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Enabling the blindsolving arc

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I have always wondered what is the best way of starting the blindsolving learning arc from scratch or from a certain level. The path to do blindsolving with intense focus of few months to achieve a world class result (hopefully officially in a WCA competition).

In 2025, the situation is much easier with good cubes and resources so the learning cube is not too hard and it is possible to get world class in a matter of months.

There can be many arcs possible in 2025 blindsolving a cuber can choose (please add more if I have missed any)
  1. Get good 3bld results , a good single (the easiest arc to enable)
  2. Get good in all WCA blindsolving events (the arc of 5bld and MBLD are unforgiving)
  3. Unofficial puzzles BLD events arc (similar to what Enoch gray did)
  4. HugeBLD arc (Graham did it to build his endurance and consistency he has in MBLD currently)
  5. MBLD only arc (Maskow chose this arc only focusing on blindsolving treating it as a memory sport)
  6. Old style arc (I have chosen this path, it is inefficient and it is better to choose easier and fulfilling arcs written above)

Each arc has its pros and cons and I want people to include more learning curves which can be relevant today!
 
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I've actually been thinking about this same thing for about a month, with almost the exact same list of arcs/paths!

I think I want to focus on good 3BLD results, as it is my best event and easier to practice compared to other BLD events.

I also want good results across the BLD events, but this is probably more for big BLD as MBLD is very hard to practice regularly and I don't think it's for me.

I'm not planning to do unofficial puzzles BLD, but do want to try some other WCA puzzles BLD such as Mega.

I was planning to get into hugeBLD, but have started to reconsider this as it would be hard to find time for attempts, and I would need 100% accuracy for a success unlike in multi. In addition, I realised that I can't turn specific layers blindfolded on 6x6 and 7x7. I still might try for a 6BLD success though.

MBLD only is an arc I won't follow.

I also don't want to do old style multi as it seems incredibly draining and I don't want to push extreme BLD events to a point where they are unenjoyable.
 
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