Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[RayLam]

3bld 24.846 avg of 12,only one DNF~with random orientation but no box coz i couldn't find a box with proper size...
4bld 1:44.146 but DNF...2 edges were not solved...But i got 2:17 avg of 5(one DNF)!

 

[A Leman]

I have completed a complete Letter Pair Person list and have associations that people can do. PA systems FTW.

The next goal is to improve my one pass memo limit for Multi's. The goal will be to one pass 11 cubes until I can get an 11/11.

 

[Micael]

I have completed a complete Letter Pair Person list and have associations that people can do. PA systems FTW.

The next goal is to improve my one pass memo limit for Multi's. The goal will be to one pass 11 cubes until I can get an 11/11.

You have all my admiration man! I have been working on such a system for AGES, I know it is very hard to do. I am quite close to be done with it now though and really look forward to finally start bld again! I basically have put together a second order person-action system, I guess that is also what you mean?

 

[A Leman]

You have all my admiration man! I have been working on such a system for AGES, I know it is very hard to do. I am quite close to be done with it now though and really look forward to finally start bld again! I basically have put together a second order person-action system, I guess that is also what you mean?

That's good to hear. Yes, It's a second order Person-Action system. I have been working on it passively for a long time and actively working on filling blanks since early August. A lot of good actions can be derived from the people though so the main issue was getting the list of people down pat. Overall, I think that it will be a significant upgrade to letter pairs with random associations. It's probably my only Blindfolded Accomplishment recently, but I'm ok with that since making the list was a lot of work.

 

[RayLam]

27.408，21.501，24.285，20.744，19.152,avg of 5=22.177!!!New pb wow~~But without random orientation,yet im practising RO

 

[tseitsei]

I have completed a complete Letter Pair Person list and have associations that people can do. PA systems FTW.

I'm curious if other good (big or multi)BLDers have these preset PA or PAO lists for all letter pairs.
Because I don't use strict PA(O) memo in my big or multiBLD attempts. It's ususally something like PAO but differs depending on what letters I get and what words I can come up with on the fly. I only have preset letter pairs for "hard" letter pairs and "easy" ones change depending on what I first think of while memoing those letters.

Should I have all my letter pairs preset? Wouldn't that be kind of bad because then you get the same things in memo all the time and then mix up memos between solves?
Or in MBLD you can get same images/persons/objects in many different parts of the memo and mess up because of that? But if I don't have most of the pairs preset I can come up with different one(s)...

 

[STOCKY7]

First 3bld! ~10:30 memo, CDOEAPLTQWXRKW memo for edges, I forget corners, using OP / OP and a time of 13:16.76. And I got it on video! so pumped right now

Man that's a horrible memo! - well done though!!!

 

[cmhardw]

I'm curious if other good (big or multi)BLDers have these preset PA or PAO lists for all letter pairs.
Because I don't use strict PA(O) memo in my big or multiBLD attempts. It's ususally something like PAO but differs depending on what letters I get and what words I can come up with on the fly. I only have preset letter pairs for "hard" letter pairs and "easy" ones change depending on what I first think of while memoing those letters.

Ian Winokur has a fully formed second order PAO list. I've been interested in learning a set like this, but I never have. I know Richard Patterson has talked about this in the past too.

Should I have all my letter pairs preset? Wouldn't that be kind of bad because then you get the same things in memo all the time and then mix up memos between solves?
Or in MBLD you can get same images/persons/objects in many different parts of the memo and mess up because of that? But if I don't have most of the pairs preset I can come up with different one(s)...

I would recommend a preset list. It decreases the encoding time. The situation of having the same image come up multiple times is helped by the fact that those images are memorized in different memory locations (if you use the method of loci that is).

 

[tseitsei]

I would recommend a preset list. It decreases the encoding time. The situation of having the same image come up multiple times is helped by the fact that those images are memorized in different memory locations (if you use the method of loci that is).

Yeah I use loci method. And maybe I should make a preset list...

One more trick I realized I use because of my "intuitive"/"free" letter pairs is:
If I get a memo of DB FB
I would memo David Beckham playing FootBall
But if I get DB MG I would probably memo DoBby (the house-elf from harry potter) doing MaGic

This allows me to modify my memo story to be easier to remember
Put I can definitely see how preset list would also help...

ALSO!!
10:19.42 5bld PB

NR is getting closer... I have until 13.12. to practise and then I must beat it.
Seems quite doable at the moment.

