bldcuber314's Road to 5BLD NR- Quitting cubing?

[bldcuber314]

I think I'm finally sub 1 on 3BLD! My accuracy today was around 50%, and most of the successes were sub 1(or should have been, e.g. 1:02 with extremely cold hands). After working so hard on 3BLD I'm very happy to finally become sub 1.

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

I think I'm finally sub 1 on 3BLD! My accuracy today was around 50%, and most of the successes were sub 1(or should have been, e.g. 1:02 with extremely cold hands). After working so hard on 3BLD I'm very happy to finally become sub 1.

wow, I can’t even recognize the letters for blind. Don’t forget about the chance to change my pfp

 

[bldcuber314]

wow, I can’t even recognize the letters for blind. Don’t forget about the chance to change my pfp

I got my first centers only success today for 4bld, getting closer.

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

I got my first centers only success today for 4bld, getting closer.

omg scary my pfp is gonna turn into a poop emoji

 

[bldcuber314]

Changed sub 1 count to sub 50 count. Also these are my sub 50s now which is pretty funny-

47.36
49.80
49.81
49.82

 

[bldcuber314]

OK so I knew my 3BLD PB single was bad, but I didn't expect to beat it by this much.

Generated By csTimer on 2024-10-03
single: 37.04

Time List:
1. 37.04 B2 U2 B2 L B2 L' F2 R2 U2 R D' L' F' D U2 R B2 R' D Uw2 @2024-10-03 21:15:25

Absolutely thrilled to get this, 10 second memo and 27 second execution in a close-to-perfect solve! The solve was 16 algs(M2/OP) with no parity.

Memo-

Edges- FN JB VG RCH SC
Corners- WH LJ IV

My order was ECCE and orientation was white top orange front.

 

[Epicgamer277]

u scramble white top orange front?

 

[precompsubwr]

u scramble white top orange front?

either he starts memo from any orientation or uses white top orange front for memo (and scrambles with white top green front)

 

[Epicgamer277]

oh i see lol

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

no 4x4 BLD success?

 

[bldcuber314]

no 4x4 BLD success?

Nope

 

[bldcuber314]

either he starts memo from any orientation or uses white top orange front for memo (and scrambles with white top green front)

Yeah, just to make it clear I scramble white top green front and my orientation is always white top orange front(I prefer it for some reason)

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

Nope

noo its been one week you failed the challenge sorry you dont get to see my pfp as a poop emoji

 

[bldcuber314]

Safetied the next 2 to get PB mean(3BLD)

Generated By csTimer on 2024-10-04 (solving from 2024-10-03 21:15:25 to 2024-10-04 19:47:16)
mean of 3: 52.08

Time List:
1. 37.04 B2 U2 B2 L B2 L' F2 R2 U2 R D' L' F' D U2 R B2 R' D Uw2 @2024-10-03 21:15:25
2. 1:01.83 L2 D B2 D2 R' U2 L' B2 L2 B2 D2 L U2 L B' D F2 L U' F L2 Uw2 @2024-10-04 19:45:53
3. 57.38 U2 R2 D R' D2 R' D2 B' U' D2 F' U2 F2 R2 B D2 R2 F R2 Rw Uw2 @2024-10-04 19:47:16

 

[bldcuber314]

Today was nice

2:27(54 memo) centers only 4BLD off by 4 centers because of a small memo mistake. Not a success, but shows how fast it can be!

43.41 PB2 3BLD single(17 memo, 26 exec, tied PB exec), I think it was an 18 alger(M2/OP).

So some time back my 2x2 was making some strange squeaky noises and it was acting strange and I replaced it. I completely forgot I still had it(I was even trying to find a spare 2x2 the other day since my 2x2 is missing an edge bracket) when I just came across it hidden in a box today.

