Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread
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10:28.91 4x4 BLD! 
Maybe sub-10 soon? 
This one had about.. 5 min memo
Maybe sub-10 soon? This one had about.. 5 min memo
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I'd probably go for Vicky (picture a Vicky I know). Congrats
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Square-1 BLD average 3/5: 12:51.43
Best single: 6:50.69
The second solve was 18 minutes because I spent 10 minutes recalling the memorization for the translation matrix. The fun thing is that if you remember part of the memorization, you can usually dredge up the rest by process of elimination due to the way my scheme works. My DNF was a case I haven't memorized well enough yet.
I still don't have all cases memorized - I'm probably about 2/3 done (maybe a little more). But I do have all 90 cases worked out, and have at least started working on memorizing them all. Hopefully by the end of the week I'll really have them all.
I wanted to wait to post an average until I had them all learned, but once I actually got a successful average, I couldn't resist posting it.
Best single: 6:50.69
Statistics for 09-07-2010 16:17:32
Average: 12:51.43
Standard Deviation: 0.00
Best Time: 6:50.69
Worst Time: DNF
Individual Times:
1. 10:46.86 (4,-4) / (0,3) / (-4,0) / (0,3) / (6,3) / (0,4) / (-3,3) / (-3,0) / (-1,0) / (-3,1) / (0,3) / (3,0) / (-5,2) / (4,2) / (1,2) / (2,2) / (5:19); AH; corner parity
2. 18:53.04 (0,-4) / (0,3) / (-5,4) / (-4,3) / (0,3) / (3,0) / (-3,2) / (0,1) / (6,1) / (6,4) / (6,2) / (6,3) / (-1,4) / (-1,4) / (2,0) / (-3,0) (13:49); RT; edge parity; forgot memo for RT, but worked it out!
3. (6:50.69) (1,-3) / (0,-1) / (0,3) / (0,1) / (0,2) / (0,2) / (0,4) / (0,4) / (0,2) / (2,0) / (-2,4) / (3,0) / (2,0) / (3,0) / (0,2) / (1,4) / (4,0) / (0,4) / (-2,0) (4:07); TU; no parity
4. (DNF) (0,2) / (0,6) / (0,3) / (0,4) / (-3,0) / (-2,5) / (-2,0) / (2,0) / (0,4) / (0,3) / (0,2) / (4,2) / (6,2) / (5,4) / (0,5) / (1,2) / (-2,0) / (0,1) RS - don't know it yet
5. 8:54.40 (0,3) / (3,-3) / (3,3) / (6,3) / (6,0) / (0,3) / (0,3) / (3,3) / (6,0) / (4,3) / (-1,5) / (-5,0) / (6,0) / (0,1) / (0,2) / (0,4) / (-5,4) (4:38); QW; no parity
The letters in the comments are my way of keeping track of the shapes. I'm using CCT, so when it displays, it shows a / at the end every time, so you have to add a slash at the end of the scrambles that don't have one to see the solve I actually did. I'm probably using CCT wrong, but I never bothered to figure it out since I figured it was a good enough scramble anyway.
Average: 12:51.43
Standard Deviation: 0.00
Best Time: 6:50.69
Worst Time: DNF
Individual Times:
1. 10:46.86 (4,-4) / (0,3) / (-4,0) / (0,3) / (6,3) / (0,4) / (-3,3) / (-3,0) / (-1,0) / (-3,1) / (0,3) / (3,0) / (-5,2) / (4,2) / (1,2) / (2,2) / (5:19); AH; corner parity
2. 18:53.04 (0,-4) / (0,3) / (-5,4) / (-4,3) / (0,3) / (3,0) / (-3,2) / (0,1) / (6,1) / (6,4) / (6,2) / (6,3) / (-1,4) / (-1,4) / (2,0) / (-3,0) (13:49); RT; edge parity; forgot memo for RT, but worked it out!
3. (6:50.69) (1,-3) / (0,-1) / (0,3) / (0,1) / (0,2) / (0,2) / (0,4) / (0,4) / (0,2) / (2,0) / (-2,4) / (3,0) / (2,0) / (3,0) / (0,2) / (1,4) / (4,0) / (0,4) / (-2,0) (4:07); TU; no parity
4. (DNF) (0,2) / (0,6) / (0,3) / (0,4) / (-3,0) / (-2,5) / (-2,0) / (2,0) / (0,4) / (0,3) / (0,2) / (4,2) / (6,2) / (5,4) / (0,5) / (1,2) / (-2,0) / (0,1) RS - don't know it yet
5. 8:54.40 (0,3) / (3,-3) / (3,3) / (6,3) / (6,0) / (0,3) / (0,3) / (3,3) / (6,0) / (4,3) / (-1,5) / (-5,0) / (6,0) / (0,1) / (0,2) / (0,4) / (-5,4) (4:38); QW; no parity
The letters in the comments are my way of keeping track of the shapes. I'm using CCT, so when it displays, it shows a / at the end every time, so you have to add a slash at the end of the scrambles that don't have one to see the solve I actually did. I'm probably using CCT wrong, but I never bothered to figure it out since I figured it was a good enough scramble anyway.
