Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

blah said:
Mike Hughey said:
blah said:
3 consecutive 4x4x4 BLD successes :D It's on cubemania.org :)

10:30.90, 9:09.87, 10:37.62

Should I go for a fourth attempt?
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Yeah - go for an average 10/12!?! :)

Congratulations - nice results.
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Progress so far: 9:11.46, 7:55.28 :eek:, 11:12.34

That's 6/6 :D With a new PB 7:55.28.

They're all on Cubemania, so if you want the scrambles... :rolleyes:
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Wow - you don't practice at all for a year, and you improve exactly as much as I do practicing every week. That's talent, I guess. :)

By the way, I got a successful average 10/12 once in 4x4x4 BLD, but it was spread out over several weeks. I was kind of hoping you'd do yours all at once in a single sitting. :p
 
I'm going for speed, not accuracy, so I don't know if I can get a successful average of 12 :o I'm pretty sure I could if I gave myself like 15 minutes for each solve :rolleyes:

Update: Just had two consecutive DNFs, the average is over :(
 
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I've had a few corners only successes for 3x3, (Old Pochmann/M2 for edges) but I do not understand how to solve the edges. From Eric Limeback's tutorial, I learnt Old Pochmann for the corners, but I did not find the M2 part clear. Where can I find the best tutorial for edges? Should I use M2. (I have no intention of get super fast, but I just want to be able to BLD) so then when I take my 3x3 to school, and people say that they could never solve one, I could say, "Pah," they're easy. I can Do them with my eyes closed".
 
ZB_FTW!!! said:
I've had a few corners only successes for 3x3, (Old Pochmann/M2 for edges) but I do not understand how to solve the edges. From Eric Limeback's tutorial, I learnt Old Pochmann for the corners, but I did not find the M2 part clear. Where can I find the best tutorial for edges? Should I use M2. (I have no intention of get super fast, but I just want to be able to BLD) so then when I take my 3x3 to school, and people say that they could never solve one, I could say, "Pah," they're easy. I can Do them with my eyes closed".
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IMO (just my opinion), it is better and easier to use commutators and some algorithms like (U2 M' U2 M) or (U M' U2 M U). But it depends on if you can understand how commutators works (M2 system is related to commutators as well, its basic movements are "hidden" commutators).

What is exactly the part of M2 that you don't understand? Btw, I have learnt with this tutorial: http://www.cubefreak.net/BLD/M2_guide.html
 
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Chuck said:
I really appreciate if you, Maarten, and Chris can be bother to tell me your breakdowns too. Wow I'm so falling in love with 4x4x4 BLD. :o
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Hey Chuck,

I'll be sure to post mine soon, but I'm waiting on my cubes. I mailed all of my cubes back to myself from Germany after Worlds so I wouldn't have to carry them around after. They should hopefully be arriving at the end of this week.

Chris
 
I've had a streak of 36 3x3 successful blindsolves in a row :) I wasn't even very careful on most solves (on some though, that's why the global avg is much worse than the best RA).

Here are the stats:
Avg: 1:25.37
of 12: 1:13.47
of 5: 1:08.00
Single: 56.76

The streak ended by a 2-edge-flip on a hard scramble. Hey, two years ago I was known for my poor accuracy ;)
 
KJiptner said:
I've had a streak of 36 3x3 successful blindsolves in a row :) I wasn't even very careful on most solves (on some though, that's why the global avg is much worse than the best RA).

Here are the stats:
Avg: 1:25.37
of 12: 1:13.47
of 5: 1:08.00
Single: 56.76

The streak ended by a 2-edge-flip on a hard scramble. Hey, two years ago I was known for my poor accuracy ;)
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o_O?
 
Okay, so I stink compared to Kai, but I realized it had been a long time since I had done a 3x3x3 BLD average 10/12, so I decided to try one, and what do you know - I got it first try! Fifteen seconds better than my previous PB.

2:06.30 (so at least I'm better than double Kai's time)

Statistics for 10-22-2009 15:50:48

Average: 2:06.30
Standard Deviation: 0.00
Best Time: 1:36.03
Worst Time: DNF
Individual Times:
1. 1:45.67 B' U2 R D U2 B2 F2 U L U2 L' D2 U F D L' R B2 F' L2 D' B F' L R2
2. 2:00.20 B L F' D2 L2 D' L2 U F D U' B2 L2 U B' D' L' U' B' L2 U2 B L' R' F2
3. 2:35.12 F L2 D2 U2 L' B' F L' R F2 L F R' U2 R D F' D B U L2 R D' L' D
4. (1:36.03) B2 F' D2 B2 L R F2 R F R' F' L2 R' B2 F' L D' U B' L' R' B' D' U F2
5. 2:14.18 B' D U2 B' F' D' U' L' B2 U2 L' R' D' L2 R' D U2 F2 U R D2 F D U2 B'
6. 2:19.01 L2 U B R' F' L2 D U L2 R' B2 L2 R D L R2 D U2 F' L' R F2 L B R'
7. (DNF) B' D' B' F' R B' F2 D U' B R' D U2 B' F' D F' R F L' R B' F' D' L
8. 1:48.92 B' F U L2 R' B2 D' U' R F' D2 B D U' F2 L' D B2 F2 R2 B2 F2 L F2 D2
9. 2:11.39 R2 B F D U' B2 F2 D U2 L R U L' B' U' R B U L' R' D2 U2 F R U2
10. 1:54.45 D' U2 L' R U L' R' B2 R' D' U' B' U2 B' F' L U B2 D' U L2 U B' U B2
11. 2:10.43 L' R' F U' B' L2 R' D2 L U L U' B F U2 R2 D U B2 F L2 R2 F2 D2 R
12. 2:03.58 B' D U L' D' U2 F2 U' F L2 D2 R' D' F D U' F2 D B F2 L2 R' D2 U R

My one DNF was a 1:27.xx off by 2 flipped pieces. :(
 
KJiptner said:
you don't stink compared to me. I wish I've had your patience to try such sick huge BLD-attempts. Good job on the avg. Try to go for a sub-2 avg soon :)
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Thanks, Kai. And heh - I really was trying to go for a sub-2 average this time - until the DNF I really thought I had a chance. :( (And it was such an easy one, too - aaagh!)

And your 36 solve streak was really awesome!
 
Wow, 36 successful solve in a row?! :eek: That's amazing. And very fast too. My personal record for single BLD is only 11 successful solve in a row, just like for multi.

So I decided to try Mike's scramble. My 3x3x3 was covered in dust when I realized that I've left it untouched for so long :fp

And here goes the pathetic results:

1. 01:56.52
2. 02:13.77
3. DNF, memorized wrong corner
4. 01:58.25
5. 01:46.27
6. 02:01.09
7. 02:01:68
8. 02:06.46
9. 01:57.77
10. DNF, overlooked a flipped edge
11. DNF, overlooked a flipped edge
12. 02:09.63

Cubes Solved: 9/12
Best Time: 1:46.27
Worst Time: DNF

Hehe... let's just practice more.
 
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