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3x3x3 Blindfolded - cheat sheet

Old Pochmann, Speffz letter scheme. White on top, green in front. Full course with animations and simulator: strefa-kostek.pl/en/kursy

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1Letters (Speffz)

Edges
Corners

Cube white on top, green in front (as in the WCA scramble). Faces: U white A-D, L orange E-H, F green I-L, R red M-P, B blue Q-T, D yellow U-X; on each one clockwise from the top-left corner / top edge.

Letter from colours: sticker colour = face, the piece's other colours = which edge or corner of that face.

Buffers: edges UR (B, M), corners UBL (A, E, R) - these letters never go into the memo.

2Edges: setup to D, T-perm

R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F'

stickersetupundo
AUBl2 D' L2L2 D l2
CUFl2 D L2L2 D' l2
DUL——
ELUL d' LL' d L'
FLFd' LL' d
GLDL d L'L d' L'
HLBd L'L d'
IFUl D' L2L2 D l'
JFRd2 LL' d2
KFDl D L2L2 D' l'
LFLL'L
NRBd LL' d'
ORDD2 L d L'L d' L' D2
PRFd' L'L d
QBUl' D L2L2 D' l
RBLLL'
SBDl' D' L2L2 D l
TBRd2 L'L d2
UDFD' L2L2 D
VDRD2 L2L2 D2
WDBD L2L2 D'
XDLL2L2

3Corners: setup to P, Y-perm

R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R

stickersetupundo
BUBRR D'D R'
CUFRFF'
DUFLF R'R F'
FLUFF2F2
GLDFD2 RR' D2
HLDBD2D2
IFULF' DD' F
JFURR2 D'D R2
KFDRF DD' F'
LFDLDD'
MRUFR'R
NRUBR2R2
ORDBRR'
PRDF——
QBURR' FF' R
SBDLD' RR' D
TBDRD'D
UDFLF'F
VDFRD' F'F D
WDBRD2 F'F D2
XDBLD F'F D'

4Order

  1. Tracing: the letter of the sticker in the buffer, then the letter of the sticker sitting in that position, and so on. Letter pairs = images (words).
  2. Cycle break: the buffer's own piece comes back to the buffer while something is still unsolved - note the letter of any unsolved piece and trace from it until you get back to it.
  3. Flipped edge / twisted corner in place = two of its letters.
  4. Execution: each letter = setup, algorithm, undo. All the edges first.
  5. Parity (odd number of edge letters): after the edges, once
    R U R' F' R U2 R' U2 R' F R U R U2 R' U'
  6. Then all the corners.

l = L with the middle layer, d = D with the middle layer. Undo = setup moves in reverse order, each in the opposite direction. Edge setups: only L, D, l, d; corners: only R, D, F.

Each letter: setup, algorithm, undo the setup. l = L together with the middle layer, d = D together with the middle layer. Odd number of edge letters = parity (Ra-perm) before the corners. StrefaKostek.pl