Blindsolving Failure Thread

[nitrocan]

I was interviewed at our national TV, asked to solve a rubik's cube, and I did it in 20.12 (a little better than my average).

Then I was asked to do a BLD solve, but wasn't told about a time limit
I was memorizing the edges, and the people were like "GO GO GO!" so I had to go ahead and do it. I only did the edges and the cube didn't look like anything.

WOW that was a DISASTER!

Ouch, that sucks.

Well at least it wasn't on the evening news or something. It was at the 4th national channel so there weren't millions of viewers

 

[pelnied]

If i ever try blindfolding i would definately fail.... I barely average like :57 without blindfolding i cant figure out how to improve my times

 

[Mike Hughey]

4:13 4x4 DNF, 2 flipped corners :/:\:|

Ohhh - so painful! Awesome attempt, though!!!!

 

[fanwuq]

I was interviewed at our national TV, asked to solve a rubik's cube, and I did it in 20.12 (a little better than my average).

Then I was asked to do a BLD solve, but wasn't told about a time limit
I was memorizing the edges, and the people were like "GO GO GO!" so I had to go ahead and do it. I only did the edges and the cube didn't look like anything.

WOW that was a DISASTER!

Ouch, that sucks.

Well at least it wasn't on the evening news or something. It was at the 4th national channel so there weren't millions of viewers

When that happens, I pull out a 2x2. I almost never DNF them.

 

[McWizzle94]

Got the right thread this time =]

4x4x4 BLD DNF 16 something. I tried going fast but I ended up mixing up stuff during the edges so I just DNF'ed it instead of trying.

EDIT: 1:02.34 3x3x3 BLD DNF

This one was kinda lucky (only 3 corners to orient) but the rest wasn't. I memo'ed the corners too fast so I incorrectly memorized it I think. Off by 2 2-cycles of corners xD

 

[Mozza314]

I've just started trying 3x3 BLD. I've had about 10 narrow DNF's so far

 

[Carson]

I finally tried an entire 3x3 for the first time a few moments ago. I have succesfully solved just edges and just corners a few times, but this was my first attempt at a full cube.

DNF - 2 Correct edges - 1 Correct corner... everything else was wrong.
Memo Time: 1 Full episode of CSI Miami
Execution: About 15 minutes give or take
Total Solve: ~1:15:00

This was not even remotely close, but I'm fairly confident that my memo was right on... and I actually had no trouble at all recalling while executing. I believe my problem was in cube rotations for my Y perm. I had quite a few of them, and I know for a fact that I was doing my cube rotations wrong. I use Classic Pochman.

 

[rjohnson_8ball]

I finally tried an entire 3x3 for the first time a few moments ago. I have succesfully solved just edges and just corners a few times, but this was my first attempt at a full cube.

DNF - 2 Correct edges - 1 Correct corner... everything else was wrong.
Memo Time: 1 Full episode of CSI Miami
Execution: About 15 minutes give or take
Total Solve: ~1:15:00

This was not even remotely close, but I'm fairly confident that my memo was right on... and I actually had no trouble at all recalling while executing. I believe my problem was in cube rotations for my Y perm. I had quite a few of them, and I know for a fact that I was doing my cube rotations wrong. I use Classic Pochman.

I personally try to avoid rotating the whole cube, unless it really simplifies setup/setdown moves. As for other turns and sequences, I just practice them more and more while training in BLD. Oh, I recommend BLD solving when you get up in the morning, even while still in bed. The mind is fresh for memory and for execution.

I predict you will succeed this week, if you haven't yet. And I also predict you will be jumping up and down, running crazy around the house when you open your eyes and see a solved cube.

 

[joey]

You should never need to rotate the cube with classic pochmann.. You must be doing something wrong if you think you need too.

 

[rjohnson_8ball]

You should never need to rotate the cube with classic pochmann.. You must be doing something wrong if you think you need too.

I was confused by what Carson said too. I do 3OP, so certain cube rotations are okay in setups/setdowns as long as piece orientations stay preserved. I don't do Classic Pochmann (yet). Maybe Carson does "wide turns" in setups for his Y-perm, which can almost be considered "rotating the cube" (well most of the cube anyway).

 

[Stefan]

The Y perm is for solving corners, where wide turns don't exactly help.

 

[joey]

The Y perm is for solving corners, where wide turns don't exactly help.

You can solve edges with it

Actually, you can only do the wide turn d, so it shouldn't be too hard. I think there may be some confusion going on.

 

[Kian]

i think he must just be saying that he does cube rotations in his normal y-perm. in which case i would suggest just doing the standard y perm so you dont' have to worry about y or y' turns.

 

[Carson]

My Y-Perm trades the UFL and UBR corners, so I do a Y' before executing it each time. What threw me off however, is that my Y-Perm includes a (Dw), so instead of just doing a Y after the perm, I have to do a Y2.

My Y-Perm: (R' U' R) F'2 (R' U R) Dw (R'2 U' R2 U' R'2)
I absolutely love this for speedsolving, but it really isn't that great for BLD due to the rotations. I just don't want to have to learn any new algos for BLD right now since I'm still working on just getting all of the PLL's down.

 

[Carson]

Just tried it again.

DNF
24:43.19 (Was much quicker this time)
4 Correct Edges - 2 Correct Corners

I think I did the wrong J-Perm at least once and possibly twice. I also somehow ended up memorizing something incorrectly for the corners. I was solving and all of the sudden I was trying to shoot "from my buffer" "to my buffer" and seeing as I had no correctly permuted, yet incorrectly oriented, corners, I knew this was a mistake.

Even though my memo was obviously incorrect, I had no trouble recalling what I had memo'd. (A jamaican QVC host, cats making omelets, an x-rated scene in front of K-Mart) Those things will certainly stick with someone.

 

[joey]

My Y-Perm trades the UFL and UBR corners, so I do a Y' before executing it each time. What threw me off however, is that my Y-Perm includes a (Dw), so instead of just doing a Y after the perm, I have to do a Y2.

My Y-Perm: (R' U' R) F'2 (R' U R) Dw (R'2 U' R2 U' R'2)
I absolutely love this for speedsolving, but it really isn't that great for BLD due to the rotations. I just don't want to have to learn any new algos for BLD right now since I'm still working on just getting all of the PLL's down.

You're not actually meant to use a Y-perm Everyone calls it a Y-perm, but it's actually the 'standard' Y-perm conjugated with F'.
ie: F' (F R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R F') F

Obviously those cancel, so it is just: R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R
You should learn it. Or, you could learn R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U'

 

[McWizzle94]

18:xx.xx 4x4x4 BLD DNF

This one was rreeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaalllllllllllllyyyyyy close!!!! Only off by a 5-cycle of centers xD I think it was an execution error. anyway, this adds to my streak of 4x4x4 DNF's xD

Btw, I would like to say that I have the 300th post to this thread!

 

[*LukeMayn*]

MIssed my 2nd ever attempt by2 misoriented corners >.>
still fun though
It was like 12:xx.xx

 

[Rubixcubematt]

GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, A 1:59 BLD DNF . it was of by an anti-sune. boy am i annoyed. would have been my first sub-2 ever, if i orriented them. ah well.

 

[jcuber]

I tried to solve it blindfolded without doing memo or even being able to do it using a blind method w/o a blindfold. I must have messed up at the very beginning, because it went horribly wrong for some reason.