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0/4 in 28:29 fail but at least it was a good time and none were off by too much, Pb still 4/7 but when I get a bit better at 3BLD and fully commit to comms I will try to push to 10 in the hour
Result | Time[memo] | Points | avg memo/cube | avg exec/cube | total avg/cube | Date | Errors |
22/28 | 55:12[36:45] | 16 | 1:18.75(PB!!) | 39.53(Very good hehe) | 1:58.28 (PB!!) | 1 May 2020 | C8: messed up edge memo a bit.. C11: inversed TK corners. C13: recalled/executed MQ instead of MJ (both are people who I can't really picture well, should change one of the pairs). C14: memo error involving Weak Swap, fair enough. C15: inversed ND corners. C26: recalled FG and TM wrong way round. |
In my very limited experience, doing more cubes isn't really harder, it just takes longer. By that I mean that my accuracy isn't worse when I do more cubes. Memory palace techniques are pretty easy to use and work very well almost instantly, at least for the volume of information you need to memorize for MBLD. So, I think you are right that fast 3BLD times translate well to MBLD.It is absolutely insane, the rate of improvement. Though I'd say a big part is potentially there as your 3bld speed increases so by having ex. a 30s avg, already means that a few weeks of practice can probably get someone to mid 20 or higher cubes from almost no prior multiblind practice. But this of course is not the case, although it probably helped a small amount. Very crazy indeed. 60 is a goal still far away for me, but I might still reach it, if I keep practicing that is.
In my very limited experience, doing more cubes isn't really harder, it just takes longer. By that I mean that my accuracy isn't worse when I do more cubes. Memory palace techniques are pretty easy to use and work very well almost instantly, at least for the volume of information you need to memorize for MBLD. So, I think you are right that fast 3BLD times translate well to MBLD.
When considering the statements above, please ignore the complete failure I just did: 1/6 cubes. It's like, not statistically significant or something. I was only talking about people who actually have good memo and execution techniques, so my own attempts are excluded.Only thing I would see as harder, would be that it gets much more tiring the more cubes you do, actually no. The longer it takes. (which usually means more cubes) So yeah, it doesn't get harder in any other manner than that.
Result | Time[memo] | Points | Avg memo/cube | Avg exec/cube | Total avg/cube | Date | Errors | Comment |
19/30 | 58:45[40:59] | 8 | 1:21.96 | 35.53 | 1:57.5 | 13 May 2020 | 2 or 3 recall, rest are mostly dumb. | first 30 subhour!! |
Multi-BLD | Result | Time | Pts | Date | Errors |
PB | 25/26 | 54:14[35:42] | 24 | 2019/12/29 | Cube 18: slipped out of my hands and E slice moved. Also I memo'd a wrong sticker so corners would've been off by 2 twists anyway |
PB2 | 24/26 | 58:58[38:33] | 22 | 2020/03/20 | C20: skipped over OJ lp in exec. C25:inversed GQ edge comm. |
PB3 | 20/21 | 49:12[33:28] | 19 | 2019/11/04 | Cube 7: 3e, might've skipped in exec? |
PB4 | 19/20 | 52:12[34:03] | 18 | 2019/10/13 | Cube 18: Memo'd H instead of F for edges. Ironically this cube had only 7 edge letters and I still messed that up haha |
PB5 | 19/20 | 53:02[34:45] | 18 | 2019/10/10 | Cube 4: executed BT instead of BE and randomly realised I had done the wrong pair 4 cubes later. Couldn't figure out what I had done wrong (BT) and so just left it. Can't believe that is the only error of 20 cubes. |
PB6 | 18/19 | 52:12[35:06] | 17 | 2019/10/02 | Cube 8: stupidly did GX wrong by leaving out the last two moves.. could've been 19/19. this is slow also.. very tired, surprised by accuracy tbh. very not good memo.. |
PB7 | 19/21 | 53:31[35:53] | 17 | 2020/03/11 | C7: Messed up something during edges, 5e. C16: did PN instead of TN for corners (exec) |
PB8 | 21/25 | 57:52[40:04] | 17 | 2019/12/17 | Cube 9: auf error; cube 20: inversed corner PR; cube 23: recalled HL instead of KW; cube 24: missed a two cycle. |
PB9 | 17/18 | 41:23[27:11] | 16 | 2019/10/28 | Cube 10: ended cycle too early. Should've done J before the rest of edges. oops |
PB10 | 17/18 | 43:33[28:38] | 16 | 2019/09/23 | Cube4: did DJ edge comm wrong |
Don't be discouraged - you are continually pushing yourself so you should expect results like this. If you push time your accuracy will suffer, and vice versa. Congratulations on a new PB time!Note: this is PB total/cube, pb2 for exec/cube and a decent memo/cube.
