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Blindsolving Failure Thread

Failed a 3bld mean today at comp because I messed up my middle solve somehow. Utah still doesn’t have a mean lol.
 
So 3BLD yesterday...

First scramble: 14'/9, 2:02 DNF, couldn't wrap my head around memo
Second: Still pretty bad, wasn't in the mood, 1:49
Third: 12'/6'. Here's the real problem

I messed up memo, so that wasted 5 seconds
I messed up a comm, so that wasted another 5 seconds
I get to corners at 34 (24 without the messups)
I FORGET CORNERS. How do you even forget on that scramble.
After remembering at 1:09, I get a 1:14.

Still won, but super dumb, my official pb is 41.03
 
No joke, this is something like my 15th sub-35 8bld dnf by 3 pieces or less.

DNF(32:53.58)[forgot to execute one oblique comm :(] 4r2 u' b 3b2 r2 B2 3b2 3u 3l 4u' U' l 4f2 b' d2 3r2 B2 3b F' f' d' f 3b2 R2 4r2 3f 3b2 B' 4u2 l 3f' 3d' 3u 4u l2 3d2 3u' r2 3u' 3l2 d2 4u B2 4f2 b' 3u2 U B 3b2 4f 3f' 3d' 4u2 3u' d2 3l 3b 4r' L f 3l R 3b' 3u' F r D B F 3r2 b2 3l' D' b' D2 u2 l 4r R' 3f 3r' D2 f' 4r2 R' 3l l d B' 4f b 4u2 L' 4u' 3l 3b2 U' b' f l 4u2 B' 3f' R' 3f D2 r2 b2 D' B d2 F2 R' 3b2 3f' b r 4f' 3d u2
 
Missed 6bld UWR by 2 inner xcenters lol. 4:34 exec though, thats cool :p

DNF(8:40.79) F 3Fw' Uw2 3Uw' R2 L U 3Rw2 Rw' D2 L B' L2 3Uw Lw 3Rw2 Dw 3Uw' U Bw2 U' 3Uw D2 3Fw2 D' Bw 3Uw2 L2 F' 3Uw' 3Fw' 3Uw2 Uw' Bw' Lw' 3Rw2 Uw2 U' D 3Uw Bw' R2 Bw' Fw Rw' 3Rw2 Dw' Rw 3Rw Dw R' Lw2 3Uw 3Rw R2 L' 3Fw Bw R2 L' 3Uw' Rw2 Bw2 3Rw' Bw' Dw2 Bw2 Dw D2 R2 B L 3Uw2 3Fw' 3Rw2 3Fw' Lw' F2 Dw' U
 
I go excited into Blindfold Discussion after seeing the last post is by sigalig, expecting another UWR... only to see it is in the Blindfold Failures thread. :(
 
Double DNF'd yesterday on official 4BLD, both because of incredibly dumb execution mistakes.

And failed miserably on 3BLD as well, although I did get a 2:09 success so yay for another bronze, I guess? :|
 
9/11 MBLD Fail. I am a little sad about this attempt because one of the DNF'd cubes was only off by 2 edges and if I had remembered that letter pair this attempt would have been a PB since it would have been 10/11.

But this was my first time trying 11 cube in MBLD so it not to disappointing, but I need to work on remembering everything better (like spending a little more time reviewing;)).
Also, I decided to switch to OP/OP for MBLD recently because I know that I will have a harder time trying to remember all the M2 algs and if I will have parity on a cube, at the competition that I am going to in a couple of day, so instead worrying about parity and what not I am going to be using OP/OP this time around, especially since I get much more nervous in a competition, and this will be the first time competing in MBLD at a competition, so with all that combined I will stick with OP/OP.
 
Would have had a 2:18.50 4bld ao12 but I missed a 2:01 by 2 twisted corners (twisted corner the wrong way)

