Tutorial: Solve the Rubik's Cube blind

[stanguitar]

Great tutorial, it only took me a few hours to learn how to do it !

[HackerForYou123]

Chuck Norris can do it without touching the cube

[rafaelsalinas58]

Your vid is popular on Asuncion

[markcandole]

great video... you've explained it very well...

[freddymathis820]

Your video is a favorite on Lilongwe

[georgetroulis]

Thanks for the great tutorial!!! Still practicing. Soon, I will be able to do it whole!!!

[Kingtomizer]

tnx badmephisto! your awesome.. just solved rubik's cube blindfolded for the first time...very well taught.. took me 11 minutes to solved the cube.. 7 min for memorization and 4 min for the execution..

can you make a tutorial for the M2 R2 method? i cant get the idea of M2 method on other videos, maybe i'll get it if it's your tutorial =).

[HateKidz]

10:15 can't we just do a 3 edge shuffle ?

[mrbob806]

@HateKidz yes. that'd be a shortcut I'd take in this instance. however, you need to be careful with shortcuts, as you could change things you didn't mean to such as parity, or you might continue with the pattern you memorized, and solve those pieces twice. if you can be careful with it, go ahead and take shortcuts that appear to you.

[PacotheTaco246a]

MY BRAIN D;

[Chriiiiiis001]

9.30: why don't u just turn the cube, so blue is on top and switch the two corners and the two edges??

wouldn't that work too??

[cheetmeister]

@Chriiiiiis001 cos you have to do it blindfolded -_-

[Little123ziggY]

do you need to know the Y prem?

[cubeslayer]

@Little123ziggY You don't need to learn how to solve blind, but apparently you're interested. If you want to solve blind, the Y-Perm is highly recommended. It is a basis for many of the easier methods. That said, I'm sure there are some unpopular methods that don't use the Y-perm. But that likely makes them difficult to use ( hence why they're unpopular).

[Little123ziggY]

do you have to know the Y prem?

[diliphegde1]

This is all you need to solve it blind folded. I watched this video twice and I have a complete idea 'bout how to solve it. Very well taught.

Thank you.

[Little123ziggY]

I watched this video multiple times and still confused........... Can you please make a new one with a full scramble in stead of one side already done?

[NoobTabya]

just forget what i wrote xd

[NoobTabya]

For a full blindfolded solve, ( so fully scrambled) do i have to start with doing ALL of the edges (yellow + white pieces too)? and than do the corners?

[TASGuitar7]

Badmephisto took me from 1:30 avg to 25 avg. And now blind. This guy, knows how to teach.

[natekuma]

i think you have the best explanation on how to solve the rubik's cube blindfolded! Good job!

[sulihpoehtok]

wth actually done in less than a week? sold! i'm watching all of it

[bn030687]

Yes but will Badmephisto blend?

[cuberslashskater]

Story's don't work for me because I don't have a very vivid imagination. My way is just letters for corners and numbers for edges. the reason being is because all sizes of cubes have exactly 24 corner stickers ( less than the 26 letters of the alphabet). And lets say u wanted 2 learn how 2 solve a 4x4 blind. It's still just letters for corners and numbers for edges again. Then I just over and over repetitively recite the entire sequence over and over until it sinks in, then I solve.

[Speedcube100]

What should I do if a piece is in place but has the wrong flip?

[Sylorr]

@Speedcube100 put it in a slot that you have not solved yet, than just go from there

[Axstar100]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! THAAANKKSS YOU!

[crawlingdawn94]

thisi is the best tutorial i've ever watched in my entirelife

[shanedawsontv66]

thumbs up if u went to get a snack

[PlasticBagable]

There was Chuck Norris, but then there was Badmephisto.

[C53H]

this is the best tutorial on yt

[coolster01]

I'm ten yrs old and i can easily do this without a blindfold. I almost did the edges (two were flipped blind folded. I will attempt again and tell you how it went

[MrVincentge]

So these algs are asuming that we all use Orange on the front and Yellow on top. Gotta make a few adjustments, then.

