Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[Ayce]

Attempted to do a 3BLD, came close with 7 edges off, my closest I've ever been.

 

[Dylan Swarts]

You could probably learn it in a month.

A week or two actually. Can't say I did (can't really remember how I did it, I know I sort of learnt the method and then never could do it until I picked up cubing again in Oct 2017. Many other learn it this fast. Good tutorials nowadays make that so much easier.

 

[fun at the joy]

You could probably learn it in a month.

A week or two actually.

I can remember that I watched a bunch of tutorials and got my first success the morning after so it is definitely possible to learn really quickly.

 

[dudefaceguy]

If only I could do blind...

I know right?

As others have said, it's much easier to learn than you might expect. I had my first success a couple of days after I really started trying to learn. The main thing is learning the lettering scheme. There are a lot of intermediate steps. I did sighted solves, then wrote out the letters and hid the cube under the table while I did the solve, reading the letters. Then I wrote out the memo, memorized it after writing it, and tried full solves. I also worked on the same scrambles several times in a row, until I succeeded.

It did take a lot of patience and persistence, and I haven't practiced any other events for about a week. So, if you have other cubing goals that are more important too you, then it might make sense to put it off.

 

[Cubinwitdapizza]

As others have said, it's much easier to learn than you might expect. I had my first success a couple of days after I really started trying to learn. The main thing is learning the lettering scheme. There are a lot of intermediate steps. I did sighted solves, then wrote out the letters and hid the cube under the table while I did the solve, reading the letters. Then I wrote out the memo, memorized it after writing it, and tried full solves. I also worked on the same scrambles several times in a row, until I succeeded.

It did take a lot of patience and persistence, and I haven't practiced any other events for about a week. So, if you have other cubing goals that are more important too you, then it might make sense to put it off.

I’ve tried to learn once, I know how to do everything, it’s just memo. I can’t memorize 20 smoothing letters, even if I form it into sentences, or letter pairs.

 

[crazycuber36]

As others have said, it's much easier to learn than you might expect. I had my first success a couple of days after I really started trying to learn. The main thing is learning the lettering scheme. There are a lot of intermediate steps. I did sighted solves, then wrote out the letters and hid the cube under the table while I did the solve, reading the letters. Then I wrote out the memo, memorized it after writing it, and tried full solves. I also worked on the same scrambles several times in a row, until I succeeded.

It did take a lot of patience and persistence, and I haven't practiced any other events for about a week. So, if you have other cubing goals that are more important too you, then it might make sense to put it off.

i've heard before that it really is easy, but i want to accomplish other things before i do it

 

[dudefaceguy]

I’ve tried to learn once, I know how to do everything, it’s just memo. I can’t memorize 20 smoothing letters, even if I form it into sentences, or letter pairs.

i've heard before that it really is easy, but i want to accomplish other things before i do it

Well it's not exactly easy - it's just easiER than I thought it would be. It definitely takes serious commitment, patience, and practice. There will definitely be stumbling blocks and frustrations. Edge memo with cycle breaks was torture when I didn't know my lettering scheme well yet.

I just completed a 3/3 multi blind success in 35:52 - 25 minutes for memo and 10 minutes for execution. I feel that my life is complete.

 

[Jacck]

I just completed a 3/3 multi blind success in 35:52 - 25 minutes for memo and 10 minutes for execution. I feel that my life is complete.

I guess that Graham Siggins would say: life starts at 50

 

[lucarubik]

28.4 on a 4+5 my PB is still a 23 from 2011 but we getting back there

 

[dudefaceguy]

I just had my 3 year old daughter "help" me blindsolve a cube by remembering the story together. It was a lot of fun making a kid-friendly memo, involving a beehive falling on my head and her preschool teacher driving a van into a cave.

It was also a unique challenge blindsolving while she was talking to me and banging on my head. I highly recommend this to anyone who has small children around. Kids love absurd stories, so it makes a fun activity to do together. After we finished, she put on the blindfold and told a story while solving her 2x2x1, haha.

Maybe next time I will try having her create the images, to work on letter sounds.

