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Reading this makes me realize I have to rethink my system if I ever want to get decent results at multi.

for 3BLD I just make a sentence for corners and audio the edges mostly making words on the fly, that's my first mistake and the first think I'd like to improve. I need at least a good image for each pair, I'll keep making words on the fly but need a good image just in case, this might help Multi greatly, I think.

4BLD I just make a sentence for corners (I use to help remembering corners with visual also) and groups of 5 pair sentences for edges, then audio centers. This is the blind event I feel more comfortable in.

5BLD I associate words/images with work mates usually in groups of 3 pairs per work mate, except corners, I only use one there.

Multi I use classic rooms 2 locations per room, 3 pairs per location, but it's very rusty as I don't practice it at all.

I need well thought images and rooms/locations, and get some more practice. I might move 5BLD to rooms but might have problems if I do both events. right now I have no problem doing several 4BLD or 5BLD one after the other maybe I can get somewhere in the middle.
 
newtonbase said:
1 location for corners and 1 for edges. 1 room per cube.
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Even if you have 13 or 14 edge targets? Do you combine 7 images into a single scene?

@moralsh: Yes having good images made a big difference for me. Made my memo faster and stronger. As well as coming to mind much more quickly, I have made sure all my images are vivid and distinct. So no more screw-ups like seeing NR and having "near" come to mind first, then forgetting it during execution because it's only implied in the scene, not vivid.
 
mark49152 said:
I finally got around to videoing some BLD at home. It's over a year since I posted unofficial 3BLD. Here's my best two on cam.


And I also tried for nearly an hour to get a 4BLD sub-5 on cam. I've had three or four in the last week, but this is the closest I got on cam.

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Was that an edge flip you did at the end of edges on solve 2 with at the M' and U moves? Are you going to learn edge comms yet?
 
newtonbase said:
Was that an edge flip you did at the end of edges on solve 2 with at the M' and U moves? Are you going to learn edge comms yet?
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No, there are more edges after that. It was a Q target - (U M')3 (U M) (U M')4.

I have no plan to learn full edge comms because the move savings compared to advanced M2 are modest and at my level that won't compensate for the extra thinking. Bear in mind I've been using corner comms for over a year and you can see I hesitate way more during corners than edges.

I do use a handful of comms for cases where they do save lots of moves over advanced M2, like setups to U M' U2 M U and similar, and E slice comms for TH, RN and similar.
 
mark49152 said:
No, there are more edges after that. It was a Q target - (U M')3 (U M) (U M')4.

I have no plan to learn full edge comms because the move savings compared to advanced M2 are modest and at my level that won't compensate for the extra thinking. Bear in mind I've been using corner comms for over a year and you can see I hesitate way more during corners than edges.

I do use a handful of comms for cases where they do save lots of moves over advanced M2, like setups to U M' U2 M U and similar, and E slice comms for TH, RN and similar.
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I use that algorithm to flip Q but not to solve it. I should change that.
I'm trying to focus my attention on corner comms but edges are fun to figure out and almost any that include an M slice target are well worth knowing plus the ones you mention and others like EM, GO and XV. HN is a favourite. I have to plan to use some of them during memo as they aren't all instinctive yet but it's getting easier.
 
phreaker said:
@mafergut

Good luck, and may you find the balance in your life, that you want. With or without cubing. The cubes are only pieces of plastic with some metal... Humans, family, co-workers, friends are what matters :). I think you've got plenty of the latter in this thread.
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Thank you again to all for your nice words. Specially this sentence by @phreaker has touched me ;) and it's the main reason why it's a hard decision, more than because of cubing per se. I promise I'll come back from time to time if only to say hello and read about your progress.

My new practice "regime" is like 15-20min of practice almost every day, at a time when I'm home alone, one different event every day, so I don't forget how to solve anything. Mostly untimed but even when timing not worrying much about the times. I don't think I'll continue keeping track of PBs or anything but yesterday I got a new PB Ao5 at OH (31.45), go figure!
 
Comp report:

The room erupted a little when Blake got that 4.8, making him the 3rd person in the room with a sub 5 single. I had to leave before the 2nd round so who knows if they're done making noise just yet.

Mixed bag for me but still PRs except 2x2 single. I got comped on my first two 3x3 solves, 1:39 and :53 which kept me from my sub :40 average goal, but I did manage the sub 30 single goal with 29.95. I had a lot of good solves in warmup, including a PB 20.9. I skipped my 4x4 debut, they were running well behind due to Megaminx which took a looooooong time.

I was definitely feeling a lot more comfortable despite continuing my tradition of having disastrous first two solves. In warmup I was in that state where the times were a lot faster than I thought they were, landing several 21s and 22s, and my first 20 if only barely.
 
Quick comp day 1 recap: DNF x ∞
Just 4 attempts, so really DNFx4. Skipped 1st MBLD attempt because 2.5 hours more sleep is better than MBLD..
4BLD attempt 1: quit midsolve when I realized memo was wrong.
5BLD attempt 1: Just my 3rd full attempt ever. It felt good, but was off by about 12 pieces. Time was 36:xx, which is an improvement over last time, and includes doing x-center memo 3 times because of messing up.
4BLD attempt 2: off by 5 centers, time was 11:xx
MBLD attempt 2: disaster. 1/8. Was forgetting chunks of edge memo on every cube. Got frustrated and lost focus and quit in middle of sixth cube.
 
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