Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[Ellis]

And someday, someone will get a CCT scramble that gives you a solved cube.

I doubt that.

It's very unlikely, but it could happen..

Could happen, of course. You said yourself it's very unlikely (I would change 'very' to 'extremely' though). And that's why I said "I doubt that" and not "that can't ever happen".

anyway, On-topic:
PB 3x3 today. It was 2:39.xx. Fast for me. I recently got back into BLD after a few months break. Right before this was my fastest DNF (that I actually tried to solve), it was around 2:20.xx (off by a few mispermuted corners). I'm getting kind of frustrated that everything is so slow... my memo and solving are both reeeaaally bad, not to mention a poor success rate. I just don't know what to do to improve.

 

[ManuK]

So finally you learn BLD nice. What is the method

Yeah, finally. . Using M2/Old Pochmann. Its been almost 3 weeks since I've done a complete blindfold solve though.

 

[SimonWestlund]

And good luck in västerås! I'm not coming

That's too bad. Football?

Nope. Just couldn't find a good way to get there.. And stay the night.. I have to go by myself because my mom's job is having a party and my dad's in China.
And I would have to skip a football match the next day if I went

 

[Pitzu]

Megaminx blindfolded: 37:08.50
Memo: 21:41 - Execution: 15:26

My 2nd successful solve after 4 more DNFs.:rolleyes: I think, sub 35 mustn't mean any problem.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Megaminx blindfolded: 37:08.50
Memo: 21:41 - Execution: 15:26

My 2nd successful solve after 4 more DNFs.:rolleyes: I think, sub 35 mustn't mean any problem.

Wow, István! Very nice! It's always fun to see your name in this thread because it usually means something spectacular.

What is your method? I'm just curious because you're so much faster than me - I'm wondering why you're so much better than I am at this - is it the method, or are you just better suited to megaminx than to big cubes (or I'm just very poorly suited to megaminx - maybe that's it)?

 

[Zava]

Megaminx blindfolded: 37:08.50
Memo: 21:41 - Execution: 15:26

My 2nd successful solve after 4 more DNFs.:rolleyes: I think, sub 35 mustn't mean any problem.

Wow, István! Very nice! It's always fun to see your name in this thread because it usually means something spectacular.

and I'm sure the next one will be even more spectacular

What is your method? I'm just curious because you're so much faster than me - I'm wondering why you're so much better than I am at this - is it the method, or are you just better suited to megaminx than to big cubes (or I'm just very poorly suited to megaminx - maybe that's it)?

as far as I know, he just uses 3 cycles.

 

[Zava]

hoho, today is a good day for BLD!
4x4 bld in 5:34.72 (2:40-2:50 memo), out of nowhere haven't practised since...well, I haven't really practised it ever. maybe 10th successful solve.

Oh wow - that's mind-boggling. Congratulations! Just like that, you're one of the elite.

thanks Mike! but I still can't believe I can do this good. (maybe I just don't know my limits, and on this solve, I tried to get more near to my limits without knowing it?)

 

[Pitzu]

as far as I know, he just uses 3 cycles.

No. I use M2.

Sorry Mike, it's secret.

 

[Pitzu]

Sorry Mike, it's secret.

Just kidding...

I'm not so familiar with Megaminx notation, but you must know the following algs on cube: RUL'U'R'ULU' - and its mirror alg and backwards. It's a corner 3-cycle on a cube and also works in megaminx. I'm too lazy to use all 8 algs from this group and it is quite easy to setup, so I use only one. However in some cases it is easyer to do inverse setup, so this week I started to use the "backwards" alg, instead of doing it twice.

For edges, I think I use the same as you. The 12 moves alg, consisting of the 2 "6 moves OLL". However if you vary it a bit, it means 4 different alg. I started to use all 4. (sometimes I mix them.)

I have a "temporary" memo system with 60 terms. Numbers from 1 to 10, first 20 letters of the Greek alphabet and first 30 letters of the Hungarian alphabet. (You'd better to be Hungarian. )

 

[Ville Seppänen]

hoho, today is a good day for BLD!
4x4 bld in 5:34.72 (2:40-2:50 memo), out of nowhere haven't practised since...well, I haven't really practised it ever. maybe 10th successful solve.

Oh wow - that's mind-boggling. Congratulations! Just like that, you're one of the elite.

thanks Mike! but I still can't believe I can do this good. (maybe I just don't know my limits, and on this solve, I tried to get more near to my limits without knowing it?)

Good job Zava! I remember my PB went from 6:30+ to 5:09 suddenly. I don't know your previous pb though.

