This was my first ever multiblind attempt and I'm pretty stoked with how I did. The first cube was only off by two swapped edges and two swapped corners. I just forgot to shoot to my last edge location. Pretty excited, though.
Also, I had a sub-3 3bld with only three corners wrong. Memo was my first sub-1 memo.
YOU BLOODY RIPPER! FIRST EVER 3x3 BLD SUCCESS!! (4th real attempt, second for the night).
Scramble:
R' D B' L F2 R B U' F2 D' L' R2 B' D F' U2 L' R2 U F D' F' R F U'
Old Pochmann
Memo time: 15:18.71
Execution time: 07:25.32 (Shocking, I know, but deliberately slow to ensure success)
Total: 22:44.03
Memo/Solution (Speffz notation):
DERVLMJFAGXD edges.
Rotate 2 corners (S-CW and D-CCW. I used [F D F' D']x2 as that's all I could remember. Yeah, I suck. Deal with it.)
Solve rest of edges : CLQBTB
Visual Memo (I really really need to make my image pair list. Leave me alone)
"Dave E(dude I know) drives a Recreational Vehicle and bites a Lemon Wedge. Jenny F. (girl I know) is AnGry and does an XD smiley face, then is SaD. Carl Lewis runs past a CHuB security team who are protecting Tony Blair."
And if you're bored, the solution (It's just Old Pochmann - 302 moves). But there's typos in it (I typed it into alg.garron.us and the cube ended up a mess. Can't be bothered fixing).
R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F'
l' R' U2 R U R' U2 L U' R U' L' l
d L R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' L' d
D2 L2 R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' L2 D2
d L' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' L d'
l R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' l'
d' L R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' L' d
d2 L R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' d2 L'
R' U2 R U R' U2 L U' R U' L'
l' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' l
L2 R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' L2
R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F'
R2 F D F' D' F D F' D' U'
U D F D' F' D F D' F' R2
F R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R F'
D2 R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R D2
R' R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R R
U R' U2 R U R' U2 L U' R U' L' U'
R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R
U R' U2 R U R' U2 L U' R U' L' U'
I'm over the moon at this. AUSSIE CUBERS FTW! WE'VE GOT ALL THE SPEED RECORDS, NOW WE'RE AFTER THE BLD AND MULTIBLD AS WELL. LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS. FAZ, ZANE AND ARONPM IN THE HOUSE! VEGEMITE FOR LIFE! DEATH TO ORANGINA!
(Yeah, thanks to Chris-H, Mike Hug-hey and the rest of the gang for their support in the BLD failures thread).
YOU BLOODY RIPPER! FIRST EVER 3x3 BLD SUCCESS!! (4th real attempt, second for the night).
Scramble:
R' D B' L F2 R B U' F2 D' L' R2 B' D F' U2 L' R2 U F D' F' R F U'
Old Pochmann
Memo time: 15:18.71
Execution time: 07:25.32 (Shocking, I know, but deliberately slow to ensure success)
Total: 22:44.03
Memo/Solution (Speffz notation):
DERVLMJFAGXD edges.
Rotate 2 corners (S-CW and D-CCW. I used [F D F' D']x2 as that's all I could remember. Yeah, I suck. Deal with it.)
Solve rest of edges : CLQBTB
Visual Memo (I really really need to make my image pair list. Leave me alone)
"Dave E(dude I know) drives a Recreational Vehicle and bites a Lemon Wedge. Jenny F. (girl I know) is AnGry and does an XD smiley face, then is SaD. Carl Lewis runs past a CHuB security team who are protecting Tony Blair."
And if you're bored, the solution (It's just Old Pochmann - 302 moves). But there's typos in it (I typed it into alg.garron.us and the cube ended up a mess. Can't be bothered fixing).
R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F'
l' R' U2 R U R' U2 L U' R U' L' l
d L R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' L' d
D2 L2 R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' L2 D2
d L' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' L d'
l R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' l'
d' L R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' L' d
d2 L R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' d2 L'
R' U2 R U R' U2 L U' R U' L'
l' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' l
L2 R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' L2
R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F'
R2 F D F' D' F D F' D' U'
U D F D' F' D F D' F' R2
F R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R F'
D2 R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R D2
R' R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R R
U R' U2 R U R' U2 L U' R U' L' U'
R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R
U R' U2 R U R' U2 L U' R U' L' U'
I'm over the moon at this. AUSSIE CUBERS FTW! WE'VE GOT ALL THE SPEED RECORDS, NOW WE'RE AFTER THE BLD AND MULTIBLD AS WELL. LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS. FAZ, ZANE AND ARONPM IN THE HOUSE! VEGEMITE FOR LIFE! DEATH TO ORANGINA!
