Blindsolving Failure Thread

[DrKorbin]

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.

Maybe your roman rooms are "tired", and while trying to remember current cube you are remembering what was at the previous multi-bld session? If so, you need a rest. If not, I would suggest just not to give up and continue, because everybody fails, but it is better to fail at home than at competitions.

 

[Zane_C]

how exactly does memo'ing images work? an example solve would be helpful too please( pure OP)

I think you accidentally placed this in the wrong thread. Most people derive letters from a lettering scheme, then form images from the letters. The images are then placed along an imaginary route. - Memorisation article.

Short example: If you used the Speffz lettering scheme, and your targets were UB and RB, the corresponding letters would be 'A' and 'N'. The image for this could be 'ants'. If the next letters were D and G, the next image might be a dog. This could be imagined as ants eating a dog.

 

[Rubiks560]

This was my last attempt before the weekend, since I will be too busy to do anymore till Monday.

4/8 in 53:51.46 (Took memo kinda slow) Two cubes were off by two twisted corners, another cube was off by two twisted edges, the last cube was pretty messed up (I accidentally messed up a Y perm)
It would appear I'm very capable of getting 8, but I keep making really small errors. Guess I will have lots of time to rest before my next attempt.

Oh, and fun fact, my first cube was actually solved, but I forgot if I twisted the corners or not, so I decided to take the chance and do the alg again, which ended up screwing that cube up.

 

[conn9]

8 failures in a row After my initial successes of solving 3BLD for the first time, I think I was rushing too much. They were all off by 1 or 2 pieces, but they all would have been my PB, by a good 1.5 minutes. I was tired today though, and I guess any practice is useful. It's always been edges that were wrong (every single time corners were fine) though. I can remember the letters, I just fail the memo.

 

[Jakube]

19/20 in 53:36

Damn it, I skipped the execution of the 2nd cube corners.
But the time was awesome!
I got the attempt on video, not sure if I should upload it.

 

[BrainOfSweden]

19/20 in 53:36

Damn it, I skipped the execution of the 2nd cube corners.
But the time was awesome!
I got the attempt on video, not sure if I should upload it.

I think you should. I know I would watch it Eventually speed it up a bit, at least the memo

 

[Jakube]

I think you should. I know I would watch it Eventually speed it up a bit, at least the memo

O.k. But not until next saturday, because I need my desktop computer for editing the video.

 

[BrainOfSweden]

O.k. But not until next saturday, because I need my desktop computer for editing the video.

That's ok, take your time

 

[Rubiks560]

7/8 MBLD, last cube was off by two flipped edges...memo time was 29:30.xy, finish time was 41:04.18. I went really slow on execution, hoping to finally get this one. Still about a 6 minute improvement for me.

 

[Rubiks560]

Double post. 7/8 AGAIN off by 3 corners. Memo time was the same as the last, and finish was 41:27.51

 

[Rubiks560]

Triple post....if I get another failure, I'll just edit this one. 6/8 in 42:34.13. I screwed up a set up move on one of the cubes, and didn't realize it till two edges after, and I tried to go back and fix it but I ended up just making it worse. And I picked the 5th cube up in the wrong orientation

EDIT: ‎8/9 in 56:00.88 off by two twisted corners and 3 edges....KILL ME.

 

[Henrik]

Failing 3 attempts on 5x5 BLD.
Doing 5/8 in Multi
Only getting 1/3 4x4BLDs
Failing 2 of 3 3x3 BLDs
and bad 2x2 BLD times at weekly.

I really need to get into BLD shape again, maybe start using double letters for edges as well. Maybe that will make my accuracy better, at least for edges. I have switched two images a few times and I hate it. !

 

[Rubiks560]

2/9 MBLD in 43:16.45. All off by two twisted corners and edges. Not sure what I did wrong. Thought I would have a good chance at getting it after a long break from multi. (Was at my dads without most of my cubes)

 

[Ickathu]

1/2 Multi blind in 13:48.60. First cube was off by 2 2 edge swaps (UF -> UL, and FR -> BL). I have no idea what went wrong. On the bright side, I solved one of the cubes, and this was much faster than my last mbld attempt, which took well over 20 minutes.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Sixth attempt at 8x8x8 BLD: DNF [1:16:13.12, 39:20, 3oX 3iO].

Awww, I really thought this one would be the one. For the obliques, I actually had them memorized and simply skipped that location. I don't know what went wrong with the outer X centers; I can't figure out where my mistake was there. Still very close, but not quite there yet.

 

[AbstractAlg]

Mike, all the luck I could plausibly wish you for the next try.
Don't give up, if someone can do it - you can do it.

 

[TMOY]

Got a 15:27 5BLD today... DNF by 3 wings. GRRRRRRRRR... Memo in ~4:45.

 

[Jakube]

Nice time, François. Especially the memo. I hope I can see a successfull solve from you in two weeks.

 

[Sebastien]

Wow Francois...but still your execution is so slow compared to your memo times :S

 

[megaminxwin]

I suppose I should start posting in here.

DNF(6:17.36)[2:58.03] U' B2 R2 U' F2 U L2 B2 D2 F2 D' F L' F D2 L' B' D' F' R' B

Off by TWO EDGES FLIPPED (UR and DF). Dammit.

Would've been a PB too. But that remains firmly at 6:38.75. Keep trying...