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Blindfold Accomplishment Thread

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You memorize the moves as you go and trace individual pieces through the moves. It takes a lot longer than normal BLD for that reason, but it's apparently not all that bad with practice. I heard of someone doing a 4x4x4 speed BLD once o_0
 

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PB Average of 5: 35.18
1. 36.02 D2 B' U2 F L2 D2 B2 L2 F U2 L2 D' R B' U L F' R2 F2 L' R'
2. 35.30 L2 D2 B' U2 L2 B R2 B2 U2 L2 F2 U' L2 D' B R U' L U R
3. (30.83) R L U B U2 D2 F U2 F2 R U2 F' L2 F' B U2 L2 F U2 R2 B2

4. (DNF(42.56)) U2 R2 U2 F' L2 R2 F' R2 B R2 F2 L B2 U R' B2 U' B2 U' L2 F2
5. 34.23 R2 B2 U R2 F2 R2 F2 D' U2 B2 D' B' F' D' U L F' D' R' B L

PB mo3: 34.05

I'm improving again!
 

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Mbld 5/6 21:19.08
1) F B R' B' U D2 L' R D' R U' L R B' F R' U2 D' F B R' F' L R D'
2) L' D' R' D' U' B2 D' F2 D2 R2 F D2 U F B' L2 F2 B L2 F2 B U R2 L' B2
3) B2 U2 R' U B F L R U2 B2 U' D R' F2 U' D R' L2 U' B U2 R2 B F' D
4) L R' B F2 R2 D' U L' R D' R' U D' L2 D' L F2 L2 D R2 L B2 R2 B2 D
5) D L' F2 B2 L2 B2 F2 U2 L B2 L B' L U D2 L U R U D' R2 U2 F R2 B2
6) D' F' L' D U R L' F' R L' F2 R' D F2 B2 R' L2 F2 R B' U' L' B' R' B DNF

Screwed Up VQ(UF-DB-FB) execution on the last one and knew that I messed everything up in the process, but I failed to undo whatever it was that I did.

I am proud of this because I am starting to practice Alot this year and I have never tried a large multi(in my terms).
On a side note, I need more loci.
 

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Finally worked out how to memo quickly and comfortably for 3BLD, 4BLD and 5BLD. For example, 5BLD should hopefully be between 3:00-4:00 from now on.

3BLD average of 5: 53.47[between 15-20s]

1. 53.35 U2 L2 D L2 F2 R2 U' F2 D' F2 D R' B F L D' B D' L2 F' R2
2. (50.52) D2 R2 U2 B' L2 F D2 B F L2 F R' U B L R' F' L B2 L R'
3. 54.62 B2 R2 L F' B D B U L' B' U2 F2 R2 U F2 U R2 F2 D2 B2 U
4. (DNF(51.89)) D' L2 B2 L2 U' R2 D' L2 B2 U B' D U2 B' R' B2 F D2 B' U' B2
5. 52.43 U2 D2 L B' U B D' R' L' U' L2 F B U2 L2 B' R2 B U2 L2 D2
 

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3BLD: 35.45
[youtubehd]8TdC1zRqz1s[/youtubehd]
Scramble: B D' B2 D B F' D U2 R D U2 R' D L2 B' L2 D2 U L2 D2 U R'
Solution:
y
Corners:
  • [F' y; R' D R, U2]
  • [R' F R, B']
  • [D'; D' L' D, R2]
Edges:
  • [R2, D' M D]
  • [R U' R', E]
  • [x; M', U' L' U]
  • [U L U', M2]
  • x' U' M' U2 M U'
This is probably my 4-rd time ever because i had three sub35
 

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Just experimenting with some visual, changing the speed I read the cube, different letter pairs etc, how I review etc. Practicing memorizing pack of cards and random digits seemed to help too.

3BLD: 35.45
Scramble: B D' B2 D B F' D U2 R D U2 R' D L2 B' L2 D2 U L2 D2 U R'

Really nice scramble and really nice solve :) I even managed 38.96 on this.
 

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3BLD PB: 2:26.55
M2 OP
It's been a long time since I've had a blind PB...why not get one on the first solve of the day.

Lost scramble... It had 12 edge targets and 6 corners. Relatively easy.
 

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Finally, a decent 3BLD avg5.

1:41.44[48.09], 1:54.49[52.76], 1:46.09[47.48], DNF(56.40)[32.94], 1:31.27[37.69] = 1:47.34

Forgot edge memo on the 4th solve. :/
 
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first 3BLD success on a noisy train on my way home, it was a hand scramble but with 2 cycles for corners and 4 for edges. Memo was the hardest part, about 20 minutes I guess, and execution something between 3 and 4 minutes. I'll try to do a timed one tomorrow
 

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My goal before Worlds is to average around 7-8 minutes on 4BLD. But everytime it's even sub-10 I DNF. NOT TODAY

First ever sub-10, 8:06.74. Memo was ~4:10.

