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Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

Congrats to Lanshi Zhang (张岚石) for completing his 5bld-mean on 31st of May 2026! He is the 67th with an Ao5 or Mo3 in all actual official events!
Congrats to Yuheng Wu (吴雨衡) for completing his nbld-mean on 7th of June 2026! He is the 68th with an Ao5 or Mo3 in all actual official events!
(Ao5 or Mo3 including the blindfold accomplishments in 4bld, 5bld and multi and therefore posted here)

Now we have (generated with the data of the WCA-V2-Export 2026-06-18):

Jan Bentlage (2017-02-12)
Mark Boyanowski (2018-02-04)
Hanns Hub (2018-02-10)
Kit Clement (2018-07-15)
Sukant Koul (2018-07-27)
Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) (2018-10-04)
Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (陈百鸿) (2019-02-16)
Callum Hales-Jepp (2019-07-27)
Walker Welch (2019-08-02)
Stanley Chapel (2019-11-10)
Jason White (2019-11-10)
Hill Pong Yong Feng (2019-12-27)
Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) (2019-12-28)
Oleg Gritsenko (2020-01-01/2017-07-21)
Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) (2020-01-01/2019-03-09)
Daniel Wallin (2020-02-02)
Gabriel Alejandro Orozco Casillas (2020-02-08)
Helmer Ewert (2020-09-26)
Paweł Duraj (2021-09-12)
István Kocza (2022-06-04)
Wong Chong Wen (黄崇文) (2022-07-24)
Eddy Deturche (2022-10-08)
Adrian Dębski (2022-10-16)
Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña (2022-12-11)
Vincent Hartanto Utomo (2022-12-16)
Viktor Zenk (2022-12-29)
Kamil Przybylski (2022-12-31)
Ryan Eckersley (2023-02-12)
Shivam Bansal (2023-03-26)
Graham Siggins (2023-07-29)
Josete Sánchez (2023-08-06)
Dieter Amberger (2023-09-02)
Elliott Kobelansky (2023-09-17)
Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) (2023-09-22)
Ashwyn Wadhawan (2023-10-21)
Willem Klose (2023-10-22)
Kacper Paweł Dworak (2023-11-05)
Fabian Settelen (2024-04-06)
Niklas Aasen Eliasson (2024-04-14)
Andrei Răzvan Ionel (2024-08-10)
Mihály Horváth (2024-08-24)
Draco Tong (2024-09-28)
Firstian Fushada (符逢城) (2024-10-12)
Arthur Garcin (2024-10-19)
Sukesh Kumar (2024-10-27)
Rowe Hessler (2024-11-16)
Danny Buschert (2025-01-25)
Wilfrid Py (2025-02-15)
Manu Vereecken (2025-02-22)
Simone Bentlage (2025-04-19)
Chris Chi (2025-05-10)
Thomas Strasser (2025-07-12)
Bálint Csengő (2025-07-12)
Thor Muto Asmund (2025-08-02)
Patryk Milewczyk (2025-08-02)
Rodolphe Rouyrre (2025-08-17)
Evan Liu (2025-09-07)
Igor Aipkin (2025-11-29)
Ge Shi (石歌) (2025-12-13)
Mikołaj Morawski (2025-12-27)
Joshua Gao (2026-01-03)
Eli Rogers (2026-01-03)
Ivo Stoutjesdijk (2026-01-10)
Mikus Lembergs (2026-01-17)
Brandon Villadolid (2026-03-07)
Adam Śmigaj (2026-05-03)
Lanshi Zhang (张岚石) (2026-05-31)
Yuheng Wu (吴雨衡) (2026-06-07)
 
took long enough.