I tried some turns on it, and was expecting it to be horrible, but was still happy since I could use it for spare parts. Then I realised it was 10 times better than my main

So I did a session on it(just over 100 solves) and got a 3.32 PB ao100, 3.10 PB ao25, PB3 0.82 single(B' U R' U' R U2 solution) and a 1.48 BPA AO5!!! It ended up being a 2.32 ao5 with counting 3.35 lol. I'm hoping to improve the ao100!

So yeah, I know that's a lot but eventful day!

(Also, pretty sure nobody will see this anyway because of the new system lol)

 

[bldcuber314]

I'm learning 4BLD(I can do centers now) and am currently learning wings.

I know how to memo wings and how to figure out the number of letters you should be memoing by doing 23- solved pieces + new cycles.

But once I know that I need to do a new cycle, I'm having trouble finding and working out a piece that I haven't yet visited. How do you do this? Thanks!

 

[bldcuber314]

So I've attempted 4BLD twice, with a strategy I found on Jack Cai's tutorial. When I memo wings, I place my finger on each wing I memo(not on the specific piece, but just on the pair of wings), and take my finger off when I've memoed both pieces on that wing. When I take my finger off, I add the letter from that piece into a separate piece of memo. This way, I know at the end which wings my finger isn't on because I haven’t been there, and which wings my finger isn't on because I've been there twice.



Previously, I've done some centers only attempts with 2 successes. I've also done some wing only attempts with no successes but off by about 5 wings so I figured I could give the whole thing a go.



I did 2 4BLD attempts, and on average I was off by about 12 centers, 11 wings and 5 corners(not exact). In addition, my attempts take about 27 minutes, which is ridiculous considering I average sub 1 on 3BLD. I went back over my first attempt(only had time for centers), and can confirm that I made a mistake during center memo.



Is there likely a consistent mistake I am doing, and what should I be doing to try to get a success?

 

[bldcuber314]

YESSS 4BLD SUCCESS!!! Let's gooo!!! I've now solved 5 out of 11 WCA puzzles blindfolded, going for Clock next then 5x5.

16:35.97 F' B2 L2 B L U R2 B U2 L2 F2 L2 U' R2 U D R2 B2 R' Fw2 R2 L Rw2 F' Rw2 Uw2 R2 L F' Fw2 R' Uw' F L' Uw B2 U2 L B' Fw' Rw' Fw2 R' L2 z y2 @2024-10-17 20:30:00

Irony- My first 2 attempts I did in the weekly comp, this is the first one I didn't and I got a success . Kind of annoying, but I think I'll get a weekly comp success soon. More importantly, this was the first attempt where I didn't track wings with my fingers, and instead checked if I visited every wing at the end of wing memo. Definitely helped. By the way memo was 11:55, exec was 4:40.

A little too late for @Caleb Valenzuela 's challenge though, so his pfp is safe.

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

YESSS 4BLD SUCCESS!!! Let's gooo!!! I've now solved 5 out of 11 WCA puzzles blindfolded, going for Clock next then 5x5.

16:35.97 F' B2 L2 B L U R2 B U2 L2 F2 L2 U' R2 U D R2 B2 R' Fw2 R2 L Rw2 F' Rw2 Uw2 R2 L F' Fw2 R' Uw' F L' Uw B2 U2 L B' Fw' Rw' Fw2 R' L2 z y2 @2024-10-17 20:30:00

Irony- My first 2 attempts I did in the weekly comp, this is the first one I didn't and I got a success . Kind of annoying, but I think I'll get a weekly comp success soon. More importantly, this was the first attempt where I didn't track wings with my fingers, and instead checked if I visited every wing at the end of wing memo. Definitely helped. By the way memo was 11:55, exec was 4:40.

A little too late for @Caleb Valenzuela 's challenge though, so his pfp is safe.

i secretly extended it so choose a pfp

 

[bldcuber314]

My 4th attempt was also a success(weekly comp), I'll do another tomorrow and hopefully I can get a mean. Also the 4BLD memo today was sticking perfectly so that's good(I never even came close to forgetting memo). I messed up center exec and had to undo a lot so the time was a 17:30.