Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[Zane_C]

4/4 multi in 31:23.

 

[Faz]

Nice one Zane.

 

[Zane_C]

Thanks, I tried 5 yesterday but I think that's a bit too much for me atm.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Slight improvement on my PB average 3x3x3 3/5: 1:20.96

Spoiler

Statistics for 06-29-2010 12:07:15

Average: 1:20.96
Standard Deviation: 5.21
Best Time: 1:15.67
Worst Time: 1:28.98
Individual Times:
1. 1:16.14 L2 D' F' L D2 U F' R' D B' F' L2 R' B' F D2 L D U' L2 R2 B D2 U L
2. 1:28.20 U' B' L R2 D' R B2 R D2 B F2 D2 R' D' B' F2 U B2 L2 D' B F R D2 U'
3. (1:28.98) D' U' R2 B2 F L R B R B2 D' U B' L2 R' D L' D' U' B' F' U2 B' L2 F
4. (1:15.67) R' F2 U' L2 R2 F2 D B2 F2 L' R U' B R' B L' R2 F2 L2 F' R U B2 L2 B'
5. 1:18.54 R2 F' R2 D U2 F' D U L2 B2 U' R2 F2 U' B2 L' R2 D U' R2 F' L' F2 L R

Unfortunately, after that it all went downhill. But those were some amazing solves! 3 sub-1:20, and all 5 sub-1:30!

 

[Mike Hughey]

4x4x4 BLD: 5:49.77 (3:01)

My first sub-6!

Scramble (not quite lucky by the 20% rule):
Fw' F D U2 B2 F Uw U' R D' R B' Uw' Rw2 B Fw F2 U Fw2 U' R' Fw' Uw2 U2 F2 Rw2 R2 F' Rw2 D' U L2 R' Fw F L2 Rw' R Uw2 Rw

I've been getting a lot of 6:30 DNFs lately; it was nice to finally get one successful, and even nicer that it was a little faster than the others.

 

[blah]

4x4x4 BLD: 5:49.77 (3:01)

My first sub-6!

Scramble (not quite lucky by the 20% rule):
Fw' F D U2 B2 F Uw U' R D' R B' Uw' Rw2 B Fw F2 U Fw2 U' R' Fw' Uw2 U2 F2 Rw2 R2 F' Rw2 D' U L2 R' Fw F L2 Rw' R Uw2 Rw

I've been getting a lot of 6:30 DNFs lately; it was nice to finally get one successful, and even nicer that it was a little faster than the others.

Hug Hey < blah

NOW JUST DO IT IN COMPETITION.

I'm starting to feel guilty - you haven't had a successful 4BLD in competition ever since I showed up...

 

[Mike Hughey]

Hug Hey < blah

NOW JUST DO IT IN COMPETITION.

I'm starting to feel guilty - you haven't had a successful 4BLD in competition ever since I showed up...

Yeah, I noticed that. I think I'm just too nervous in the presence of your awesomeness.

Seriously, please don't feel guilty - I think it's just an unlucky streak. A REALLY unlucky streak.

Are you telling me you've never done sub-6 at home? Is that just because you never practice at home? As fast as you are in competition, I figured surely you've gone sub-6 a bunch of times in practice.

 

[blah]

Are you telling me you've never done sub-6 at home? Is that just because you never practice at home?

Yes and yes The only thing I practice at home ("practice" means doing 12 solves before I go to bed) is 3x3x3 speed and maybe OH if I feel like it - you can even see my massive improvement in these events in my recent competition results

 

[Mike Hughey]

Are you telling me you've never done sub-6 at home? Is that just because you never practice at home?

Yes and yes The only thing I practice at home ("practice" means doing 12 solves before I go to bed) is 3x3x3 speed and maybe OH if I feel like it - you can even see my massive improvement in these events in my recent competition results

Maybe that's my problem - I keep practicing big cubes BLD. And I'm having very similar results to your 3x3x3 speed and OH results.

 

[MatsBergsten]

4x4x4 BLD: 5:49.77 (3:01)

My first sub-6!

Very nice! (And as Chester says, now do it in comp )

 

[cmhardw]

4x4x4 BLD: 5:49.77 (3:01)

My first sub-6!

Congrats, Mike!

 

[joey]

Mike, congrats.

Nats is a month away..

 

[TMOY]

4^3 BLD in 9:55.09, first stackmat time for me

 

[Mike Hughey]

4^3 BLD in 9:55.09, first stackmat time for me

Stackmat! Awesome job!

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

STACKMAT

 

[dbf]

I'm Happy

2:56.61 My first sub 3 min

i do bld for about a month (Old Pochmann corners and M2)

Scrambles was:

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

thanks to Federico Soldati for his great memory method LPAO

 

[ninjabob7]

3x3x3 BLD: 6:10 (Classic Pochmann)
Had 2 successes almost 4 years ago - untimed, but around 25 minutes. My first attempt since then was a 7 minute DNF, followed by this. I used color pair images for the edges but saved time by not really linking them. I used tapping and auditory for the corners. Also used an alg to flip edges that were in place rather than do it the Pochmann way.
2x2x2 BLD: 2:04
Would be faster, but I have a terrible cube. This was only done to work my way up to 3x3. I didn't fail any of 5 or 6 attempts!

 

[MiloD]

accomplishment: solved 4x4 "without looking". wrote down memo on paper and solved cube under table using r2 for edges U2 for centers and commutators for corners. next step: the real thing!

 

[blah]

U2 for centers and commutators for corners

wat

 

[MiloD]

U2 for centers and commutators for corners

wat

is there a problem?