Blindsolving Failure Thread

Mike Hughey said:
8x8x8 BLD, fifth try: DNF [1:13:25.41, 37:05, 6iO 2C] (still no successes)

For the 6 obliques, I was able to determine certainly that I applied one commutator to the wrong orbit, accounting for all 6 pieces. The corners being twisted was inexcusable - I really should spend a few more seconds memorizing corners before I start - this is ridiculous.

I realize that considering my 7x7x7 BLD accuracy is around 20%, I shouldn't feel bad about missing my first 5 tries at 8x8x8, but this is starting to get disappointing.
Click to expand...

Maybe your target should be \( \frac{100}{n-2}\%, n>2 \) for an nxnxn cube?
 
Mike Hughey said:
8x8x8 BLD, fifth try: DNF [1:13:25.41, 37:05, 6iO 2C] (still no successes)

For the 6 obliques, I was able to determine certainly that I applied one commutator to the wrong orbit, accounting for all 6 pieces. The corners being twisted was inexcusable - I really should spend a few more seconds memorizing corners before I start - this is ridiculous.

I realize that considering my 7x7x7 BLD accuracy is around 20%, I shouldn't feel bad about missing my first 5 tries at 8x8x8, but this is starting to get disappointing.
Click to expand...
Bld failures are always nasty, but getting the right orbits sounds like a trickier job than the actual memo and figuring out comms parts.

Also remember the old motto: Any practise is good practise

p.s. When you get it, please make sure it's on film! :)
 
3/5, first cube was off by 2 edges, 4th cube was off by 3 edges and two twisted corners. This is getting really frustrating....I should have had the 1st cube for sure, but I flipped the wrong edge.
 
Due to recent improvements in BLD, I decided to try a 5 cube multi. I have only ever tried two cubes, and have only had one success at that. B*** to the wall I suppose.

1/5 in 1:01:47.77 || Memo = 49:31 (May have been under 1:00 had I not had to get up to restart my camera... it froze)
I solved in reverse order of the memo.
Cube 5 = 50%
Cube 4 = Realized as I was finishing corners that I had been solving edges using the corners memo. Wasn't sure when I made the accidental transition, so I just threw the cube away.
Cube 3 = Started solving edges on accident using corner memo. (Yes... 5 seconds after I screwed up the previous cube the same way) I got *cough* upset *cough* and forgot where I was in the execution, so I threw yet another cube away.
Cube 2 = Solved
Cube 1 = 50% - My hand slipped while doing a setup move. I took a reasonable guess at what moves I made and tried to fix them, but I don't think I got it right.
 
Carson said:
Due to recent improvements in BLD, I decided to try a 5 cube multi. I have only ever tried two cubes, and have only had one success at that. B*** to the wall I suppose.
Click to expand...

A damn inspiring failure though!
When I have an hours of cubing time I'll try 5 too

This will be my 3rd ever attempt at MBLD :)
1st 0/2 official comp (my first ever official BLD attempt LOL, but really tried to do both of them)
2nd 2/2 recent weekly comp
3rd ?/5 :)
 
This would have been a sub-6, significant improve over my sub-10 yesterday.
DSC_0004.JPG
DSC_0005.JPG

I had a feeling that I forgot to permute a corner, but I obviously completely forgot about orientation instead. And I messed up during the end of the edges :(
 
ARRGH.

Scramble: R' U F' B' U L D U' B2 L' B U R F2 U2 F' R' F2 B2 U2 B L' U2 R F'

DNF 6:20.67, with 3:33.87 for memo. Would've been a record too.

For CP I memo'd it correctly, but got one corner cycle wrong. Dammit.

And this is after I do it perfectly on the bus with twenty incredibly rowdy kids watching...

At least it taught me that apparently it's faster to execute EP in 3OP first, not CP. Huh.

(how do you do it so fast???)
 
