Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[blah]

BLD success on Live TV with no warm-up

Very cool! Links?

None yet. And I'm not sure if I'll ever get one. It was a morning show on Fox 45, had about 5 minutes of total airtime.

Also, before that attempt, the last time I did BLD was at Indiana My hands were shaking so bad though - a live DNF would've been so embarrassing

 

[Toad]

3x3x3 BLD avg 3/5: 1:31.41

Spoiler

Average: 1:31.41
Standard Deviation: 3.28
Best Time: 1:18.44
Worst Time: 1:47.65
Individual Times:
1. (1:18.44) B F' D' L' B F' L D' L2 R B2 F2 U' L2 R D2 F L' U' L2 D' U' B2 F' D'
2. 1:26.86 R' B F' L2 R' D2 F2 D' U' L2 R' B2 D B F U2 L' R' U B2 F' D' U2 R' B
3. 1:32.94 L B' R F2 L' R' D2 U' L2 U2 B F2 U2 B' F2 L2 D U2 B2 F L' R F2 L R2
4. 1:34.44 D' U L' D2 B2 F' U2 L B' F L U2 B F' L' R' F U B' D2 U' B' F2 R' D
5. (1:47.56) F' L2 F R2 B' L R' B F U2 L2 R2 U L2 R' D U' L F' U L2 R2 B2 D U2

So close to 1:30, but not quite there.

Incredible.

 

[Mike Hughey]

BLD success on Live TV with no warm-up

Very cool! Links?

None yet. And I'm not sure if I'll ever get one. It was a morning show on Fox 45, had about 5 minutes of total airtime.

Also, before that attempt, the last time I did BLD was at Indiana My hands were shaking so bad though - a live DNF would've been so embarrassing

Originally, they asked me to do a live BLD for that 6:30 AM bit before Indiana. I felt fortunate because I was able to tell them no because the whole spot was just 2 1/2 minutes, and I knew I probably couldn't do one that fast. I was relieved because the fear of a live DNF was so great. So I'm impressed that you were brave enough to try it, and congratulations - that's awesome!

When they asked me about doing the live BLD, I told them it was a shame they weren't coming Saturday instead, because there was a guy that was coming who could have done it fast enough. Guess who I was thinking of?

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

BLD success on Live TV with no warm-up

Very cool! Links?

None yet. And I'm not sure if I'll ever get one. It was a morning show on Fox 45, had about 5 minutes of total airtime.

Also, before that attempt, the last time I did BLD was at Indiana My hands were shaking so bad though - a live DNF would've been so embarrassing

Originally, they asked me to do a live BLD for that 6:30 AM bit before Indiana. I felt fortunate because I was able to tell them no because the whole spot was just 2 1/2 minutes, and I knew I probably couldn't do one that fast. I was relieved because the fear of a live DNF was so great. So I'm impressed that you were brave enough to try it, and congratulations - that's awesome!

When they asked me about doing the live BLD, I told them it was a shame they weren't coming Saturday instead, because there was a guy that was coming who could have done it fast enough. Guess who I was thinking of?

little chesty (chester lian)

 

[Hyprul 9-ty2]

13:47.16 4x4 BLD!
My old pb was 15:10.. then I took a 2 week break, and now I get this
6 minute memo omgoshh

 

[rubiknewbie]

First sub-5 solve on the 3x3x3! 4:23.86! I ALMOST forgot the two flipped edges in the end, but I did it at the last second. Can someone tell me how good of a time this is for a relatively big amount of practice, and how I can be more consistent? Thanks.

4min+ sounds good to me! Many people can do 1 or 2min+ consistently, I am not sure how :fp.

 

[The3point14]

29:04 4x4x4 blind on 3rd attempt. I should be able to get down to 15 minutes before my next competition ( I hope! ). What i'm proud of is that I solved the 4x4x4 blindfolded before I even solved it regularly without help XD

 

[Micael]

BLD success on Live TV with no warm-up

Wow!

 

[Toad]

Successfully did a clock BLD today a few times in the car... Dunno how long it took, was inventing the method while I was going along but I'm sure I could do it in a couple of minutes, not hard really.

 

[Slash]

29:04 4x4x4 blind on 3rd attempt. I should be able to get down to 15 minutes before my next competition ( I hope! ). What i'm proud of is that I solved the 4x4x4 blindfolded before I even solved it regularly without help XD

Congratulations!!! You should put on blindfold every time you can't solve a puzzle

 

[Micael]

29:04 4x4x4 blind on 3rd attempt. I should be able to get down to 15 minutes before my next competition ( I hope! ). What i'm proud of is that I solved the 4x4x4 blindfolded before I even solved it regularly without help XD

Nice!

