Memory Methods

[Cride5]

I've outlined the method that I'm currently learning for memorisation using objects representing pairs of colours...

http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/BLD_Memorization#Colour_Pairs

I'll add a partial table of suggested objects later tonight.

Nicely done! Keep up the good work

 

[curious]

Hi,
I've labelled every sticker/position with a letter, I am now giving each letter a person action and object.

eg. [sticker E] 'E'rik solving cube
[sticker B] 'B'atman driving batmobil.

yes, I am workin on a PAO system. Only problem is, I'm runnin out of ideas. I would appreciate some
famous people that can be associated with an action and an object.

letters needed:
I, K, L, N, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y.

 

[PEZenfuego]

Hi,
I've labelled every sticker/position with a letter, I am now giving each letter a person action and object.

eg. [sticker E] 'E'rik solving cube
[sticker B] 'B'atman driving batmobil.

yes, I am workin on a PAO system. Only problem is, I'm runnin out of ideas. I would appreciate some
famous people that can be associated with an action and an object.

letters needed:
I, K, L, N, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y.

Why not label every POSITION with a letter and then memorize it that way. For me, that is a much better way. You don't have to do any preparation either...just make it up as you go.

 

[HASH-CUBE]

letters needed:
I, K, L, N, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y.

Not famous, but may help?

I: Im doing my home working
K: Kitty is eating meat
L: Lion is running in the jungle
N: Newton is eating an apple
S: Spider man is climbing the building
T: Tony Fisher is modding a puzzle
U: User is typing a message
V: Verdes is selling a v-cube 7
W: Wizard of OZ is closing the gates
X: Xerox machine is printing
Y: Youtube is brodcasting

 

[curious]

Why not label every POSITION with a letter and then memorize it that way. For me, that is a much better way. You don't have to do any preparation either...just make it up as you go.

Well, that's what I previously did, and i would try to make words out of the letters.
But it doesn't work out very well for me, if I have a bunch of random letters like, B,T,R,Z, etc

 

[curious]

Thanks hash-cube, i will just make up something for the letters.

 

[Tim Major]

V: Verdes is selling a v-cube 7

Lol. Fat chance with all the Chinese companies, who will soon make a 7x7 knockoff. I lolled so hard at this.

 

[curious]

Ok, I've gave it some thought, but i still need a person, action and object for U, X and Z!

(In case your wondering, I go up to the letter 'Z' because Upper and Middle layer are letters A-M and D layer is S-Z)

 

[MatsBergsten]

Ok, I've gave it some thought, but i still need a person, action and object for U, X and Z!

(In case your wondering, I go up to the letter 'Z' because Upper and Middle layer are letters A-M and D layer is S-Z)

Ulysses, Xerxes & Zeus, is it easier with bld memo for a Greek? The English alphabet is too short.

But really, if you practise a little more you can have 23 persons, one for each cubie. They shall all be persons you know well, but they may all have names that begin with the same letter. Tim is probably the smartest regarding memo, to take the turnabout and connect each cubie with a letter and then a person with that letter is just that, a turnabout.

 

[cmhardw]

Ok, I've gave it some thought, but i still need a person, action and object for U, X and Z!

(In case your wondering, I go up to the letter 'Z' because Upper and Middle layer are letters A-M and D layer is S-Z)

Persons:
Uma (Thurman)
X-men (any of them)
I also like Zeus, go with what Mats said


Actions:
U: to use, to un-anything (unzip, untie, undress, etc.)

X: don't use a verb that starts with X, but use things that are eXTREME! That's how I handled my one syllable X words, see my page here www.speedcubing.com/chris/memo-words.html and look at the entire section for letter pairs starting with X. These words are all either eXtreme or taboo things, and that lets me know that the image is an "X" image.

Z: zap (as in shoot with a beam of something, laser beam, microwave beam, etc.), zip, zigzag, zero (as in to "zero in" or focus intensely on something), zoom (as in to zoom in, kind of like to zero in), zone (as in to zone out, or lose focus)

Objects:
U: Umbrella, underpants, umpire, etc. etc.
X: xylophone, x-ray machine, x-ray goggles, or go with the eXtreme idea and make the object something very huge or extreme or also maybe taboo
Z: zebra, zealot (the sham-wow guy for example), zuccini, Zoe (if you know a Zoe), Zombie, Zepplin

Chris

 

[calekewbs]

My friend made an interesting method for memorizing orienting edges.

Basically he calls it binary memo.

He count's a 1 if it is flipped correctly and a zero if it is flipped incorrectly.

