[Unofficial] Speedblind first success (16.91) Anton Rostovikov

[Anton Rostovikov]

Well, this is my first attempt to memo the whole cube, and it was a success!

For those who doesn't know: speedblind is to solve the cube blindfolded with your speed method (Fridrich in my case). During 'memo' you are not allowed to make any moves, to write something or somehow use another cube. Just think.

Memo was about 50 minutes. The solve is 16.91, I tried to do everything as safe as possible.
I am very happy about this first attempt and success and I recommend everybody to try this, if you haven't yet. It is a great puzzle for your brain.

Scramble: D L2 R2 D L2 B2 D B2 D2 U' L2 U' R' F' U2 L' R F D F R'
Solve:
z2 y (yellow top, orange front)
Cross: L' D' L' F' R2
1st pair: R' U R2 U R'
2nd pair: R' U2 R y' L' U2 L
3rd pair: L U L' U' L U L'
4th pair: U' R U' R' U2 y L' U' L
OLL: U R U2 R' U' R U' R'
PLL: y' x R' U R' D2 R U' R' D2 R2
Moves: 48 (well, several moves less because some moves deleted, but I did these extra moves, so 48).

 

[cmhardw]

Congratulations! I agree with you that this is a very fun category to attempt! Very nice solve, and I liked your reaction!

 

[mDiPalma]

2 impressive things in 1 video:

1) successful speedblind

2) stopping the timer at 1.00 seconds at the end of the video

:tu Nice!

 

[AmazingCuber]

Nice! How did you memo the cube?

 

[Anton Rostovikov]

Thanks guys!

How did you memo the cube?

I just traced every piece in my mind during the solve. I decided how to solve the cross, then I traced all the pieces of f2l pairs, so I knew where they will be after cross. Then I decided how I would solve the first pair, again think about every piece of three remaining f2l pairs, where they will be after applying this. etc. After f2l I traced all the pieces of the last layer, then thought, how pieces permute after applying oll. Then recognize pll. Finish For me it was a long 'memo' process, I'm a newbie in this