Generated By csTimer on 2026-07-18
avg of 12: 2:10.46

Time List:
1. 2:05.90 F2 R F2 R2 B2 D F2 U L2 U2 B2 R2 U2 R2 B D2 L D L R' B2 Rw2
2. 2:11.16 R F U2 B U D2 L D2 B2 D2 R2 B R2 D2 R2 F2 D2 B' R U' Uw
3. (DNF(1:24.37)) B2 U R2 F' D2 U2 F' L2 F R2 B2 F' U2 F2 L' B D2 R B' D F2 Fw' Uw'
4. (1:43.03) F D B U B R B' L' F U F2 B2 U D L2 D' R2 F2 U' B2
5. 1:53.94 U' R D2 L B2 D2 B U' B F2 U' D2 F2 U' L2 D2 F2 R2 F2 U L2 Fw' Uw
6. 1:43.48 R2 B2 D' B2 D' B2 D2 B2 R2 U' L2 U' F D L' B D' R' F L' U Rw Uw
7. 2:01.16 D2 F' R' U D' F' U2 F L F2 U2 D2 B' U2 L2 F U2 F' L2 B' D2 Fw'
8. 2:03.24 U' R' F' D2 F2 D' R2 D2 L2 D2 F2 U' F2 U' L F' D L' B' D F Rw' Uw'
9. 2:00.45 B L2 D2 L D2 B2 R U2 L D2 B2 U2 F' D' L' U2 R F' D' L2 Rw2
10. 2:22.00 L F' U R' B2 D2 B' R' D R2 U2 L F2 D2 L2 B2 D2 R' B2 D2 R' Rw Uw'
11. 2:18.93 L D' F2 L2 D2 F2 U R2 U L2 F2 L U L2 D' F L' R D' Rw Uw
12. 3:04.37 U' F2 L2 U2 L' U2 L B2 F2 R F2 D2 F' D' B' D2 B D2 L' U Rw' Uw2

3 I forgot to complete a cycle in memo. I went outside for a bit between 2 and 3. for the last I accidentally memo'd F as H but it followed R so I caught it and deduced it was F. 4-6 was 1:46.82 PB Mo3
 
Congrats to Simon Praschl for completing his mbld-mean on 4th of July 2026! He is the 69th with an Ao5 or Mo3 in all actual official events!
Congrats to Luis Sinhue Medina Salas for completing his 4bld-mean on 12th of July 2026! He is the 70th with an Ao5 or Mo3 in all actual official events!
(Ao5 or Mo3 including the blindfold accomplishments in 4bld, 5bld and multi and therefore posted here)

Now we have (generated with the data of the WCA-V2-Export 2026-08-06):

Jan Bentlage (2017-02-12)
Mark Boyanowski (2018-02-04)
Hanns Hub (2018-02-10)
Kit Clement (2018-07-15)
Sukant Koul (2018-07-27)
Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) (2018-10-04)
Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (陈百鸿) (2019-02-16)
Callum Hales-Jepp (2019-07-27)
Walker Welch (2019-08-02)
Stanley Chapel (2019-11-10)
Jason White (2019-11-10)
Hill Pong Yong Feng (2019-12-27)
Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) (2019-12-28)
Oleg Gritsenko (2020-01-01/2017-07-21)
Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) (2020-01-01/2019-03-09)
Daniel Wallin (2020-02-02)
Gabriel Alejandro Orozco Casillas (2020-02-08)
Helmer Ewert (2020-09-26)
Paweł Duraj (2021-09-12)
István Kocza (2022-06-04)
Wong Chong Wen (黄崇文) (2022-07-24)
Eddy Deturche (2022-10-08)
Adrian Dębski (2022-10-16)
Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña (2022-12-11)
Vincent Hartanto Utomo (2022-12-16)
Viktor Zenk (2022-12-29)
Kamil Przybylski (2022-12-31)
Ryan Eckersley (2023-02-12)
Shivam Bansal (2023-03-26)
Graham Siggins (2023-07-29)
Josete Sánchez (2023-08-06)
Dieter Amberger (2023-09-02)
Elliott Kobelansky (2023-09-17)
Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) (2023-09-22)
Ashwyn Wadhawan (2023-10-21)
Willem Klose (2023-10-22)
Kacper Paweł Dworak (2023-11-05)
Fabian Settelen (2024-04-06)
Niklas Aasen Eliasson (2024-04-14)
Andrei Răzvan Ionel (2024-08-10)
Mihály Horváth (2024-08-24)
Draco Tong (2024-09-28)
Firstian Fushada (符逢城) (2024-10-12)
Arthur Garcin (2024-10-19)
Sukesh Kumar (2024-10-27)
Rowe Hessler (2024-11-16)
Danny Buschert (2025-01-25)
Wilfrid Py (2025-02-15)
Manu Vereecken (2025-02-22)
Simone Bentlage (2025-04-19)
Chris Chi (2025-05-10)
Thomas Strasser (2025-07-12)
Bálint Csengő (2025-07-12)
Thor Muto Asmund (2025-08-02)
Patryk Milewczyk (2025-08-02)
Rodolphe Rouyrre (2025-08-17)
Evan Liu (2025-09-07)
Igor Aipkin (2025-11-29)
Ge Shi (石歌) (2025-12-13)
Mikołaj Morawski (2025-12-27)
Joshua Gao (2026-01-03)
Eli Rogers (2026-01-03)
Ivo Stoutjesdijk (2026-01-10)
Mikus Lembergs (2026-01-17)
Brandon Villadolid (2026-03-07)
Adam Śmigaj (2026-05-03)
Lanshi Zhang (张岚石) (2026-05-31)
Yuheng Wu (吴雨衡) (2026-06-07)
Simon Praschl (2026-07-04)
Luis Sinhue Medina Salas (2026-07-12)
 
