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Cube26 using final offset on each little square

Instead of numbering the little squares 1 thru 26, this offset method puts the actual deck offset position number on each little square.
IE: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50. Note that the very first little square has an offset of zero.

The advantage of memorizing the offset number on each little square is that if you want to do positional calculations there is no multiplying by 2 (the offset number has this accounted for). Then to know the position number of a named card all you have to do is add 1 or 2 to the offset number (depending on whether the card is the first or second of the "PA" pair in the little square),

Playing card Human names association with playing card (my names, you can replace with your own human names):

AS Snoopy (thinks he is a flying Ace)
2S Leprechaun (has 2 shovels to dig up pot of gold)
3S Supremes (3 black singers)
4S Battleship (4 ships dug up from Pearl Harbor)
5S Gary Cooper (5 shovels protecting his chest)
6S Lizzie Borden (used 6 shovels to bury her dead)
7S Samurai (used 7 shovels as attack weapons)
8S Snowman (he looks like an 8 and shovels used to make him)
9S Cat Woman in black wetsuit (cat has 9 lives, spades are black)
TS Farmer (uses 10 shovels to dig up garden)
JS JFK (Black Jack riderless funeral horse)
QS Latifah (black queen)
KS Henry the 8th (bad black King)

AH Cupid (main controller of love/heart)
2H Amelia Earhart (2 hearts lost at sea, her and Fred Noonan)
3H Andrew's sisters (3 heartthrobs of WWII)
4H Beatles Ringo Starr (part of 4 heartthrobs)
5H Spice Girls (5 girls of love/hearts)
6H Miley Cyrus (she has a sick heart, true congenital problem)
7H Dance Moms (7 day honeymoon on cruise ship)
8H Marilyn Monroe (the 8 looks like her figure and guys love/hearts her)
9H Col. Klink (does not like valentines, “Nein hearts”)
TH Tin Man (wants Tin Heart)
JH John Travolta (Jack heartthrob)
QH Dolly (of course she is the Queen of Hearts)
KH Elvis (he is the King of girls’ hearts)

AC Jackie Robinson (Ace with a club/bat)
2C Fred Flintstone (holding a stone club in each hand)
3C Igor (has 3 bumps on head, was hit by 3 clubs)
4C Kurt Warner (played for 4 different clubs, true)
5C Cy Young (played for 5 clubs, true, a 5 looks like a Scythe with a stick/club handle)
6C Rusty Staub (played for 6 clubs, true, he had 6 rusty bats/clubs)
7C Sinatra (sang at 7 nightCLUBS and lucky 7 in Vegas)
8C Goliath (holding 8 clubs in battle)
9C Babe Ruth (nine means baseball, clubs means a bat)
TC Jack Benny (told jokes in 10 nightClubs)
JC pirate Jack Sparrow (a Jack with a club)
QC Joyce Brothers (queen of the boxing clubs)
KC Cop Joe Friday (king with a billy club)

AD Randy Johnson (ace on a baseball diamond mound)
2D Gen G Patton (has pistol with 2 diamonds on handle)
3D Arnold Palmer (three diamonds for tournament wins)
4D Elizabeth Taylor (wears a diamond on each finger of right hand, no thumb)
5D Magic Johnson (won 5 NBA championships, true, 5 diamond rings)
6D Coach Bill Belichick (won 6 Super Bowls, 6 diamond rings)
7D Tom Brady (won 7 Super Bowls, 7 diamond rings)
8D Terminator (ate diamonds)
9D Macbeth (has crown with 9 diamonds)
TD Sam Jones Celtic (won 10 NBA championships, true, 10 diamond rings)
JD Jack Tut (rich young Pharaoh)
QD Victoria (rich queen)
KD Winston Churchill (noted for his diamond ring)

Playing card Person names and Actions “P, A”:

AS Snoopy, buzzing
2S Leprechaun, tying yellow ribbon
3S Supremes, motoring (Motown)
4S Battleship, sinking
5S Gary Cooper, drawing pistol
6S Lizzie Borden, chopping
7S Samurai, sword fighting
8S Snowman, carrot nose
9S Black Cat, scratching
TS Farmer, herding with hooked cane
JS JFK, mooning (must go to the moon)
QS Latifah, rapping
KS Henry the 8th, guillotining

AH Cupid, Archering
2H Amelia Earhart, flapping arms flying
3H Andrew's sisters, bugling
4H Ringo Starr, drumming
5H Spice Girls, prancing
6H Miley Cyrus, wrecking ball
7H Dance Moms, cruising
8H Marilyn Monroe, whispering
9H Col. Klink, hand stretched
TH Tin Man, oiling jaw
JH John Travolta, pointing
QH Dolly, yodeling
KH Elvis, twisting

