Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[Martial]

PB Average of 5: 48.14
1. (DNF(22.01)[21.76]) B' R2 F' L2 F' U2 L2 B2 R2 B' F' R' F' R' U' F2 L' F D2 B2 F
2. 45.37[17.53] U2 L U2 B2 D' F L2 F R' U R2 U R2 D L2 B2 R2 U' B2 D
3. 49.59[15.88] L2 U' L2 U F2 D' L2 B2 D2 F2 U' L' B F D' F2 D' B2 F2 L' R'
4. (45.21[14.42]) L2 D2 R2 U F2 L2 D F2 D2 L2 U L' U R D' L2 F' R' B2 D2 U
5. 49.45[14.38] R2 B2 D2 R2 F2 D2 B' D2 U2 L2 R2 D' L' B U2 F2 D L2 B2 U F2

 

[PianoCube]

I have now learned how to do 4BLD. I'll probably do my first full attempt later today.

Yeah! I just finnished my first 4BLD attempt, and it was a success!

The time was 1:08:46.94. Memo: 50 minutes.

Not bad, considered that I knew near to nothing about big BLD before monday this week.

 

[NevinsCPH]

1:29.36[39.29] F2 B' R2 L' B D2 F2 D' R2 B D B2 U' B2 U' F2 R2 L2 D B2 D
Easy scramble. but still, considered as PB.

 

[CHJ]

1:29.36[39.29] F2 B' R2 L' B D2 F2 D' R2 B D B2 U' B2 U' F2 R2 L2 D B2 D
Easy scramble. but still, considered as PB.

Oh no, i hope you don't give me a hard time aswell for UKO! Although i have got several sub 1:20's today

 

[NevinsCPH]

Oh no, i hope you don't give me a hard time aswell for UKO! Although i have got several sub 1:20's today

Definitely won't, my 3BLD mean is around 1:40~1:50.

 

[Riley]

I feel like I'm posting here too much, but I guess that's also a good thing.

1:37.70 PB average of 12, and another sub 1: 57.70. Very easy scramble, and memo. U2 R2 D2 L2 F2 D2 F2 U2 R' U' B L B' D2 F D' L R

The memo was HeR OTher ElBow NaMe AM CAS for edges. IE QB A for corners.It really stuck, I wish my other memos were this easy.

Also 47/77 success rate so far, which is pretty good for me.

 

[HEART]

I feel like I'm posting here too much, but I guess that's also a good thing.

1:37.70 PB average of 12, and another sub 1: 57.70. Very easy scramble, and memo. U2 R2 D2 L2 F2 D2 F2 U2 R' U' B L B' D2 F D' L R

The memo was HeR OTher ElBow NaMe AM CAS for edges. IE QB A for corners.It really stuck, I wish my other memos were this easy.

Also 47/77 success rate so far, which is pretty good for me.

Wow, Ao12? I usually get DNF paranoia after a Mo3, sometimes i'll do Ao5. It's always good to post here i think, as long as it's fresh, this board feels a bit dead sometimes c:

 

[Riley]

Wow, Ao12? I usually get DNF paranoia after a Mo3, sometimes i'll do Ao5. It's always good to post here i think, as long as it's fresh, this board feels a bit dead sometimes c:

It's a new concept to me too; I think I only got my first one a few days ago, and this is my second or third. I've been doing A LOT of practice in the past few days though, and my memo is becoming more secure. I used to be like you (but I didn't take an arrow to the knee), but hmm... practice helped a lot. Try going at a pace of memorization and solving that feels calm, but not too slow. Slowly push yourself.

 

[HEART]

Right now i'm trying to move onto a different corner method for execution. I understand a bit of BH, here and there, but things like cyclic shifts, as bldmaster calls them are just so odd to me, hard to grasp. I would to 3op, but it sounds really tedious and obnoxious to memo.

 

[Noahaha]

Right now i'm trying to move onto a different corner method for execution. I understand a bit of BH, here and there, but things like cyclic shifts, as bldmaster calls them are just so odd to me, hard to grasp. I would to 3op, but it sounds really tedious and obnoxious to memo.

