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Blindsolving Failure Thread

Got 1:30.09 3BLD PB single 2 days ago. I did 50+ more attempts from then but only got a bunch of 1:3x/1:4xs and still no sub-1:30... :(
 
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Got a 41.13 3BLD single where I did two targets out of order, realized it, undid them, and redid the correct order. i.e. 4 more M2 targets than there should have been. PB is 36.76, I probably would have beaten it without that stupid mistake -_-
 
off by an edge 3cycle. Would've been UF/UFR PB single

DNF(20.80) R2 F2 D B L D' L' F' R2 L' F2 U2 R2 B' R2 D2 F' R2 U2 B U2
 
Been trying to learn 5BLD by solving it under a table (i.e. out of sight) whilst having the letters in front of me (I know I can do the memo but I want to be confident with execution first). Even still I still DNF'd 11 times before getting a success!! :P
I reckon I'll just get on and do some proper 5BLD now!
 
Another 6BLD DNF (41:52), again by two centres.

I went really slow, but I managed to miss a single letter in my memo. The pair was RK, but I for some reason skipped the R and paired the K with the next letter...
 
mBLD 6/7 (<47 minutes) On my first cube, for edges, my first two letters were CO, which are both in my M-slice. Therefore because O is in the second position of the pair, I needed to execute it as E (which I forgot to do)
So close to having 7/7 on my first attempt but my memo was quite fluid and I had 13 minutes left so I reckon I'm ready to try doing 8 again (last time I got 4/8... #fail )
 
Sad to hear about the 10BLD DNF after 6 hours of exhaustion for Alex
That is truly the mother of all DNFs. My guess is he forgot to undo a rotation very early on. At 2:44 he tells us he's completed the first centre group, and when he stops at 3:01 to tell us he's done the second, the cube is in a different orientation.
 
Just did my first 7BLD attempt - DNF (unsurprisingly)

I was off by a fair bit, but the cube was more solved than unsolved so it's a success in my eyes :) . Corners were done, and most of my wings/midges were done. I did however end up in the wrong orientaion - I think i forgot to undo an E slice at one point, so quite a lot of my centres were bad.

time was 50:24.00 [22:13]
 
Just did my first 7BLD attempt - DNF (unsurprisingly)

I was off by a fair bit, but the cube was more solved than unsolved so it's a success in my eyes :) . Corners were done, and most of my wings/midges were done. I did however end up in the wrong orientaion - I think i forgot to undo an E slice at one point, so quite a lot of my centres were bad.

time was 50:24.00 [22:13]
Decent first attempt.
 
Just did my first 5BLD attempt. Off by 8 wings, 4 T-centers, and 8 X-centers, in 39:52. :(

Not sure what exactly went wrong, but I have the video, so I'll watch the footage and find out where I messed up. I got really confused with wing parity at one point and ended up doing the alg like 3 times, thinking I made a mistake in it, and having to go back and undo those mistakes. Something probably went wrong there.
 
Just did my first 5BLD attempt. Off by 8 wings, 4 T-centers, and 8 X-centers, in 39:52. :(

Not sure what exactly went wrong, but I have the video, so I'll watch the footage and find out where I messed up. I got really confused with wing parity at one point and ended up doing the alg like 3 times, thinking I made a mistake in it, and having to go back and undo those mistakes. Something probably went wrong there.
Are you going to upload it to DGsidequest?
 
7th attempt 7BLD, stupid DNF.
DNF(51:03.39[28:40.10])
Only 2 middle edges flipped(I did not notice this flip when memorised)
But I am a bit happy, because I solved all centers and wings correctly. Also memo was slow, because I memorised outer wings wrong two times. anyway its my fastest DNF. I will get a sub-50 or maybe sub-45 min success in next 1-3 attempts.
 
sigh
i recalled a letter pair incorectly on the last solve (i did BH instead of RU). i am very very sad :(

Mean of 3: DNF
1. 23.22 B D' L' D L' D2 R' B D' F2 B' D2 L2 F U2 R2 F U2 R2 F
2. 24.21 B2 U2 F2 R' B2 L U2 B2 F2 L' F2 D' R U' L B' L' B D' L2 F'
3. DNF(17.86) R2 U2 B2 D F2 U' L2 D L2 U' R' D' L F' R' F' U' B2 L2 R
 
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