Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

Mike Hughey said:
Oh, wow!

In order to at least pretend to participate at the World Championships, I decided to do a 4x4x4 BLD and a 5x5x5 BLD at lunch today, so it would be the same time as they're doing them over there. The 4x4x4 BLD was the third scramble in the weekly competition; the 5x5x5 BLD was the first scramble in the weekly competition.

4x4x4 BLD: 6:52.40 (3:07)!!!!

That's about 30 seconds faster than my previous PB! It had 10 pieces solved, so not quite lucky, officially.

5x5x5 BLD: DNF (13:15.20!!!, 6:37)

Well, unfortunately, it was a DNF, but it was more than a minute faster than any previous attempt I've ever had. It was only off by 2 centrals flipped (memorized a sticker wrong) and 3 + centers (apparently I did an algorithm incorrectly). Totally amazing.

Chuck, you're getting quite amazing at 4x4x4 BLD now! Time to start getting serious about 5x5x5 BLD? :)
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That's amazing Mike!
Inspirational stuff :)
 
Thanks Derrick!

One more:

3x3x3 BLD: 1:15.26!!!!!

That's 10 seconds better than my previous best. I'm on fire today!

It was just a hand scramble, but I totally remember the memorization and typed it up; I'll reconstruct the scramble later with Cube Explorer or something and put it here. It had just one edge and one corner solved, so technically not lucky, but it was very easy.
 
Mike Hughey said:
Thanks Derrick!

One more:

3x3x3 BLD: 1:15.26!!!!!

That's 10 seconds better than my previous best. I'm on fire today!

It was just a hand scramble, but I totally remember the memorization and typed it up; I'll reconstruct the scramble later with Cube Explorer or something and put it here. It had just one edge and one corner solved, so technically not lucky, but it was very easy.
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:eek::eek::eek::eek:

and I thought I was catching up...

What was the approximate memo/exec breakdown?
 
DavidWoner said:
Mike Hughey said:
Thanks Derrick!

One more:

3x3x3 BLD: 1:15.26!!!!!

That's 10 seconds better than my previous best. I'm on fire today!

It was just a hand scramble, but I totally remember the memorization and typed it up; I'll reconstruct the scramble later with Cube Explorer or something and put it here. It had just one edge and one corner solved, so technically not lucky, but it was very easy.
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:eek::eek::eek::eek:

and I thought I was catching up...

What was the approximate memo/exec breakdown?
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I honestly don't know. I'd have to guess it was pretty much 50/50, so somewhere between 35 and 40 seconds for memorization and execution.
 
Mike Hughey said:
Thanks Derrick!

One more:

3x3x3 BLD: 1:15.26!!!!!

That's 10 seconds better than my previous best. I'm on fire today!

It was just a hand scramble, but I totally remember the memorization and typed it up; I'll reconstruct the scramble later with Cube Explorer or something and put it here. It had just one edge and one corner solved, so technically not lucky, but it was very easy.
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Mike you just dropped my jaw and left it down for quite some time.
Seriously :)
 
Mike Hughey said:
3x3x3 BLD: 1:15.26!!!!!

That's 10 seconds better than my previous best. I'm on fire today!

It was just a hand scramble, but I totally remember the memorization and typed it up; I'll reconstruct the scramble later with Cube Explorer or something and put it here. It had just one edge and one corner solved, so technically not lucky, but it was very easy.
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1. Wow, that's fast! I thought I was gaining on you :)
2. Do you remember corners after the solve? I more often then not do not.
 
MatsBergsten said:
Mike Hughey said:
3x3x3 BLD: 1:15.26!!!!!

That's 10 seconds better than my previous best. I'm on fire today!

It was just a hand scramble, but I totally remember the memorization and typed it up; I'll reconstruct the scramble later with Cube Explorer or something and put it here. It had just one edge and one corner solved, so technically not lucky, but it was very easy.
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1. Wow, that's fast! I thought I was gaining on you :)
2. Do you remember corners after the solve? I more often then not do not.
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I probably remember them more often than not, if I actually try to recall them immediately. It's easier to remember the corners on a really fast solve, since that means I just solved them 20 seconds ago or so. :)
 
Chuck said:
My hands are still shaking.

New PB on 4x4x4 BLD
11:47.96 (4:51.08)
Non-lucky, only 8 centers, 1 edge, and 1 corner are solved.

Next time... sub 11?
Yes, sub 11. I can do it.
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Wow, you are progressing very fast. Keep practicing.
 
4x4x4 BLD: 14:42.20(7:03.82)

First attempt in more than a year: Successful :) But it was a FAIL time :mad:
 
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