Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[Zane_C]

YESSSSS !!! First fully successful 5x5 bld solve ! I've been waiting for this moment for a long time !

Congratulations!

* 19/19 in 52 minutes (32 minutes memo)
* Official BLD streak of 37 (still ongoing ).
* 13:00(.37) official 5x5 BLD attempt. This makes me fourth in the world. 1s behind Chris and 8s before Zane. What an honor!
* Another successful Real Men Team BLD attempt with Stefan - we now have a success streak of 2. YEAH!

Well done on all those great accomplishments . Keep that success streak going! :tu

 

[Mossar]

9:59.64 - 444 BLD, 4th solve ever completed.

I'm sure I can do something near 5 minutes, because I think I can do memo in 2-3minutes. Now I have problems with memo of edges. I do it very calm and slow, sometimes I don't know which piece it is (r2 method).

My normal 333bld memo is around 25-30 second, 2/2 multi memo in something like 1,5 - 2 minutes. So I have to improve my 444bld memo! And my times will be acceptable.

 

[cmhardw]

9:59.64 - 444 BLD, 4th solve completed.

Stackmat!

 

[verdito]

3BLD 2:20:54 M2/OP

 

[porkynator]

35.57 F' R' L F U' D' B2 L F2 R2 B R B F' L' F2 R D2 U2 R' B' R' L B' L'

Corners:
z' R2 U2 R D R' U2 R D' R z (9/9) (lol)

Edges (1):
z y U' R2 U M2 U' R2 U M2 (8/19)
x' R2 U' R' U' R U R U R U' R (11/30)
y M d L R2 U' R' U' R U R U R U' R L' d' M' (17/47)
z' y' U' R' U M U' R U M' y z (8/55)

Parity:
D L2 y' R' U R' U' y x l' U R' U' R2 x' U' R' U R U x' L2 D' (18/73) (setup + V-perm)

Edges (2):
y2 z' L' U' L U M' U' L' U l (9/82)

 

[AndersB]

This week I lowered my 3bld record down to approx. 4:30 or so. My old record was like 8:30 XD

 

[Robocopter87]

I started working on BLDs not to long ago, figuring out the concept of Pochmann and using it to solve (not blindfolded) the 3x3. Since I can successfully solve it without the blindfold, I'm starting to go blind.

But I'm taking it in steps.

Doing the LL edges BLD.
Doing all the LL BLD.

And so on, and I just attempted full LL BLD. It failed. Miserably. But I understand what I lack, a memo method, I was just kinda memorizing the few pieces, not actually properly memoing.

So now, I've decided to use the Journey method.

This may have been a failure, but it actually will end up as an accomplishment.

I'll keep working and maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to solve it BLD before too long.

I'll keep you guys posted. (Mostly to track my own progress.)

Thanks.

 

[mrpotatoman14]

3x3 BLD success 18:46 using OP for edges and corners and visual memo.Also i just had a 9:26 off by parity

 

[5BLD]

3:30.58 3BLD, first try with M2. (and OP). I'm suddenly feeling much more confident.

 

[cmhardw]

I started working on BLDs not to long ago, figuring out the concept of Pochmann and using it to solve (not blindfolded) the 3x3. Since I can successfully solve it without the blindfold, I'm starting to go blind.

But I'm taking it in steps.

Doing the LL edges BLD.
Doing all the LL BLD.

And so on, and I just attempted full LL BLD. It failed. Miserably. But I understand what I lack, a memo method, I was just kinda memorizing the few pieces, not actually properly memoing.

That's a very good approach to take to work up to a full BLD solve. Two things about BLD, 1) Celebrate your successes, since it really does feel good to get a solve. 2) Any practice in BLD is good practice. So if you get a streak of DNFs, just know that this is necessary for learning in BLD. DNFs help you to learn what NOT to do. However, when you do DNF you have to try to figure out what you did wrong. At the very least, for every DNF right now, Rescramble the cube and try to trace back through cycle by cycle to see what you did wrong. If you do this diligently now, then not only will you improve your accuracy very quickly right at the start, but your times will get much faster too.

So now, I've decided to use the Journey method.

This may have been a failure, but it actually will end up as an accomplishment.

I'll keep working and maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to solve it BLD before too long.

I'll keep you guys posted. (Mostly to track my own progress.)

Thanks.

Using the journey method (or roman room, or any form of locus method) is a very useful tool for solving blindfolded! This will help especially if you decided to work up to multi or bigger cubes BLD one day. Even if you have no plan for that now, it's nice to know that the method you're picking will easily give you that option.

Very cool! Keep up the good work, and yes please keep us all posted!

 

[jla]

I just got my first ever success on 3x3 BLD!!!!

The time was 4:41.19 using pure OP

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

 

[porkynator]

Finally sub30!

