Blindsolving Failure Thread

[aronpm]

40.25, DNF(53), 45.02, 41.84, DNF(38.65) = DNF

UB was flipped on the last scramble so I thought "F" (since that's the letter for that edge) and instead of just flipped it I did parity (which wasn't needed) and flip so I was off by a conjugated T perm :/

Average would have been 42.37 if I didn't mess that up.

 

[JasonK]

DNF(4:48.18) by two flipped edges. Not lucky but really nice memo. Would've beaten my PB by about two minutes :S

EDIT: Next attempt was DNF(4:35.52) by two twisted corners. Looks like I've suddenly got a lot faster, just need to get some successes

 

[Zane_C]

Dennis inspired me to try 16 cubes, this went somewhat better than my previous two attempts...

15/16 in 53:07.99 (34:10)

Cube 11 was off by two twisted corners:
I memorised the twisted corner but forgot all about it.
I recalled the UR edge needing to be flipped - by a coffin nailed to the roof in one of my locations.
However, the floor covered in laxatives didn't click. Perhaps I should've imagined something else for laxatives...

Although a mistake quite simple to avoid, I was so happy when I saw the time. Even after those 2 corners.

I don't know why anyone would care, but these were the scrambles:

Spoiler

1. F2 D F2 D' B2 F' L F2 L U' L2 B' L2 U L2 R' U F' L U' B F2 L2 U2 R'
2. D' U B2 R' B F D2 U' B' L' U' B2 F2 U R F2 U' B2 R B L' F L B D'
3. B2 U2 L R2 B' D2 U R B F L' R2 D' B' U2 L2 D2 L' R2 F R' D2 U B U
4. B' F2 R2 U F' L' R B' F' L2 U2 F L' U F U' R' U2 B2 F2 R' F' L2 R' U
5. F2 R2 F L R' D2 F' L F D F2 U L' R F L2 R F2 D' F' D2 B' U2 L' U
6. R U' L' D2 L2 D' U2 B2 L B' D U F' L B' L2 R' F2 D U B L' R' U2 B
7. R2 U R2 U' B2 R D B U' L2 F D U' L' U2 F2 L2 F2 U2 B D L B' F U'
8. R D F2 R B2 R2 U B2 F' R' F' L B2 F2 D2 U R' D' R2 B L' R' D' L2 F2
9. F2 L R' B' R2 B L U2 F' U2 B2 L2 R' B' L R' F2 U R' U2 R2 B' D2 B L2
10. D' R' B F' D L R U2 F2 D B2 U2 L' R D' B2 U2 R' U L2 D U2 R' U2 F2
11. F2 U L B2 U2 B2 U2 R' D L D' U' L' B U L' F2 D2 R' F2 L2 F2 D2 L' F
12. L R B F' U' F U' L' R B U' B' U2 B2 F' U R D2 B2 F' L B L B' F'
13. D L2 U F2 R2 F' U L2 D2 U2 L' D R' B D B L R2 F D R' F R2 B2 U
14. D F' L2 R F D U R U B2 L R2 D' L D2 B' R U L' R U L2 F2 D2 B'
15. B' D2 B2 F2 R2 B F' R' D' B' L' F2 R' U B F U B2 D2 L F U R2 B2 F2
16. F' R' F' R B F' D L2 R B L R2 F' D2 U B D2 B' F D2 R2 U2 L R D

 

[Tyjet66]

I've given 2 attempts last night, 2 attempts today, all DNF and all by a lot. Now, total, I've done 13 attempts and only succeeded on attempts 4 and 6, now it seems that I can't even get close anymore. WTF is going on?!?!

 

[tim]

13/15 in 43:59 minutes (22 minutes actual memo + 5 minutes recalling everything).

 

[Yes We Can!]

I'm the biggest idiot alive.

Multi BLD: 5/6 47:06.58

First cube was DNF:
I solved it correctly, did two more cubes, thought I had forgotten parity on the first cube, went all the way back and applied the parity and went on.
Turns out that I hadn't forgotten to do it
I just watched the video and the cube was solved
I'm so dumb. Would have been my first time solving a perfect success with more than 4 cubes.
At least I solved 5 cubes BLD for the first time ever. But still, would've been 6/6!

 

[tim]

5x5x5 in 17:17 (memo around 7 minutes)

I was off by a d'. I knew i forgot that move during my outer wings, but i was too lazy to undo half of inner edges + 10 outer wings... Quite good for my first attempt since February 2010.

 

[cisco]

3/5, first serious multi try (memo was like... I started this morning, creating images for the needed letter pairs as I went... several hours I guess, solve time was 23 minutes something with re-memorization)

1 cube off by 3 corners (I don't know what happened, I will retry that scramble) and a scrambled cube (I messed up an Y-perm :fp)

But hey, now I know I can do it (using roman rooms)

 

[x-colo-x]

I'm the biggest idiot alive.

