Race to official 5BLD mean(bldcuber314, BVCuber13, SkewbIsTheBestEvent)

[averagecubing]

This is motivating me to learn 4bld and start memorizing letter pairs on anki. Wish you guys all the best

 

[bldcuber314]

I double DNFed out of a 5BLD ao12, but I got an ao10. I also got 8:36.14 PB single in SS weekly comp! Memo was 3:36, but exec had no pauses so I still got PB by 5 seconds. Hopefully this wins SS Weekly...(it's 1st place, now, but Ryan Eckersley might come in with a 3 minute single)

 

[BVCuber13]

I got my first ever 5BLD mean last night with a 13:22.37! Super happy about this as I've been going for it for a while now. This happened on cubers.io weekly comp, and times were 12:38.98, 12:28.80, 14:59.33 = 13:22.37 mo3

 

[bldcuber314]

I got my first ever 5BLD mean last night with a 13:22.37! Super happy about this as I've been going for it for a while now. This happened on cubers.io weekly comp, and times were 12:38.98, 12:28.80, 14:59.33 = 13:22.37 mo3

Sub my PB, congrats! I haven't done much 5BLD in the past couple of weeks since I've been on vacation(found time for a 4BLD grind though), I should be able to practice again soon.

 

[bldcuber314]

Comp in 7 days!

Yesterday I did a 5BLD compsim and triple DNFed. The first attempt, I made one wrong move and DNFed. The second attempt, it was off by 3 + centers. The third attempt, I was completely exhausted and the attempt took around 3 minutes longer than usual, and I DNFed bc of one wrong move again.

Today, I woke up late so only did 2 attempts. I decided to add in another full cube review and to take exec safer(and pretty much everything slower), which has made my attempts take around 14 minutes instead of 11 minutes. Both were successes though, and I'll try another compsim tomorrow to see if I can get a mean in one sitting.

For the comp next week, ideally I could go very safe to try for a mean(keeping within a 45 minute cumulative) but it seems unlikely that after the Tokyo comp the NR will still stand. Hopefully it only gets beaten to a point I can still beat it, but I might not be able to fully safety.

Also the week from this Sunday to next Sunday is kinda ridiculous for Japanese 5BLD NR mean. The record has been standing for almost 3 years, and now in one week there are 3 seperate comps where it could potentially be broken. The first was today in Australia, it was really close(two 14-15 successes and a DNF) but unfortunately didn't get the mean. Then there's Tokyo on the 10th, where around 16 people I estimate have a good shot at the mean. If it somehow doesn't get broken there I have a chance as well. Even if I don't get the record, it's nice to see so many chances for 5BLD NR mean to finally get broken.

Also bought an Aochuang v6 5x5 double track and a blank center cap, hopefully I should get these in time for the comp.

 

[bldcuber314]

5BLD compsim results-

Generated By csTimer on 2025-05-05
mean of 3: DNF

Time List:
1. 15:18.77[Start of Peterborough compsim, messed up + center memo so 8:11 memo] Rw' D Uw' Bw' B' Fw Dw' U' L' Rw Bw Dw' D2 Fw' Rw B2 Dw2 F2 Bw2 Rw Lw' R D B' L U2 F2 Uw2 U2 Bw Uw2 F Rw2 U Lw2 L' Dw2 L Fw B' R Uw2 U2 L' D2 Rw Lw2 Bw B L' Dw2 R' D Rw' Lw2 R U D Lw' Bw' 3Rw 3Uw
2. DNF(13:32.86)[6:30 memo, 2+ and exec error] Fw2 Bw2 R2 U' L Rw' R2 Lw' F' Fw2 Dw' Uw' R2 B2 Rw2 Dw2 Rw Uw' B Rw U' Rw2 D' U F' U2 R2 Lw' F' Bw2 Fw' Rw2 Lw2 F2 Bw2 R2 D2 U2 R' Dw' Bw' U R U F2 U2 B2 F L' Lw' Dw2 F Rw B2 Lw2 Bw2 Uw Rw D2 L' 3Rw2 3Uw
3. 9:14.27[3:33 memo, 31 second pause to recall corners but still nice single] L2 B' Bw' Fw' Uw L U2 Lw' R' F Dw2 Rw' Fw' Lw2 Rw2 Uw' Bw2 Fw2 Uw' D Dw' L2 F Dw2 Bw2 Rw2 Bw Uw' Dw R U F2 D U Dw2 Fw2 Rw' Dw' L Dw' Lw2 Fw2 Rw2 U' Bw Uw' Dw' Lw' Rw Uw' R2 Lw Uw2 Dw' F' Bw Lw2 U D Rw' 3Rw' 3Uw

Unfortunately didn't get the mean, but I did manage to get a 9:14 single(went fast bc I'd already failed the mean but gotten a success). This would have been NR7, AsR47, WR171(NR5, AsR42, WR150 without the 31 sec pause).

 

[SkewbIsTheBestEvent]

Update to the race: @BVCuber13 is organizing a comp that I'm going to with a round of 5BLD in 5 days

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

Update to the race: @BVCuber13 is organizing a comp that I'm going to with a round of 5BLD in 5 days

@BVCuber13 is an organizer???