[Pavelic96]

i don't understand setup moves

[MrDrunkenmonkeys12]

OMG!!!!!!!!! I just figured out that when you are doing oll and you get chemeleon you can just hold it so that one solved corner is in the bottom right and one is in the bottom left and then do this... "U R' D' R D until the right corner is on top, the turn it again and do it again and the the rest is just common sense..... hope this helps!!!!!!!!!!

[jrlorenzen]

@MrDrunkenmonkeys12 Ya i know what you mean, ive just been doing really complicated set-up moves.

[MrDrunkenmonkeys12]

@jrlorenzen Yeah man i learned 2 ways to solve the cube and i kinda mix them together to get it solved the fastest way.

[jrlorenzen]

@MrDrunkenmonkeys12 Pochmann and 3-Op?

[carlaraya256]

@MrDrunkenmonkeys12 thats not useful

[brettrocks505]

Bless you

[Xisto09]

Why do that when blindfolded starts counting the time before testing?

[darkshadows9658]

i found this vid very helpful :) i don't see why people are complaining cuz they have to learn some things by themselves. however this vid teaches just about everything and this is the best tutorial i found :) good job!!

[allyou963]

far best tutorial EVER!

[blackzabbathfan]

this edge method makes much more sense to me than M2, even if it is slower, thank you very much!

[Thejeditusken2]

0:12 that's what she said

[dmr778810]

what did you use to mix up the cube?

[swedishcuber]

Are you still practising? What method do you use for 2x2?



[blackzabbathfan]

@swedishcuber i assume its just pochmann corners

[Thejeditusken2]

@swedishcuber he only solves 3x3

[Anuragdeepak1990]

Great video! Underplays the complexity and helps in understanding perfectly! Thanks Man!

[42blackhawks]

Dude this is making NO SENSE AT ALL!!! Can you help me??? I don't get any of what you're saying.

[EuniceServando]

w8 in the beginning when you show us the first algorithim is it R2 or only one R?

[EuniceServando]

why is your camera moving?

[CubeMaths]

@EuniceServando he maybe has the camera on his head...

[Namnam54]

@EuniceServando Tha camera stuck between his headphones and his head.

[faizrog13]

@EuniceServando coz' his camera is on his head

[JTShek007]

hey you are like the masta at the cube man, THE MASTA

[calvin99e1]

AWESOMENESS HAS TWO NAMES CHUCK NORRIS AND BADMEPHISTO

[frozenflamegaby]

@calvin99e1 and jesus



[FlipAndLand]

@calvin99e1 Why does everyone think Chuck Norris is so great? How about you make a joke about an actual legend instead of an average, over rated man.

[b4pdash]

this is great, am just wondering what J perm was used at 15:49

[TheChampion613]

@b4pdash the inverse J-Perm

[entertement]

Still the best BLD tut an youtube! only your memory method is OLD it is much easier just to visual memory the cube. And also use the Y-perm without F,F'

[lexlazootin]

OMG..... god bless you :D

[TheDrGuard]

I watched tons of videos, but this is the only one i can actually understand. Thanks :D

[DaKillerLlamaz]

I love you.

[CuberTubers]

zomg you cursed D:

[sryan14610]

thank you for teaching me how to solve the rubiks cube blindfolded and how to do f2l great job

[CubiksRube95]

im still confused... maybe you could show more examples on edge and corner solving. However, I would like to thank you for your videos n links, as well as your clear explanation. It helped me to speedsolve my 3x3 in 21.48s (Fastest) :)

[imboblolgodie]

are you a wizard?

[BrandonKAli]

hey man i love your videos VERY helpful esp your F2L video

couple things i dont get abt the method though

like knowing the order of the the edge pieces must go in and so forth ...............and btw do you know all the OLLs and PLLs????????????

