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Blindfold Accomplishment Thread

willtri4

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Crazy PB! 2:59.11. Old pb was 5:48.07. I finished memo at 1:30ish and knew then it would be fast. Scramble was easy, 10 edge targets and 6 corner targets.

29 Oct 3, 2015 1:38:01 PM 02:59.11 D' U' L2 F2 L2 B2 D U F' R' D U2 B2 U2 F D2 R' L
 

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7:05.10 4BLD, first success in a loooong time.

I seriously doubt I'm going to set any more NARs, but I'd like to get back into big BLD and I definitely think my comp pbs are improvable...
 

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I just saw this and am interested in this too. I used to struggle with this also, but I've done a number of cube talks and public demos and have developed what I think is a good technique for very high accuracy in public solves.

The basic idea is that the harder you work for the solve, the higher the accuracy will be.

An extreme example, if I have you an entire week to both memorize and plan your solution for a 3x3 BLD, I'll bet your chance of getting the solve successfully would be nearly 100%. You could have the memo down so well that you would likely remember that solve for months after, you would even have time to work out a speed blind solution if you wanted.

When you solve BLD in competition, the incentive is for you to be fast. Solve fast BLD, win the competition. If you approach a public solve from this mindset, your accuracy will likely be WORSE than it is in competition because you are "on the spot" for the public solve and nerves are high.

It really is as simple as, approach a public solve from the viewpoint of get the solve successfully, NOT from the viewpoint of get a fast solve.

I've done public demos for groups of 50-100 people, and their minds are BLOWN away by a 3:30 BLD solve. In competition, at my peak, I solved BLD in the 1:20s. So I take at least twice as much time as my normal competition speed when doing a public demo. However, the trade off for that is that my accuracy in public solves is very high, at least 90% or more.

Also, if you do DNF a public solve, I have as well, simply do a "two look" solve by memo'ing the current state and solving the rest.

People are slightly less impressed with a two-look solve than a proper BLD solve, but it still blows their minds.

Good luck with your public solves! Don't be a fast BLD competitor in a public solve, be a good performer and the solve will be fantastic for your audience.

Did my first public 3BLD solve, and succeeded! I tried to memo slow, but also had to rush as I was getting picked up. Almost forgot my first corner memo, and had to figure out my first pair by eliminating from the rest of my memo.
 

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32.97 official 3BLD single and 36.80 mean :) The mean is WR21 and missed out on beating Ollie for 20th by 0.19 :p Single could have been sub30 had I not revised memo and maybe pulled down the blindfold faster (apparently I took 2-3 seconds for that, which is something I need to work on), but I'm happy nonetheless.
 

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3BLD success while drunk.
Nice. Try this next? haha (I should try it again).
32.97 official 3BLD single and 36.80 mean :) The mean is WR21 and missed out on beating Ollie for 20th by 0.19 :p Single could have been sub30 had I not revised memo and maybe pulled down the blindfold faster (apparently I took 2-3 seconds for that, which is something I need to work on), but I'm happy nonetheless.
Nicely done! But who knows, not revising memo might have made it slower or a DNF.
 

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32.97 official 3BLD single and 36.80 mean :) The mean is WR21 and missed out on beating Ollie for 20th by 0.19 :p Single could have been sub30 had I not revised memo and maybe pulled down the blindfold faster (apparently I took 2-3 seconds for that, which is something I need to work on), but I'm happy nonetheless.

Nice!
 

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wat

Generated By csTimer on 2015-10-4
avg of 5: 1:17.18

Time List:
1. (1:41.18) L' U2 F B R F2 R D' F2 R L' B2 L' U2 R2 B2 D2 L2
2. (51.41) R B L D' B2 L' D B U2 B2 L2 B2 U2 B2 R U2 D2 L U2
3. 1:19.08 L' U2 L2 F' U2 B' D2 B D2 R2 U2 B L' U' F2 L2 R U R' U2
4. 1:13.95 U' D2 L2 R2 B F2 L2 F' U2 F2 D2 F2 L' F D B2 F L' D U R2
5. 1:18.52 D' B2 D F2 D2 B2 L2 U' B2 L2 B U2 L' U' B' U L' D2 L' U

also 1:08.15 mo3, solves 2-4
 

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Did my first public 3BLD solve, and succeeded! I tried to memo slow, but also had to rush as I was getting picked up. Almost forgot my first corner memo, and had to figure out my first pair by eliminating from the rest of my memo.

Nicely done! How did it feel after you got the solve and the audience reacted? :)

As for the corner memo thing, keep that in mind during your next public solve. One thing to watch out for in public, under pressure would be corner memo it looks like. Try to give that a little extra review if you do a public solve again.

Celebrate your success and enjoy that feeling! Very exciting! :D
 

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Many 3BLD PBs on this session
single PB - 47.73
mo3 PB - 57.53 1:01.74 55.90 54.94
ao5 PB - 1:03.00 1:01.74 55.90 (54.94) (DNF(1:00.89)) 1:11.37
nice accurancy 14/20 and 1:10.79 session mean
solved with Turbo/OP + some commutators
 

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Nicely done! How did it feel after you got the solve and the audience reacted? :)

As for the corner memo thing, keep that in mind during your next public solve. One thing to watch out for in public, under pressure would be corner memo it looks like. Try to give that a little extra review if you do a public solve again.

Celebrate your success and enjoy that feeling! Very exciting! :D

Haha well the "audience" was just one friend, but he reacted like most would with "WHAAAAA???". During the solve I thought I messed up edges, so told him it might not work. Pretty stoked that it worked, since this was my first public attempt. Yeah I'll definitely work on corner memo next time. It was a pretty loud area, and I just did it under a table. This usually throws me off because I am also concentrating on my surroundings.
 

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Second fastest 3BLD ever (sub-15 memo):
40.86 R2 L F R' U' B' L F R D' B' D2 F2 B' L2 F U2 D2 R2 L2 B2

Edges: M2, self-explanatory

Corners:
z x' [R U R', D] x z'
x [R' D2 R, U] x'
[D F: L F' L B2 L' F L B2 L2]
[D': almost-Y-perm]
[R2: Y-perm]

Could have done that twist a lot more efficiently at the end, but it was still fast.
 
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