BLD Race Thread (3BLD, 4BLD, 5BLD, MBLD)

What is your preferred race format for 3BLD? (descriptions in the first post)


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Round 10

Event: 3BLD
Goal: Sub-1:20
Method: OP/Advanced M2/3Style
MoB6: 1:06.73

Time List :

1. 1:16.76 (DNF)
2. 1:05.94
3. 1:02.96
4. 1:03.47
5. 1:09.65
6. 1:21.69 (DNF)
7. 1:18.40
8. 1:11.64
9. 1:25.60 (DNF)
10. 1:19.14 (DNF)
11. 1:29.02 (DNF)
12. 1:20.88

Good result! Courtesy of the MF3RS, easily one of the best cubes I've ever tried!


Event: MBLD
Goal: n/n (Sub 60)
Method: OP/Advanced M2/3Style
Attempt 1: DNF :(
Attempt 2: 3/4 (18:54.67 [13:16.09])
Attempt 3: 4/4 (16:05.59 [11:40.97])

I'm back to practicing MBLD. Hopefully. New goal is n/n with gradual n+1 increments until I reach 10/10.
 
Kind of a dumb question but could I remove my first 4bld attempt in exchange for a success? I just got my first ever 4bld success in 21:13.97. The 5 attempts that I did for this thread were my first 5 ever and my success was my 6th. I would love it if the solve was able to count but if not I better get practicing for next week ;)
Don't worry, you'll get more successes!
 
Round 10 Results

Thanks for everyone for competing! Results for round 10 are updated and can be found here (Google Sheets). Different events in different tabs. Please inform me if you find any mistakes.

Apparently kinda busy week for everybody but we'll take another round.


Round 11
Racing to sub-x (and other goals for multi) in all the official blindfolded events. Set the goal, and keep it up for three weeks in a row - or 4 weeks out of 5 - in order to graduate and set a new goal. If you are first time racing, or changed your method, please include it to your post as well (no need for that in MBLD though).
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3BLD
Compete an average of 12, like usual. The six worst attempts will be eliminated and the mean of the remaining six is your result for the week. At maximum, you can get 6 DNF:s without losing your average.

4BLD & 5BLD
Compete 5 attempts, the best of them is your result for the round. Not necessary to use all of the attempts though.

MBLD
Generate the amount of scrambles you wish using Mark2 (or any other scrambler, why would it matter). You can do two attempts per week if you wish to, the best one is count as your result. 1 hour time limit.

You may set whatever goal you feel like, because multi can get so long-term. You can race to a tough goal, or try to keep up your current level. You can also set time goals if you wish to. The basic rule now is: get your goal once and you've graduated. It's easy to add a cube or try to get faster at the current amount of them. Of course you can specify if you still wish to try and get the goal for multiple weeks in a row; you decide it!
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New round up every Friday. Good luck at blindsolving! :)
And again, full results can be found here
 
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Round 10 Results

Thanks for everyone for competing! Results for round 10 are updated and can be found here (Google Sheets). Different events in different tabs. Please inform me if you find any mistakes.

Apparently kinda busy week for everybody but we'll take another round.


Round 11
Racing to sub-x (and other goals for multi) in all the official blindfolded events. Set the goal, and keep it up for three weeks in a row - or 4 weeks out of 5 - in order to graduate and set a new goal. If you are first time racing, or changed your method, please include it to your post as well (no need for that in MBLD though).
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3BLD
Compete an average of 12, like usual. The six worst attempts will be eliminated and the mean of the remaining six is your result for the week. At maximum, you can get 6 DNF:s without losing your average.

4BLD & 5BLD
Compete 5 attempts, the best of them is your result for the round. Not necessary to use all of the attempts though.

MBLD
Generate the amount of scrambles you wish using Mark2 (or any other scrambler, why would it matter). You can do two attempts per week if you wish to, the best one is count as your result. 1 hour time limit.