[sajanauchiwa]

@BrandonKAli OLL + PLL... is part of being a speedcuber, ite helps significantly bring down your times ;) And is not so hard to learn so I would guess he does know them all :) 

[birlibis2juggler]

I made it and it is on YouTube actually. I captured my first successful BLD solve thanks to meph. Check out my one month cubing progress if you like. I think it is interesting.

[denisflash1]

well this is MARVELOUS! Thank you a lot for your video!

P.S. funny end of the video (30:05) :-)

[YEAHBUCKET]

Would it be a good idea to learn to solve a 2x2 blindfolded first? or just go straight into 3x3?

[DeanOfBloons]

I want to thank you badmeph. I learned here, and now I can blindsolve in 2.5 minutes :)

[huntforfood99]

so if i start by solving the edges first, will there be parity after i solve my corners?

[mng1994]

18 people don't know what a Rubiks Cube is...

Awesome tutorial! Thanks! :)

[20121993karthik]

hello! thats great can you say me a better method for memorisng edge pice and corner piece

[birlibis2juggler]

You are just great man thanks. Go squirrel-cubers!!!!!!!!!

[videowizard100]

What is the "y" in your algorithms?

[N6688846993]

@videowizard100 It means do the Y permutation algorithm. Example. GY: F Y F' for the green yellow orange corner do F then Y permutation then F'

[cuberslashskater]

@videowizard100 the Y perm

[AKHalex]

Badmephisto, there is no reason to hide it anymore. We all now the truth. You are just a table with hands.

Nah, just kidding.. To be honest, I didn't learn how to BLD-solve because of this tutorial, but it really helped me understand everything this other guy told me about it. That is almost just as helpful.

[reeymo]

i dont understand the parity problem when do i need to use it in the middle of my solve? :s

[oOBNOo]

The memorization made no sense to me :/

[tabondjemac]

What if the edge-piece in the buffer zone, is in its correct place, but not oriented correctly ?

[skankingrudeboy]

@tabondjemac Swap it for another piece ("shoot" it somewhere else) then shoot it back in the correct orientation.

[tabondjemac]

@skankingrudeboy But if you shoot it to somewhere else, then shoot it back again in its good ''flip'' to it's correct location(the buffer zone), then you should it to somewhere else again? (since it's in the buffer zone)?

[GrandStudable]

MAN! You are the BEST teacher out there!!!!

I just cannot believe how good you're at this! Keep it up!

[rAuAbAiAkAs101]

This video is the BEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KingTahn]

YEAHHHHHH I CAN SOLVE IT BLIND THX MAN

[MellowCruisin]

This is my next life goal. Thanks for the upload my man. I can't wait to tell my cube what he's about to do!

[Partylikeaturtle]

I'm practicing everything without the blindfold for now, I think tomorrow I'll work on trying to do just the edges blindfolded, hopefully I'll be successful. Then, I'll practice that for a few days and then I'll start corners. I want to do it gradually so I can take my time learning it. This tutorial is amazing!

[tyjet66]

Great tutorial, only 1 very minor catch: "every scramble has several cycles." That is not necessarily true, I've had a few scrambles with the edges only having a single cycle.

[ben1996123]

@tyjet66 which is 2 cycles {several},one foredgesandone forcorners

[tyjet66]

@ben1996123 Yes, I now see my mistake, now that I can do full BLD solves, I see my error. Thank you though.

[joswing34]

Please make a tutorial about the M2/R2 method.

[jaibhakti]

PS Please don't apologize for the long vids; I enjoy watching you work your genius! I watched this entire video AND the 30 minute "How to solve" tutorial without even having my cube with me and I wasn't bored once (confused? Yes; but not bored). And the confusion is due to my lack of knowledge regarding how to solve the cube...nothing to do with you).

[jaibhakti]

God bless you! hahaha

I love the 'blooper' reel at the end...and the sneeze was unexpected and funny as hell! :)

[zhengdingbudda]

This is very helpful. I did not see the algorithm for Y and R permutations. The video shows only T and J permmutations. Can soneone point me to this information?

