I think I see what you mean now. Do you know any other cycle
algorithms better suited for this method? Like, I dunno, UL > RU > BU.
Where did you learn this from, or did you just figure it out on your own?

--- In blindfoldsolving-rubiks-cube@yahoogroups.com, Pedro
<pedrosino1@...> wrote:
>
> I mean...I do cycles mostly in the U face
>
> so, if I have, for example, UF -> BR -> LB, I'd do something like
> R' B' (cycle) B R
>
> another one
> UF -> DR -> FD
> U R2 M' (cycle) M R2 U'
>
> hope that helps
>
> Pedro
>

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  :)

  I tried to find something that ended with R3D1 (variation of the
robot R2D2), but the combination of old (thy) and futuristic (R3D1)
didn't make any sense.
  On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:32:16 +0100, "Gilles van den Peereboom"
wrote:

  Ooookkkkkk, you will always have me :p
  Well done ;-)
  GIlles
    On Jan 22, 2008 11:52 PM, Arnaud van Galen  wrote:
  >> How is RDAISDRRRD ?
  R DAI S D RRRD
  are thy as the art?


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<p>
:)
</p>
<p>
I tried to find something that ended with R3D1 (variation of the robot R2D2=
), but the combination of old (thy) and futuristic (R3D1) didn't make any s=
ense.<br />
<br />
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ote:
</p>
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	 Ooookkkkkk, you will always have me :p<br />
	 <br />
	 Well done ;-)<br />
	 GIlles<br />
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	 <div class=3D"gmail_quote">
	 On Jan 22, 2008 11:52 PM, Arnaud van Galen &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:avgalen@s=
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		 &gt;&gt; How is RDAISDRRRD ?<br />
		 <br />
		 R DAI S D RRRD<br />
		 are thy as the art?
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		 <span style=3D"color: white"></span>
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I think I see what you mean now. Do you know any other cycle
algorithms better suited for this method? Like, I dunno, UL > RU > BU.
Where did you learn this from, or did you just figure it out on your own?

--- In blindfoldsolving-rubiks-cube@yahoogroups.com, Pedro
<pedrosino1@...> wrote:
>
> I mean...I do cycles mostly in the U face
>
> so, if I have, for example, UF -> BR -> LB, I'd do something like
> R' B' (cycle) B R
>
> another one
> UF -> DR -> FD
> U R2 M' (cycle) M R2 U'
>
> hope that helps
>
> Pedro
>

>> How is RDAISDRRRD ?

R DAI S D RRRD
are thy as the art?

--- In blindfoldsolving-rubiks-cube@yahoogroups.com, "Gilles van den
Peereboom" <gillesvdp@...> wrote:
> AZMTC is a bit less easy to memorize...UNLESS you are used to do such a
> thing. :) :) :)

I saw this and instantly thought: "asthmatic".  Very easy to memorize.

My wife is now totally paralysed. My heart suffers so that my left hand
is sometimes another musician.

I am the sunlight on your cube that had become a cemetary.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1797368

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1797365

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1797971

cya

I can now memorize formulas, numbers, names, etc. a lot easier after
working on 3x3 BLD.  There is a definite positive effect from
practicing BLD cubing.

