Haiyan Zhuang BLD solve?

[a small kitten]

http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/p.php?i=2008ZHUA01

That 1:13.08 is kind of suspicious? The guy's BLD solve was faster than his regular 3x3 solve in the Guangdong open. I'm really curious lol. Can anyone explain this?

 

[MistArts]

He probably does BLD during 3x3 speed.

 

[Squeek]

Yeah, but that would mean no memo needed and result should be faster?

 

[ShadenSmith]

Hmm...that is interesting.

 

[Ville Seppänen]

From what I have heard, that guy is just being stupid.

as in doing only BLD solves.

 

[a small kitten]

Yeah, but that would mean no memo needed and result should be faster?

I guess MistArts is saying that he actually does BLD, memo and all, while doing 3x3 speed.

 

[ShadenSmith]

That's obnoxious.

 

[Rubixcubematt]

yes, i think he does, notice the 3 DNF's he has.

 

[Squeek]

Lol that is kind of stupid I suppose, more warm up basically? Or just obnoxious too.

 

[joey]

Umm, why obnoxious? He only does BLD, he doesn't even know LBL or any form of beginners methods.

 

[ShadenSmith]

If it's all he can do I don't think it's obnoxious. But if he's doing it just to do BLD, that's obnoxious. I think doing a BLD solve every once in a while during speed is okay, if it's just for fun. But every time? Obnoxious.

 

[ThePizzaGuy92]

thats very weird

 

[joey]

I'm still confused. Why obnoxious? The 3x3 category is about the time taken to solve the puzzle... it doesn't mention we *need* to use our eyes.

 

[Faz]

maybe he does his bld method with his eyes open, because this would require looking ahead, and when doing bld solves, you dont need lookahead. The lookahead forces slower execution time.

 

[Ellis]

I would laugh so hard if he was doing a regular 3x3 round with his blindfold and got like a lucky 50 second solve that would have been the world record.

But really... theres no reason at all that he should be doing that, not that it matters either way. If bld is the only method he knows, he can do the solve without memorization and just looking at it, with a nice inspection time. If hes doing it just to warm up for official BLD... 3x3 speedsolving rounds isnt the only place to do that. I just dont see the point of doing it EVERY time.

maybe he does his bld method with his eyes open

Hes got a ~40% success rate in 3x3 speedsolving, so I dont think hes looking. but he did also DNF 11/12 bld solves... maybe hes just more comfortable with an extra 15 second inspection before he starts his bld.

 

[joey]

Would you guys all complained if I did OH for normal speedsolves?

 

[keyan]

You guys are pretty rude. No one called it stupid when a European did this a few years ago. Why mock someone that's chosen an event to specialize in?

His BLD average is under 50 seconds. However, he does poorly in competition because of nerves. He takes speedsolve as a chance to prepare for BLD. So long as he's not causing trouble for the competition, what's wrong?

 

[qqwref]

I don't think it's obnoxious at all. You can do any type of solve you want during the normal 3x3 round. If this guy doesn't want to use a 3x3 speed method, or can't, there's no reason to force him. He isn't hurting anyone.

 

[Stefan]

No one called it stupid when a European did this a few years ago.

I missed that. Who was it?

 

[VirKill]

It was still....unbelievable....

Someone push his limit into BLD without (maybe) knowing normal speedsolving? Or.....is it possible if he's really BLIND?