Blindsolving Failure Thread

3BLD DNF(39.xx) - 2 corners, I cycles all the pieces so I must've done a commutator wrong.
5BLD DNF(11:1x) - 3 midges, not sure why.

Just then, I DNF'd a potentially good solve. Edges were really smooth, 10 targets. I looked down at timer and it was green and not running.
I thought I would continue to see if the corners would've been good too, there were 6 targets and the positions were really good for visual.
The scramble was: U' F' D2 F B2 L U' L' F R2 B2 R F' R B F' R' B' U2 R2 U2 L' F' R' F
 
Fail, but learning.
R' D2 U2 B R B2 U2 B R' L' U2 F2 L F U' L2 R' B L2 R' B' D2 F' R' D'
2 solved edges, one twisted corner, no parity.
Memo
Edges: XH DL CU OV TI
Corners: MF GS DL. Flip corner H anticlockwise.

Memo: 8:54, execution: 4:10
FAIL, but a strange one. The cube was 3 moves off. Moves, not pieces. As in I did something like F' D R' and it was solved? Guessing that I "undid" the setup move wrong for the corner-twister at the end.

So I re-try the execution for practice.
- Did it piece by piece, checking each time - Good. Memo was correct.
- Attempt 1 BLD - FAIL. Re-called a pair wrong (CU = Cow Udder, Recalled it as UD - Udder. Realised imediately and took a DNF)
- Attempt 2 BLD - FAIL. Was p*ssed off and just twisting as fast as I could. I think I got a T perm and a J perm confused as my concentration was lacking. Cube a complete mess.
- Attempt 3 BLD - Success. Execution in 2:50, which is the fastest Execution I've ever done by a long long way. Feels good man.

Even though I keep failing, I'm completely addicted to BLD. Jeeze, it's 10:24pm and I've forgotten to eat dinner. And I just remembered I put a beer in the freezer about an hour ago, OH SHI-
 
Also. Yesterday I was practicing BLD and decided to go down to the corner shop for a coke. I forgot I had still had my blindfold on top of my head.

I don't have a proper blindfold so I use a Shemagh (Green and black scarf thing that soldiers in Iraq wear). This was tied around my forehead. I looked like a wally. I don't give a f*ck. BLD rules.
 
52 DNF, 48 DNF, 51 DNF in comp >_>

All of them corner execution mistakes (I know I forgot to undo an R setup in the 48). My edge memo is pretty strong in comp (I think the nerves helped, I can still remember some of my letters @.@) but I seem to lose my intuitive feel for corners execution. I have to say, opening your eyes to an unsolved cube on the 3rd attempt after 2 DNFs is pretty crap. anyway, there'll still be more comps :)

Will now attempt to refine my memo system and find better algs for bad cases and come back stronger next comp :D
 
I haven't done a BLD solve in over a week... :fp

That's what I get for injuring my wrist...:mad:

toastman said:
Also. Yesterday I was practicing BLD and decided to go down to the corner shop for a coke. I forgot I had still had my blindfold on top of my head. [...snip...] BLD rules.
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I've done that before. Makes you feel awkward when everybody is staring at you, and then you realize why. And then you feel proud. And then you realize nobody would understand why you're proud. And that makes you more proud. (Inner hipster coming out...)
 
JonnyWhoopes said:
I've done that before. Makes you feel awkward when everybody is staring at you, and then you realize why. And then you feel proud. And then you realize nobody would understand why you're proud. And that makes you more proud. (Inner hipster coming out...)
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Several times at competitions, I've gone to my wife and said, "I can't find my blindfold - have you seen it?", and she just laughs at me, because I'm the only one in the room who doesn't know where it is. :)
 
Another failure. I'm becoming a regular here.

So, I've been getting a TON of failures recently, because I keep trying to be QUICK and execute FAST.
So, I figure, as long as I can SLOW DOWN, I'll be OK. And, yes folks, the best way I figured to do that was attempt my first
MULTIIIIBLIIIIIIND.
F U2 R' U2 L' U' R2 L B2 L2 R' D2 U2 F2 R2 F2 L' F' L' R' U L D2 L2 D
D F' R2 F B L' B' L2 F2 R D F D B' U R' D' L' U2 R L F2 L' U D
Memo: ~26 minutes
Execution ~13 minues
Total: ~39 minutes

Result: FAIL 0/2.... but promising.
1st solve: Cube an utter mess. Traces my solution through... Solved all edges fine... Parity fix... hey, that's not right. I did the final move of the "R" perm as a U instead of a U'. Because I was doing it TOO SLOWLY (and I'd only learnt the alg like 2 weeks ago). AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHGHGHGHHGHGHGHGHGHGHHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHHGHGH. Rest of my memo was and execution was probably fine.

