3BLD race between bldcuber314, CubeLite and BVCuber13

[CubeLite]

DNF'ed out a PB mo3 of 1:50.57 minutes, so I still don't have a mean under 2 minutes

Spoiler: 3BLD PB mo3 fail

Generated By csTimer on 2024-05-15
mean of 3: DNF

Time List:
1. 2:06.50 L2 D' F2 R2 D B2 F2 D R2 F2 R' D B F D L' U' F D' U' Fw Uw
2. 1:20.57 F' U R' D' B2 U2 L2 F2 D' B2 U B2 D' L' D' U2 R' F' R2 B2 Fw Uw2
3. DNF(2:04.64) R2 U' R2 U' R2 D B2 D' L2 D L2 B' U L F' L D2 B2 L2 U2 Rw Uw2

 

[bldcuber314]

Very bad news today- I'm back to being unable to get any successes at all. I had an 80% success rate a few days ago and now close to 0(my one success was a 1:27 but I would way prefer more successes)

 

[bldcuber314]

1:15.67 PB2 single today, but also loads of DNFs. My attempts feel better though.

 

[CubeLite]

DNF'ed a PB3
Generated By csTimer on 2024-05-16
single: DNF

Time List:
1. DNF(1:42.51)[3 corners] B2 U' B2 F2 L2 D B2 D' B2 D F2 D R' D2 U' B2 D2 B D R2 F' L' Rw Uw'

 

[abunickabhi]

Very bad news today- I'm back to being unable to get any successes at all. I had an 80% success rate a few days ago and now close to 0(my one success was a 1:27 but I would way prefer more successes)

Is it due to your tiredness?

Or you trying to use new algorithms?

 

[bldcuber314]

Is it due to your tiredness?

Or you trying to use new algorithms?

Tiredness I think. I was making the stupid mistake of being tired and DNFing, then wanting a success, trying again and getting even more tired. I normally can't do much 3BLD before I have to stop.

 

[bldcuber314]

So I did a small session(like 4-5 attempts) and only got one success. That success was a 1:15 though, so at least I'm getting some fast times.

 

[abunickabhi]

Tiredness I think. I was making the stupid mistake of being tired and DNFing, then wanting a success, trying again and getting even more tired. I normally can't do much 3BLD before I have to stop.

Yes it is hard to do long sessions of 3BLD.
Tommy, Charlie and Elliott are exceptions they can do ao1000 in one sitting yo.

 

[CubeLite]

Got PB2 single, PB mo3 (finally got it under 2 minutes) and ao5

Spoiler: 3BLD PB2 single

Generated By csTimer on 2024-05-17
single: 1:36.26

Time List:
1. 1:36.26 B2 F2 U B2 L2 U' B2 U2 B2 R2 D' F D' F2 R' B2 U2 B2 R' U' Fw'

Spoiler: 3BLD PB mo3

Generated By csTimer on 2024-05-17
mean of 3: 1:52.00

Time List:
1. 1:36.26 B2 F2 U B2 L2 U' B2 U2 B2 R2 D' F D' F2 R' B2 U2 B2 R' U' Fw'
2. 1:58.64 U2 L R2 U2 L' F2 L B2 D2 B2 F2 R' U' F L2 D' F L2 D F2 R' Rw2 Uw'
3. 2:01.10 U' B L' D2 B2 U' F2 U' B2 D U2 B2 U' B' R U2 R U2 F U' Rw Uw

Spoiler: 3BLD PB ao5

Generated By csTimer on 2024-05-17
avg of 5: 1:54.94

Time List:
1. (DNF(1:42.51)[3 corners / B2 U' B2 F2 L2 D B2 D' B2 D F2 D R' D2 U' B2 D2 B D R2 F' L' Rw Uw']) D' R2 D2 L2 D2 F2 R2 D B2 F2 L' F' L' R' U L' B U' R F' Rw2
2. (1:36.26) B2 F2 U B2 L2 U' B2 U2 B2 R2 D' F D' F2 R' B2 U2 B2 R' U' Fw'
3. 1:58.64 U2 L R2 U2 L' F2 L B2 D2 B2 F2 R' U' F L2 D' F L2 D F2 R' Rw2 Uw'
4. 2:01.10 U' B L' D2 B2 U' F2 U' B2 D U2 B2 U' B' R U2 R U2 F U' Rw Uw
5. 1:45.07 D' L U B2 D2 R2 B' D2 R B2 R' L' U2 F2 B2 R B2 D' Uw

 

[bldcuber314]

Another sub 1 fail... 1:04 off by 3 corners.

