Blindsolving Failure Thread

Is a 9BLD memo longer or shorter than a 2-7? Thanks!

9BLD = 6o + 3x + 3t + 3w + .5e + .5c = 16 rooms (stories)
2-7relay = .5c + (.5c + .5e) + (1x + 1w + .5c) + (1x + 1t + 1w + .5c + .5e) + (2x + 2w + 2o + .5c) + (2x + 2w + 2o + 2t + .5c + .5e) = 23 rooms (stories)

No, 2-7 relay is ~30% longer to memorize than 9x9
 
Missed 3BLD NR by 0.26s at Euros... :/
Scramble was also quite easy so should have been quite a bit faster...

Also only successful solve in the final round was 46.xx which is just bad...

Oh, and also missed 3BLD mo3 NR by 2 flipped edges in the first round.

Not cool.
 
9BLD = 6o + 3x + 3t + 3w + .5e + .5c = 16 rooms (stories)
2-7relay = .5c + (.5c + .5e) + (1x + 1w + .5c) + (1x + 1t + 1w + .5c + .5e) + (2x + 2w + 2o + .5c) + (2x + 2w + 2o + 2t + .5c + .5e) = 23 rooms (stories)

No, 2-7 relay is ~30% longer to memorize than 9x9

O_o Wow. How does that compare to a 10x10BLD?
 
Attempted 6BLD for the first time today for the weekly competition. It was a DNF and the time was 45:38.05 with 18:18 memo. Went really safe and memo was solid, but I messed up and had to undo moves three or four times, and I think I missed layers a bunch of times because it wasn't even close except for a few blocks of solved pieces. The number of pieces that ended up solved was 34 centers, 18 wings, and 4 corners. I'll probably try again tomorrow, and maybe practice getting the right layers. If I ever get a success, I'll be the third person from Iowa to get a 6BLD success (and possibly youngest ever to do it (I'm 13), but I'm not sure).

Memo:
JA WR KE NG SZ OL HB P
UA MI QB RF SG JN DT KO VL HW PZ
AJ FC GR KM UD VH SW PL Z
AK ND LU OQ WP RE TZ H
SA EN VZ RH PL IC KT GD BQ MW FJ OM
ML RQ WE IN FZ BT JG HC KS WV PV AO A
ZT KO BZ OI C

127 targets total
 
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Ausnats - all these attempts done in one sitting in about 80 minutes

5BLD 1 - 3 edges 19:46
5BLD 2 - 4X 2 midges ~19
4BLD 1 - bunch of wings sup10
3BLD 1 - 4 flipped edges
3BLD 2 - success 2:21
3BLD 3 - messed up
4BLD 2 - messed up 7:03
 
Another 2-7 relay attempt. Time: 1h 35m [1h 02m].
2 centers on 6x6 and a lot of pieces at 7x7. I was very sleepy though... I don't know what went wrong. Probably I will do a few more attempts till the end of the summer.
pu27KlTEm3w.jpg
 
Second attempt at 6BLD - DNF 45:01.51 [18:45]
Memo was slower than first attempt, I had to re-memo inner x-centers because of a mistake. This was WAY closer than my first attempt, and it ended up being off by 10 left obliques, 8 right obliques, 10 outer x-centers and 6 outer wings. I'm surprised that all inner x-centers and inner wings were solved, because I always worry about missing inner layers. I guess being extra careful of inner layers helped. I also solved corners before everything else (as opposed to at the very end) because I noticed after memorizing them that they were all 3-cycles I could do. The scramble I used was from last week's Weekly Competition.
 
Another 2-7 relay attempt. Time: 1h 35m [1h 02m].
2 centers on 6x6 and a lot of pieces at 7x7. I was very sleepy though... I don't know what went wrong. Probably I will do a few more attempts till the end of the summer.
http://cs617725.vk.me/v617725313/17f13/pu27KlTEm3w.jpg
I have a feeling you'll be the first to get a 2-7BLD success. No one else has right?

Today:
17/21 MBLD
4:50 4BLD by 3 centers
 
Official 4/10 multi in 58.xx skipped the very first room in my memo while exec and realized it when I had just 4 cubes left and 3 rooms.. Was too tired to backtrack my memo, so skipped the 4th cube from the end and did the last 3 correct along with the very first one. All others off by a room :p
 
185. DNF(3:26.101)[1:51.368 - unsure] U2 R U2 R F2 L2 B2 R2 U2 F2 D' B' L2 F U L' D F2 L R' B
186. DNF(2:57.128)[1:29.695 - 4 twists and 2 flips] D B2 L2 D2 U F2 D F2 R2 F2 U' L R2 B D' U2 L F2 R2 B' R'
187. DNF(3:18.901)[1:48.859 - 2e] F' U2 F' U2 F D2 F L2 U2 L2 D2 R D' F2 U' B2 R B' L2 U2 R'
188. DNF(2:03.325)[1:14.071 - executed wrong last target] D L2 B2 D L2 F2 U' B2 U2 L2 D2 B' R' B F D L2 U R2 D'
189. DNF(2:31.986)[1:25.375 - slipped on last target] D' L2 B2 R2 B2 U' L2 U2 L2 D2 L' U L2 R2 B D B2 F2
190. DNF(3:12.024)[1:39.151 - forgot corner parity] U2 R B2 U' B2 D' B R L F' D2 R B2 R' F2 R' D2 B2 R' B2
191. DNF(3:11.235)[1:20.837 - missed that I had parity somehow] U2 F L2 B' U2 B' U2 R2 U2 R2 F D' L' U F R' B L2 D' B2 L2
192. DNF(2:48.184)[1:20.608 - idk] R2 F2 D2 R2 U L2 R2 D' F2 U' L2 R D2 B' L' U2 F2 R2 U' L2 U'
193. DNF(4:48.396)[1:38.163 - 2c] F2 U' F2 L2 U2 F2 D' L2 U R2 B2 L' U' F' D2 R D' L' B' L2 F2
194. DNF(3:23.486)[1:44.546 - idk] B2 U2 R2 U' L2 B2 U2 R2 B2 U2 L2 B D U2 B L2 B2 R2 D B R'
195. DNF(3:59.101)[2:00.688 - 3c] B2 R2 U F2 D2 R2 U' B2 F2 U R' D2 U' F' D L' B' R U B2 F'
196. DNF(3:05.098)[1:53.701 - 2c] F L' F R2 D' L B' D R B' D2 F2 D2 B2 R2 D L2 U' R2 F2 U
197. DNF(3:01.765)[1:49.408 - forgot corners] B L2 B L2 D2 B2 L2 U2 F' D2 L2 U B2 R' U2 F' U2 F L R2 U2
198. 3:00.961[1:47.351] B2 D F2 D' U2 B2 L2 D' B2 F D' R B' L2 U' L' B2 U L' F R'

Prior to this I was at ~80% success rate.
 
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