Anyone who does BLD should post here.

[nitrocan]

Name: Can Çetin
Method: M2 for edges, Orient Permute for Corners
How long it took.. : It was after a month or so because I gave up learning BLD 3 times before actually learning it. It was 15 minutes or something.
Average: Somewhere in between 3 and 5 minutes.
How long: 3 months

I don't practice BLD though... (I really should)

 

[ooveehoo]

Name: Otto von Hellens
Method(s) you use: Old Pochmann
How long it took before you did your first BLD solve and how long of a solve it was: A few weeks, with my own method. It was the only successful solve I ever did with it. Memo was around 30 min. and execution 7. My first Pochmann-solve was I think 10:24.XX.
What your avg is now: Maybe 6 mins.
How long you have been doing BLD: Four months.

 

[cmhardw]

Name: Chris Hardwick

Method(s) you use: BH (Beyer-Hardwick)

How long it took before you did your first BLD solve and
how long of a solve it was: It took me about a month to learn BLD, but I was stubborn and trying to discover a method on my own with minimal input/hints from Richard Carr. My first solve took between 1.5 and 2 hours. I was using a method where I memorized the state of the cube, and updated that memorized state after each algorithm. It was only in 2003 when I shared a cab ride with Dror Vomberg that I learned about cycle methods, including 3OP.

What your avg is now: 3x3x3 is probably 1:30 when I'm in practice. My average right now is around 1:45 with minimal practice.

How long you have been doing BLD: 5.5 years

 

[ShadenSmith]

Shaden Smith
M2 edges + 3OP corners

First solve was about 20 minutes. It took me a month or so to get my first success.

I average 2:45.

I've been BLD'ing for about a year.

 

[rjohnson_8ball]

By the way what does DNF stand for?

Not only can it indicate a failed solve, but apparently it can also mean Did Not Finish within the 10 minute time limit imposed the Stackmat Timer at a competition, unless the use of a stopwatch has been approved. See the WCA rules. (In my opinion, this is a design flaw with Stackmat. I cannot use it for training until my BLD is under 10 minutes. I cannot use it to time my 7x7 either.) One reason I decided not to go to the Westchester Tournament a couple days ago is because I can't BLD under 10 minutes yet, and I didn't want to seem wimpy asking for someone to time me with a stopwatch.

 

[waffle=ijm]

Jules Manalang
Classic Pochmann corners with M2 edges. Sometimes 3OP with multi
About a week after learning 3OP i tried to do it. Memo was about 15 minutes and execution another 10
Avg now is about 6-8 minutes. Used to be sub-4 but i don't like to practice for BLD so it went down a lot.
I've been doing BLD for about 1 year.

 

[McWizzle94]

Nikhil Mande
3 cycles for edges and corners
I got a bld solve 2 weeks after starting to try it and was doing times like 10-15 minutes.
Current average is 4-6 minutes, 50 % success.
I have been bld cubing for the last 3-4 months.

lol my name is Nikhil too

anyway...
Nikhil
I started with 3-cycle and then I switched to M2 with 3OP corners, and now I am in the process of switching to pure freestyle.
I didn't time my first solve but I think it was around 10 minutes. Before that, I used to practice just the edges or just the corners, so my first solve was easier.
I haven't taken an average but I usually get around 1:30, + or - 15 seconds.
I don't really know how long I've been doing BLD but I'm pretty sure it was a while.

 

[fanwuq]

Name: Frank Morris
Method(s) you use: 3OP, Classic Pochmann Corners, M2 edges, commutator corners.
How long it took before you did your first BLD solve and how long of a solve it was: I understood the first day. Took maybe 15 tries to get it a few weeks later. About 10 minutes
What your avg is now: 4-8 minutes, mostly DNF. I can 2x2 BLD sub-40 seconds
How long you have been doing BLD: maybe 30-50 trials in total. I rarely practice. About 8 months.

 

[MistArts]

Name: Baian Liu
Method(s) you use: M2 + Commutator corners/freestyle
How long it took before you did your first BLD solve and how long of a solve it was: About three months (I suck...) and it was ~7:30
What your avg is now: DNF if you ask me... Otherwise, about 6:30.
How long you have been doing BLD: I don't know...

 

[McWizzle94]

Name: Wuqiong Fan
Method(s) you use: M2 + Commutator corners/freestyle
How long it took before you did your first BLD solve and how long of a solve it was: About three months (I suck...) and it was ~7:30
What your avg is now: DNF if you ask me... Otherwise, about 6:30.
How long you have been doing BLD: I don't know...

