BLD Race Thread (3BLD, 4BLD, 5BLD, MBLD)

[Christopher Cabrera]

Round 3

3BLD:
Race to sub-2:00
Method: M2/OP (some comms)
DNF, (1:42.17), (1:49.40), DNF, (1:50.08), DNF, DNF, (1:57.24), 2:55.88, (2:31.24), (2:26.08) = 2:02.70

4BLD:
Race to sub-9:00
Method: U2/r2/OP (some comms)
DNF, 9:54.73, 10:34.88, (8:49.05), DNS = 8:49.05

5BLD:
Race to sub-20:00
Method: U2/r2/m2/OP (some comms)
15:45.57(OMG)

MBLD:
Race to 10+
Method: M2/OP (some comms)
9/12 (59:36)
9/12 (57:24)

 

[Keroma12]

I'll start doing all the events once I have more time, in about a month. For now, just Multi.

Round 3

Multi: 8/8 (18:39.21[11:38/7:01]), 8/9 (23:22.12[14:50/8:31]) = 8 points in 18:39.21
Goal: Well my goal is to get n/n for n up to 20 and I'm currently working on 9, as you can see. So I guess my goal is 20/20? I can't think of any goal that really fits the "get it 3 weeks in a row to graduate" theme.
Method: M2/OP - will be switching over to corner comms soon enough.

 

[pinser]

Round 3:

4BLD goal: Sub-5
Method: Comms
DNFed all 5

5BLD goal: Sub-12
Method: Comms
1. DNF
2. DNF
3. 9:11.27
4. 10:36.56
5. DNF

 

[mark49152]

I can't think of any goal that really fits the "get it 3 weeks in a row to graduate" theme.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing today. I might do weekly attempts of N cubes where N is more than I can do in 1 hour today, with a goal of completing N/N within the time limit. But once I've succeeded, I am going to want to add more cubes, not waste time doing N week after week until three N/N in a row. For MBLD a single should be enough to graduate.

 

[T1_M0]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing today. I might do weekly attempts of N cubes where N is more than I can do in 1 hour today, with a goal of completing N/N within the time limit. But once I've succeeded, I am going to want to add more cubes, not waste time doing N week after week until three N/N in a row. For MBLD a single should be enough to graduate.

Yeah, that was what I was thinking last week, I'll let you choose completely own goals, that will be more race-like.

 

[T1_M0]

Round 3 Results

Thanks for everyone for competing! Results for round 3 are updated and can be found here (Google Sheets). Different events in different tabs. Please inform me if you find any mistakes.

Congratulations @Meneghetti for being the first one to graduate in 3BLD!

Round 4
Racing to sub-x (and other goals for multi) in all the official blindfolded events. Set the goal, and keep it up for three weeks in a row - or 4 weeks out of 5 - in order to graduate and set a new goal. It'd be nice to include your method in your post as well. This round: MBLD goals are changed a bit.
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3BLD
Compete an average of 12, like usual. The six worst attempts will be eliminated and the mean of the remaining six is your result for the week. At maximum, you can get 6 DNF:s without losing your average.

Spoiler: 3BLD Scrambles

1. L' F2 U2 L2 B2 U2 R2 F2 U2 F2 L' B' U' B' D2 U2 F' L D2 F' U2
2. L2 R B2 L' U2 R' F2 D2 B2 D2 R' U B R' U2 B D' F2 L2 F' R'
3. R' U2 L U2 F2 U2 L2 B2 R' U2 R2 B F D' R D F2 L B2 U
4. D2 B' D2 R L2 F' R' F2 D F2 U2 L D2 B2 L B2 U2 L D2 L
5. F L2 U2 B L2 F' D2 B2 L2 D2 F2 R' U2 B' D' L' B L' D F D2
6. U2 L2 U2 B R2 B' F U2 B F D' B' D2 U2 R' U L D U2 R' U2
7. U B2 D L2 U' R2 U R2 U F2 U2 F' D2 L R2 U' F' U R2 B2 L
8. B D2 U2 B2 F' U2 F D2 L2 B2 D2 L' F' U' B' R' F L D' R F2
9. R D2 F2 R2 F2 R2 F2 D2 R' B2 R2 B' U B' U2 L2 R2 B F2 L B
10. L D2 L U2 B2 L' B2 L' B2 L' F' R U' F D' B L' R2 F2
11. U F D R2 B L U2 F' B' L' D2 B U2 D2 B' D2 L2 B R2 L2 F
12. R2 U' F' B' U F2 U F L D F2 L' U2 L D2 L F2 R F2 D2 F2

