Blindsolving Failure Thread

[masterofthebass]

This is going to be the biggest failure EVER!!!


Ville coaxed me into doing a 6x6 BLD. I haven't gotten a successful 5x5 yet, but I've been close on my few attempts, so I agreed. I spent 48 minutes memo'ing the thing and go to start solving. I get to my 2nd commutator and I MESS UP! I multisliced one part of the oblique comm, and couldn't remember what I did. I took of the blindfold and sure enough, my edges were out of place. So I basically completely wasted 50 minutes of my time. Here's the official breakdown:

DNF (48:56.71)
Memo: 47:08.56
Solving: 1:48.15

 

[Mike Hughey]

This is going to be the biggest failure EVER!!!


Ville coaxed me into doing a 6x6 BLD. I haven't gotten a successful 5x5 yet, but I've been close on my few attempts, so I agreed. I spent 48 minutes memo'ing the thing and go to start solving. I get to my 2nd commutator and I MESS UP! I multisliced one part of the oblique comm, and couldn't remember what I did. I took of the blindfold and sure enough, my edges were out of place. So I basically completely wasted 50 minutes of my time. Here's the official breakdown:

DNF (48:56.71)
Memo: 47:08.56
Solving: 1:48.15

That's so sad. I had a 6x6x6 BLD solve like that once, but I always keep going, so I did in this case too. It wound up pretty much completely scrambled. But I didn't consider it a total waste of time because I got practice doing all the other commutators as I went.

Anyway, kudos to Ville for getting you to try! I wish more people would.

 

[MatsBergsten]

This is going to be the biggest failure EVER!!!


Ville coaxed me into doing a 6x6 BLD. I haven't gotten a successful 5x5 yet, but I've been close on my few attempts, so I agreed. I spent 48 minutes memo'ing the thing and go to start solving. I get to my 2nd commutator and I MESS UP! I multisliced one part of the oblique comm, and couldn't remember what I did. I took of the blindfold and sure enough, my edges were out of place. So I basically completely wasted 50 minutes of my time. Here's the official breakdown:

DNF (48:56.71)
Memo: 47:08.56
Solving: 1:48.15

That's so sad. I had a 6x6x6 BLD solve like that once, but I always keep going, so I did in this case too. It wound up pretty much completely scrambled. But I didn't consider it a total waste of time because I got practice doing all the other commutators as I went.

Anyway, kudos to Ville for getting you to try! I wish more people would.

It has happened to me too (if only with the 5x5) and it took only half an hour, not three quarters like you. But I did like Mike did and felt rather proud with only seven or eight cubies off at the end. But the feeling after second or third commutator was not fun. One sort of had not really started turning yet.

 

[MatsBergsten]

Worst Failure

I think even worse would be if the cube popped when I
was almost finished with my first official 5x5bld (or 4x4 or whatever)
and feeling it was almost certainly ok.

The other morning it happened to me in my bed in the morning (yes, that's
when I practise ), suddenly as much as a fourth of the cubies of the 5x5
popped out. Was that a contest it would be bad.

 

[tim]

I think even worse would be if the cube popped when I
was almost finished with my first official 5x5bld (or 4x4 or whatever)
and feeling it was almost certainly ok.

The other morning it happened to me in my bed in the morning (yes, that's
when I practise ), suddenly as much as a fourth of the cubies of the 5x5
popped out. Was that a contest it would be bad.

The only pop at 4x4/5x5 bld i ever had was in a competition. And it was Kai's cube .

 

[KJiptner]

I'm sorry Btw, It's this 4x4 I use for blindsolving

 

[tim]

I'm sorry Btw, It's this 4x4 I use for blindsolving

Don't be sorry, the centers were wrong anyway.

 

[KJiptner]

I'm sorry Btw, It's this 4x4 I use for blindsolving

Don't be sorry, the centers were wrong anyway.

Ah yes I remember. And you got some kind of AWESOME WR that day, nobody really cared about afterwards. (plus considering the fact you broke the previous WR with a 2.4x better performance, which never happens in cubing usually)

 

[Ville Seppänen]

4x4BLD: 3:45 DNF with 1:25 memo. Exe mistake somewhere.

 

[ShadenSmith]

4x4BLD: 3:45 DNF with 1:25 memo. Exe mistake somewhere.

You are ridiculous, Ville.

 

[tim]

4x4BLD: 3:45 DNF with 1:25 memo. Exe mistake somewhere.

I think i can get close to your memo time one day, but i've got no idea how i could get my execution time down from 6 minutes to 2:20 O_o.

 

[Mike Hughey]

4x4BLD: 3:45 DNF with 1:25 memo. Exe mistake somewhere.

I think i can get close to your memo time one day, but i've got no idea how i could get my execution time down from 6 minutes to 2:20 O_o.

I agree with you, Tim. Although you should certainly be able to get down from 6 minutes to 4 without too much trouble - if I can do it, you certainly can.

Ville, I'm looking forward to seeing the first ever sub-4 soon!

 

[Rubixcubematt]

4x4BLD DNF: 20:30.xx of by 2 wings!!!!! hopefully I will get a success tomorrow!!!

 

[McWizzle94]

4x4x4 BLD DNF off by a crapload of stuff.

 

[martijn_cube]

2/2 dnf. one solved. keep on screwing one of the 2 up. times are around 10 min. most of the time 1 is solved and the other by some mistake not.

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

4x4BLD: 3:45 DNF with 1:25 memo. Exe mistake somewhere.

Oh my god...I can't even memo a 3x3 that fast o_O

3x3 BLD:
2:35 DNF
Would have been my new PB Good execution
Memo: 1:40
Execution: 0:55

 

[Pitzu]

I've just done a 7/10 but it was close...
I forgot an edge flip on the first cube.
On the second cube it looks like I had forgotten a D' in a setup or resetup not too far from the end. Corners are turned by a D and 6 edges are bad, 4 of them on the D side.
On the third cube I missed a setup because of lameness/lost of concentration.
Inside the time limit: 1:39:xy

It could have been successful. The memo(except that edge flip) was OK and execution would have fit in the time limit.

 

[Pitzu]

9/10 - one edge flip...:rolleyes: In 1:37:07
It was close.

 

[tim]

9/10 - one edge flip...:rolleyes: In 1:37:07
It was close.

Did your cube pop?

 

[Derrick Eide17]

9/10 - one edge flip...:rolleyes: In 1:37:07
It was close.

Did your cube pop?

or maybe it flipped in place just like what happened to me?
that would be too sexy to be true