Nothing too special but my 2nd attempt with Orozco was a success. pretty close to my normal times too.

Generated By csTimer on 2026-08-08
single: 2:06.55

Time List:
1. 2:06.55 R' U F R2 U2 B' F2 U2 B R2 F' D' L2 D' R D R F' R Fw

Edit: rolled into Ao5

Generated By csTimer on 2026-08-08
avg of 5: 2:25.47

Time List:
1. 2:06.55 R' U F R2 U2 B' F2 U2 B R2 F' D' L2 D' R D R F' R Fw
2. (2:04.53) R U F2 R2 B2 U2 F2 R B2 F2 D2 R' B2 R2 B' U' L' F U' F D2 Fw' Uw2
3. (DNF(2:50.21)) D' F2 L2 D2 U' L2 B2 R2 F2 D2 U R' F2 D' F' U2 F L2 B R D2 Fw Uw2
4. 2:45.75 U2 F L D2 R D2 U2 F2 U2 L' U2 R' U L R' F U' B2 R' Rw2
5. 2:24.12 L D2 L U2 R2 B2 U2 B2 D2 L' R' B' R2 U2 R U' L' B2 R2 F2 Rw' Uw
 
Last edited:
Nothing too special but my 2nd attempt with Orozco was a success. pretty close to my normal times too.

Generated By csTimer on 2026-08-08
single: 2:06.55

Time List:
1. 2:06.55 R' U F R2 U2 B' F2 U2 B R2 F' D' L2 D' R D R F' R Fw

Edit: rolled into Ao5

Generated By csTimer on 2026-08-08
avg of 5: 2:25.47

Time List:
1. 2:06.55 R' U F R2 U2 B' F2 U2 B R2 F' D' L2 D' R D R F' R Fw
2. (2:04.53) R U F2 R2 B2 U2 F2 R B2 F2 D2 R' B2 R2 B' U' L' F U' F D2 Fw' Uw2
3. (DNF(2:50.21)) D' F2 L2 D2 U' L2 B2 R2 F2 D2 U R' F2 D' F' U2 F L2 B R D2 Fw Uw2
4. 2:45.75 U2 F L D2 R D2 U2 F2 U2 L' U2 R' U L R' F U' B2 R' Rw2
5. 2:24.12 L D2 L U2 R2 B2 U2 B2 D2 L' R' B' R2 U2 R U' L' B2 R2 F2 Rw' Uw
Good job.

