Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[Gparker]

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

wow, completely non lucky, your getting faster

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

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

wow, completely non lucky, your getting faster

54.90, that's a fairly normal scramble.

 

[Gparker]

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

wow, completely non lucky, your getting faster

54.90, that's a fairly normal scramble.

your to good...

 

[SimonWestlund]

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

wow, completely non lucky, your getting faster

54.90, that's a fairly normal scramble.

show off

haha! jk

nice time though!

 

[aegius1r]

10 solves in a row:
58.99
54.19
53.22
57.93
60.91
69.56
54.75
(50.18)
56.72
(69.91)

average : 58.284

and after these, I got two DNF in a row...so this cannot be a avg of 12.
Once I've think I should post in the failure thread
(I felt a little frustrated with the DNFs .. )

 

[ManuK]

Attempt or success? (Count edges only or corners only as 1/2 solves)

I was talking of attempts. But, if you count edges only or corners only as 1/2 solves, then I must have done about 40-50 corner solves(incl. 2x2,most of the DNF's in BLD was mostly due to corner execution mistakes) and about 3-4 edge solves. So, about 51 attempts for sub-3. When I started BLD, I was already averaging sub-30 (most people learn BLD, before they are even sub-50?) and I had already looked up two examples solves in cubefreak.com (M2).

I already knew the setup moves to a point, where I had to visually remember how to reverse the setup, for only the "bad" edge cases. Then, I did two corner and edge solves separately and was surprised to find that each took less than 3 mins,so decided to do complete BLD solve.

 

[SimonWestlund]

When I started BLD, I was already averaging sub-30 (most people learn BLD, before they are even sub-50?)

I was sub 18 before I learnt BLD

 

[Mike Hughey]

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)

Wow, that's amazingly fast for a first success. (And amazingly fast for your first attempt, too!)

Now you just need to get one in competition!

 

[Gparker]

oh wow! another sub 3 solve! i saw someone say the 4th scramble for multi was easy so i tried it and got a 2:38.96!! second time ever!!! i want to average this so bad

 

[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)

Wow, that's amazingly fast for a first success. (And amazingly fast for your first attempt, too!)

Now you just need to get one in competition!

yeah, but that stands for single bld too (although I got an 1:44, with 1:06 memo, on my 3rd try at french open, but after the attempt Olivér told me we only had 2 tries. ) but I'm getting closer to successes in both, dnfs at french open were a lot closer than my dnfs before. I'm sure I'll get a 3x3 success at my next competition.

 

[ManuK]

I was sub 18 before I learnt BLD

Your first BLD must have been v.fast

 

[Mike Hughey]

yeah, but that stands for single bld too (although I got an 1:44, with 1:06 memo, on my 3rd try at french open, but after the attempt Olivér told me we only had 2 tries. )...

Wow, I'm sure that was heartbreaking! I would have been so sad.

 

[Zava]

yeah, but that stands for single bld too (although I got an 1:44, with 1:06 memo, on my 3rd try at french open, but after the attempt Olivér told me we only had 2 tries. )...

Wow, I'm sure that was heartbreaking! I would have been so sad.

I was veeery upset, but when I saw I wouldn't win the competition with that time, I got a bit calmer. nowadays I'm just laughing about it - it must be my destiny, not having an official bld. I think I have a streak of 10 dnfs in 3x3, and a streak of 6 dnfs in 4x4

 

[Mike Hughey]

yeah, but that stands for single bld too (although I got an 1:44, with 1:06 memo, on my 3rd try at french open, but after the attempt Olivér told me we only had 2 tries. )...

Wow, I'm sure that was heartbreaking! I would have been so sad.

I was veeery upset, but when I saw I wouldn't win the competition with that time, I got a bit calmer. nowadays I'm just laughing about it - it must be my destiny, not having an official bld. I think I have a streak of 10 dnfs in 3x3, and a streak of 6 dnfs in 4x4

Yeah, from your WCA page, I see it, and a dnf in 5x5x5, and a dnf in multi. (And I see you have that old-style multi 4/7, meaning your only successful BLD solves in competition got taken away by a rules change. Just astounding bad luck, huh?)

I hope at your next competition you get a classic successful day where you can't miss, and suddenly get them all at once!

