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Count Pips in Under Ten Seconds

The Cube Room · 13:37

Mental shifting, cluster counting and the mid-point trick — race arithmetic you'll actually use over the board.

Pip countingBeginner13:37The Cube Room

What you'll take away

  • Cancel mirrored checkers before counting
  • The 13-point is your reference frame
  • Count the race before every cube decision

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