vvtopkar
Regular
Just got my first BLD this morning, 5 minutes 36 seconds! I then got 4 more sub 6 minute blindsolves consecutively!
Now to learn M2/R2....
Now to learn M2/R2....
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Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread
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MatsBergsten
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Congratulations to both of you!!
Nice feeling
Nice feeling
trying-to-speedcube...
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Wh00t! Sub-2 for the weekly competition 
1:50.00, 1 corner solved so non-lucky
1:50.00, 1 corner solved so non-lucky
LarsN
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I had my first succesfull 5x5BLD solve last night. I knew it was coming because my last four attempts had only one wrong cycle of any type of edges or 2 misoriented edges. It was a great relief to finally make it 
Memo was 17:30,xx pure visual. Total time was 30:54,46
I guess now I move on to the 6x6, but I think visual memo will kill me on such big a cube.
Memo was 17:30,xx pure visual. Total time was 30:54,46
I guess now I move on to the 6x6, but I think visual memo will kill me on such big a cube.
trying-to-speedcube...
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Wow! 30 minutes is really fast for a first success! I took 45 minutes on my first 4x4BLD success! I think I'll need at least as much time on my first 5x5BLD success...
LarsN
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Well, I've been using freestyle commutators for BLD solving for the last 1½ years. So execution on the 5x5 wasn't much different from the 4x4. I usually make mistakes with memo only.
Also remember that I had like 10 unsuccessfull solves first. Although they were DNF's they were good practice
Also remember that I had like 10 unsuccessfull solves first. Although they were DNF's they were good practice
MatsBergsten
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Wh00t! Sub-2 for the weekly competition
1:50.00, 1 corner solved so non-lucky
Nice! I saw in the competition thread!
You have really made blind progress lately
MatsBergsten
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1. Bravo, nice!
2. I am even more impressed by memoing the whole of a 5x5 purely visual!
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2:14.68 Bld 3x3x3 PB.Finally, a consistent sub 1 min memo.It was non lucky, memo time 44 sec.
joey
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I won 3x3 BLD at UK Masters! 2:10.xx
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Rubik's UFO BLD average of 5: 7:45.04 (3:15), 4:54.72 (2:17) (P), 2:47.90 (47), DNF (4:02.52, 1:30) (two flips from solved), 6:00.23 (1:42) = 6:13.33
Yes, I know it's slow, but I wanted to get a successful average the first time I tried. I suspect someone good could sub-1 their first attempt.
I DNFed my first attempt at the UFO BLD last night (3-cycle off); these are my second through sixth attempts.
Much thanks to Maarten Smit (trying-to-speedcube...) for showing me how easy commutators are on the UFO.
Memorization on the UFO is almost nonexistent - it's about like memorizing a 2x2x2. The interesting case is parity; I decided to just rememorize if I got parity - I think it's easier than having to solve for it. I was kind of disappointed that I only got one parity case out of these five solves.
The hardest part of doing a UFO BLD is just in turning the thing when you can't see if it's lined up, and keeping from losing your grip and thereby losing your place. It's interesting how different UFO BLD feels in comparison with other puzzles BLD.
Scrambles (from qqwref's Mega-Scrambler):
1. B U' B U' C B C U3 A U2 B U2 A B C U' C A B A B C A C A
2. A B C U2 A B C U3 C A U3 A B C A C A B U3 B A C U2' C B
3. A U2' C B A C B A C B U2 C B U' A U2' C A B U2' A C A U3 C
4. U' B U3 C B A B C A U3 C U3 C U2' B A B C A B U3 A U A B
5. B U3 C B U2' B A B A C U3 B C B U2 B U3 B U2' A C A B U' C
Yes, I know it's slow, but I wanted to get a successful average the first time I tried. I suspect someone good could sub-1 their first attempt.
I DNFed my first attempt at the UFO BLD last night (3-cycle off); these are my second through sixth attempts.
Much thanks to Maarten Smit (trying-to-speedcube...) for showing me how easy commutators are on the UFO.
Memorization on the UFO is almost nonexistent - it's about like memorizing a 2x2x2. The interesting case is parity; I decided to just rememorize if I got parity - I think it's easier than having to solve for it. I was kind of disappointed that I only got one parity case out of these five solves.
The hardest part of doing a UFO BLD is just in turning the thing when you can't see if it's lined up, and keeping from losing your grip and thereby losing your place. It's interesting how different UFO BLD feels in comparison with other puzzles BLD.
Scrambles (from qqwref's Mega-Scrambler):
1. B U' B U' C B C U3 A U2 B U2 A B C U' C A B A B C A C A
2. A B C U2 A B C U3 C A U3 A B C A C A B U3 B A C U2' C B
3. A U2' C B A C B A C B U2 C B U' A U2' C A B U2' A C A U3 C
4. U' B U3 C B A B C A U3 C U3 C U2' B A B C A B U3 A U A B
5. B U3 C B U2' B A B A C U3 B C B U2 B U3 B U2' A C A B U' C
JustinJ
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2:49.13 PB and first sub 3. First sub 4 I think actually. Lucky I guess, I had one edge solved and one flipped, and two corners solved. The corners were REALLY easy though, I just had to do an A perm on each layer.
PB and first sub 3. First sub 4 I think actually. Lucky I guess, I had one edge solved and one flipped, and two corners solved. The corners were REALLY easy though, I just had to do an A perm on each layer.
Ok, I'm finally done with this:
50/50; another 5 hours wasted.
Same method as always, though my neighbour assisted me and helped me scrambling the cubes (he also brought some cubes, so I had more available at one time).
Now that this is done (50/50 was my aim regarding multi bld) I can finally do some more important stuff.
50/50; another 5 hours wasted.
Same method as always, though my neighbour assisted me and helped me scrambling the cubes (he also brought some cubes, so I had more available at one time).
Now that this is done (50/50 was my aim regarding multi bld) I can finally do some more important stuff.
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Ok, I'm finally done with this:
50/50; another 5 hours wasted.
Same method as always, though my neighbour assisted me and helped me scrambling the cubes (he also brought some cubes, so I had more available at one time).
Now that this is done (50/50 was my aim regarding multi bld) I can finally do some more important stuff.
Wow - amazing. Your accuracy is astounding - I would think it would be so easy to make a mistake somewhere. I doubt I could ever get through that many cubes without at least making a mistake in memorizing the wrong sticker somewhere (UL instead of LU, or something similar). It's not human to make no mistakes like that!
How long did it take?
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F.P.: awesome, you finally did it!
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Okay, I hereby nominate my post for stupid post of the year.
I guess you can also see why I make mistakes like I do when memorizing.
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Swordsman Kirby got it right.
I've topped all my personal memory records since I became a vegan.
That's why I tried the 50/50.
No. I won't give up meat for my BLD solving. I draw the line there.
Seriously, awesome job - that's an amazing achievement!
MatsBergsten
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Swordsman Kirby got it right.
I've topped all my personal memory records since I became a vegan.
That's why I tried the 50/50.
1. Fantastic
2. For what it is worth (@Mike mostly
) I am a vegetarian too. (but not vegan).Similar threads
