Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[martijn_cube]

9:11.51 (not what you think it is)

4/4?

Warmer...

5/5 would just be sick. so i guess 3/3

 

[Forte]

9:11.51 (not what you think it is)

4/4?

Warmer...

5/5 would just be sick. so i guess 3/3

2/2 4x4?

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

9:11.51 (not what you think it is)

4/4?

Warmer...

5/5 would just be sick. so i guess 3/3

2/2 4x4?

Doubly-false.

 

[Toad]

9:11.51 (not what you think it is)

4/4?

Warmer...

5/5 would just be sick. so i guess 3/3

2/2 4x4?

Doubly-false.

Megaminx??

 

[James Ludlow]

Multi with feet?

 

[cookingfat]

Multi with feet?

single 3x3 with feet? (i thought 4x4 wf would be too insane)

I remember he did it once in about 16 mins.

 

[Micael]

9:11.51 (not what you think it is)

4x4x4 multiBLD 2/2 ?

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Edit: well, after thinking again, that sound almost impossible

 

[Kian]

9:11.51 (not what you think it is)

5x5?

I said, "not what you think it is."

Hmm, so what do I not think...

2-4 relay?

 

[Micael]

9:11.51 (not what you think it is)

5x5?

I said, "not what you think it is."

Hmm, so what do I not think...

2-4 relay?

Oh yea, the relay... I would guess it is it.

 

[Yes We Can!]

B2 U L' R D2 U2 F' R2 U' R2 D2 B L' F' R' B2 F2 D' U2 R L' D' B2 L' D2

2:24.80

first sub-3

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

9:11.51 (not what you think it is)

5x5?

I said, "not what you think it is."

Hmm, so what do I not think...

2-4 relay?

It doesn't work when you already know the answer!

 

[beingforitself]

first [quasi-]successful average of 5 for 3x3:

8:04.32, 7:59.10, (6:43.74), 10:44.27, (DNF(11:20.98)) = 8:55.90

dnf had 2 corners twisted

sub-5 here i come

 

[kinch2002]

4x4x4 BLD: 6:43.68 [3:22]
Second scramble on the weekly competition. Unfortunately, this can't count as my personal best - it was lucky. A very nice scramble - everyone should try it.

Thanks for motivating me to get on with the weekly comp! I did that scramble and got 17:51.80 (my previous PB was 22:xx.xx). Lifetime success is now 5 out of 8. By the way, how do you define lucky? I guess number of pieces already in place, so for that one i think it was 10 centres and 2 edges or something like that.

 

[Micael]

Yes!!! After hard times and disappointments with BLD last few weeks, I am very happy to post here :

5x5x5 BLD in 45:28 [23:02]

Second attempt, first success. I am closed to master 4x4x4 BLD now so the only new thing is + centers, but they were quite easy to figure out.

I managed the parity for middle edges by solving two "wing sets" at the wrong place so that I solved them at the end with a T perm. I would like to know a better way though...

 

[kinch2002]

I managed the parity for middle edges by solving two "wing sets" at the wrong place so that I solved them at the end with a T perm. I would like to know a better way though...

Congrats on the success! I feel privileged that my first (and only) attempt at 5x5x5BLD was a success (despite it taking 1:05). I'm no expert but my plan is that I solve all wings in place and then set up for any PLL that swaps the 2 tredges (wings and midges) and 2 corners. That leaves me with 2 wing sets to swap, which I did with: Rw2 Fw2 U2 r2 U2 Fw2 Rw2. This swaps the wings on the FU and BU edges

 

[Micael]

I'm no expert but my plan is that I solve all wings in place and then set up for any PLL that swaps the 2 tredges (wings and midges) and 2 corners. That leaves me with 2 wing sets to swap, which I did with: Rw2 Fw2 U2 r2 U2 Fw2 Rw2. This swaps the wings on the FU and BU edges

Wow, thanks. I will use it.

 

[Micael]

I managed the parity for middle edges by solving two "wing sets" at the wrong place so that I solved them at the end with a T perm. I would like to know a better way though...

Congrats on the success! I feel privileged that my first (and only) attempt at 5x5x5BLD was a success (despite it taking 1:05). I'm no expert but my plan is that I solve all wings in place and then set up for any PLL that swaps the 2 tredges (wings and midges) and 2 corners. That leaves me with 2 wing sets to swap, which I did with: Rw2 Fw2 U2 r2 U2 Fw2 Rw2. This swaps the wings on the FU and BU edges

What!!!??? You succeed at the very first attempt? Man, I wonder how many human did this feat! I am aware of Stefan "The Great" Pochmann (actually, he did more: it did it officially), but no one more. Congrat! Keep going.

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Edit: Well, I consider myselft as quite privileged (and a bit lucky) to succeed at the second attempt. However, for all the effort and pain I experienced with the 4x4x4 BLD (I need like 20 attempts) I think I deserved that feat.

 

[Mike Hughey]

4x4x4 BLD: 6:43.68 [3:22]
Second scramble on the weekly competition. Unfortunately, this can't count as my personal best - it was lucky. A very nice scramble - everyone should try it.

Thanks for motivating me to get on with the weekly comp! I did that scramble and got 17:51.80 (my previous PB was 22:xx.xx). Lifetime success is now 5 out of 8. By the way, how do you define lucky? I guess number of pieces already in place, so for that one i think it was 10 centres and 2 edges or something like that.

I define lucky as > 20% of the pieces solved. I forget what this one was, but I think it was something like 13 pieces solved - maybe 10 centers and 3 edges? That sounds right to me. And of course, that requires you finding the correct orientation. Since your number is so close to mine, I bet we found the same orientation. Nice job!

And Micael, good job on the 5x5x5! I got it right on my third try, so you did better than me. And much faster. I was somewhere around an hour on my first one.

 

[blah]

9/10 multiBLD in an hour. I don't know what the time was, but it was pretty close to an hour, so I just think of it as 59:59.99.

Freestyle corners, M2 edges. Memorization was under 25 minutes, didn't refresh anything at all. I solved the cubes in reverse order.

I didn't mis-memo anything or mis-execute anything, so I'm happy about that All that happened was I forgot six letters for edges. Spent about 5 minutes doing nothing just trying to recall them, then gave up.

My turning speed for this attempt was probably under 0.5 tps

The best part: Of the 200 corners and edges, less than 5 were solved. And every single cube had more than one cycle for edges Talk about being unlucky...

 

[MatsBergsten]

Yes!!! 5x5x5 BLD in 45:28 [23:02]

Congratulations!!