Blindsolving Failure Thread

30:24.53 DNF.

Just regular 3x3 bld. I memod edges in like 8 minutes. Execution was probably like 5 minutes. THe reason it took so long is because I did the wrong sticker in my memo for corners so I rechecked it like 6 times and was so stumped as to where I went wrong until I finally noticed after a LONG time that I did the wrong sticker. Would anyone here mind checking my memo? I was so sure I had correct memo..I remember having an execution mistake or two but I thought I undid them correctly..

I so want a success :/ If anyone could check my memo please let me know and I'll provide my memo. I had 4 edges in the wrong places, all unoriented correctly. and 5 corners out of place..
 
I use classic pochmann right now. Im currently in the process of learnin M2. The scramble was L' R2 B U' L' R2 U B2 U' R' F2 R2 L2 F B' L2 F' U2 F2 D' U' F' D2 F2 L (white top green front)
I hold it yellow top blue front for execution

I go around in a circle. I can make a video explaining because apparently my memo is really weird (brother says that). I guess Ill just put all my letters here in the spoiler. Just for reference, though this attempt was 30 minutes, at the first comp I went to my first BLD attempt ever was memo'd in 8 minutes so that gives you a bit of a perspective on how fail my memo was this solve:. Heres my letters:

Edges
I go around in a circle basically. holding yellow top blue front its like..starting at the yellow orange piece and going clockwise:
Yellow sticker on the Yellow Orange piece = A
Orange sticker on the Yellow orange piece = B
Yellow sticker on the Yellow Green piece = C
just keep going around in a circle until the yellow blue is done. Then jump down to the middle layer with the orange blue piece.
Blue sticker on the Blue Orange piece = I
Orange sticker on the Blue orange piece = J
Then keep goin down to P which is the Blue sticker on the Blue Red piece and jump down to the blue sticker on the white blue piece and keep going around. By now you should get the idea
Corners

Yellow top blue front. Ill just name the sticker color with each letter because Im not good at labeling with names like UBR etc. Sorry if this slows you down :/

A= Yellow sticker on top left piece
B= Orange sticker on top back left piece
C= Green sticker on top back left piece
D= Yellow sticker on top back right piece
E= Green sticker on top back right piece
F= Red sticker on top back right piece
G= Yellow sticker on top front right piece
H= Red sticker on top front right piece
I= Blue sticker on top front right piece
J = Yellow sticker on top front left piece
K= Blue sticker on top front left piece
L= Orange sticker on top front left piece. (now jump down)
M= Orange sticker on bottom left piece
N= Blue sticker on bottom left piece
O= White piece on bottom left piece
P= Orange sticker on bottom back left piece
Q= White sticker on bottom back left piece
R= Green sticker on bottom back left piece
S= Green sticker on bottom back right piece
T= White sticker on bottom back right piece
U= Red sticker on bottom back right piece
V= Red sticker on bottom right front piece
W= White sticker on bottom right front piece
X= Blue sticker on bottom right front piece
 
Try this, if you aren't confident in your memo:
-Memo a cube
-Write down your memo
-Solve it according to your memo, watching your buffers to make sure you're right

I found that my biggest problem at first was mislabeling pieces. Keep practicing and you'll learn which letter goes where.
 
@Eric Why do you label buffers?
EDIT: I'll post my lettering scheme when I get home, my letters are based on setups. Similar setups have letters that are grouped together in the alphabet.
EDIT 2: Here are my letters, I find they work really well:
EDGES

A- UL
B- UF
C- UB

D- DL
E- DF
F- DB
G- DR

H- FL
I- BL
J- FR
K- BR

L- FU
M- BU
N- FD
O- BD

P- LF
Q- LB
R- RF
S- RB

T- LD
U- RD
V- LF



CORNERS

A- URF
B- UBR
C- UFL

D- RDF
E- FRD
F- RBD
G- FDL

H- RFU
I- FUR
J- RUB
K- FLU

L- BRU
M- LUF
N- BDR
O- LFD

P- DFR
Q- DRB
R- DLF
S- DBL

T- BLD :)
U- LDB
 
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I'm just used to it. I know it doesnt make sense it's just how I taught myself. Is there anything coherntly wrong with it? I'm pretty comfortable with it and I am getting to the point where I can start to look at a sticker and know what letter it is. Thanks for your time. Sorry if it looks like I'm spamming up the thread
 