EDIT:

ALSO!!!
3:55.96 4bld PB

 

[Username]

10:19.42 5bld

NR is getting closer... I have until 13.12. to practise and then I must beat it.
Seems quite doable at the moment.

gogogogogogo

 

[cmhardw]

10:19.42 5bld

NR is getting closer... I have until 13.12. to practise and then I must beat it.
Seems quite doable at the moment.

Why am I giving you advice? Doesn't make sense, you're already really fast

Yeah I use loci method. And maybe I should make a preset list...

One more trick I realized I use because of my "intuitive"/"free" letter pairs is:
If I get a memo of DB FB
I would memo David Beckham playing FootBall
But if I get DB MG I would probably memo DoBby (the house-elf from harry potter) doing MaGic

This allows me to modify my memo story to be easier to remember
Put I can definitely see how preset list would also help...

Maybe it wouldn't, considering the speed you're already at. Perhaps visualize less, and use sentences more?

Again, I don't really see why I am giving you advice as I don't think I have enough experience/skill to offer anything relevant here.

 

[tseitsei]

Why am I giving you advice? Doesn't make sense, you're already really fast



Maybe it wouldn't, considering the speed you're already at. Perhaps visualize less, and use sentences more?

Again, I don't really see why I am giving you advice as I don't think I have enough experience/skill to offer anything relevant here.

I use sentences already for everything but MBLD and in 5BLD for pieces that aren't in 4x4 (so +centers and midges).
Sentences is just so much faster for me than visualizing everything.

In multi it is pretty much a MUST to use images for everything... And at the moment 5bld is little too much for me to remember only using sentences, so I do images of the pieces that 4x4 doesn't have and then just do normal 4bld with sentences and execute the +centers and midges last...

 

[CHJ]

not a PB my any means at all, but getting somewhat back into 5BLD now i have an aochuang and i spawned this 9:17 from this (4:14 memo)

D' L2 b l2 U2 F' u' b2 d' L B' r' u l' u r2 b2 R' D' U2 l u2 d2 l r2 U D' u2 L' U2 r D f' R2 B2 r2 B b U D l F' L2 u' l' D f U l2 D' d B' r' l B' d F2 U2 l2 D2

its on cam but i probably wont upload as i now realise my exec sux (not memo, looking at you ollie XD)

 

[A Leman]

I'm curious if other good (big or multi)BLDers have these preset PA or PAO lists for all letter pairs.
Because I don't use strict PA(O) memo in my big or multiBLD attempts. It's ususally something like PAO but differs depending on what letters I get and what words I can come up with on the fly. I only have preset letter pairs for "hard" letter pairs and "easy" ones change depending on what I first think of while memoing those letters.

Should I have all my letter pairs preset? Wouldn't that be kind of bad because then you get the same things in memo all the time and then mix up memos between solves?
Or in MBLD you can get same images/persons/objects in many different parts of the memo and mess up because of that? But if I don't have most of the pairs preset I can come up with different one(s)...

I know that some people have a very large prepared vocabulary to pull from like Ollie and his sentences. I’ve never been good at sentences. Preset lists are more common among Memory athletes though. You should do what works for you.

I don’t think mixing up between memos is a problem at all unless you are using the same locations repeatedly on the same day regardless of the system. That has to do with remembering both memo’s and forgetting which was the last solves’ memo. If you have enough locations to give them a break for a day or two, then that’s not a problem at all.

The point for me is to have the linking and images become somewhat automatic so I don’t have to think to form the images. I had a preset list previously, but I had problems where 2 “hard” pairs as you say would cause low accuracy and waste time. A PA system makes your images interesting by design instead of trusting yourself to be in the mood to make good associations on any given day. I think it’s helpful to have a “reason” for every image. That makes every location feel unique.

EDIT: I just noticed something very interesting! Your example of "DB FB: I would memo David Beckham playing FootBall" is the same as Oliver Frost's example "DB = David Beckham as the person, playing football as the action, or a football as an object" from yesterday. It's amazing how things happen like that.

 

[tseitsei]

I don’t think mixing up between memos is a problem at all unless you are using the same locations repeatedly on the same day regardless of the system. That has to do with remembering both memo’s and forgetting which was the last solves’ memo. If you have enough locations to give them a break for a day or two, then that’s not a problem at all.