You may set whatever goal you feel like, because multi can get so long-term. You can race to a tough goal, or try to keep up your current level. You can also set time goals if you wish to. The basic rule now is: get your goal once and you've graduated. It's easy to add a cube or try to get faster at the current amount of them. Of course you can specify if you still wish to try and get the goal for multiple weeks in a row; you decide it!
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New round up every Friday. Good luck at blindsolving! :)
And again, full results can be found here

I did a 5bld attempt last night for the race but I forgot to add it :p could you add it? It was a DNF(38:43.48). Also I realized I forgot to list my methods. For 3bld its M2/OP for 4bld its U2/r2/OP and and 5bld its U2/M2/r2/OP
 
3bld goal sub 2:00
Guess 3bld is Ok but 4bld is still more fun :p
MoB6:2:11.06
1. DNF(2:25.80)
2. 2:13.15
3. DNF(1:23.89)
4. 2:56.18
5. 1:53.33
6. 2:12.38
7.1:59.58
8.DNF(2:12.94)
9.DNF(2:27.80)
10.1:51.74
11.DNF(1:58.57)
12.DNF(1:46.97)
Summary after first 6 solves:
Decided to slow down and not rush and I am happy with the results. I normally get like 1 solve in 12 but I got 4 successes and a PB mean :) I think I need to slow down enough that I am pushing memo but not as hard as I was going. Just barely got enough solves. Didn't meet my goal but feeling good anyway. I am going to keep up this speed of not going slow but just barely pushing myself out of the comfort zone :)

4bld goal get a success (sub 20 preferably for PB)
1. DNF(10:55.59)
Nice speed but I forgot to check for more center cycles :p also forgot to execute corner parity.
2. DNF(14:55.88)
Slower memo but it was decent. I basically learned from this that my wings need a lot of work. I am still not quite sure what I am doing wrong but it needs to be fixed.
3. DNF(13:31.14)
What the... fast memo and execution. There are only like 7 pieces solved though... I screwed up BAD XD
4.DNF(15:28.32)
Only 3 wings off and 3 centers. Forgot to check for new cycles again :p need to work on that. I had about a 3 minute pause trying to recall if I just executed MG or if MG was the pair I was supposed to execute next. That's why you can't let your mind wander whilst doing bld :p
5.DNF(13:59.73) :(
Accidentally slipped while undoing a setup move and didn't actually finish the last turn. It messed up some corners and wings. Besides that 100% accuracy. Hopefully next week I can get a success but until then I am going to keep practicing.
Overall pretty good. I am still going to be practicing some more solves for NW champs. I have to say that at the moment 4bld is my favorite event!

5bld get a success (anywhere from 50 minutes to 1 hour is acceptable)
1.DNF(41:04.80)
70% accuracy wheras my last attempt was 80% I think I messed up a move but it feels good to know I can solve at least most of it :p

Multibld goal 3+ Points
Attempt #1
1/3 in 13:22.83
Attempt #2
1/3 in 12:58.11

still no successes :P
 
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MBLD

Attempt 1: 4/5 in 26:31.09 [20:35.24]

Off by one corner cycle on the 3BLD cube, which had a dreadful memo, had to review it 4 times and even then somehow missed it, FML.

Attempt 2: 8/9 in 1:02:12.77 [48:26.86]

First time getting 7 points, and I don't really care about the overtime right now. Dumb execution mistakes on the DNF cost me a perfect score, and bad cubes cost me the sub-60. But it was a fun attempt.

Attempt 3: 8/8 in 52:38.60 [40:58.92]

Yaaaas! Execution was dreadfully slow, and memo wasn't very easy, either. Lots of stuff to work on, and this weekend's competition hype is increasing!
 
