Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[rjohnson_8ball]

My first successful 3x3 BLD solve was September 3, 2008 and my 100th was yesterday morning, December 11, 2008, the day after my 54th birthday. I documented them all at http://www.myspace.com/rjohnson8ball . I still hope to do maybe 3 per day, but I won't be documenting successes. My next goal is to improve my memo plus execution speed. I have to bring it from 15 minutes down to 7 minutes or less if I ever hope to get into the official "oldest BLD solver" list. My goal after sub-7 3x3 BLD will probably be 4x4 BLD.

 

[McWizzle94]

YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, my first sub-2 BLD solve ever!!!!!!! time was 1:52.19, using freestyle corners with visual memo, and M2 with letter pairs memo. it was a pretty easy solve for freestyle corners, with easy memo as well. edges were a bit harder though. here is the scramble if you want it D2 R B2 D' U2 B2 F2 U2 R' L D U' B2 R' L2 D B L2 B R' D' U2 L2 R D'. I'm so stoked

I told you that you'd get sub-2 soon Congrats man

 

[cubeRemi]

I did 2:11.54 on 3x3 bld.

I first learned old/classic Pochman and did some ~4/5 minutes solves.
then I learned TuRBo, R2, M2, 3OP (for corners and edges) and tried free style to find out what's best. I always did only corners or only edges, but today I started doing full solves. So its about 3 months since I solved a complete 3x3 .

now I use sort of my own 3-cycle method, TuRBo is a subset of that.

I think I'll get sub 2 next week.

Remi

 

[fanwuq]

01:34.51 memo
2:11.90 Execution
No delay in between, total = 3:46.41
New PB! Is my execution that slow?
My hands were cold...

Third scramble of this week's contest.

 

[fanwuq]

1:10.95 memo
02:00.47 execution
It wasn't an easy scramble, I was just in the zone.
total= 3:11.42
Yes!!!!! New PB again!!!!
D' F' R B U2 L2 R D U' R D B' F L' U' F U' R B' L2 R2 B R U' D

The edge memo was
IRAB NW UX FD LOL
Corner was visual 5 to permute, 2 to flip.

 

[fanwuq]

Tried Rowe Hessler's UWR scramble. I won't count it as PB, it's just too lucky.
0:57.77 Memo
1:24.78 Execution
Total: 2:22.55

 

[Rubixcubematt]

WOOT, a 1:46 BLD . i've lost the scramble, but it wasn't lucky. yay, 4 non-lucky BLD solves this weekend so far.

 

[Ville Seppänen]

4:23.23 4x4BLD, 1:31 memo. Nonlucky, 1 edge, 7 centers and 1 corner solved if I remember it right. The memo was just really easy.

 

[DavidWoner]

4:23.23 4x4BLD, 1:31 memo. Nonlucky, 1 edge, 7 centers and 1 corner solved if I remember it right. The memo was just really easy.

WTF2L!!!!!!

 

[aegius1r]

1. 55.09 D U' F2 L' R' F2 L U B F' R' D U F2 D U' F' U2 B' F2 U' F2 L F R2
2. 1:03.10 F D R2 D' U B2 U L R' U B2 F' U' R U2 F R' B U F' R D' U' B2 D'
3. 55.93 D' U2 B D' B2 D2 R' B' F L B D2 U2 R2 F D F' D R F D U' L' R2 B'

avg of 3 58.04
the two 55s were pretty easy..

 

[Rubixcubematt]

OMG, ANOTHER BLD RECORD. SUPER EASY SCRAMBLE, BUT NOT LUCKY. L2 D2 L2 U' L B2 L F' D R L2 B' D2 U L' U2 F2 R2 F' D' B R L' D' U' the time was 1:25.15!!!!! anyone should try it.

 

[MatsBergsten]

He is also good at remembering Pi! http://www.x.se/6ym2[/QUOTE]

Oh, wow - I had never made the connection! I've seen his record a bunch of times over there, when I was pursuing the 5-ball pi reciting record. I had no problem with the 5-ball one, but Mats's 3-ball one is completely out of my league!

How should you have made the connection? Maybe this can help?
http://memento.homeip.net/~mabe/cubejuggling.jpg

That was really close on the 5x5x5! Maybe next time.[/QUOTE]

Thanks. Most competitions doesn't have 5x5BLD though. I have hopes
for the coming event in Norrkoeping.

The three center pieces off were bad in another sense too. They were in
B/D/L layers so when I put the cube down and removed the blindfold I
thought I made it for a second or two.

 

[Mike Hughey]

The three center pieces off were bad in another sense too. They were in
B/D/L layers so when I put the cube down and removed the blindfold I
thought I made it for a second or two.

I hate when that happens! It happened to me a couple of times at Chattahoochee.

 

[KConny]

Mats: We will at least get one attempt at Gunnar Open.

 

[fanwuq]

OMG, ANOTHER BLD RECORD. SUPER EASY SCRAMBLE, BUT NOT LUCKY. L2 D2 L2 U' L B2 L F' D R L2 B' D2 U L' U2 F2 R2 F' D' B R L' D' U' the time was 1:25.15!!!!! anyone should try it.

That is so easy!!!!

45.43 memo
1:16.63 execution
2:02.06 total !!!!!
Should I count it as PB?
I think it is lucky.

Edit:
By the way, it was 3OP corners (which I almost never use) and M2 edges. Visual corners, letters edges.

4:23.23 4x4BLD, 1:31 memo. Nonlucky, 1 edge, 7 centers and 1 corner solved if I remember it right. The memo was just really easy.

WTF2L!!!!!!

Yes, WTF2L!!!!!!

 

[McWizzle94]

2:05 something with freestyle corners and M2 so yea.

 

[Rubixcubematt]

I think it is lucky.

its not lucky, just really easy. im counting it as my pb, so i think you should to .

 

[fanwuq]

I think it is lucky.

its not lucky, just really easy. im counting it as my pb, so i think you should to .

But the corners is just A perm on both layers than orient the corners! and there was 2 or 3 edges solved?
Also, the total time is like my average memo time.

 

[Derrick Eide17]

49.68 on Ville's scramble
really good scramble

 

[Ville Seppänen]

@fanwuq: It's nonlucky, but I don't think you should count it because you used someone else's scramble. Sure it's really easy, but only 2 pieces solved. And a 7-cycle of corners is faster to do than 2 3-cycles + orient, and I'm sure you don't think a 7-cycle is lucky.

49.68 on Ville's scramble
really good scramble

Yay!