Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[porkynator]

1:12.79
1 flipped edge, 2 twisted corner... is that lucky?

 

[freshcuber]

I was wondering if anyone other than stephen pochman has done a megaminx BLD
I did the 15 puzzle once during October in daylight savings time, and got a time of 10:30.25 (-49:29.75 if you include shotaro's negative time solving)

I know Mike Hughey has and probably Chris Hardwick as well but outside those three I don't know.

 

[Mike Hughey]

I know Mike Hughey has and probably Chris Hardwick as well but outside those three I don't know.

I don't believe Chris has. But Ryosuke Mondo, István Kocza, and Chris Brownlee all have - they are all faster than me at it. There may be more, but those are the ones I know of for sure.

 

[Rpotts]

BRINDFORD SUCCESSUUUUUUUUUUUUU!

5:51.31 no parity, one flipped edge, one solved edge, one solved corner. M2/Yperm

edge memo was AK SB FB DP CD - AK 47s sobbed on Facebook with dr pepper CD

corners were nice, one 6 cycle starting with DRB DRF DLF which was very nice and easy to memo.

it's around my 7th or 8th try today, lots of stupid close ones like 2 flips or 2 twists. only 3 days after first FULL attempt (3 months after first beginning to learn.)

 

[Julian]

Congrats Rpotts, I remember how good the first success felt

On another note, I just got a new PB of 2:47.98

 

[amostay2004]

Finally decided to do some 3BLD practice. Probably my 2nd or 3rd best avg5. The session was 6/10 solved though

Average of 5: 46.53
1. 49.58 F' U2 L2 F' L2 D2 U B2 F2 L2 U R D B D' R D2 B D2 U R' F L' D U2
2. (40.41) F B' R U' B R D2 U B2 L R D' R2 D U L' B2 F' U' R2 U B2 F R2 F
3. 46.44 R D' F2 D2 L R2 U F2 L2 R' F2 D L' R U2 D R D L2 U F U B2 D' U
4. 43.58 L2 B2 F2 U2 L U' D B' F' R2 D' L2 D2 B2 D F R' B' D' F U' B' L F' B'
5. (DNF(55.19)) F2 L2 F U2 F' R D' R D R F' R2 U D' L2 R' U2 B' U' D' R F' R' B F

 

[KYLOL]

Well, Today I had a big time jump in my solving times. Lots of DNFs due to small mistakes, but Normally I would be averaging 1:55-2:00 or so.
1:28.20, DNF1:29.58, DNF1:47.49, 1:33.22, DNF1:47.76

 

[Rpotts]

SECOND BRINDFORD SUCCESSUUUUUU

4:27.37 (2:03 edge memo)

FK QW LD CP SI
**** Queer Women LaD CoP SIgh

nice single 6 cycle of corners.

a minute and a half drop between first and second success.

 

[cmhardw]

I don't believe Chris has. But Ryosuke Mondo, István Kocza, and Chris Brownlee all have - they are all faster than me at it. There may be more, but those are the ones I know of for sure.

No, I definitely have not ever done megaminx BLD. That would cause my brain to explode, I'm pretty sure.

 

[Julian]

New PB of 2:23.68

Scramble: R2 F' R' U' R B F' U F2 D' R' D2 U2 B' R U2 D F2 R' U2 R' B2 U2 R F2
Go try it

 

[Mike Hughey]

New PB of 2:23.68

Scramble: R2 F' R' U' R B F' U F2 D' R' D2 U2 B' R U2 D F2 R' U2 R' B2 U2 R F2
Go try it

I tried it and got 1:30.55. It didn't seem very easy, actually - I was surprised I did that well on it. (Shows that it's probably best to think a scramble is easy before you do it - you might do better because of it.) Did you think it was an easy scramble?

 

[d4m4s74]

OMFG finally a successful blindsolve. Because I forgot part of my memo it took a while longer (trying to remember it from visual memory) but I did it.
Edge memo: Rich John, Let's Stop. Grab My ViDeO. A Flying Mofo.corner memo transcribed to letters. URF RBD RFU RUB DLF UFL DBL UBR, scramble unknown because I hand-scrambled it.