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Round 11

Event: 3BLD
Goal: Sub-1:20
Method: OP/Advanced M2/3Style
MoB6: 1:11.54

1. DNF(1:21.22) R' D L U2 D L F' L U' L B2 R2 F2 B2 D2 B2 D2 R F2 L
2. DNF(1:16.58) U' L' B D2 F R' U' F' U' F D2 F' B2 L2 B D2 B' U2 D2
3. 1:12.97 F2 R2 U' F2 U2 R2 D U2 F2 R2 D B D2 R' U L2 B2 R D2 F U'
4. DNF(1:32.09) L D2 F2 U2 R2 F2 R' B2 L U2 B' L2 U' F2 L U2 F D' B R
5. 1:11.60 D2 L2 B R2 F R2 D2 B' L' B' L B2 L' D' U2 L' D' U2
6. 1:13.71 L D' R' F U' R' L D' B D2 R2 U' B2 D F2 R2 F2 U F2 U
7. (1:04.94) U L2 F2 U' F2 D2 L2 F2 L2 D' F' D2 L R F' U R B' R U'
8. 1:16.48 U' R2 B2 L2 U2 F2 R2 U' L2 D' U' L' U2 F' U2 L2 B2 U F2
9. (DNF(1:16.36)) L2 B2 L2 B2 U B2 U F2 D' L2 U' R B' D' F L2 B' R' U' B' R
10. 1:18.76 L2 R2 U2 B2 L2 B' L2 F U2 F' D' F' L' D U B R2 B2 R B2
11. 1:24.89 R2 D2 B2 U' F2 R2 U B2 L2 R2 F2 R D U R D2 R U F U' R
12. 1:09.46 L2 F' U2 F2 L D R L2 U' D2 F D2 B' U2 B L2 B2 U2 D2

I feel this could've been better, but I'm too tired right now. Still a good result.

Also edited my previous post, with a 9 cube MBLD attempt. I'm definitely back in the saddle!
 
3BLD: 1:43.92
01:41.50 47 0
01:45.64 32 1
01:35.34 43 1
01:30.83 41 0
01:41.37 41 0
02:16.20 74 0
01:24.97 44 0
02:25.11 58 0
01:51.02 59 1
01:25.14 37 1
01:48.67 29 0
01:53.01 70 1
oh so bad

4BLD: 6:28.04, 6:49.42, 7:21.12 (53 memo loc!), DNF, DNF
too tired at the end, slow memo on all (best was 3:50)

5BLD: DNF, 13:21.50, 13:19.52
rather good and very even
 
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My corner comm improvement is very visible even from one attempt to the next (previous attempt was 31:26 [18:56/12:30]).

Multi: 10/11 in 25:49.32
1. 7/11 in 27:2838 [16:47/10:41] - variety of mistakes
2. 10/11 in 25:49.32 [16:07/9:41] - did and inefficient (and incorrect) comm for one case

Will add big BLD later (if I have time, which is looking unlikely actually). And maybe 3BLD some day.
(I was at competitions with big BLD for 3 of the last 4 weekends, so not much time to post here.)

4BLD: DNF
1. DNF - a couple of small mistakes
2.-5. DNS - too tired
the solve before was a 4:39.93 PB so that was good
 
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Round 11 Results

Thanks for everyone for competing! Results for round 11 are updated and can be found here (Google Sheets). Different events in different tabs. Please inform me if you find any mistakes.

@Fábio De'Rose , should you try a harder goal now? ;)


Round 12
Racing to sub-x (and other goals for multi) in all the official blindfolded events. Set the goal, and keep it up for three weeks in a row - or 4 weeks out of 5 - in order to graduate and set a new goal. If you are first time racing, or changed your method, please include it to your post as well (no need for that in MBLD though).
_____________
3BLD
Compete an average of 12, like usual. The six worst attempts will be eliminated and the mean of the remaining six is your result for the week. At maximum, you can get 6 DNF:s without losing your average.

4BLD & 5BLD
Compete 5 attempts, the best of them is your result for the round. Not necessary to use all of the attempts though.

MBLD
Generate your own scrambles. You can do two attempts per week if you wish to, the best one is count as your result. 1 hour time limit.

