# How is it possible to solve a Rubik's Cube blindfolded?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 27, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-possible-to-solve-a-rubiks-cube-blindfolded/664673 "2013-07-27T15:35:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-possible-to-solve-a-rubiks-cube-blindfolded/664673/21 "2013-07-30T14:21:08Z")

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> [@TonySinclair](#):
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> I’ll be glad to take that bet. I’d be amazed if 1 in 10 people could do it, no matter how much they practiced. I think the analogy to blindfold chess is probably pretty close. Nearly anyone can learn to play chess, but playing blindfold is a whole different proposition.

It really is very simple to solve a cube, I use the “top down” method and it takes less than two minutes. I could teach you the five moves necessary in an afternoon:

1. solve the top layer using logic
2. use a single move sequence, normal or handed, to solve the middle layer
3. use another move sequence to put the bottom corners in place
4. use another single move sequence to position the bottom middle pieces
5. use a memorised sequence to orientate the bottom middle pieces

As long as you can remember instruction and have a grasp of 3D you could do it. All you would have to do is practice for a few months to get the muscle memory necessary to do it blind.

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**Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-possible-to-solve-a-rubiks-cube-blindfolded/664673/22 "2013-07-30T14:44:12Z")

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> [@Blakeyrat](#):
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> There are [YouTube videos of people playing Tetris “blind”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kqKOlcaZuI#t=5m) (that is, the stack of blocks isn’t shown; you only see the preview image of the next block.)
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> If you spend your entire life playing Tetris at high speed, the entire stack is in your mind anyway. Blanking out the image doesn’t affect your performance much.

:eek: I can’t even comprehend how it’s possible to do that. And not even the “blind” part. Just the regular high-speed part.

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