Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[Mike Hughey]

Mike, what the?! I'm scared. That's awesome!

I think you and Rafal inspired me.

But clearly you still have nothing to worry about. I'll probably fall back to my barely sub-20 solves now. Still, it's awfully cool getting one like that.

 

[ShadenSmith]

Oh my!

5x5x5 BLD: 14:53.64 (7:36 memorization)!!!!!!!

It was the third scramble for this week's competition.

It was just all so easy for me tonight for some reason. Memorization was really fast, and I even checked everything over twice before I started, so it was really secure. Even so, I actually couldn't remember the images at the third location for the wings, so I wasted 5 or 10 seconds trying to think of them and skipped them and came back to them towards the end, and then I remembered them. So it could have even been a little faster than this!

I'm still finding it hard to believe it. I checked over the cube 3 or 4 times after I was done to make sure it was really solved, but it was.

I also had an 8:10 DNF stackmat attempt on 4x4x4 tonight (right before the 5x5x5 solve); I was off by just 2 wings.

See Mike? I told you! You haven't reached your limit quite yet!

 

[Ville Seppänen]

5x5x5BLD DNF: 8:42.30 (3:18 memo)
It was off by 4 wings and 2 + centers. I thought I had memoed all wings, but I hadn't. I just forgot the last center.

Even though it's a DNF, it's more of an accomplishment that a failure. I mean seriously, look at the time!!!

Didn't sleep last night btw, maybe it helps?

 

[*LukeMayn*]

o.O 8mins!!! That is CRAZY!!!

 

[AvGalen]

Oh my!

5x5x5 BLD: 14:53.64 (7:36 memorization)!!!!!!!

It was the third scramble for this week's competition.

It was just all so easy for me tonight for some reason. Memorization was really fast, and I even checked everything over twice before I started, so it was really secure. Even so, I actually couldn't remember the images at the third location for the wings, so I wasted 5 or 10 seconds trying to think of them and skipped them and came back to them towards the end, and then I remembered them. So it could have even been a little faster than this!

I'm still finding it hard to believe it. I checked over the cube 3 or 4 times after I was done to make sure it was really solved, but it was.

I also had an 8:10 DNF stackmat attempt on 4x4x4 tonight (right before the 5x5x5 solve); I was off by just 2 wings.

See Mike? I told you! You haven't reached your limit quite yet!

Mike has limits?
And Ville must be a cheater, just look at that tiny thing he uses instead of a real blindfold

 

[Pitzu]

3x3 blind: 1:42.98
1 edge 1 corner on place.
Memo: 38.17
Execution: 1:04.81

Finally my first ever sub2!

 

[joey]

3x3 blind: 1:42.98
1 edge 1 corner on place.
Memo: 38.17
Execution: 1:04.81

Finally my first ever sub2!

Well done istvan

 

[Mike Hughey]

Wow, amazing achievements by everyone.

István, very nice job - you now are faster than me at 3x3x3 BLD.

Ville, I totally agree - that's an accomplishment, not a failure!!!! Awesome!!!! 3:18 memo of a 5x5x5? Unbelievable.

 

[cookingfat]

My first ever 3x3 blindfold solve without using notes - 11:31.86

another success - 8:07.72, getting faster

yay me.

 

[KConny]

I've finally figured out how to handle shooting to U centers on 4x4 with U2. Thanks to that I got some nice 4x4 BLD results: 22:38, (16:12 DNF), 20:25. The 16:12 was off by two edges, I just didn't see them during memo. Almost three in a row, I should start going for speed now.

I also got 1:47 3x3 BLD on one foot.

 

[McWizzle94]

1:44.21 BLD 3x3x3!!!

The two 4x4x4 DNFs I had earlier today seem to have helped me on 3x3x3 BLD.

EDIT: 1:32.53!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[KConny]

16:46 4x4 BLD, my first sub20.

 

[Derrick Eide17]

16:46 4x4 BLD, my first sub20.

Great job

 

[Kian]

got my first successful blind solve in competition on my first attempt in competition at the decatur open. my usual times are around 5 minutes, but this one took me 7:20. i went over the memo 4 times and took my sweet time solving, i just wanted a solve.

the second attempt, however, does not belong in this thread...

 

[cookingfat]

nice one, I think nerves would get the better of me in competition.

I just beat my 3x3 PB - 7:55.38, getting there slowly.

 

[Ville Seppänen]

Finally managed an average in 3x3x3BLD: 55.92
Dang, so close to UWR (54.77 by Rowe). Some shaky solves ruined it. 3 times were over a minute.

Got a successful 5x5x5 after spending about 2 minutes counting what pieces I had already solved and I had to guess a little. Time was something over 14min.

Some time ago I had sub-9 memo in 3x3x3, with successful solve. I had a couple sub-8's that were DNF's.

 

[cookingfat]

sub 9 memo? do you have a human brain? that is just insane. Hats off Ville, you're the best.

 

[Neroflux]

haha cookingfat i asked him the same question.

 

[Ville Seppänen]

meh, 4-5 "words", quick visual corners and practise*3 and it's not that hard

I wonder what my limit will be.

 

[Escher]

6s memo one sec for each face. 20s execution...
or you'll start doing 'speed BLD', work out the whole solution in 10s and execute it in 10s...
with enough practice