Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[PokeCubes]

This weekend I got 2nd in 3BLD with a 1:57 (bad but I went safe), 1st in 4BLD with a 13:23 (safe, but nice) and 1st in multi-blind with a 6/9 in 60:00! For 5BLD I only got to do one attempt which was off by 2 centers and 3 midges. Now I’m going to start learning 3-style

 

[willtri4]

Generated By csTimer on 2019-03-18
mean of 3: 39.11

Time List:
1. 41.90=17.91+23.98 F2 R D2 L U F L' D F U F2 L2 D F2 L2 U L2 D L2 U' R2 Uw2
2. 40.89=18.41+22.48 D' U' R2 B2 U B2 L2 B2 R2 U B' D' B2 D2 R D R2 F2 R2
3. 34.53=15.96+18.56 U B' D' R2 B2 U R2 B2 F2 U L2 D' U' R U2 R' D2 B2 D' F' Fw'

First sub-40

 

[verdito]

It's been a while since I posted

Multi PB!
1. 11:55.64 = 8:11.25 + 3:44.39
1) R2 U2 B2 R' U2 F2 R B2 F2 R2 U2 L' B D L' D2 U2 B U' B2 Rw' Uw
2) U L' U' R2 U' L2 R2 B2 U R2 D2 F2 B' L B2 L D L' U' B Fw
3) B2 L2 B2 U B2 D U2 R2 U' L2 F2 U2 L' D' B F' U B' F' L B'
4) L2 D R2 D' B2 U' R2 D' U L' D F' U2 B F U2 R B F' Fw Uw2

Cubes: DaYan GuHong v2, FangShi ShuangRen, DaYan Zhanchi, ShengShou Aurora

Beat my old 4/4 by a minute, with a slower memo, so I can still drop this easily, just need to get the accuracy on point (and do multi more often )
Actual 3-style for corners instead of BH-ish comms helps a ton for execution

 

[Blindsighted]

Ok so I'm sub for 3BLD right? But I've been really really slow at big bld, especially 4BLD for long time. (Like I average 7-8 min or worse and super inaccurate ). So I decided to learn a bunch of optimal comms a while ago but I was still really slow. Till today, when I got a successful solve and was super pumped. And ... Oh Wait it was Stanley who got me excited about big bld. Ok. So.

I got a new PB of [4:30ish]6:03.51! Yay! Memo was slow though.
I had gotten a couple of really close 5 min DNFs so knew I was getting faster.
Old PB was 6:54

Spoiler: Reconstruction

https://alg.cubing.net/?puzzle=4x4x4&type=reconstruction&setup=F2_R2_Fw-_U_Fw-_Uw-_D-_Rw_U_Rw_U_Uw-_Rw-_D2_B-_D2_Rw2_D-_B-_F-_U_D-_L-_D-_F-_L_U-_Fw2_B2_R2_Rw-_Fw-_U-_L_D_Rw2_Fw_F_R2_B-_&alg=x2_//_orient //x-centers [L_y-_:_[2U2,_2R_U2_2R-]]//_Ubl_Rbu_Lub__should_have_been_[L_u_:_[r_U_r-,_u2]] [F_:_[2U2,_2R_U_2R-]]//Ubl_Blu_Ful_ [U,_2R-_2U-_2R]//Ubl_Ubr_Luf [U2,_2R-_2D-_2R]//_Ubl_Dfr_Fdr [F2_:_[2L-,_U_2R2_U-]]//__Ubl_Dfr_Fdr_[_x_U-_:_[r_,_U-_l_U]]_is_faster [U2_:_[2R2,_U_2L2_U-]]//_Ubl_Dbr(Dbl)2-swap [y-_:_[2L-_U_2L,_2D2]]//Ufl_Ldb_Rdf_should_have_done_y_instead_ [F-_:_[2R_U-_2R-,_2D2]]//_Ufl_Fdl_Bdl //wings [Rw-_UD-_2R-_:_[U2,_2R-_D_2R]]//_UFr_UFl_LUb_IDK_a_better_alg_ [U-_R-_U,_2R-]//_UFr_BUr_BRd [D_:_[2R-_D_2R,_U]]//_UFr_URb_BDl [2R2,_U-_R2_U]//_UFr_DRf_DBr [L,_D_2R-_D-]//_UFr_LFu_LDf_ [Dw_x-_:_[L2,_U-_2R_U]]//_UFr_LBd_BLu [Rw-_U2_:_[2R,_U_L-_U-]]//_UFr_UBl_FLd [R,_D-_2R-_D]//_UFr_RBu_RDb [D-_2R2_:_[D-,_2R-_U-_2R]]//_UFr_RUf_DFl_ [Lw-_D-_:_[2R-_D_2R,_U2]]//_UFr_FUl_FDr_ [U2_:_[2L2-,_U_R_U-]]//_UFr_FRu_DFl_ //Corners [UD-_:_[R_D_R-,_U2]]//_UFR_BDL_UBL [R-_D_R_U-_R_D-_R-,_U-]//_UFR_UFL_DFR [D_:_[R-_D-_R,_U]]//_UFR_UBR_FDL_maybe_breaking_into_LDF_would_have_been_better [D-_R_:_[R_D-_R-,_U-]]//_UFR_BDR_DFL&title=6:03.51 4BLD PB Single Reconstruction

