Older cubers discussions

[Shaky Hands]

BLD is blind, right? :confused:

Yep, that's right.

 

[SpeedCubeReview]

Man. I am having so much trouble trying to cube has a hobby and still trying to adult.
What does your free time look like?

I can cube maybe once a day for 30 mins tops right now and that is best case scenario when wife and kids are in bed.
It never happens though. I keep falling asleep and not cubing at all. It has been pretty much since 15 Aug since I have touched a cube.

I just always keep a cube with me. When I have a break I will just play with the cube. Not always timing solves. I decided to start learning new algs so when I have time I will just repeat those over and over again.

 

[PlainCuber]

Yep, that's right.

Hey, thanks. I literally don't know how anyone can memorize the entire cube to do a BLD. Pretty amazing.

 

[newtonbase]

Hey, thanks. I literally don't know how anyone can memorize the entire cube to do a BLD. Pretty amazing.

It's easier than you think. You memo around 20 stickers as letters which you turn into 10 words/names/images. There's a bit of work involved in learning a method but I'm certain you could do it.

 

[Selkie]

Sorry been quite inactive last couple of week but we have been on leave at home relaxing and days out so not much internet or cubing time.

@mafergut - Yes I have had quite a few corner twists on the X-Man Galaxy Megaminx too.

@Lid - Pity would have been good to see some solves sir

@mark49152 , @Shaky Hands - Best of luck in comp this weekend. Any other older UKers going?

Will try and catch up on the thread properly tomorrow and will attempt a sub 2:10 ao5 megaminx on film.

 

[SpeedCubeReview]

Hey, thanks. I literally don't know how anyone can memorize the entire cube to do a BLD. Pretty amazing.

YA, what Newtonbase said. You are not memorizing the cube itself but instead tracking one pieces to another. Piece L goes to S, S to G, G to E, E to P, etc. So in the end you memorize LS GE P..... Usually on average 20 letters and then you can make words out of them and you end up with about 10 words per solve.

 

[PlainCuber]

YA, what Newtonbase said. You are not memorizing the cube itself but instead tracking one pieces to another. Piece L goes to S, S to G, G to E, E to P, etc. So in the end you memorize LS GE P..... Usually on average 20 letters and then you can make words out of them and you end up with about 10 words per solve.

Wow! And you do all this in a 15-second inspection?

 

[h2f]

Wow! And you do all this in a 15-second inspection?

No. You put hands on timer, start it, pickup box, uncover cube, memo it, put blindfold down, execute, put down cube, stop timer. Done. There's no preinspection.

 

[SpeedCubeReview]

Wow! And you do all this in a 15-second inspection?

I usually take me 1.5-2 minutes to inspect and memorize. The really fast people it's just going through the letters and they have it down. Here is a video I made on it for the basic method of solving. The faster methods are still similar for memorizing but they use more algorithms to swap multiple pieces at the same time.

 

[PlainCuber]

No. You put hands on timer, start it, pickup box, uncover cube, memo it, put blindfold down, execute, put down cube, stop timer. Done. There's no preinspection.

Thanks for the details. Still amazing to me.

 

[newtonbase]

Wow! And you do all this in a 15-second inspection?

Although Gianfranco Huanqui does 3BLD for his normal 3x3 solves where he does memo in inspection time. He's pretty special though.

 

[Selkie]

Megaminx: Managed to get a 2:07.28 PB average of 5 with a 1:58.40 PB single this afternoon on film:-

 

[PlainCuber]

I usually take me 1.5-2 minutes to inspect and memorize. The really fast people it's just going through the letters and they have it down. Here is a video I made on it for the basic method of solving. The faster methods are still similar for memorizing but they use more algorithms to swap multiple pieces at the same time.

Thanks for the video. That was good. One more question: When there's multi-BLD, are they all scrambled the same?

Although Gianfranco Huanqui does 3BLD for his normal 3x3 solves where he does memo in inspection time. He's pretty special though.

Sounds like this guy might be the Feliks Zemdegs of blind solving.

 

[h2f]

Thanks for the details. Still amazing to me.

You welcome. You should see it on them comp. When I saw the first time Maskow 3bld fight with Grzesiek Jałocha during warmup - it was amazing.

 

[h2f]

Sounds like this guy might be the Feliks Zemdegs of blind solving.

He had a WR in single. In multi all cubes got different scrambles.

 

[Berd]

Thanks for the video. That was good. One more question: When there's multi-BLD, are they all scrambled the same?

Absolutely not! They're all different scrambles!

Edit: ninjad.

 

[mark49152]

Funny day in comp today. Since last comp I have practised nothing but BLD. So what happens today? I fail miserably to the point of embarrassment in all things BLD, and smash PBs in the events I haven't practised. That's cubing...

 

[Shaky Hands]

Cubing indeed is a funny old game. Hoping for a better 3x3 and 5x5 tomorrow than 2x2 and 4x4 went today.

 

[deadcat]

Cubing causing marital issues for anyone else?

 

[Jason Green]

Good start for Oregon comp. Got pb 18.53 single and 20.13 average I think. Probably not good enough for round two but that's OK.

Late edit: 20.14 for the record.