 

[BVCuber13]

@BVCuber13 is an organizer???

yeah! this is my second comp that I've organized, with the previous one being M Moves in Middlebury 2024

 

[abunickabhi]

Comp in 7 days!

Yesterday I did a 5BLD compsim and triple DNFed. The first attempt, I made one wrong move and DNFed. The second attempt, it was off by 3 + centers. The third attempt, I was completely exhausted and the attempt took around 3 minutes longer than usual, and I DNFed bc of one wrong move again.

Today, I woke up late so only did 2 attempts. I decided to add in another full cube review and to take exec safer(and pretty much everything slower), which has made my attempts take around 14 minutes instead of 11 minutes. Both were successes though, and I'll try another compsim tomorrow to see if I can get a mean in one sitting.

For the comp next week, ideally I could go very safe to try for a mean(keeping within a 45 minute cumulative) but it seems unlikely that after the Tokyo comp the NR will still stand. Hopefully it only gets beaten to a point I can still beat it, but I might not be able to fully safety.

Also the week from this Sunday to next Sunday is kinda ridiculous for Japanese 5BLD NR mean. The record has been standing for almost 3 years, and now in one week there are 3 seperate comps where it could potentially be broken. The first was today in Australia, it was really close(two 14-15 successes and a DNF) but unfortunately didn't get the mean. Then there's Tokyo on the 10th, where around 16 people I estimate have a good shot at the mean. If it somehow doesn't get broken there I have a chance as well. Even if I don't get the record, it's nice to see so many chances for 5BLD NR mean to finally get broken.

Also bought an Aochuang v6 5x5 double track and a blank center cap, hopefully I should get these in time for the comp.

Good idea to go safe,
Do not switch hardware just when the comp is round the corner

GL for the comp.

Hope you get Japan's 5BLD NR mean

 

[bldcuber314]

Good idea to go safe,
Do not switch hardware just when the comp is round the corner

GL for the comp.

Hope you get Japan's 5BLD NR mean

Thanks, as for the hardware change I think I'll get a little time to adjust before the comp so I'll probably use the new cube(especially since I was having issues with the old cube)

 

[bldcuber314]

Unfortunately missed NR mean(by 8 pieces altogether I think) but got a 9:23.29 NR debut single!

9:23.29- Planned for around for a time around 10:30 so did an extra review and memoed in 4:41, but then got a really fast exec. WR177, AsR54, NR10.

9:41 DNF- Slow memo, didn't feel good. 5 centers off I think, failed mean

8:06 DNF- This was pretty annoying. 3:00 memo, but forgot to execute one wing pair so it was off by 3 wings.

Overall good first 5BLD round even though I failed to get NR.

 

[abunickabhi]

Unfortunately missed NR mean(by 8 pieces altogether I think) but got a 9:23.29 NR debut single!

9:23.29- Planned for around for a time around 10:30 so did an extra review and memoed in 4:41, but then got a really fast exec. WR177, AsR54, NR10.

9:41 DNF- Slow memo, didn't feel good. 5 centers off I think, failed mean

8:06 DNF- This was pretty annoying. 3:00 memo, but forgot to execute one wing pair so it was off by 3 wings.

Overall good first 5BLD round even though I failed to get NR.

Solid post-mortem.

Hope you get 5BLD mean next time yo!

 

[bldcuber314]

Weston-super-Mare-

So going into this round I had pretty low expectations. I had wanted to try to get my finger better(still not sure why it's been hurting) so I couldn't practice as much as I had wanted to. The venue is cold(especially my big BLD station) so my hands were cold as well. Because of how the round was organised, I had to use a harmonica holder which wasted a few seconds every attempt and was also really annoying because my hands kept hitting the bottom of the sight blocker and I didn't want to adjust it as it would have thrown me off. Anyway for this round I was going slightly safe for a mean(especially on memo)but not that safe bc of how much faster the mean is now.

Solve 1- 10:54

Memo was OK(4:30), but I had loads of pauses in exec and I thought I made some errors. I was fully expecting a DNF so it was actually really surprising when the cube was solved.

Solve 2- 9:26

This was solid, 4:10 memo and it felt good. Had to bring the cube lower because the sight blocker was sitting directly on top of the cube(I hate harmonica holders lol).

Solve 3- 11:56 DNF

Going into this solve, I planned to do more reviews to try and get a success, as I could get over 12 minutes and still get NR. Overall, the attempt just didn't feel great. Memo was 5:36 or something, and really early in exec I (thought) I made an exec error and the attempt was over, but kept going anyway. It turns out I had centers solved except 2+ when I started midge exec. Then during wings I made an exec error and fixed it incorrectly, so the attempt ended a DNF with 2 mistakes.

It's really annoying that I came this close to NR but couldn't get it. I still have chances left though, and a little more time to prepare. Even though I didn't get any PRs, I'm really happy with this 5BLD round. Hopefully NR doesn't get broken in June(at Kansai Odd and BLD) and I can try again in August.

 

[precompsubwr]

Any updates?? Also I'm considering joining soon (I'm gonna do a few attempts, spread out over a few days obv)

 

[bldcuber314]

Any updates?? Also I'm considering joining soon (I'm gonna do a few attempts, spread out over a few days obv)

Not really any updates, should I add you?