So I memoed in 19 secs(one-pass) and executed edges very fast. But in the middle of corners, I had a HUGE pause. Then I executed the wrong pair(NoPe instead of FloP because in the context of the memo the meanings were very similar). If I had smoothly executed corners correctly it would have easily been sub 1. Hopefully next time though!

 

[BVCuber13]

Another sub 1 fail... 1:04 off by 3 corners.

So I memoed in 19 secs(one-pass) and executed edges very fast. But in the middle of corners, I had a HUGE pause. Then I executed the wrong pair(NoPe instead of FloP because in the context of the memo the meanings were very similar). If I had smoothly executed corners correctly it would have easily been sub 1. Hopefully next time though!

It’s alright, you got this! When did you start BLDing?

 

[bldcuber314]

It’s alright, you got this! When did you start BLDing?

Thanks! I somehow got a success(14:48) first try in early October last year. It wasn't until my PB was 1:38 that I learnt M2 and started using letter pairs...

 

[BVCuber13]

Thanks! I somehow got a success(14:48) first try in early October last year. It wasn't until my PB was 1:38 that I learnt M2 and started using letter pairs...

No way! We started around the same time. I was interested in doing it after seeing my friend (Jacob Schwartz) get a PR single of 2:12 at New England Championships last year, so I started in October of last year as well. I had a kind of progression thing leading up to an actual 3BLD solve. To prepare, I had a cube with letters on it for each of the pieces and a notebook and pencil to write my memo down. It was four parts:

1. lettered cube, written memo (7th attempt success)
2. regular cube, written memo (9th attempt success)
3. lettered cube, memo in my head (2nd attempt success)
4. actual 3BLD solve (1st try)

I think this really helps because you're pushing the level of difficulty up while still progressing your way to the actual solve.

 

[JDAW6]

No way! We started around the same time. I was interested in doing it after seeing my friend (Jacob Schwartz) get a PR single of 2:12 at New England Championships last year, so I started in October of last year as well. I had a kind of progression thing leading up to an actual 3BLD solve. To prepare, I had a cube with letters on it for each of the pieces and a notebook and pencil to write my memo down. It was four parts:

1. lettered cube, written memo (7th attempt success)
2. regular cube, written memo (9th attempt success)
3. lettered cube, memo in my head (2nd attempt success)
4. actual 3BLD solve (1st try)

I think this really helps because you're pushing the level of difficulty up while still progressing your way to the actual solve.

lol I started in October too!

 

[bldcuber314]

No way! We started around the same time. I was interested in doing it after seeing my friend (Jacob Schwartz) get a PR single of 2:12 at New England Championships last year, so I started in October of last year as well. I had a kind of progression thing leading up to an actual 3BLD solve. To prepare, I had a cube with letters on it for each of the pieces and a notebook and pencil to write my memo down. It was four parts:

1. lettered cube, written memo (7th attempt success)
2. regular cube, written memo (9th attempt success)
3. lettered cube, memo in my head (2nd attempt success)
4. actual 3BLD solve (1st try)

I think this really helps because you're pushing the level of difficulty up while still progressing your way to the actual solve.

Wow that's interesting. I did something similar. So I actually started with 2BLD, with no intention of learning 3BLD at all. This helped as Jperm's 2BLD tutorial is much easier to understand. Then I decided to try 3BLD. I never used a lettered cube(I was used to Speffz from 2BLD) but didn't do an attempt until I got a success with written memo(I think like 4th attempt).

 

[bldcuber314]

So just posting to keep this relevant, not much progress but just got a 1:14.79, maybe PB2? I've realised that I need to make my memo way more memorable and vivid, as it's sort of just turning into bad audio. I tried doing that for one solve and got the 1:14. Hopefully I can keep going like this and get more successes!

 

[bldcuber314]

So obviously we haven't really been doing this race anymore but I got 3 sub 1s (49.82, 59.24, 56.59). After getting fails constantly since late May(it felt like I was cursed), this feels really good! It was great to race you @CubeLite and @BVCuber13 !

 

[BVCuber13]

So obviously we haven't really been doing this race anymore but I got 3 sub 1s (49.82, 59.24, 56.59). After getting fails constantly since late May(it felt like I was cursed), this feels really good! It was great to race you @CubeLite and @BVCuber13 !

Congrats! I am still yet to have a sub-45, but I have gotten another sub-1 with a 57 (actually in the airport going to NAC this year lol)

 

[CubeLite]

So obviously we haven't really been doing this race anymore but I got 3 sub 1s (49.82, 59.24, 56.59). After getting fails constantly since late May(it felt like I was cursed), this feels really good! It was great to race you @CubeLite and @BVCuber13 !

Now I that I have a comp with 3 BLD, I wanted to start to Race again, but You already won, so congrats