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Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

15.34 eyes opened 3bld
in theory this is my 3bld potential look ahead is almost non existing
 
Yesterday I was on a video livestream of a Dutch famous radio DJ. I had a regular solve and then I had a 3BLD success live on the stream. It took me 2:36 to execute, and about 4 minutes to memo. The day before, I failed, so I was super happy to get the success, especially with hundreds of people watching... You can imagine my heart rate the second time around...
 
AbsoRuud said:
Yesterday I was on a video livestream of a Dutch famous radio DJ. I had a regular solve and then I had a 3BLD success live on the stream. It took me 2:36 to execute, and about 4 minutes to memo. The day before, I failed, so I was super happy to get the success, especially with hundreds of people watching... You can imagine my heart rate the second time around...
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That sounds nerve-racking. I always get nervous for 3BLD solves in front of people, especially non-cubers.
 
3 successes in a row - I timed the last 2 and smashed my PB both times. 11:10 and 7:56 - a big improvement over my previous time of 13 minutes. The last scramble had 4 twisted corners including the buffer, and I realized during execution that I had memorized my last commutator incorrectly, so it was quite exciting. No odd parity, though one of the other successful solves did have it.
 
I'm still having a blast learning 3style intuitively as my first blind method. I developed my own semi-intuitive parity method, which was a lot of fun.

I've had some successes with my no-algorithm parity method of memorizing the U layer displaced by one quarter-turn, then doing a U' before execution. It works, but it's very slow - and more importantly, it's super annoying and not fun.

So, I decided to see if I could solve odd parity semi-intuitively using Niklas. I use Niklas to convert from odd parity to even parity in other situations, and it turns out that it actually works here too! Doing a Niklas and then a Sune from the opposite side will swap two corners and two edges, solving the last 4 odd-parity targets. You can cancel 3 moves in between to make a more efficient 11-move algorithm. Here it is with it's mirror:

(L’ U R U’ L) U2 (R’ U R U2 R’)

(R U' L' U R') U2 (L U' L' U2 L)

Here's how I use this to solve odd parity in 3bld. This assumes you are using C (UF/UFR) as your edge and corner buffer.

If there is parity, leave the last edge target unsolved. Then, when you are solving your last odd corner, conjugate the last edge and the last corner to B, perform the parity algorithm, and undo the conjugate. This will result in a solved cube.

You can also switch the edge buffer with B during the edge phase, to avoid conjugating two pieces at the same time. To do this, just add B to the end of the edge letters, which will give you an even number of letters and one more commutator. It’s usually more move-efficient to leave the last odd edge unsolved and conjugate it to B before performing the parity algorithm, but this means that you have to remember a much longer conjugate, which increases the risk of errors. I just decide on the fly based on how difficult the conjugates are in that particular solve.
 
dudefaceguy said:
You can also switch the edge buffer with B during the edge phase, to avoid conjugating two pieces at the same time. To do this, just add B to the end of the edge letters, which will give you an even number of letters and one more commutator. It’s usually more move-efficient to leave the last odd edge unsolved and conjugate it to B before performing the parity algorithm, but this means that you have to remember a much longer conjugate, which increases the risk of errors. I just decide on the fly based on how difficult the conjugates are in that particular solve.
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Awesome, your progress is fun to watch! Here's a tip for parity that top BLD solvers do: If you have parity, solve the C edge to the B position instead of just tacking it onto the end of your solution. This only works if you memorize corners first because that way you know ahead of time that there's parity when you're memorizing edges. Then, when you're memorizing edges, memorize while pretending that B is C and C is B. The result will be an even number of letters that solves everything and leaves B and C swapped. This is creatively called UF/UR swap. I think you'll have fun implementing it into your solves! It usually saves one algorithm/word, but even though you don't care about speed, I think you'll enjoy the mental challenge it brings. If it's too confusing, no big deal, but when I learned it I thought it was really cool.
 
CuberStache said:
Awesome, your progress is fun to watch! Here's a tip for parity that top BLD solvers do: If you have parity, solve the C edge to the B position instead of just tacking it onto the end of your solution. This only works if you memorize corners first because that way you know ahead of time that there's parity when you're memorizing edges. Then, when you're memorizing edges, memorize while pretending that B is C and C is B. The result will be an even number of letters that solves everything and leaves B and C swapped. This is creatively called UF/UR swap. I think you'll have fun implementing it into your solves! It usually saves one algorithm/word, but even though you don't care about speed, I think you'll enjoy the mental challenge it brings. If it's too confusing, no big deal, but when I learned it I thought it was really cool.
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Thanks for the tip - I'll try that. Is it easier to include the buffer in this, or to use two non-buffer edges?
 
Thought I just mention I am sub 1 on 3bld now! Pretty big goal right? (idk?) Was not really ever sure of when I am actually sub 1, but seeing as whenever I finish 12 or so solves, the mean (excluding dnfs) is like 52-57. Other times, when doing larger sessions, I'm only occasionally getting over 1 min. So next up is sub 50 and then hopefully 40 in the coming months (multi progress let's go!)
 
My accuracy is really improving. Out of my last 12 solves, I had 8 successes and 4 failures. 5 of my last 6 solves were successes, including 2/2 and 2/3 multiblinds.

I think I am more suited to multiblind since it is more focused on accuracy than speed, compared to 3bld. I can also tailor the number of cubes based on the length of session I want. My 3 cube attempt was 40 minutes of listening to Gregorian chant - very very relaxing!
 
dudefaceguy said:
My accuracy is really improving. Out of my last 12 solves, I had 8 successes and 4 failures. 5 of my last 6 solves were successes, including 2/2 and 2/3 multiblinds.

I think I am more suited to multiblind since it is more focused on accuracy than speed, compared to 3bld. I can also tailor the number of cubes based on the length of session I want. My 3 cube attempt was 40 minutes of listening to Gregorian chant - very very relaxing!
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Search up: roman rooms or journey method, wonderful way of super easily memorizing larger amounts of memo!
 
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