Multi BLD: 5/6 47:06.58

First cube was DNF:
I solved it correctly, did two more cubes, thought I had forgotten parity on the first cube, went all the way back and applied the parity and went on.
Turns out that I hadn't forgotten to do it
I just watched the video and the cube was solved
I'm so dumb. Would have been my first time solving a perfect success with more than 4 cubes.
At least I solved 5 cubes BLD for the first time ever. But still, would've been 6/6!

I did the same thing two times in competition

 

[kinch2002]

This is getting silly. 14/15 53:13 [34:27]. All 4 of my 15 cube attempts have been 14/15 now, and this one was a few seconds slower than my PB. Pretty scrambled 15th cube (first one executed) - probably 2 setup moves or something

 

[Tyjet66]

Perfect memo, perfect edges, remembered parity, corners almost perfect. My very last corner switch required no set up moves, I did F R U' R' U' R U R' F' of the Y-perm and had spaced and thought I finished the algorithm, I was R U R' U' R' F R F off...

 

[Tyjet66]

I was showing off my BLD solving capabilities at school, this is the first time I did an attempt in front of anyone other than my girlfriend, I was off by two twisted corners... The people I was showing believe that I can do it though, so it's still cool.

 

[Julian]

5:14.32 DNF by flipped buffer edge and UF edge, would have been a PB by ~45 seconds And I know exactly where I went wrong
Oh well. Let's try again.
EDIT: Redeem'd

 

[aronpm]

10/13 = 7 points in 35:08
Off by 3 edges, 4 edges (3cycle and flip) and scrambled.
Memo was 20:42 which is slow, because last time I had 18:41, and that was the first time I'd used some of those routes. This time I spent some time listening to the TV not doing anything because they are covering the Queensland floods.
I got it on video too, but I'll probably delete it soon.

 

[Matt]

I said I was gonna learn BLD at the beginning of the schoolyear... yet to attempt learning it. Big enough fail there.

 

[aronpm]

2/3 in 3:22.10
Memo was 1:42. The cube (first one to memo) was off by 4 edges and 4 corners, and it looks like there was an extra/missing half-turn somewhere.
I also got this on video

 

[Faz]

6/8 in 36:26 (24:45)

Quite a failure. The first 3 cubes took 9 minutes to memo. Then my brother started playing piano, which was extremely annoying, and so the next 3 cubes took about 14 minutes to memo. The last 2 I just use my speed method (ie: 2/2 speed multi).

Then I started execution, and I made a mistake on the first cube corners, undid that, and had a memory lapse. Luckily, I got the first 2 right. 2 of the cubes were extremely bad, and really loose, and I had to go really slowly. That's what caused my execution to be so slow.

In the end, the mistakes were.

3rd cube: 3 corners. I didn't execute a letter pair, I just skipped over it. I didn't forget it.
8th cube: This was a really bad cube, and during the edges, a corner twisted, so I had to untwist that, and I forgot to undo the setup moves after the edges, resulting in some stuff being off.

 

[DennisStrehlau]

6/8 in 36:26 (24:45)

Quite a failure. The first 3 cubes took 9 minutes to memo. Then my brother started playing piano, which was extremely annoying, and so the next 3 cubes took about 14 minutes to memo. The last 2 I just use my speed method (ie: 2/2 speed multi).

Then I started execution, and I made a mistake on the first cube corners, undid that, and had a memory lapse. Luckily, I got the first 2 right. 2 of the cubes were extremely bad, and really loose, and I had to go really slowly. That's what caused my execution to be so slow.

In the end, the mistakes were.

3rd cube: 3 corners. I didn't execute a letter pair, I just skipped over it. I didn't forget it.
8th cube: This was a really bad cube, and during the edges, a corner twisted, so I had to untwist that, and I forgot to undo the setup moves after the edges, resulting in some stuff being off.

Anyway, quiet fast.
How long do you do multi BLD now?
Do you also do 4x4x4/5x5x5 BLD?

Dennis

 

[Tyjet66]

Off by two fliped edges... my first failure in about 7 attempts.

I hate it when you're only 2 edges or 2 corners off, it's rediculous.

 

[Faz]

Anyway, quiet fast.
How long do you do multi BLD now?
Do you also do 4x4x4/5x5x5 BLD?

Dennis

I've been doing multiBLD for ages, but haven't really taken it seriously, or tried to get better. I want to try 12 at the competition in 2 weeks.

I do 4x4 and 5x5BLD, but I haven't had a 5x5 success yet. (Only done about 6/7 attempts )