I learned how to solve the Rubik’s Cube blind
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I learned how to solve the Rubik’s cube blindfolded this week! The method I used is the Old Pochmann technique, which is the simplest to learn.
With this method and all 3BLD techniques, all of the work is done beforehand during the memorization phase. The idea is relatively straightforward; instead of memorizing permutations of edges and corners, one memorizes the set of cycles that make up the permutation. Each edge and corner sticker is assigned a letter A-X, so the memorization consists of only ~20 letters.
During execution, you perform swaps between edges/corners to perform the cycles. Two algorithms are needed (a T-perm and a Y-perm) for swapping edges and corners respectively.
This took me about 6 hours to learn over the course of 2 days to get my first success.
In other news
Last week I went to San Diego to visit my brother; here’s some pictures from the trip.
Penasquitos Creek Waterfall
La Jolla Cove