It's really strange when you take a long break and then suddenly you're a lot faster lol
Drilling comms actually works lol
I took the time to do a reconstruction and it's pretty cool. I've been learning center comms from Graham's list and wings (more or less) from Daniel and Tom's list.
My buffers UFR UF UFr UBl Ul
Corners edges wings x and + centers

 

[Dylan Swarts]

Just beat my 4bld PB by almost 3 minutes at 9:31 with a low 6 min memo. It's also sub NR by 3 mins 20 seconds. Very happy. Trying for sub CR before South African Nats in May

 

[PokeCubes]

8:34.88[6:04.53] 4BLD pb! I'm thinking about learning Eka for wings but I think my exec is already fast enough : P I really need to work on memo, at least I'm getting more comfortable with roman rooms.

 

[Dylan Swarts]

Just got a 10:21 on 4bld. 2nd success in a row. hoping for a mean for this week's comp

 

[Dylan Swarts]

Attempted 5bld for the first time today on Weekly Comp 12. And very surprisingly it was a success. Video link to be added soon. 29:46[19:xx] Not good really I paused on wings wondering how in the world I could have one unsolved wing target. Found out I had another wing solved so the calculation then worked out. Other than that I didn't go much safe but we'll see what happens next.
Edit: Just DNF'ed solve 2 by 2 + centers. I'm getting the feeling I should have started 5bld long ago, I'm not too bad I think for 2nd attempt. 22:19[14:55]

 

[sigalig]

I did a mbld attempt today, and while it didn't have the best accuracy, the exec/cube and the total time/cube were really awesome for me

52/60 in 58:42

memo was 38:24 which is not terrible but also not decent for me now. I'm usually aiming for 38:00 or less on these 60 cube attempts.

But then exec was 20:18
20.30 exec/cube on a 60 cube attempt wtf
This is by a significant amount, my fastest exec/cube on any attempt where I use my normal amount of reviews. By that I mean, not like how i threw an extra review in for my 52/52 WB or 42/42 NAR, attempts like that.

It's funny, this exec/cube is actually faster than the exec/cube in both my 52/52 WB and 42/42 NAR lol. Those were 20.37 exex/cube and 21.00 exec/cube, respectively.

Also fun things to note about this attempt:

The separate 2pass 12 cube mbld i do at the end of these 60 cube attempts was 12/12 in 9:28! This is my first time ever getting 12/12 with 2pass memo (1 pass for initial tracing and 1 more pass for 1 review)
Also, I made zero memo recall mistakes o.O
4 DNFs were from missing a move, 3 from doing a comm incorrectly, and 1 from tracing wrong.

 

[abunickabhi]

I did a mbld attempt today, and while it didn't have the best accuracy, the exec/cube and the total time/cube were really awesome for me

52/60 in 58:42

memo was 38:24 which is not terrible but also not decent for me now. I'm usually aiming for 38:00 or less on these 60 cube attempts.

