Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

4BLD 7:41.35[3:29.69] D L f2 u2 F2 r2 f' r' L D2 U R f D2 U2 u' R' U2 R r2 D' L u' B2 r R2 B2 U' F' u F2 L' F' r R2 L U F r f

First success while trying to speed up my memo a little bit :) nice...
Still so much room for improvement... sub-6 doesn't feel so impossible and distant anymore...
Maybe I should sleep now tough :D
 
Second time in my life solved 5x5 BLD. Time is 30:40.93[20:15.64]. It was 4th try.
Short history: 1 - solved, 2 - 2 X-centers off, 3 - 2 X-centers off (on WCA competition), 4 today - solved. Without X-centers it could be a good statistics :D
 
4BLD PB: 16:39.70 (sub NR)

I now have a streak of 3 4BLD successes (no DNFs between).
22:52.07 (old PB done a month ago), 23:48.92 (2 days ago) and now 16:39.70.

The memo was a bit better, 10:30 instead of around 12-13, and the execution was almost twice as fast. Less thinking time during centers and actually some think ahead during wings.
Sub 15 shouldn't be too hard on a good day.
 
11:42.66 4BLD PB

Especially happy about this since I went slow on wings to incorporate many new advanced r2 stuff (aka easy comms).

Scramble: Fw2 Rw' D B2 L Uw U F2 B' U Uw' B' D2 R' D2 L2 D2 B Fw Uw' F2 L Fw B' L' Rw U' D' L Fw2 B' F' Rw L D Rw2 R' U' Rw R2
 
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antoineccantin said:
11:42.66 4BLD PB

Especially happy about this since I went slow on wings to incorporate many new advanced r2 stuff (aka easy comms).

Scramble: Fw2 Rw' D B2 L Uw U F2 B' U Uw' B' D2 R' D2 L2 D2 B Fw Uw' F2 L Fw B' L' Rw U' D' L Fw2 B' F' Rw L D Rw2 R' U' Rw R2
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You keep getting faster! Nice. That's only 1:13 slower than my official.
 
7:18.47[3:00.43] R' D F2 R' u R' f r2 B2 U' u' D F f D U2 R' L2 B' f2 R2 u' L F' f' r2 B' u' R' L' f2 R' r' f' F' D F D L R
PB again! :D
I can do my memo in 3.00-3.40 now every time...
Also had two other sub-8 times but both were DNFs by 2 centers...
 
DuffyEdge said:
Thank you :) Now you're not the only African who can do 4BLD ;) How many more successes would you suggest I get before moving onto 5BLD?
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I hope that more africans get into BLD seriously :) that would be really awesome :D
Yeah I agree with Ollie , if you're interested in 5BLD then you should try it right away :) I had a lot of 4BLD successes before 5BLD but only because I didn't have a 5x5
I only got 1 5BLD success out of 4 attempts , and I'm already practicing 6BLD :D
 
Ollie said:
It doesn't really matter. I think I did 3 solves, while Dan did his first 5BLD straight after 4BLD and got a success. It's s shame you can't be at Cambridge to try it officially :(
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Okay thanks, I think I might go for 2 or 3 more successes before moving on. It is a shame :/ But hopefully there will be big cubes bld at Guildford and I can try then. Plus I'm not sure how realistic it is that I'd get a success at a competition so soon after getting my first success. Now you go for 5bld wr! ;)

etshy said:
I hope that more africans get into BLD seriously :) that would be really awesome :D
Yeah I agree with Ollie , if you're interested in 5BLD then you should try it right away :) I had a lot of 4BLD successes before 5BLD but only because I didn't have a 5x5
I only got 1 5BLD success out of 4 attempts , and I'm already practicing 6BLD :D
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My 5x5 is sitting two feet away, I'm tempted to try it. But no I'll get more comfortable with 4bld first :) Quite a few people in the south african community are making some progress with 3bld, so it does look promising :)
 
Username said:
Awesome!
It seems like you're gonna win... :D
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Not yet I won't... got another sub-8 success just now, but my main problems are in center commutators and recalling the memo quickly...
I have to think my center execution too much and do it slow and steady, which adds several seconds of thinking pause before every comm. :/ not good.
Also wings I could execute a lot faster, if I could just recall my memo quicker. I can do it quickly with 3x3 because memo is short and I don't have to remember it that long, but with 4x4 I have to stop from time to time just to think what letters were next... not good. So sub-6 probably not coming very soon from me :P
 
tseitsei said:
Not yet I won't... got another sub-8 success just now, but my main problems are in center commutators and recalling the memo quickly...
I have to think my center execution too much and do it slow and steady, which adds several seconds of thinking pause before every comm. :/ not good.
Also wings I could execute a lot faster, if I could just recall my memo quicker. I can do it quickly with 3x3 because memo is short and I don't have to remember it that long, but with 4x4 I have to stop from time to time just to think what letters were next... not good. So sub-6 probably not coming very soon from me :P
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My memo takes 4 minutes to memo +a minute to recheck, so thats already 5 minutes. Center comms are really hard for me too. My fastest proper attempt DNF isn't sub 8 so you're far ahead. But anything can happen... :D

I can't wait to meet you at a comp :P
 
Username said:
My memo takes 4 minutes to memo +a minute to recheck, so thats already 5 minutes. Center comms are really hard for me too. My fastest proper attempt DNF isn't sub 8 so you're far ahead. But anything can happen... :D

I can't wait to meet you at a comp :P
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I dont recheck :P I just quickly say the memo in my mind just before I pull the blindfold down... that only takes ~10seconds. If its wrong then its wrong... It probably weakens my accuracy but also makes me faster...
 
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