avg of 12: 2:18.50

Time List:
1. 2:18.27 R L2 Uw2 D2 U Rw R F L Fw R2 Fw' F' D2 F Fw L' R' U2 Fw Uw' U D2 F Uw' B2 F' Uw Rw' Fw' B D U' L' R' Uw L' Uw L2 Uw2
2. 2:04.86 D2 Fw2 B R2 B' Fw Uw' L2 Uw2 U L F2 R L' Fw Rw' F' Fw2 Uw U L D' Uw' B2 Fw L2 F2 U2 Rw L' F R' F2 R L' U2 L' U Fw2 F'
3. 2:11.56 Uw2 R' Uw2 B R F' D' Rw' R B' R2 F' Rw' Uw F2 D Rw' L2 R2 F Fw2 L2 Rw' B2 D' B2 D2 R Uw' Fw' Rw2 Uw2 R2 Uw' Fw D2 Fw Uw' L2 D'
4. (2:00.35) L2 B' Uw Rw2 L2 R2 Fw B' D' U2 Uw' L2 Uw2 R' Fw' R Uw2 Fw' Uw' Rw' U2 F' D' Uw F U' Rw2 D B R2 B L2 R' F2 B2 U Rw2 Uw2 D' R2
5. 2:01.00[2 twisted corners] Rw' F Rw2 L D2 Rw D B Rw2 Uw L2 Rw' B2 Rw' Fw2 Uw' D' U2 L2 Fw U' R' Fw2 U2 Uw' R' F' Rw L Uw B' Rw' B' Rw Uw2 L2 F R' Uw2 B2
6. 2:12.47 Fw L R' D Uw Rw' L Fw L2 Rw Uw2 F' D2 B D' F U2 Uw2 Rw2 B2 L2 U' R' Uw Rw D2 R L' B U' Rw B2 Uw' R2 L U' B2 Fw2 D F'
7. 2:41.28 B2 F Uw' B2 Fw2 D2 F Uw R2 U Uw2 Fw Rw' L Fw D2 R' F2 Fw' L U Fw2 U Fw U F' Rw F U2 Uw R2 Rw2 U' B F Uw U' F' D' Uw2
8. 2:22.42 F L' R' Fw' Uw U' F2 Rw' Uw' R' L2 U' Uw Rw' D' F2 U2 Fw U F' U B' Uw' F2 Fw L' U2 Uw Rw F2 Uw Rw' B2 F Rw D' Fw D' L' B
9. 2:03.03 Fw Uw2 B' Fw' L' R' B2 F2 U Rw2 B2 Fw Uw L2 D R' Rw2 B' R Uw' U2 F2 Fw' U' Rw' F U Rw' U2 F' R Rw2 Uw2 F' Uw' R2 Rw' Uw' L2 Fw2
10. (DNF(2:21.66)) R' D' Fw2 R' D F Uw2 U Rw2 Uw' F' Rw' U' B2 Uw' L' R2 D2 Uw R2 F Uw2 R2 L2 B' U2 B' Fw R D F D2 B' R2 Rw Fw' F' L' Fw U
11. 2:58.57 L Rw F2 Rw' F L2 F' Rw' U2 R' Uw F2 Uw' D' L' R B U' B2 Rw2 Uw' Rw2 B2 F' Fw2 L' Fw2 U Rw2 D Rw R' Uw' F' Rw' L R B' Uw F2
12. 2:11.55 Fw2 Uw2 B2 Fw' L D' Rw2 D B2 L R2 Fw L F2 Fw' B2 D U' Uw' Rw' Fw2 Rw' Fw' Uw L U' B R L2 F' Rw' Uw R D Uw' R' Fw' U Uw F'

Edit: derp I wrote mo3 instead of ao12, fixed
 
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I almost got on official 4x4 BLD success, but on the second attempt I inserted a wing letter pair in the wrong side and I forgot to do the Corner parity alg. If it was not for that I would have had it. One of the other attempts was off by 2 centers and 2 wings, which I guess I forgot the order of them.

I tried my first official MBLD attempt at the competition and I only got a 3/10 which was really sad because 4 of the cubes were only off by either 1 flipped edge or 1 flipped corner. Had I gotten those cubes right I could have qualified for Nationals.
 
Just DNF'd one of the easiest scrambles ever...by BD flipped edge missed in memo. Would have been pb by 10 seconds.

1. DNF(52.15) R2 B2 L F2 R D2 B2 L U2 B L2 D F' D2 U2 L B2 U2 Fw Uw'

Not sure of the memo/exec splits because I was using stackmat, but probably memo pb, maybe even sub-20.
 
I attempted my first ever 6x6 BLD solve and it was a pretty bad fail. 50:34.67[32:21.98]
I was off by 2 inner and outer x centers, 4 obliques, 3 midges, and 3 wings. But hey, I got the corners solved right:D.

I really enjoyed it, and now I really want to keep trying it to eventually get a success. I also need to work on commutators for 4x4-6x6, since at the moment my execution is pretty slow.
 
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