Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[RyanReese09]

2:01.04, DNF(2:00.55)[4 flipped edges, 2 of which I forgot to do a pure flip for..], 1:56.10/

Less then a second off PB, slight pause to remember what orientation of a pure twist I had to do :fp.

On the way to comp yesterday, I got a 1:46, but lol, 4 flipped edges in place, 1 corner solved IIRC. Memo was really fast. Not counting since it was handscramble though.

 

[JasonK]

3:07.80 L' D2 U B2 D' B' F2 D F2 B2 U' D R' L' D B D U2 B' U' B2 D R' F2 U2

First attempt after about 2 weeks of no BLD and beat my PB by about 30 seconds Not really lucky, just really nice edge memo.

 

[Xishem]

Got a new 3x3 BLD PB:
2:36.11

Not lucky. Felt about average with only slightly faster-than-average memorization, and more fluid execution than normal. Next stop: Sub-2.

 

[cmhardw]

5x5x5 BLD
9:49.10 success!! First ever sub-10!!

Scramble:

Spoiler

Uw F2 R' Dw' L' D Rw2 Fw2 Lw D2 Dw Uw' U' L D Uw2 B2 Rw' R' F2 Lw' Rw2 D Lw2 Uw Rw' Bw Lw B Lw Rw' R2 D' B Bw' Fw' D2 Uw2 F2 D' Bw2 L R' Dw2 U Fw' L2 Dw2 Uw Rw Uw' Fw' F' Rw2 Uw Fw L Bw F2 L2

 

[Mike Hughey]

5x5x5 BLD
9:49.10 success!! First ever sub-10!!

Wow, you did it! Congratulations! That is amazing.

So you could still get the WR back one more time...

 

[Ville Seppänen]

Chriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis!!! Awesome!

 

[cmhardw]

Wow, you did it! Congratulations! That is amazing.

So you could still get the WR back one more time...

Thanks Mike! Now it's your turn, I can't wait for you to get sub-10 as well! Remember, if all I have is a year or two of practice time on you then it's only a matter of time till your sub-10

As for shooting for the WR, I'm finding that the art of getting fast 5x5x5BLD is in not pushing yourself to go fast. This was done at my synergistic memo and solving pace. I will definitely not push myself to get a fast time at Full Sail Spring, but if a fast time comes out of it then I will certainly be happy

Chriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis!!! Awesome!

Thanks Ville! I know it's a far cry from your almost sub-6 O_O but I'm very happy with it! It's good to know that sub-10 is achievable for us "regular guys" out there too

 

[Mike Hughey]

As for shooting for the WR, I'm finding that the art of getting fast 5x5x5BLD is in not pushing yourself to go fast. This was done at my synergistic memo and solving pace. I will definitely not push myself to get a fast time at Full Sail Spring, but if a fast time comes out of it then I will certainly be happy

That makes sense - I think it's the smart way to go. So tell me, is that how you did the 4x4x4 BLD at Chattahoochee 2009?

 

[cmhardw]

That makes sense - I think it's the smart way to go. So tell me, is that how you did the 4x4x4 BLD at Chattahoochee 2009?

I want to say "yes" with quotes and some stipulations. I remember for the 4x4x4 BLD at Chattahoochee just feeling really confident and not caring about the outcome of the solve. I had already gotten the 6:xx, which was REALLY good for me at the time, so the second solve was just gravy either way. I was probably actually executing the memo and solve at approximately the same pacing, but with a very different mental attitude about it.

I would say that my synergistic pace is such that I care very much about the accuracy of the solve, not the time. I push myself to go "briskly", but if the memo ever gets difficult or unclear I noticeably back off on the pace and "catch my wind". Once I feel that I've caught my wind so to speak I speed back up. The pacing is never really the same, it's a constant up and down of speeding up and slowing down, then speeding up, then slowing down again. My 4x4x4 solve at Chattahoochee definitely felt "brisk" the whole time, there wasn't really much of an ebb and flow to it that I remember.

 

[Mike Hughey]

It's a good description of how I did the 14:12 5x5x5 BLD solve. I was going quickly, but never rushing.

 

[cmhardw]

It's a good description of how I did the 14:12 5x5x5 BLD solve. I was going quickly, but never rushing.

I have to be honest that I really envy how you keep your cool during a competition solve. Yes, I've seen your hands shake, but you always get a time that's not too far off from your regular times. I know how to solve synergistically at home, but I've not tried this pacing in a competition before. I'm interested to see how it will be different from my at home solves. And yes, I agree that your 14:12 solve sounds like you were using a very similar pacing, if not the exact same idea. I only call it "synergistic" pacing because I think it sounds better than "clay sculpting" pace If you have a better name for this pacing method, I will certainly switch to it

 

[Mike Hughey]

"Synergistic" seems like a fine name for it.

Generally, I always just try to treat my solves in competition like I'm at home. I figure I've done so many solves, there's nothing special about the next one, even if it's in competition. I only had that horrible streak of bad results when I was trying to "steal" the 5x5x5 BLD world record - I was definitely trying to rush then, and it doesn't help much with getting successes in competition. Once Ville put it out of sight, it was suddenly easy for me to be successful in competition again.

It seems like the key for me is to never feel any sense of panic when in the solving phase. So the memo should be secure enough that there's no doubt I'm remembering it all correctly, and no pauses to recall, if possible. That takes a little longer than it potentially could in the memo phase, but it's so much more comfortable solving then. What I still think I could do is to cut back on my reviewing of the memorization; it seems like I waste too much time with review. But if I have reviewed with no pauses, I know I can solve with no memory recall pauses, so I usually still do it.

 

[ben1996123]

1:37.28 3bld STILL with old pochmann for corners and edges

sub 100

Memo was 38

L' F R2 U' R2 D2 F2 D L D' U B' D2 R' B2 U B' L2 F' R L' F2 R D' F

4 edges solved. is this lucky?

 

[RyanReese09]

20 pieces on cube
4 solved = 20%

Lucky=20% or more solved.

Considering edges take the most memo time I'd definately consider it lucky.

 

[RyanReese09]

I hope you're joking. The scramble is quoted.

 

[ilikecubing]

ya sry i saw it afterwards,my bad

edit:thats why i deleted my post

 

[JonnyWhoopes]

L' F R2 U' R2 D2 F2 D L D' U B' D2 R' B2 U B' L2 F' R L' F2 R D' F

Just got a 55.07 on that one. Beat my lucky PB by 3 seconds.

 

[ilikecubing]

Just got a 55.07 on that one. Beat my lucky PB by 3 seconds.

awsum,you use M2/classic pochmann,right?

 

[JonnyWhoopes]

awsum,you use M2/classic pochmann,right?

Depends on my mood. For that one I used M2/CP, yes. Sometimes I do freestyle comms/BH corners. Or M2/BH. Or TuRBo/BH.

 

[ilikecubing]

lol,how many BLD methods do you know in total?