Ok, I think that's my problem then. Because I have a very limited amount of memory locations to put stuff in. Maybe I need to add more of those. Thanks

The point for me is to have the linking and images become somewhat automatic so I don’t have to think to form the images. I had a preset list previously, but I had problems where 2 “hard” pairs as you say would cause low accuracy and waste time. A PA system makes your images interesting by design instead of trusting yourself to be in the mood to make good associations on any given day. I think it’s helpful to have a “reason” for every image. That makes every location feel unique.

This is what I have most trouble with in MBLD. I can memo a cube quickly and make a sentence out of it without effort BUT "translating" that sentence to image and placing that image to a certain location takes a lot of time and mental effort and active thinking for me...

EDIT: I just noticed something very interesting! Your example of "DB FB: I would memo David Beckham playing FootBall" is the same as Oliver Frost's example "DB = David Beckham as the person, playing football as the action, or a football as an object" from yesterday. It's amazing how things happen like that.

To be honest that is not a coincidence. I chose this as an example because it was the same example that was recently used by Ollie

 

[DennisStrehlau]

MBLD - 5/5 - 6:40.66 (+2) PB

Wow, i didnt see that coming. Same thing than usual. That means -> I memorize, review and solve the same way like any other amount of cubes in a MBLD attempt. So i dont go faster than usual, do less review, do a single BLD on the last cube or anything like that.
I am very happy that i can be that fast without "going for speed".

Greetings, Dennis

 

[Ollie]

Found a couple of hours to practice 4BLD today (since I'm going to UKC for the day after all) - 2:13.50, 2:33.70, 2:26.68, 2:26.79, 2:13.11, 2:11.09, 2:30.90, 2:21.37, 2:24.52, 2:09.65, 2:17.77, DNF = 2:21.94 Ao12 and UWR I think, lol

 

[AJ Blair]

MBLD: 5/10 56:42.23 (47:23.xy)

This is a success because it is my first attempt at 10 cubes and my execution was sub-10.

It is a massive failure because 4 of the 5 cubes were off by 2 twisted corners. I need to come up with a better system to remember where these corners are, and more importantly, which direction they need to be twisted...this, without a doubt, should have been a 9 out of 10. I executed a corner twist on all 4 of the cubes that were off, I just went the wrong direction with them...

 

[penguinz7]

Wasn't quite sure to put this in the fail or accomplishment thread, but I decided to put it here because it is definitely a big personal accomplishment.
1/2 MBLD 13:56 (9:xx) First cube was off by three edges. (This is my first MBLD attempt if you haven't already figured that out.)

 

[Hari]

Some PBs from today:
4BLD single- 4:15.48 L' Fw' Rw' U Uw2 D Fw L2 Rw Uw' L U' F2 Fw2 D' F B2 U Uw' Rw D R2 D L' Rw Fw2 B2 U' D Rw F Fw2 L' D F2 L Rw F Rw Fw'

3BLD- Ao12: 44.88... The first 5 make up a 37.48 PB ao5 and solves 5-7 make a 35.90 mean..
1. 33.74 U' R2 B2 R2 L2 D' F2 D R2 F2 D R F' L' U L2 U' L U2 B' L'
2. 40.93 F2 D' F2 D B2 D' B2 L2 D2 R2 U2 L' D' B2 R F' L B' D U' L' D
3. 48.22 D' R2 D' L2 D2 R2 U L2 F2 D2 B2 L' D U2 B' R U B2 F' R2 U
4. 37.77 D' L2 D R2 D' B2 U L2 U' L2 U' F' R D U R' U2 R L U' F2 D'
5. 32.10 B2 L2 D' L2 U' R2 D' B2 R2 U B2 R' B' F' U R U' R2 B L2 U'
6. 38.32 L2 F2 D B2 F2 D F2 R2 L2 U' L2 B' D2 U' F2 D' B D' L F2 L2
7. 37.28 R2 U' L2 U F2 U2 L2 F2 U2 F2 U' L' B R' F R D U B F' R
8. 58.53 F2 R2 U B2 D2 B2 U F2 D' B2 U2 F' R U' R D' B' U L' D' R U2
9. 58.77 DNF L2 F2 R2 F2 U2 B2 U B2 F2 U R2 F' D2 R B D' F' R2 D' R2
10. 42.32 F2 D U F2 R2 U' R2 D B2 L B2 D' L B' D2 L2 D F' L2
11. 1:04.72 D2 L2 D' F2 R2 U' L2 D' L2 F2 R2 F' B2 U L U' L2 D L2 B' L2 D
12. 46.99 B2 D2 L2 B2 R2 F2 U F2 U' B2 D' R F D2 L2 D B' R' D R2 F2