2nd solve: 2 flipped edges. AAAAAAAARGHGHGHGHGHGHHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHG
The scramble had a flipped edge, and I remembered to flip it. ARGHGHGHGH I remembered edge "T" as "F" when plotting my solution. AAAAAAARGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHHGHGHGHGHGHGHHGHGH Rest of the solve good.

So, what I learned. Memo isn't the problem. 2 cubes in ~26 minutes was easy.
Execution isn't the problem if I slow down enough. but
Plotting the solution and
MY GOD DAMN M**********ERF*********ING R Perm need work.

I'm off to have a beer and practice my stupid R-Perm 9001 times.
 
First 4bld try ever: 26:23.86 (11:20.xx); obviously DNF.
Never tried solving edges/centers separately nor read a guide before... I had just tried commutators sighted once or twice before...
Memo was easier than I expected;
20/24 centers (about 7-8 skip) solved
12/24 edges
even corners were wrong... I guess I just made a mistake with a center commutator.
 
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I think this is my most epic fail BLD solve ever.

7x7x7 BLD
Memo took about 44 minutes (a bit slower than I'd like, but not terrible). Only 12 cycles into the cube I pop 2 wing edges. Now, Mike has been hardcore in the past and searched for the pieces blindfolded, so I figured I would do the same thing, hey it could be fun right?

[begin marvelously epic fail]

Probably one big difference between Mike and myself is that my desk area where I do my BLD solves is fairly messy with papers and other things strewn about. I'm not lying that it took me about 20 minutes to find both wing edges. I found the first one within a minute or two, but the second one took a very long time to find. My final time (the solve was a DNF, more on that in a moment) was about an hour and 35 minutes, whereas my 7x7x7BLD is pretty consistent at around 1 hour 10 minutes. So that's 20 solid minutes of piece searching for that last wing edge :fp

Ok, now to the DNF state. I was off by 6 oblique edges, 3 lefts and 3 rights. Now, what was weird was that the same 3 letters were DNF'd in both edge orbits. I found this particularly strange, and began my usual DNF post mortem stuff. All of a sudden I realized, as I went through what I had executed, that while executing on the left obliques, I did exactly one of the cycles accidently on the right oblique pieces :fp Other than this small mistake, everything else was solved.

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Ok, now to a more detailed narration of the 20 minute piece searching extravaganza.

Did you know that while searching for that one piece for 20 minutes while still blindfolded that I ...

... took so long searching that I had to pause for a couple minutes to rehearse my memorization again, since I had popped the piece near the very beginning of my solve?

... had a serious recall delay while rehearsing one particular location, but that it didn't matter because about 10 minutes later, while still searching for my missing piece, that the images in that location came back to me?

... cleared absolutely everything off my desk, in hopes that the missing piece was on or in something on my desk?

... spilled some of my drink when I hit the cup without remembering exactly where it was on my desk?

... had to wander around my room and search for a towel to clean off my desk, since my computer was on it?

... drank all of the rest of my drink, carefully searching around my mouth with my tongue with each sip in case the piece had fallen into my drink?

... set the cube down at one point so that I could search with both hands, but then quickly realized that this was going to take too long, so I resorted to laying down on the floor and using my legs/arms/stomach/face to search more floor area at the same time?

... just wanted this solve to be over and done with, but I was determined that if Mike put up with a solve that went this horribly wrong, that I should probably try to do the same?

... do not find this situation funny in the least, but I probably will in another week or two?
 
... set the cube down at one point so that I could search with both hands, but then quickly realized that this was going to take too long, so I resorted to laying down on the floor and using my legs/arms/stomach/face to search more floor area at the same time?
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I lol'd at this part.

Im impressed at your dedication. I would have taken off the BLD (not looking at the cube) then put it in like that. Although of course in comp I wouldnt do this
 
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I'm sorry Chris but I was laughing like a hyena for a good minute after reading your post, especially when I got to the part where you resorted to laying on the floor.

I hope you don't find this offensive Chris, I really do feel sorry for you. I'm positive you'll find this funny later on, especially given your wording.

I am impressed you were man enough to search for the pieces :tu
 
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