Scramble L' Bw2 B2 L' Lw' F2 B Dw F2 B2 U' Dw2 D2 R' Dw' Rw R2 Fw2 D2 B2 Dw L' F' Bw2 U Dw2 Rw Bw U Uw2 Dw' Lw2 Fw' L2 R' Dw' Fw2 Bw B L

I"ve been practicing 4BLD a lot lately, i had to go through 5 DNF's to get this. New pb
 

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My goal before Worlds is to average around 7-8 minutes on 4BLD. But everytime it's even sub-10 I DNF. NOT TODAY

First ever sub-10, 8:06.74. Memo was ~4:10.

Scramble L' Bw2 B2 L' Lw' F2 B Dw F2 B2 U' Dw2 D2 R' Dw' Rw R2 Fw2 D2 B2 Dw L' F' Bw2 U Dw2 Rw Bw U Uw2 Dw' Lw2 Fw' L2 R' Dw' Fw2 Bw B L

I"ve been practicing 4BLD a lot lately, i had to go through 5 DNF's to get this. New pb

Lol, with such times you can get 4-5-6 minutes before Worlds if you practise.
 

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my biggest issue is just having a success, for some reason my mind hates me being in the sub-10 area. Not to mention i still want to do 5BLD by worlds aswhell, and i haven't even succeeded, i've tried once and it failed
 

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Multi: 9/10 in 44:53 [29:48]
Pretty much rushed the exec...Made 2 mistakes, luckily both of them were on a single cube :p
This is my first multi result with 6+ points (first sub NR)...time was really great for me (my last 2 attempts for 9 cubes took 52 minutes and 46 minutes). Very satisfied with the result too.
 

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Got my form back with a 4BLD 3:00.83[1:18] and a 5BLD safety of 8:23[3:19] :)

4BLD PB:
f L r2 u' F' r' u' r2 F2 U2 L F2 r' B2 r F' u2 B2 D B' f' D2 r R L' D B L f2 r u f L' D' f2 u L' U' u' F2
9 solved centers, 2 solved wings and 1 solved corner

 
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Got my form back with a 4BLD 3:00.83[1:18] and a 5BLD safety of 8:23[3:19] :)

4BLD PB:
f L r2 u' F' r' u' r2 F2 U2 L F2 r' B2 r F' u2 B2 D B' f' D2 r R L' D B L f2 r u f L' D' f2 u L' U' u' F2
9 solved centers, 2 solved wings and 1 solved corner

0__0

Your execution has gotten a lot better. Race you to sub-3:00 on camera!
 
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This felt lucky. MultiBLD 3/3 2:55.87[1:19]

1) D F2 D F2 D2 L2 U' L2 B2 D2 U2 F' D2 R B2 F U' B' L' B F2
2) F2 D B2 L2 B2 D2 F2 U B2 L2 U2 R' D2 U2 F U F U' B R2
3) R2 U R2 U2 L2 B2 L2 D' L2 D2 F2 L' U2 B2 U' L2 F2 L R2 B' D

1) D F2 D F2 D2 L2 U' L2 B2 D2 U2 F' D2 R B2 F U' B' L' B F2

(KE,HC,PV,AX,RN) Schoolfriend (KE) building a House (HC) on the PaVement. He has an AXe, RuN!
(KB,GC,WB) Jumping onto a KeBab covered in grease (GC) with Welcome Back written on (+2 visual corners flips, chicken flying from ULF corner to DBR corner)

2) F2 D B2 L2 B2 D2 F2 U B2 L2 U2 R' D2 U2 F U F U' B R2

(DL,KQ,MH)(BF,VS,CN) Noel Edmonds (DL -> DeaL or No Deal) is the new King/Queen of Market Harborough. A BuFf man drives by on a VeSpa and shouts "C*N*"
(JB,TH)(DO,SQ) Your JoB is to bite with your TeetH DOSQ (just memorized 4 large foam letters spelling DOSQ.)

3) R2 U R2 U2 L2 B2 L2 D' L2 D2 F2 L' U2 B2 U' L2 F2 L R2 B' D

(FV,EG,TA,BL,A) Your FaVourite EGg is on the TABLe, Ahh! (visual edge on C, whole image is taking place on the Ceiling.)
(UD,MB,W) "UDder, MoB, Waaah" (+2 visual corners, chickens in DFR and DRB corners.)

This particular memo felt ridiculously easy to remember (plus I've has a LOT of energy drink tonight, otherwise would've been around 1:30ish) and a few really nice corner cycles came up that I'd been practicing today. I have it on video but I forgot to turn the camera on before scrambling and it's dark in my room :( I'll try and fix it.

0__0

Your execution has gotten a lot better. Race you to sub-3:00 on camera!

Yay
 
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