Blindsolving Failure Thread

Maskow said:
I'm master in failing xD

Polish Open 2012: MBLD 19/29, 60:00
It was 21/29, 61:04. Why so long? I was too stressed and I solved corners with OP, not BH (my hands are terribly shaking in the stress; I didn't have any problem in memorization). 5 DNFs with two twisted edges/corners. My judge said me that in one moment I did 4 DNFs in a row ; O
I deleted the video 3 minutes after the attempt ;)
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I thought you would do 27 =[
 
4x4 Bld failure.
First attempt
36:34.85[27:22]
Fairly close. Off by only 4 centers, 4 corners (wth?), and 12 edges.
The edges sound like a lot, but I 4 of them are from trying to solve CP. How do you do CP? I realized when I got to corners that I didn't know how to solve CP, so I just solved corners normally, then did PP alg, then did a U-perm, but I don't know if that worked.
It was a lot faster than I was expecting for my first attempt. I was thinking it would be well over 40 minutes.

Stats (memo, scramble, etc):
Memorization time: 27:22
Execution time: 9:14

Attempt 1
Centers unsolved: Ulf, Lbu, Fdl, Ldb
Edges unsolved: FDr, LFu; UB, UF; ULb, ULf, LDf, RBd, ULb; RDb, LDb
Corners unsolved: URB, BDL; UFL, DFL

B2 Fw U2 B Rw2 Uw2 F2 B2 Rw2 D2 Fw2 F' Rw2 L2 D Fw2 U Fw2 Uw R2 Fw' Rw2 L R' F' U' B2 Uw' U F2 R Uw Rw2 R2 U2 L2 Rw' Uw2 U' L

Memo: Centers: Speffz Letter pair images/sentences, Edges: EricLimeback/3x3 Letter pair images/sentences, Corners: Speffz Letter pair images/sentences

Center:
EskImo eating a FishStick
Nothing Here says the JaM. a ViaL of WaTer. XXX

Edge: IceSkates in a BackPack. Somebody is using a DAgger as a TaQ (tack). the HomeWork is starting to have some BodyOdor. an EVil EleFant uses JiGaloo. in LoNdon there is a XM radio. ReFeree.

Corner: BlowJob on a Pirate Flag. my LaPtop is eXiTing by clicking the X.

Execution: Edges: r2, Centers: commutators, Corners: OP+BH
I have the full video unlisted on my channel if someone wants it. Maybe they could help me figure out where I went wrong? :P I have the scramble and Memo in the video description.
Once the sped-up video is done uploading I'll post it here.
 
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Ickathu said:
4x4 Bld failure.
First attempt
36:34.85[27:22]
Fairly close. Off by only 4 centers, 4 corners (wth?), and 12 edges.
The edges sound like a lot, but I 4 of them are from trying to solve CP. How do you do CP? I realized when I got to corners that I didn't know how to solve CP, so I just solved corners normally, then did PP alg, then did a U-perm, but I don't know if that worked.
It was a lot faster than I was expecting for my first attempt. I was thinking it would be well over 40 minutes.

I have the full video unlisted on my channel if someone wants it. Maybe they could help me figure out where I went wrong? :P I have the scramble and Memo in the video description.
Once the sped-up video is done uploading I'll post it here.
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I just use T-perm + PLL parity for corner parity. It doesn't mess up edges. I always screw up on edge-parity since the alg I use rotates centers.
 
Noahaha said:
I just use T-perm + PLL parity for corner parity. It doesn't mess up edges. I always screw up on edge-parity since the alg I use rotates centers.
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I solve edges, centers, corners.
For edge parity I do a setup into OLL parity (F2 r') then do pure OLL parity, then rotate centers 180* (R L U2 R' L' U R L U2 R' L' U) then undo setup (r F2), then r2 to finish it off.
 
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Ickathu said:
I solve edges, centers, corners.
For edge parity I do a setup into OLL parity (F2 r') then do pure OLL parity, then rotate centers 180* (R L U2 R' L' U R L U2 R' L' U) then undo setup (r F2).
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That's complicated lol. I just do edge parity after centers and use the normal r U2 r U2 F2 r F2 l' U2 l U2 r2.

But I screw up when I do a wide turn as a setup move.
 
1:13.253, 1:17.360, 1:29.668, DNF(1:32.539), 1:09.123, 1:20.184, 1:26.065, DNF(1:20.745), DNF(1:37.859), 1:25.192, 1:17.111, 1:31.980, 1:31.073, 1:28.436, 1:16.534, DNF(1:06.706), 1:31.619, 1:10.653, 1:22.181, 1:24.115

number of times: 16/20

other stats:
best time: 1:09.123
worst time: 1:31.980

current avg5: 1:25.972 (σ = 4.99)
best avg5: 1:20.094 (σ = 8.54)

current avg12: DNF (σ = 85.54)
best avg12: DNF (σ = 85.54)

session avg: DNF (σ = 78.25)
session mean: 1:22.159

I did 20 solves instead of 50 and there was not one redeeming quality about them except the accuracy. I can't wait until I stop being terrible at commutators.
 
