Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[alexc]

1/3 in 9:39 with 5:42 memo. I will try again later.


--EDIT--
3/3 in 11:06.68. (7:10 memo) I'm happy.

 

[joey]

2/3 10:34.34

First cube, was off by 2 misoriented corners and parity.
I tried to use letters, but gave up and used visual for all. I was trying to make words from 4 letters, but as DanCohen suggested I'll try pairs next time. This is my first attempt at using all visual for 3 cubes.

The letters for the first cube was like
CPBZ MUJH ER
But I remember it visually anyway!

 

[joey]

1/3 7:29.21
#1 correct
#2 off by parity
#3 completly messed up edges

I used full visual, next time I'll try letters. (It's always 'next time')

ps: sorry for double post, but I feel this is worthy.

 

[alexc]

1:25.78 3x3 bld! Non lucky, but very easy.

 

[Mike Hughey]

1/3 7:29.21
#1 correct
#2 off by parity
#3 completly messed up edges

I used full visual, next time I'll try letters. (It's always 'next time')

ps: sorry for double post, but I feel this is worthy.

Wow - that's fast!

 

[martijn_cube]

for me a bit of an accomplishment:
did my first semi-blind solve.
did the scramble, wrote down the solution(with the corresponding algs), then i did the solution without looking at the cube, and it was solved
so not yet a real blindsolve, but getting closer. it's really fun to do

question: i solve the edges first and then the corners, most of the time i see it the other way around, does it matter anything?

 

[joey]

2/3 10:28.47

#3 two misoriented corners.

I used letter pairs for the edges of the first two cubes (visual for the last), and visual for all corners. This felt like a good attempt.

 

[tim]

I solved a 3x3x3 "blindfolded" while riding my bicycle. I solved behind my back and didn't touch the handlebars even during memo. The time was probably about 2:30.

 

[joey]

0/4 19:49.58
#1 Off by parity
#2 5 corners wrong, 2 edges wrong
#3 4 misoriented edges, parity off
#4 4 corners wrong...12 edges wrong (I used visual for this, I should have solved it first)

Well, that wasn't as bad/hard as I would have thought.

 

[alexc]

4/4 in 16:45 with 8:25 memo. I was hoping for under 15 minutes, but this is good enough for now.

 

[joey]

4/4 in 16:45 with 8:25 memo. I was hoping for under 15 minutes, but this is good enough for now.

Thanks alex, way to post that under my 0/4!
How are you memoing alex? Is it images? (I've forgotten about your memo system, ironic )

 

[Mike Hughey]

2:07.33 3x3x3 BLD!

F U' D' B' U B' L' F' B2 L U L2 F' D B L' F' R2 F2 U2 R D L' U R

A mind-bogglingly easy scramble for M2 + 3-cycle corners OP. I guess it shouldn't count as lucky, should it?

I knew it was only a matter of time before I had a much faster solve - this method is very fast, but I'm still getting used to it. This is the first time everything came together - an easy scramble, solid memo, execution with few mistakes. I actually paused for about 3 seconds when I was finished because I couldn't believe I hadn't forgotten something - it should have been sub-2:05. And my execution was still somewhat flawed - sub-2 was certainly possible for me if I had been luckier with my execution.

Joey, Alex said a while back that he was using a letter pair image memory system.

 

[dChan]

Several 9:xx.xx solves including my new PB of 9:01.66. I also nearly got a 7:xx.xx but I was off by one edge cycle. I changed my method back to regular 3-cycles(I was trying out Freestyle) but I think I will change it to M2 Edge/3-Cycle Corners with orientation. I have actually been looking at M2/R2 for the past week and when I saw that SwordsmanKirby was using M2 for edges but with orientation I finally decided to switch over(I guess only partially switching over, because I'll still be doing orientation).

Yay, I have ten success under my belt now! Hopefulyl I get get sub-8s before San Diego 2008.

 

[joey]

You don't need to take that long. I am telling you, you can go a lot faster, don't worry/think about it, just do it.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Hey, I'm getting better!

2:06.20 3x3x3 BLD! (My best before today was 2:18.)

Scramble:
L D2 R2 D2 U2 F R2 U L' U2 L' F2 B L' F2 U D2 R' L2 B' F' R F B2 R2

It even had parity!

Awesome Daniel on your 10 successful solves! I agree with Joey - you can go a lot faster. I would suggest you shoot for a goal of 3 minutes to memorize. As Joey says, just do it. If you can do that, 6 minutes should be fairly easy to get. Then you can cut back on your memo times and your solve times will go with it. In 2 weeks, I bet you can get sub-5 anyway.

 

[joey]

Nice Mike! Sub-2 by the end of today I hope!
I'm giving the same sort of advice to you, just do it! We both know you are more then capable of it!

 

[Mike Hughey]

Nice Mike! Sub-2 by the end of today I hope!
I'm giving the same sort of advice to you, just do it! We both know you are more then capable of it!

Thanks, Joey - I can taste it, it's so close! If I can do 2:06.20 with parity, I can certainly do sub-2 without. There was really nothing lucky about that scramble. And there were minor delays in that solve, too. Sub-2 seems very achievable now.

My accuracy was pretty rotten today, though - about 50%. I guess that's necessary if I want to get faster.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Sorry for the double post - I wanted to make sure Joey sees this.

Joey, maybe this is wimpy of me, but I'm considering your challenge officially accomplished:

1:57.48 3x3x3 BLD!

Maybe wimpy because according to the UWR rules, it's technically lucky. Just 4 corners to permute. Scramble is from this week's multiBLD list:
13. B R2 U' B R B2 L' U' B2 F2 R2 U2 B2 F' L2 R' D2 U B L' R2 F2 R2 B2 F2

Still, I don't care if it's lucky - I got a sub-2!!! I can't believe I got 3 sub-2:10 solves in one day!

 

[joey]

Mike, I stayed up especially to see if you would post another time! (It's 0030am, I should go to bed, I have school soon!)
CONGRATS! I knew you could do it, I just wandered why you hadn't sooner! I'm actually buzzing right now! I can't imagine how you're feeling!

ps: I DNF'd it, by parity. 1:28.55, CO throws me off. I need to get better at it.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Mike, I stayed up especially to see if you would post another time! (It's 0030am, I should go to bed, I have school soon!)
CONGRATS! I knew you could do it, I just wandered why you hadn't sooner! I'm actually buzzing right now! I can't imagine how you're feeling!

ps: I DNF'd it, by parity. 1:28.55, CO throws me off. I need to get better at it.

I'm on a pretty big high. To shave 21 seconds off my personal best in one day is pretty unbelievable, especially when I've been stuck around 2:30 for several months.