Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[Escher]

Omg wtf???

Those videos were my inspiration.

You guys ought to know by now that getting UWR times in BLD is cursed...

 

[qqwref]

It does seem like there is a lot of high-stakes emotional stuff going on in the BLD community. Fast rises to the top, sudden disappearances or hobby changes from world-class people, and even the occasional cheater. I wonder why.

 

[Zane_C]

@Ollie: Very interesting, thanks for the insights.

(PS he's deleted all his cubing videos :/ any idea why?)

No idea, [speculation]maybe he just wanted to move on from cubing and forget it[/speculation]. I feel a hint of nostalgia reflecting back on the days of aronpm.

It does seem like there is a lot of high-stakes emotional stuff going on in the BLD community. Fast rises to the top, sudden disappearances or hobby changes from world-class people, and even the occasional cheater. I wonder why.

Indeed.

 

[aronpm]

(PS he's deleted all his cubing videos :/ any idea why?)

I made them private because for some dumb reason I still use 'aronpm' as a name in some places (herp derp privacy etc).

I definitely don't want to 'move on' from cubing, the community is awesome even if I don't solve any more. (I spent a couple months away from IRC but the other community I was in just isn't as cool as everyone in #rubik )

The videos are unlisted now (at least the good ones) so you can still watch them if you check the threads: http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/s...6329&starteronly=1&contenttype=vBForum_Thread


btw if anyone wants to add me on GW1/GW2 send me a PM :tu

 

[Ollie]

Video up:

Spoiler

I made them private because for some dumb reason I still use 'aronpm' as a name in some places (herp derp privacy etc)

Fair enough

 

[TheNextFeliks]

Yeah. 4th success. 6:25.xx Not PB but still a success. Next solve was really close too but missed it.

 

[Zane_C]

29.73 3BLD PB, first sub 30

Woooo! I see more to come from you. :tu

28.60 R2 F R2 L F2 R D L' B2 U' R2 U' D2 R2 B2 U F2 D2 F2
Hesitated a little before the first corner comm, that didn't cost much time though. It's always good to see a sub-30.

 

[bobthegiraffemonkey]

Sub-60 3BLD! 58.34. Don't have the scramble or know how fast memo was. (I think) 5 corner targets, 9 edge targets, 2 flipped edges, so a bit lucky I suppose.

 

[HEART]

First ever 5BLD success, 4th attempt, untimed.

Feels good man.

edit : 3BLD pb by a second. 1:05.04

 

[Zane_C]

Sub-60 3BLD! 58.34. Don't have the scramble or know how fast memo was. (I think) 5 corner targets, 9 edge targets, 2 flipped edges, so a bit lucky I suppose.

Nice! I think just about everyone's first sub-1 was got on quite an easy scramble, so being a bit lucky doesn't demean it.

First ever 5BLD success, 4th attempt, untimed.

Feels good man.

Congrats!

It sure does.

 

[Iggy]

2/2 MBLD in 5:57.54[3:45.56].

edit: 3/3 in 11:14.21[6:43.43].

 

[Micael]

This felt lucky. MultiBLD 3/3 2:55.87[1:19]

1) D F2 D F2 D2 L2 U' L2 B2 D2 U2 F' D2 R B2 F U' B' L' B F2
2) F2 D B2 L2 B2 D2 F2 U B2 L2 U2 R' D2 U2 F U F U' B R2
3) R2 U R2 U2 L2 B2 L2 D' L2 D2 F2 L' U2 B2 U' L2 F2 L R2 B' D

Spoiler

1) D F2 D F2 D2 L2 U' L2 B2 D2 U2 F' D2 R B2 F U' B' L' B F2

(KE,HC,PV,AX,RN) Schoolfriend (KE) building a House (HC) on the PaVement. He has an AXe, RuN!
(KB,GC,WB) Jumping onto a KeBab covered in grease (GC) with Welcome Back written on (+2 visual corners flips, chicken flying from ULF corner to DBR corner)

2) F2 D B2 L2 B2 D2 F2 U B2 L2 U2 R' D2 U2 F U F U' B R2

(DL,KQ,MH)(BF,VS,CN) Noel Edmonds (DL -> DeaL or No Deal) is the new King/Queen of Market Harborough. A BuFf man drives by on a VeSpa and shouts "C*N*"
(JB,TH)(DO,SQ) Your JoB is to bite with your TeetH DOSQ (just memorized 4 large foam letters spelling DOSQ.)

3) R2 U R2 U2 L2 B2 L2 D' L2 D2 F2 L' U2 B2 U' L2 F2 L R2 B' D

(FV,EG,TA,BL,A) Your FaVourite EGg is on the TABLe, Ahh! (visual edge on C, whole image is taking place on the Ceiling.)
(UD,MB,W) "UDder, MoB, Waaah" (+2 visual corners, chickens in DFR and DRB corners.)