Then he checks it in groups of 4 (basically the top, then the middle, then the bottom edges.) He starts with the FU edge and works clockwise. Then he checks the RF edge and works clockwise. Then he does the DF edge and works clockwise.

So he gets three groups of four. Each group has 16 possible sequences and for each sequence he has a picture/idea to remember. such as 0000 is a chain, 1110 is a snake, and 0110 is a double headed snake.

He is pretty much a beginner to BLD and I'm trying to think of some other similar ways to memorize the rest (he is learning 3-op btw). I think I have a good idea for corner orientation, but perm is a whole 'nother story.

 

[PM 1729]

I think that is the standard method for edge orientation(using binary).Instead of using images, you can also convert it to decimal/hexadecimal.In hex, it would be only three digits.
Corner permutation is really easy.You could try visual.

 

[calekewbs]

yeah, I pretty much use full visual. That's just what he came up with. lol

 

[Carson]

I finally took the time to read through the entirety of this thread since I have recently begun to work on trying to accomplish bld. I have tried a few times, but have had no real success.

The actual memo is really holding me back, and was hoping that I would find something buried in these pages that would help. Unfortunately, it seems like I already have a pretty solid understanding of how the memo works. It is just a matter of me as of yet being unable to do it. Some of us are "blessed" with an absolutely horrid memory. This may take awhile... but I'm getting pretty determined to do this!

 

[F.P.]

It's all practice.

 

[MichaelErskine]

The actual memo is really holding me back, and was hoping that I would find something buried in these pages that would help. Unfortunately, it seems like I already have a pretty solid understanding of how the memo works. It is just a matter of me as of yet being unable to do it. Some of us are "blessed" with an absolutely horrid memory. This may take awhile... but I'm getting pretty determined to do this!

You may be in a similar situation as I am: I've been trying to blindsolve for nearly a year and I can only do edges so far -- my brain just won't retain another 8 objects in the correct order! I'm getting quite accomplished at edges though.

 

[F.P.]

You may be in a similar situation as I am: I've been trying to blindsolve for nearly a year and I can only do edges so far -- my brain just won't retain another 8 objects in the correct order! I'm getting quite accomplished at edges though.

That's really weird; tell me everything about how you are currently trying to memorise stuff...letters, numbers, images, routes etc.

I can help you to be able to memorise everything you need in a very short amount of time.

If you are struggling with this for about a year now, then you are clearly doing something wrong.

You may pm me if you want to.

 

[cmhardw]

You may be in a similar situation as I am: I've been trying to blindsolve for nearly a year and I can only do edges so far -- my brain just won't retain another 8 objects in the correct order! I'm getting quite accomplished at edges though.

You need a different method then. I struggle to remember 4 or 5 tasks at work when I am given a number of things to do in a very short time. However I can remember the 92 pieces (really it's usually only about 84 that you memorize) of a 5x5x5 cube in just a few minutes because I use a powerful memory method (routes). I don't have a strong natural short term memory, but with a method like the method of loci (routes) you don't need to have a good memory!

If your current memory method makes it difficult to memorize the cube, then ditch it for a better one (for you)!



Chris

 

[MichaelErskine]

That's really weird; tell me everything about how you are currently trying to memorise stuff...letters, numbers, images, routes etc.

I can help you to be able to memorise everything you need in a very short amount of time.

If you are struggling with this for about a year now, then you are clearly doing something wrong.

You may pm me if you want to.

You need a different method then.
...
If your current memory method makes it difficult to memorize the cube, then ditch it for a better one (for you)!

OK, my memory method is a story made up of a sequence of images - one for each colour pair as described on Stefan's "old" page and similar to that in badmephisto's BLD videos.

My stories are a simple narrative that loosely associates the objects in a recallable sequence (usually people giving each other gifts!). Would you both suggest I mentally locate each item in a room, or say, at locations on a well-known route? Perhaps some vastly different technique is better suited. Please bear in mind that my brain appears to be resistant to learning new things

 

[F.P.]

Use routes instead of a story, since you have problems with memorising the images in the correct order.

First create a good and easy route for bld cubing...it should be a real route which means that it should be your way home from work or the way from your bathroom to your bedroom...something like that.

The amount of route points your route(s) should have depends on the amount of images you have per solve.

Put one image on each route point and let the image interact with your routepoint...try to involve as many senses as possible when memorising the images.

Once you've created your route, you shouldn't change it anymore...the point of using routes is to have the exact same route everytime...otherwise you could just use stories.


By the way...I have letters assigned to each single edge-sticker and I create images with pairs of two letters; so I always memorise two edges with one image.
Maybe you wanna try something like that (maybe for corners only, since edges seem to work for you).