Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[Zane_C]

Did some comp-style bld, with paper covering the cube before starting and a stackmat, and I got this:

Average of 5: 34.20
35.41 (DNF 54.41) 34.33 (30.63) 32.86

NICE!!!

 

[That70sShowDude]

Did some comp-style bld, with paper covering the cube before starting and a stackmat, and I got this:

Average of 5: 34.20
35.41 (DNF 54.41) 34.33 (30.63) 32.86

ok, that's crazy
sub-40 at mso?

 

[Faz]

got a 4bld avg5

Times were like

4:50, 5:05, 5:12, [4:49], [DNF(5:33)] = 5:02

 

[Faz]

zomg 3:55.73. Memo was about 2 minutes I think.

 

[cmhardw]

Feliks that's awesome! Keep it up, that's a great solve!

 

[Mike Hughey]

Wow, Feliks - that's amazing!

I just got my coolest ever 6x6x6 BLD: 45:08.54 (14:26). Not that fast, but cool. I had finished all corners and all centers and was doing inner wings, and the cube exploded. I was 6 moves into the commutator, but since I count, I knew that. A few of the centers fell out (and several internal pieces came out!!!), but all of the center pieces were on the front face, and since I knew they were all solved, I knew they were all the same color. So I carefully started disassembling. A couple of the internal pieces fell on the floor, as well as a couple of those center pieces from that side, but again, that wasn't a problem for me. So I carefully took all the pieces apart I needed to in order to safely put it back together, placing them in places where I could find them, hunted around on the floor and found the extra pieces (which took a while - one of them went behind the chair - I'm sure it would have been very funny to watch as I was groping on the floor), and put it back together. Since I knew where all of the wings were, and I put the other side's centers in a safe place away from the first side's centers, I never had any doubt that I was putting it back together correctly. So I finished it, did the last two moves of my commutator (then redid the commutator to make sure I did the last two moves right, then undid it), and then finished the solve. And it was solved!

So awesome!

 

[Zane_C]

Nice job Mike, a pop on a 3x3 is hard enough to fix.

 

[qqwref]

Whoa, that sounds like a really crazy solve. Mike, you are lucky and awesome.

 

[cmhardw]

I just got my coolest ever 6x6x6 BLD: 45:08.54 (14:26). Not that fast, but cool.
...
So I finished it, did the last two moves of my commutator (then redid the commutator to make sure I did the last two moves right, then undid it), and then finished the solve. And it was solved!

So awesome!

Mike, that is absolutely crazy! I can't imagine that feeling of opening your eyes to the solved cube after all that! It must have felt amazing, the same level of awesome as one of your crazy 10 Square-1 attempts, or a big relay! Way cool! :tu

 

[TMOY]

Got a 5BLD success in 20:16 this morning, not a PB but the memo went really fast (4:25).
Now I have to try to speed up my execution

 

[Olivér Perge]

Got a 5BLD success in 20:16 this morning, not a PB but the memo went really fast (4:25).
Now I have to try to speed up my execution

Or maybe time to change method? This exectuin seems really slow compared to your memo, which is world class btw. (Ville memorized his cube in 5 minutes, which ended up being a WR solve...)

 

[LarsN]

Got a 5BLD success in 20:16 this morning, not a PB but the memo went really fast (4:25).
Now I have to try to speed up my execution

Really great memo time! I wish I could get sub6 memo, which seems to be a barrier for me right now.

Don't you practise 5x5x5BLD much? Your 4x4x4BLD execution seems a lot faster than your 5x5x5BLD execution, relatively ofcourse.

 

[aronpm]

Or maybe time to change method? This exectuin seems really slow compared to your memo, which is world class btw. (Ville memorized his cube in 5 minutes, which ended up being a WR solve...)

Well to be fair, at home Spef memorizes in about 3 minutes

TMOY, you really do need to work on execution You could easily be around 12 minutes with 5 minutes memo and 7 minutes execution. What method do you use?

 

[TMOY]

I will try to answer to all three of you at once

I basically use commutatorss for (almost) everything. For centers, I'm still using noobish comms because big BLDs were easier to learn that way, I should definitely try better comms. And make less big pauses during execution (that's what slows me down the most at 5BLD compared to 4BLD, mainly because I practice 5BLD less).

And a memo time of 4:25 is exceptionally fast for me, my usual memo times are between 6 and 8 minutes. But on that solve the centers were surprisingly easy to remember (although they were not particularly lucky).

 

[Rubiks560]

3x3 Blind success, 2:54.71, slightly faster then average.

 

[JonnyWhoopes]

OH 3BLD - 3:53.97

Kinda fun. I might do more.

 

[MrMoney]

I have been doing a few 4^3 bld lately (5 attempts, 4 solves) with the times: 32minutes, 28 minutes, 26minutes and yesterday 22minutes. I am using a CRAPPY mega-QJ (the 6.7cm) and all I can say is it sucks. I am still having problems memorizing the wings properly in regards to the orientation. I guess this will come along after a while. I also have a problem knowing if I can memorized all the wings. I usually go through them all in the end to check if I might have forgotten any. This is taking too much time. Do you guys just "feel" something is forgotten after a while or?

Also been doing a few small MBLD. 5/5 in 21:13 is my best this far... Bad I know. I memorize too strongly as I can remember whole routes a few days after the solves. I usually go through all cubes 4 times, will cut it down to 2 times now. I want 5/5 in sub18!!!

 

[RyanReese09]

I have been doing a few 4^3 bld lately (5 attempts, 4 solves) with the times: 32minutes, 28 minutes, 26minutes and yesterday 22minutes. I am using a CRAPPY mega-QJ (the 6.7cm) and all I can say is it sucks. I am still having problems memorizing the wings properly in regards to the orientation. I guess this will come along after a while. I also have a problem knowing if I can memorized all the wings. I usually go through them all in the end to check if I might have forgotten any. This is taking too much time. Do you guys just "feel" something is forgotten after a while or?

Also been doing a few small MBLD. 5/5 in 21:13 is my best this far... Bad I know. I memorize too strongly as I can remember whole routes a few days after the solves. I usually go through all cubes 4 times, will cut it down to 2 times now. I want 5/5 in sub18!!!

I'd like a skype date with you to go over some points in BH if you don't mind

Still, 21 minutes is pretty fast...

 

[LarsN]

I usually go through them all in the end to check if I might have forgotten any. This is taking too much time. Do you guys just "feel" something is forgotten after a while or?

From my 5x5x5bld experience I tend to forgot the wingedge memo (which I memo first and execute last) if the rest of the memo takes longer than usual. It seems my wing edge memo has settled on a state which rests in my mind for 10-12 minutes at most.
You should practise to memo without going back. It will make you a great deal faster.

 

[TMOY]

If you have trouble with keeping your wing edges memo for too long, maybe you should consider executing them first...