 

[M O]

 

[lucarubik]

i jsut got a 27.31 with a sub 14 execution xdd goddamn i suck at memoing

 

[Dylan Swarts]

I accomplished something.
29.16 3bld PB. First sub 30!
Also got my first 5 sub 40's in 1 week (40 or less solves)
And been breaking mo3, ao5's everytime I do practice ( with @M O )
I feel a breakthrough coming on/ busy happening. Sub50 avg soon is actually quite possible. My times are really close. Exciting thing is this will help my multi. Need sub 2/ cube to subhour 30..

 

[Roman]

Nostalgic 6x6 BLD session: 14:23.00, DNF(13:40.87), DNF(11:42.87)

 

[Jacck]

Nostalgic Pyraminx Crystal BLD single: 40:45,75 (17:15)

Spoiler: video

 

[PetrusQuber]

6:47.155 3BLD PB. Pretty nice, only had to memo 14 letters in total. Just decided to do a BLD solve randomly, so quite unexpected . Memo was VaDer HiF YO JaCk, IF WO LU. Mostly audio

 

[Jacck]

JaCk

 

[dudefaceguy]

I'm having some success trying audio edges for the first time. Noah's tip to memorize with a rhythm really helped. I have lots of poetry memorized so it's easy to note the poetic feet I'm using (iamb, trochee, dactyl, etc.). That really helps with recall.

I just had a new PB success of 5:31, and a near-success (missed a flipped edge) of 3:29, which is less than half my previous PB of 7 minutes. Thinking of images for the edges and corners took a long time, and I frequently ran into letter pairs that would stump me. Audio edges bypasses that whole problem.

 

[dudefaceguy]

New 3BLD PB of 4:34. Everything is getting a lot easier.

Edit: Untimed 2/2 MBLD success. It's just so peaceful. I'm already close to the competition limit of 10 minutes per cube, so there no real reason for me to push myself for time in MBLD right now. Speed will come on its own. Getting 3/3 cubes is good enough for a podium finish in some competitions, so I'm very happy with my MBLD progress right now.

Edit: 4:23

 

[fun at the joy]

I did another 30 attempts and got a decent Ao5, some really good singles and an amazing Mo3! Success rate was a lot better too.

Spoiler: My 30 Attempts:

