Blindsolving Failure Thread

[Tim Major]

Unlucky
But now 11 should seem like a breeze eh?

 

[Zane_C]

Ouch Why didn't you keep going?

Cbf, but at the time I had no idea what I had done wrong. I wasn't going to just solve the cubes with zero flipping/twisting involved.

Unlucky
But now 11 should seem like a breeze eh?

Um not really... I'll get back to you on that one.

 

[Faz]

You've inspired me to try 9 cubes for the weekly competition xD

 

[Zane_C]

You've inspired me to try 9 cubes for the weekly competition xD

Do it, but make sure it lands you in the other thread.

 

[MrMoney]

I would recommend you to work on your memo-method for twists and flips before attempting that many cubes. I tried only memoing visually up to 6 cubes, which was not all that bad. But for 7+ cubes it went wrong more often then right. Spend time on the little things and you will improve in the long run.

PS: I have not attempted MBLD since my 10/10 on video, might try 12 this weekend.

 

[Zane_C]

Yeah, I really did put the system together right before I started . Good luck on your 12.

 

[Yes We Can!]

4/5 in 24:22
Off by 5 edges and M-slice. Weekly comp 50.

 

[SimonWestlund]

4/5 in 24:22
Off by 5 edges and M-slice. Weekly comp 50.

HAHA! WTF!
I just finished my multi attempt in the weekly comp 50 15 minutes before you posted.
I got 4/5 in 25:33
Off by 5 edges!!

 

[Yes We Can!]

1st weekly comp 50 4x4 BLD scramble:
12:09 DNF off by 2 centers :'(
The centers were on L and B, so I didn't see it at first... bleh
Would've been my first sub-14. 7:15 memo.

 

[cmhardw]

So I am gearing up for my BLD practice, going to warm-up then attempt a 7BLD for the Christmas competition. I put on some metal music (Periphery - excellent band!), got my headphones, my cubes, but I couldn't find my blindfold. I got up... looked around... not on the night stand... or the dresser... not in an of the usual places. *Places hand up to head to think* ... Hey my forehead's not that that soft...

:fp

 

[riffz]

So I am gearing up for my BLD practice, going to warm-up then attempt a 7BLD for the Christmas competition. I put on some metal music (Periphery - excellent band!), got my headphones, my cubes, but I couldn't find my blindfold. I got up... looked around... not on the night stand... or the dresser... not in an of the usual places. *Places hand up to head to think* ... Hey my forehead's not that that soft...

:fp

LOL. I haven't done that with a blindfold, but it's happened many times with sunglasses. :fp

And yes! Periphery is an awesome band! I love listening to "All New Materials". It seems to put me in a good mood.

 

[Kynit]

Chris, I don't know how you'll remember a whole 7x7 if you can't even remember where your blindfold is!

 

[Slash]

Chris, I don't know how you'll remember a whole 7x7 if you can't even remember where your blindfold is!

+1

btw, Chris, do you listen to music during blindsolves usually or is it just practise?

 

[Mike Hughey]

So I am gearing up for my BLD practice, going to warm-up then attempt a 7BLD for the Christmas competition. I put on some metal music (Periphery - excellent band!), got my headphones, my cubes, but I couldn't find my blindfold. I got up... looked around... not on the night stand... or the dresser... not in an of the usual places. *Places hand up to head to think* ... Hey my forehead's not that that soft...

:fp

One time at a competition, I went to my wife, Gloria, and told her rather frantically, "I can't find my blindfold - do you have any idea where it might be?" She just started laughing. Yep, you guessed where it was. So I empathize.

 

[cmhardw]

I normally don't really post actual solves in this thread, but I had to post this one.

10:14.38 5x5x5 BLD DNF. It was off by 2 permuted but disoriented corners (forgot to orient them), and 3 x-centers. I can't figure out what I did wrong, but it appears I did a wrong cycle (replaced a slow one with a faster one subconsciously).

Sub-10 does not feel so far away anymore. Yes I have to go very fast to achieve it, but the mental barrier is breaking down quite a lot for me. All I have to do is copy the feeling I had during that solve (that and warm up with a 7x7x7BLD solve )

--edit--
About the can't find the blindfold stuff, I wonder if things like that happen for the same reason that I can never seem to remember Mike's phone number lol, Mike I think it's funny that we've both done something similar!

 

[aronpm]

Sub-10 does not feel so far away anymore. Yes I have to go very fast to achieve it, but the mental barrier is breaking down quite a lot for me. All I have to do is copy the feeling I had during that solve (that and warm up with a 7x7x7BLD solve )

I wonder if you'll beat me to sub10

 

[RyanReese09]

DNF at River Hill today. Went over 10 minutes + my corner memo was incorrect anyway (was at 7 minutes memo and decided to rush my corner memo).

I went over 10 minutes mostly because of the noise level and the fact I couldn't concentrate enough to solidly form the images in each location <_<

Shall learn from this and bring ear plugs next time.

I'm not entirely happy they just plain stopped me after 10 minutes, I wanted to see if I would have had a success.

 

[Mike Hughey]

I wonder if you'll beat me to sub10

You still haven't done sub-10 yet? I assumed you were averaging sub-10 by now, what with your crazy 4x4x4 BLD times. But I see your signature says otherwise. Do you even own a 5x5x5?

 

[Zane_C]

His DNFs average sub-10.

 

[aronpm]

You still haven't done sub-10 yet? I assumed you were averaging sub-10 by now, what with your crazy 4x4x4 BLD times. But I see your signature says otherwise. Do you even own a 5x5x5?

I haven't got a sub10 success but all my attempts have been sub10 or sub9 lately