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This is something I came up with while looking through Lucas's speedblindsolving guide this morning. It is probably not original but little to no sites mentioned this kind of practice exercise for speedsolving.
As everyone knows, the typical inspection before a solve involves the solver looking for the the pieces of the cross and planning out how to solve the cross efficiently and quickly. More advanced cubers try, not only to plan out their cross solve, but to predict where their first c/e pair will be and/or how to solve that c/e pair. I decided to try this out but I wanted to be able to do it blindfolded just like I can do my cross blindfolded(plus preservation, but usually not a whole c/e pair). I found out it was a lot tougher than doing cross blindfolded because you have to take into account the fastest way to solve your cross AND how those moves will affect the location of your first c/e pair. With a little bit of practice I can memorize the positions in under 20 seconds and execute the actual solve of the cross and first c/e pair in 4-14 seconds(but usually under 10 seconds) blindfolded.
This is a great practice exercise, in my opinion, because it will allow you to jump into your second pair very quickly. Now remember, I am NOT speaking about extended cross here. I am talking about doing the cross and c/e pair as you would normally do by themself.
Okay, so my challenege is that I want to see who has the fastest memorization and execution. You can time your memorization on a stopwatch and your execution on JNetCube(so you can import the scrambles below) or on your stackmat timer. Remember to time your memorization and execution seperately for each scramble.
F U' B2 U' D' L2 B D F' B2 U D2 F2 L' B' F2 D2 L R2 U2 D' R2 F R' L
L R' F2 U D2 B' F' L' F2 L' U R U2 B2 L F2 U2 F' U2 L D2 B2 U2 R2 U2
U2 R2 L' U' L D L2 R F2 R2 D' L F' U F' D2 F B L' D L U2 F2 D R2
L' B2 L D2 U' B D2 L' B2 F2 L2 B F' U2 D2 B' D2 U2 R' L F' R2 B2 U2 F
L F' B2 U' D2 F' D2 B2 U2 R2 F' B' R' D' R B U2 B2 U2 R2 B F' U L R
U B' D' B' L' D F' R D' B' F2 D2 B' U' R2 L' F2 L R2 F' B2 L2 F B2 R
D B' U B2 F U' R L F U R2 D2 U' R2 U' F' D R2 U R' L F D2 L' R
U L' B R D' B' F2 U2 D F D2 U' F2 L B' F2 L D' B' L2 F2 R2 U2 D2 B'
B2 D2 F D2 R' B D F2 L R B F' L2 F R L B U B L D2 R' L2 B L2
B R2 B U2 L2 F' L2 B L' U' D B' D2 L U L2 D F' D' R' F2 U2 D L2 B2
L R2 B2 L U' F' L2 B F R2 L' U2 D' B2 L' D2 R2 U2 R2 D' R' D2 U' B' D'
R' B' R2 D' U' F' D2 U R B L2 R B' U2 L' F' B R' L B2 F2 U' R2 U F2
I expect Lucas will probably be able to do this with no problem.
As everyone knows, the typical inspection before a solve involves the solver looking for the the pieces of the cross and planning out how to solve the cross efficiently and quickly. More advanced cubers try, not only to plan out their cross solve, but to predict where their first c/e pair will be and/or how to solve that c/e pair. I decided to try this out but I wanted to be able to do it blindfolded just like I can do my cross blindfolded(plus preservation, but usually not a whole c/e pair). I found out it was a lot tougher than doing cross blindfolded because you have to take into account the fastest way to solve your cross AND how those moves will affect the location of your first c/e pair. With a little bit of practice I can memorize the positions in under 20 seconds and execute the actual solve of the cross and first c/e pair in 4-14 seconds(but usually under 10 seconds) blindfolded.
This is a great practice exercise, in my opinion, because it will allow you to jump into your second pair very quickly. Now remember, I am NOT speaking about extended cross here. I am talking about doing the cross and c/e pair as you would normally do by themself.
Okay, so my challenege is that I want to see who has the fastest memorization and execution. You can time your memorization on a stopwatch and your execution on JNetCube(so you can import the scrambles below) or on your stackmat timer. Remember to time your memorization and execution seperately for each scramble.
F U' B2 U' D' L2 B D F' B2 U D2 F2 L' B' F2 D2 L R2 U2 D' R2 F R' L
L R' F2 U D2 B' F' L' F2 L' U R U2 B2 L F2 U2 F' U2 L D2 B2 U2 R2 U2
U2 R2 L' U' L D L2 R F2 R2 D' L F' U F' D2 F B L' D L U2 F2 D R2
L' B2 L D2 U' B D2 L' B2 F2 L2 B F' U2 D2 B' D2 U2 R' L F' R2 B2 U2 F
L F' B2 U' D2 F' D2 B2 U2 R2 F' B' R' D' R B U2 B2 U2 R2 B F' U L R
U B' D' B' L' D F' R D' B' F2 D2 B' U' R2 L' F2 L R2 F' B2 L2 F B2 R
D B' U B2 F U' R L F U R2 D2 U' R2 U' F' D R2 U R' L F D2 L' R
U L' B R D' B' F2 U2 D F D2 U' F2 L B' F2 L D' B' L2 F2 R2 U2 D2 B'
B2 D2 F D2 R' B D F2 L R B F' L2 F R L B U B L D2 R' L2 B L2
B R2 B U2 L2 F' L2 B L' U' D B' D2 L U L2 D F' D' R' F2 U2 D L2 B2
L R2 B2 L U' F' L2 B F R2 L' U2 D' B2 L' D2 R2 U2 R2 D' R' D2 U' B' D'
R' B' R2 D' U' F' D2 U R B L2 R B' U2 L' F' B R' L B2 F2 U' R2 U F2
I expect Lucas will probably be able to do this with no problem.