You may set whatever goal you feel like, because multi can get so long-term. You can race to a tough goal, or try to keep up your current level. You can also set time goals if you wish to. The basic rule now is: get your goal once and you've graduated. It's easy to add a cube or try to get faster at the current amount of them. Of course you can specify if you still wish to try and get the goal for multiple weeks in a row; you decide it!
_____________

New round up every Friday. Good luck at blindsolving! :)
And again, full results can be found here
 
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3bld goal sub 2:00
MoB6: 1:42.93
1.DNF(1:51.10)
2. 1:32.07
3. (1:17.35)
4. 1:37.24
5. DNF(2:20.58)
6. DNF(1:34.12)
7. DNF(2:01.46)
8. (1:26.20)
9. DNF(2:16.77)
10. DNF(1:36.31)
11. 2:19.83
12. 2:04.92

4bld goal get a success (sub 20 preferably for PB)
1.DNF(11:05.93)
I actually took this one a little more safe. Picking up on speed :) This was only off by 3 centers.
2. DNF(11:03.56)
Felt really slow but only 3 centers off and 2 wings unsolved. Feel like in terms of speed I am improving quickly :)
3. DNF(10:27.42) :mad:
100% memo (pretty quickly too) but I had another lockup and then later while doing an R move the cube decided to do a b'!?!?!? I knew I messed up execution wise but I decided to continue to see the time :l Really happy with memo and not happy with my Wuque. I need to get my 4x4 setup by someone who knows what they are doing :p
4. 13:16.10 Video
eyyyy success finally. Pb by 8 minutes :) actually pretty sloppy. I kind of had to wing 2 letter pairs (DS and IW) and I forgot one and then had to undo 6 targets to solve them then redo the 6 targets. I would be extremely happy with this result in comp though.
5. DNF(13:35.63) :(
Messed up properly orienting the cube to have that nice SOLVED SIDE which I though I put it so it would be solved but I messed up. Also rushed wings and couldnt remember the order of a few pairs. Somehow the cube is only off by 4 pairs though so that's a positive. Keep in mind I had ~4 minutes of pauses as well

5bld get a success (anywhere from 50 minutes to 1 hour is acceptable)
1.DNF(26:35.82) :(
Realized I messed up memo at 26 minutes and then decided to DNF so as to not waste time :p

Multibld goal 3+ Points
1. 2/3 in 10:16.52
XD first success ever. Only 1 point tho :P
 
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Multi: 8/11 in 30:18.67
1. 5/11 in 31:10 [20:02/11:07]
2. 8/11 in 20:18 [19:57/10:21]
Possibly the most depressing multi attempts I've ever done. Memo shouldn't be more than 18, and last week I had a 10/11 in 25:49 [16:07/9:41] ... :(

Big BLD later if I have time.
 
MBLD, Attempt 1: 5/5 in 21:28.11 [15:53.79]

MBLD, Attempt 2: TBD

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3BLD, Round 12

Goal:
Sub-1:10
Method: Advanced M2/3Style
MoB6: 1:04.486

(Thanks, @Underwatercuber <3)

1. 1:19.39 R2 B2 R2 D F2 L2 U B2 U L2 F2 L' D F L R D2 F2 D' R2 F
2. DNF(1:14.47) U2 B2 R F2 R2 U2 L B2 L' D2 F' R2 U' B2 R D' F2 U2 R' D2 B
3. 1:12.45 U2 B2 D' F2 U' B2 R2 U' R2 U' L2 R U' F' U2 L2 B' F2 U' L2 U'
4. DNF(1:20.42) D2 U' L2 U' F2 U2 B2 U F2 R2 B2 R' D2 U' B' L' B2 R2 U B' F
5. 1:16.74 R2 B' R2 B2 L2 U2 L2 U2 R2 B2 F' R' D' L' U' F L2 U' R' B
6. 1:03.74 R2 B D2 U2 B U2 F' U2 F U2 B U' L' B' D' R B F' L U' B
7. (57.87) D' R2 D L2 R2 B2 R2 D' R2 U L' U' B' D' U L F2 U2 B' F2
8. 1:01.71 D B2 D L2 B2 U F2 U F2 L2 D' L R F R' D' R D' L' R
9. 1:07.12 L2 R2 D2 B D2 R2 F L2 B2 U2 B' R' B R' D B F L' R B' D
10. 1:20.90 L2 B2 L2 F2 U' B2 D2 F2 R2 B2 L2 B' R D R2 F' U2 L' F' L2
11. 1:04.03 U2 F' L U2 R2 D' B' D' F R F2 L B2 L' F2 L' B2 L D2 L'
12. (DNF(1:23.30)) U L2 R2 D' B2 R2 U' B2 L2 R2 B' L R' U2 B D L F' D2 B2
 
