Dear Blindsolvers,

             Being a grand master of memory and seeing all your interest, esp.Chris Hardwick, I am spending sometime on this group nowadays. The first method what came to my mind is explained here. It can be used for both CENTERS and  EDGES.

             Hope you will appreciate my effort, though the method is not ok to you.

 

PERSON, ACTION & OBJECT METHOD :- 

        1). Name all the 24 center pieces in alphabetical order(A to X). Assign a person's name (nouns) whom you know very well.
        2). Think of an action (verbs) for every person, say kicking, killing, milking, washing, blowing, sucking etc
        3). Select an object for all the 24 pieces again in the alphabetical order(A to X).
        4). That is person/action/object for each piece. A person doing an action on an object is easy to vizualise and the action and object are already well known to you, the time taken here is much less than that of in story method.
        5). How to associate is the beauty here. The person of the first piece should be associated with the action of the second piece followed by the object of the third piece.
example :- 283. For number 2, the person name starting with B is BUSH, for number 8, the action of the 8th person(Hitler) is KILLING and for the number 3, the object is CAT.
BUSH KILLING CAT. This can be vizualised as a picture much faster than story method using nouns.
        6). In your memorisation, you are memorising continuously and after every cycle (ABC) you have to adjust your thinking for the next cycle(ADE), (AFG)etc. Every time you have to break your chain in the story you framed already. It restricts your flow of solving.You must have experienced it, haven't you ? Here is my suggestion. Instead of memorising all the centers contnuously in 2 cycles, you can memorise them in 12 cycles(considering all the 24 pieces are to be solved).
Example :- cycle-1:- 2,8,9,13,4,6,17,24,12,23,11,10,21
           cycle-2:- 3,7,5,1,19,16,13,18,14,15,20,22
Memorise cycle-1 as:-
(2,8,9),(2,13,4),(2,6,17),(2,24,12),(2,23,11),(2,10,21)
Memorise cycle-2 as:-
(3,7,5),(3,5,1),(3,19,16),(3,13,18),(3,14,15),(3,20,22).
        7).Storing(fixing) the picture in your brain:- This is the part I think all the blind solvers are not using except bernett and Stefan(hahaha....and of course me?!?). This helps you to avoid checking(revising) your memorisation after memorising it once. This is called journey method. For memorising 12 cycles, maximum you need is 12 locations.
Example:- you select your house. Think of the order in which things are placed in your house. Say, 1).entrance door 2).Sofa 3).TV 4).Computer 5). Study table 6).dining table etc. Mentally rerun the locations in your mind again and again until it is very familiar to you.
Now when you memorise the first cycle BUSH KILLING CAT, fix this picture or imagine this event happening in the first location of your house-ENTRANCE DOOR.
Fix or imagine the second cycle event BUSH MILKING DOG (2,13,4)in the second location of your house-SOFA.
       8)So, what should you do now:-
(a).It might take few hours for you to prepare the 24 persons, 24 actions and 24 objects for all the 24 center pieces.
(b).Then you must get used to them to get the exact place of the piece for all of them.
(c).Prepare a journey with 12 locations and master them in the same order
        9). Try yourself and experience it
       10).Share your thoughts, ideas, ADVANTAGES, DISADVANTAGES and difficulties.
Have fun,
John Louis

P.S:- My next memorisation method for 4*4*4 is based on phonetic sound and its value. I am thinking on this line. Plz wait for some more time.