Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

Mike Hughey said:
joey said:
I got another sub-60!
52.47

I'm happy for the moment, but I need more of them, so I can basically average sub-60! (excluding DNF's of course :p)
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Wow - just wow! You'll be matching Rowe's times soon. I can't wait to see your first sub-40. :)
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Mike! Congrats on the Stackmat 4x4x4 BLD solve! ["Stackmat!"]

Joey, same thing congrats on the crazy sub-60's! You're a machine! ;-)

Chris
 
Sorry to hog this thread lately, but I have one more:

5x5x5 multiBLD: 2/2 (1:11:40.76, 41:30 mem)!

I did it! I wish it had been faster, but part of the problem is that I started it just 10 minutes after I woke up (bathroom break, scramble the cubes, then go), so I was a bit slow at first memorizing. It was pretty nice seeing two perfect Eastsheen 5x5x5s right next to each other when I was done!

Chris: Thanks! I'm looking forward to the time when I have enough confidence to actually try one on a stackmat. That's my next big milestone, I think. :)
 
Nice average pedro! I might have to try get another average now :P why did you do this to me :P

I've done 3 BLDs so far today! 2/3 have been sub60 :D

So far my sub60 count:
(57.81) (52.47) 56.53 54.91
 
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25:14 DNF :(
Looks like only one mistake during T-centers, maybe. (4 mid-centers off by m2, 2-2 wing swap, and 6 T-centers bad.) 11ish memo (completely visual).

(Interestingly, this means that the 4x4x4 part of it is solved. :p )

Sigh... someday...
 
New blindcubing PB: 1:34.50! Non lucky but very easy. :) 2 permuted but flipped edges, 1 permuted corner, and 4 correctly oriented corners. Next time will be sub 1:30! :D

That time is part of my first successful average of 10 blindfolded.

2:10.69 2:07.08 2:04.08 2:30.66 2:17.91 1:58.75 2:00.72 (DNF) 2:18.15 (1:34.50) 2:30.84 2:02.13

= 2:12.10 :)
 
Okay, this may seem silly because it's so slow, but after seeing Alexander Yu's spectacular performance in BLD, I was inspired to give M2 another try. This time, I just stuck with 3-cycling corners with separate orientation for them. Previously, my best time for M2 was about 5:30, and that was a somewhat easy scramble. Now my best time with M2 is 3:22.84. Still about a minute slower than my fastest 3-cycle solves, but I was able to use my letter pairs to memorize (instead of visual), and still got a time like this! That means it's practical to use for multiBLD, so I may start trying it soon. Right now, I still make too many mistakes with flipped edges, so I need to get my accuracy better with it, but it's nice to finally have it for an option. I think I can cut a minute or more per cube off my times with this, if I can just get accurate with it.

M2 is finally starting to make sense to me; it's a lot more fun now! I'm not exactly sure what changed, but all of a sudden it just clicked, and now it makes sense.
 
Wow, Joey, amazing!

My latest: 8:21.41 4x4x4 BLD.

Only problem is, it was lucky. I was so excited: I was finished memorizing and double-checking all the edges and centers, and the timer was still at 3:45; I was sure this was going to be a new personal best. The edges and centers were fairly normal except that the edges were positioned such that each piece didn't have far to travel, so it was very quick to find the next position for each. So then I started memorizing the corners, and to my dismay, only 3 of them were out of place. "Officially" a lucky scramble. :( I figure I wasted at least 5 seconds at that point being disappointed.

Here it is, if anyone wants to try it:
D2 u U2 L' r R2 u L' R' u2 R' D' U' L r' R D2 F2 D L' r2 R' f' D' u2 U2 B L r2 u U r' R' f' F' D2 u U' L2 U

(I got it from the official WCA scrambler.)
 
I'm horrible at BLD now...

1:36.71, 1:38.25, 1:16.88+, 1:28.64, POP, 1:26.82, DNF, 1:27.01, DNF, 1:24.20, 1:31.57, 1:23.83, 1:31.83, 1:18.97, 1:12.00, DNF, DNF, 1:35.34, (1:02.64), 1:46.09, DNF, 1:33.32, DNF, DNF, 1:29.22, DNF, 2:31.82, DNF, 1:54.49, 1:18.45, 1:39.74, 1:13.79, DNF, DNF, DNF, POP

22/36 (only 36, note), not nearly enough streaks for an average, and I only went on because of occasional fast times. Mistakes and amnesia got worse toward the end.

First pop was during final T-perm and ended up with the popped edge flipped (1:19.44), but even counting that as a success is not enough, due to some really stupid mistakes...

Best avg5 is 1:31.57, 1:23.83, (1:31.83), 1:18.97, (1:12.00) > 1:26.79

All 3OP, visual memo.
 
Since Lucas posted his 5x5 bld attempt, here's mine:

23 minutes (8:30 memo, 2:50 memo T-centers...). DNF.
I screwed up the 4x4 edge parity fix (which was my last algorithm). The cube would've been solved, if i didn't make this mistake... :(.
I had to execute slowly, because i did this attempt while traveling by train and i didn't want to disturb the other passengers ;).
 
I just had my first successful Blindfold in math class this day, memorized half of the break and solved under the table ^^ ok, the teacher doesn't care at all.
I got back to the idea last night, I just had to make me memorized the letters for the edges, I used old Pochmann method and I will try to get better.
Got to mail Ron, maybe he can add me to that category at the german open.
 
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