Ickathu said:
4x4 Bld failure.
First attempt

How do you do CP? I realized when I got to corners that I didn't know how to solve CP, so I just solved corners normally, then did PP alg, then did a U-perm, but I don't know if that worked.
It was a lot faster than I was expecting for my first attempt. I was thinking it would be well over 40 minutes.
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Welcome to the 4BLD experience :)

My solving order and parity fixes:
Centers - comms
Edges – r2 and the occasional edge comm
Corners- Old Pochmann

For r2 parity I use the std r2 D’ L’ F l’ U2 etc etc

For CP I do y’ L2 D’ Fw2 Lw2 F2 l2 F2 LW2 FW2 d L2 y to swap the two adjacent “edges” that remain after having solved the corners with Old Pochmann.
(I prefer y over U because it marks a distinct start and stop of my parity step)
Is this alg still being used or am I that old school?
As I do not solve 4x4x sighted I forgot all paritiy algs and just looked up my “old” notes when I learned 4BLD.
 
Cubenovice said:
Welcome to the 4BLD experience :)

My solving order and parity fixes:
Centers - comms
Edges – r2 and the occasional edge comm
Corners- Old Pochmann

For r2 parity I use the std r2 D’ L’ F l’ U2 etc etc

For CP I do y’ L2 D’ Fw2 Lw2 F2 l2 F2 LW2 FW2 d L2 y to swap the two adjacent “edges” that remain after having solved the corners with Old Pochmann.
(I prefer y over U because it marks a distinct start and stop of my parity step)
Is this alg still being used or am I that old school?
As I do not solve 4x4x sighted I forgot all paritiy algs and just looked up my “old” notes when I learned 4BLD.
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That last alg doesn't work. I think most people just do R U R' U' to set up for the opposite edge swap, but I don't know if there's really a difference in speed.
 
Two very, very easy scrambles.

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

If anyone (Noahaha?) can try them and post their times.
I think second one is extremely easy, yet I failed big time and got only 1:11.87 [23.77] ans should have been sub1 easily.
 
1) No edges solevd (and 1 2cycle in it) and corners I had to break into another cycle. I don't see what's easy about these scrambles. What rotation did you do to get to your orientation? I solve YO and I scrambled WG so my rotation was x2 y'. What's yours? So I can have a try at these with what you had.

2) 2nd scramble had solved corner buffer, and edges had 2 2cycles in it. Pieces are solved yes, but not easy by any means (for my orientation)
 
AbstractAlg said:
Two very, very easy scrambles.

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

If anyone (Noahaha?) can try them and post their times.
I think second one is extremely easy, yet I failed big time and got only 1:11.87 [23.77] ans should have been sub1 easily.
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You must have screwed up the scramble on the first one because that is like the hardest scramble ever. The second one is easy but too many 2-cycles. I DNFed both since I'm a nub.
 
AbstractAlg said:
Two very, very easy scrambles.

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

If anyone (Noahaha?) can try them and post their times.
I think second one is extremely easy, yet I failed big time and got only 1:11.87 [23.77] ans should have been sub1 easily.
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I got 1:15.02 and 1:03.23. I think it was just because I'm in a good groove right now; the first one seemed fairly normal, but the second one seemed rather easy.
 
1:06 dnf on the 2nd one. I was going to manually remember to flip/switch the UL/UR but I had parity at the end of edges of course, and I remembered that there was no corner parity, so perhaps doing that wasn't smart.

Not a fan of the edges on that but the corners were decent.
 
4Bld failure
Second attempt
41:34.28[26:30]

Closer, but unsatisfying...
Memo:
Centers:
an IMp is being eaten by Jar-jaR. A VaulT is being used by an OGre. NeBuchadnezzer just ate a Quarter Pounder.
A SaiL has an EleFant on it (actually wrong, realized during execution that either E or F wasn't supposed to be there. They're both on the same face, so I won't need to shoot like that at all ever unless it's on my Buffer (U) face. I took a guess and just executed F. I got it right!)
DWarf.
Edges:
GO! Says the MoHican as he Electrocutes (X) a Fox.
"You made an AT-at out of CeSium?!"
"We had a bit of a RhIno problem," says Justin Bieber.
A PaW is QN' (queue + ing, getting in a Queue) up for LeaD, K?
Corners:
There's a DeeP QuiGon in my room [QuiGon sinking into my floor], but luckily, he's got a MaP!
DBL clockwise
Missed pieces:

Centers: Rdf, Bdr
edges: FDr, FDl; UFr, LBd; URb, DBr, LBu
Corners: UBL, BRU
Mistakes:
I starting solving centers first, not second, but that didn't mess me up.
During edge execution I accidentally shot to B instead of A, didn't realize it until 3 images later, then had to undo a bunch and fix it.
Temporarily forgot a few images in edge execution.
Missed 2 edges during memo
The other 4 edges were either memo mistakes (but they were in the memo) or execution mistakes. I'll have to check later.
Missed 2 centers in memo.
Corners, must have been a memo mistake, because I have one corner that was in my memo rotated wrong, but the corner that came right after that was correct. Must have memoed the wrong letter.
Oh, and I had to completely redo edge memo because I had a bunch of mistakes the first time. I would have had a sub35 attempt (still DNF, but faster) if it weren't for that.
 
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