Somehow I don't think your name is Wuqiong Fan.....

 

[joey]

You two both have the same name? :|

 

[MistArts]

Name: Baian Liu
Method(s) you use: M2 + Commutator corners/freestyle
How long it took before you did your first BLD solve and how long of a solve it was: About three months (I suck...) and it was ~7:30
What your avg is now: DNF if you ask me... Otherwise, about 6:30.
How long you have been doing BLD: I don't know...

Somehow I don't think your name is Baian Liu.....

Erhm... yes it is...

 

[cuBerBruce]

Name: Bruce Norskog
Method(s) you use: orient first, M-layer 3-cycles for edges (DF buffer), 3-cycles for corners (any U-layer corners for buffer). For parity, I do a 2-cycle of edges with 4-cycle of centers, and same for corners).
How long it took before you did your first BLD solve and how long of a solve it was: I didn't try to do the whole cube at once. I worked on various phases EO, CO, EP, CP separately; then a couple phases at a time before trying to do the whole cube. I probably took something like 2-3 weeks. But once I started attempting complete solves, it was probably only a day or 2 until success. My first successful unofficial solve was: 23:52.98
What your avg is now: about 8-9 minutes, average successful official solve time is 9:59.43.
How long you have been doing BLD: about 2 years, 3 months

 

[Faz]

Name: Feliks Zemdegs
Method: Classic pochmann corners and M2 edges.
How long.... yadayadayada: Umm, about 10 tries, and it was 5 minutes - my first solve that is :0
Average: Umm, about 2:50 i guess, but i can only get 1/3 solves. i have been bld'ing for about 2 months.

 

[mande]

lol my name is Nikhil too

anyway...
Nikhil
I started with 3-cycle and then I switched to M2 with 3OP corners, and now I am in the process of switching to pure freestyle.
I didn't time my first solve but I think it was around 10 minutes. Before that, I used to practice just the edges or just the corners, so my first solve was easier.
I haven't taken an average but I usually get around 1:30, + or - 15 seconds.
I don't really know how long I've been doing BLD but I'm pretty sure it was a while.

Nice to know there are more Nikhils into cubing.

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

Name: Timothy Sun
Method(s) you use: 3OP (switching to freestyle)
How long it took before you did your first BLD solve and how long of a solve it was: Six attempts, first timed one of 4min31 or something.
What your avg is now: 1:20
How long you have been doing BLD: Since May 2007.

 

[VirKill]

Name: Arif Julian
Method: m2/old pochmman
How long it took before my first BLD solve and how long of a solve it was: One and a half month. Start with learning macky's 3OP, I understand the point, but it's hard to execute, especially learning some new algorithm and confusing setup move. Then move to M2/R2, understand the concept, but hard to memorize new alg as well. Then move to classic pochmman, got the problem of breaking to new cycle....finally, badmephisto save the day with his video. My first attempt was a DNF, second attempt solved. It's 16 minutes.
What your avg is now: 2 minutes something...
How long you have been doing BLD: 2 months

 

[Aub227]

Name: Auburn Manlangit
Method(s) you use: freestyle.
How long it took before you did your first BLD solve and how long of a solve it was: got my first successful solve on my second day of learning old Pochmann. It was about an 8 minute solve.
What your avg is now: when practicing: 1:45, not practicing: 2:20. only 60% success rate.
How long you have been doing BLD: on and off since early 2006.

 

[McWizzle94]

Name: Baian Liu
Method(s) you use: M2 + Commutator corners/freestyle
How long it took before you did your first BLD solve and how long of a solve it was: About three months (I suck...) and it was ~7:30
What your avg is now: DNF if you ask me... Otherwise, about 6:30.
How long you have been doing BLD: I don't know...

Somehow I don't think your name is Baian Liu.....

Erhm... yes it is...

Ummmm......you kinda changed my quote......

And joey, we do have the same name =]

 

[Rubixcubematt]

name: Matt Wanstall
method(s) you use: started with pure 3op, but now use M2 edges, thinking about trying freestyle corners.
how long .......: It took me about 1 week to get a successful 3x3 BLD solve (coz i started with 2x2 BLD) the time was about 10 mins.
av: i would say something like 2:50 or mabye + or - 15 secs.
how long: not sure, 2 maybe 3 months.