Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[drewsopchak]

Average of 5: 34.45
1. 33.73[7.75] F L2 F D2 U2 F2 U2 L2 D2 R2 F R' F' U' F2 U B2 R' F2 L
2. (33.34[10.02]) F2 L' F2 L2 B2 R F2 L' D2 F2 R' U' F2 L' D2 R' U2 F L' U R2
3. 34.59[9.21] R' D2 L F2 D2 R U2 F2 L2 B2 L B F' L2 D' B2 U L' F R2
4. 35.03[10.33] F L D' L D' B2 D' L U B2 D' L2 U' R2 D2 F2
5. (DNF(42.62)[10.20]) U2 L' D2 R F2 L' B2 R B2 U2 L2 U' B' R F' R2 D U2 F L'

What memo do you use?

 

[porkynator]

What memo do you use?

I use the same method for both corners and edges, it's mostly audio memo, sometimes I make pairs of letters, sometimes I memorize them in groups of 3-4, or make some short words.

 

[Mike Hughey]

I use the same method for both corners and edges, it's mostly audio memo, sometimes I make pairs of letters, sometimes I memorize them in groups of 3-4, or make some short words.

I am fascinated by how many of the really fast BLD solvers seem to have a memo system much like this - not very structured, usually audio, with some flexibility rather than a strict and precise system.

 

[drewsopchak]

I am fascinated by how many of the really fast BLD solvers seem to have a memo system much like this - not very structured, usually audio, with some flexibility rather than a strict and precise system.

It must become very natural for them to memo so fast. It must become "structured" with practice I guess.

 

[Mike Hughey]

It must become very natural for them to memo so fast. It must become "structured" with practice I guess.

I suspect that it is, but I find it fascinating that so many fast people tend to have descriptions like that, which at least seem (based on the descriptions) to be unstructured.

 

[AbstractAlg]

Might be a bit stupid, but my fastest memo times are also full sound memos, both edges and corners. For edges in pairs of 2 or 4, sometimes even 6.
I say it might sound stupid, because my "fastest" times are ~14sec.

Speaking of which, while doing sound memo, you actually recognize the piece and convert it to letter, immediately spoken in your head, and doing for all the pieces quickly one by one, it can be done extremely quick (as we all know from WR and so..), and the only, eventually, faster method would be to directly remember the position/piece - so pure visual, but I think there's no real man capable of doing full visual in time lower than those needed for sound, just because visual remembering piece caries much more informations like sticker color, relative/absolute positioning,.. than simple, single letter.

Meaning, overall - sound rocks!

 

[megaminxwin]

SUB-5 YEAH

4:37.30[2:10.40] U' L2 F2 L2 F2 D2 R2 D U2 R2 U' B D2 B' D2 L2 R' F R2 D R'

3OP for corners, M2 for edges. Quite the lucky scramble (seriously, try it), but I'm still counting it as my PB. WHOOP

 

[aronpm]

I am fascinated by how many of the really fast BLD solvers seem to have a memo system much like this - not very structured, usually audio, with some flexibility rather than a strict and precise system.

I think that the lack of structure in my memo is what allows me to memorise easily. Because I can basically do whatever I want, I can avoid awkward memo by memorising something a bit different

 

[drewsopchak]

I think that the lack of structure in my memo is what allows me to memorise easily. Because I can basically do whatever I want, I can avoid awkward memo by memorising something a bit different

Doesn't Zane use a very structured memo?

 

[Jaycee]

Probably, for MultiBLD.

 

[amostay2004]

Yay

4:16.61 official 4BLD.

First success in comp and AsR =) Also PB single evarr
Been practising for the past month..my successes range around 5-6mins with a PB of 4:35 so this was really unexpected

Easy scramble though.
R D2 Uw' Fw2 F2 Rw R B Fw2 Rw R2 B2 L' Uw B D F2 D' Uw2 F D' U L B2 L' Fw D Uw2 Fw R2 F D2 U' Rw' Fw' L2 Uw' R2 B' Fw

8 centres solved, 2 corners solved (1 misoriented). Edges were decent. I'd reconstruct but I don't see a point =P Just freestyle corners, comm centres, r2 edges, no advanced tricks whatsoever.

After memo it was about 2:03 so that is very fast execution for me.

 

[rubiksarlen]

Yay

4:16.61 official 4BLD.

First success in comp and AsR =) Also PB single evarr
Been practising for the past month..my successes range around 5-6mins with a PB of 4:35 so this was really unexpected

Easy scramble though.
R D2 Uw' Fw2 F2 Rw R B Fw2 Rw R2 B2 L' Uw B D F2 D' Uw2 F D' U L B2 L' Fw D Uw2 Fw R2 F D2 U' Rw' Fw' L2 Uw' R2 B' Fw

8 centres solved, 2 corners solved (1 misoriented). Edges were decent. I'd reconstruct but I don't see a point =P Just freestyle corners, comm centres, r2 edges, no advanced tricks whatsoever.

After memo it was about 2:03 so that is very fast execution for me.

If I'm not wrong there was a whole yellow center solved rite?

 

[amostay2004]

If I'm not wrong there was a whole yellow center solved rite?

No just 2 yellow centres

 

[rubiksarlen]

Anyway why did you DNS the second solve?

 

[Sebastien]

Because he got overall PB by 20 seconds and didn't feel like doing another solve as it would most likely be worse?

 

[amostay2004]

Yeah what Sebastien said. It wasn't a DNS though..I memo-ed for 2 minutes and I just didn't feel like finishing the solving anymore so I DNF-ed =P

 

[rubiksarlen]

Because he got overall PB by 20 seconds and didn't feel like doing another solve as it would most likely be worse?

He started the second solve already and gave up halfway thru memo.

EDIT: ninja'd

 

[AbstractAlg]

Yay

4:16.61 official 4BLD.

Nice, great time. Congrats!

 

[jorgeskm]

(50.77) U2 B2 L' D2 L2 B2 R D2 F2 L D2 F U L2 R2 F U2 F U' L2 D2
PB, 3OP and M2.

 

[Damien Porter]

First successful blind solve of a 3x3x3

(Not timed)