 

[byu]

yeah, but that stands for single bld too (although I got an 1:44, with 1:06 memo, on my 3rd try at french open, but after the attempt Olivér told me we only had 2 tries. )...

Wow, I'm sure that was heartbreaking! I would have been so sad.

I was veeery upset, but when I saw I wouldn't win the competition with that time, I got a bit calmer. nowadays I'm just laughing about it - it must be my destiny, not having an official bld. I think I have a streak of 10 dnfs in 3x3, and a streak of 6 dnfs in 4x4

Yeah, from your WCA page, I see it, and a dnf in 5x5x5, and a dnf in multi. (And I see you have that old-style multi 4/7, meaning your only successful BLD solves in competition got taken away by a rules change. Just astounding bad luck, huh?)

I hope at your next competition you get a classic successful day where you can't miss, and suddenly get them all at once!

I am so angry with my BLD in competitions. You probably don't want to hear the full story, but I've been to two competitions, and here is my story for each of the three solves:

COMPETITION #1 (San Francisco Open 2009) :
Solve 1: I'm really nervous, because I learned BLD in the past week, and am completely new. Back then I'm averaging around 3 to 4 minutes (and I was using a really slow version of 3OP that I found randomly on the internet). I mess up on Edge Orientation and end up with two edges flipped. DNF.
Solve 2: I'm even more nervous, because I really want a success, and I drop the cube halfway through, pick it up, and now it's in the wrong orientation (Red top Yellow front instead of White top Red front). DNF.
Solve 3: I'm too nervous to do anything because of my previous 2 DNFs. I don't know what went wrong, but it was as far off as possible, and it looked completely scrambled. DNF.

COMPETITION #2 (Stanford Winter 2009) :
Solve 1: I'm much more confident in my M2/Old Pochmann skills, average 2-3 minutes now. On the last turn, an edge piece pops out, just as I put down the timer. I didn't know, but I was "supposed to repair the cube blindfolded". DNF.
Solve 2: I forget the memo as soon as I put on the blindfold halfway through because I was too nervous. DNF.
Solve 3: When I start execution, I suddenly remember the memo from Solve 2 and think that that's what Solve 3 is supposed to be, so I apply the Solve 2 solution to the Solve 3 cube. DNF.

As you can see, I'm terrible at competitions.

 

[Mike Hughey]

As you can see, I'm terrible at competitions.

Wow - what a tough time you've had! You need to find a way to just relax. You know you can do this well, and so does everyone else now, so just relax somehow and you'll get it. Just try to pretend you're solving at home, and maybe it won't be so bad. Especially with the blindfold on, it shouldn't be too bad to do that.

Of course, this is advice coming from someone who is one of the worst at trembling while solving. I don't know why, but I'm constantly trembling while solving, especially with the quick events (2x2x2 speed and 3x3x3 speed). Everyone tells me I should just relax, but somehow I can't seem to help it.

 

[maxcube]

As you can see, I'm terrible at competitions.

Of course, this is advice coming from someone who is one of the worst at trembling while solving. I don't know why, but I'm constantly trembling while solving, especially with the quick events (2x2x2 speed and 3x3x3 speed). Everyone tells me I should just relax, but somehow I can't seem to help it.

lol, I tremble at competitions too. At the San Diego Sci Fest 09 I dropped the free cube that they gave me because I was shaking so much. Still, it is the best storebought cube that I have ever owned. I still haven't lubed it, and I can get sub30's with that cube. lol, I am shaking just thinking about it.

EDIT: On Topic

 

[marineasalia]

my first successful bld solve.. 12:50.91
8:1x.xx for memo and 4:4x.xx for exec..
yippie

 

[Rubixcubematt]

1:07 BLD, new pb. I lost the scramble, but it was non-lucky.

 

[DavidWoner]

yeah, but that stands for single bld too (although I got an 1:44, with 1:06 memo, on my 3rd try at french open, but after the attempt Olivér told me we only had 2 tries. )...

Wow, I'm sure that was heartbreaking! I would have been so sad.

I was veeery upset, but when I saw I wouldn't win the competition with that time, I got a bit calmer. nowadays I'm just laughing about it - it must be my destiny, not having an official bld. I think I have a streak of 10 dnfs in 3x3, and a streak of 6 dnfs in 4x4

Don't lose faith! I think we can all draw inspiration from this. I'm so glad I was there and saw it.