The second solve was 18 minutes because I spent 10 minutes recalling the memorization for the translation matrix. The fun thing is that if you remember part of the memorization, you can usually dredge up the rest by process of elimination due to the way my scheme works. My DNF was a case I haven't memorized well enough yet.
I still don't have all cases memorized - I'm probably about 2/3 done (maybe a little more). But I do have all 90 cases worked out, and have at least started working on memorizing them all. Hopefully by the end of the week I'll really have them all.
I wanted to wait to post an average until I had them all learned, but once I actually got a successful average, I couldn't resist posting it.
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I'm trying to put together a full web page tutorial including all the cases, but I can tell it's going to be a lot of work. I could really use website space from somebody to post this when I'm done, though, if someone would like to make it available.
It's pretty intense doing the conversion when memorizing. I often find it hard to keep concentrating through it - switching back and forth between the translation matrix and the pieces being memorized can be so confusing if you're distracted at all.
I'm actually still pretty terrible at getting to square. For cases over 4 moves, I pretty much always have to use the helper image I've memorized at each move to figure out how to set up for the next slice turn. So when I start solving, I'm often spending a lot of time feeling the top and bottom faces to figure out what case I have.
I still think someone who is good at this method will be able to consistently sub-5 their solves. And I wouldn't be surprised if someone like Ville could go sub-2.
It's pretty intense doing the conversion when memorizing. I often find it hard to keep concentrating through it - switching back and forth between the translation matrix and the pieces being memorized can be so confusing if you're distracted at all.
I'm actually still pretty terrible at getting to square. For cases over 4 moves, I pretty much always have to use the helper image I've memorized at each move to figure out how to set up for the next slice turn. So when I start solving, I'm often spending a lot of time feeling the top and bottom faces to figure out what case I have.
I still think someone who is good at this method will be able to consistently sub-5 their solves. And I wouldn't be surprised if someone like Ville could go sub-2.
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Great, Mike! I only tried it once and got lucky I got an easy shape, you're the first I know who's doing it consistently (although I guess most good speedsolvers could do it with tracing if they wanted to).
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1) MEMO PIECES WITH TRANSLATION MATRIX
2) WORK OUT CYCLES DURING EXECUTION
3) ???????????
4) PROFIT
2) WORK OUT CYCLES DURING EXECUTION
3) ???????????
4) PROFIT
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Translation matrices? One for each shape? And you're memorizing all of them?
Mike, you are just too insane :tu And I don't even know optimal cubeshape yet...
Mike, you are just too insane :tu And I don't even know optimal cubeshape yet...
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I think Takao already does it consistently, but he traces. I'm still not lots faster than him, but with practice, I should be.
Yes, I'm working on them. By the way, each case is represented by an image. For that image, I have a helper image, which tells me which way each face should be turned before the next slice move. It also tells me where to start lettering my pieces. Then I have 4 images for the edges and 4 images for the corners. So 9 total images need to be memorized per case, 89 cases (already square doesn't need one!), so a total of 801 images to memorize. But it's really just 89 stories; how hard can it be to remember 89 stories?
Right now, I really do have about 65 of them solid.It always feels so good when I first look at the scrambled puzzle and realize I know that case!
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That's just great Mike! You really are the one that doesn't retreat for a challenge!
If it's just a server and website you need, I have one on www.skarrie.se, that's currently pretty much unused. But I'm not sure that's what you want or looking for. But if it is, I really wouldn't mind hosting it.
If it's just a server and website you need, I have one on www.skarrie.se, that's currently pretty much unused. But I'm not sure that's what you want or looking for. But if it is, I really wouldn't mind hosting it.
bint2d
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Yay.. 9:52.17 mins.
4th success on the 4x4x4 bld. (1st sub-10)
4th success on the 4x4x4 bld. (1st sub-10
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Yay.. 9:52.17 mins.
4th success on the 4x4x4 bld. (1st sub-10
STACKMAT TIMER!!! (Joey :rolleyes
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... Followed by 4 fails in a row. =P
30 seconds just blows my mind.
30 seconds just blows my mind.
arsenalthecuber
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yay, 4x4 BLD in 16:41.87
my 2nd succesful attempt on the 4x4 BLD
my 2nd succesful attempt on the 4x4 BLD
3bld:
4/15 (lol 27% accuracy)
1:05.244, DNF(58.975), DNF(1:07.750), DNF(54.430), 1:00.522, DNF(1:02.560), DNF(1:03.216), DNF(1:03.295), DNF(52.358), 50.423, DNF(1:32.210), 1:09.952, DNF(1:05.861), DNF(58.540), DNF(57.577)
1:00.522 had 13s memo I failed at stopping the timer
50.423 was 15s memo nl
4/15 (lol 27% accuracy)
1:05.244, DNF(58.975), DNF(1:07.750), DNF(54.430), 1:00.522, DNF(1:02.560), DNF(1:03.216), DNF(1:03.295), DNF(52.358), 50.423, DNF(1:32.210), 1:09.952, DNF(1:05.861), DNF(58.540), DNF(57.577)
1:00.522 had 13s memo I failed at stopping the timer
50.423 was 15s memo nl
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