4BLD & 5BLD
Compete 5 attempts, the best of them is your result for the round. Not necessary to use all of the attempts though.

Spoiler: 4BLD Scrambles

1. B D' Uw2 F Uw' U2 Fw' R Fw Uw2 B' F R Fw2 U R2 F' Uw Rw2 D' L2 F L' R U2 R' Fw' D' B2 U L2 Rw Uw' Rw B' R Uw F Rw R
2. L2 R2 B L' Rw R' D' U2 Rw F2 R' D' R2 U Rw2 U L Fw R' F D' Uw2 B2 R2 D Rw2 Fw' L R' D U B R2 B Fw2 F Uw U' Fw2 U2
3. Fw' L2 Fw2 U2 B L U2 L2 R B2 L2 Rw U B' F2 L B' L F2 L Fw F2 Rw' D' L2 R D B2 D2 Fw2 F2 Rw D' U2 R2 Uw F U2 Rw' R'
4. D L Uw Fw' F Uw R2 Fw' Uw' L D' L' Uw' L2 R B2 U Rw2 B2 D R2 B D' B Uw' U Fw Rw2 D2 Fw L2 B2 Uw2 U' L' D2 R Fw D F2
5. B' Fw2 L Uw' U2 Fw' L' B2 Fw' F D2 R2 Fw L Rw B2 Fw2 Uw2 L' Rw' D2 Rw R Uw2 R Uw' B' L' Uw Fw2 L Fw Rw2 D' Uw Fw2 L Rw' R2 U

Spoiler: 5BLD Scrambles

1. L' Lw' Fw F Uw B Fw Lw R' B R' Fw' Dw Uw2 Rw Dw' F' D2 Lw2 R B2 D Dw2 B2 L' Lw R F' Lw Uw2 Rw2 Uw Bw' F Dw' B' D Uw2 Fw' F' U Bw' Lw2 D' Uw' L' Rw' D B' F2 Lw2 Rw2 D2 U2 L2 Uw2 Rw' R' Dw Bw
2. D F2 Dw Uw F' L' Uw2 U2 Lw2 R2 F' Dw' U2 R2 D' F Dw2 Lw' Rw' R' Fw' R D2 L2 Rw2 B2 D2 Uw Fw' U Lw Fw2 Rw' U' F' Dw Bw2 Rw' U B2 F2 L2 D F2 Uw U' Lw' Dw B' Fw' F Lw2 Bw' Fw U' Fw' L' R' B2 R2
3. R2 Uw' Bw F2 U' Bw2 F2 L2 Lw2 Rw' D' Bw L' Fw2 F' Uw2 B Fw2 Rw2 Dw' B L' Rw R Bw2 R U B' L' Lw2 Bw2 L' Dw Rw' B' Bw2 Fw2 F Dw Lw Rw' R2 Bw2 Uw U2 L D2 Fw' D L2 Rw' R2 Dw' Uw' Lw2 Uw Rw D2 Uw' Fw'
4. Dw B L D2 Lw2 D2 L Lw Uw' R2 B' D2 Uw' R D' U2 L2 Lw2 F L2 D B' R2 Bw' Rw' F2 L' Lw2 Bw2 R Bw F Lw' U' B' D Uw F2 U' B2 Dw2 Uw B2 L2 R2 F2 Uw2 Bw2 F2 Lw D2 Dw L2 R F' D F2 Dw Uw' U'
5. Lw2 D Dw2 Bw2 Dw' F2 Lw' D Dw' F' Lw Rw' B Bw' Fw2 F' Uw B' Lw' R Dw' Fw' D' Lw2 Rw2 Bw2 U F2 Rw' D Fw' F Uw2 L Dw' U L2 U2 L U' Fw2 F' D Rw B Bw Lw' Rw2 R D B2 U' Bw2 L2 D Dw' R D Uw' R'

