Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[ThePizzaGuy92]

sub-4:30 BLD, thats like sub-minute to me! haha :]

sub-4 soon?

 

[joey]

Meh, I posted this to UWR, but it didn't seem to go through, so I'll post it here aswell.
Average: 1:32.09
Times:
1:26.86 1:20.02 1:43.63 1:27.38 1:23.80 1:21.48 1:38.16 1:47.81 (1:57.74) 1:20.74 1:51.03 (1:07.29)

This is my first BLD average.

 

[Lucas Garron]

Tried another 5x5x5 BLD. I counted only 4 errors.
(m2 off early in the solve, 3-wing permutation, 1 additional midge orientation, 3 x-centers)

 

[Mike Hughey]

Tried another 5x5x5 BLD. I counted only 4 errors.
(m2 off early in the solve, 3-wing permutation, 1 additional midge orientation, 3 x-centers)

Not bad - how fast was it, Lucas? (I'm just wondering if you're already faster than me or not - I'm guessing you are, but I'd like to know for sure.)

 

[MiloD]

I Just had a 2:53.xx bld solve. My last one which was yesterday was even better but I reset the timer when i put my hands down. I was ****ed! But now I feel like I redeemed myself even though its not a record.

That means my last 2 bld attempts were both sub 3 successes. sweet.

 

[tim]

3:50 minutes memo for 4 cubes blindfolded. First day of practice since Belgian Open.

 

[alexc]

4 sub 2 blindsolves this week. The best one was 1:56.72, the rest were 1:58's.

 

[Pedro]

Average: 1:34.05
Individual times: 1:28.07, 1:30.85, (1:15.32), 1:41.43, 1:55.82, 1:41.43, 1:27.61, 1:43.65, 1:26.09, 1:22.83, 1:22.70, (DNF)

Finally a full average on bld

 

[joey]

NOOOO!! Sub-60 BLD is jsut trying to avoid me!!

F2 U2 F' L2 F2 D2 B2 D U2 B2 D' L2 D2 B R' F D L2 D2 F' B' L D U F2

1:00.15

 

[pete]

My first MultiBLD

got my first multiBLD, just 2 of 2 and very slow but i only started
single 3x3 blindfolded 2 weeks ago. this was my 2nd attempt at MultiBLD.

2/2 , time : 40:50.51 (incl. 25 mins memorization)

used the method as described on Bill McGaugh's page :
http://home.earthlink.net/~bmcgaugh/
(this is the easiest method to learn i guess)

no point learning a different method until i improve the memorization
process, i'm terrible at that. i don't know why but i think i'm using long
term memory to memorize the cube (i probably have no short term memory
or don't know how to use it).
i know i'm still going to remember both scrambled cubes tomorrow morning when i wake up.

here they are :

CP: (6 8 7) (2 5 2)
EP: (7 3 8 1 6) (4 9 11 5 4)
CO: (010) (0011)
EO: 2 3 4 5 6 7 12

CP: (7 8 1 5 2 6)
EP: (8 3 6 11 10 5 12 4 9) (1 7 1)
CO: (221) (2200)
EO: 4 5 12

 

[AvGalen]

Congratulations pete. However, I am sorry to say that in official competitions there is a time-limit:
H1b) Total time allowed for memorising and solving is the sum of: 15 minutes per cube for each cube up to 6 cubes, 10 minutes per cube for each cube more than 6 cubes.

So for 2 cubes the limit is 30 minutes, 3 is 45, 6 = 90, 7 = 100, etc.

 

[tim]

NOOOO!! Sub-60 BLD is jsut trying to avoid me!!

F2 U2 F' L2 F2 D2 B2 D U2 B2 D' L2 D2 B R' F D L2 D2 F' B' L D U F2

1:00.15

Hehe, i still have a chance to get a sub-60 earlier than you . Anyway, awesome time .

 

[pete]

Congratulations pete. However, I am sorry to say that in official competitions there is a time-limit:
H1b) Total time allowed for memorising and solving is the sum of: 15 minutes per cube for each cube up to 6 cubes, 10 minutes per cube for each cube more than 6 cubes.

So for 2 cubes the limit is 30 minutes, 3 is 45, 6 = 90, 7 = 100, etc.

not that i'm planning to enter any competitions, but it's good to know anyway,
at least i have something to aim for. i'm gonna set my goal to do 3/3 under 45 minutes once i get an extra cube.

 

[alexc]

3:50 minutes memo for 4 cubes blindfolded. First day of practice since Belgian Open.

Wow... o_0

I got a 1:52.61 3x3 bld!!! I also got a 1:52.84 and a 1:54.xx! Seven times sub-2!

 

[Mike Hughey]

It was a DNF, but somehow it still feels like an accomplishment:

5x5x5 multiBLD: 1/2 (1:12:00.78, about 34 minutes memorization)
Bad cube was off by just 2 wings!!! The worst part is that I executed perfectly. The bad cube had 4 wing cycles (always a pain); I forgot to include cycling back to the first of the cycles in my memorization. So I made no mistakes in execution.

I actually messed up by applying the memorization from the wrong cube on one of my locations. But when I did it, I felt like I might have done that, so I placed it down carefully so I could come back to it. When I got to the second cube, I realized I had indeed used the wrong cube's memorization, so when I finished it I went back to the first one, undid the bad moves (7 pieces!), and then did the correct moves (6 pieces). And I got that cube completely right.

By the way, all these accomplishments by Alex, Pedro, and Joey the last few days are making me feel completely incompetent at 3x3x3 BLD. Great job, guys! Alex, I was as good as you just a week ago, but now I'm not even close.

 

[Lucas Garron]

1:08.25 3x3x3 BLD, no warmup, tired, going slow: B' F' R2 U2 D F' L2 U' B' U2 R2 L B' R' D R L2 U L2 F2 R2 B U B2 D2

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U'RUR'U'RUR' L' RU'R'URU'R'U L
RU2R'U'RU'R'L'U2LUL'UL
D' U'RUR'U'RUR' D2 RU'R'URU'R'U D'
yD'L2'DR2D'L2'DR2y'
z2 RU'R'U2RUR' D RU'R'U2RUR' D' z2'
B'xy LUL'U'L'U'L'ULU y'x'B
L2URUR'U'R'U'R'URL2'
y'L' L2'U'L'U'LULULU'L Ly
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Why can't I do this in comp?

 

[Mike Hughey]

10:01.10 for 4x4x4 BLD. So close - now I know how Joey felt with his 1:00.15 3x3x3 BLD. 5:05 memorization time.

 

[tim]

I was a 3-cycle away from a new UWR. 50 min memo, 1:24 overall time.

 

[Pedro]

21 cubes? O.o

 

[pjk]

10:01.10 for 4x4x4 BLD. So close - now I know how Joey felt with his 1:00.15 3x3x3 BLD. 5:05 memorization time.

Very nice Mike. And you say you don't improve...(or very slow)