Thanks

[HavoCentral]

Instead of breaking into a new cycle couldnt you use a setup move/cube rotations to put a piece into the UF slot?

[RookieN08]

i don't understand......how do you solve the first layer blindoflded??????

[DaviOrdos]

@RookieN08 this method isn't layer-by-layer method like Fridrich or begginer's method, but Corner-edges (i don't know exactly how is it called) you solve first edges, then u solve corners, no first layer, no last layer

[91571429]

do you still use the pochman method to solve the cube blindfolded?

[91571429]

do you still use pochman method to solve the cube blindfolded?

[austbro777onps3]

i <3 your keyboard

[ct5010]

The funniest thing starts at 19:13 :D

[cy3006]

good video... THanks

[fullfool123]

to big i will have to see when im totally free

[AContusionInside]

Very very very helpful tutorial!

[hannahfanna789]

@rishidoshi you just have to use advanced upload instead of normal upload. When u upload, on the right side, "advanced upload" you click that =]

[rishidoshi]

just a different query. how to upload videos that are more than 15 mins in length?

[ezarlol]

This is way to hard... Your tutorial is superb and easy to understand, but i don't get how you would be able to memorize the correct set up moves -.- and i even have trouble doing this method without a blind fold :(

[pricesmithmusic]

@ezarlol just try to visualize where each piece you have to move is and know where is needs to be. and practice practice practice :)

[ezarlol]

@pricesmithmusic hah yeah, nvm :D i got it down... i can now memorize all of the edges and solve them everytime! now for the corners =S

[Gehr96]

at 11:52

that are just 3 of 21 PLL from the friedrich method, aren't ??

[nosey07]

Your parity algorithm makes no sense to me... what is Y, and do the [brackets] make a difference? Why do you have U2', is that the same as just U2?

[MrcircleandSquare]

There's and easier J perm ALG.

[SimonB7EA]

What does y and y' mean?

[kilroy1964]

@MrMuhammad11 Thinking is actually allowed when cubing.

The answer is try it and see! (Like, take a solved cube, do the inverse of one then the other. If the cube is solved, the answer is yes...).

[enjoiskater85]

ok so ur example is confusing. i did the algorithms for the corners u wrote and it messed it up and didnt look anything like urs. did u write the wrong ones?? it says on the end of one U'/U2. tht doesnt make sense. why would u just do U??

[darthvaderyoda]

@enjoiskater85 do you do the parity fix?

[enjoiskater85]

@darthvaderyoda haha nvmXD i mixed up JA with JBXD im retardede.lol

[utubemetubee]

badmephisto finally mystery solved

[Yenfire]

the only edge algorithm i know is the T one. is it possible for me to get any edge into that position?

[aini9027]

can anyone plz gve me a link to download dis video i really want it

[rsnba1]

for the corners can is it the same as a 2x2?

[ILoveCrissAngel1234]

When you did the J perm instead of the T perm, couldn't you have just done the setup moves F L' F' and do a T perm?

[badmephisto]

@ILoveCrissAngel1234 yes, if you want to solve as slow as possible, you could

[kilroy1964]

@badmephisto Actually the simple answer is "Yes". After all this entire method is a slow one. (If you care about speed, start with a basic 3 cycle).

But I've got a question too: Do you treat correctly positioned, but miss oriented pieces as cycles with only 1 piece, or do you just orient them all separately? (Obviously both are possible, but the second one is much much more efficient.)

Oh, and, great tutorial!

[poland011]

Bless you! :)

I've had a lot of trouble during understanding some tutorials before, but now everything was clear and well explained.

Thanks for that.

I still can't solve blindfolded. :(

[TroyKoochin]

Thanks man!! You're a fantastic guy

[badmephisto]

@TroyKoochin no YOU'RE a fantastic guy! you...

[Engberg711]

I can nearly solve all the edges now.

but when it comes to corners it gets to hard =(

[faroeq33]

I find the letter memo easier than color memo(or naming the colors)

[bluedasher23]

nice video!!!!