On Jan 18, 2008 2:51 PM, Gilles van den Peereboom <gillesvdp@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi !
>
> Taking this topic alive again :p
>
> Just wanted to share with you a nice useage of my cube memorization method:
>
> The way I memorize cubes is using a sequence of letters.
> So basically when I memorize a cube, I memorize something like this:
> BKSOMYEGVCD Parity MATOFHS
>
> Now you may wonder what the useage of this can be.
>
> Well, today I had an exam at university and I realized yesterday evening
> that if I could understand the concepts in the syllabus as I read them, I
> was not able to give all conditions or caracteristics for say "the theory of
> the limited rationality" (for example) if someone would ask them to me.
>
> A technique that can be used to memorize such things (lists) more easily is
> to look at the first letter of each caracteristic and if it makes a word,
> you have it in your head almost instantly.
> For example:
> - Chocolate
> - Heat
> - Earnings
> - Attractive
> - Popular
>
> So instead of memorizing each word, you memorize CHEAP, and that's it !
>
> Now, the condition is that these letters form a WORD.
> What if it does not ?
>
> For example:
> - Awful
> - Zorro
> - Maximum
> - Torture
> - Cube
>
> AZMTC is a bit less easy to memorize...UNLESS you are used to do such a
> thing. :) :) :)
>
> So thanks to my cube memorization method, I managed to memorize huge
> quantities of data in a very short time.
>
> Just wanted to share this story with you ^^
>
> Gilles
>
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 31, 2007 2:35 AM, Richard Patterson <richy_jr_2000@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I've been out of the loop for a while. And I'm
> > certainly an amateur with blindfold (though I did try
> > very hard to do well with it at one point)
> >
> > Before blindfold cubing I was very much into blindfold
> > chess. After blindfold cubing for a couple of months,
> > I noticed my visualization was substantially easier
> > for bld chess!
> >
> > It has a lot to do with the thinking extra hard
> > mindset perhaps. Prior to bld cubing I had to break
> > the board into quadrants (I was not well enough to see
> > the entire board). Now I see the board perfectly in
> > whole.
> >
> > Thank you bld cubing!
> >
> > -Richard
> >
> >
> >
> > --- cmhardw <foozman17@...> wrote:
> >
> > > > But since the brain can get used to "think extra
> > > hard" thanks to
> > > BLD
> > > > cubing, has it proven useful for other purposes ?
> > > > As for me, I cannot think of any example.
> > > >
> > > > Any thoughts about this ?
> > > > Gilles
> > > >
> > >
> > > Hey Gilles,
> > >
> > > I don't think this directly relates to your
> > > question, but I think BLD
> > > cubing has bled over into my real life in one aspect
> > > at least. I use
> > > my journeys sometimes to help me remember things I
> > > have to do during
> > > the day, tasks I have to complete at work for the
> > > day as one
> > > example. I will place one task in each journey
> > > location, and try to
> > > give it some sort of visual representation. Like if
> > > I have to send
> > > an e-mail to somebody I picture that person and a
> > > computer next to
> > > them, or something silly like that.
> > >
> > > I find this helps me remember, especially if I am
> > > being given tasks
> > > verbally from my boss and I don't have anything to
> > > write them down on.
> > >
> > > There are probably better methods for doing this if
> > > you ask a memory
> > > master, but I find my journeys useful in this sense
> > > outside of BLD
> > > cubing. I don't think this is me getting used to
> > > "thinking extra
> > > hard" but rather thinking "differently" about how to
> > > remember my
> > > tasks for the day.
> > >
> > > Just a thought, as it seemed to relate at least a
> > > little to your
> > > question.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >
> >
> > __________________________________________________________
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>
>



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They are currently not available. More info can be found at
www.v-cubes.com.

Patrick

--- In blindfoldsolving-rubiks-cube@yahoogroups.com, "jesselpanajon"
<jesselpanajon@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> would you know where can I buy a 6x6x6 online?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Jessel
>

They are currently not available. More info can be found at
www.v-cubes.com.

Patrick

--- In blindfoldsolving-rubiks-cube@yahoogroups.com, "jesselpanajon"
<jesselpanajon@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> would you know where can I buy a 6x6x6 online?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Jessel
>

Hi everyone,

would you know where can I buy a 6x6x6 online?

Thanks a lot,

Jessel

I'm just starting out with blindfold solving and I just wanted to know
how everyone else memorizes it(what order, memorize in shapes, etc).
If anyone recommends a good easy way for beginners that would be great.

Thanks,
Patrick

I've been out of the loop for a while.  And I'm
certainly an amateur with blindfold (though I did try
very hard to do well with it at one point)

Before blindfold cubing I was very much into blindfold
chess.  After blindfold cubing for a couple of months,
I noticed my visualization was substantially easier
for bld chess!

It has a lot to do with the thinking extra hard
mindset perhaps.  Prior to bld cubing I had to break
the board into quadrants (I was not well enough to see
the entire board).  Now I see the board perfectly in
whole.

Thank you bld cubing!

-Richard
--- cmhardw <foozman17@...> wrote:

> > But since the brain can get used to "think extra
> hard" thanks to
> BLD
> > cubing, has it proven useful for other purposes ?
> > As for me, I cannot think of any example.
> >
> > Any thoughts about this ?
> > Gilles
> >
>
> Hey Gilles,
>
> I don't think this directly relates to your
> question, but I think BLD
> cubing has bled over into my real life in one aspect
> at least.  I use
> my journeys sometimes to help me remember things I
> have to do during
> the day, tasks I have to complete at work for the
> day as one
> example.  I will place one task in each journey
> location, and try to
> give it some sort of visual representation.  Like if
> I have to send
> an e-mail to somebody I picture that person and a
> computer next to
> them, or something silly like that.
>
> I find this helps me remember, especially if I am
> being given tasks
> verbally from my boss and I don't have anything to
> write them down on.
>
> There are probably better methods for doing this if
> you ask a memory
> master, but I find my journeys useful in this sense
> outside of BLD
> cubing.  I don't think this is me getting used to
> "thinking extra
> hard" but rather thinking "differently" about how to
> remember my
> tasks for the day.
>
> Just a thought, as it seemed to relate at least a
> little to your
> question.
>
> Chris
>
>



