Blindsolving Accomplishment Thread

[DavidWoner]

right now I suck at CP(and EP for that matter) but CO(and EO) is easy. I dont really know a method, but I guess I use Old Pochmann. just A, E, Y, and T perms, along with sune, antisune, and the R'D'RD alg from the dan brown videos. I will keep practicing, this is fun!

That description sounds like 3-cycle (orienting and permutating) to me. Classic(!) Pochmann doesn't involve orientating pieces.

yeah like i said, my blindfold knowledge is negligible. I'll do some more research this weekend when i have time.

and has the name change to classic been made official? I am super lazy and the difference between typing old and classic is a lot for me.

 

[tim]

right now I suck at CP(and EP for that matter) but CO(and EO) is easy. I dont really know a method, but I guess I use Old Pochmann. just A, E, Y, and T perms, along with sune, antisune, and the R'D'RD alg from the dan brown videos. I will keep practicing, this is fun!

That description sounds like 3-cycle (orienting and permutating) to me. Classic(!) Pochmann doesn't involve orientating pieces.

yeah like i said, my blindfold knowledge is negligible. I'll do some more research this weekend when i have time.

and has the name change to classic been made official? I am super lazy and the difference between typing old and classic is a lot for me.

Stefan Pochmann likes classic better, so it's official .

 

[McWizzle94]

Got a successful 5x5x5 BLD again: 12:04.34
Memo was over 5 min, and it was nowhere near a smooth execution, so I will get much better at this. Scramble was 2nd scramble for weekly comp.

Mike, I didn't find the 1st scramble easy, except for corners, but they don't really affect much. I got 11:51 DNF on it, about 4 min memo.
Oh, and gongrats on your fast time! I know it's a big thing.

You inspired me to learn 5x5x5 BLD but I think I should start with 4x4x4 first =].

 

[Ville Seppänen]

Why bother? I learned 5x5x5 first. But yeah, it's probably best to start with 4x4x4. 5x5x5 is not really harder, just more pieces. Good luck with it, it's fun.

Mike, you meant 4 solves right?

 

[Mike Hughey]

Mike, you meant 4 solves right?

Oops - sorry, I lost count. Yeah, I guess 4. So will your fifth solve be sub-10?

 

[Pitzu]

5x5 blind this afternoon - 6 attempts - 6 successful:

28:32.93; 28:47.66; 27:59.21; 28:22.83; 26:44.48; 26:34.90

Best average of 5: 27:42.17

I should learn to risk. However yesterday I began with a 23:34, then I did 4 DNFs in a row.

 

[Mike Hughey]

5x5 blind this afternoon - 6 attempts - 6 successful:

28:32.93; 28:47.66; 27:59.21; 28:22.83; 26:44.48; 26:34.90

Best average of 5: 27:42.17

I should learn to risk. However yesterday I began with a 23:34, then I did 4 DNFs in a row.

Wow, István - you're amazing! And you're really getting much faster. You're going to be regularly sub-20 before much longer.

And it's rather amazing how many 5x5x5 BLD solves you're doing per day. I was figuring I might have done more total 5x5x5 BLD attempts than anyone else in the world (maybe Chris has me beat, seeing he had a 2-year jump on me getting started), but lately I'm not so sure - you might have me beat too.

 

[*LukeMayn*]

I am REALLY determined to get a BLD solve (success) in a week!!! I learnt yesterday but still aren't that good at set-up moves or memo...

 

[rjohnson_8ball]

I am REALLY determined to get a BLD solve (success) in a week!!! I learnt yesterday but still aren't that good at set-up moves or memo...

Which method are you using? 3OP, Classic Pochmann, M2 or other? I use 3OP as described at cubefreak.net. Only did 10 successful so far. I tried 2 this morning. (Failed with memo on one, and mangled corner twists on the 2nd.)
You might look at BLD Training?

 

[Derrick Eide17]

My first ever OH Bld solve!

With M2
3:29.81

 

[Mike Hughey]

My first ever OH Bld solve!

With M2
3:29.81

That's depressing - that's almost as fast as my fastest ever OH BLD solve, and I've done hundreds of them.

Congratulations!

 

[Derrick Eide17]

My first ever OH Bld solve!

With M2
3:29.81

That's depressing - that's almost as fast as my fastest ever OH BLD solve, and I've done hundreds of them.

Congratulations!

Thanks mike
I hope you don't think I mean first ever OH BLD attempt/solve ever. I did attempts in the past but all were DNF cause of Old Pochmann was hard for me OH BLD. this is my first ever OH BLD success though.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Thanks mike
I hope you don't think I mean first ever OH BLD attempt/solve ever. I did attempts in the past but all were DNF cause of Old Pochmann was hard for me OH BLD. this is my first ever OH BLD success though.

M2 does work pretty well for OH BLD. My times for OH got lots better when I switched from 3OP to M2 for edges.

 

[AvGalen]

...
That's depressing - that's almost as fast as my fastest ever OH BLD solve, ...

I am pretty sure he wasn't juggling at the same time

 

[Derrick Eide17]

...
That's depressing - that's almost as fast as my fastest ever OH BLD solve, ...

I am pretty sure he wasn't juggling at the same time

 

[McWizzle94]

Why bother? I learned 5x5x5 first. But yeah, it's probably best to start with 4x4x4. 5x5x5 is not really harder, just more pieces. Good luck with it, it's fun.

Thanks Ville!

 

[*LukeMayn*]

classic pochmann but I may switch to M2 edges soon after because it sounds faster and lots of people use it

 

[Mike Hughey]

Oh my!

5x5x5 BLD: 14:53.64 (7:36 memorization)!!!!!!!

It was the third scramble for this week's competition.

It was just all so easy for me tonight for some reason. Memorization was really fast, and I even checked everything over twice before I started, so it was really secure. Even so, I actually couldn't remember the images at the third location for the wings, so I wasted 5 or 10 seconds trying to think of them and skipped them and came back to them towards the end, and then I remembered them. So it could have even been a little faster than this!

I'm still finding it hard to believe it. I checked over the cube 3 or 4 times after I was done to make sure it was really solved, but it was.

I also had an 8:10 DNF stackmat attempt on 4x4x4 tonight (right before the 5x5x5 solve); I was off by just 2 wings.

 

[Ville Seppänen]

Mike, what the?! I'm scared. That's awesome!

 

[Derrick Eide17]

Oh my!

5x5x5 BLD: 14:53.64 (7:36 memorization)!!!!!!!

It was the third scramble for this week's competition.

It was just all so easy for me tonight for some reason. Memorization was really fast, and I even checked everything over twice before I started, so it was really secure. Even so, I actually couldn't remember the images at the third location for the wings, so I wasted 5 or 10 seconds trying to think of them and skipped them and came back to them towards the end, and then I remembered them. So it could have even been a little faster than this!

I'm still finding it hard to believe it. I checked over the cube 3 or 4 times after I was done to make sure it was really solved, but it was.

I also had an 8:10 DNF stackmat attempt on 4x4x4 tonight (right before the 5x5x5 solve); I was off by just 2 wings.

WHOA MIKE!
WOW..... just Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow. Almost beat my 4x4 BLD pb there too!

thats CRAZY INSANE.
are your attempts really pathetic compared to Mondo NOW?
GO MIKE!