Blindsolving Failure Thread

[Mike Hughey]

3x3 MultiBLD: 5/7 in 32:35 (22:08 memo) and 5/7 in 35:05 (23:27 memo)

First was for weekly comp #16. I'll try again after school tomorrow and hopefully get 7/7 >.<

Nice job!

I have a comment about those scrambles. If you intend to do multi for the weekly competition but haven't yet, please don't read the spoiler.

Spoiler

Those were very easy scrambles. (At least the first 6 were.) Not a flipped edge or a twisted corner in the batch. Unbelievably nice. I did 4/6 in under 30 minutes - the fastest I've ever done that (I'll post the precise time with my other results later in the week). Two silly little memorization mistakes cost me the two solves. I only did 6 to protect Mats' possible win. )

Edit: Oops, I guess there was one twisted corner. It was my mistake on one of the two cubes - I thought it was permuted (and memorized it that way), but it was just twisted. I should really pay more attention when I'm memorizing.

 

[Rubixcubematt]

11:55.76 4x4 BLD DNF, off by 2 3-cycles of wings. I know how one of them happened, but not sure bout the other one.

EDIT: GAHHH, 12:44.88 DNF by 2 misoriented corners. To make it even harder, the TV was on loud about 5 meters away, and my sister was playing the piano in the room next to mine. Far out, I thought I oriented them the right way =\.

 

[TMOY]

Big cubes at German Open:
5^3: DNF in 37.xx (memo sub-10), off by 10 centers
4^3: DNF in 13.xx (didn't check the memo time), off by 3 corners, 3 edges and 4 centers.
I want an official success

 

[joey]

2/3 in 10:xx mins in comp.
First cube was off by a 3-cycle of edges

 

[kinch2002]

2/3 in 10:xx mins in comp.
First cube was off by a 3-cycle of edges

Unlucky

 

[LewisJ]

DNF'd my talent show audition BLD solve by two flipped edges >_>

Nevertheless the judges were impressed with my ~25 speedsolve and near-complete BLD solve.

 

[SuperNerd]

6:29.xy

UFR and UBL not solved

FL and BD not solved. (or something like that)

That was it..... I want another success.

Come on, man.


So, I was practising edges BLD on 3x3x3 when this kid walks up (EDIT: a few days ago), takes my cube in the middle of exec, scrambles it, and gives it back and says "Now solve it!"
I whacked him on the back of the head.

Take off the Blindfold, memo and then solve it

for srs, what should he care?

 

[Hyprul 9-ty2]

12:10.98 4x4 BLD
off by 2 centers
I feel like killing the cube.

 

[TMOY]

3^3 BLD in 1:20.07, off by 2 2-cycles of corners because of a stupid memo error

 

[kinch2002]

First 5bld failure after 7 consecutive successes. 5:56 memo (best ever) and then dropped the cube while on the 2nd alg . Could have picked it up with a 1/24 chance of getting it right...but couldn't be bothered to try. Was the first weekly comp scramble

 

[Mike Hughey]

First 5bld failure after 7 consecutive successes. 5:56 memo (best ever) and then dropped the cube while on the 2nd alg . Could have picked it up with a 1/24 chance of getting it right...but couldn't be bothered to try. Was the first weekly comp scramble

Wow, that's agonizing. Kind of funny, though. Anyway, now you're back to normal. It seems like you should be pretty accurate overall, though, which is nice. Keep up the good work!

(By the way, I would probably have picked it up and hoped. Silly, but that's me. )

 

[riffz]

First 5bld failure after 7 consecutive successes. 5:56 memo (best ever) and then dropped the cube while on the 2nd alg . Could have picked it up with a 1/24 chance of getting it right...but couldn't be bothered to try. Was the first weekly comp scramble

Wow, that's agonizing. Kind of funny, though. Anyway, now you're back to normal. It seems like you should be pretty accurate overall, though, which is nice. Keep up the good work!

