I just solved a 4x4x4 blindfolded!

[Jason Baum]

Hey guys,

I just had my first successful 4x4x4 BLD! This was my second full attempt at this, my first one was way off. The total time was about an hour exactly. I memorized in about 35 minutes and solved in about 25. Nothing was really that hard in this solve; I didn't have parity or anything and most of my commutators were pretty easy. Still, I'm so excited right now. I seriously thought I could never do this, and it felt amazing to take the blindfold off and see my 4x4x4 completely solved.

HUGE thanks to Chris Hardwick, Daniel Beyer, and Mike Hughey for helping me out and teaching me how to do this. I couldn't have done it without you guys!

 

[tim]

very nice, jason . keep practicing and once you get fast at it, 4x4 bld is so much fun.

 

[Stefan]

Darn, nowadays I wouldn't even make it into the top 20 anymore. What happened to the good old days when only a handful of people were able to do this?

 

[Mike Hughey]

Congratulations! Since you had such early success, you of course had a slow first time. Like me! (I think my first success was my third attempt, so you did better than me in that regard.)

Your times will drop fast as you gain confidence, I'm sure.

As Chris Hardwick likes to say, welcome to the addiction! (It does feel pretty amazing, doesn't it?)

 

[ExoCorsair]

Congrats, Jason!

 

[AvGalen]

Darn, nowadays I wouldn't even make it into the top 20 anymore. What happened to the good old days when only a handful of people were able to do this?

I think some people have actually gotten their first succes at big-blind during an official competition. They also had to figure at most/all of it.

Now we have a weekly competition, tutorials and discussions about the tutorials.

(It was just months ago when I was nr. 7 with 2/2 in 26 minutes. I am pretty sure that by the end of 2008 that wouldn't be top-50)

 

[cmhardw]

Jason congrats! I knew you would get one soon!

I wholeheartedly agree with Mike's statement, welcome to your new addiction ;-)

Chris

 

[dbeyer]

*chk chika bow wow*
Good Job Jason. I am glad to hear of your success. Now can your first succesful 5x5 be faster than your first successful 4x4??

 

[hait2]

grats jason!

i keep putting off my 4x4x4 bld adventures ever since i did my proof of concept solve (executing blind while reading cycles off of a paper)

im lazy to create a memory system for this T_T; ill get around to it eventually.. i hope

 

[Caio Lafetá]

congratulations Jason!

 

[joey]

Good work!
There is always the thought of trying 4x4 BLD, but I still havn't gotten round to it! Multibld is next on my list!

 

[Tomarse]

Congrats mate :]

 

[hait2]

i haven't timed it (i wasn't expecting a solve. it was my 3rd attempt. only 2nd resembled a work in progress, the first was just like a freshly scrambled one), it was well over an hour though. probably closer to 2 because of painfully slow memorization and terrible execution (store bought, non-lubed cube)

BUT I DID IT!

i really love commutators. its actually quite empowering to know how they work hehehe. i have solved 3x3x3's entirely with freestyle commutators now too, it's a lot of fun

 

[Mike Hughey]

Congratulations, hait2! I agree - the coolest part for me of doing big cubes BLD is the commutators. And you're probably faster than you think. It'll improve quickly.

 

[pjk]

Congrats Jason.

 

[jackolanternsoup]

I've fantacised about doing this a lot... would it be a good idea to do 3x3x3 bld first? lol

 

[pajodaep]

Darn, nowadays I wouldn't even make it into the top 20 anymore. What happened to the good old days when only a handful of people were able to do this?

hmmm.. come on, you're a legend in BLD, being the first successful solver of th 5x5 BLD, no one will ever forget that. also, you're BLD tutorials are pretty good . there are a lot of BLD solvers here in the Philippines, and most of us learned BLD using one of your methods.

 

[Mike Hughey]

I've fantacised about doing this a lot... would it be a good idea to do 3x3x3 bld first? lol

Hey - why not be the first to solve a 4x4x4 BLD before you ever solve a 3x3x3 BLD? It would be fun.

 

[joey]

I've fantacised about doing this a lot... would it be a good idea to do 3x3x3 bld first? lol

Hey - why not be the first to solve a 4x4x4 BLD before you ever solve a 3x3x3 BLD? It would be fun.

Along the same lines as your friend I think

 

[Mike Hughey]

Exactly. Maybe I should try to find some poor soul that I can convince to solve a 4x4x4 BLD before they ever solve a 3x3x3 sighted.