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MBLD, Attempt 1: 5/5 in 21:28.11 [15:53.79]

MBLD, Attempt 2: TBD

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3BLD, Round 12

Goal:
Sub-1:21
Method: Advanced M2/3Style
MoB6: Too lazy/tired to calculate right now, will edit this later xD


1. 1:19.39 R2 B2 R2 D F2 L2 U B2 U L2 F2 L' D F L R D2 F2 D' R2 F
2. DNF(1:14.47) U2 B2 R F2 R2 U2 L B2 L' D2 F' R2 U' B2 R D' F2 U2 R' D2 B
3. 1:12.45 U2 B2 D' F2 U' B2 R2 U' R2 U' L2 R U' F' U2 L2 B' F2 U' L2 U'
4. DNF(1:20.42) D2 U' L2 U' F2 U2 B2 U F2 R2 B2 R' D2 U' B' L' B2 R2 U B' F
5. 1:16.74 R2 B' R2 B2 L2 U2 L2 U2 R2 B2 F' R' D' L' U' F L2 U' R' B
6. 1:03.74 R2 B D2 U2 B U2 F' U2 F U2 B U' L' B' D' R B F' L U' B
7. (57.87) D' R2 D L2 R2 B2 R2 D' R2 U L' U' B' D' U L F2 U2 B' F2
8. 1:01.71 D B2 D L2 B2 U F2 U F2 L2 D' L R F R' D' R D' L' R
9. 1:07.12 L2 R2 D2 B D2 R2 F L2 B2 U2 B' R' B R' D B F L' R B' D
10. 1:20.90 L2 B2 L2 F2 U' B2 D2 F2 R2 B2 L2 B' R D R2 F' U2 L' F' L2
11. 1:04.03 U2 F' L U2 R2 D' B' D' F R F2 L B2 L' F2 L' B2 L D2 L'
12. (DNF(1:23.30)) U L2 R2 D' B2 R2 U' B2 L2 R2 B' L R' U2 B D L F' D2 B2
1:04.486 MoB6 :)
 
5BLD: 13:59.00 [8:44], 11:22.47 [6:45] WOW 3:d best ever

You seem to have forgotten my 5bld from week 10 (good one, a yellow 12:20 :)). Edit: thanks!

4BLD: DNF, DNF, DNF.
I am stressed by my "goal" and go too fast.
I change my goal. Now sub-6 is worth an ice cream. (previously worth NR).
4BLD: 6:31.32 (less stressed, though not enough for ice cream :(), 9:10.11
(last solve just could not find the last edge cycle, memo time over goal (6:29)

3BLD: 1:17.37 (10/12) best so far
01:17.85 28 0
01:59.52 61 0
01:30.48 49 0
02:06.28 76 1
02:40.15 58 0
01:41.27 41 0
01:02.80 23 0
01:24.69 44 1
01:24.96 37 0
01:51.54 50 0
01:03.74 32 0
01:24.36 36 0
 
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As to your username, I must just ask, have you done it :D??
I get this way to often :p probably need to make a video of it. Maybe bld. I have done it a few times indeed. The main reason I came up with this name is when I was making my YouTube channel and I was trying to think up a good name. I eventually came up with it because I swim competitively and swimming cuber didn't sound good so... underwater cuber it was :)
 
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