Blindsolving Failure Thread

[V-te]

Tried again 3 times today, edges only.
1st time: the bell interrupted.
2nd time was during chemistry, and the teacher was watching me and I was doing pretty good, When I took of the blindfold, Everything was good, except for 2 correctly oriented, flipped edges! Grrr.....
3rd time was just an epic failure. lol.

 

[V-te]

Just tried again. Once again, I got 2 flipped edges, but this time, I needed a U and a D turn so they were oriented. Total time: 25:00.36 grrr....

 

[Slash]

multi bld: 3/5, two misoriented corners on the first and the last cube(4 corners in all)
tonight I'll try it again!!!

 

[Slash]

another multiBLD:
3/6 in 57:07.59
first cube: forgot to parity fix->two corners and two edges swapped.
second: solved
third: solved
fourth: solved
fifth: two flipped edges(wrong setup for the last edge piece)
sixth: two flipped edges(wrong setup for the last edge piece)

I must get rid of doing wrong setups for the last edge pieces!
I forgot to do the parity fix because I forgot the whole corner memo, then I guessed it well, but I was too happy because of it to do the damn parity fix. I memorised this: parity on the 1st, 3rd, 5th.


If I solve 5 or 6 cubes till the WC2009, I'll try 6 there.

 

[rjohnson_8ball]

Void cube, using 3OP. I arbitrarily oriented the cube so the DLB cubie was solved. I did a rough memo first to determine if there was a parity problem. Fortunately there was none, since I was unsure of my plan if I had one. [EDIT, after posting: I think I would do an M when done, turning the 2 cycle into a 3 cycle.] I finished the memo. The cube was tough to turn -- it kept locking up and my muscle memory was getting confused. At the end, I did an extra L turn because I was unsure. I discovered it would have been solved without the L. So Failure/Accomplishment, whatever -- interesting experience. I did not time myself but I am quite sure if was over 10 min for memo + execution.

 

[blah]

DNF, DNF, 1:22.11(32.60), DNF, 1:30.87(45.17), 1:06.07(27.25), DNF, DNF, 1:38.93(39.72), DNF, DNF, DNF

Number of solves: 4/12
Session mean: 1:24.50
DNF: 66.7%
Memorization:Execution = 43:57

I told myself if I had either a 50% success rate or 3 successes in a row, I'd get back in to BLD. Apparently the powers that be didn't really like that idea So I'm still not coming out of retirement.

Obviously the session mean doesn't mean anything with so many DNFs. The 1:06 felt pretty awesome though I'm quite surprised that despite the fact that I've quit for about half a year now, I'm still getting sub-2 without any trouble I guess I also finally found out my memorization:execution ratio :rolleyes:

 

[Carson]

3x3
In search of my first successful bld solve:

21:34 - Zero correct edges (which is bad, because there was one correct from the scramble) 1 Correct Corner

Typically what throws me off is cube orientation since I have cube rotations in my y perm, and also having to do a rotation as a setup for my j's and R. This time, the cube itself was still in the initial orientation, so I'm not sure where I went wrong.

 

[yoruichi]

1/2 multi 2:24
went the wrong way on a 3 cycle so 8 moves off

 

[Anthony]

Typically what throws me off is cube orientation since I have cube rotations in my y perm

If you really like that Y perm, then use it in speedsolves, but use a different one during bld.

 

[King Koopa]

UGH 2:10 DNF. Executions was almost pauseless except for a pop in the middle of an alg which messed me up.

And after that i dnfed a 1:51

 

[Chuck]

I'm not sure whether I should post this in accomplishment or in failure thread. By just finishing these attempts made me feel that this is an accomplishment in concentration and endurance. But looking at the DNF rate, I guess the failure thread is the right place.

4x4x4 BLD average of 12
(All randomly hand-scrambled)

1. 20:17.3 (09:55.3)
2. DNF
3. 19:07.6 (09:41.9)
4. DNF
5. 17:16.5 (08:06.4)
6. DNF
7. DNF
8. DNF
9. DNF
10. DNF
11. 17:32.3 (08:14.8)
12. 22:04.1 (07:27.1)

Cube solved: 5/12
Average: DNF
Best Time: 17:16.5 (08:06.4) New PB
Worst Time: 22:04.1 (07:27.1) Tried to memorize faster, but ended up in many delays and undos on the execution.

Ugh... less than 50% accuracy. Another thing that makes me more dissapointed is that I didn't video tape these attempts. If I did, maybe I could make a 4x4x4 BLD Bloopers (just like my 3x3x3 Bloopers) and we can have a good laugh together :fp

Well, then let's just practice more.

 

[Crazycubemom]

Congratulations Chuck , you inspiring me to learn about bld and yesterday I did my FIRST egdes bld hahahahahaah , and I know for sure next week ( if not too much ironing and cooking at home) I can do my first bld yuhuuuuu

 

[Mike Hughey]

4x4x4 BLD average of 12
Cube solved: 5/12
Average: DNF
Best Time: 17:16.5 (08:06.4) New PB
Worst Time: 22:04.1 (07:27.1) Tried to memorize faster, but ended up in many delays and undos on the execution.

Wow, Chuck - very nice. That's longer than I've ever spent in a single nonstop session doing BLD. (I've done 3 hours many times, but never 4 hours.) Nice times, too - you're going to get really fast at this soon! I bet after some rest, your next success will be a big improvement.

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

Yay, Maria, I want you to be able to do it at WC I think you're not signed up for BLD, but I think you can show us

 

[Crazycubemom]

Maarten , I will show you at Dutch Open 2009 hihiihihi , WC 09 I have to helping with judging etc

 

[driftboy_wen]

i do some practice yesterday for BLD
im looking for accuracy, my personal best now is 2.18, at this practice i always recall it 2 or 3 times, maybe 5 if i didnt sure enough . coz im looking for good accuracy.

and here it is =D

3.48.18
DNF (slipped out)
3.44.14
3.54.99
4.5.49
3.11.82
3.50.49
3.51.44
4.34.13
3.49.36
DNF ! strange case, 6 or 5 cycle with 1 correct piece, and very strange when i realize that i'll shoot with odd number... i know its going to be DNF... anyway dnf is dnf.
3.40.68

best 3.11.82
average (without DNF ) 3.50

accuracy 10/12 83.3%

 

[PEZenfuego]

Super epic blind failure today. I was doing great (at least I thought) My mom yelled at me to to something and broke my concentration. I got really pissed and spiked the cube into the ground. Rubik's cubes have 20 pieces and the core...I picked up 27 pieces.

 

[tim]

8/12 in 38 minutes (25 minutes memo). 3 stupid execution mistakes. ARGH!

 

[Chuck]

8/12 in 38 minutes (25 minutes memo). 3 stupid execution mistakes. ARGH!

Wow, soo fast!
Tim, if I may ask, why are you keep practicing with number of cubes that you know will spend you far less than 60 minutes? Because I always train myself to see how much I can do for 60 minutes. Your answer will be precious for me, thank you.

 

[tim]

8/12 in 38 minutes (25 minutes memo). 3 stupid execution mistakes. ARGH!

Wow, soo fast!
Tim, if I may ask, why are you keep practicing with number of cubes that you know will spend you far less than 60 minutes? Because I always train myself to see how much I can do for 60 minutes. Your answer will be precious for me, thank you.

The answer is simple: I don't have more cubes with me.