Result Time[memo] Points Avg memo/cube Avg exec/cube Total avg/cube Date Errors Comment 19/30 58:45[40:59] 8 1:21.96 35.53 1:57.5 13 May 2020 2 or 3 recall, rest are mostly dumb. first 30 subhour!!
I have mixed emotions about this attempt, since the result is so bad, but then, the time is so good actually. I must admit I had a duplicate scramble, and upon noticing(starting to memo it) I hand scrambled it. I know that in comp, this cube is to be discarded and not counted as an attempted cube, but I really wanted to do a 30 cube attempt today, so I did hand scramble that cube. (From quick search through video, I believe I dnf'd it anyway)
That said, I am glad that I have successfully attempted 30 cubes within 1 hour. Thinking that I would need to halve my time/cube to do 60 seems impossible really haha. But then, if you told me in Jan 2019 that I would be able to solve 15 cubes blindfolded, I would not have been so sure of that. Goal of 42 still stands for the year, but I will need to up my practicing if I want to reach that. I wanted to be able to do 34 subhour by now (as planned in Dec 2019) and as you can see, I am quite a bit far off from that.
I will probably mainly turn my focus to accuracy now, as this is how my top 10 result list looks:
Pretty 2019ish right?
Multi-BLD Result Time Pts Date Errors PB 25/26 54:14[35:42] 24 2019/12/29 Cube 18: slipped out of my hands and E slice moved. Also I memo'd a wrong sticker so corners would've been off by 2 twists anyway PB2 24/26 58:58[38:33] 22 2020/03/20 C20: skipped over OJ lp in exec. C25:inversed GQ edge comm. PB3 20/21 49:12[33:28] 19 2019/11/04 Cube 7: 3e, might've skipped in exec? PB4 19/20 52:12[34:03] 18 2019/10/13 Cube 18: Memo'd H instead of F for edges. Ironically this cube had only 7 edge letters and I still messed that up haha PB5 19/20 53:02[34:45] 18 2019/10/10 Cube 4: executed BT instead of BE and randomly realised I had done the wrong pair 4 cubes later. Couldn't figure out what I had done wrong (BT) and so just left it. Can't believe that is the only error of 20 cubes. PB6 18/19 52:12[35:06] 17 2019/10/02 Cube 8: stupidly did GX wrong by leaving out the last two moves.. could've been 19/19. this is slow also.. very tired, surprised by accuracy tbh. very not good memo.. PB7 19/21 53:31[35:53] 17 2020/03/11 C7: Messed up something during edges, 5e. C16: did PN instead of TN for corners (exec) PB8 21/25 57:52[40:04] 17 2019/12/17 Cube 9: auf error; cube 20: inversed corner PR; cube 23: recalled HL instead of KW; cube 24: missed a two cycle. PB9 17/18 41:23[27:11] 16 2019/10/28 Cube 10: ended cycle too early. Should've done J before the rest of edges. oops PB10 17/18 43:33[28:38] 16 2019/09/23 Cube4: did DJ edge comm wrong
Worst of all, I mostly attempt 25+ nowadays, and these all rank from 18-26 cube attempts (only 3 are 25 cubes or more)
So I think I will go down and do 17 cube attempts (2 blocks + 3bld) and drill getting fast times (so that I practice the faster, less drilled type memo that is a necessity on big attempts) as well as being very accurate (like 15 solved every time would be considered okay).
