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Blindfold Failures Thread

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Ouch... within an hour?

Yeah.

So many things went wrong in this attempt. First, one of my earplugs fell out. Then, my camera turned off. I discovered that two cubes had the same scramble. I was having a hard time remembering everything, but was rushed and couldn't do a final review like I usually do because I didn't have enough time left. The worst thing though, was that once I started execution, I couldn't figure out which cube was which, started executing the wrong cubes, then got completely confused and couldn't find the right ones. In the end, I gave up at ~49 minutes.
 

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Yeah.

So many things went wrong in this attempt. First, one of my earplugs fell out. Then, my camera turned off. I discovered that two cubes had the same scramble. I was having a hard time remembering everything, but was rushed and couldn't do a final review like I usually do because I didn't have enough time left. The worst thing though, was that once I started execution, I couldn't figure out which cube was which, started executing the wrong cubes, then got completely confused and couldn't find the right ones. In the end, I gave up at ~49 minutes.

0/17?
 

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9/10 4BLD successes. Then a DNF by 2 centers and another DNF.

Also
(5:27.77[1:54.10]) L' D' B2 Uw' L' Fw2 R' F2 U R2 L' Fw' F U D' Fw2 B U' B Uw' R2 F U' D2 F2 U Uw2 Fw2 F2 R' Rw2 B' R B Rw2 L2 F U Uw' F
(My PB is 5:20.12)

Easy scramble. Memo shoulda been faster and execution was really shaky.
 

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45. 4:14.194[2:11.823] F2 D2 L2 B2 R D2 L B2 D2 R2 D' B' L' U R2 B F2 L2 B'
46. 3:47.145[2:24.790] D2 U2 L' U2 B2 D2 B2 R U2 R' D' B' R' U2 F' L2 F2 L2 U
47. 4:04.405[2:23.558] F' U' B' D' F R F2 R2 U R' F2 L D2 F2 U2 R2 D2 L B2
48. 3:04.973[1:01.514] U' L2 U D2 F R U2 F' R' D2 R L F2 R U2 D2 R U2 D2

That memo jump. Then I forgot an edge letter for about a minute during execution. PB is 2:22. I'm so sad.
But it wasn't the end of the world, I was still only 2 solves away from an average of 50.

49. (DNF(3:01.353)[1:40.844 - cube slipped on corner alg]) U D' L' F2 U2 F D2 B R2 D2 L2 D L2 B2 L2 B2 U' F2 L2

But then my fingers slipped while executing the last corner (I execute corners first) on the very next solve, and I ended up being off by a U before starting edges.
:( :( :(
 

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Almost a pb avg12...but I DNFed the last solve so no average of 12 this go around. It'll happen in due time.

1. (40.83) U' B2 D L' F' D U2 L F2 U' B D' R D2 R2 F U' F' D' R D F2 U B' F
2. 59.61 D R2 L2 D' L R2 B' D' U L U L2 B' U' B' U B R F' B' D F L F L
3. 46.53 B U2 B' R2 F2 D2 U2 L R U2 R2 B2 F R2 B2 F' R2 F2 R2 L F B2 D U' B
4. 45.96 L D' L' F' R2 F2 R' D2 F2 D L2 U' B D2 L' B' F' R' U2 F' D F' D2 R' D'
5. 41.36 B' D' L F2 U R' F' U2 F2 U2 B' F R L' D B2 U2 R D' R D2 U' R D B2
6. 44.63 L D' F U D' F D R2 U2 D B' U' F U D' B' R2 B2 R2 L2 B D' R F' L2
7. 43.01 R F' R' U F' U D' R' D R' L2 B R' F2 B' D' R B L' B F R2 U' D' F'
8. 44.02 D F2 L U' D2 F L U' L' R' B R' B2 L' U2 B2 L2 F R2 F' U D2 B' R2 F'
9. (DNF) L2 B' D L' U D2 L B L2 D2 F B' U2 L2 R2 F2 B L R2 U2 D' F L' U2 D
10. 52.56 F B' R2 F B' R B F U' B' F2 L2 D2 B' L' F B' L2 R F D' R2 D2 R' B
11. 45.58 B2 U' B' D' L' D F R2 U2 L2 D R D F' L U L' R' D2 U' F U' B D U2
12. DNF L R D2 B' L U' F B R2 D B' L2 F' B L' B' D2 F' B2 L D2 F2 D' F2 B2
 

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First attempt at a 7 cube multi ends in a 4/7. 29:20[20:21.xx] Very safe memo and definitely expected the accuracy to be better than it was. 2 cubes off by 3 edges and one off by 4 edges and 4 corners.
 

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For some reason, whenever I do partial 4BLD attempts, my center accuracy is really good, but my accuracy with wings sucks. Maybe it's because I'm in the mindset that wings set the same amount of information as centers, but they're really not due to orienting. Gotta start practicing wings if I want to get a success at Nats! At least this tells me that the step to 5BLD won't be that hard, since the bulk of it is centers.
 
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