But then exec was 20:18
20.30 exec/cube on a 60 cube attempt wtf
This is by a significant amount, my fastest exec/cube on any attempt where I use my normal amount of reviews. By that I mean, not like how i threw an extra review in for my 52/52 WB or 42/42 NAR, attempts like that.

It's funny, this exec/cube is actually faster than the exec/cube in both my 52/52 WB and 42/42 NAR lol. Those were 20.37 exex/cube and 21.00 exec/cube, respectively.

Also fun things to note about this attempt:

The separate 2pass 12 cube mbld i do at the end of these 60 cube attempts was 12/12 in 9:28! This is my first time ever getting 12/12 with 2pass memo (1 pass for initial tracing and 1 more pass for 1 review)
Also, I made zero memo recall mistakes o_O
4 DNFs were from missing a move, 3 from doing a comm incorrectly, and 1 from tracing wrong.

Insane metrics!

 

[Dylan Swarts]

4BLD PB 9:20. I saw the memo time and decided to drill exe as hard and fast as I can. 2:57 execution with OP/r2/U2
Dunno if this is good or not. Memo can be improved a lot

 

[sigalig]

Kinda late but I did a WB on 60 cubes, also for weekly comp
Oh and 47.33 points ao5 from this

I feel like something like 58/60 or better is kind of overdue at this point, I think it'll happen within the next few weeks

 

[Dylan Swarts]

EPIC!! Good job!

Also I got a 5bld Sub CR just now. 5th attempt ever, 2nd success. (CR is 17:40) I got a 15:30[8:39] incredibly happy. This is insane!
Edit: Before this my PB (and first success/attempt) was 29:xy. So I think this is pretty good? Right??

 

[willtri4]

Finally another 4bld PB! First success at home since before Stravanganza. Broke my 27 solve DNF streak.
Generated By csTimer on 2019-03-30
single: 7:03.79

Time List:
1. 7:03.79=4:18.93+2:44.85 L2 R2 B' D2 F' D2 R2 B2 U2 R2 F L F2 R' D F R B' U L' U' Uw2 L Uw2 F2 Rw2 R' Uw2 R' D' R2 F2 D' Rw2 Fw' L2 D' U' Uw' Rw U' L' D2 U2 Fw x' y

 

[M O]

3BLD single and mo3 overall PBs! AT COMP!
single: 1:24
mo3: 1:40
so happy that my practice finally paid off

 

[leven Williams]

My first accomplishment... white cross. lol.

 

[Underwatercuber]

My first accomplishment... white cross. lol.

That’s not exactly how bld works usually you use methods that differ from normal solving methods that allow you to memorize and solve everything easier.

 

[sigalig]

I had a really interesting multiBLD attempt today

Tried 60 cubes, and the long term (4 pass memo, i.e. 1 pass for tracing and 3 reviews) 1-32 memo was really good for me, about 22:30 (pb2?)

The remaining cubes had a ridiculous plethora of terrible scrambles -- one of which being an 11'/3''''' lmao. Like I'm pretty sure those remaining 28 cubes didn't have a single scramble better than 10 algs, and probably 90% 11 algs or more, it was so annoying

I finished the 3 passes of 33-48 at 33:00 which was standard I guess, and moved onto the separate 2pass 12 mbld
I completely mistraced corners on one cube and realized it only during the review, so I last minute decided to just review cubes 49-59 one more time which I never do.

Total memo ended up being 40:27, and I knew I was doomed because I'd need sub-20 exec/cube to get sub-hour, and I spent a bunch of extra time on these 12 meaning recall on the 33-48 and especially the 1-32 would be much more difficult.

Ended up somehow getting 54/60 1:00:28 lol. I finished the second to last cube exactly at 1:00:00 so only solved one over the hour

20.01 exec/cube on a 60 cube mbld

 

[Dylan Swarts]

9:11.01[5:42.41] 4bld pb!!! bad exe speed ugh. (52,000th msg on Blindfolded Discussion!!)

 

[CarterK]

Very proud of this one

Also finally broke my 2:20 mean from 2017 lmao, 43.62. Still quite a bit to go though.