Have you tried sighted 3-style solve? If not, you can start giving it a try.

Also I guess you can work on your memo as well and speed that up yo.
 
Congrats to Serhii Mormul (Сергій Мормуль) for completing his 5bld-mean on 15th of August 2026 (in the morning)! He is the 71st with an Ao5 or Mo3 in all actual official events!
Congrats to Ezra Hirschi for completing his mbld-mean on 15th of August 2026 (in the evening! He is the 72nd with an Ao5 or Mo3 in all actual official events!
(Ao5 or Mo3 including the blindfold accomplishments in 4bld, 5bld and multi and therefore posted here)

Jan Bentlage (2017-02-12)
Mark Boyanowski (2018-02-04)
Hanns Hub (2018-02-10)
Kit Clement (2018-07-15)
Sukant Koul (2018-07-27)
Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) (2018-10-04)
Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (陈百鸿) (2019-02-16)
Callum Hales-Jepp (2019-07-27)
Walker Welch (2019-08-02)
Stanley Chapel (2019-11-10)
Jason White (2019-11-10)
Hill Pong Yong Feng (2019-12-27)
Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) (2019-12-28)
Oleg Gritsenko (2020-01-01/2017-07-21)
Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) (2020-01-01/2019-03-09)
Daniel Wallin (2020-02-02)
Gabriel Alejandro Orozco Casillas (2020-02-08)
Helmer Ewert (2020-09-26)
Paweł Duraj (2021-09-12)
István Kocza (2022-06-04)
Wong Chong Wen (黄崇文) (2022-07-24)
Eddy Deturche (2022-10-08)
Adrian Dębski (2022-10-16)
Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña (2022-12-11)
Vincent Hartanto Utomo (2022-12-16)
Viktor Zenk (2022-12-29)
Kamil Przybylski (2022-12-31)
Ryan Eckersley (2023-02-12)
Shivam Bansal (2023-03-26)
Graham Siggins (2023-07-29)
Josete Sánchez (2023-08-06)
Dieter Amberger (2023-09-02)
Elliott Kobelansky (2023-09-17)
Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) (2023-09-22)
Ashwyn Wadhawan (2023-10-21)
Willem Klose (2023-10-22)
Kacper Paweł Dworak (2023-11-05)
Fabian Settelen (2024-04-06)
Niklas Aasen Eliasson (2024-04-14)
Andrei Răzvan Ionel (2024-08-10)
Mihály Horváth (2024-08-24)
Draco Tong (2024-09-28)
Firstian Fushada (符逢城) (2024-10-12)
Arthur Garcin (2024-10-19)
Sukesh Kumar (2024-10-27)
Rowe Hessler (2024-11-16)
Danny Buschert (2025-01-25)
Wilfrid Py (2025-02-15)
Manu Vereecken (2025-02-22)
Simone Bentlage (2025-04-19)
Chris Chi (2025-05-10)
Thomas Strasser (2025-07-12)
Bálint Csengő (2025-07-12)
Thor Muto Asmund (2025-08-02)
Patryk Milewczyk (2025-08-02)
Rodolphe Rouyrre (2025-08-17)
Evan Liu (2025-09-07)
Igor Aipkin (2025-11-29)
Ge Shi (石歌) (2025-12-13)
Mikołaj Morawski (2025-12-27)
Joshua Gao (2026-01-03)
Eli Rogers (2026-01-03)
Ivo Stoutjesdijk (2026-01-10)
Mikus Lembergs (2026-01-17)
Brandon Villadolid (2026-03-07)
Adam Śmigaj (2026-05-03)
Lanshi Zhang (张岚石) (2026-05-31)
Yuheng Wu (吴雨衡) (2026-06-07)
Simon Praschl (2026-07-04)
Luis Sinhue Medina Salas (2026-07-12)
Serhii Mormul (Сергій Мормуль) (2026-08-15)
Ezra Hirschi (2026-08-15)
 
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