Blindsolving Discussion and Help

[MaeLSTRoM]

What words do you guys use for QA? I'm using Quick Analysis atm and I find it quite weird.

Also, my accuracy on MBLD with even number of cubes are higher than odd number of cubes. E.g I have better accuracy in 4/4 than 3/3, so is 6/6 than 5/5. Is there anyone encounter the same thing? What problem could it be? Is it personal preference/instinct thing?

QuAck maybe?

 

[JasonK]

What words do you guys use for QA? I'm using Quick Analysis atm and I find it quite weird.

Qantas, but I guess that might only work for Australians

 

[Moops]

What words do you guys use for QA? I'm using Quick Analysis atm and I find it quite weird.

Also, my accuracy on MBLD with even number of cubes are higher than odd number of cubes. E.g I have better accuracy in 4/4 than 3/3, so is 6/6 than 5/5. Is there anyone encounter the same thing? What problem could it be? Is it personal preference/instinct thing?

I use Quartz (pink crystal) You'll probably find my list even more strange =P

I don't have have any problems like that. My accuracy suffers when I don't practice, regardless of how any cubes i'm solving =P

It is probably the way you arrange your memo for an odd number of cubes compared to an even number of cubes. My route is set up for multiples of 4 so if I'm only doing 18/18 for example I'll run through the first 4 in the firt 4 sets (4x4) then the second set halved. For 19/19 cubes I'll memo the first 18 like before then stuff the last cube into my short term memory then solve it like a single before going for the other 18. How consistent is your memo? You need a good system in place to deal with any number of cubes you want to attempt.

 

[NevinsCPH]

I use Quartz (pink crystal) You'll probably find my list even more strange =P

I don't have have any problems like that. My accuracy suffers when I don't practice, regardless of how any cubes i'm solving =P

It is probably the way you arrange your memo for an odd number of cubes compared to an even number of cubes. My route is set up for multiples of 4 so if I'm only doing 18/18 for example I'll run through the first 4 in the firt 4 sets (4x4) then the second set halved. For 19/19 cubes I'll memo the first 18 like before then stuff the last cube into my short term memory then solve it like a single before going for the other 18. How consistent is your memo? You need a good system in place to deal with any number of cubes you want to attempt.

I memo in groups of 3, so when I'm doing 4 cubes, I memo 3 cubes, reinforce, memo last cube. For 6 cubes, I would just do 3, 2, and last for normal bld.

 

[Moops]

I memo in groups of 3, so when I'm doing 4 cubes, I memo 3 cubes, reinforce, memo last cube. For 6 cubes, I would just do 3, 2, and last for normal bld.

If you're comfortable with that then it shouldn't be a problem =)

Ah! one thing I forgot to mention. A good exercise for increasing accuracy is to keep the scrambles then place the cubes down in the same order you solve them. That way if you DNF during a big multi you can easily pick out which cubes you made mistakes on and conduct a post-mortem from there.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Qantas, but I guess that might only work for Australians

Nonsense! Most Americans who were cubing when the cube was first released in 1981 remember the old "I Hate Qantas" commercials on TV in the USA!

But since koala is KO for me, I use "quail" for QA.

 

[Ollie]

I use QuAck mostly, but if I need a different word I use worry (QuAlm -> worry) or imagine the previous image looking worried.

 

[NevinsCPH]

I use QuAck mostly, but if I need a different word I use worry (QuAlm -> worry) or imagine the previous image looking worried.

Quack sounds good for me. Haha. Thanks everyone!

 

[JasonK]

Nonsense! Most Americans who were cubing when the cube was first released in 1981 remember the old "I Hate Qantas" commercials on TV in the USA!

That was fantastic

 

[CubeLord]

Can someone suggest to me a good 3-style solution for the case UBL BRL DLB

 

[TheNextFeliks]

Can someone suggest to me a good 3-style solution for the case UBL BRL DLB

What is BRL?

 

[Michael Womack]

What is BRL?

Back,Right,Left

 

[TheNextFeliks]

Back,Right,Left

Exactly. That is not a piece.

 

[Noahaha]

One answer BLD question thread blind

Can someone suggest to me a good 3-style solution for the case UBL BRL DLB

Assuming you mean UBL BRD DLB:
[y D R' ; [D2 , R' U2 R]] (11 moves with the cancellation)

 

[CubeLord]

My bad, the cycle was UBL BRU DBL

 

[Noahaha]

One answer BLD question thread blind

My bad, the cycle was UBL BRU DBL

That's an ugly one.

I use an alg I got from riffz:

[U : [B2 , R' U' R2 U R]] (14 moves)
AKA
[U x' [U2, R' F' R2 F R]] which I can't believe I never thought of before now lol.

Another good one I just found:

[R U' [L2 , U' R2 U]] (13)

 

[A Leman]

My bad, the cycle was UBL BRU DBL

I would do that as U2 R2 D' R'U2R D R'U2R' U2

I would deal with something like UBL BRU DFL the same way. This how I deal with all cyclic shifts(U2 or D2 Setup into the easy RUD A9's). The extra move is worth it for me since I realized that I do not like the ten movers.

 

[HEART]

How do 5BLD midge parity? Pochman corners

 

[Ollie]

Depending on your buffers, leave UR and UL unsolved, along with URF and UBR corners unsolved. Then t-perm + solve wings. [R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F] y Rw2 F2 U2 r2 U2 F2 Rw2 y'

 

[Gordon]

Is it allowed to listen to music during a blind solve?