Blindsolving Failure Thread

[asportking]

First 3x3 BLD attempt ever (I'm a noob): Takes off blindfold, and is off by two twisted corners >.<

 

[blakedacuber]

First 3x3 BLD attempt ever (I'm a noob): Takes off blindfold, and is off by two twisted corners >.<

Congrats and unlucky i suppose the first thing i do when i do BLD is search for flipped corners and edges

 

[asportking]

Congrats and unlucky i suppose the first thing i do when i do BLD is search for flipped corners and edges

Nah, the scramble was sort of easy. It's not that I forgot to flip the corners, but I had twisted one of them clockwise and the other counter-clockwise, when it was supposed to be the other way around.

 

[spyr0th3dr4g0n]

lol, I had the same, but they were on the bottom layer. I was but then D:

 

[Jaycee]

B' R U2 R F' L2 R' U' D2 B2 L F2 B L' U' R2 F' B R D' F D2 L F2 R

That's the scramble I'm going to use for my first ever SpeedBLD attempt. Starting memo in just about 5 minutes. Just a heads up. xD

EDIT : Nevermind, I'll postpone this until Saturday or Sunday when I'm not busy and my head is clear. xD

 

[IanTheCuber]

MBLD 2/12

All the cubes that weren't solved had 3 peices or less bad.

 

[x-colo-x]

5BLD DNF 8:59.90 :|
off by 3 xcentres and 2 +centres
B2 Rw' Bw' Fw2 Rw Uw2 U2 L2 Lw2 U2 Rw2 Dw2 R' Lw' F L B D Bw2 F' B Fw2 D2 Fw2 R Dw2 D2 F B2 Dw L R F' U F2 R F2 Fw U B' Rw Bw' Lw D' U Fw L' Fw2 Bw' Rw' L2 B' Uw2 F' Lw2 D2 Rw2 F' Lw' D'

 

[chrissyD]

Was about to get my first bld solve ever (on a 2x2 but I'm an uber nub at bld) and my light bulb fooking blew up during memo. D: Screw bld it's not for me...

 

[x-colo-x]

5bld 8:52.88 dnf
4 +centres
Still I haven't a successful sub 10
Lw2 Bw D U' B2 F2 Rw2 F' Rw D F2 Dw' D B' Fw' Dw' U2 Lw Rw' Bw' Lw' Bw' Dw2 Bw' F2 Rw Bw' Uw' Bw' Fw' B2 R F B' Bw2 Dw Bw D' Lw2 Rw U2 Bw D' Dw2 Bw2 U' F' L Dw' D Rw Lw2 R' F' D2 Rw2 D Dw Bw2 Rw'

 

[Jakube]

My solves at German Nationals: (all failures)

3BLD: DNF, DNF
4BLD: DNF, DNF, DNF
5BLD: 14:15[7min or 8], DNF(9:44)[4:30], DNF(12.xx)[4:30] (14 is very slow for me, I had to memorize the hole +centers twice and other slow parts in memorisation, 2nd cube: I forgot a b2 during centers, 3rd: off by 2 wings and some midges)
Multi: 12/18 in 1:00.00

So bad results

 

[ben1996123]

Was about to get my first bld solve ever (on a 2x2 but I'm an uber nub at bld) and my light bulb fooking blew up during memo. D: Screw bld it's not for me...

Try again. If you don't have a light bulb, it can't explode.

 

[TMOY]

My BLD at German Nats:
3BLD: 1:25 (safety solve)), DNF, DNF
4BLD: three DNFs, one by 2 centers and one by 3 edges. The third one had almost all centers and a few edges wroong, I must have done a cube rotation wrong at the end of edges execution.
5BLD: three DNFs, one by 4 +-centers and one by 3 x-centers. The third one was completely scrambled, I probably did a cube rotation wrong at the very beginning.
Multi: DNF (4/12 , actually 5/12 in 1:00:02). Trying 12 was experimental so I didn't expect a full success anyway, but picking up the wrong cube twice didn't help much.

 

[Escher]

In my past three weeks of practising, with nearly all attempts being sub 2 (apart from a couple of safe, untimed ones to prove to myself I could actually do it), I have achieved ~6 successes, and had 8 close DNFs between 1:13 - 1:42 (my current PB). I think that gives me a 95% DNF rate.

;_;

 

[riffz]

In my past three weeks of practising, with nearly all attempts being sub 2 (apart from a couple of safe, untimed ones to prove to myself I could actually do it), I have achieved ~6 successes, and had 8 close DNFs between 1:13 - 1:42 (my current PB). I think that gives me a 95% DNF rate.