So many BLD failures over the past few weeks. Here are yesterday's solves(all DNFs):
3:56.94, 3:48.32, 5:13.77, 4:24.08, 2:55.57, 5:27.55, 5:16.98, 3:45.12, 4:29.01
AUGH!! So frustrated. Probably 3 of these were close (3 cycle, flipped pieces, etc), while the other's are just complete FAILURES! GRRR! Blind frustrates me, because it's so fun, but DNFs are just so annoying.



BrainOfSweden said:
This would have been a sub-6, significant improve over my sub-10 yesterday.
DSC_0004.JPG
DSC_0005.JPG
I had a feeling that I forgot to permute a corner, but I obviously completely forgot about orientation instead. And I messed up during the end of the edges :(
Click to expand...

What cube is that? It looks like a dayan cube, but the plastic is so shiny! It looks pretty cool.
Oh, and I personally would like at that as a neutral solve. Neither a failure nor an achievement. You shaved off 4 minutes from your time yesterday, and were only off by what? 3 edges and 2 corners? So congrats and bummer...
 
Ickathu said:
What cube is that? It looks like a dayan cube, but the plastic is so shiny! It looks pretty cool.
Oh, and I personally would like at that as a neutral solve. Neither a failure nor an achievement. You shaved off 4 minutes from your time yesterday, and were only off by what? 3 edges and 2 corners? So congrats and bummer...
Click to expand...
The cube is an Alpha V-F.
Thanks for the congratulations. It was not a complete fail, as you say, it's three edges and two corners that are misoriented. Now that I have actually done a succesful solve, I of course want to do it faster, so I think I might be stressing my memory just a little too much. But according to the excellent third post in this thread, that might come of as a good thing in the end. My so far only complete solve was in fact done about an hour after a few failed solves, all done without a break in between. Things might get easier now that I realized that I always forget the last U-turn of the R-Perm -.-'
 
Last edited:
5/8 MBLD :( I was sure I had it, I screwed up the last cube because I was trying to rush because I thought I was gonna go over the hour, so I skipped a corner on accident. And the other two, I have no clue what went wrong. Time was 56:13.34.
 
Last edited:
Rubiks560 said:
5/8 MBLD :( I was sure I had it, I screwed up the last cube because I was trying to rush because I thought I was gonna go over the hour, so I skipped a corner on accident. And the other two, I have no clue what went wrong. Time was 56:13.34.
Click to expand...

Nice try!

I remember the first multiBLD attempt I ever saw. It was Rowe at the US Open 2007, the first competition I ever attended. He got 5/8 in 59:20 (and everyone was quite impressed). So you just beat that!
 
insane569 said:
M2/OP might not be your thing then. I use OP for corners and edges. You might have to take your time with memo and not rush it. Memo speed will come naturally. as it did to me.
Click to expand...

Memo speed always come naturally. Just keep practicing, and soon enough you will be able to memo the whole cube without going over it again.
 
Geez, I feel like I'm practicing MBLD way more than I should be. 1/8 :( I have absolutely no clue what went wrong at all. It was basically twisted edges again, and a a few cubes that were off by random edges.
 
Rubiks560 said:
I would do that, if I wasn't so addicted xD I don't think it was over practice that made this happen. Just a really bad attempt.
Click to expand...

A good night's sleep first (or if you can't wait, a good nap). Then you can try again.

I admit, I was never addicted to multi that way, but I have been addicted to big cubes BLD that way, so I fully understand the feeling.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

abunickabhi
Blindsolving coaching resources
Replies
0
Views
41
abunickabhi
abunickabhi
L
Is there a way to tell if you have 3bld parity without doing memo
Replies
5
Views
154
Renslay
Renslay
abunickabhi
Interviews with Top blindsolvers
Replies
0
Views
738
abunickabhi
abunickabhi
CrossPetrus
Blindsolving Help
Replies
4
Views
897
CrossPetrus
CrossPetrus
abunickabhi
Transfer learning between official blindsolving events
Replies
2
Views
1,004
abunickabhi
abunickabhi
Back
Top