      
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> But since the brain can get used to "think extra hard" thanks to
BLD
> cubing, has it proven useful for other purposes ?
> As for me, I cannot think of any example.
>
> Any thoughts about this ?
> Gilles
>

Hey Gilles,

I don't think this directly relates to your question, but I think BLD
cubing has bled over into my real life in one aspect at least.  I use
my journeys sometimes to help me remember things I have to do during
the day, tasks I have to complete at work for the day as one
example.  I will place one task in each journey location, and try to
give it some sort of visual representation.  Like if I have to send
an e-mail to somebody I picture that person and a computer next to
them, or something silly like that.

I find this helps me remember, especially if I am being given tasks
verbally from my boss and I don't have anything to write them down on.

There are probably better methods for doing this if you ask a memory
master, but I find my journeys useful in this sense outside of BLD
cubing.  I don't think this is me getting used to "thinking extra
hard" but rather thinking "differently" about how to remember my
tasks for the day.

Just a thought, as it seemed to relate at least a little to your
question.

Chris

http://www.speedcubing.com/chris/memorizing.html

I updated my page to include my letter pair words list as well. I have
included all words including my extension to edges. I would be very
interested in hearing if anyone finds this method useful.

I still think memorizing this way has enormous potential, but so far
after more practice solves I am leaning very strongly towards using
this method for 3x3 corners and using letter pair images and journeys
for 3x3 edges. The hybrid method seems to take less mental effort in
terms of avoiding memorization interference, and I have still achieved
some fast sub-1:30 solves using the hybrid method already.

Let me know what you think,
Chris

What do you mean by bringing the stickers to the same layers and then
applying the cycles?

--- In blindfoldsolving-rubiks-cube@yahoogroups.com, Pedro
<pedrosino1@...> wrote:
>
> I initially learned it from Macky's website (cubefreak)
>
> now I don't do the edge orientation step anymore
> I use free setups to bring the stickers to the same layers and apply
the cycles
>
> btw, I did 4 cubes :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5ikLOHZY9g
>
> Pedro
>

What do you mean by bringing the stickers to the same layers and then
applying the cycles?

--- In blindfoldsolving-rubiks-cube@yahoogroups.com, Pedro
<pedrosino1@...> wrote:
>
> I initially learned it from Macky's website (cubefreak)
>
> now I don't do the edge orientation step anymore
> I use free setups to bring the stickers to the same layers and apply
the cycles
>
> btw, I did 4 cubes :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5ikLOHZY9g
>
> Pedro
>

Sounds great, which method have you used ?

I'm trying to learn the method described on cubefreak website, it's
quite interesting.

--- In blindfoldsolving-rubiks-cube@yahoogroups.com, Pedro
<pedrosino1@...> wrote:
>
> Hey everyone
>
> just thought I'd share this with you...
>
> finally, after like 15 tries and some really close 2/3s, I got 3
cubes bld today : )
>
> here's the video
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPZFNWC_o3o
>
> now to 4, 5, 6...: )
>
> Pedro
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Abra sua conta no Yahoo! Mail, o único sem limite de espaço para
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Hey Gilles,

I decided to learn blindfold cubing in order to maintain a good
memory, but do you feel like your memory's getting better or worse ?
I really hope it would help to preserve, or to "enhance" my memory :-s


Nghia

--- In blindfoldsolving-rubiks-cube@yahoogroups.com, "gillesvdp"
<gillesvdp@...> wrote:
>
> Hi !
>
> Chris just wrote in a previous post:
> "Once you get your brain used to thinking extra hard like you need to
> for a blindsolve your times will come down without doing anything
> different."
>
> I have to say that now, after 1 year since I started BLD cubing (though
> I did not exactly practice everyday), I can feel the difference in
> terms of effort and headaches with the beginning. (now it's
> just "natural", nothing special)
>
> But since the brain can get used to "think extra hard" thanks to BLD
> cubing, has it proven useful for other purposes ?
> As for me, I cannot think of any example.
>
> Any thoughts about this ?
> Gilles
>

Congrats David,

I still can't solve my cube blindfolded, but I guess it's just a
matter of time and practice.
One question for Chris: Do you think the "cubefreak" method is good as
a beginner method for BLD ?

