Blindsolving Failure Thread

[Lord Voldemort]

Yay!
I got all the edges correct and 5 corners (3x3x3)
I was off by one cycle of corners, but that's ok.
This is the best I've gotten so far (THANKS BYU )

You're welcome. Anything that I wasn't clear on that made you get a DNF, or was it just a memo problem?

Memo issues.
I'm using numbers for corners, since I don't particularly the way you suggest on the tutorial. I just set up my number scheme (like, during the memo, lol), so I forgot it at the end. I do use journey/story for edges though - it's weird, I can still remember the story.

 

[byu]

Yay!
I got all the edges correct and 5 corners (3x3x3)
I was off by one cycle of corners, but that's ok.
This is the best I've gotten so far (THANKS BYU )

You're welcome. Anything that I wasn't clear on that made you get a DNF, or was it just a memo problem?

Memo issues.
I'm using numbers for corners, since I don't particularly the way you suggest on the tutorial. I just set up my number scheme (like, during the memo, lol), so I forgot it at the end. I do use journey/story for edges though - it's weird, I can still remember the story.

Yeah, my corner memo isn't the greatest.
But definitely, story memo sticks in your head for a REALLY long time, unlike numbers or visual. I think I can still remember the story from my first 4x4 blindfolded solve.

 

[PatrickJameson]

My 3rd 4x4 bld attempt today was a DNF. I was done with all edges and I messed up a center commutator at 13:06. I knew I messed up too :/. Memo was done around 9:15.

I changed the order in which I memo/solve which helped A LOT in my memo and recognition time. I now memo centers -> edges -> corners and solve edges -> centers -> corners.

I will probably try again today.

 

[byu]

Have you succeeded before?

 

[PatrickJameson]

Have you succeeded before?

Uh, yeah. Once today and yesterday too.

 

[byu]

Oh, we need a new success. 7 in 7 would be great

 

[SimonWestlund]

Oh, we need a new success. 7 in 7 would be great

we needed one yesterday to make 7 in a week I think..

 

[Lord Voldemort]

Oh so close!
I did my 2nd to last edge twice (I do corners first, for some reason I find it easier to remember my edge stories), so a very close DNF.
It did LB, LB (again), UF....
Oh well, I feel I'll get next week's weekly competition at least 2/3.

 

[Gparker]

i dont know if this is a failure but ive had 2 sub 3 succeses in 2 days. today i had my second. then i got about 3 sub 3 dnfs which i think thats good since i didnt know if id ever be sub 3. at least i know i have the ability

 

[PatrickJameson]

I tried 5x5 bld for the first time. It was pretty close considering it was my first attempt. 4 centers 9 edges 2 misoriented corners.

Memo: ~26 minutes
Total: 50:09.34

:/

 

[Rubixcubematt]

I tried 5x5 bld for the first time. It was pretty close considering it was my first attempt. 4 centers 9 edges 2 misoriented corners.

Memo: ~26 minutes
Total: 50:09.34

:/

Wow, nice try. I still havent had an attempt, but I may later today.

 

[byu]

I tried 5x5 bld for the first time. It was pretty close considering it was my first attempt. 4 centers 9 edges 2 misoriented corners.

Memo: ~26 minutes
Total: 50:09.34

:/

Wow, nice try. I still havent had an attempt, but I may later today.

I really want to try 5x5 BLD, but I need a 5x5. I'm probably going to get a V-Cube eventually.

 

[Rubixcubematt]

first 5x5 BLD attempt, 31:10.02. Memo was ~21 minutes, and it was of by 8 centers and 9 edges (2 being misoriented). Wow, I'm happy that I did the attempt, and that it wasn't a complete failure.

 

[Mike Hughey]

I tried 5x5 bld for the first time. It was pretty close considering it was my first attempt. 4 centers 9 edges 2 misoriented corners.

Memo: ~26 minutes
Total: 50:09.34

:/

first 5x5 BLD attempt, 31:10.02. Memo was ~21 minutes, and it was of by 8 centers and 9 edges (2 being misoriented). Wow, I'm happy that I did the attempt, and that it wasn't a complete failure.

Nice job, guys! It's nice that you both had very few centers wrong, since that's really the only part that's new on 5x5x5. So you both certainly are capable of getting one any time - maybe your next attempt!

 

[SimonWestlund]

Wow, you guys are already doing 5x5 BLD? I wonder how long it will take for a thread like this to appear on the forums: 'race to 5x5 BLD'

Good jobs, you weren't off by a lot at all!

 

[rahulkadukar]

5x5x5 BLD memorization was 33 minutes,got all the centers and corners bur completly f***** up the Edges actually I forgot

 

[Faz]

4x4 BLD DNF

Off by 6 centers and 5 edges grr.
I have it on video, and it is uploading now, with some cool effects

Time was 26:53 (I keep getting slower and slower, and closer and closer.)

 

[Mike Hughey]

For the weekly competition:

3x3x3 Multiple Blindfolded: DNF (1/6, 60:00, 34:30 memorization)

So why so awful? I was doing the corners with no preorient, commutators only. I used BH algorithms for all the ones I already know, and tried to figure out good ones for everything else. I only had one 13-move algorithm; the rest were 12 or fewer, so mostly close to optimal.

And it really went pretty well, at least as far as the solving went. The first cube had just 2 edges flipped - I forgot to do them. The second had 3 corners I cycled the wrong direction (a commutator type from BH that is still new to me and I got confused). The third had 3 edges that I cycled wrong somehow. The fourth was correct - woot! The fifth was bad simply because I mismemorized the corners; I executed it perfectly, though. The sixth was a failure because I couldn't remember all of it - that's why I went all the way to 60 minutes, I was trying to remember it. After I gave up, I looked at the cube for a second and refreshed my memory, and was able to solve it from there just fine.

So as bad as it was, it's still encouraging. I think I'll try again next week - I suspect it will go lots better. Also, my memorization was really bad on this one for some reason - I just couldn't memorize. It felt kind of like it did at the Ohio Open.

BH is fun! I can't wait until I really start knowing most of the cases. (I've still got a long way to go.)

 

[phil]

3x3x3 single

I made my first ever fully-memorized attempt today, but finished with 2 edges incorrectly oriented

12:30 memo
5:17 solve

I'm using Macky's 3-cycle guide to learn

 

[Rosson91]

1:19.xx dnf 2 edges flipped
then I failed my first try at multi... 1/2 6:02.54 2 flipped corners...