(By the way, I would probably have picked it up and hoped. Silly, but that's me. )

I think I probably would too. After the effort of memorizing a 5x5 I would chance it

 

[Rubixcubematt]

1:15.89, 1:28.26, 1:23.69, DNF(1:24.23), DNF(2:14.29), Stupid fail last solve, and 4th as well. If I didn't DNF the 4th solve, would have been a pb =\. 4th solve was off by 3 corners and 3 edges.
1. (1:15.89) B2 U2 R F2 R' L' B U' R2 U B' D' F B D' F' R U2 R2 F D2 U2 F' R2 B2
2. 1:28.26 D2 U' L' R D F B L B F' L' F L2 F U' L2 U' F2 D R' L' U F2 U D
3. 1:23.69 F U F' U B' F L' D2 F' D' R' F' R' D2 L F B2 L' B F2 D L' R2 B R'
4. DNF F L U' L2 U2 B R' B' U' F2 R B F R L2 D2 R' D' B L' D B' D U2 F
5. (DNF) D' F U2 R2 L' F2 B2 R2 D' R F2 D' F' L' D L' D' F2 L2 F2 U2 F R2 D U2

 

[Feryll]

First 5bld failure after 7 consecutive successes. 5:56 memo (best ever) and then dropped the cube while on the 2nd alg . Could have picked it up with a 1/24 chance of getting it right...but couldn't be bothered to try. Was the first weekly comp scramble

Wow, that's agonizing. Kind of funny, though. Anyway, now you're back to normal. It seems like you should be pretty accurate overall, though, which is nice. Keep up the good work!

(By the way, I would probably have picked it up and hoped. Silly, but that's me. )

I think I probably would too. After the effort of memorizing a 5x5 I would chance it

I would rip the blindfold off, pick up the cube properly, and say 'That didn't happen' and continue solving

Especially during a comp

 

[Faz]

2/3 in 12:xx*
First cube was off by a 3-cycle of corners*

 

[LarsN]

First 5bld failure after 7 consecutive successes. 5:56 memo (best ever) and then dropped the cube while on the 2nd alg . Could have picked it up with a 1/24 chance of getting it right...but couldn't be bothered to try. Was the first weekly comp scramble

Amazing memo time. Already you beat my PB memo (including dnf). Don't worry about the dnf. I wouldn't have continued in that case either. Actually I dropped the first weekly comp scramble too, but that was during memo DNF'ed it with two twisted corners though, but got the second one, breaking a 19 DNF streak

 

[MatsBergsten]

What would you do if you had a day alone ? (which does not happen me often).

I set out to set a PB bld. Which I did not. Not a single one
I set out to test my memory, some of you have said that you must rest your memory (your images/rooms) between solves.
I have not noticed that personally. So I intended to do more blindsolves in a row and in a day than I have done before. Now I have accomplished at least that.

First I tried (this weeks comp) Multi. First time i tried 8 cubes. 6/8. OK I think, actually very close.
One cube had two corners twisted because I choose wrong word/image for TO (TOMTE instead of TOMAT (Santa instead of tomato). One cube had a 3-cycle edges off, I don't understand why.

Then (inspired by Sakarie who has set out to do at least 12 blindsolves each day to next comp)
I did 30 3x3 solves in a row. Not one of them sub-2 which really is bad. 18 solved and 12 dnf:s.

Then lunch and an hour outside and some 3x3 normal solves and a nap .

Then I did the second 5x5 bld in this weeks comp, a 3-cycle edges off.

Then (inspired by Lars N) I set out to try 7x7 BLD, but actually tried to do it with bld algs but memoed only six pieces at a time.
In a way that was a memory rest of course. After 47 minutes I gave up when I only had some obliques left because I mishandled
a commutator and the cube was suddenly not nearly solved any longer. And I was very very tired in my hands.

Finally I have tried all five 4x4 from this weeks comp, all blind in a row.
(but not Multi ) No pause between solving but for scrambling. 3 solved 2 dnf:s 9:30-11:40.

Now I have not time for this anymore, but I am fresh as a daisy in my mind and could easily have continued with more solves.

 

[LarsN]

Except for no PB's I think it sounds like you had a successful day

I solved a few 7x7x7 sighted solves before I tried normal bld aswell. I was afraid I couldn't figure out the obliques.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Sounds like an impressive day, Mats. That's a pretty good result for your first try at 8 cubes multi!

I think the more developed memory systems really don't have much trouble with reuse. At least, I find it much like you do. If I'm well-rested and not under any stress, I can do BLD solving all day long, reuse rooms, and never get in trouble.

As for your initial question, of course I would try something big if I had a day alone - probably a 7x7x7 multi to start with. I think I might have a chance like that next weekend - not a whole day alone, but an evening anyway. Maybe I'll finally do my fourth attempt!

 

[Daniel Wu]

7x7 multi.. Wow. Mike, you're amazing.