First Successful Solve Time

[Zava]

first 3x3 success was 4:44.89, 4x4... 14:11, or 13:54, I'm not sure which is the correct.

 

[Erik]

I think the first one was about...7 minutes

 

[Ville Seppänen]

I didn't time my first time, second was 15min. I had a few dnfs there too.

 

[DavidWoner]

my first was 11:39.75, it was my first attempt using M2, and my first attempt with visual corners. before I used classic Pochmann edges and sounds for corner memo, which caused lots of DNFs.

 

[fanwuq]

My first was around 11 min using 3OP.
The orientation was visual, and permutation was letters. There was parity and annoying cycles, definitely one of the hardest scrambles I've tried. It was after ~15 DNFs.

 

[martijn_cube]

My fist bLd time was 9:38.56 , using M2,classicPochmann
and still is my only only bld solve. Soon i will continue.
edit: 2nd is 5:40.28

 

[daniel0731ex]

my first time was 72 hr in total

 

[mande]

My first time for a 3x3 was about 12 mins, using 3OP.
This was after about 10 DNF's.
I'm going to attempt my first 4x4 BLD in a few days.

 

[Stefan]

After a few failures I think my first 3x3 success took about 50 minutes. I can barely remember, but believe I oriented and permuted separately, somewhat Richard Carr method style, and memorized as numbers. Oh, those were the days...

 

[Alex DiTuro]

My first BLD solve was roughly 8 minutes or so and that was probably in June or July. I just did two non-DNFs on Friday in about 9 minutes. I haven't been cubing since August, and BLD is so awesome that it pulled me back in! XD

 

[Faz]

4:11 - Here comes the question... Can anyone beat that?

10-20 DNF's before it though.

 

[qqwref]

I think my first 3x3BLD was 6:00, but it took me something like a week to get it. Haven't even halved that so far XD

 

[ThePizzaGuy92]

i don't remember, but i wanna say 11 minutes.
about 20 successes later i got down to 10 minutes

 

[*LukeMayn*]

mine was 12mins

 

[vnzuo]

it took about 11mins for the 1st success...
then I think it was 9mins for the 2nd
then 7mins for the 3rd...

 

[VirKill]

Agree with Mike.. this is a good thread...

Mine is like 16 minutes......for 3x3x3

(I wish someday i can also say...my first 6x6x6 BLD solve was....or my first 4x4x4 BLD was....But think i have to reach my sub 3minutes 3x3x3 BLD for now)

 

[vloc15]

i think about 5 attempts then ia was able to solve it at around 19 minutes

 

[blah]

What about first successful solve time with a new method? Does it belong here?

My first successful M2+3OP, after switching from pure 3OP, was sub-2 (which was somewhat "continental-class" at the time it was done), but of course, I cheated I had been practicing M2 for a week or so, refusing to solve a full cube until I got my edges-only solves consistently under 1:10

 

[mande]

First successful 4x4 BLD solve time: 43:24 (first attempt at the whole cube)
(before this I had tried centres and corners only, and wings only separately)