Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[Zava]

14:56.98 5x5x5BLD

I've finally managed to succesfully switch to BH corners. It took about a minute of my memo, but added a minute to execution until I get better at BH.

Sub15 was my first goal of the year. Now I "just" need a 7x7x7BLD solve

Wow, you've gotten good! If you're taking a full 2 minutes to memorize and execute corners, then other than corners, you're already faster than me. (My best time is something like 13:40, and I take around 30 seconds to memorize and execute corners.)

And yeah, you need a 7x7x7 BLD solve. Get right on that for us, okay?

I think he meant -1min in memo, +1min in execution ~ same time but with different splits
congrats Lars, nice time!

 

[Mike Hughey]

I think he meant -1min in memo, +1min in execution ~ same time but with different splits

Oh - sorry, I guess I misunderstood. Still, that means more than a minute in just execution, which still means that if he were as fast as I am at corners, this time might have been very close to my best solve time ever. And considering he just now switched to BH, it's probably only a few weeks before he gets there. Lars, I look forward to hearing about your first sub-12 sometime in the next month.

 

[KJiptner]

22 5x5 dnf streak. great accomplishment.

 

[LarsN]

That just amaze me that you do it visual. Did you tried images before? I wonder if you are really better with visual (than image system) or you just have an amazing memory so visual is good enough?

Yes, I started out with a complex image method that I came up with myself. It was similiar to a person/action system, only it was two persons interacting and depending on the persons and actions towards each other I had different pieces.
I grew tired of it and found out others were doing pure visual. With full confidence that it could be done I was able to train my memory to the point were I can memo a 7x7x7 full visual.

#Mike: sub12 seems far away, but I'm going for it Had my fastest memo in a solve today with 6:10.xx, but dnf in the end with a missed setup move.

 

[Mike Hughey]

22 5x5 dnf streak. great accomplishment.

Wow, that would be so discouraging. I hope you have a nice streak of successes soon!

#Mike: sub12 seems far away, but I'm going for it Had my fastest memo in a solve today with 6:10.xx, but dnf in the end with a missed setup move.

If you can memo in 6:10, I suspect you can sub-12 on an easier solve. My best memo time is just under 7 minutes.

 

[Micael]

With full confidence that it could be done I was able to train my memory to the point were I can memo a 7x7x7 full visual.

This is interesting. Whatever, I still think it is amazing to memo a 7x7x7 full visual.

 

[cmhardw]

22 5x5 dnf streak. great accomplishment.

Wow, that would be so discouraging. I hope you have a nice streak of successes soon!

This. I've had streaks of 17 and of 19 on 5x5x5 DNFs before, so I completely know the feeling. Hopefully your DNF streak will convert into an awesome success streak! Remember that any practice for BLD, especially big cube BLD, is good practice!

Chris

 

[blah]

22 5x5 dnf streak. great accomplishment.

Only 22? Come on.

 

[Mike Hughey]

22 5x5 dnf streak. great accomplishment.

Only 22? Come on.

I think I remember my worst was 9. And I HATED it. I can't imagine what 22 would feel like.

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

I don't think I've done 22 5x5BLD attempts yet

Also, Chester, non-Japanese words should be in katakana, not hiragana

So ロル.

 

[iRiLLL]

22 5x5 dnf streak. great accomplishment.

wowww.... 22 attempt in one day??

I never did it

only 2 attempt

 

[Gunnar]

Nice job Gunnar

Why are you skipping 5 cubes multi?

I'm thinking I should try a big challange, using most of the 60 minutes. 6 cubes is not too big of a step from 4, and I have 10min per cube, which should give my time to repeat memo a few times.

Ok, so today I went for 5 cubes, and got it!

3x3 multi: 5/5 35:08.87

 

[Toad]

Nice job Gunnar

Why are you skipping 5 cubes multi?

I'm thinking I should try a big challange, using most of the 60 minutes. 6 cubes is not too big of a step from 4, and I have 10min per cube, which should give my time to repeat memo a few times.

Ok, so today I went for 5 cubes, and got it!

3x3 multi: 5/5 35:08.87

Niiiceeee!!

 

[KJiptner]

Thank you for the kind words The streak is 23 now btw.
@Iril: I didn't do 22 a day but one per day for 22 days. It's becoming my daily dose of depression I don't feel any improvements in terms of speed btw.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Thank you for the kind words The streak is 23 now btw.
@Iril: I didn't do 22 a day but one per day for 22 days.

If I recall correctly, Tim Reynolds had a pretty similar streak going at one point that he told me about.

 

[Micael]

Ok, so today I went for 5 cubes, and got it!

3x3 multi: 5/5 35:08.87

Nice

 

[LarsN]

Nice job Gunnar

Why are you skipping 5 cubes multi?

I'm thinking I should try a big challange, using most of the 60 minutes. 6 cubes is not too big of a step from 4, and I have 10min per cube, which should give my time to repeat memo a few times.

Ok, so today I went for 5 cubes, and got it!

3x3 multi: 5/5 35:08.87

Yay Gunnar Go for six now.

 

[tjyahl]

haha i feel like a fail, everyones like o ya i just did 5/5 bld.....and yesterday i did my first bld solve in 6:24.96 haha i feel accomplished!

 

[blah]

I don't think I've done 22 5x5BLD attempts yet

Also, Chester, non-Japanese words should be in katakana, not hiragana

So ロル.

Nub. It IS Japanese.

 

[That70sShowDude]

Just did my 5th successful 3x3 BLD solve ever (and 3rd in a row) ... this is excluding 3 horrific timed bld solves about half a year ago w/ a different method.

order of times:
7:22.67 (2/20/10)
6:01.77 (2/21/10)
6:11.68 (3/10/10)
5:01.13 (3/10/10)
3:57.24 (3/11/10) (TODAY)

The PB today had no edges or corners correct!!!
D' U' B2 U' L R2 B2 F2 L2 D U2 B2 F D' U R' F U B F2 U2 B' F' D' U'
How's the improvement?