Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[Gparker]

anybody now of a first success quicker then mine? BTW, thanks Chris Hardwick and mike hughey on your tutorials, they were awesome.

I guess my new goal is to have a success faster then yours =]

and I agree, Chris and Mike have helped a LOT with 4x4x4 BLD. THANK YOU!!!

i also agree too. they are AWSOME

I want to try 5x5 BLD, I've already come up with a really good memo system and how I would do it. But I don't have a 5x5...

Time to get a V5 perhaps?

theres nothing wrong with an eastsheen or even rubiks if its broken it, the eastsheen may be harder but i know your always up for a challenge

 

[cookingfat]

you guys above make my accomplishment look puny. (well done, you 4x4 peeps btw)

I learnt 3x3 M2 edges last weekend and got my first timed success in the weekly comp, slower than my normal times though - 6:09.77

I love the way M2 works and I feel that I fully understand it too. In that solve above, I forgot 2 edges, but managed to work backwards to undo a couple of edges and still got it right. Eventually I think this will replace pochmann edges and will be faster for me.

 

[SimonWestlund]

I would go with a vcube right away, you would probably wanna get it once you try someone else's and see how much better it is anyway, so why not get it right away?

 

[Gparker]

you guys above make my accomplishment look puny. (well done, you 4x4 peeps btw)

I learnt 3x3 M2 edges last weekend and got my first timed success in the weekly comp, slower than my normal times though - 6:09.77

I love the way M2 works and I feel that I fully understand it too. In that solve above, I forgot 2 edges, but managed to work backwards to undo a couple of edges and still got it right. Eventually I think this will replace pochmann edges and will be faster for me.

Trust me, you will be dropping your times rediculosly fast. it did for me. i was at 7 minutes with old pochamnn full, now im sub 4 consistantly. and sometimes it could probably even speed up your memo because you solve peices so fast.


seperate accomplishment. i got my stackmat today and after i opend it i did blind and got 3:48.97!!! ill be practicing blind a WHOLE lot more now. especially since i have a sinus infection and have to stay inside all day

I would go with a vcube right away, you would probably wanna get it once you try someone else's and see how much better it is anyway, so why not get it right away?

some people prefer eastsheen if they have small hands

 

[cookingfat]

you guys above make my accomplishment look puny. (well done, you 4x4 peeps btw)

I learnt 3x3 M2 edges last weekend and got my first timed success in the weekly comp, slower than my normal times though - 6:09.77

I love the way M2 works and I feel that I fully understand it too. In that solve above, I forgot 2 edges, but managed to work backwards to undo a couple of edges and still got it right. Eventually I think this will replace pochmann edges and will be faster for me.

Trust me, you will be dropping your times rediculosly fast. it did for me. i was at 7 minutes with old pochamnn full, now im sub 4 consistantly. and sometimes it could probably even speed up your memo because you solve peices so fast.

I hope so, my best time was 4:08, with most solves between 4:30 and 5:30.

I'm hoping to break sub-4 pretty soon. (you already beat me to it, lol) At the moment, I have a slight pause with M slice edges as I need to think about whether the centres are flipped and which algorithm to use. I don't do it the way byu teaches as I think that will be longer and using an algorithm to permute and orient at the same time seems quicker.

 

[Gparker]

you guys above make my accomplishment look puny. (well done, you 4x4 peeps btw)

I learnt 3x3 M2 edges last weekend and got my first timed success in the weekly comp, slower than my normal times though - 6:09.77

I love the way M2 works and I feel that I fully understand it too. In that solve above, I forgot 2 edges, but managed to work backwards to undo a couple of edges and still got it right. Eventually I think this will replace pochmann edges and will be faster for me.

Trust me, you will be dropping your times rediculosly fast. it did for me. i was at 7 minutes with old pochamnn full, now im sub 4 consistantly. and sometimes it could probably even speed up your memo because you solve peices so fast.

I hope so, my best time was 4:08, with most solves between 4:30 and 5:30.

I'm hoping to break sub-4 pretty soon. (you already beat me to it, lol) At the moment, I have a slight pause with M slice edges as I need to think about whether the centres are flipped and which algorithm to use. I don't do it the way byu teaches as I think that will be longer and using an algorithm to permute and orient at the same time seems quicker.

yea i do too with the way Eric Limeback does it. and what memo do you do for edges? if you use letters then it shouldnt be that hard to know if its flipped or not. and once you get used to it you wont even think about it. my goal for spring break is to average under 3:10 and ive only broke 3 minutes once so i have alot of work to do.

 

[cookingfat]

you guys above make my accomplishment look puny. (well done, you 4x4 peeps btw)

I learnt 3x3 M2 edges last weekend and got my first timed success in the weekly comp, slower than my normal times though - 6:09.77

I love the way M2 works and I feel that I fully understand it too. In that solve above, I forgot 2 edges, but managed to work backwards to undo a couple of edges and still got it right. Eventually I think this will replace pochmann edges and will be faster for me.

Trust me, you will be dropping your times rediculosly fast. it did for me. i was at 7 minutes with old pochamnn full, now im sub 4 consistantly. and sometimes it could probably even speed up your memo because you solve peices so fast.

I hope so, my best time was 4:08, with most solves between 4:30 and 5:30.

I'm hoping to break sub-4 pretty soon. (you already beat me to it, lol) At the moment, I have a slight pause with M slice edges as I need to think about whether the centres are flipped and which algorithm to use. I don't do it the way byu teaches as I think that will be longer and using an algorithm to permute and orient at the same time seems quicker.

yea i do too with the way Eric Limeback does it. and what memo do you do for edges? if you use letters then it shouldnt be that hard to know if its flipped or not. and once you get used to it you wont even think about it. my goal for spring break is to average under 3:10 and ive only broke 3 minutes once so i have alot of work to do.

