Blindfolded solving
You look at the cube, memorise it, put on a blindfold and solve it without another look. Anyone who can solve a cube can do this: it takes 3 algorithms and about 20 letters in your head. Speed hardly matters here, attention does.
We teach the Old Pochmann method. Stefan Pochmann invented it, and nearly everyone starts with it: pieces go home one at a time, so there is almost no thinking during the solve.
How this is even possible
The plan: 0 of 8 done
Why it is easier than it looks
What you need
R U R' U' and so on. Two of the three are the familiar T Perm and Ra Perm.How long it takes
The authors of a Russian book on the subject say a first success can come within the first days, and making the skill stick takes about two months on average. The first attempts often fail, and that is normal. Do not rush: here a mistake costs far more than an extra minute.
Where this comes from
The method was described by Stefan Pochmann, the teaching order and the two worked solves come from the J Perm guide, the competition rules from the WCA Regulations (version of April 1, 2026). Every formula and the memo rules were checked on a model cube: they solve thousands of random cubes, rare cases included. T Perm and Ra Perm are in the SpeedCubeDB base, and the corner swap is Y Perm without its first F and last F'. Real cubers have not read this section yet: if something is unclear, please tell us.