MBLD
Generate the amount of scrambles you wish using Mark2. You can do two attempts per week if you wish to, the best one is count as your result. 1 hour time limit.

You may set whatever goal you feel like, because multi can get so long-term. You can race to a tough goal, or try to keep up your current level. You can also set time goals if you wish to. I don't know if the graduate-format works in multi so well, that's why I'd like to hear more of your opinions about this. Should I lower the limit to 2 weeks in a row or to just a single? Would it be better to let you choose that freely as well?
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New round up every Friday. Good luck at blindsolving!
And again, full results can be found here

 

[Fábio De'Rose]

Looking good!

For MBLD, I suggest the following:

A successful attempt allows you to graduate, but such can be either in terms of the time limit or the amount of cubes.

For example, my current goal is 5 points in 50min. Once I reach it I can either set a new goal for 5 points with a lower time limit or for 6+ points in whatever time limit I see fit.

This allows for good balance and doesn't add excessive pressure. Also some people (myself included) have a limited supply of cubesw usable for MBLD, so there's that as well.

 

[Fábio De'Rose]

3BLD - Round 4

Goal: Sub-1:30
Method: OP/Advanced M2/3Style
Average: 1:29.43

Time List :

1. 1:29.75
2. 1:34.69
3. 1:18.25 (DNF)
4. 2:22.92 (DNF)
5. 1:22.46
6. 1:29.10
7. 1:34.74
8. 2:16.54 (DNF)
9. 1:34.72 (DNF)
10. 1:25.84
11. 1:56.22
12. 1:36.66 (DNF)

MBLD - Round 2

Goal: 5/5 Points (50:00< minutes)
Method: OP/Advanced M2/3Style

Attempt 1: 5/6 in 52:30.28 [43:18.31]
Attempt 2: Didn't happen, oh well.
Attempt 3: (Will update once it is done)

Eh, 3BLD was quite the close call, lol. Those were my first solves of the day, save for a couple warm-ups.

Let's see how Multi goes later. Will do 3 attempts across the week to force me into practicing

Edit 1: Ended up going for 6 points in MBLD. Go big or go home, right? Ended up being a PB! Will try 5/5 for the next two attempts before I upgrade my goal.

Edit 2: Typos corrected. Ended up not doing MBLD, so I'll consider this first attempt successful and my next goal for 6/6.

 

[mark49152]

I don't see any R3 results. I can open and view the sheet but R3 results are missing. Am I missing something?

 

[pinser]

Round 4:

4BLD goal: Sub-5
Method: Comms
1. 4:01.80
2. DNF
3. DNF
4. DNF
5. DNF

5BLD goal: Sub-12
Method: Comms
1. DNF
2. DNF
3. DNF (Didn't start the timer. Felt fast though, oh well )
4. DNF
5. DNF

@mark49152 R3 looks fine

 

[T1_M0]

3BLD
Race to sub-1:50

(DNF), (1:49.10), 1:45.49, 1:26.20, (2:05.59), (1:49.13), (DNF), 1:29.65, 1:39.15, 1:48.88, (DNF), 1:44.48 = 1:38.97

Lowered the goal to 1:50, but that might get very easy too. Okay, I've failed already 3 times before, so it would be nice to finish an easy goal first.

4BLD
Race to sub-10

DNF, 15:00.31, DNF, DNF, 9:18.24

Yess, finally! Almost a minute off my previous pb. My execution was only 4:20, really good for me.