I use letters for edges and I also put them in pairs, so if the sticker is the second letter in the pair then I know the centres will be flipped. I've realised this will help a lot, so I'm glad I did it earlier.

with practice, you'll get sub-3 I'm sure

 

[byu]

you guys above make my accomplishment look puny. (well done, you 4x4 peeps btw)

I learnt 3x3 M2 edges last weekend and got my first timed success in the weekly comp, slower than my normal times though - 6:09.77

I love the way M2 works and I feel that I fully understand it too. In that solve above, I forgot 2 edges, but managed to work backwards to undo a couple of edges and still got it right. Eventually I think this will replace pochmann edges and will be faster for me.

Trust me, you will be dropping your times rediculosly fast. it did for me. i was at 7 minutes with old pochamnn full, now im sub 4 consistantly. and sometimes it could probably even speed up your memo because you solve peices so fast.

I hope so, my best time was 4:08, with most solves between 4:30 and 5:30.

I'm hoping to break sub-4 pretty soon. (you already beat me to it, lol) At the moment, I have a slight pause with M slice edges as I need to think about whether the centres are flipped and which algorithm to use. I don't do it the way byu teaches as I think that will be longer and using an algorithm to permute and orient at the same time seems quicker.

If you memorize in pairs, it's really easy to deterimine if the centers are flipped or not.

 

[happa95]

you guys above make my accomplishment look puny. (well done, you 4x4 peeps btw)

I learnt 3x3 M2 edges last weekend and got my first timed success in the weekly comp, slower than my normal times though - 6:09.77

I love the way M2 works and I feel that I fully understand it too. In that solve above, I forgot 2 edges, but managed to work backwards to undo a couple of edges and still got it right. Eventually I think this will replace pochmann edges and will be faster for me.

Trust me, you will be dropping your times rediculosly fast. it did for me. i was at 7 minutes with old pochamnn full, now im sub 4 consistantly. and sometimes it could probably even speed up your memo because you solve peices so fast.

I hope so, my best time was 4:08, with most solves between 4:30 and 5:30.

I'm hoping to break sub-4 pretty soon. (you already beat me to it, lol) At the moment, I have a slight pause with M slice edges as I need to think about whether the centres are flipped and which algorithm to use. I don't do it the way byu teaches as I think that will be longer and using an algorithm to permute and orient at the same time seems quicker.

If you memorize in pairs, it's really easy to deterimine if the centers are flipped or not.

or you could count as you solve

 

[byu]

you guys above make my accomplishment look puny. (well done, you 4x4 peeps btw)

I learnt 3x3 M2 edges last weekend and got my first timed success in the weekly comp, slower than my normal times though - 6:09.77

I love the way M2 works and I feel that I fully understand it too. In that solve above, I forgot 2 edges, but managed to work backwards to undo a couple of edges and still got it right. Eventually I think this will replace pochmann edges and will be faster for me.

Trust me, you will be dropping your times rediculosly fast. it did for me. i was at 7 minutes with old pochamnn full, now im sub 4 consistantly. and sometimes it could probably even speed up your memo because you solve peices so fast.

I hope so, my best time was 4:08, with most solves between 4:30 and 5:30.

I'm hoping to break sub-4 pretty soon. (you already beat me to it, lol) At the moment, I have a slight pause with M slice edges as I need to think about whether the centres are flipped and which algorithm to use. I don't do it the way byu teaches as I think that will be longer and using an algorithm to permute and orient at the same time seems quicker.

If you memorize in pairs, it's really easy to deterimine if the centers are flipped or not.

or you could count as you solve

That's what you do, isn't it? I remember you telling me that a while ago. When I used M2 (and even now) I always just memorize in pairs. It makes detecting parity really easy.

 

[Faz]

Or you could lift your foot off the ground when the centers are flipped.

 

[byu]

I know a person, valkor on the forums I think, that uses somethig similar to that

 

[happa95]

1:02.75
R2 B2 F D B' L2 R B' F' R' U L' U' B' F L2 R2 F D' U' F2 D2 B2 F2 R

 

[Rubixcubematt]

new 4x4 bld pb, second success, 13:48.79. It's the second scramble on the weekly comp. I think it could have been faster, but it is still a pb, by almost a minute.

 

[byu]

Nice job Matt! You're faster than me, by a lot. My PB is 15 minutes.

 

[Rubixcubematt]

Nice job Matt! You're faster than me, by a lot. My PB is 15 minutes.

yay, but u stil own me in 3x3 bld, your insane with that. hopefully ill be sub-10 before you.

 

[Faz]

OMG!!!!!!!!!

1. 1:16.06 B D' U2 L' R' D B2 F2 L D2 U2 F2 L' R' F2 D U' L' B F' L R2 F' L2 R2


Is the scramble lucky?

2 corners oriented
O corners permuted

3 edges solved

It had parity!!

EDIT: I think I scrambled wrong

 

[Zava]

anybody know of a first success quicker then mine? BTW, thanks Chris Hardwick and mike hughey on your tutorials, they were awesome.

yeah, my first success was, 9:xx, or 10:xx, I don't remember. first try ever was 14:34 although it was a DNF (only few pieces, not a bad dnf)

 

[Micael]

How do you memo center orientation?

I memorized what I have to do to fix center. Then fix it first.

I use this for 180 degree:
(R L U2 R' L' U)

And this for 2x90 degree (Up slice clockwise, R slice counterclockwise):
3xU-perm: R2 U' R' U' R U R U R U' R

 

[byu]

If you fix first, isn't it messes up by the other algs for corners and edes?