Blindfold Accomplishment Thread

[sigalig]

Got my first sub-20 average of 12: 19.72. Also 18.71 PB ao5 with first 5 solves

reconstruction of everything with hyperlinks here:

Spoiler: times/scrambles/recons

avg of 12: 19.72

Time List:
1. 19.65 R' F' D L B' U2 R' L F' R' U2 F2 R D2 F2 D2 F2 L F2 D2 R Fw Uw
2. 18.29 D R' D R' U2 D F' U' R B2 D2 F2 B2 R B2 U2 L B2 L D2 Rw2 Uw'
3. 18.43 U2 F2 D2 L2 F2 L' R2 B2 L F2 D2 R' D' B' D2 U R' B' L' D' U' Rw
4. 19.40 F L' F2 D2 B2 U' F2 U L2 B2 L2 R2 D' F D2 L' D' L2 F U F Fw' Uw2
5. 17.49 F2 R' F' D2 L F B L2 D R2 U2 D' B2 L2 U2 R2 U F2 B L2 Rw
6. 21.56 D2 F2 D2 L2 F R2 B U2 F D2 U2 B U F L2 R U F D' F2 L2
7. 22.19 B D2 B' R2 F' U2 R2 F L2 R2 B2 U B L' U B2 U' L' D2 F Rw' Uw2
8. (17.20) B2 U' R2 U' L2 D B2 U' R2 F2 U2 F D2 L U' B' F2 R U' F Rw2 Uw'
9. 19.59 F' R2 D R2 B2 R2 D L2 D R2 D2 F R2 B' U2 L' D' R' B2 U' Rw
10. (28.40) F2 U B2 U F2 L2 F2 U2 L2 U F2 U R D2 R2 F' D2 R D' U' Rw' Uw
11. 21.00 B' D2 B F' U2 B' R2 F L2 F2 L2 U' L D' B' L F R D L' D Uw
12. 19.56 F B2 D B2 U B2 D L2 D2 B2 R2 U B L' U2 L2 D B F' U' B2 Rw2 Uw

Average memo: 8.27 (8.11 without highest and lowest)
Average exec: 11.96 (11.60 without highest and lowest)
Average algs/solve: 9.63 (3 floats)

 

[abunickabhi]

WB average of 12 by Tommy Cherry from Florida, USA.


Time list: 16.02, 13.15, (DNF), 17.00, 16.86 , (13.07), 16.18, 17.21, 16.94, 16.21, 15.26, 15.62 = 16.05 ao12
Cube used: Angstrom MoYu GTS3M

Spoiler: Recons

16.02: https://bit.ly/3jlQaZB
13.15: https://bit.ly/3A23hVW
DNF(25.97): https://bit.ly/2TZe6aB
17.00: https://bit.ly/3jiC4rS
16.86: https://bit.ly/2St7lxh
13.07: https://bit.ly/2TZhClj
16.18: https://bit.ly/3vZP748
17.21: https://bit.ly/35WPxho
16.94: https://bit.ly/3diDZsL
16.21: https://bit.ly/2Ssw3hg
15.26: https://bit.ly/3hdkfry
15.62: https://bit.ly/3vTJkgA

Previous WB by 16.xy by Elliott Kobelansky

 

[Jacck]

Congrats to Paweł Duraj for completing his 5bld-mean on 12th of September. He is the 19th with an Ao5 or Mo3 in all actual official events!
(Ao5 or Mo3 including the blindfold accomplishments in 4bld, 5bld and multi and therefore posted here)

Now we have:
Jan Bentlage (2017-02-12)
Mark Boyanowski (2018-02-04)
Hanns Hub (2018-02-10)
Kit Clement (2018-07-15)
Sukant Koul (2018-07-27)
Yunqi Ouyang (2018-10-04)
Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (2019-02-16)
Callum Hales-Jepp (2019-07-27)
Walker Welch (2019-08-02)
Stanley Chapel (2019-11-10)
Jason White (2019-11-10)
Hill Pong Yong Feng (2019-12-27)
Ng Jia Quan (2019-12-28)
Oleg Gritsenko (2020-01-01/2017-07-21)
Mengfei Shen (2020-01-01/2019-03-09)
Daniel Wallin (2020-02-02)
Gabriel Alejandro Orozco Casillas (2020-02-08)
Helmer Ewert (2020-09-26)
Paweł Duraj (2021-09-12)

