haha, anyone wants to memorize the cube in 12 seconds ? :p The answer is just awesome. Moreover he says that some people have already tried to memorize cubes :-)
This is going to be very interesting. Gilles. 2006/3/3, cmhardw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Maybe I'll try to post a serious message there tomorrow morning. > > > > - Joël. > > I posted this message there, and it is currently waiting for > approval. > > ------------ > > Hi, > > I'm new to this group, I just joined today. My name is Chris > Hardwick and I'm posting here about a memory sport that has only > been around since the invention of the Rubik's cube, but in recent > years has gained a lot of popularity. > > I'm a competitive speedcuber, and a number of us speedcubers have > also picked up the event of solving a Rubik's cube blindfolded. The > procedure in an official competition works like this, you start the > timer and begin memorizing your scrambled cube. You then put on the > blindfold and solve and at the end of the solve stop a timer. The > overall time is considered the time for your attempt and we rank > each other for the fastest times. The current world record for > doing this is 1 minute 46.47 seconds. > > The top blindfolded solvers can memorize a 3x3x3 Rubik's cube in > around 40 seconds or less on a good run, and probably average 40-50 > seconds given distractions or a sub-optimal solving environment. > Our unofficial record for fastest time to memorize a cube on a > successful solve is 27 seconds. We do not have an official record > for this. > > There is a lot of discussion going on about how to improve > blindfolded cubing. We have alread developed a number of very > efficient and sophisticated solving techniques, but memorization for > most of us is not our strong point. > > After hearing that some people can memorize a deck of cards in > around 45 seconds or less, I personally think that us speedcubers > are not memorizing very well, and that much time can be dropped by > using a good technique. > > If you are interested in reading about speedcubing, our main > resource site is www.speedcubing.com and if you are interested in > blindfolded cubing please check out our yahoo group at > http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/blindfoldsolving-rubiks-cube/ > > I personally have a theory that if either a blindfold cuber learned > to truly train their memory, or if someone who had already mastered > their memory learned one of our very efficient methods for solving a > Rubik's cube blindfolded, that greats things could be done in this > developing competitive memory arena. > > Again blindfolded cubing has had most of its popularity in the last > 5 years or so, but already 30 people have officially solved a > Rubik's cube blindfolded in competition at least once in 2005 > alone. This is up from 9 in 2004. So go easy on us! We are an up > and coming memory sport, and I would personally like to wish a warm > welcome from the blindfolded cubing community to the memory sports > community. I have lots of questions to ask about memory training > technqiues, and if anyone here is interested in this new area for > showing off your memory I would be personally willing to show you a > very efficient way to solve a cube blindfolded via e-mail > coorespondence, or I can point you to a number of good online > resources that show this too. > > I hope we can help each other out in some way, and if nothing else I > feel I have so much to learn as far as my memory goes, and I would > love this opportunity for a memory expert to help our blindfolded > cubing community. > > Regards, > Chris > ------------------------------ > > Chris > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
