Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[Micael]

I just got my first blindsolve ever. (9:09.16 really slow). But hey, I can now tell people I have solved the rubik's cube blindfolded.

Fixed.

Solving it BLD once means you can't do it again?

Not always

To be able to say "I can" do something it must be a repeatable skill.

It's a bit like when you get a really lucky PB 3x3 solve and you might say "I can solve it in under 10 seconds" when really, you average about 20. I think it's safer to say "I have" until you've proven to yourself that it's reapeatable (by doing more successful BLD solves in this example)

Once you can do it in front of people, it is safe to say "I can". Otherwise, "I have" is safer.

 

[TheMachanga]

I just got my first blindsolve ever. (9:09.16 really slow). But hey, I can now tell people I have solved the rubik's cube blindfolded.

Fixed.

Solving it BLD once means you can't do it again?

Not always

To be able to say "I can" do something it must be a repeatable skill.

It's a bit like when you get a really lucky PB 3x3 solve and you might say "I can solve it in under 10 seconds" when really, you average about 20. I think it's safer to say "I have" until you've proven to yourself that it's reapeatable (by doing more successful BLD solves in this example)

Once you can do it in front of people, it is safe to say "I can". Otherwise, "I have" is safer.

Well, I just solved it again (7.56.15) so I'm 2 for 2.

 

[MatsBergsten]

4x4 edges bld in 4 looks.

now 3 looks. (it should have been two, but didn't realise I only had a 3-cycle left on the second look!)

Are those loooong looks and are you actually solving the edges or just doing the cycle in your head? It is not always easy to understand your posts, but maybe that is the point :confused:.

As to who the lady in your avatar is, please enlighten me . Iv'e tried to get it to you wearing a wig, but even with my not so good eyesight i cannot do that.

 

[DavidWoner]

Anyway, well done Balázs, please try not to jesus up the next official attempt!

does doing the same in ~40-50 minutes count as jesusing up?

Haha I see what you mean now Oliver

As to who the lady in your avatar is, please enlighten me . Iv'e tried to get it to you wearing a wig, but even with my not so good eyesight i cannot do that.

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/member.php?u=6751

Also I think joey is only memoing about 10 pieces, then solving those, then memoing the next 10, then solving those etc until he is done. Kind of like how people start with edges-only 3BLD, Joey is starting with half-of-edges-only 4BLD

 

[MatsBergsten]

4x4 edges bld in 4 looks.

now 3 looks. (it should have been two, but didn't realise I only had a 3-cycle left on the second look!)

Sorry, I ought to have understood that, easy enough.

There one can see what bad preconceptions can do.

 

[joey]

What DavidWoner said was right.

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

(28,33), (DNF), 32,76, 29,56, 32,69, 33,41, 32,89, 38,00, 30,81, 37,66, 31,62, 36,39 => 33.58 avg12

First 5 are 31.67 avg5.

lmfao

 

[Sakarie]

YEEESS!

I just did my second Speedblind-attempt, and it was a solve! And the time was 16:76!! Memo about 25 minutes, which was what I needed for tracing everything, and repeting the solve a couple of times just to be sure. But I was NOT (mentally) practising the solve like a thousand time, just like 3-4.. The scramble was the first regular 3x3 from Weekly (which I of course hadn't done!).

Scramble+Solution here:

Spoiler

3x3x3
1. D' L2 U' L2 R2 D' U' F2 L2 U B D F' U L R' F D2 U2 F2

Scramble with prefered cross-color on U

Solution:
z2 L2 F' U F' L R' B' R U' R2' U' R y' U' L' U' L U' L' U L y U2 L' U L R U' R' L U L' U L U2 L' U2 R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2

 

[Mike Hughey]

YEEESS!

I just did my second Speedblind-attempt, and it was a solve! And the time was 16:76!!

I assume you mean 16.76? And 25 minutes inspection is pretty fantastic - congratulations.

 

[blah]

YESU!

After 20+ 5x5x5 BLD DNFs "yesterday," I finally got a success on Valentine's Day (after midnight) Second success ever.

Epicness: I didn't film any of my previous attempts, but I decided that I would go for one last attempt before I go to bed, so I turned on my webcam just for the heck of it... Of the 20+ attempts I've made in the last 10 hours, the only one caught on tape was a success

Noobness: 19:45. Fail time But whatever.

 

[blah]

And another! On tape too I think I really just do better on tape for some reason

Another fail time, though. 4 midges left at 16 minutes (I peeked at the timer), spent 5 minutes recalling them That's what happens when you use the same locations 25 times in a row...

 

[Ville Seppänen]

6:36.89

holy sh** that's crazy!

I'm not going to post anymore 5x5x5BLD results until this post is 10 pages away...

I'll have a faster time by then.

so uhh, 6:31.75 (2:31)

 

[moogra]

Wow that's like half of the world record.

 

[edw0010]

Thats Crazy!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Whatc...e-and-Seek-by-Imogen-Heap/301854606298?ref=ts

 

[Yes We Can!]

4/4 multiBLD!
Time was 28:23.14

Video will be up soon

EDIT:

 

[mr. giggums]

just started BLD solving got 3 solves in my first 3-4 hours of learning on the 2x2
(didn't time them)

 

[joey]

6:36.89

holy sh** that's crazy!

I'm not going to post anymore 5x5x5BLD results until this post is 10 pages away...

I'll have a faster time by then.

so uhh, 6:31.75 (2:31)

Hi. Nice time send me bld powers back plz

 

[Ville Seppänen]

6:36.89

holy sh** that's crazy!

I'm not going to post anymore 5x5x5BLD results until this post is 10 pages away...

I'll have a faster time by then.

so uhh, 6:31.75 (2:31)

Hi. Nice time send me bld powers back plz

Hi. I only took your 3x3speed powers. And I seem to have lost them somewhere...

 

[joey]

ohwellz

 

[blah]

17:03.38. Third success in a row On tape too.