Don't worry about any of the fancy terms. Pure commutators are all you need to use BH. At first do every cycle as a one or two move setup to an 8-mover. Pretty soon you'll start seeing cancellations into 9 and 11 movers and it will be fun.

 

[speedcuber50]

I'm getting back into it again (sort of). I love blindfold (it's kind of exciting, and rather wierd to actually do), but I couldn't find a memory method that I liked. I'd tried the story method, but failed to come up with good piece associations, then I tried number sequences, and did quite well with that. But, recently, I've been trying the one that I think I remember quickest and recall easiest.

Essentially, I just remember the locations of the pieces! It's really simple and intuitive (I find it more natural). I'm quite good at visualising shapes and remembering patterns, so between these two, I can remember a sequence of four pieces as either a pattern sequence or a shape (like an inset corner, or a straight line). More often, I use both. But it works fairly reliably for up to six pieces in one group (I could only do four with the number system), and I've done a complete cube in four memorisations. Now all I need is to string it all together (it's actually the time, not the quantity of data, that puts me off)...

 

[Riley]

Yet 3 more PB's:

1:17.36 average of 5: 1:22.20, 1:23.67, (1:36.94), (59.75), 1:06.22
1:23.67 average of 12: 1:21.51, 1:07.16, 1:33.79, 1:20.09, (DNF(51.32)), 1:14.48, 1:50.65, 1:22.20, 1:23.67, 1:36.94, (59.75), 1:06.22

If the 51.32 were a success, it would be 1:18.58 average of 12.

And 65/100 success rate. (1:36.12 mean)

 

[NevinsCPH]

I wish I'd get this during UKO in 2 days time.

5BLD PB: 16:27.63[7:37.28]

F2 U Lw2 D Dw' F2 L Bw L2 Lw D Bw Fw2 F2 B' Lw2 D Fw' R2 B' Lw2 R2 Fw' Bw2 Dw' D2 L2 Bw' Lw U D2 Lw' Fw Rw Bw' U Fw2 U' Uw2 B' U2 F2 U Rw Uw U Dw2 F' U R' Bw' U L' Bw2 Uw' R2 L2 Dw Uw' Rw2

Not sure whether its an easy scramble or not but I find it easy memo-ing, maybe because I'm just out of the shower so I'm feeling fresh.

 

[HEART]

New Mo3 PB. I prefer Mo3's more than Ao5's, because iirc competitions use Mo3 right? Not Ao5?

Mo3 1:57.83 Sub-2 finally :>

 

[Julian]

New Mo3 PB. I prefer Mo3's more than Ao5's, because iirc competitions use Mo3 right? Not Ao5?

Mo3 1:57.83 Sub-2 finally :>

Competitions don't use Mo3 of Ao5, they use best of 3.

 

[christmasx2]

First timed BLD Solve (4th overall) 13 min 29.15 seconds, using Old Pochman.

 

[HEART]

Oh i see, so you do 3 solves and they use the best? No wonder they don't have anything more than your single times on the WCA records and stuff. I wish they'd post all the solves though :/

 

[Noahaha]

Oh i see, so you do 3 solves and they use the best? No wonder they don't have anything more than your single times on the WCA records and stuff. I wish they'd post all the solves though :/

All solves are posted on your profile and on the competition page. It's just that only your best solve represents your ranking.

 

[PianoCube]

New PB 3BLD: 4:14.14
Scramble: U' B2 U' L2 R2 B2 U R2 D' F2 L F U2 B F' L' F' R F2 U' L2 (4th scramble from this weeks blindfold race)

I have just switched form visual to audio memo for corners, and it seems like it helps, although it feels a bit uncomfortable and weird right now.

 

[Riley]

This is getting ridiculously awesome.

I just got this 1:19.76, 1:41.38, 1:19.24, 59.82, DNF(57.83), 1:11.79, 58.78, 1:18.61, 1:12.22, but I have to leave now, so I'll continue later. The 57 was off by 3 corners.

In there is a 1:09.73 Mo3 and 1:10.07 average of 5, both PB's.