 

[White KB]

WB average of 12 by Tommy Cherry from Florida, USA.
View attachment 16205

Time list: 16.02, 13.15, (DNF), 17.00, 16.86 , (13.07), 16.18, 17.21, 16.94, 16.21, 15.26, 15.62 = 16.05 ao12
Cube used: Angstrom MoYu GTS3M

Spoiler: Recons

16.02: https://bit.ly/3jlQaZB
13.15: https://bit.ly/3A23hVW
DNF(25.97): https://bit.ly/2TZe6aB
17.00: https://bit.ly/3jiC4rS
16.86: https://bit.ly/2St7lxh
13.07: https://bit.ly/2TZhClj
16.18: https://bit.ly/3vZP748
17.21: https://bit.ly/35WPxho
16.94: https://bit.ly/3diDZsL
16.21: https://bit.ly/2Ssw3hg
15.26: https://bit.ly/3hdkfry
15.62: https://bit.ly/3vTJkgA

Previous WB by 16.xy by Elliott Kobelansky

I can beat that easily...
if you take away the 'blindfolded' bit, anyway...
But seriously, that looked like complete witchery with how fast it was. Mesmerizing to watch. Great job to Tommy Cherry!

 

[abunickabhi]

I can beat that easily...
if you take away the 'blindfolded' bit, anyway...
But seriously, that looked like complete witchery with how fast it was. Mesmerizing to watch. Great job to Tommy Cherry!

Wait till you see the sub-13 compilation from Tommy.

 

[abunickabhi]

72 cube sub-hour, this is insanity.
Good job Rowe, keep pushing!

 

[Habsen]

Yes, I finally got my first sub-1min 3 BLD solve!

 

[Cuberstache]

Yes, I finally got my first sub-1min 3 BLD solve!

Congrats!! Gotta update your signature now!

 

[Habsen]

I guess I'm spamming on this thread now
I recently got back into MBLD practice after a seven month break. My current PB is 12/13 in 57:44. Yesterday, the second attempt after the break was pretty fast (7/9 in 25:56). So I decided to try 17 cubes today. Unfortunately, I really struggled with memo and recall, so I went 4:31min over the hour and didn't expect too much. But when I removed the blindfold and found all (!) cubes solved, the time was the least of my concerns. It is such an amazing experience to get a perfect MBLD attempt with so many cubes. I can't wait so see how far more practice will take me in the coming weeks.

 

[theos]

Starting a few weeks ago, I finally started to put some practice into 4BLD, getting my times down from around 15 minutes to 10-11 minutes, and have even managed a few sub-9 minute times (all unrecorded except for this one: 4BLD - Sub-9 (YouTube)). For comparison my official WCA comp PB is 22 minutes
But I've never been able to get any sort of consistency, and so getting a mean-of-3 has continued to elude me. Until today... I wasn't specifically going for the mean, but was still going slower and safer I guess. I messed up my memo on the 2nd cube with 2 centres from the same face coming one straight after the other. But during execution I was able to figure out which was the bogus letter and repair the memo. When I saw the 3rd successfully solved cube, I was so relieved. Finally I have my 4BLD Mo3 - 11:17.05.

Spoiler: Solve 1: 11:16.97

x: VI BR KN EU PG YH LZ
w: OD ZC GH UM KP AR LE JN FI BY AT WT
c: HC EK WU O

Spoiler: Solve 2: 11:27.22

x: SM TJ WK NL ZF PU HB OB (mis-memoed as ...ZF OP UH BO B)
w: CM OR SA UT LA BJ DH ZK BF WE GF NI YN
c: MH OL CW PS Y

Spoiler: Solve 3: 11:06.97

x: MI VL RY TN BK EC PG OD Z
w: CR FD HA WB IY UP OE GN PZ KJ TM LZ
c: BI TL KO

 

[abunickabhi]

Insane WB from Tommy Cherry. 13.64 seconds mean of 3.

