Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[Cubenovice]

iSolve, that's actually pretty cool, I don't of know of many people who are around 1 minute for 3x3 speed that can do BLD.

I guess you are right but why exactly is this?

I am a slow cuber myself but I can BLD and get sub 30 FMC results.
Do you think that beginning or slow cubers are intimidated by events they think are for experts only and thus do not attempt them?

As BLD can be done with knowledge of no more than 3 algs (T-, Y- and R-perm for OP) you might even argue that learning BLD is easier then learning to solve a cube sighted.

 

[theace]

Rather close to my PB. This is the first time I decided to record a BLD practice session

 

[Micael]

14/15 Multi-Bld in 1:46:29 (Memo: 1:20:09)

Woo, very nice!

5/5 in 10:30 (6:00 memo). Sub-10 here i come .

Out of range, as usual.

 

[Zane_C]

14/15 Multi-Bld in 1:46:29 (Memo: 1:20:09)

Damn, so close to being the first to complete the competition. Still an impressive attempt!

Finally did a blind solve successfully. It took forever though. It took 10 minutes and 36 seconds or so.

The time for a first success shouldn't be of concern, congratulations! :tu

5/5 in 10:30 (6:00 memo). Sub-10 here i come .

Very fast!
I use to do loads of 5 cube attempts, but with terrible accuracy. The best full-attempt times I got were sub-11, however my pb for 5/5 is 41:44 lol.

4x4: 5:56 (2:55 memo). That beats my previous PB by over a minute! o_O

Nice, hopefully sub-5 isn't too far away.

 

[RyanReese09]

Average of 12: 1:41.86
1. 1:12.36
2. (DNF(1:29.40))
3. 3:42.69[what. the hell]
4. 1:23.47
5. 2:03.40[....]
6. 1:19.16
7. 1:36.41
8. (1:05.66)
9. 1:11.93
10. 1:34.00
11. 1:16.69
12. 1:38.52

Scrambles 54-65 of BLD race.

Got it to ao13..still going.
14...going.

Stopped at ao15. Went slower, as you can probably tell, halfway through, due ot me realizing this could be an epic average.

Spoiler

Average of 15: 1:40.21
1. 1:12.36
2. (DNF(1:29.40))
3. 3:42.69[what. the hell]
4. 1:23.47
5. 2:03.40[....]
6. 1:19.16
7. 1:36.41
8. (1:05.66)
9. 1:11.93
10. 1:34.00
11. 1:16.69
12. 1:38.52
13. 1:39.09
14. 1:47.45
15. 1:17.61[very freestyle. first U2 and pureflip with the buffer. U2, then zperm the top to solve the two edges. then i solved the corners, setup into pure sune twist, did that. then edges. very surprised success, because of teh way i solved the cube]

Edit-Finished the ao100 for the BLD race thread. 58/100. Did 55 solves today. Never done close to that amount before. Am absolutely EXHAUSTED.

 

[cuboy63]

10:37.54 5x5 Blindfolded (Sub NAR).
Scramble: Dw Fw2 R D' L D Rw B2 Dw2 Lw U2 Lw F' B2 U' B U R2 L' U' B Rw2 B2 Bw Dw U' F2 Lw' Dw Lw2 L' F' Fw' Lw Bw2 Uw2 B' D' Dw Rw' Dw' Fw' R Fw' F R' Fw2 F Uw Fw2 D' R Lw Rw' Uw2 Bw2 R' L' U2 R
Memo was probably around 3:20.
All aspects of this solve were really fast for me and it was a pretty easy scramble.
Usually, I'm quite a bit slower.
Also, my success rate is really bad.
What is your PB and what are your memo and execution splits, Chris?

 

[Julian]

10:37.54 5x5 Blindfolded (Sub NAR).
Scramble: Dw Fw2 R D' L D Rw B2 Dw2 Lw U2 Lw F' B2 U' B U R2 L' U' B Rw2 B2 Bw Dw U' F2 Lw' Dw Lw2 L' F' Fw' Lw Bw2 Uw2 B' D' Dw Rw' Dw' Fw' R Fw' F R' Fw2 F Uw Fw2 D' R Lw Rw' Uw2 Bw2 R' L' U2 R
Memo was probably around 3:20.
All aspects of this solve were really fast for me and it was a pretty easy scramble.
Usually, I'm quite a bit slower.
Also, my success rate is really bad.
What is your PB and what are your memo and execution splits, Chris?

Wow.

Fast memo compared to execution.

