Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

Eric, shouldn't the faster/better/cooler person be the main star of the team? ;)

I start off semi slow (by starting off slow, I mean the first 2 pairs of letters for edges are made semi slow, as to sort of "warmup my brain" into the .."flow" of the solve). I go maybe 50 or 60% here. I then just say the letters of each pair out loud and then turn those 4 letters into something. I don't use a s traight up sentence to memorize edges. I use roman rooms, of the sorts, but I don't make images of any sorts. I just..ok say I have this.

HIDJRKNB

I'd start off saying H I D J. Hitler buttf***ing a DJ. More specific details are not note worthy. Then I continue (I multitask, I repeat the previous (in this case, the hitler/DJ combination) with my memo N B R K. A rake clawing at a nutterbutter bar. It's sort of like group of sentences but I just know the "story" in my head as I execute. These 4 letters together (making 2 letter pair words) have no correlation to each other when I recall. I just want to stress that they don't correlate to each other, nor do they interact with each other. I'd say pace wise I go at 80 or a bit higher % of my total speed. I go almost as fast as I can but I don't continue onto the next pair until after a few times (by then I'm sure I have it memo'd)

I use my fingers to track the sticker colors and make sure that I'm memo'ing the correct sticker.

For corners I use my fingers and trace through the memo at 100% pace (well, as fast as I can anyway). I honestly don't practice BLD that much. I spend most of my BLD practice perfecting a memo system (aka making a letter pair list), making rooms, increasing my memory ability through multi (which helps so much). I have a natural good memory I like to think, I just had to work up the muscle to start thinking like BLD and I still don't think I'm maxed out (or so I hope ;)). My execution of it still sucks. The 1:24 I got just now had very fast and easy (for the most part) execution of edges. I normally take over a minute just for execution since I don't practice that much at all. I doubt I've done over 100 attempts at BLD (excluding multi) (though I am probably close).

Practicing BLD isn't all about doing solves. Not at all. It's stupid practice (ok not "stupid" per say, just not the only efficient way of practicing). I do think that until you are around 3 you need to do solves and get more comfortable. Then when you get near 3 you can work on refining the things in your BLD, such as the stuff I've mentioned. Take all of this post with a grain of salt. These are purely my opinions, gathered on what I've found. I like the results! I can't complain with my progress :). I now think I need faster execution. I could be near sub1 if I had 30 second execution, aka used comms for edges/corners (I will be starting edge comms in solves after Cornell competition Saturday (not this Saturday coming up, the next). I have a REALLY good chance at first (next fastest BLDer in comp is 3:20), so I don't want anything new right now :).

I feel like I've written an essay already, even though this isn't that long at all.

I do not review my memo. I am careful during memoand take careful note of the color of the sticker my finger is on (edges, what I'm talking about) so I always am sure of my edge memo. It's rare that I DNF due to memo on edges. I execute too fast most of the time (you can see in my previous video I just uploaded, the 1:24, I start to do an incorrect edge and then quickly undo it, realizing that I was doing the wrong edge)

I think TPS and recalling memo is another great way to reduce time (besides decreasing memo time, which is the best way to get faster)

If I left anything out let me know. tl;dr I don't use gogogo pacing, though I use a very slightly safer way of doing it, with safety precautions (aka if I get to the end of my edges and notice it flipped, I look for a pure 2flip or I go over my memo more carefully (happened only 1 time this entire week (today :p)). Corners is same thing. I'll look for at the end of corners and see if the buffer will end up solved). Other safety precautions also such as making sure my memo sticks, not going full out on memo.
 
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Lol this thread is becoming more like a discussion :P

So today, I was bored at school. Sooo I figured I would borrow some cubes from our club (My cubes have been a mixture of borrowed and stolen.... MLITJ)
During lunch, I decided that I would try to just randomly do a Roman Rooms solve... without creating a room or anything before hand xD. Andd 3/3! 13:00.00 On the dot.
I felt content because the first images were coffee and dunkin doughnuts (DUCF) :P
It was also kinda of odd; I had VAKSPNLI. Ryan will know what I am talking about.

Edit: You know, There has to be some irony in that a kid with ADD does blind :P

Edit2: And btw does anyone want to help jyhori and I with the Blind FAQ? I have a google docs document, and I can give the link to anyone who wants it (I will not post it, as the LPL spreadsheet was trolled hard)
 
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RyanReese09 said:
I could be near sub1 if I had 30 second execution, aka used comms for edges/corners.
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I'd be sub-1 if I had 30 second execution. But I already use commutators for edges/corners, so that doesn't help.

RyanReese09 said:
(I will be starting edge comms in solves after Cornell competition Saturday (not this Saturday coming up, the next). I have a REALLY good chance at first (next fastest BLDer in comp is 3:20), so I don't want anything new right now :).
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Definitely the way to go. Don't start something new the week before the competition, like I've done a number of times before, even though I know better. :fp

I need to go to a competition like that sometime - it would be nice to win for a change. Instead I always go to competitions with geniuses like Chester.
 
2:17.87

Woah. I've not been practicing BLD for like a week and this was my first solve since then. Oddly enough this is my first sub-3. I got my PB Ao5, Ao12, and now BLD today and never thought to turn on my camera...

Scramble: B D2 F' U2 L B2 D L' D' F2 D' F U2 L' F' R F' L' B' R' F D R D2 U'

Edge memo (Front = Blue Top = Yellow): EX GC SN OR JAM
Corner memo: Top Bottom Top Bottom Right (Yeah, cannot really translate tapping/audio for this haha)
 
Woke up half-dazed this morning, and, without putting the lights on picked up my cube I scrambled last night...
And solved it (I did memo the night before; edges - Sentences, Corners - Visual, but didn't execute until this morning).

Quite a pleasing thing to wake up to. :)
 
YES!!!
Tried doing Multi-BLD for the first time (No real special memory technique). First time failed (1 cube off by 2 flipped edges), but second time was a success!
2/2 11:39.01
 
My speed keeps going! I had fading on the 9th and 10th cube but I had memo'd 7 cubes in 16 minutes. Finished reviewing at like 30ish? Somewhere around there. Maybe higher. I just remember me looking up at fast fast memo time.

One cube off because I executed SyRinge instead of NEedle. Ugh. New image for that...one off by parity edges and 2 corners. Don't know what went wrong there.

Edit-Guess I need to say what I did.
8/10 in 48:16.38. After reviewing all the cubes it was 30 minutes memo. Around there. I had all 10 done at like 23 or 24..then reviewed.
 
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10/11 in 53:20.55. Reviewing took absolutely forever. I was getting mad actually. I still don't know full memo time xD. So forgetful.

After this I realized I need a location purely for twisted corners (perhaps flipped edges). And I need to establish a set "route" when I have to break into new cycles, because when I can't remember the image during review and I had to break into a new cycle, I had to toy around and see which "route" I actually chose to start memo'ing with. Meh. 12 sometime next week and hopefully sub NAR :).
 
I got stuck to see me name on that list. It is cool to have it up-to-date. There is some really amazing performance there.

My others PBs should fit there then, though not that amazing:
10/10 in 37:21
12/12 in 46:13

Edit: Which one do you think will be the most difficult to beat? I think Aron's ones (especially 4/4 and 13/13) and Florian 50/50 are the most astonishing.
 
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