AC Jackie Robinson, stealing 2nd base
2C Fred Flintstone, stoning
3C Igor, bulging eyes
4C Kurt Warner, passing
5C Cy Young, reaping
6C Rusty Staub, spray painting rust paint
7C Sinatra, crooning
8C Goliath, boasting
9C Babe Ruth, swinging bat
TC Jack Benny, counting money
JC pirate Jack Sparrow, buckling
QC Joyce Brothers, boxing
KC Cop, flashing light

AD Randy Johnson, pitching
2D Gen G Patton, slapping
3D Arnold Palmer, golfing
4D Elizabeth Taylor, marrying
5D Magic Johnson, slam dunking
6D Coach Bill Belichick, frowning
7D Tom Brady, deflating
8D Terminator, melting
9D Macbeth, crowning
TD Sam Jones Celtic, jump shooting
JD Jack Tut, pyramiding
QD Victoria, holding hands
KD Winston Churchill, smoking

Here is the DSHoCk Harding stack:
10d, 7s, 4h, Ac, Jc, 6d, 7d, 9h, 6c, Ad, Jd, 8s, 5h,
2c, Qc, 3s, Ks, 10h, 7c, 2d, Qd, 9s, 6h, 3c, Kc, 4s,
Ah, Jh, 8c, 3d, Kd, 10s, 7h, 4c, 8d, 5s, 2h, Qh, 9c,
4d, As, Js, 8h, 5c, 9d, 6s, 3h, Kh, 10c, 5d, 2s, Qs
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Example:
DSHoCk Harding Stack on Cube26 using Offset method:
Construct the mnemonic story to place in the 26 little squares on the Rubik's type Cube (the numbers below with a period after them are the final offset number, always even, for each of the 26 little squares):

Offset#:
0. Sam Jones with a sword chasing
2. Ringo Starr who's stealing 2 bases and putting them in his pocket while running towards
4. Jack Sparrow who is frowning at
6. Tom Brady with outstretched arm saying heil to
8. Rusty Staub who is now fastball pitching to
10. Jack Tut who has a carrot nose pointing at
12. Spice Girls who are throwing stones at
14. Joyce Brothers in a car motoring towards
16. King Henry who is oiling his jaw with an oil can so he can sing like
18. Frank Sinatra is slapping
20. Queen Victoria who is scratching
22. Miley Cyrus with big eyes sticking out because she is seeing
24. A policeman sinking a
26. Cupid who is pointing at
28. Goliath with a golf club hitting
30. Winston Churchill who has a shepherd cane which is grabbing the
32. Dance Moms who are throwing footballs at the
34.Terminator who is drawing a pistol to shoot
36. Amelia Earhart who is yodeling at
38. Babe Ruth getting married to
40. Snoopy who is mooning
42. Marilyn Monroe who is reaping
44. Macbeth who is chopping
46. The Andrews Sisters who are twisting
48. Jack Benny who is slam dunking
50. leprechaun who is rapping
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If you are just using the Cube26 method with mnemonics in order to know the next sequential card then there is no need to memorize the offset numbers (in that case just memorize the running mnemonic story all the way through). The Harding stack is one of the few stacks that would benefit from having a separate method (such as Cube26 with next card mnemonics only) to know the next card because the Harding stack has its own built-in algorithm to mentally calculate a card's position (thus no need for the offset number).

But if you have a non algorithmic stack that you want a relatively easy method to also calculate a card's position then you will need to memorize the offset numbers with each little square. To do this you will need to incorporate the offset number of each little square at the beginning of each mnemonic story for that square. Example:

"18. Frank Sinatra is slapping
20. Queen Victoria who is scratching
22. Miley Cyrus with big eyes sticking out because she is seeing"

You will need to embellish the above to mentally be something like:
"18 year old Frank Sinatra is slapping
20 times Queen Victoria who is scratching
the number 22 on the back of Miley Cyrus with big eyes sticking out because she is seeing"
and so on.

The "years old" works well for the offset numbers, but it is good to find other number related things to associate with the first card (the person) on each little square (like what was done above on Queen Victoria and Miley Cyrus).

Positional calculations:
Card to number: think of the little square offset number for the spectator named card.
then just add 1 if the spectator named card is mentally the first of the 2 cards in that little square, but add 2 if it is the 2nd of the 2 cards in that little square.

Number to card: round down to the next even number below the spectator named number. Think of the two cards at that offset square number. If the original named number is odd then it is the first of the two cards on that square, otherwise (even number) it is 2nd of 2 cards on that square number.

Next Card determination:
Simple: Just remember where the current card is in the mnemonic story and proceed one notch in the story. Example: Suppose you know the current card (using DSHoCk Harding) is the 9S then you know it is Cat Woman or Scratching in the story (one or the other will be used in the story, never both). In the example you will have memorized that the word after Scratching is Miley Cyrus therefore the next card is the Miley Cyrus card 6H.

Note that the current card could be a Person word or an Action word. It really doesn't matter which. To know the next card just go with next pertinent word in the story.
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