Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

202. (2:23.090[1:25.693]) * R2 B2 F' L2 U2 F U2 B2 L2 U2 F' D' L' R' U F R' B' D' U
203. (2:39.010[1:32.573]) * L2 U2 L B2 D2 B2 R B2 U2 R' D2 F' R2 F' U2 R' D' F' D' B'
204. (2:45.568+[1:26.804]) * L' F2 U2 L' B2 D2 R2 F2 D2 R2 D B' D F' R B U B2 L2 D'
205. (2:39.423[1:23.611]) * F' U' R B2 L2 B' R D2 L F2 B2 U R2 U F2 B2 R2 U' R2 U
206. 4:34.653[1:33.296 - had to undo all edges due to execution mistake at the start] * L2 B D2 U2 B F2 U2 L2 R2 B D R U B D' U2 R2 B' L' B
207. (2:08.094[1:06.008]) * B2 F' D2 L2 F2 U2 F' D2 R2 D2 L2 R D' L R' U' B R' D2 F' U'

Finally beat my PB of 2:22.86 which was back from 2011. The worst part was that for the 2:23.09, I missed stopping the timer at the end of the solve so it should have been my new PB. Good thing I smashed it a few solves later otherwise I would have been pretty annoyed. Also PBs (compare to yet-to-be-updated sig):

mo3: 2:35.889
ao5: 2:41.334

I should have switched to OP corners years ago haha.
 
4BLD pb - 3:44.53

First sub-4, and my first 4BLD attempt in 4 days. This is 25 seconds faster than my previous pb, and the scramble wasn't even that lucky. I don't have the scramble, but memo was AIUKZNEQCGPRHLT ZOKIWTADVFHBPSCMAEQE STLMBKIU, which means I only had 9 centers already solved. Memo was around 1:20. I tried getting an average of 5, but I stopped after a second DNF (3:44.53, DNF, 4:21.10, DNF).

Nice! NAR soon?
 
Nice! NAR soon?
Thanks! If I go to a competition that has 4BLD, getting 2nd in US won't be difficult, 2nd in North America is possible, and sub-3:31 could be possible if I learn full center comms and review less (memorizing centers at the end would probably save a lot of review, so I might try practicing this tomorrow).
I wish I could have gone to Indiana tomorrow, but my dad said it would be too far to drive (5 and a half hours) on a day with school.

Three words: Bill Wang Montreal
I can still get NR :) Just need to put some more effort into actually getting faster and not only doing lots of solves.
 
1. 4:06.76[1:30.94] B2 r u2 f U2 L2 R' u r' L F B' u2 F' U D R' r U' r f B' D' B F L2 B' u D' B' u2 F U r2 D L' u2 L B2 f2

+/w/c = 14/22/6 and (Corner parity)

PB :D Awesome

Even more awesome because I had one letter in memo wrong during centers but I remembered that I had 3 solved centers on that face at the beginning and was able to do correct comm that was actually against my memo because of that! :D

Scramble in solving orientation and do x' you have 3 solved centers on F and L :)
My memo for centers was MA UB NC RV PT HI YI
That bolded H should be F, but while executing I remembered visually that only F-face center that was unsolved was letter F so my memo must be wrong and was able to correct that :)
 
He told me to TOS2014 that he doesn't do 4BLD anymore.

Not sure if he was joking.

Wat, really? :'(

Oh crap, didn't know he has a comp with 4BLD coming up. Looks like I'll be pushed down to 5th :P

I just wanted to scare people :p
The competition isn't 100% confirmed yet and even if it is, he might not go, or even do 4BLD from the sound of it.
 
Oh double post I guess.

New 4BLD PB on a cray scramble.

4:15.88[1:08.44] B' U D2 R F' D F2 Uw' B' D L2 Uw U' D2 Rw' L2 R2 F2 D2 F2 D B' D L2 R' Rw' Fw2 R' Rw2 Fw' Rw2 R' B2 Fw2 L2 F2 D R2 F L'
(11ce/8c/23w)

Extreme shakes because I knew it could be PB and maybe sub-4.

WOW! Your memo times are about half a minute faster than mine but still our times seem very similar :D

Are you using 3-style or some simpler method?
 
41.64 3BLD official. Just kinda worked for my memo and I went all out, apparently it was fast. Glad to get back into top-100, even if it's just for single because I failed to get a (good) mean. Also sub-4 4BLD official with 3:58.26, should have been faster as the scramble was nice but I paused a few times during recall :/.
 
WOW! Your memo times are about half a minute faster than mine but still our times seem very similar :D

Are you using 3-style or some simpler method?
Corners - OP, but I know a few comms
Centers - Comms, but I just set up to easy cases that I know and I have to think about it a lot still.
Wings - Advanced r2

Crazy memo to exec ratio :p Do you pause a lot in exec? And M2/OP/TurBo or comms?
I have a lot of micro-pauses I guess, and I turn slower because slipping a layer is irritating. On that one I forgot part of a cube and had to go through 27 possible letter pairs until one of them clicked.
I use OP corners/TuRBo edges with a few corner comms.

Any tips to memo faster in multi? I generally take that time to memo half that number even though I'm a bit faster at 3BLD :p
Hmm... review less and do a small multi at the end. For 21 cubes, I memo 1-4, review 1-4, repeat for each row until 16, then review 1-16. After that I memo 17-20, review 17-20, 3bld the last one, execute 17-20, execute 1-16.
A lot of people probably take their time because they know there's no rush, or are being overly careful. Try setting a time limit for memo and just rush it if you start "falling behind schedule".
 
pb ao5
(40.50), (1:00.43), 44.40, 48.03, 45.86 = 46.10

40.50 R2 U L2 D2 L' B' D' L' F R B2 D2 L B2 D2 R2 L' U2 L U2
1:00.43 B' R U2 R' L2 U R' L2 B D2 F2 B2 U L2 U' F2 R2 B2 U
44.40 L2 F' D L2 U' R' F' L2 U L B2 U2 F2 R' D2 L' B2 R U2
48.03 L2 D2 B D2 B' D2 R2 F D2 U2 B2 D L2 R F2 L' B L' D B2
45.86 F' U' R D' B' D F' R' D' L2 B2 D2 B2 U' F2 D' L2
 
Hmm... review less and do a small multi at the end. For 21 cubes, I memo 1-4, review 1-4, repeat for each row until 16, then review 1-16. After that I memo 17-20, review 17-20, 3bld the last one, execute 17-20, execute 1-16.
A lot of people probably take their time because they know there's no rush, or are being overly careful. Try setting a time limit for memo and just rush it if you start "falling behind schedule".

Hmm.. The small multi at the end seems interesting to me.. If I get down to practising more multi(which I really should) I'll try implementing that from now on in my solves.. I guess I fall in the overly safe category now because I think 15+cubes shouldn't be a stretch for me as my exec is fairly decent with M2/3-style (I mainly set up to corner cases I'm familiar with but I'm gradually expanding to full 3-style).
Thanks!
 
Hmm.. The small multi at the end seems interesting to me.. If I get down to practising more multi(which I really should) I'll try implementing that from now on in my solves.. I guess I fall in the overly safe category now because I think 15+cubes shouldn't be a stretch for me as my exec is fairly decent with M2/3-style (I mainly set up to corner cases I'm familiar with but I'm gradually expanding to full 3-style).
Thanks!

I definitely recommend having a 'schedule', but I've had mixed results with doing 2/3/4 cubes at the end of an attempt. I always stick to one cube at the end and dedicate the majority of my energy and focus on the main bulk of the multi.

Experiment with both ideas
 
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