Section 3 - Rotational Octagon

[Valyria]

Hey AN,

How are we meant to visually deduce that this octagon rotates anti clockwise by 90 degrees, 180 degrees and then 270 degrees?

[shanaka jayakody]

My 2c here is that the initial approach of following the movement of the arrows will quickly yield a dead end. (Did a quick scan and could find any logical pattern which worked)
At this point you should think to yourself that there needs to be something else going on. For such a restrictive stimulus like this, there isn't really too much else that COULD be happening other than a dual rotation of both the octagon and the arrow.
(Pretty poor description really ^, but best i could come up with at 3am and sleep deprivation)

[Valyria]

Any tips on how to visualise these movements? Especially with a rotational cube?

[sparked]

Hahaha "how do I do section 3" if there was a simple visualization method everyone would do it!

Attempt to find patterns, they are nearly always either a rotation or a number sequence pattern. Otherwise, sometimes they are genuinely not deductible by even the above average human mind, as a result - guess. The scores are relative, do not stress

[Valyria]

Hahaha "how do I do section 3" if there was a simple visualization method everyone would do it!

Attempt to find patterns, they are nearly always either a rotation or a number sequence pattern. Otherwise, sometimes they are genuinely not deductible by even the above average human mind, as a result - guess. The scores are relative, do not stress

I wasn't asking for a rote learned method but rather, advice on how to map the movements of obscure patterns (such as the one above). I wouldn't say they are 'non deductible' because without the pressure and the time restraints, you'd be able to tackle all, if not most, patterns involving movements

[sparked]

without the pressure and the time restraints, you'd be able to tackle all, if not most, patterns involving movements

Hahaha I don't think this is true.

But I get what you mean - we need all the help people can offer us!