Thanks in advance,
Nghia

--- In blindfoldsolving-rubiks-cube@yahoogroups.com, "cmhardw"
<foozman17@...> wrote:
>
> Congrats on your first blindsolve David, and welcome to your new
> addiction ;-)
>
> Yeah if you ever have any questions always feel free to post.  As to
> improving your accuracy and speed, especially in the beginning, all
> you have to do is practice somewhat regularly.  Once you get your
> brain used to thinking extra hard like you need to for a blindsolve
> your times will come down without doing anything different.  Bill
> McGaugh's method should be plenty good enough to get an average of 5
> minutes, so don't worry about learning advanced stuff right now
> unless you are just interested to do so.
>
> Congrats again!
> Chris
>
> --- In blindfoldsolving-rubiks-cube@yahoogroups.com, David Pritts
> <ladartfrog@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I just wanted to introduce myself to the group, as I expect I may
> be utilizing it in the near future. Today I completed my first
> successful blindsolve using Bill McGaugh's method. . . I messed up
> the first 3-4 times, but then completed it successfully with 4
> minutes 50s (execution only).
> >
> > Anyways, I've been speedcubing for almost exactly 2 years (average
> around 30 seconds w/ 3LLL fridrich) and am now excited to try
> something new. Some of you may have heard me occasionally on the
> speedcubing yahoo group.
> >
> > After I practice up a little bit and get more comfortable, I will
> probably modify it a little bit or try to use a more advanced
> method. . . my current goal, of course, is to have a higher success
> rate, but ultimately I hope I can get my averages down to about 5
> minutes.
> >
> > I'm excited to be blindsolving and can't wait to start learning
> new things and communicating with you folks.
> >
> > Take care,
> >
> > --David
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo!
> Mobile.  Try it now.
> >
>

Sounds great, which method have you used ?

I'm trying to learn the method described on cubefreak website, it's
quite interesting.



--- In blindfoldsolving-rubiks-cube@yahoogroups.com, Pedro
<pedrosino1@...> wrote:
>
> Hey everyone
>
> just thought I'd share this with you...
>
> finally, after like 15 tries and some really close 2/3s, I got 3
cubes bld today : )
>
> here's the video
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPZFNWC_o3o
>
> now to 4, 5, 6...: )
>
> Pedro
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Abra sua conta no Yahoo! Mail, o único sem limite de espaço para
armazenamento!
>

Hi !

Chris just wrote in a previous post:
"Once you get your brain used to thinking extra hard like you need to
for a blindsolve your times will come down without doing anything
different."

I have to say that now, after 1 year since I started BLD cubing (though
I did not exactly practice everyday), I can feel the difference in
terms of effort and headaches with the beginning. (now it's
just "natural", nothing special)

But since the brain can get used to "think extra hard" thanks to BLD
cubing, has it proven useful for other purposes ?
As for me, I cannot think of any example.

Any thoughts about this ?
Gilles

Congrats on your first blindsolve David, and welcome to your new
addiction ;-)

Yeah if you ever have any questions always feel free to post.  As to
improving your accuracy and speed, especially in the beginning, all
you have to do is practice somewhat regularly.  Once you get your
brain used to thinking extra hard like you need to for a blindsolve
your times will come down without doing anything different.  Bill
McGaugh's method should be plenty good enough to get an average of 5
minutes, so don't worry about learning advanced stuff right now
unless you are just interested to do so.

Congrats again!
Chris

--- In blindfoldsolving-rubiks-cube@yahoogroups.com, David Pritts
<ladartfrog@...> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I just wanted to introduce myself to the group, as I expect I may
be utilizing it in the near future. Today I completed my first
successful blindsolve using Bill McGaugh's method. . . I messed up
the first 3-4 times, but then completed it successfully with 4
minutes 50s (execution only).
>
> Anyways, I've been speedcubing for almost exactly 2 years (average
around 30 seconds w/ 3LLL fridrich) and am now excited to try
something new. Some of you may have heard me occasionally on the
speedcubing yahoo group.
>
> After I practice up a little bit and get more comfortable, I will
probably modify it a little bit or try to use a more advanced
method. . . my current goal, of course, is to have a higher success
rate, but ultimately I hope I can get my averages down to about 5
minutes.
>
> I'm excited to be blindsolving and can't wait to start learning
new things and communicating with you folks.
>
> Take care,
>
> --David
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo!
Mobile.  Try it now.
>