MBLD
Race to 10 pts

1. 7/10 50:50 (I forgot completely to review corners of a cube, and of course had no idea of them during execution. I should get rid of stupid mistakes like that.)
2.

Might try 12 cubes next. I've set NR (17) as my long-term goal. :rolleyes:

 

[T1_M0]

I don't see any R3 results. I can open and view the sheet but R3 results are missing. Am I missing something?

Anyone else has the same problem? They should be updated, don't you see any of them? I updated most of them already during the week.

 

[mark49152]

Anyone else has the same problem? They should be updated, don't you see any of them? I updated most of them already during the week.

No I don't see them but it sounds like my problem, I'll figure it out.

Round 4

3BLD goal 1:10
1:10.55, 1:08.63, (1:50.92), (1:14.60), DNF, 1:06.48, 1:07.13, DNF, 1:06.33, DNF, DNF, 1:08.09 = 1:07.86

4BLD goal 5:30
6:22.74, 5:43.68, 6:36.88, DNF, DNF

MBLD goal 16
DNF (15/16 in 1:11.41)

 

[Gregory Alekseev]

Round 4:
3BLD
1. 37.82
2. (DNF)
3. (1:00.04)
4. (DNF)
5. (DNF)
6. 41.56
7. 40.58
8. 30.30
9. 30.81
10. (DNF)
11. 32.84
12. (41.57)
Mob6: 35.65

4BLD:
1. DNF(3:00.32) //by two centers
2. DNF
3. DNF
4. 3:10.07
5. DNF(2:57)

5BLD:
1. DNF
2. DNF
3. DNF
4. 8:45.55
5. 8:36.81

MBLD
1. 21/21 56:44.24 //PB! Super ultra safe attempt.
2. 22/24 57:44.37

 

[Riddler97]

3BLD (1:15)
1. 1:32.17
2. DNF
3. DNF
4. 1:12.33
5. 1:29.22
6. DNF
7. 1:09.86
8. 1:21.42
9. 52.35 (PB)
10. DNF
11. DNF
12. 1:21.23

Mean = 1:14.40

4BLD (5:00)
1. DNF
2. 6:08.01 [2:22]
3. 5:18.06 [2:16]
4. DNF
5. DNF

5BLD (10:00)
1. DNF (9:58.81) - 2 flipped midges, 2 swapped wings

MBLD (15)

 

[Keroma12]

Multi: 8/9 in 22:42.31
1. 8/9 in 22:42.31 [14:46/7:55] - missed a flipped edge
2. 7/9 in 22:07.76 [14:32/7:34] - fumbled midway through an alg, plus executed a pair backwards

(Edit: 9/9 in 22:06 the next day )

 

[T1_M0]

Okay, for multi-blind we'll take just 1 successful attempt to "graduate", if you don't specify something else yourselves. It's easy to set for example 5 minutes faster time goal or 1 cube more and it allows you to challenge yourself even more. If you wish, you can specify trying 3 weeks in a row or something like that.

 

[T1_M0]

MBLD - Round 2

Goal: 5/5 Points (50:00< minutes)
Method: OP/Advanced M2/3Style

Attempt 1: 6/5 in 52:30.28 [43:18.31]
Attempt 2: (Will update once it is done)
Attempt 3: (Will update once it is done)

Eh, 3BLD was quite the close call, lol. Those were my first solves of the day, save for a couple warm-ups.

Let's see how Multi goes later. Will do 3 attempts across the week to force me into practicing

Edit 1: Ended up going for 6 points in MBLD. Go big or go home, right? Ended up being a PB! Will try 5/5 for the next two attempts before I upgrade my goal.

We've had 2 attempts in multi. And what is wrong with that 6/5

 

[Fábio De'Rose]

We've had 2 attempts in multi. And what is wrong with that 6/5

Oh, my bad. I didn't do the second one anyway, lol. So my goal now is 6/6, hopefully this week it will come by.

 

[T1_M0]

Oh, my bad. I didn't do the second one anyway, lol. So my goal now is 6/6, hopefully this week it will come by.

So was it 5/6?