Blindsolving Failure Thread

Avg12 fail:
1:05.79, 1:15.71, DNF(1:16.25), 1:26.96, 1:00.65, 1:02.64, 1:18.54, 1:09.80, 1:11.40

So here i had a 1:11 mean, and a pb avg5 of 1:07.95. I decided to slow down a bit to get an avg12:

Solve 10: 1:52.24
Always better than DNF...

Solve 11: 1:28.41
Awwww too slow! Still better than DNF, but I want a fast avg12!

Solve 12: DNF
Two corners twisted. The scramble had 3 edges and 3 corners misoriented, so hard to memo (I memo twisted corners and flipped edges visually)
 
3:53.93 DNF
B' L2 u B' D u' R2 f' B2 L' B F' u F2 R' r u2 r R' u L B' R D F2 R2 u' R' B r2 F' L D2 r R D' U2 r2 R2 D'
3 centres and 4 edges, so I think it was a setup move. Scramble wasn't anything special

EDIT: Should have waited until the end of the day to post stuff. 3:29 DNF by 4 edges - forgot to execute them. 1:20 memo.
 
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A couple more close DNFs
3:39.81 [1:31] 3 corners U L' D2 L' B2 D2 U' u' R u r B L u' r' L2 R2 D U' R D R2 r2 F R u L' B2 D f u' r D' U r2 u2 r' D f2 F
3:45.14 [1:33] 3 centres f' D' F' u' B f F2 R' F' f B' D f' r' F' r' u' F' u' B2 D2 R2 u2 F2 L2 F' r' u2 F2 u F2 u' D U' B R' D u R D'

I really want a sub-WR success today :)
 
The really annoying thing about this fail is that I thought it was a success.

4bld, off by 4 edges. And at first glance it looks solved! I went on a dancing hiatus until I noticed that some edges were off.

Upon closer inspection, DFl and FLd(?) were switched, both were orange, thus fooling me. And DLb/BRd were swapped. Bah. Specifically went slow to ensure no mistakes. Could have sworn some centers were done wrongly though.
 
kinch2002 said:
A couple more close DNFs
3:39.81 [1:31] 3 corners U L' D2 L' B2 D2 U' u' R u r B L u' r' L2 R2 D U' R D R2 r2 F R u L' B2 D f u' r D' U r2 u2 r' D f2 F
3:45.14 [1:33] 3 centres f' D' F' u' B f F2 R' F' f B' D f' r' F' r' u' F' u' B2 D2 R2 u2 F2 L2 F' r' u2 F2 u F2 u' D U' B R' D u R D'

I really want a sub-WR success today :)
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Well you Got it!
 
DNF DNF 51.88 at barcelona summer open
2 DNFs on 4BLD (second one really funny)
and only 6/8 on multiBLD (51 minits going safety)
I couldnt sleep too much cubes were hard and I got nervous of course
at murcia I made 3 DNFs, at castellón 1:02, here this bad time... hopefully in my next comp... :D
 
Another DNF sub50: 46.35, two edges flipped
D2 F' B2 U2 R' D' F2 R' D' F' D F' U2 B' U D B2 R' F D2 R D' R U' B'
Easy scramble, memo was:
Edges: WEMDAIUD
Corners: CB QURC

I forgot to memo the flipped edge on BL :fp
 
4bld 2nd attempt at GSO. 3:48 DNF. Would have been nice to back up the WR with another sub-4, but I did the interchange move in the last centre comm the same way twice, so I was out by 4 blocks of centres and 4 edges.
5bld was a completely scrambled cube. 11:xx. I think I missed half a corner comm out or something stupid.
3bld I got a 3:25 success to start :p. I memoed and found I had corner parity only, so I reviewed about 5 times more, getting the same results each time. Eventually I figured it out and solved. Then my brain was too full of memo to do the other attempts well. In the final I had to 1:44 safety solve on the 3rd attempt.
 
kinch2002 said:
3bld I got a 3:25 success to start :p. I memoed and found I had corner parity only, so I reviewed about 5 times more, getting the same results each time. Eventually I figured it out and solved. Then my brain was too full of memo to do the other attempts well. In the final I had to 1:44 safety solve on the 3rd attempt.
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It's nice to know I'm not the only one who does this kind of thing. :)

Congrats again on your WR - you've gotten so fast at big cubes BLD!
 
2 edge flips and 2 corner twists away from my first bld success.

R2 L2 U' F D L' D' B R2 D B2 F2 L F2 R' B' L' U2 L B U B R2 U2 F

reorient: y
edge memo: WPNF DSLQ IBXG
corner memo: tap and CBB BAB

the bolded corner should have been a C.
the bolded edge should have been an R.

i also sort of messed up while memoing edges but just went with it.

6:34.81
 
2 edge flips and 2 corner twists away from my first bld success.

R2 L2 U' F D L' D' B R2 D B2 F2 L F2 R' B' L' U2 L B U B R2 U2 F

reorient: y
edge memo: WPNF DSLQ IBXG
corner memo: tap and CBB BAB

the bolded corner should have been a C.
the bolded edge should have been an R.

i also sort of messed up while memoing edges but just went with it.

6:34.81
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Ooh, nice try. Hopefully you'll get one before Canadian Open.

Btw, what method and what orientation?
 
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