Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[theace]

Got 3 consecutive 3BLD solves! 11.48, 14.26 and 8.43!

Edge memo is sub 3 while corners take up to 4 or more mins to memo. My memo ends by 10 ish on an average and execution lasts for 1 to 2 minutes. I finished memo in 6.30 on the 8min solve while it took me 12 ish on the 14 min solve. The 11 min took an 8 mins to memo. Screwed up during execution and had to back track quite a bit.

 

[uberCuber]

Got 3 consecutive 3BLD solves! 11.48, 14.26 and 8.43!

wow, UWR's by far :O

 

[Mike Hughey]

Got 3 consecutive 3BLD solves! 11.48, 14.26 and 8.43!

You had me shocked there for a few seconds. Normally we use : to divide minutes and seconds, and . to divide seconds from fractions of a second. So it looked like you were saying you had 11, 14, and 8 second solves.

 

[theace]

I know the standard convention man. I was just too excited to use it lol. Sorry! Anyway, i got a new pb on 3bld right now! 7:43! Woohoo! I kinda rushed memo.

I had 3 fails before this one. Off by 2 to 3 corners. I decided to use letters to make a sentence using just the initial letters and not think about pairs. It makes the entire thing faster!

Also, I'm trying to combine visual and letter memo. Like, i visually remember 2 swaps and the orientation of pre permuted corners. Though I do assign letters just in case. Is this a good approach in the long run?

EDIT: I've been completely mobile for the past few days. And a period is much easier to access than a semicolon on a non QWERTY keypad. Just in case I get flamed lol

 

[Mike Hughey]

I know the standard convention man. I was just too excited to use it lol. Sorry! Anyway, i got a new pb on 3bld right now! 7:43! Woohoo! I kinda rushed memo.

It's okay. And congratulations!

Also, I'm trying to combine visual and letter memo. Like, i visually remember 2 swaps and the orientation of pre permuted corners. Though I do assign letters just in case. Is this a good approach in the long run?

In the long run? Probably not - it sounds like it's a little haphazard, and you want consistency. But in the short run, it's great. I think it's quite useful to experiment with lots of different memory techniques before you settle in with one.

 

[Julian]

Bought a blindfold. Thanks, Ryan and Chris!

 

[riffz]

I was riding the bus home tonight and I started thinking about doing pyraminx BLD. So I made up a method and gave it a try. Success on my first attempt!

 

[Xishem]

4/4 in 25:30.56

Incredibly happy about this. My old PB was 2/3 in about the same time. My head hurts, but it was so worth it.

 

[RyanReese09]

Didn't feel like doing a bigger multi so I did this today.

2/2 13:19.16

 

[Stuart]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSKhCzz-KbY
First ever Ruben king solve while blindfolded!

 

[Julian]

Official solve!

 

[Xishem]

Got a new M2 PB: 3:58.43

Gotta keep it rollin'...

Also, 14:34.96 4x4 centers. Only off by 4 pieces.

Edit: Close to a new PB. Only off by 2 flipped edges. 2:32.11. Oh well.

 

[riffz]

1:48 official BLD solve at the Toronto Open Winter. Took first place with that. Kind of slow for me, as I'm averaging around 1:30, and my 2 warm-up solves were 1:3x, but I'm still pleased.

 

[Micael]

Megaminx BLD: 43:26.73 [23:38].

Using 3OP! As best I can tell, my previous best was 48 minutes, so it looks like a new PB. Also as far as I can tell from searching here, this is just my fourth success. Considering it's only my second attempt with 3OP, I think I'm pretty satisfied that this is a much better method for me than the old way was. And it is definitely true that this was a very slow solve compared to what I can do. I essentially memorized twice for all orientation, just to make sure I didn't make any mistakes (although I only went through once for permutation). I also solved pretty slowly, just to be careful. I think it really shouldn't be hard to get sub-30. Sub-Pitzu will be harder, though.

Anyway, the nicest thing is that it's no longer painful to do a megaminx solve. This was nice and comfortable the whole way through, while megaminx solves BLD the old way were just agonizing. I can actually enjoy it now.

Congratulation Mike! And that reminds me: Who will be the first to solve the gigaminx BLD?

 

[Mike Hughey]

Congratulation Mike! And that reminds me: Who will be the first to solve the gigaminx BLD?

Sorry, I don't do crazy stuff like that.

 

[Xishem]

What about your every-WCA-event BLD relay? Is that on its way? *Crosses fingers*

 

[cmhardw]

Sorry, I don't do crazy stuff like that.

I give him 6 months before he tries it

 

[Tim Reynolds]

I give him 6 months before he tries it

Or we just make gigaminx a WCA event. Then he'll have to try it.

 

[Mike Hughey]

What about your every-WCA-event BLD relay? Is that on its way? *Crosses fingers*

Sure, it's on its way; I just want to get a little better at megaminx first, and then brush up on a few other tough ones like feet. I also need a really really big block of time to do it, which means once I'm ready, it will probably still be several months before I get to try it. But the every-WCA-event BLD relay is not nearly as crazy as gigaminx BLD.

Or we just make gigaminx a WCA event. Then he'll have to try it.

That would be cruel. If you did that, I might have to go into puzzle-building, so I could figure out how to make one that turns well enough that it would be practical. That IS the biggest problem with gigaminx BLD.

 

[Kynit]

That would be cruel. If you did that, I might have to go into puzzle-building, so I could figure out how to make one that turns well enough that it would be practical. That IS the biggest problem with gigaminx BLD.

Try to read this with a serious face!