Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[cmhardw]

Wow Tim that's amazing! My hat is off sir!

Chris

 

[Muesli]

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

Orange cube... is orange.

 

[Muesli]

Orange cube... is orange.

Orange cube=awesome.

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

1:59.50 BLD+OH. This is kind of a lame event, though.

 

[Yes We Can!]

Yesterday (one day after starting to learn BLD) I got my first corners BLD success Time was 3:54, which I guess is quite decent for my first day I am into corners BLD.

And the next try I attempted edges BLD Aaaaand: Success In 5:17

Whole BLD-solve soon!

 

[joey]

BLD + OH or BLD OH?

 

[xXzaKerXx]

Yesterday (one day after starting to learn BLD) I got my first corners BLD success Time was 3:54, which I guess is quite decent for my first day I am into corners BLD.

And the next try I attempted edges BLD Aaaaand: Success In 5:17

Whole BLD-solve soon!

You are one LUCKY dude. i spent a few months, first 3OP, then old pochmann then M2/old pochmann only did i have success probably i learnt during my exam year, i dunno, but i had literally HUNDREDS of failed solves

 

[V-te]

3x3 BLD: 20:39.42 My memo was in the 17 mins and execution was 3 mins. I wasn't sure if I was off at the end so I made it a +2

I need to memo faster!!! I would be happy even if I could get a sub 10. Someone please help?

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

BLD + OH or BLD OH?

BLD OH. No, that doesn't mean there was a blindfold covering my hand.

 

[MatsBergsten]

3x3 BLD: 20:39.42 My memo was in the 17 mins and execution was 3 mins. I wasn't sure if I was off at the end so I made it a +2

I need to memo faster!!! I would be happy even if I could get a sub 10. Someone please help?

Was this your first? Congratulations!

Two main roads to get better. The first and most obvious, practise. Every solve you attempt will make you better, whether you dnf or not. Secondly, find the type of memorizing that suits you best. It is very individual.
Pure visual memo.
Roman rooms or travels.
Pictures associated with cubies or pair of cubies.
Letters or letter pairs, either the letters themselves or the sound of them
Letters making sentences or predefined words.

See the memo thread.

 

[V-te]

3x3 BLD: 20:39.42 My memo was in the 17 mins and execution was 3 mins. I wasn't sure if I was off at the end so I made it a +2

I need to memo faster!!! I would be happy even if I could get a sub 10. Someone please help?

Was this your first? Congratulations!

Two main roads to get better. The first and most obvious, practise. Every solve you attempt will make you better, whether you dnf or not. Secondly, find the type of memorizing that suits you best. It is very individual.
Pure visual memo.
Roman rooms or travels.
Pictures associated with cubies or pair of cubies.
Letters or letter pairs, either the letters themselves or the sound of them
Letters making sentences or predefined words.

See the memo thread.

Thanks Mat,
My first was a long time ago at 1:30.wx.yz
I have really improved since I changed memo systems, but it looks like it's not good enough. I have seen other cubers have their first attempts much faster than my averages. I currently associate a letter with an edge, and then think of an image/action that goes with the letters. For corners I do some visual and some images as well. I will continue practicing nevertheless.

 

[mande]

I performed a successful BLD solve in front of my friends (about 10 of them). All of them were freaked out after the solve.
Next day I had to do it in front of like 150 people (most of them older guys, only about 10 of my age group), DNF . It was only one 3 cycle of edges off though , and I got a tremendous response after the solve .

 

[MatsBergsten]

I performed a successful BLD solve in front of my friends (about 10 of them). All of them were freaked out after the solve.
Next day I had to do it in front of like 150 people (most of them older guys, only about 10 of my age group), DNF . It was only one 3 cycle of edges off though , and I got a tremendous response after the solve .

Nice to do it in front of non cubers.

And you should throw in a DNF once in a while, so people don't think it is too easy
An almost success, even if it is a DNF still shows that you are capable of doing it.

 

[Mike Hughey]

5x5x5 BLD done by reorienting the cube: 13:43.52 [7:00 memorization].

Not quite my PB, but very close, and done with reorienting. And I'm quite sure I wouldn't have done this well without reorienting - it left me with just 2 locations for + centers and 3 locations for X centers, which is really easy for a 5x5x5 BLD. It was just an x2 to reorient, which helped me find the alternate orientation quickly.

This solve is likely to keep me reorienting for a while - it felt pretty good to get this one!

 

[MatsBergsten]

5x5x5 BLD done by reorienting the cube: 13:43.52 [7:00 memorization].

Not quite my PB, but very close, and done with reorienting. And I'm quite sure I wouldn't have done this well without reorienting - it left me with just 2 locations for + centers and 3 locations for X centers, which is really easy for a 5x5x5 BLD. It was just an x2 to reorient, which helped me find the alternate orientation quickly.

This solve is likely to keep me reorienting for a while - it felt pretty good to get this one!

Nice, though I do not understand your description:

it left me with just 2 locations for + centers and 3 locations for X centers

. You cannot mean that you by reorienting solved all but 2+ & 3x. And not the opposite either.

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

How many targets are there per location?

 

[Yes We Can!]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!
YES! YES YES YES!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally! On my 12th try or so....

Success! My fastest time ever including DNFs, first time sub-9:

8:17.38

And I even filmed it! I am unbelievable happy right now!!!!!

Scramble: B' D' U' R F U R2 F' D U2 R' D2 L R2 D' R' F D B L2 D U' L2 R2 B

 

[Mike Hughey]

Nice, though I do not understand your description:

it left me with just 2 locations for + centers and 3 locations for X centers

. You cannot mean that you by reorienting solved all but 2+ & 3x. And not the opposite either.

How many targets are there per location?

I actually overloaded this one a little, to take advantage. I did my usual 3 images per location for + centers, so a total of 13 pieces if I remember correctly, and then I used 4 images per location on the first 2 locations for X centers, and had 2 pieces left over. So it wasn't all that lucky of a scramble (although it was quite good!), but it did mean fewer locations to recall, which seemed to make the memorization go quicker.

 

[Chuck]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!
YES! YES YES YES!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations!!