 

[cuboy63]

Wow.

Fast memo compared to execution.

I had a couple of delays during execution.

 

[Julian]

After my 1:38 DNF (), I got a 1:54.75 success
Ye sub-2

 

[cmhardw]

10:37.54 5x5 Blindfolded (Sub NAR).
Scramble: Dw Fw2 R D' L D Rw B2 Dw2 Lw U2 Lw F' B2 U' B U R2 L' U' B Rw2 B2 Bw Dw U' F2 Lw' Dw Lw2 L' F' Fw' Lw Bw2 Uw2 B' D' Dw Rw' Dw' Fw' R Fw' F R' Fw2 F Uw Fw2 D' R Lw Rw' Uw2 Bw2 R' L' U2 R
Memo was probably around 3:20.
All aspects of this solve were really fast for me and it was a pretty easy scramble.
Usually, I'm quite a bit slower.
Also, my success rate is really bad.
What is your PB and what are your memo and execution splits, Chris?

Wow, cuboy63 nice solve! Your memorization times are absolutely insane! I think you will get sub-10 very soon!

For my 12:59 NAR my memo time was ~8:05 and my solving phase was ~4:55. My personal best solve at home is 9:49.10 and I have no idea what the splits were in that solve.

To be honest, I really don't know what my splits usually are as I try to not look at the timer after memorizing. If I remember correctly my memo:solving ratio is ideally somewhere between 1.5:1 and 1.25:1 when I'm using my synergistic memo/solving pace. I do know that my best solving phase times are sub-5 mins and that my best memo times are approximately 5:30 or low 5:00mins. So my 9:49 was probably ~5:00mins memo and 4:45mins solving.

 

[Rpotts]

R B D' F' U L' R' F U2 L B2 F R2 B2 U2 F B' R U B2 L D2 B2 D F2

1:31.07 3 solved corners and 2 solved edges

I got a 1:54.55, my first sub2 attempt. Very easy corners made that solve, my edge memo wasn't that fast, and I almost missed a final 2 cycle.

FaceBook DaS PharaoH CoW TeaL YeN edge memo. Then just memo'd 4 easy corner shots visually and had good execution. Still had a 2flip edges at the end (still never learned the M slice algs for M2 )

 

[Zane_C]

10:37.54 5x5 Blindfolded (Sub NAR).
Scramble: Dw Fw2 R D' L D Rw B2 Dw2 Lw U2 Lw F' B2 U' B U R2 L' U' B Rw2 B2 Bw Dw U' F2 Lw' Dw Lw2 L' F' Fw' Lw Bw2 Uw2 B' D' Dw Rw' Dw' Fw' R Fw' F R' Fw2 F Uw Fw2 D' R Lw Rw' Uw2 Bw2 R' L' U2 R
Memo was probably around 3:20.
All aspects of this solve were really fast for me and it was a pretty easy scramble.
Usually, I'm quite a bit slower.
Also, my success rate is really bad.
What is your PB and what are your memo and execution splits, Chris?

Wat. :tu

 

[cuboy63]

9:35.36 5x5 Blindfolded (Sub 10 and Sub WR).

 

[cmhardw]

9:35.36 5x5 Blindfolded (Sub 10 and Sub WR).

Congrats! :tu

 

[Ville Seppänen]

Pff, bet you didn't have a 40s lockup in there.

 

[Julian]

9:35.36 5x5 Blindfolded (Sub 10 and Sub WR).

Wow, Bill, congrats! Tell me you're going to New Brunswick.

 

[Zane_C]

9:35.36 5x5 Blindfolded (Sub 10 and Sub WR).

Nice!

 

[cuboy63]

Wow, Bill, congrats! Tell me you're going to New Brunswick.

Thanks. Are you going?
Btw, I got the 5x5 Blindfolded solve on video.

 

[Julian]

Thanks. Are you going?
Btw, I got the 5x5 Blindfolded solve on video.

I hope, but it doesn't seem likely at this point.

 

[RyanReese09]

In Anki (flashcard memory program) I documented all 378 BH corner algs with a speed optimized alg (done by just giving a letter pair to denote the 3 cycle)

Courtesy goes to aronpm. Huge help. I wouldn't have been able to finish without him.

Round of claps for: joey, Robert Yau, and David Woner.

I think that was everyone. But now time to memorize . Oh. And I'm going to attempt to get back into multi. First attempt since my fail will be tomorrow morning . 11 cubes. Aiming for sub50.