What do you usually average blindfolded BTW?

[Muffinzeshlongun]

Thanks for this video, kind sir.

There is one tip I have for anyone else doing this: learn the algorithms first. Going into this I only knew 2-step PLL, so all of these are foreign to me. I tried once and failed miserably because I couldn't remember what setup moves I used, because I had to focus to perform the algorithms. I tried again, after having memorized the algorithms, and it's quite easy.

[amateursurvivaltv]

sorry for bothering u once again but since im maltese doesnt the country have to be registered with the wca to try to qualify into a championship

[nohdcuber]

can you oplease make a K4 tutorial for the 4x4x4

[moonereclipse]

could you tell me the J permutation and its inverse when you switch the corners? the ones you use around 15:53 and such

[Yamayamauchiman]

Good tutorial, did you use Joël's speedcubing page?

[SharkRetriver]

Can the parity sometimes be the reflection of the R perm?

[Vx2x2]

Bruce the best cube or the cube that most people use is the haiyan memory

[Bruce5747]

sum1 plz tell me what the best 3x3 cubes are ive got the standard rubiks cube and i dont like it can be quite stiff even after ive lubed it ??????????

[hobbyguy99]

I found this much more easy to follow than the thrawst video.

[Bruce5747]

y dont u do it from the beginning startin at how to solve the cross withur eyes closed this is just confusing. How can i solve the corner peiecs if i cant get to that position

[badmephisto]

@Bruce5747 because that's too hard? You are modifying too many pieces at a time, you cant keep track of it.

[Bruce5747]

@badmephisto ok well thanks for replyin so quickly. You dont actually solve the cross do you?? u start off from puttin the buffer peices in there correct positions and then the corners. Is that right???

[ben1996123]

@Bruce5747

Why don't you learn to spell, then worry about cubes after?

[KeromaCuber012]

This is almost identical to my own method: I orientate all the pieces first though, then I can assign each piece one letter, and make that the first letter of a word. I find it easier to do that then having to know the difference between OY and YO for example. But after I orientate, it's pretty much the same, even the same algs.

[xBleach4Eva]

I didnt really understand what means to " break in a new cycle ".

[darkcobra82]

Great tutorial ur a good teacher Keep up the good work! :D

[badmephisto]

@darkcobra82 thank you sir!

[MagicOfNorway123]

Hey can I use the alg R U2 R' U' R U2 L'U R' U' L instead of the J perm? It does the exaxt same thing, and I happened to know that alg before so I don't have to learn a new alg.

[MeandmagiC]

9:39 must be 9:49 . please change that :)

anyways, GreAT VIDEO!

the video solved some problems I had :)

[Ebbzzor]

Seems like a really nice guid, I saw 15 min of it and quit becuase I am not done learning PPL and OLL, im am still on 2-look on them both, would be a better idea to learn them properly before I get more into this =)

[WeiseGuy91]

omg so this finally made sense to me when i watched it this time, lmao....

im going to practice with setups in pochman a little before i move on to memorizing positions...then im gonna practice by writing down color codes/positions and solve without looking much (if at all) just looking at the color code....then ill make story :D

[badmephisto]

@MrMuhammad11 Why do people always add at the end of their messages: "I'm 12"? I'm curious. Anyway, that just comes down to practice. After a while you will come up with a standard set of setup moves that you use always, and you will know how to undo them.

[fishfishfish333]

6:48 its as simple as this. (when you said that i was like, yes! this is the easy part) (but then your fingers went into a blur...)

[Brettrocks50]

Ive been dying to solve a rubiks cube, and i think this will help me solve it

Thanks and did you know you sneeze at the end?

[JacksonJSX94]

im really sorry..but what is 'perm' actually?

is there anybody willing to xplain?

or any link which xplain it..

sory..noob here

[rcfencer]

@JacksonJSX94 "perm" is short for permutation, which is just an algorithm that moves pieces around the cube.