29.20[9.92] B2 L F2 B L' F L2 F U' D2 F2 L2 U2 F L2 B' D2 F' L2 F

Corners (DY OBZA):
L' D L U' L' D' L U (8/8)
y' U2 L D' L' U2 L D L' y (8/16)
U' R U L U' R' U L' (8/24)

Edges (NeK QT AERM JaZ):
E L z' y' U2 M' U2 M y z L' E' (8/32)
L2 y' M U' R U M' U' R' U y L2 (10/42)
l' y' R2 U' R' U' R U R U R U' R y l (13/55)
x' U' R U M U' R' U M' x (8/63)
y' U R' U' M' U R U' M (8/71)

71 STM / 19.28 s = 3.683 TPS

EDIT:
Average of 5: 39.70
1. (38.39[14.06]) R U' F D2 L U' F2 L2 U F D2 B' U2 L2 B R2 F2 L2 B R2
2. (DNF(41.88)[15.49]) F2 L2 F D2 B D2 B' D2 F' U2 F' D' B' L' U' F2 L' U' B R2 F'
3. 41.10[12.05] D2 L2 F2 U2 B D2 U2 R2 F R2 U2 R' D' L2 U F' U F' L' R2 F'
4. 39.03[9.85] R U2 R' D2 F2 D2 R B2 D2 R2 F2 U' L2 R' B L B F U R
5. 38.97[10.23] L2 F2 U2 F' D2 U2 L2 F U2 L2 F U' L' F R2 D2 L B L2 D' L2

YEAH!

 

[Kzip]

First BLD on movie, terrible corners...

 

[Ernie Pulchny]

3x3 BLD: 1:56.66[1:04.33]

It's my new PB, my first sub-2 and my first BLD solve of the day. I'm really proud about this.

 

[TheMachanga]

I just got my first ever success on 3x3 BLD!!!!

The time was 4:41.19 using pure OP

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

Nice! That's fast for a first success (way faster than mine lol)!




After failing 2 4BLD attempts, I did a 3BLD solve (while still angry), and got 1:52, with parity, and no pieces already solved with the scramble. I guess all the 4bld I've been doing helped! (I was only able to get 3 sub 2's yesterday after 25 attempts :/ )

 

[cuber952]

Nice! That's fast for a first success (way faster than mine lol)!




After failing 2 4BLD attempts, I did a 3BLD solve (while still angry), and got 1:52, with parity, and no pieces already solved with the scramble. I guess all the 4bld I've been doing helped! (I was only able to get 3 sub 2's yesterday after 25 attempts :/ )

Nice !

Out of curiosity how fast are your 4BLD DNF's ?

 

[TheMachanga]

Nice !

Out of curiosity how fast are your 4BLD DNF's ?

They're all 15-17's. I got a 14 once before though. See Blindfolded failures for more details.

 

[5BLD]

2:09.12[1:06.16] 3BLD YES. My memo recall was surprisingly confident although I had one major pause.

 

[Kzip]

First sub 2

1:58.29 [51.xx] B' R2 L B2 L2 B' L2 R2 U2 D2 F' R' F' D2 B2 L R2 F R2 B2 D' F R B2 D

 

[Robocopter87]

That's a very good approach to take to work up to a full BLD solve. Two things about BLD, 1) Celebrate your successes, since it really does feel good to get a solve. 2) Any practice in BLD is good practice. So if you get a streak of DNFs, just know that this is necessary for learning in BLD. DNFs help you to learn what NOT to do. However, when you do DNF you have to try to figure out what you did wrong. At the very least, for every DNF right now, Rescramble the cube and try to trace back through cycle by cycle to see what you did wrong. If you do this diligently now, then not only will you improve your accuracy very quickly right at the start, but your times will get much faster too.



Using the journey method (or roman room, or any form of locus method) is a very useful tool for solving blindfolded! This will help especially if you decided to work up to multi or bigger cubes BLD one day. Even if you have no plan for that now, it's nice to know that the method you're picking will easily give you that option.

Very cool! Keep up the good work, and yes please keep us all posted!

Yeah when I decided to learn how to solve. I was fully aware of the amount of mistakes I would make. I knew it wasn't going to be something I could do in one try. Or One day. Or even a week. i was fully aware that this is going to take time and loads of practice.

About the journey method, instead of using an actual path that I know, I invented my own mentally. I built a house. I paid attention to every single detail to make the path much more visual and easier to remember and easier to just feel like I'm really there.

However, I was originally putting a literal piece, like as if I took the edge out of the cube and set it down in its correct orientation, and putting them along the path. However, since I'm adding edges once I can do one layer and such, I've started to realize that it isn't vivid enough. I can totally imagine Donald Duck eating French Fries on a Coffee table. That's something that sticks. While Imagining a white blue and a Yellow Red is just not as vivid.

So yeah, I've begun to make a list for all the pieces and what I use for an image for them, wish I had a list of some ideas though. Its kinda hard to think of some of these color schemes.

My philosophy for BLD is totally optimistic. Every DNF and every mistake is simply a step forward. I will get this. I will be able to do this. And I don't intend to stop practicing until I can.

Thanks, cmhardw