 

[TMOY]

I tried it and got 1:30.55. It didn't seem very easy, actually - I was surprised I did that well on it. (Shows that it's probably best to think a scramble is easy before you do it - you might do better because of it.) Did you think it was an easy scramble?

Got 1:44.59 on it, didn't find it particularly easy either.

 

[Julian]

I tried it and got 1:30.55. It didn't seem very easy, actually - I was surprised I did that well on it. (Shows that it's probably best to think a scramble is easy before you do it - you might do better because of it.) Did you think it was an easy scramble?

Got 1:44.59 on it, didn't find it particularly easy either.

It's probably because of my solve orientation, very easy memo for me.

Right now I'm memoing ~6 edges visual, the rest with letter grouping. The first 6 edges were incredibly easy visual, and the rest of my memo was IMFSA (I'm fast A). Corners were also pretty easy.

 

[rcnrcn927]

3x3 BLD Edges in 2:49.64(Yeah, this isn't much of an accomplishment to a lot of you, but I am finally actually trying to improve my memory for BLD, so it's nice for me(smiley emoticon))!

3x3 BLD Corners in 1:55.58(I'd done a 2x2 before, but this is still harder)(same as above)!

EDIT(3 hours later): First ever BLD solve! Been trying intermittently for years, and I finally got it! You've just got to get a memo method that works, and then it's as easy as everyone says. Scramble: F' L2 D R F2 B' D' B2 L D2 F' U2 R B2 R F U' F' U2 F2 L' F U2 D' F. Time: 7:56.66

 

[theace]

6:42.xx - New PB on 3 BLD. I did it while on the train to college during rush hour. The ones who have sen the Western Railways in Mumbai would have an idea of how hard it must've been lol

First ever BLD solve! Been trying intermittently for years, and I finally got it! You've just got to get a memo method that works, and then it's as easy as everyone says. Scramble: F' L2 D R F2 B' D' B2 L D2 F' U2 R B2 R F U' F' U2 F2 L' F U2 D' F. Time: 7:56.66

Congrats dude! Welcome to teh club!

 

[NeedReality]

Got a 4:59.74 BLD solve (3x3) at about 1 this morning. New PB for me (and obviously first sub-5 haha). I just learned M2 for edges, so I guess my memo is getting faster now since execution was probably slower than usual.

 

[RyanReese09]

6/7 in 48:19.95

Faster then my 6 cube attempt. I made 2 more rooms, for a total of 5, and that definately speeded up memo a lot. I think I'll make 3 more rooms and try 8 again next Saturday.

Anyone else slow down when on the final cubes? I find that my brain gets slower at getting the images to stick during memo as time goes on. Wasn't so evident here as much but..yeah.

The one I missed I slipped on my setup and I was fumbling trying to remember what moves I did and in the end I know I screwed up so I didn't bother executing it. Was in the very beginning of the cube.

Can't wait to sub NAR .

 

[ilikecubing]

6:42.xx - New PB on 3 BLD. I did it while on the train to college during rush hour. The ones who have sen the Western Railways in Mumbai would have an idea of how hard it must've been lol

lolz yeah those local trains of Bombay. it must av been so hard in the crowd,hardly any space to sit and of course the hot weather.Thats cool indeed,nice to see your determination ,keep up the good work.

My advice : come to Delhi...the air conditioned metro trains here are just awesome for cubing

 

[Zane_C]

EDIT(3 hours later): First ever BLD solve! Been trying intermittently for years, and I finally got it! You've just got to get a memo method that works, and then it's as easy as everyone says. Scramble: F' L2 D R F2 B' D' B2 L D2 F' U2 R B2 R F U' F' U2 F2 L' F U2 D' F. Time: 7:56.66

Congratulations!

6/7 in 48:19.95

Faster then my 6 cube attempt. I made 2 more rooms, for a total of 5, and that definately speeded up memo a lot. I think I'll make 3 more rooms and try 8 again next Saturday.

Nice, multi BLD improvement can be quite rapid, I see more cubes to come.

Anyone else slow down when on the final cubes? I find that my brain gets slower at getting the images to stick during memo as time goes on. Wasn't so evident here as much but..yeah.

I usually start off really slow, and get faster as I memo more cubes.