Blindfold Accomplishment Thread

shmimel · Sep 27, 2015

Just solved my 3x3 full BLD for the first time! After many failures, I finally got it!!

rock1313 · Sep 30, 2015

5x5 blindfolded avg 5: (17:20.48), 21:58.42, (23:54.24), 22:35.69, 18:08.45 = 20:54.19

I'm usually a very inaccurate person when it comes to bld. Just out of the blue, 5 consecutive 5bld successes!!!! I think getting used to all the center comms and changing my memory approach to 5bld that suits me also helps a bit with the accuracy. Hopefully in a few days time, I can get an official 5bld solve!

youSurname · Sep 30, 2015

shmimel said:
Just solved my 3x3 full BLD for the first time! After many failures, I finally got it!!

How awesome is this feeling? I'd say even better than when you first solve a cube sighted. I had one of these moments too today with my first ever 2/2 MBLD. Absolutely the best feeling ever! I'm currently teaching my brother BLD and can't wait to share that awesome moment with him when it happens.

Roman · Sep 30, 2015

rock1313 said:
Hopefully in a few days time, I can get an official 5bld solve!

Oh for sure you will!

TheCoolMinxer · Sep 30, 2015

small mbld attempt: 2/2 in 3:18.61

around 1:50 memo

3:18.61 1) L D L2 F2 L2 F2 D' F2 U F2 R2 F L' F' R2 U' F U2 R2
2) U2 L' U D L' U2 R' L' B' R B2 R F2 R' B2 R2 D2 R F2 R2

newtonbase · Sep 30, 2015

shmimel said:
Just solved my 3x3 full BLD for the first time! After many failures, I finally got it!!

Well done. Great feeling isn't it?

Roman · Oct 1, 2015

6BLD UWR with 40sec pause and 3 parities!! LoL.

11:23.25[4:52.56]

memo starts at 2:00
solve starts at 6:52
pause at 8:37

scramble: R2 2L L 2F' F' R' 2U2 L 3R 2D 3F2 R2 2U2 3R' L2 2L 2R2 D 2F F' 3U 3F F' 2U' 2B F 2U L' 3U2 3F' 2U 2R F D' 3F 2F L' 3R R' B2 L2 U2 3U2 D L F 2R' 2F' 2B' 3U 3F' 2F' 3R2 2F2 U2 D' 2L' 2R D2 2R2 R D 2L' B2 2L L' 2U U2 2B 2R' R' D' 2D2 2F R' D2 R' U 2F R'

CyanSandwich · Oct 1, 2015

Roman said:
6BLD UWR with 40sec pause and 3 parities!! LoL.

11:23.25[4:52.56]

memo starts at 2:00
solve starts at 6:52
pause at 8:37

scramble: R2 2L L 2F' F' R' 2U2 L 3R 2D 3F2 R2 2U2 3R' L2 2L 2R2 D 2F F' 3U 3F F' 2U' 2B F 2U L' 3U2 3F' 2U 2R F D' 3F 2F L' 3R R' B2 L2 U2 3U2 D L F 2R' 2F' 2B' 3U 3F' 2F' 3R2 2F2 U2 D' 2L' 2R D2 2R2 R D 2L' B2 2L L' 2U U2 2B 2R' R' D' 2D2 2F R' D2 R' U 2F R'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKTt4mkuOpo

Nice! When are you gonna make a thread? Sub-11?

3BLD PB 42.75[16.45] U2 R2 U2 L U2 B2 L U2 R B2 D2 U R2 B' F2 U2 F U R D' B' z' y'

Roman · Oct 1, 2015

CyanSandwich said:
Nice! When are you gonna make a thread? Sub-11?

Thanks!
I will make one after a decent solve without pauses

TheCoolMinxer · Oct 1, 2015

Roman said:
6BLD UWR with 40sec pause and 3 parities!! LoL.

11:23.25[4:52.56]

memo starts at 2:00
solve starts at 6:52
pause at 8:37

scramble: R2 2L L 2F' F' R' 2U2 L 3R 2D 3F2 R2 2U2 3R' L2 2L 2R2 D 2F F' 3U 3F F' 2U' 2B F 2U L' 3U2 3F' 2U 2R F D' 3F 2F L' 3R R' B2 L2 U2 3U2 D L F 2R' 2F' 2B' 3U 3F' 2F' 3R2 2F2 U2 D' 2L' 2R D2 2R2 R D 2L' B2 2L L' 2U U2 2B 2R' R' D' 2D2 2F R' D2 R' U 2F R'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKTt4mkuOpo

Nice! Also sub5 memo and lol reaction

TheCoolMinxer · Oct 1, 2015

4bld pb by a bit

(former 8:45), 5:10 memo

8:33.06 Uw F' D Fw Uw2 L' Rw D U' B Fw L F' L' R2 Fw F' L2 Rw2 F' B Fw' R' Rw D2 L' Rw' Fw2 L2 Uw' U' Rw U2 F Rw R F' Rw' B' L'

willtri4 · Oct 1, 2015

First timed 3BLD success! 9:10.57.

cmhardw · Oct 1, 2015

josh42732 said:
New PB!!
1:28.76. First solve of the session, and first timed solve for a while. I would sometimes do BLD in front of friends or something, but I can't seem to do BLD in public when I show people. Anyone else struggle with the same thing and how to overcome it?

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.

TheCoolMinxer · Oct 1, 2015

yay, pb by 20 sec, 4:45 memo

8:13.03 D U' F2 R' Fw2 L2 R' B R' B' Uw2 Rw2 F D2 U' Uw' R' Uw B2 R2 Uw F' Uw Rw2 R2 L2 B2 F U2 B' L D Rw' B' D F D2 R Rw F'

TheCoolMinxer · Oct 2, 2015

wat 3bld, super ez scramble, 20ish memo. should hve been sub50 but I didn't find the spacebar meh... still happy

51.41 R B L D' B2 L' D B U2 B2 L2 B2 U2 B2 R U2 D2 L U2

josh42732 · Oct 2, 2015

cmhardw said:
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.

Wow thanks! I'll try it now in class.

penguinz7 · Oct 2, 2015

I attempted 5BLD last night. I thought about putting this in the blindfold failures thread (it was a DNF) but IMO, even just attempting 5BLD is an accomplishment in itself. The time was 36:xx off by 10 + centers, 7 x centers, 2 wings, and 2 midges, but the wings/midges were all in the right places, just flipped. I'm now one of the very few Canadians to have attempted 5BLD

Rcuber123 · Oct 2, 2015

Had a success rate of 3/7 today after not having a success for almost a month!

The times were 8:12 7:39 and 7:13

Keroma12 · Oct 2, 2015

penguinz7 said:
I'm now one of the very few Canadians to have attempted 5BLD

Nice :tu
Too bad we have so few competitions with 5BLD (or 4BLD or Multi, for that matter).

penguinz7 · Oct 2, 2015

Keroma12 said:
Nice :tu
Too bad we have so few competitions with 5BLD (or 4BLD or Multi, for that matter).

Thanks! Yeah, it is unfortunate, I probably won't get an official bigBLD for a long time.. Although we are planning on having MBLD at the Edmonton Open, Winter 2016. (Probably January)

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