I'm pretty angry right now. I just attempted 3 4x4 cubes multi, memo was a slow and steady 17 minutes.
My x-cube was the last one memorised and first to be executed. I was turning slowly, I wasn't even doing the r2 double trigger.
And what does it do? It pops in the middle of the wings. :mad:

There was no way I was going to continue, knowing that my best possible outcome would be 2/3.

Off-topic:
My x-cube sucks, it's tight and still pops a lot. I'm sure the x-cube is a great cube, but mine doesn't seem to be good at all. I cut off the excess plastic, compressed the springs, lubed it with Lubix and have solved it lots of times. I'm going to just re-tension the entire cube.
 
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Confession. After my first ever success at 22:xx I haven't been able to completely replicate the feat. I consitently end up with 4-5 pieces wrong... however, my total time has been slashed down to 10 minutes. I'm sure I can get another success if I decided to take way more time... but that's no fun.

Last night, 3 attempts, 3 failures. 16 minutes, 11 minutes and 10 minutes. All 3 attempts, 4-5 pieces off.

I believe my weakness is corners. I've been practicing corners-only solves (I miss as many as I hit), and solving 4 corners, or 12 edges at a time (which I hit almost 100%). The problem seems to be "Tracing pieces" rather than execution or memo.

Good news is that I'm learning whole sequences for letters (rather than set-up, move, set-up), for about hald the letters. (e.g., I know that V is D2 L2 T-Perm L2 D2 even without thinking about it). I guess the secret really is PRACTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Zane_C said:
I'm pretty angry right now. I just attempted 3 4x4 cubes multi, memo was a slow and steady 17 minutes.
My x-cube was the last one memorised and first to be executed. I was turning slowly, I wasn't even doing the r2 double trigger.
And what does it do? It pops in the middle of the wings. :mad:

There was no way I was going to continue, knowing that my best possible outcome would be 2/3.

Off-topic:
My x-cube sucks, it's tight and still pops a lot. I'm sure the x-cube is a great cube, but mine doesn't seem to be good at all. I cut off the excess plastic, compressed the springs, lubed it with Lubix and have solved it lots of times. I'm going to just re-tension the entire cube.
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:( That sucks.
Wanna buy another mini QJ? :p
I misread that as 2/3, not, the best result being 2/3.
Good luck if you try it again, my X-cubes seem to pop on A-perms only lol :p
 
I don't want another mini QJ Tim, thanks. I re-tensioned my x-cube and I think it's a little less prone to popping.

It has been a while since I've done a proper multi attempt, so today I used the scrambles from weekly comp 7:

11/17 (48:49.97)[~29minutes]

1: execution mistake - 2 corners.
6: execution mistake - 3 edges.
12: execution mistake - a lot.
13: executed a pair in the wrong order - 3 corners.
16: execution mistake, I spent a lot of time undoing comms on this one, I assume that's where I went wrong - a lot.
17: execution mistake, a lot.

Lol, what a crappy result.
 
So I got a DNF today in competition. The scramble was ridiculous, it seems like every other time my buffer would get solved. Was ridiculous.

This is how the people worded the requirements to do more BLD solves
"You must get your first attempt in under 5 minutes to do the rest. YOu have 10 minutes total to do all 3"

So I DNFd the first solve after 55 seconds (didn't e ven try to finish memo because of the scramble) and apparently you had to get a success within 5 minutes to do the rest of the attempts.

2 people placed, winner was like a 4 minuter...........ugh. Was so excited to use my earplugs/headphones and my letter pair list :(
 
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