be sure.

- Are there common triggers to make certain stickers go certain places (e.g., If I see the sticker has to go a certain place, I instantly know the setup moves are F’ R’)

- Any tricks on how to memorize it just that little bit better?

A letter represents a specific part of a specific piece, and then you can use that to intuitively setup that piece to the swapping place. J Perm’s tutorial explains it quite well and has examples:

This video is from a few years ago but is still great. If you have more unanswered questions after watching i

 

[NmeCuber]

The BLD "Example Solve" Game!

I couldn't find a thread on this and thought it might be a good idea. I dunno. Basically, post your solution (memo and movecount optional) using the scramble in the post above. List out what you're solving for each set of moves you do. Then provide a scramble for the next person. I'll go...

www.speedsolving.com

 

[Duncan Kimmett]

A letter represents a specific part of a specific piece, and then you can use that to intuitively setup that piece to the swapping place. J Perm’s tutorial explains it quite well and has examples:

This video is from a few years ago but is still great. If you have more unanswered questions after watching i

I actually learned from the vid but also completely forgot that I could use it as an example solve vid. One more question: How do you memorize where the stickers are when scrambled, or is it intuitive enough once you get good?

 

[Jorian Meeuse]

I actually learned from the vid but also completely forgot that I could use it as an example solve vid. One more question: How do you memorize where the stickers are when scrambled, or is it intuitive enough once you get good?

You should know the lettering scheme by heart. This means that, when blindfolded, you can kinda go through the alphabet on the cube, until you reach the letter you memorized. With practice though, you will be able to associate each letter with a position on the cube without thinking, and also the other way around. I hope I described it well.

 

[Duncan Kimmett]

You should know the lettering scheme by heart. This means that, when blindfolded, you can kinda go through the alphabet on the cube, until you reach the letter you memorized. With practice though, you will be able to associate each letter with a position on the cube without thinking, and also the other way around. I hope I described it well.

I meant from a scrambled state. I know the thing where it is like, top left corner, top right, bottom right, bottom left, go to the orange side continue, go clockwise, then face front and move to yellow and blah blah blah, but what I’m asking is: You memorize how to do the setup moves by seeing the stickers in a scrambled state, but how do you remember where everything is IN A SCRAMBLED STATE, or is it intuitive?

 

[Garf]

I meant from a scrambled state. I know the thing where it is like, top left corner, top right, bottom right, bottom left, go to the orange side continue, go clockwise, then face front and move to yellow and blah blah blah, but what I’m asking is: You memorize how to do the setup moves by seeing the stickers in a scrambled state, but how do you remember where everything is IN A SCRAMBLED STATE, or is it intuitive?

It's pretty intuitive. For example, you start with the buffer at any position (I remember E as my buffer-V as my target best) and know where each piece goes. For example, if I saw the Red-Blue-White corner piece in the buffer spot, and blue was there, I would start with Q because that's how it is on the solved 2x2. Then whatever is in Q, you see where it goes. You continue until you need to start a new cycle or you finished memorizing the entire cube.

 

[Duncan Kimmett]

It's pretty intuitive. For example, you start with the buffer at any position (I remember E as my buffer-V as my target best) and know where each piece goes. For example, if I saw the Red-Blue-White corner piece in the buffer spot, and blue was there, I would start with Q because that's how it is on the solved 2x2. Then whatever is in Q, you see where it goes. You continue until you need to start a new cycle or you finished memorizing the entire cube.

Thank you, that clears it up enough for me to figure it out.

 

[Duncan Kimmett]

It's pretty intuitive. For example, you start with the buffer at any position (I remember E as my buffer-V as my target best) and know where each piece goes. For example, if I saw the Red-Blue-White corner piece in the buffer spot, and blue was there, I would start with Q because that's how it is on the solved 2x2. Then whatever is in Q, you see where it goes. You continue until you need to start a new cycle or you finished memorizing the entire cube.

Speaking of new cycles, how do they work? Do you pick any unsolved piece and swap it with the buffer?

 

[Garf]

Speaking of new cycles, how do they work? Do you pick any unsolved piece and swap it with the buffer?

Exactly. Although for a new cycle, you start with the buffer piece and end with the buffer piece.

 

[Duncan Kimmett]

Exactly. Although for a new cycle, you start with the buffer piece and end with the buffer piece.

Yup! Just have one last thing I need to make sure: even if the piece is fully solved (not like, flipped in its spot or anything), I swap it with an unsolved piece?

 

[Garf]

Yup! Just have one last thing I need to make sure: even if the piece is fully solved (not like, flipped in its spot or anything), I swap it with an unsolved piece?

Yup.

 

[Duncan Kimmett]

Yup.

Thank you!