And yet again, practice 3bld DYLAN! Many errors occur from my stupid corner twist exec, or those comms that have simultaneous U and D moves (was a common error in today's attempt), so practicing 3bld will help. I am practicing somewhat more frequently, but not enough that I am happy with. anyway, I hope that whoever read to here, was not too bored.
Stay safe, happy cubing!
28/40 | 1:30:56[1:03:04] | 16 | 2020/06/05 | C1: idc, that whole thing was a mess with memo. C4: recalled the wrong pair, objects too similar. C6: misscramble I think, pretty bad dnf.C9: also. C11: no idea, could be memo.C15: auf somewhere. C17: thought I shoulda flipped UR but was wrong. C19: missed BD flip I think. C22: did GP instead of GN, smol brain.C33: missed an E slice, also recalled out of order. C34: idk C37: something dumb with corners idk man. |
Result | Time[Memo] | Points | Avg memo/cube | Avg exec/cube | Avg total/cube | Date | Errors | Comment |
29/33 | 59:58[41:43] | 25 | 1:15.84 | 33.15 | 1:48.99 | 17 June 2020 | C6: Forgot 2nd edge image. C18: not really sure, Looks like a move somewhere. C23: error while doing NX edges. C28: recalled first two LPs out of order. | All PBs. Exec, Memo, Total, and Points. Very crazy having everything not only come together but also be better than they usually are. |
Result | Time[memo] | Points | Avg memo/cube | Avg exec/cube | Avg total/cube | Date | Errors | Comment |
28/30 | 55:09[39:25] | 26 | 1:18.83 | 31.46 | 1:50.29 | 20 June 2020 | C6: pretty sure I screwed up edge memo a little and did not look at the cube again to notice. C8: did PenGuin instead of Du(Q)cky, when I got to a similar pair a few cubes later I realized I accidentally did PenGuin there but I could not do anything anymore at that point so it is okay. | PB exec by 1.69 seconds. Errors are decent, my 3bld practice has helped my exec tremendously. |
Congratulations! I think you are seeing the fruits of your prior practice pushing your limits.Well, hello again..
uhm.. so.. This is a post I did not think I would be making for quite a long while..
I broke my PB again, and the greatest thing is, it didn't take 7 months! Literally just the following attempt.
Result Time[memo] Points Avg memo/cube Avg exec/cube Avg total/cube Date Errors Comment 28/30 55:09[39:25] 26 1:18.83 31.46 1:50.29 20 June 2020 C6: pretty sure I screwed up edge memo a little and did not look at the cube again to notice. C8: did PenGuin instead of Du(Q)cky, when I got to a similar pair a few cubes later I realized I accidentally did PenGuin there but I could not do anything anymore at that point so it is okay. PB exec by 1.69 seconds. Errors are decent, my 3bld practice has helped my exec tremendously.
The 33 cube attempt was arguably better, I do think the memo was quite much better. I was somewhat distracted during the second block. It took over 9 minutes for the full 2 pass (1st block was 8:40 for 2 pass) and 3rd block was a bit rough, I think I was tired so things were a bit slow. Memo did not stick too good but after 3rd review of blocks 1-3 I was comfortable with them all. I was a bit unsure of my memo on cubes 25-29 as they were memo'd quite fast and I was not completely comfortable after 2nd pass but I just decided to go with it. Exec went smoothly on all those. Recall was great.
Happy to see that my errors consisted of 0 exec errors. Only some memo screw-up and recall mistake. With my new speed I am seeing many faults in my pairs like MaP and ATlas. Too similar for me to clearly differentiate between. There are a handful more that need attention and this is going to become a big issue when I reach higher memo speeds; it could already be holding me back.
I do expect a good-high accuracy from this point onwards in multi (for the most part anyway), so the new challenge will be lowering that memo down.
I feel my exec is much better than my memo at this point?
anyway, stay safe, happy cubing!
29/36 | 1:09:54[48:58] | 22 | 1:21.61 | 34.89 | 1:56.5 | 23 June 2020 | C2: messed up LJ. C3: memo'd DW instead of DV. C11: inversed AQ edges. C18:accidentally exec'd corner memo as edges, must've messed up in fixing it. C31: memo error and some where exec nonsense it seems.. C33: inversed VP corners lol. C36: D move. |