As for me, today I got 3:20.xx(too lazy to open CCT to check the exact time) 4x4BLD with 1:08 memo, and I used images for edges. 8 pieces solved. I can really see sub3 coming soon. I've had 1 or 2 sub2 executions already. This is getting kinda crazy..

 

[Gparker]

hoho, today is a good day for BLD!
4x4 bld in 5:34.72 (2:40-2:50 memo), out of nowhere haven't practised since...well, I haven't really practised it ever. maybe 10th successful solve.

Oh wow - that's mind-boggling. Congratulations! Just like that, you're one of the elite.

thanks Mike! but I still can't believe I can do this good. (maybe I just don't know my limits, and on this solve, I tried to get more near to my limits without knowing it?)

Good job Zava! I remember my PB went from 6:30+ to 5:09 suddenly. I don't know your previous pb though.

As for me, today I got 3:20.xx(too lazy to open CCT to check the exact time) 4x4BLD with 1:08 memo, and I used images for edges. I can really see sub3 coming soon. I've had 1 or 2 sub2 executions already. This is getting kinda crazy..

Ville, ill ask this nicely. Please go to a competition and destroy some blind records already! you can easily break 3x3 blind, 4x4 blind, maybe 5x5 blind, and multi! When is your next comp. anyway?

and very nice times

 

[tim]

Ville, ill ask this nicely. Please go to a competition and destroy some blind records already! you can easily break 3x3 blind, 4x4 blind, maybe 5x5 blind, and multi!

No, he can't!

 

[Mike Hughey]

I have a "temporary" memo system with 60 terms. Numbers from 1 to 10, first 20 letters of the Greek alphabet and first 30 letters of the Hungarian alphabet. (You'd better to be Hungarian. )

I suspect this is the key. My memorization is kind of a mess, using 2 letters for each piece. And yeah, it sounds like you use the same execution as me exactly, so it must be the memorization.

I tried to use M2 as well, but it just ... won't ... turn ...


And awesome job, Ville - I agree it is quite crazy. You're totally amazing! I am looking forward to seeing what kinds of records you can set someday. (But I don't mind your letting the rest of us have a while to still try to get some. )

 

[Zava]

hoho, today is a good day for BLD!
4x4 bld in 5:34.72 (2:40-2:50 memo), out of nowhere haven't practised since...well, I haven't really practised it ever. maybe 10th successful solve.

Oh wow - that's mind-boggling. Congratulations! Just like that, you're one of the elite.

thanks Mike! but I still can't believe I can do this good. (maybe I just don't know my limits, and on this solve, I tried to get more near to my limits without knowing it?)

Good job Zava! I remember my PB went from 6:30+ to 5:09 suddenly. I don't know your previous pb though.

As for me, today I got 3:20.xx(too lazy to open CCT to check the exact time) 4x4BLD with 1:08 memo, and I used images for edges. 8 pieces solved. I can really see sub3 coming soon. I've had 1 or 2 sub2 executions already. This is getting kinda crazy..

thanks!
yeah, I remeber that too, from that moment I was like "this guy will give headache to a lot of others" or something like that.
previous pb was 7:07 (on vid) but that was a while ago...
congrats to you too! still using that crappy re-tooled one?

 

[Ville Seppänen]

Nah, just a pretty crappy ES. It's better than the rubik's.

 

[Faz]

sub 2!!!!! so easy and lucky though so it doesnt count. i got 1:58.25

white top, green front

L R2 D' F2 D U2 B' F' L B2 F' L' R D U L' D2 U2 L2 B2 R B2 D' U B'


Mike, please say ill average sub 1 memo

lol 42.73 success.

Wow 62.86.

 

[SimonWestlund]

Ville, have you tried Gparkers scramble?

 

[Zava]

sub 2!!!!! so easy and lucky though so it doesnt count. i got 1:58.25

white top, green front

L R2 D' F2 D U2 B' F' L B2 F' L' R D U L' D2 U2 L2 B2 R B2 D' U B'


Mike, please say ill average sub 1 memo

lol 42.73 success.

Wow 62.86.

haha, 31.66

 

[Slash]

oh woohohohooooo!!!
second EVER successful 4x4 bld solve: 22:12.03
This wasn't lucky. At the previous solve were 10 centers solved what made the memo so much easier. Now, there were just 6 centers and one corner solved(the corner with wrong orientation). about 17-17,5 mins for memo.

 

[Lord Voldemort]

first 3x3x3 solve
4-28-09

memo time ~8 mins
solve time ~6 mins

How do people do that?
I take like 20-30 minutes and I still have yet to get a successful BLD