BenChristman1
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I got my first 2BLD success. I didn't time it.
That sounds nerve-racking. I always get nervous for 3BLD solves in front of people, especially non-cubers.Yesterday I was on a video livestream of a Dutch famous radio DJ. I had a regular solve and then I had a 3BLD success live on the stream. It took me 2:36 to execute, and about 4 minutes to memo. The day before, I failed, so I was super happy to get the success, especially with hundreds of people watching... You can imagine my heart rate the second time around...
It totally was nerve wracking but so awesome when it was a success the second time around!That sounds nerve-racking. I always get nervous for 3BLD solves in front of people, especially non-cubers.
Awesome, your progress is fun to watch! Here's a tip for parity that top BLD solvers do: If you have parity, solve the C edge to the B position instead of just tacking it onto the end of your solution. This only works if you memorize corners first because that way you know ahead of time that there's parity when you're memorizing edges. Then, when you're memorizing edges, memorize while pretending that B is C and C is B. The result will be an even number of letters that solves everything and leaves B and C swapped. This is creatively called UF/UR swap. I think you'll have fun implementing it into your solves! It usually saves one algorithm/word, but even though you don't care about speed, I think you'll enjoy the mental challenge it brings. If it's too confusing, no big deal, but when I learned it I thought it was really cool.You can also switch the edge buffer with B during the edge phase, to avoid conjugating two pieces at the same time. To do this, just add B to the end of the edge letters, which will give you an even number of letters and one more commutator. It’s usually more move-efficient to leave the last odd edge unsolved and conjugate it to B before performing the parity algorithm, but this means that you have to remember a much longer conjugate, which increases the risk of errors. I just decide on the fly based on how difficult the conjugates are in that particular solve.
Thanks for the tip - I'll try that. Is it easier to include the buffer in this, or to use two non-buffer edges?Awesome, your progress is fun to watch! Here's a tip for parity that top BLD solvers do: If you have parity, solve the C edge to the B position instead of just tacking it onto the end of your solution. This only works if you memorize corners first because that way you know ahead of time that there's parity when you're memorizing edges. Then, when you're memorizing edges, memorize while pretending that B is C and C is B. The result will be an even number of letters that solves everything and leaves B and C swapped. This is creatively called UF/UR swap. I think you'll have fun implementing it into your solves! It usually saves one algorithm/word, but even though you don't care about speed, I think you'll enjoy the mental challenge it brings. If it's too confusing, no big deal, but when I learned it I thought it was really cool.
They're pretty much the same difficulty, but having UF and UR swapped at the end works well with the parity alg you use and also the parity algs top BLDers use.Thanks for the tip - I'll try that. Is it easier to include the buffer in this, or to use two non-buffer edges?
Thanks again! I just tried this and it makes perfect sense. Just pretend B is C and C is B.They're pretty much the same difficulty, but having UF and UR swapped at the end works well with the parity alg you use and also the parity algs top BLDers use.
Search up: roman rooms or journey method, wonderful way of super easily memorizing larger amounts of memo!My accuracy is really improving. Out of my last 12 solves, I had 8 successes and 4 failures. 5 of my last 6 solves were successes, including 2/2 and 2/3 multiblinds.
I think I am more suited to multiblind since it is more focused on accuracy than speed, compared to 3bld. I can also tailor the number of cubes based on the length of session I want. My 3 cube attempt was 40 minutes of listening to Gregorian chant - very very relaxing!