Hey, I am still looking for a video of you doing 12/12 multi sub-1h.

 

[Sakarie]

My third succesful 5x5 solve, (out of like 40), with the personal best of 21:56, with the previous pb on 29:something. Still, it's an ordnary time, except for that it was solved. But yeah, I know that I could be pretty much faster if I have the flow in a solve. Memo 10:30 i think. Scramble nothing special at all.

D' L u2 F2 u2 f' l R d F' D2 B' b2 D d u U2 B' b f u' L' B' b2 D U' r D b2 l' r D B2 U2 B f' F2 l D' d u' U' l b2 f' F2 U' F R' B' d' u L F2 U' l' r' B2 R' u'

 

[DaijoCube]

Almost got 2x2x2 blind

 

[DaijoCube]

I GOT IT

I got the solve on camera. I was tired of failing, so I figured out I should film myself to see where I do my mistakes. Funny thing is, we don't see much on the camera, and I did a lot of setup moves so I thought I would have failed at some place LOL

But seriously, it's easy but still : WIN

 

[KJiptner]

sub-1 Mike! do it!
F' B U' R2 D2 F2 L2 F2 B' L F U2 L F2 U' D2 F U' R D' F' D R F' L2

 

[LarsN]

My third succesful 5x5 solve, (out of like 40), with the personal best of 21:56, with the previous pb on 29:something. Still, it's an ordnary time, except for that it was solved. But yeah, I know that I could be pretty much faster if I have the flow in a solve. Memo 10:30 i think. Scramble nothing special at all.

D' L u2 F2 u2 f' l R d F' D2 B' b2 D d u U2 B' b f u' L' B' b2 D U' r D b2 l' r D B2 U2 B f' F2 l D' d u' U' l b2 f' F2 U' F R' B' d' u L F2 U' l' r' B2 R' u'

Nice Arvid, go get an official time now You can do it.

Are you training for speed or accuracy at the moment?

 

[Sakarie]

My third succesful 5x5 solve, (out of like 40), with the personal best of 21:56, with the previous pb on 29:something. Still, it's an ordnary time, except for that it was solved. But yeah, I know that I could be pretty much faster if I have the flow in a solve. Memo 10:30 i think. Scramble nothing special at all.

D' L u2 F2 u2 f' l R d F' D2 B' b2 D d u U2 B' b f u' L' B' b2 D U' r D b2 l' r D B2 U2 B f' F2 l D' d u' U' l b2 f' F2 U' F R' B' d' u L F2 U' l' r' B2 R' u'

Nice Arvid, go get an official time now You can do it.

Are you training for speed or accuracy at the moment?

Yeah, I'd love an officiall solve, but I'm not sure when the next competition will be...

Right now, at home, I go more for speed than accuracy. At competition I try to be more accurate, but that doesn't seem to work, so I don't know how next competition will be. But right know I'm aiming for a succesful sub-20, and to be consistently sub-20, unregarding the result.

 

[ManasijV]

sub-1 Mike! do it!
F' B U' R2 D2 F2 L2 F2 B' L F U2 L F2 U' D2 F U' R D' F' D R F' L2

55.68!! I think that's slow on this scramble! L O L scramble!!!

 

[MatsBergsten]

13:47.16 4x4 BLD!
My old pb was 15:10.. then I took a 2 week break, and now I get this
6 minute memo omgoshh

Nice! Take three weeks off now and see if you get a sub-10

29:04 4x4x4 blind on 3rd attempt. I should be able to get down to 15 minutes before my next competition ( I hope! ). What i'm proud of is that I solved the 4x4x4 blindfolded before I even solved it regularly without help XD

@3.14 That's cool, exactly as I did The first time I tried 4x4 speed at a competition I had to revert to bld-algs to get it solved. Nice with a backup solution.

@Arvid: Congratulations, nice time. Now you are faster than I am. Sigh

 

[Mike Hughey]

sub-1 Mike! do it!
F' B U' R2 D2 F2 L2 F2 B' L F U2 L F2 U' D2 F U' R D' F' D R F' L2

55.68!! I think that's slow on this scramble! L O L scramble!!!

1:10.70 DNF (3 edges). So stupid - I had trouble recalling the memo (slowing me down), and then did it in the wrong order. It freaks me out when I have such a short memo - this one was 24 seconds (definitely my fastest memo ever).

I might have done better if I had warmed up with some other solves first - I probably should have done that, but I couldn't resist jumping in as soon as I saw your post, Kai.