6x6+ Blindfolded Rankings Thread

This was pretty hardcore, and not too obscure:
Kilominx - Gigaminx Relay Blindfolded
2:37:58.15 [1:28:30]


Someday maybe I'll be able to come close to that . . . . Who am I kidding? I'm only getting close on 3BLD after over a year of not really trying. I don't have the talent or the determination to do well at BLD of any kind.

I like the black in your color scheme. Really looks sharp.
 
I don't have the talent or the determination to do well at BLD of any kind.

I like the black in your color scheme. Really looks sharp.

Talent may play a little into it, but it’s mostly determination. This was the 16th time I’ve attempted to solve a Gigaminx Blind in the past 3 weeks. That constant practice helped me to make less and less mistakes each time.

Also, thanks, I really love the black. It makes recognition so much easier, which helps a lot in blind. I got black tiles included with my lux edition of the galaxy Megaminx and I decided to try replacing gray. After a few blind solves I ordered black stickers for the rest of my dodecahedrons.
 
Talent may play a little into it, but it’s mostly determination. This was the 16th time I’ve attempted to solve a Gigaminx Blind in the past 3 weeks. That constant practice helped me to make less and less mistakes each time.

Thanks for the encouragement! I'm well aware that determination can make up for a lot of lack of talent, but at this point I've got neither. I've probably done 100-150 3BLD attempts since starting to learn about 14 months ago, and I think I have 3 successes. I'm sure I'll get better, and I've got a goal of getting official 3, 4, and 5BLD successes that I firmly believe I'll achieve someday, and I even have high hopes for 6 and 7BLD. Part of my problem is I've practiced the wrong kind of memorization for the last 15 years: bible verses work best memorizing with small errors and going back to correct the errors later, and blindsolving isn't as forgiving of that.
 
Solving cubes that big blindfolded is simply incredible. I can do a 3x3 blindfolded, but with puzzles that big there are just so many pieces. I think the most impressive is 2-7 relay BLD.
 
Wtf! I just got a 6bld mo3!!! 16:07.36. 2UWR behind Cale as far as I know. Every solve was PB single too :)

mean of 3: 16:07.36

Time List:
1. 16:38.50 U L Dw' B2 D' Fw' 3Uw Rw F' Rw' 3Rw U2 3Fw2 3Uw2 Fw2 3Uw' Rw Lw R D U 3Rw' Uw' Fw2 3Rw2 3Fw' Rw2 L R2 D' 3Rw' Lw' Rw U2 Uw2 F2 3Fw Lw Uw' Dw Bw' 3Fw' 3Rw' U2 Lw2 F Dw' L Bw 3Rw' B 3Uw2 Fw2 3Fw2 3Uw 3Rw' 3Uw' D U' Uw2 R2 3Uw2 3Rw' Uw F' D2 3Rw2 U 3Fw Lw R' Fw Bw Dw' 3Rw' 3Fw' D' 3Fw D' Bw'
2. 16:08.94 Lw2 Rw' Uw 3Rw2 Rw2 Lw' Fw 3Fw' Uw' L2 Lw2 F R' Dw2 B' Uw' 3Fw2 Fw' Lw Uw2 Fw2 L Lw R 3Uw Lw2 F' 3Uw' Fw' Uw' Lw2 F' 3Rw L2 Uw' 3Uw D2 Dw Fw2 B2 U' B2 L2 D' Bw B2 L 3Fw' U2 Lw D2 Bw2 L' D2 F Uw2 3Rw' B2 3Rw D2 B' R' L2 3Uw2 3Fw U' Lw2 B' R2 3Fw' Uw' B' Rw2 L2 Bw Dw 3Uw' Rw L' Uw
3. 15:34.63 F Uw Dw B D2 F' 3Fw' Lw' 3Fw2 Bw' B' Rw2 L' 3Fw2 Dw' 3Fw' 3Uw Bw2 3Uw' Bw 3Rw' 3Uw Rw2 D Uw' Fw' 3Rw F2 U 3Uw2 L 3Fw2 F' L2 Lw2 D' Lw2 D2 Dw Lw' F2 L 3Uw2 Fw L2 R 3Rw2 Bw' U2 3Rw' Rw2 Uw' F' Dw2 B Bw Lw Fw' Uw' 3Fw' Uw 3Rw2 Rw2 Lw' F' L' Fw2 Rw2 Lw' U2 Bw' F D Fw' L R2 F Dw U' Rw2

The best and last solve:
15:34.63[8:48.53] (really proud of that 6:46 exec time :))
Graham Siggins, USA

 
Yaaaaay I solved an 8x8 blindfolded :) (11th attempt)
Funny thing, first time that I "solved" outer xcenters, I actually executed as if they were middle xcenters. I realized it on the very last outer xcenter letter pair, undid all of it, then redid it all correctly. Wasted pretty much exactly 4 minutes of execution because of this mistake. Very, very surprised that I managed to fix everything perfectly even with that mistake.

57:29.45[23:40.42]
Graham Siggins, USA.
 
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