 

[White KB]

Insane WB from Tommy Cherry. 13.64 seconds mean of 3.

so fast

 

[sigalig]

Ok so I've been stuck around the 2:20 mark with 5 cube multi-blinds for literally over 2 years, and I just got a 2:09.38[1:05.94] 5/5 and I didnt even film it lmao. Punching myself for that

anyway, i'm posting it here to preserve my accomplishment lol

Stupidest scramble set ever, 46 algs and one float so 45 total

1. D F2 L' U2 R2 D B2 L2 D R2 U B2 L2 U2 B' U' F' R' D L2 R Rw' Uw
2. R U D' R' F2 U B R2 U' L2 F2 D F2 U2 D R2 L2 B' U Fw
3. R F U' R' U2 D2 F L F L2 U2 B' U2 F2 R2 B D2 U Uw
4. D2 B D2 F U2 F D2 L2 D2 F2 R2 B' U R' D2 U F L' D' U' B2 Fw' Uw2
5. D2 R2 F R2 U2 B R2 F' R2 U2 R' D2 U' R2 F' L D' R' B' Fw Uw'

Spoiler: reconstruction

scrambled all in my orientation

Solve 1 (3bld cube, scramble #5, 8 algs)
x' y
[U'D : [S, R' F' R]] // 12/12
[u R' : [S, R2]] // 7/19
[S' : [L E' L', U]] // 10/29
(M U M' U)2 // 8/37
[U'D R' : [E, R2]] // 9/46
[R D : [R D R', U]] // 12/58
[U : [R U' R', D]] // 10/68
[D R D : [R' D' R, U]] // 14/82

Solve 2 (1st cube memo'd, scramble #1, 9 algs)
z y'
[U' : [S, R' F2 R]] // 10/92
[L' E' : [L U L', E']] // 11/103
[U' : [R E R', U']] // 9/112
[M' : [U R' U', M']] // 9/121
[U : [U M U', L]] // 9/130
[R' D' R : [R U' R', D]] // 13/143
[R' D' R, U'] // 8/151 (missed 6 move cancel :'( )
[D R : [U, R D' R']] // 12/163
U R U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R2' U' // 17/180

Solve 3 (2nd cube memo'd, scramble #2, 10 algs)
z'
[R' U' R : [E, R2]] // 9/189
[U M' U : [M', U2]] // 9/198
[u L : [E', L2]] // 7/205
U R U R' U' R' U' R' U R // 10/215
[F' : [E', L2]] // 6/221
[M2 U' : [M, U2]] // 7/228
[R : [U2, R D' R']] // 9/237
[R' U : [D', R U' R']] // 12/249
[R' U : [R' D' R, U]] // 11/260
[R U' : [R' D R, U2]] // 11/271

Solve 4 (3rd cube memo'd, scramble #3, 9 algs)
y'
U2' L' U L U L U L' U' L' U // 11/282
[U' : [S, R' F' R]] // 10/292
[U'D' R' : [E', R2]] // 9/301
[R' F R : [S, R2']] // 9/310
U2 R U' R' U' R' U' R U R U' // 11/321
[D R' : [D, R' U R]] // 11/332
[U' R' : [R' D' R, U2]] // 11/343
[R : [U', R D' R']] // 9/352
U R2 U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R U' // 17/369

Solve 5 (4th cube memo'd, scramble #4, 10->9 algs)
z' y2
[L U L' U', M] // 9/378
[R U' R', E] // 8/386
[u' R : [E, R2]] // 7/393
[R' F : [R' S' R, F2]] // 11/404
[U R : (M D' M' D')2] // 12/416
[R' : [R' D' R, U']] // 9/425
[R : [R D R', U]] // 9/434
[R U R', D] // 8/446 (missed another huge cancel here lol)
[R U' R' U' : [R D' R', U2]] // 15/461

461 moves in 63.43 = 7.27 STPS

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

3 BLD Success! OP/OP, I had 2 success in August 2020 and haven't practiced since. I'm looking forward to focusing on this event.

 

[Jacck]

Mark 2 of "How to put some magic in a 15puzzle+ blindfolded" that I posted there:

Weekly Competition 2021-51

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www.speedsolving.com

This time I did a magic square blind without the additional 16. (If you want to know how I "found" that magic square, just read the description in the vid.)

Spoiler: 15puzzle magic bld without the +

 

[Jacck]

My annual Pyraminx Crystal bld:
Attempt 5: 35:42,46 [14:45]

Spoiler: Video

 

[Puzzlerr]

what's a good tutorial for learning 3bld?

 

[White KB]

what's a good tutorial for learning 3bld?

J Perm's Tutorial

 

[Garf]

When you have solved a 3x3 BLD so many times they don't even feel like successes and just feel like you are going for a time.

 

[CornerTwisted]

First square-1 BLD in 36 minutes!