(Yeah, thanks to Chris-H, Mike Hug-hey and the rest of the gang for their support in the BLD failures thread).
cycle edges:
A -> O -> L : R y [L' U2 L, E] y' R' (optimal is: u' R E' L E R' E' L' U)
A -> S -> D : y' [M D M', U'] y
A -> J -> N : [R U R', E']
A -> G -> B : [U', M' D' M]
A -> H -> I : [U L U', M]
cycle corners:
A -> H -> W : R2 y [L D2 L', U2] y' R2 (optimal is: x' L2 B2 L' F' L B2 L' F L' x)
A -> C -> P : [U2, R' D' R]
A -> I -> B : y' x' [L' U' L, D'] x y
A -> U -> B : y' x' [L' U' L, D2] - solved
Total is 76 turns. This is 2 turns off of optimal, I should have done A9's in two places where I did 10 movers instead. I would still like to get a sub-60 single one day using purely move optimal BH for both corners and edges, if only for the novelty of it.
SO HAPPY to finally have gotten a sub-60 single! Now if only I could solve just as quickly on a 5x5x5 This was definitely not done at GOGOGOGO pace. I tried to go at a pace that felt like the 3x3x3 version of the 5x5x5 pace I was using in weekly competition #6, so slightly faster than that but not ridiculously so.
Very nice Chris I find it weird you didn't just do the A perm on the first corner cycle though, I thought it would be obvious (also you didn't need the x' rotation )
I'm over the moon at this. AUSSIE CUBERS FTW! WE'VE GOT ALL THE SPEED RECORDS, NOW WE'RE AFTER THE BLD AND MULTIBLD AS WELL. LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS. FAZ, ZANE AND ARONPM IN THE HOUSE! VEGEMITE FOR LIFE! DEATH TO ORANGINA!
Thanks for the comments everyone! Also, I'm freaking out right now, because I have another PB set today!
6x6x6 BLD
26:21.40 (15:50ish memo)
Done for this week's forum competition (week #7). I'm pretty sure this is my first sub-35 minute solve, so naturally I'm flipping out right now!
This was also done at the same pace as my 5x5x5's from week #6, just the 6x6x6 version of that. I'm going to start calling this my "clay sculpting" pace, as I don't know of any other way to describe it. The idea behind the pacing is that I push on the cube as much as possible, but when the cube pushes back on me I accept that and let it push back on me. This definitely did not feel anything like the GOGOGOGO pace I've heard people talk about, and that I myself have used in the past. If anything it felt more like I've heard Mike and Ville talk about for their pacing.
Today is the best BLD day since my 5x5x5 solves last week! I forgot how awesome it feels to set new pb times! So great!
--edit--
Ok, I'm going to call it a night on a high note. I just got a 59.82 3x3x3 BLD success, only my second ever sub-60! I have no idea why I improved across the board on all cube sizes for BLD in the past week or two, but I'm so happy right now! This reminds me of why it's so easy to get hooked on BLD!
I'm pretty sure it is - I think my best is somewhere around 28 minutes, and I think I've held the UWR for the past couple of years, simply because no one else has worked on it.
Congratulations, Chris - I'm totally not keeping up with you now. The sub-60 is also awesome! Great job!
Oh, and the "let the cube push back" thing is kind of how I solve in competition. I try to go as fast as I can, but if it seems like it doesn't work, I slow down as much as I need to, whatever that is, and I just don't worry about it. I find it's really good for getting successful solves in competition. So I suspect you're doing the right thing. I suspect our time difference is still just the difference in experience between us - you still have a couple of years on me.
I'm pretty sure it is - I think my best is somewhere around 28 minutes, and I think I've held the UWR for the past couple of years, simply because no one else has worked on it.
Congratulations, Chris - I'm totally not keeping up with you now. The sub-60 is also awesome! Great job!
Hey Mike, thanks for the kind words, but I still view you as the top BLD person here. I view myself as a specialist if anything, I only do single BLD attempts, and only on cubes. I'm starting to develop some interest in multi, but I have yet to actually start practicing it.
Oh, and the "let the cube push back" thing is kind of how I solve in competition. I try to go as fast as I can, but if it seems like it doesn't work, I slow down as much as I need to, whatever that is, and I just don't worry about it. I find it's really good for getting successful solves in competition. So I suspect you're doing the right thing. I suspect our time difference is still just the difference in experience between us - you still have a couple of years on me.
Mike, again because you have SO many BLD accomplishments, I sometimes forget that I did start big cubes BLD before you did. To be fair you still have me totally whooped on 7x7x7 BLD, both in accuracy and overall time. Plus, I have to be honest that your 10 cube Square-1 Multi is one of, if not THE, craziest things I've ever heard of in the entire time I've been cubing O_O
I do see what you mean about how using this pace seems to be more accurate. I definitely feel more confident when I just slow down whenever things get tougher, rather than trying to GOGOGOGO, knowing that I will probably DNF when I get to the hard part during my solving phase.
I'll keep trying to practice this way and see what comes of it, but yes I agree with you and Ville now that this seems to be an ideal pace, for me at least.
This was definitely not done at GOGOGOGO pace. I tried to go at a pace that felt like the 3x3x3 version of the 5x5x5 pace I was using in weekly competition #6, so slightly faster than that but not ridiculously so.
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