Blindsolving Failure Thread

[Lucas Garron]

Speed BLD: DNF

Should have been an easy sub-10.

Scramble: F D2 U' R D' B' R F' B' U' R F2 U L2 B' F D2 R D2 L2 R' D2 F B' D
x'y'RU'R2'U2'Rz
LR'UR
U2'L'U'RUR'
L2U'L2'UL2
L'ULUy'RU'R'
RU'RURURU'R'U'R2'
x'U'RUL'U'R'UrU'

 

[RyanReese09]

1:35 success at LSCO today. But I wasted 15 seconds fixing a corner comm misttake. Am mad at myself for the mistake and the edge recall delays.

Had trouble thinking of where this went. 50/50 on the matter.

27 memo from what people told me.

 

[Zane_C]

SpeedBLD DNF(17.x), I had some pauses in F2L.

Off by a U-perm, I traced the pieces right, I just made an error in remembering the position of an edge.

Besides the DNF itself, the fail part was during memo:
I ended up with one flipped edge for the LL, then realised there was a flipped edge in the F2L, so I had to do a 2 flip at the end. :fp

OLL was [R' D' R D R' D' R, U2]
I executed a G-perm, the correct PLL was a different G-perm.

 

[marcobelotti]

0/6 multibld....i was swearing in a 4/6 or a 5/6....not 6/6....51 minutes tot and about 30 memo...execution is so sloow because i've only 2 3x3 and so i used my 2 4x4 1 5x5 and 1 6x6 scrambling they like 3x3s

 

[DYGH.Tjen]

Ahh. So popular, speedBLD is, these few (?) days. Thanks to PandaCuber and 5BLD.

yoda

 

[Cubenovice]

More than a week ago but still...

Dutch nationals: my first official 3BLD attempt: two DNF
1st 7:26 off by two flipped edges (only noticed one flipped edge during memo but actually where two; so my edge flip solved one edge and flipped the buffer...)
2nd 7.22: off by a corner cycle (not sure if I forgot to memo two pieces or forgot an image)

 

[kinch2002]

DNF (4:58.92), DNF (quit), 4:25.18, DNF (4:15.23)

After an abysmal performance at worlds and only 3 days until my next comp, I decided it is time to get some of the speed that has abandoned me back. But it's not as easy as I thought it would be to be sub4 again :/

 

[IanTheCuber]

DNF 3:11.04, I have no idea what the heck happened. It was just a complete fail. I literally was scrambling it up again.

 

[Zane_C]

7BLD DNF(1:03:25.06)[29:59]

Most of the cube is solved, I clearly turned the wrong slices.
Memo was slow and didn't stick, I have plenty of room for improvement with the obliques (both memo and exec).

 

[Zane_C]

23/25 (51:33.08)[32:34]

-3 edges, I did a 3-cycle in the wrong direction.
-2 flipped edges, I memorised one flipped edge, but there was one I missed.

 

[Tim Major]

Zane, have you gotten >22 cubes under an hour? (if my memory is correct you have a 22/22) Those times are insane. Good luck getting success.

 

[Zane_C]

Zane, have you gotten >22 cubes under an hour? (if my memory is correct you have a 22/22) Those times are insane. Good luck getting success.

Thanks Tim, I don't think I've even tried 22 cubes before, my best x/x score is 20/20.

 

[Jakube]

5x5x5 BLD: DNF(8:59.66)

Memo was 4:23, Execution was 4:36

Off by 3 wings.
could have been my 2nd sub 9.

 

[JasonK]

First 4x4 centres attempt:

DNF(6:23.27) off by 7

Should've been much faster but I forgot to do two pairs, did the next two, then undid them and did the ones I'd forgotten.

 

[Jakube]

DNF(50.33) L2 B2 U B2 R2 D2 L R' F U L' R2 B2 F2 L' F' R' D' U2 B2 D2 R' L B2 F2

off by 3 corners, I swiched the first 2 corners in my memo.

 

[porkynator]

Funniest 3BLD avg5 ever:

Average of 5: 1:07.75
1. (37.71) D B' D R' B D2 U F2 B R D' F2 D2 F R' B D B F L2 D U' R B' L2
2. 1:36.00 F' B' L' F2 L2 F D2 L F' D2 R' B2 U F' D2 U B2 F2 R U' L2 R2 D U F'
3. (DNF(40.19)) L2 F' L F2 R U' B' L R U' F U B' F D F R L2 B L' U2 L2 B L2 U2
4. 45.88 R2 L U' R' F' D2 B' D' L' R2 B U' F2 L' R2 B' U2 F2 B2 L U D' L' R' U2
5. 1:01.38 L' R U' B' R' F2 U' L' F2 R' D2 R B R L F2 B R' U2 F' U' D F2 L D'

Solve 1: Try the scramble, you'll understand.
Solve 2: Put down the blindfold, done 2-3 moves and then "Wait, what am I doing? This commutator doesn't work for this case, obviously... which was the optimal solution? Oh, yes, this one. F**k, time goes by... well, let's try not to DNF this". Then I mixed up corners and edges memo, so I had to undo some commutators, and had a pause at the final 2 edges.
Solve 3: It was going to be a very good solve, but I left a separeted 3-cycle at the end: it was L->O->U->L with my letter scheme, and I executed L->U->O->L :fp
Solve 4: Normal/nice solve.
Solve 5: The cube popped in the middle of a TuRBo alg. However, I managed to find the edge piece on the table, put it back and finish the alg without screwing up. Luckily, I inserted it with the correct orientation.

 

[Riley]

Memorized two cubes, but on the third swap (old pochmann) I messed up the alg big time... so I just did the other cube, lol.

EDIT: 2 days later, another fail. Almost beat by pb by over a minute, but messed up edge memo, 3 edges off.

 

[Zane_C]

Lol, 21/29 (59:42.36)[35:xx]

I only reviewed each cube twice (instead of the usual 3), I'm glad I recalled everything except for 2 images.
I was rushing the entire 59 minutes, maybe my accuracy would've been better if I was relaxed and it wasn't so late. I can't be bothered doing post-mortems on all the DNFs.

Cubes off by:
- 3 edges and 2 twisted corners
- 3 edges
- Everything (Forgot the first image, so didn't execute)
- 3 edges
- 3 corners
- All the corners + 2 flipped edges (Forgot the first corner image, so didn't execute corners, also I didn't see a flipped edge)
- 2 flipped edges (first cube, forgot to flip an edge)
- U-perm

 

[rubiksarlen]

lol why 29 not 30?

 

[Zane_C]

lol why 29 not 30?

I only had 17.64 seconds to fit in another cube.

I prefer odd numbers because I memorise cubes in pairs, then the last one on its own.