Blindsolving Failure Thread

[uniacto]

I wonder why you find it so hard, it shouldn't be. What method are you using? (Old pochmann obviously, but what do you do to memo, execute, etc.)

I make words out of the pieces, like "BL" would be "blind" or something like that. I use j, l, and t perms.

 

[omer]

I make words out of the pieces, like "BL" would be "blind" or something like that. I use j, l, and t perms.

Well then of-course you find it hard:
1) Because every edge target needs 2 letters, you have to memorize 2 times more info then you actually have to.
2) Since there are only 22 different edge targets, you only ever use 22 different words on your solves, which after a while makes them pretty much meaningless.

Instead of naming the UB piece UB, name it A, UR would then be B, we keep going clockwise and get UF = C, UL = D, now we go to the L face, LU is E, LF is F and so on to the F face, R face, B face and then D face. This is called a lettering scheme, this one is called the speffz lettering scheme, look it up on the wiki.

At first you might think it's pretty hard to get used to one and for every edge you'll go, for example FL "A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, oh it's L!" but try practicing it a little and you'll see how easy it becomes and you'll be able to say the letter without going to the start.

After a lot of practice you'll be able to know the letters of an edge just by looking at its colors.

Now when you have a lettering scheme, if you want to memo the edges UL and then DR, instead of thinking about the ULtimate DoctoR which is a lot of info for just two edges, all you'll need is just DV which could be a DiVa or DiVe or DoVe or DaVe or whatever. One words equals two edges. If after UL and DR comes FL and RF you'll have DV-LP which could be a DoVe LooP or DaVe's LaP. These two words interacting can form an image in your head. A single image is all you have to remember and by remembering that image you actually remember 4 edges.

Another plus is that there are much more possible combinations of letters, instead of just using RLUDBF, you get to use the whole ABC which means there are much more words, you don't get the same words over and over again and images are always new and special: easier to remember.

Try watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JNpJaRccRE it might also help you understand the idea though it's a little bit more advanced and for people who already got a few successes.

 

[uniacto]

Oh okay, I get it now. I'll try to practice doing that when I find some time. What do you use for corners? Thanks!

 

[antoineccantin]

Oh okay, I get it now. I'll try to practice doing that when I find some time. What do you use for corners? Thanks!

It helps very much. I was averaging 7 minutes with your memo method, then by learning the new one for edges, I immediately got to about 5 minutes and with a much higher success rate. Right now I'm at about 2 minutes, but I still use the same memo method for corners... I really have to switch.

 

[omer]

Oh okay, I get it now. I'll try to practice doing that when I find some time. What do you use for corners? Thanks!

Same thing for corners, ULB is A, URB is B and so on.

 

[JianhanC]

1/2 in 8:06.60 dnfed cube had parity.

 

[TheNextFeliks]

Tried in math like 5 minutes. Off by 4 (I think) corners but did an F2 at some point so had an h perm on edges.

 

[JianhanC]

1/2 in 9:32. second cube of by 5 edges, and no corner errors. First time ever iirc, I'm getting used to the new buffer.

 

[antoineccantin]

1/2 in 8:52.87
Really easy first scramble

 

[TheNextFeliks]

Off by 3 corners in about 5 minutes at school.

 

[antoineccantin]

1/3 in 20:47.16

Both cubes of by 3 corners on the same face.

 

[JianhanC]

1/2 in 10:43. The cube I had a funny feeling about turned out to be right, and the one I was super sure about was off by 4 edges :fp fml

 

[bobthegiraffemonkey]

Bad MBLD yesterday. Really bad. Somehow got confused about which cube I was holding early on, and ended up spending most of execution applying memo to the wrong cubes. I noticed on the last cube when I had another cube worth of memo, it felt so frustrating. 2/15 . Lesson learned, I'll be more careful in future.

 

[JianhanC]

1/2 in 9:40, second cube 2 twisted corners and 3 edges. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm mentally retarded.

 

[acohen527]

1/3 in 21:xy official one was scrambled, the other off by 3 edges.

 

[antoineccantin]

1/2 in 7:06.83

2 flipped edges :fp

Fastest attempt yet.

 

[TheNextFeliks]

First m2/op attempt. All corners which was surprising. Actually did an a perm at one point which was different. Off by three m slice edges. Need to practice those algs. Like 5:34.xx. And did letter pairs for both.

 

[AlexByard]

Well done man

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[DennisStrehlau]

Bad MBLD yesterday. Really bad. Somehow got confused about which cube I was holding early on, and ended up spending most of execution applying memo to the wrong cubes. I noticed on the last cube when I had another cube worth of memo, it felt so frustrating. 2/15 . Lesson learned, I'll be more careful in future.

Ouch! That happend to Zane in competition when he tried 25, 26 or something like that. Never happend to me i think but i am not sure. Do you change the order of your routes or anything like that? Or how can this happen? I can imagine what it felt like -.-

Greetings, Dennis

 

[bryson azzopard]

7/8 in 57:56.74 the cube i got wrong was off by 2 flipped edges