[Help Thread] Multi-Blind Discussion

[cubeshepherd]

First off, sorry for the double post, but I guess that I am the only one this last week with MBLD fails/success.

I just did a 10 cube MBLD attempt, but I only got 8/10. The reason for this post in the BLD failure thread is because the only piece that I forgot to solve on both cubes was the "bld" corner . Had I remembered how to solve them "bld" it would have been 10/10. Also, memo was pretty slow.

 

[Gregory Alekseev]

38/40 59:35!
I wanted to do a very safe attempt, but got it sub-hour somehow. Very nice execution(27.85s/cube)

Memo: 41:00(61.5s/cube)
Execution: 18:34(27.85s/cube)

Spoiler: Splits

1-8: 6:10
9-16: 6:54
17-24: 6:36

1-24 review: 5:43
safety reviews: 0:41
first 24 memorized in 26:30

25-32: 7:50(veery slow)
33-36: 3:36(very slow)
37-38: 1:17
33-38 quick review(lol idk why): 0:40

39: 0:42
40: 0:18

So as you can see I had problems with concentration in this attempt, it finished after first 24 cubes. But I still managed to memorize and solve last 16 cubes perfectly, both dnfs were in 1-24.

DNFs:
1. Forgot corners memo
2. Didn't pay attention to corner twist, so recalled it in a wrong direction

 

[Fábio De'Rose]

Getting back to the Multi swing, and this time for real lmao

Been working on my images a lot recently and doing drills at least 3x a day. After some smaller attempts, I thought I'd try a safe 6 cube run to get a feel for how my new image set is working out like.

Well, I got 6/6 in 30:28 not necessarily good, but after checking out the splits I was actually happy. Total time per step:

11:28 - Memo 1 - 5
11:37 - Review 1 - 5
01:04 - 3BLD
06:17 - Execution 1 - 5

I want to get used to memo and review in packs of 5 right off the bat, aiming towards 21 cubes officially in the future.

Review was SLOW. New set of images and lack of practice, so no surprises. I first did a mental run, and then another looking at the cube so that's pretty much two reviews in one. Cutting this out will be easy in the future, wo I expect a massive drop in time.

Execution was also slow, but I did have a few pauses and took it super safe. I was confident in my memo for the most part, so didn't want to risk.

Edit: Later yesterday I did another try at 6 cubes:

3/6 in 24:03 [17:54]

Still reviewed, but rushed the memo a little bit more. I was honestly surprised because this attempt didn't feel faster in comparison to the precious one at all. DNFs were:

1) Accidental inverse of a corner comm;
2) Skipped an edge pair during memo somehow and
3) Royally messed up the execution. Tried to fix it, to no avail.

All and all, those seem to be rather easily fixable mistakes.

I'll try 8 cubes today. Working my way up to 15 sub hour within a couple weeks and trying to convince myself accuracy won't matter as much at the moment.

 

[Fábio De'Rose]

So,

7/8 in 40:17 [32:02]. The 3BLD cube was off by a flipped edge.

Some considerations on this attempt:

1. Plenty of images took me the longest time to figure out during memo, which goes to show just how much I need to practice them. Ended up improvising a few, which I know is not at all good.

2. I tried something which I actually used a few times for Speed Cards, which I nicknamed "moonwalking" and consists in executing the cubes in reverse order. It goes like this: Memo 1-7, Review 1-7, 3BLD, Execute 7-1. Can't say yet if this was helpful or not, but sure was interesting.

3. My Rooms are super messy Still undecided on how to assess this, whether it is idea to have one room per cube (with separate sides for Edges and Corners) or if I should just keep filling them up as memo flows.

4. When it comes to drilling images using Anki, having plain text for the "Answer" side of the flashcard is not being very effective. So I'm also in the process of adding real pictures to all my flashcards, which seems to have a better effect in the visualization aspect during practice.

5. It's a tough choice between accuracy and rushing during MBLD. On one hand I want to get faster, but on the other having bad accuracy is kinda disheartening. Trying to find a good balance here.

 

[cubeshepherd]

3. My Rooms are super messy

I completely understand what you mean, but I would recommend that you pick up all the room really well before you do a MBLD attempt to that they are not messy when you are using them for MBLD Sorry!

Seriously though I personal use one room per cube and for corners I use the closet and edges I use the rest of the room, to keep thing different, (this method has helped me a lot and it is what I would recommend.
I am not at all great at MBLD, but if you were wondering on what other people use/how they use rooms then this is my 2 cents worth of information.

 

[cubeshepherd]

New MBLD PB: 10/10 in 51:09.77[33:46.85] Although it is only a PB by 14 seconds, it is still a PB!

