Blindsolving Failure Thread

You guys were right.

5BLD - DNF(41:24.87[25:50.91])

40 minutes off my previous time... I don't even know.

So close to solved. All that was wrong were two cross centers. They were red and orange too, so I probably just mixed them up during memo. :(
 
First 4BLD attempt: DNF(15:03.56)[10:14.14] F' D2 R U B' D2 u2 L2 R r' F2 u' F D2 F B' L B' f' L2 F' R2 u' U' f2 D2 L2 r' F r2 L2 B' r2 L' B' r2 L' U' B L
Off by a lot.
Don't know where I went wrong. Could have been two places.
Centres were kinda nice. I used comms for centres.
 
My first 4BLD attempt was about 1:30 hours.

I suck.

Mine was 1:08 hours, and somehow it was even a success. Memorizing centers and wings for the first time isn't easy. It's funny that my first (and so far only) 5BLD attempt was actually a little bit faster (1:01 I think, but sadly a DNF).
 
Well qaz's first 4BLD attempt (previous page) was 1:21, so I'm guessing that's about normal. Is memo for 4BLD harder than for 3 cubes MBLD? It appears to take longer, yet it's less pieces...
I think that actually memorizing the pieces is harder for 4BLD, but remembering the memo is harder. Personally I have a harder time remembering 3/4 cube memo then I do 4x4 or 5x5 memo... It's easier for me to remember fewer, longer strings than a larger number of shorter strings.
(My first 4BLD was actually 0:49, 5BLD was 1:21.)
 
I am currently on a 7-DNF streak in competition for 3x3 BLD. 1 from Indiana 2013, 3 from CCFC 2013, and 3 from Cubetcha 2013. Hopefully this doesn't continue at Leaf Town this weekend.
 
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Cross your legs
It seems less reliable for me because quite often I naturally cross my legs without noticing. I've also done feet control stuff, and forgotten to revert my foot position afterwards. Holding your breath kind of forces you to want to get it done as quickly as possible too.

Although I tried it and ended up messing up 3 corners, but that could've been a memo mistake.
 
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