5 Memory Techniques That Actually Help in 67 Simon
Practical memory tricks for Six Seven Simon, from verbal labeling to rhythm counting, to push your round count higher.
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Watching a sequence of gestures and repeating it sounds simple until round eight arrives and you are suddenly holding eight gestures in your head at once, with the flashes coming faster than the round before. At that point pure instinct stops being enough. You need actual memory technique, the same kind used for remembering phone numbers or shopping lists, just applied to gloves instead of grocery items.
Here are five that genuinely help.
1. Say it, do not just watch it
The single biggest upgrade most players can make is turning what they see into what they say. Instead of silently watching six, seven, both, clap flash by, say the words in your head as they happen: "left, right, both, clap." Verbal memory and visual memory are stored differently in your brain, and running both at once roughly doubles your chance of holding onto the full sequence by the time your turn arrives.
2. Build in a rhythm
Sequences in Six Seven Simon are not just a list, they have timing. The gap between flashes shrinks slightly as the sequence grows, which means longer sequences also feel faster. Instead of fighting that, use it. Try humming or mentally tapping a steady beat as the gestures play, and let each gesture land on a beat. A rhythm gives your memory a scaffold to hang the sequence on, rather than a flat unstructured list.
3. Anchor the first and last gesture hardest
Memory research on lists consistently finds the same thing: people remember the start and the end of a sequence far better than the middle. You cannot change that about your brain, but you can use it. Make a deliberate effort to lock in the very first gesture and the very last gesture of each round with extra focus, since those are the two spots you are naturally likely to nail anyway, and free up a little more attention for the messier middle.
4. Predict, do not just recall
Once you get comfortable with the four gestures, try a small mental trick during the repeat phase: right before you tap each move, silently guess what you think comes next based on the pattern you watched, then check it against what you actually remember. This turns passive recall into active prediction, which keeps your attention sharper for longer sequences instead of letting your mind drift once the flashing stops.
5. Reset your posture between rounds
This sounds unrelated to memory, but it is not. A tense, hunched posture narrows your visual attention and makes you miss the edges of the screen, which matters when you are watching a board with four distinct pad positions. Between rounds, in that brief pause before the next sequence plays, take one breath and relax your shoulders. A calmer body genuinely holds a longer sequence better than a tense one, and it costs you nothing.
Combine, do not just pick one
None of these five techniques work as a silver bullet on their own. Verbal labeling paired with rhythm tends to be the strongest combination for most players, since it gives you both a sound and a beat to hold onto. Predicting the next move works best once the first two are already automatic, since it needs spare mental bandwidth to run alongside them.
The good news is you do not need to master all five before your next round helps. Pick one, use it deliberately for a session or two, then layer in the next. Memory technique, like most skills, compounds.
Time to test them for real. Play Six Seven Simon and try saying the sequence out loud on your next attempt, then see how your round count moves. If chunking a long sequence into smaller groups sounds interesting, that is a technique deep enough to deserve its own breakdown in our guide on chunking sequences. Or share your best trick with other players in the chat.
