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Hey everyone, I've been practicing BLD solving a lot lately and I had a question I wanted to bring up. I know most of blindfolded solving is about minimizing...
cmhardw
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Jan 6, 2005
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I'd simply use a different memo route each time ;-) Now I always put two items at one position which saves space (I need only 10-15 positions), adds more...
Stefan Pochmann
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Jan 6, 2005
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This is interesting, because I have the same problem... This is a reason why I don't practice too much on blindfold. I still remember a scramble I had in a...
Brent Morgan
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Jan 7, 2005
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I've only had this problem a few times. One time was when I tried to do a 3x3x3 after doing a 4x4x4. I'm guessing that, because I tend to rush the memorization...
mackymakisumi
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Jan 8, 2005
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I wish I had known how to forget something when I saw my mom naked that one time; couldn't get the image out of my head. If I had only known about solving the...
J. S.
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Jan 8, 2005
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Concerning the rules for: Rubik's Cube 3x3x3: Blindfold (number of cubes solved) They say when I attempt six cubes and solve five of them, I can't claim to...
Stefan Pochmann
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Jan 13, 2005
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Congrats to your new 3x3 record. Quite a jump from your previous record. Also, nice (though somehow obvious ;-)) idea to solve 2-generator blindfolded. I'll...
Stefan Pochmann
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Jan 13, 2005
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... Hahaha, I'm clearly clairvoyant. I just attempted five, got four of them correct and one had two flipped edges. Cheers! Stefan...
Stefan Pochmann
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Jan 13, 2005
3:49 am
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Hey Stefan, Thanks about the blindfolded record. Congrats on your 3x3 one as well, though I think you've had it for over a week or so by now. I've been...
cmhardw
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Jan 13, 2005
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I had this idea after Dror popped an edge in Amsterdam, found it but unfortunately inserted it the wrong way. Had he prepared for this case, he could've...
Stefan Pochmann
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Jan 13, 2005
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Hello, Stefan recommeneded this group to me. I am interested in memorising things; and the cube is a great challenge. I put a method on the web in December but...
Mick Curtis
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Jan 15, 2005
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... That might explain why you want to memorize algorithms using memo systems ;-) I'd suggest you try/practice some speedcubing first to get a better idea of...
Stefan Pochmann
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Jan 15, 2005
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Hi stefan, Today, I tried out 3 cubes successively. Yes, I did them perfectly. I took 36 min to memorise. Revised 3 times to make sure my memorisation is...
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Jan 16, 2005
10:22 am
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Hi John, congratulations! May I ask about your overall success rate? That is, how many attempts to solve the 3x3 have you had so far and how often were you...
Stefan Pochmann
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Jan 16, 2005
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Hi stefan, I had never failed except in few occations (twice) when my wife was scolding me for doing this. yesterday, she was cooperative and infact she only...
JohnLouis Louis
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Jan 17, 2005
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Hey guys, I don't know if a lot of people have gotten the Stackmat 2 yet, but for those who haven't yet I've found a slight annoyance about it for blindfolded...
cmhardw
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Jan 17, 2005
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I am a beginer of blindfoldsolving. I want to get algorithms as more as possible to improve... Could you list the algorithms you used for blindfoldsolving or...
guotiancong
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Jan 18, 2005
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Hello, Here are most of the core important algs I use when blindsolving. I use all of these algs, with setup moves, for other longer algs as well to be able to...
cmhardw
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Jan 20, 2005
9:23 pm
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Here's another extremely useful list I just re-found. Macky posted a compilation of the algs that have been posted on this group on his webpage. ...
cmhardw
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Jan 21, 2005
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Hey, I like using the move (UR'FR)*5; I use it to solve all the 6 edge flip cases. Of course, this requires setup moves. I found the setup moves often...
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Jan 23, 2005
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Congratulations to Chris. I'm guessing it's my turn to start practicing. But such a bad time...I'm taking semester finals tomorrow! =) Macky ... for...
mackymakisumi
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Jan 25, 2005
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Hey Macky, Thanks about the record, though I imagine you'll break it pretty quickly. Congrats on your new official WCA record btw, amazing stuff :) Also I had...
cmhardw
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Jan 25, 2005
11:57 pm
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Hi members, Today is a national holiday for us in India. Myself and my son tried blindfold solving. I did 5 cubes successively in tandem and my son did 3 cubes...
JohnLouis Louis
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Jan 26, 2005
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hi everyone, do we have to name the cubies with #s? or we can make up whatever is best for ourselfs? can you guys tell me some examples of naming the cubies?...
lilbeyond
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Feb 9, 2005
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... Yes you have to. It's the law. And Mr Rubik is watching. ... Since I'm in Germany and Rubik isn't too close, I do use other "names" (actually objects I can...
Stefan Pochmann
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Feb 9, 2005
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I tried to memorize the permutations by numbering the cubies. But for some reasin I just cant get them to stick in my memory. So now I just find the...
Kåre Krig
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Feb 9, 2005
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I just cut a lot of time from my record for blindfolded skewb. But I need some input about how to define lucky cases for this puzzle. My method works as...
Kåre Krig
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Feb 10, 2005
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Hi Kare, first of all - congratulations! I certainly need to improve a lot to catch you :-) My method is almost the same as yours, though I stupidly ...
Stefan Pochmann
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Feb 10, 2005
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I guess I can count this time after all. I was hesitating because it was 40s faster than my second best time. But today I got lots of fast times so its not...
Kåre Krig
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Feb 10, 2005
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... motivate myself more often... http://www.stefan-pochmann.de/spocc/blindsolving/super5x5/...
Stefan Pochmann
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