Blindsolving Failure Thread

[TMOY]

Or he popped and reassembled the cube incorrectly.
It happened to me yesterday, I got a DNF by 1 flipped edge...

 

[Yes We Can!]

5x5 BLD 38:10 DNF

off by just 2 flipped midges :'(
I think I might have memorized incorrectly (R instead of P).
My average time is about 38 I would say, because my 27:xy DNF had a really lucky scramble.
This one had 25 min memo, which I can live with

 

[Zane_C]

Ugh no, so close Cornelius.

4/5 in 13:11.40.
5 corners: 2 twisted and a 3 cycle. :confused:
EDIT: The DNF was the last cube I memorised and the first one I executed.

 

[porkynator]

first 10 solves of the year, 7 DNFs...

DNF(1:56.37), DNF(2:20.69), DNF(2:22.78), DNF(2:25.10), 2:23.14+, DNF(2:24.78), 2:04.45, DNF(2:05.64), 2:29.21, DNF(2:00.13)

Anyway, they're all sub2:30 and 1:56, 2:04, 2:05 and 2:00 are very good times for me... also, my memo & recall improve everyday, I'm almost sub50...

 

[Slash]

The DNF was the last cube I memorised and the first one I executed.

it always is the last memorised first executed that is wrong though it's like a normal blind...
nice one though

 

[kinch2002]

First PB of the year is...Multibld! It's a failure because I got 14/15 54:20. Beats my PB from 3 days ago of 13/13 in 55:32
Interestingly, and unusually it was the first cube I memoed that was 2 flipped edges out. I did in fact make 2 mistakes. Firstly I didn't see one of the 2 stationary flipped edge during memo. Secondly I forgot to execute the other one anyway

 

[Zane_C]

First PB of the year is...Multibld! It's a failure because I got 14/15 54:20. Beats my PB from 3 days ago of 13/13 in 55:32
Interestingly, and unusually it was the first cube I memoed that was 2 flipped edges out. I did in fact make 2 mistakes. Firstly I didn't see one of the 2 stationary flipped edge during memo. Secondly I forgot to execute the other one anyway

Well at least you know exactly what you did wrong. That's a very nice time and result. :tu

 

[Keroma12]

First solve of 2011 was a DNF for me haha. My first ever 5x5 attempt. 1:13:51.56, memo ~35. I hadn't really planned how I was going to sort of parity with corners and edges..... So I messed it up. Result was 5 wings cycled. Also, I ended up going with M2, then realized I didn't know how to flip two edges, but figured it out after a minute of thinking. Oh and I hadn't thought up a lettering system for + centers, so I had to figure that out too.
Maybe I should have prepared more

Edit: Second solve of the year is also a DNF. 4x4, felt really easy after 5x5. 25:57.52, memo ~11:30. 3 centers cycled due to bad execution. Memo's getting way faster each time, execution not as much.

 

[Yes We Can!]

5x5 BLD 41:04.5

not a DNF, but such a huge fail...
Memo was 25:xy, normal time.
I did my corners, then my +centers. I was almost done with the +centers when I realized I had forgotten a U2 after my 3rd target. So I went all the way back and undid what I had done, did the U2 and went on again.
My whole execution was 15:26, slower than at my first attempt ever -.-
Fair enough, it was my first ever success (and first attempt actually) with corner/midge parity.

 

[amostay2004]

4BLD DNF by 6 centres Again because of those centres dammit

Time was 15:26.81 (8:04.55 memo)

Centres were pretty easy this time, I wonder what went wrong =(

edit: did another attempt, was 20mins and a terrible DNF Looks like my limit for now is 1 attempt per day

 

[blakedacuber]

i know its the wrong lpace t ask(kind of) but when doing multiBLD are you allowed to do th corners of all cubes first then edges? or do you have to finish one cube before you start the next??

 

[Kynit]

Yes, you're allowed. However, keep in mind that, if you're stopped halfway through due to the time limit, any unsolved cubes don't count. 3/5 cubes is better than 5/5 cube corners.

 

[amostay2004]

i know its the wrong lpace t ask(kind of) but when doing multiBLD are you allowed to do th corners of all cubes first then edges? or do you have to finish one cube before you start the next??

Yes you can do them however you like. Feel free to do 5 edges on the first cube, then 8 corners on the second, then finish the first cube, etc etc...

 

[blakedacuber]

thanks both of you

 

[liljthedude]

First attempt of 2011. 3 corners flipped and 4 edges flipped.

 

[TMOY]

Multi: 5/10 in 1 hour 22 minutes. I didn't really care about staying below 1 hour, I juste wanted to see if I could memo 10 cubes. Well, I almost can... On the 9th I didn't recall a 6-cycle of edges, on the 10th the corner permutation and a 8-cycle of edges. The other three missed cubes were off respectively by 2 flipped edges, by 2 twisted corners and by a H-perm.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Yes you can do them however you like. Feel free to do 5 edges on the first cube, then 8 corners on the second, then finish the first cube, etc etc...

One warning - if you're going to do this in competition, make sure your judge understands what you are going to do. You're not required to by the rules, and the judge should really know this, but it can't hurt to be careful - I'd hate to have a multi ruined by an unknowledgeable judge. I once had a judge pick up and rearrange my cubes as I was solving them, sorting them by whether they were solved or not. Fortunately, I didn't solve them your way, and I didn't really have any chance of fixing my bad cubes (it was a really bad solve for me anyway), so it didn't affect my score at all (which was terrible), but I must admit I was really shocked when I reached for a cube to try to fix it, and found that there wasn't a cube where I had left it!

If you're competing in big cubes BLD or multi BLD, it's a good idea to go over the rules with your judge before beginning anyway. Since the poor judge is usually doomed to sit with you for a very long time and is often not very experienced, and the rules are a bit odd for big BLD sometimes, it is helpful to be sure, so you won't DNF because of some silly misunderstanding.

 

[Slash]

I'm lazy to check, but I think there's a rule about judges not touching puzzles that are being solved. And since the cubes of the multiblind attempt are "being solved" until you show the judge that you're done, they shouldn't touch it. I agree with Mike though, it always is a good idea to tell the judge what you want him (not) to do.

 

[TMOY]

The rules are really unclear about that. The only relevant rule I could find is the following one:

A6g) The judge must inspect the puzzle without making moves or aligning faces and must determine whether the puzzle has been completely solved.

which doesn't prevent the judge from touching the puzzle at any time. Whether rearranging cubes during multi counts as making moves/aligning faces or not is debatable.

Anyway, as a good rule of thumb: when you're judging multi, when you pick up a cube for inspection during the solve, always replace it at the exact place and in the exact position as it was before. That way, the competitor won't even notice it and won't get disturbed.

 

[kinch2002]

Anyway, as a good rule of thumb: when you're judging multi, when you pick up a cube for inspection during the solve, always replace it at the exact place and in the exact position as it was before. That way, the competitor won't even notice it and won't get disturbed.

Why would the judge need to pick up the puzzles though? The only reason I can think of is if the hour is up and they want to see how many are solved without disturbing you. But apart from that they shouldn't be going near the puzzles