;_;

My success rate is atrocious too.

 

[Ezy Ryder]

Mine too. Just started doing a (first in my life) 3BLD Mean of 10. I gave up after first seven solves.
1. DNF R' U' B U L' F' U' L D' L B F2 D L2 R2 F R' D L' F L2 B U L2 F
2. DNF D2 L' U F2 L D2 B' L' R' U' R U F R L' U' F' L' R2 B2 F D2 F2 L2 F
3. DNF L2 U2 D' L2 U' R B F' U2 L U L2 U2 B2 D' U' R2 D' L R' D' B2 F L' U'
4. (3:54.55) B' F2 D2 F2 L' B U B2 U2 B2 F2 L B' L D' B F' R' B' U L2 F D' U2 F
5. DNF R' L' F L U R' F2 L' F' R' L F2 R L B' R2 D2 B2 F' D2 R' D2 U' R' F
6. DNF D2 L' B' R2 D' R F' R F B' R' D' B F L' F D F2 L' R U' L' F2 R2 F'
7. (DNF) L F' R2 U2 F' L R B R' U' R B' R F B R2 L' D2 B2 U L' F2 U2 B2 R
14.28% success rate.
The last scramble is interesting.

 

[chardison1980]

so here i am working on my memo for 3x3x3 bld using m2/OP and i got my corners down pat no problem 100% of the time and getting faster, now the M2 is killing me i memo my pairs so i know when its m2 out or not and all the edges left and right go great but when i get to the m slice and or where my buffer DF is solved i mess it all up and my M slice is either upside down aka (m2 out) or the edges end up in the wrong spots. and someone please help me out with this, thanks guys.

 

[ben1996123]

so here i am working on my memo for 3x3x3 bld using m2/OP and i got my corners down pat no problem 100% of the time and getting faster, now the M2 is killing me i memo my pairs so i know when its m2 out or not and all the edges left and right go great but when i get to the m slice and or where my buffer DF is solved i mess it all up and my M slice is either upside down aka (m2 out) or the edges end up in the wrong spots. and someone please help me out with this, thanks guys.

I would help you, but I don't understand the post because of your (lack of) punctuation.

 

[TheMachanga]

4 4BLD attempts yesterday and 2 today (~15 attempt all-time) and I still can't get a success. The memory part is fine, I'm not forgetting anything, it's my execution. According to video, I always solve the centers and corners, but the edges keep screwing me over. I keep messing up M2 set-ups and undo's. All of my dnfs are around 15-17 minutes. I solve with very slow turning, because I'm afraid of messing up. However, the slow turning gets rid of the muscle memory during M2 set ups and undo's so that's why I make mistakes

 

[insane569]

2 Attempts in class the other day and both off by 2 twisted pieces.
I gotta practice more.

4 4BLD attempts yesterday and 2 today (~15 attempt all-time) and I still can't get a success. The memory part is fine, I'm not forgetting anything, it's my execution. According to video, I always solve the centers and corners, but the edges keep screwing me over. I keep messing up M2 set-ups and undo's. All of my dnfs are around 15-17 minutes. I solve with very slow turning, because I'm afraid of messing up. However, the slow turning gets rid of the muscle memory during M2 set ups and undo's so that's why I make mistakes

I find when ever i solve with slow turning i usually mess up an alg because of the slow turning.
But if i go to fast then i might mess up as well so its all about finding a reasonable turning speed.

 

[Cubenovice]

4 4BLD attempts yesterday and 2 today (~15 attempt all-time) and I still can't get a success. The memory part is fine, I'm not forgetting anything, it's my execution. According to video, I always solve the centers and corners, but the edges keep screwing me over. I keep messing up M2 set-ups and undo's. All of my dnfs are around 15-17 minutes. I solve with very slow turning, because I'm afraid of messing up. However, the slow turning gets rid of the muscle memory during M2 set ups and undo's so that's why I make mistakes

Do you have any specific targets that mess you up?
If so you could consider "learning them as an alg" and then go full on muscle memory for these specific targets.

Another thing: I am just starting to learn r2 edges but have already made a small change to 4 typical set ups to decrease risk of wrong undoing of set ups:

Target Typical . . . . Mod to
ULb: L U' L' U --> mod to L2 U' L2 U
BLu: L' B L B' --> mod to L2 B L2 B'
URf: R' U R U' --> mod to R2 U R2 U'
BRd: R B' R' B --> mod to R2 B' R2 B

Changing R R' L L' for L2 R2 takes awya any guesswork