This attempt was sub SR which is really nice, plus if I get this same result (meaning 10/10) at my competition next month then I can for sure qualify for US Nationals 2018. I am most likely going to keep doing 10 cubes form now until the competition just to make sure that I am comfortable with it for the competition and also I would like to get sub 50/45:00 before the competition so that I have plenty of extra time in case something goes wrong during the attempt.

 

[Fábio De'Rose]

Another shot at 8 cubes before moving back into double digits territory:

29:07.73 [22:09.94]

And uh... Wow! I did not see this one coming lmao

I was actually kinda rushing and just hoping for sub-40 but somehow managed to get really in the zone during memo.

Execution was really bad and had lots of dumb pauses, but then again I had to improvise images that aren't very solid yet.

Also made a more efficient distribution of images through my Rooms as per @cubesheperd 's advice, which also seemed to work very nicely. All my recall pauses were due to untrained / improvised images, so that should start changing soon.

DNFs were one flipped edge and one missed edge cycle, both on the last and 3BLD cubes.

 

[Fábio De'Rose]

First attempt of the day:

10/12 in 58:34 [44:14]

Disappointing, to say the least. My images game needs serious work.

Second attempt, hours later:

11/12 in 52:34 [38:29]

A bit better, but still far from what I wanted. Images felt better, and the rearrangement of my Rooms is finally starting to settle, so I expect good progress as my images get more solid. The drill continues, and the next attempts should be at 15 Cubes.

 

[cubeshepherd]

Yea! 10/10 MBLD in 49:52. Really happy with this since it is my first sub 50:00 MBLD attempt with 10/10 cubes.

 

[Gregory Alekseev]

40/42 58:02[38:03], PB
DNFed 3bld cube, that costed 40 points
But the time is good, I did a jump in speed recently so now I am able to do 42 sub-hour at safe speed Very happy with it!

 

[newtonbase]

I now have a nice set of matching magnetic Little Magics Should reduce execution errors. Just need to get the superglue off my fingers.

 

[Duncan Bannon]

Just need to get the superglue off my fingers.

I know exactly how you feel!

 

[cubeshepherd]

New 10/10 MBLD PB: 10/10 in 46:04.16
I would really like to get the time under 45:00, and I would have gotten that had I not had a 1-2 minute pause to recall the last 2 cubes, but still really happy with the time as it is.

 

[JustAnotherGenericCuber]

First attempt at multi: 2/2 in 12:43[10:01.65]
I see a wr in the making

 

[cubeshepherd]

9/11 MBLD Fail. I am a little sad about this attempt because one of the DNF'd cubes was only off by 2 edges and if I had remembered that letter pair this attempt would have been a PB since it would have been 10/11.

But this was my first time trying 11 cube in MBLD so it not to disappointing, but I need to work on remembering everything better (like spending a little more time reviewing).
Also, I decided to switch to OP/OP for MBLD recently because I know that I will have a harder time trying to remember all the M2 algs and if I will have parity on a cube, at the competition that I am going to in a couple of day, so instead of worrying about parity and what not I am going to be using OP/OP this time around, especially since I get much more nervous in a competition, and this will be the first time competing in MBLD at a competition, so with all that combined I will stick with OP/OP.

 

[kake123]

23/25 MBLD in 1hr 2min 17.75s

Still need more practice to get back to my normal speed

Meanwhile, I already switched to the 8 pack cube arrangement that world class mblders use (formerly I used a mostly 6 cube per row style of memo)

 

[kamilprzyb]

44/48 58:28
I decided to improve my speed, because with 48 cubes I can get a world record even with 3 rolling pops

memo: 37:50 47.3s/cube
execution: 20:38 25.7s/cube
total: 58:28 73s/cube

2nd best attempt overall, 4th 40+

Spoiler: memo splits

setting up the cubes 9s
1-8 5:29
9-16 5:11
17-24 5:06
1-24 5:01
25-32 5:37
33-40 5:57
41-44 2:30
44-48 2:44

 

[kake123]

Some okay-ish mbld practice,

25/25 1hr 1min 11.11s (last Saturday)
19/25 58:52.17 (Today, 3 of the dnfs were due to flimsy execution)

 

[Fábio De'Rose]

3/5, official, ultra safe fail. Massively dumb execution errors cost me 1st place

 

[FastCubeMaster]

3/5, official, ultra safe fail. Massively dumb execution errors cost me 1st place

Lol I know how you feel. I had like 12mins or something left to get a 3 pointer for second place once and I got 1/3 rip.
Sometimes being too safe messes you up.