This particular memo felt ridiculously easy to remember (plus I've has a LOT of energy drink tonight, otherwise would've been around 1:30ish) and a few really nice corner cycles came up that I'd been practicing today. I have it on video but I forgot to turn the camera on before scrambling and it's dark in my room I'll try and fix it.

Awesome!:tu

I would be very curious to know how does your system scale up? At first glance it seems not the best for large amount, but I may be wrong. Did you have tried larger amount like 10-20 cubes?

 

[sneze2r]

3BLD: 31.83, PB
I was first blindfold solve in the session... It could have been easily sub30... but it is PB anyway
R2 U' B2 U B2 D B2 F2 D' L2 F2 L' R2 D' L' B' R D2 R F' L
Reconstruction:

Spoiler

y
Corners

• [D2; L' U2 L]
• [L2, D' R D]
• [L y';U2, R' D R]

Edges

• L M2 U M U2 M' U M2 L'
• [M', U R U']
• [D; D R D', M]
• [x; U' L' U, M2]
• Lame filp of UF i UL which i don't wont to write

 

[Ollie]

Awesome!:tu

I would be very curious to know how does your system scale up? At first glance it seems not the best for large amount, but I may be wrong. Did you have tried larger amount like 10-20 cubes?

I'm still waiting on a 100% 17/17, but I'm getting close. And I can always finish before 40:00, so hopefully the first 17/17 will be sub-40. For this many and more I'll do the following:

Memo cubes 1 and 2 [review previous 2] memo cubes 3 and 4 [review previous 2] memo cubes 5 and 6 [review previous 6] and this repeats with cubes 7-16 when I'll do one final review of everything at the end. Memo is usually around 22/23 mins. I'll be trying 21 at Leicester Open 2013

 

[HEART]

I've now gotten 2 sub-8's in 4BLD. 7:59.77, and 7:55.43 (pb)

 

[A Leman]

5Bld PB and first Mean of 2
18:27.49, 21:49.42

on the first one, I used some visual/tapping memo during t-centers which is a first time for me. It worked very well though.

 

[Iggy]

3BLD PB single and mo3.

Mean of 3: 1:21.28
1. 1:18.93[37.24] B2 D2 B2 D' F2 L2 U2 L2 D F2 U L R' D' B' F' D L2 U2 L U2
2. 1:15.68[34.08] U2 L2 F2 R2 B' L2 F' U2 L2 D2 L2 U B R' U' B2 U F' L' R U'
3. 1:29.23[40.90] R2 D2 F U2 F' D2 B2 U2 L2 F U' B' R F' U' B2 D2 U' R' D U2

Broke my PB single twice in the mean.

 

[Jaycee]

Just got a 3BLD PB single on the weekly comp's first scramble O.O I never do BLD except for the weekly so this was a surprise.

Spoiler: Solution

Scramble : F U2 L2 U2 L2 B' F2 L2 U2 B2 D2 L' F R B2 R U2 B' D B' U' (White U Green F)

My solution : z2 y (Yellow U Orange F)
Corners : y x R' U R' D2 R U' R' D2 R2 x' y'
F R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R F'
D R (F R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R F') R' D'
D' R (F R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R F') R' D
D' R2 (F R U' R' U' R U R' F' R U R' U' R' F R F') R2 D

Edges:
U R' U' M2 U R U'
L U' L' U M2 U' L U L'
B' R' B M2 B' R B
R' U R U' M2 U R' U' R
M2
L U' L' U M2 U' L U L'
U' L' U M2 U' L U
U' L U M2 U' L' U
U' L2 U M2 U' L2 U
U2 M' U2 M'
U' L' U M2 U' L U
U R U' M2 U R' U'
U2 M' U2 M'
U R U' M2 U R' U'
F2 M' U M' U M' U M' U2 M' U M' U M' U M' F2

Bold = some moves that cancel, either completely or partially

The fact that there was an A-Perm to start off super easy corners made me happy :3

The time was 2:17.02[1:28.14].

 

[TheNextFeliks]

5th success and PB: 5:18.xx(2:26 memo). Really nice. One edge solved. No parity. Old Pochmann. Need to start pushing memo. It is so slow.

Spoiler

D' U2 B F' L' D2 U' B D2 U' L2 B2 R D U' R2 U L F2 D2
Corners(images, tried pao): MH (used name of friend) CoaXed DWight to drink Orange Juice
Edges(audio thinking of going back to images): RJSK PXBM CV

 

[bryson azzopard]

first attempt at 7BLD and i got a success!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 hours 26 minutes 1 second (haven't got a 6BLD success yet)
i tried it because i really wanted to get a success before brock and i did. but im sorry brock .
big thanks to dan sarnelli, zane, brock and mike hughey for inspiring me to do blind and teaching me and giving me tips it means a lot guys!