Random Blindfold Cubing Discussion

[Sakarie]

I think that there is no better corners method than BH for OH, but perhaps Turbo is better for edges? Setups to U-perm makes it a lot fewer slice-moves. (But I do know that Turbo isn't just U-perms.)

 

[toastman]

Are the lunhui or Zhanchi any good for BLD?

Well, I'll tell ya one thing about the Lunhui, for me it's near *impossible* to pop.
That said though, to me it feels similar to my Guhong. If you tend to overshoot with your Guhong, I'd imagine you'd have similar problems with the Lunhui.

Your milage may vary. I am very slow.

 

[toastman]

Recently for 3BLD I've switched to sentence memo for edges ("vocalized") + "audio loop" for corners. It's very fast, but I often have recall issues with the 2nd "set" of edge words.

Question: Those of you who memo edges with sentences, do you:
1) Create 2 sentences of ~3 words?
2) Create one long sentence (of ~6 words)

I think I may have been doing it wrong (creating 2 sentences).

 

[riffz]

Recently for 3BLD I've switched to sentence memo for edges ("vocalized") + "audio loop" for corners. It's very fast, but I often have recall issues with the 2nd "set" of edge words.

Question: Those of you who memo edges with sentences, do you:
1) Create 2 sentences of ~3 words?
2) Create one long sentence (of ~6 words)

I think I may have been doing it wrong (creating 2 sentences).

I think it's better to wing it. If the next pair you get fits well with the sentence you're already forming, add to it. Otherwise start another sentence.

 

[cmhardw]

I just received the two QJ 4x4's and the one mini-QJ 4x4 that I ordered. I plan on making all of them blindfold cubes (and will probably make a supercube out of one of them to replace my horrible 4x4 supercube that I have now). I'm so excited! I feel like a kid on Christmas morning!

 

[Cool Frog]

I just received the two QJ 4x4's and the one mini-QJ 4x4 that I ordered. I plan on making all of them blindfold cubes (and will probably make a supercube out of one of them to replace my horrible 4x4 supercube that I have now). I'm so excited! I feel like a kid on Christmas morning!

I have this image ingrained in my head of you doing :angryface: and breaking a center on your cube.

Excited on starting BLD (Tomorrow marks the beginning of the end) Just figured out columns and cyclic shifts just the per specials (That I can use some awesome not efficient at all alg I came up with) D:[(R U R' U')x3, D2]

 

[Cubenovice]

Chris,

don't you find the mini QJ too fast for a BLD cube?
Mine is so loose (straight out of the box) that you run the risk of spinning a layer just by putting it down on the table.

Cool Frog, I also use (R U R' U')3 in some comms (Not in BLD but in Heise or casual solving) and I like them a lot.
They may not be move-efficient but they are still quite fast and so straightforward that I think they could still be an very usefull comm type for BLD.

 

[riffz]

don't you find the mini QJ too fast for a BLD cube?
Mine is so loose (straight out of the box) that you run the risk of spinning a layer just by putting it down on the table.

Neither of the QJs I've owned have been loose out of the box.

 

[cmhardw]

The first mini QJ I owned was absolutely perfect out of the box (after a short breaking in period). I never lubed it or even did anything to prepare it, and it was a wonderful cube for about a year and a half. The mini I just bought is so tight I can barely spin it. I've basically drowned it in Maru lube, and am even debating cracking it open to see if there are any screws I can adjust to loosen it up a bit. I think it will eventually break in nicely, it did fairly well just adding the Maru lube.

The actual full size QJ cubes are a bit looser right out of the box. I drowned one of them in maru lube (it was a bit tighter than the other) and now it is a bit too loose. I will try to adjust to it, but I may end up taking it apart and cleaning the lube off a bit. The other QJ I have not lubed at all, and it is a bit too tight for my liking, but from my experience with my old mini QJ (the one that was AWESOME) it was also a bit too tight at first and quickly broke in relatively nicely.

Basically I am breaking in 3 cubes at the same time, and will use the best of the 3 for my 4BLD cube at Worlds. I may even try buying some other kinds of 4x4's to see what I can get.

Anyone have any ideas for a good 4BLD cube?

 

[qqwref]

Thought this was interesting - I don't have any records of people successfully completing the following number of cubes in multi-BLD:
19, 22, 23, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, ...
19 is the weird one, since many people have attempted 20.

 

[DavidWoner]

The mini I just bought is so tight I can barely spin it. I've basically drowned it in Maru lube, and am even debating cracking it open to see if there are any screws I can adjust to loosen it up a bit. I think it will eventually break in nicely, it did fairly well just adding the Maru lube.

Maru lube does not help with the breaking in of a cube. Use jigaloo, or CRC if you don't have that. And yes you can loosen the core but you have to be very very careful, the slightest turn of the screw loosens it a lot.

 

[riffz]

CRC loosened my QJ way too much. I recommend Jig-a-loo to work in a QJ. Dan also says its better.

 

[sa11297]

which method is considered the fastest for bld?

 

[NeedReality]

which method is considered the fastest for bld?

Freestyle.

 

[sa11297]

Freestyle.

link? info?

 

[bobthegiraffemonkey]

Was wondering how feasible it would be to use some 5-cycles in solves? I'm looking at using the occasional one for edges on 3BLD, but only when its easy and obvious, and mostly still use 3-cycles. I've generated algs for all 5-cycles involving U layer edges and DF (my buffer is DF btw), it didn't take long as there is only 30 non-isomorphic cases. Most of them are optimal <M,U> algs generated by Ron's solver. I'm only thinking of learning 8 cases to start with, and maybe more later if it is working well. There are 3 'shapes' you can get on U (I call them C, Z and 4), and I figure it should be easy to recognise if all the stickers are on U (eg. DF UF UR UB UL), or all not on U (eg. DF FU RU LU BU), which gives 6 cases. Also going to learn M' U M U' and (M' U M U')*2 cases, since the algs are so sexy.

Opinions? I can provide all the algs if anyone wants. Also, could be fun for someone interested in BLD and also Roux, since it covers a subset of LSE (also L5E, though I don't know much about how that fits in), though it wouldn't be too practical for that.

 

[aronpm]

Was wondering how feasible it would be to use some 5-cycles in solves?

Sure, some. Like M' U M U'. Using all 5-cycles is just not feasible. Ever.

 

[riffz]

Even if you only learned 5 cycles involving all 4 U edges it would still be 384 cases. It's simply not feasible. Even the 4 movers would be so rare that I wouldn't bother. My opinion on Roux is worthless, though.

 

[qqwref]

Random idea I just had for people trying to multi a number of cubes that feels "awkward" (such as an odd number if you normally break them into groups of 2): bring a solved cube (or two if you need). You can put it near the beginning or middle, whatever you feel is best, but I suggest actually memorizing it (as a "solved cube (on a table by itself)" image) so you don't lose track.

I don't actually know whether this is allowed in competition or not, but it could help in practice.

 

[RyanReese09]

I would think it's allowed. Other events let you have a cube on the table just sitting there. Why not multi?