Time List:
1. 1:03.79 B' L2 F' D2 F L2 D2 L2 R2 F2 L2 U2 L D L2 B' D L' F' R2 D Rw' Uw' @2020-04-10 15:39:39
2. 1:12.09 L B2 U2 R U2 L' D2 L' D2 L2 D2 U' R2 B' D' L F2 D' R' B' D Rw2 Uw @2020-04-10 15:41:00
3. 1:09.78 U2 R' B2 U2 L2 D2 F2 L' D2 R D2 R' D' B' R F' R2 F' R2 D Fw Uw' @2020-04-10 15:42:31
4. DNF(1:44.08)[messed up edge memo and wasted a lot of time that I completely forgot corners] R' B2 U' R2 D2 L2 U' B2 U' R2 B2 R' U' F' D2 L R2 D' R2 Fw' @2020-04-10 15:44:14
5. DNF(1:49.93)[another edge memo mess-up and I forgot most of corners] R2 B L2 B F2 D2 F2 U2 L2 D2 R2 F' U L U R' D L2 B2 U2 F' Rw Uw' @2020-04-10 15:48:13
6. 1:17.23 D' B' L2 B U2 R2 F' U2 F R2 F' U2 F' R' D B' U F R D2 U' Fw' @2020-04-10 15:50:49
7. DNF(1:11.60)[noooooo forgot to do parity] R' U2 B2 L2 D2 B2 L2 F U2 F' U2 F D' U' B F' L' U R' D B @2020-04-10 15:52:32
8. DNF(1:24.51)[3E off] L' B2 L B L2 D' F' B U' D2 F2 R2 B' R2 B' R2 L2 D2 F2 Fw @2020-04-10 15:54:33
9. 1:12.64 F2 U' L2 F' U2 L2 D2 B2 U2 F' D2 U2 F2 L2 D R D2 B L' B2 F2 Rw' Uw2 @2020-04-10 15:57:33
10. 1:37.87 R B2 D' R U' R2 F U2 L B U2 D2 B2 L' D2 L' F2 L2 B2 L' D2 Fw Uw2 @2020-04-10 15:59:00
11. DNF(1:50.75)[1 move and something else] D2 B' U R U' L' F2 D F' L2 B U2 B' U2 F' U2 R2 F' D2 L' Rw2 Uw' @2020-04-10 16:01:01
12. DNF(1:37.15)[forgot most of corners] L2 D' B R F L2 U' R2 F2 R2 U2 B2 D2 F B2 U2 R2 U' F2 Rw2 Uw @2020-04-10 16:04:23
13. 1:16.10 D2 F2 L2 D' F2 D' F2 U' B2 U' F2 L' U2 F' D2 F D L' B F L Fw Uw2 @2020-04-10 16:06:25
14. DNF(1:20.88)[off by 3C] F' D2 R2 U2 F2 D F2 L2 B2 D F R D L D R D' B' D' Rw' Uw2 @2020-04-10 16:08:01
15. 1:14.91 U' D2 R2 F R2 B' R2 U2 B F2 R2 U2 L D' F2 U' F' R D2 R' B' Fw Uw2 @2020-04-10 16:09:45
16. 1:17.64 L' U2 R2 F2 R' B2 R D2 L B2 U2 F U' L2 U R' U' L' F' R2 Rw Uw @2020-04-10 16:11:13
17. 1:51.05[multiple recall problems+did stuff and had to undo it] F' R' L2 F2 U2 R2 B' D2 U2 L2 D2 F' U2 R' F' D' L F2 U' R' F Fw Uw2 @2020-04-10 17:03:43
18. 1:18.90 U2 B2 R2 D L2 B2 R2 U2 F2 U B2 D' R B' L2 R U L U2 B2 Fw' Uw @2020-04-10 17:06:19
19. 1:02.93[very good, was lucky that DB was solved cuz I din't really see it in memo] U2 D R L' U' R B L B2 U R2 D' R2 U' B2 D' B2 R2 Rw2 @2020-04-10 17:07:51
20. DNF(1:14.53)[2 FE - missed a flip in memo - karma I guess] B' U2 R2 F D2 F R2 D2 F2 L D R' F D B' F' U' B' F' Rw2 @2020-04-10 17:10:13
21. DNF(1:19.14)[3C - skipped over a letter pair in exec oof rip possible Ao12] U L2 B L D R F' D' B L2 D F2 D' F2 U2 B2 D' L2 D Rw' @2020-04-10 17:12:47
22. DNF(1:11.79)[noooooo forgot the flip FUR ] D2 L F2 D2 L U2 B2 U2 L2 U2 R D' B2 F2 R2 B' U' R' B' Uw2 @2020-04-10 17:14:59
23. 1:03.12 F U' L U2 R F2 L F2 U2 R U2 R B2 R U' B' L2 U' L' D' B Uw' @2020-04-10 17:17:00
24. 1:14.33 R2 U' F' D2 R' U' D2 R' F' U2 F2 L2 B' L2 U2 B2 R2 F R2 Rw' Uw @2020-04-10 17:18:19
25. 1:35.34[forgot to do parity and had to undo a bunch of corners] U F2 D' B2 D2 U' B2 U2 B2 L2 R2 U' R' F L2 B' F2 L D' B2 D2 Fw Uw @2020-04-10 17:19:52
26. DNF(1:33.07)[gemoed AJE but executed APE] R L2 U' F2 D L2 B2 D L2 F2 U L2 F2 B L D B2 F L' B' R2 Uw2 @2020-04-10 17:22:12
27. DNF(1:14.69)[twisted in the wrong direction (recall error)] F2 R F2 L2 D' B' L' U' F2 U' R2 D' B2 R2 D2 L2 D' L2 D' B R' Uw2 @2020-04-10 17:24:48
28. DNF(1:42.06)[missed the flip in memo] L B' U2 R U2 F2 L' U2 R' D2 L2 U2 B2 R' B U R U2 L R' D' Rw Uw2 @2020-04-10 17:26:47
29. DNF(1:20.60)[forgot corners] F2 R2 U L2 D2 U B2 F2 R2 B2 D2 B L' B2 D2 R' B D' L2 D2 Rw' Uw' @2020-04-10 17:29:37
30. 2:04.34[had to undo a lot in corners] D F R B2 U2 B2 L2 F2 U' L2 B2 U R2 B' L F U' F L2 F2 Rw Uw2 @2020-04-10 17:31:23

I'm going to use M2 for edges soon. I learned it a few weeks ago for 4BLD but haven't started using it for 3BLD.
sub-1 single soon hopefully!