MBLD vs hour cards memory event

[abunickabhi]

Cool event that MBLDers can try!

 

[Puzzle Maniac]

What is the point of the event?

 

[abunickabhi]

What is the point of the event?

To memorise as many decks as possible in one hour.

An event that tests memory power over a long period of time.

 

[bldcuber314]

Do you convert the cards to letters in some way?

 

[abunickabhi]

Do you convert the cards to letters in some way?

yes 2 cards are converted to a letter pair using a nice mapping.

9H-6D-KS-QC-4D would be memoed with six letters:"9-Hearts-or-Clubs" (26 possibilities)"6-Diamonds-or-spades" (26 possibilities)'King-Diamonds-or-spades" (26 possibilities)"Queen-Clubs-or-Hearts" (26 possibilities)"4-Diamonds-or-Spades" (26 possibilities)"RED-RED-BLACK-BLACK-RED" (32 possibilities),Which would pretty easily fit into a letter-pair memo (if you added a few more letters for the RED/BLACK parity).

As in, you group cards into "pointy" (diamonds/spades) or "rounded" (hearts/clubs). You memo:"9-Rounded, 6-Pointy, King-Pointy, Queen-Rounded, 4-Pointy" then "R/R/B/B/R" for your five cards. So, 3 letter-pairs per five cards meaning you can memo a deck of cards in 30 (+3) letter pairs, Which is somewhere between 4BLD and 5BLD in difficulty. It's not the most efficient method, but likely the "easiest" if you can already do 5BLD. 60 seconds should be achievable with practice, even with a double-pass.

 

[abunickabhi]

I would love if few of the memory athletes maining one hour cards also try out MBLD just for fun.

And document their progress and similarities between the events.