The blindfold race!

Round 9

Best time: 1:27.82
Average: 1:44.80
Standard Deviation: 8.74
Best Time: 1:27.82
Worst Time: 2:10.76
Individual Times:
1. 2:00.38 L2 F' U2 B L2 F U2 B' U2 B' U B2 U' L B L U' R2 B D F
2. (1:27.82) U' B2 D2 L2 D F2 U2 R2 U R2 F R B F2 U L' D B F' L' F2
3. (2:10.76) L2 R2 B' U2 R2 F' L2 F' U2 L2 F2 L2 U' L2 D B F D R U2 R2
4. 1:40.00 B2 L2 R' B2 L2 F2 D2 R2 U2 F2 R2 U L D2 L U' F U' R2 B' U'
5. 1:34.03 B2 L2 B2 D' R2 U L2 U F2 U' F2 L R2 B F2 U2 L' R F' U2 F'
Very average.
 
Results ninth round:​
1) amostay2004-> 45.71
2) Zane_C-> 55.29
3) Yes, We Can!-> 55.36
4) Mike Hughey-> 1:27.82
5) Micael-> 1:34.29
6) RyanReese09-> 1:38.10
7) Jakube-> 1:47.86

People whose times are in red means, that they have a worse time than first round, people in green means the time is best.
I just added a speadsheet, where you can find all results of the last weeks: Link

Scrambles 10th round:​
1) B' R2 F U2 B' R2 B2 U2 R2 F R2 D2 F' D' B' L F2 D U' L2 F2 (21f)
2) L2 F2 L U2 R D2 L D2 B2 U2 F2 L2 B U B R U F L R' B2 (21f)
3) R2 U2 R2 U2 B' D2 B' D2 R2 B2 L' F2 U' L' B R U' B R2 B L' (21f)
4) U2 R2 B' L2 B D2 R2 D2 F L U' F2 R B' U' B' F2 R2 U L2 F2 (21f)
5) L2 U2 F2 L B2 L F2 R' F2 U2 B2 R2 U B R2 U2 R' F D' R2 U (21f)
 
Round 10

Best time: 1:40.40

Average: DNF
Best Time: 1:40.40
Worst Time: DNF
Individual Times:
1. DNF [1:42.90] B' R2 F U2 B' R2 B2 U2 R2 F R2 D2 F' D' B' L F2 D U' L2 F2
2. (DNF) [1:56.89] L2 F2 L U2 R D2 L D2 B2 U2 F2 L2 B U B R U F L R' B2
3. 1:47.26 R2 U2 R2 U2 B' D2 B' D2 R2 B2 L' F2 U' L' B R U' B R2 B L'
4. 2:01.68 U2 R2 B' L2 B D2 R2 D2 F L U' F2 R B' U' B' F2 R2 U L2 F2
5. (1:40.40) L2 U2 F2 L B2 L F2 R' F2 U2 B2 R2 U B R2 U2 R' F D' R2 U

I tried doing what Amos suggested (GOGOGO), and this is what happened. Even though they were terrible, most of them were probably faster than they would otherwise have been - they seemed like really hard scrambles to me. The one exception is the 2:01.68, which might have been much faster if I had taken a little longer to memorize - I had a terrible recall pause that probably cost me at least 30 seconds on that one. The pace was so fast that I was really surprised I got the last three in a row; at that speed, it feels like every one is going to be a failure. It's funny because I know the difference is really only a few seconds, but it makes all the difference in the world as to how hard it seems.
 
Round 10:

1:26.07, DNF, 1:50.18, DNF, 1:52.05

Both of the DNFs were due to me incorrectly handling the orientations of corners, and both solves ended with only two corners twisted. On the first DNF I executed the corner twist in the wrong direction (still working on making Rob's memo system second nature). For the second DNF I viewpoint shifted one of the cycles, but for some reason I did not rotate the sticker on the buffer corner. What makes this DNF particularly painful is that I've been working on how to recognize that particular case without needing a viewpoint shift. Chester has convinced me to do this for all cases, but it has been slow going.

As for my pacing I know this may be to my detriment, but I refuse to use GOGOGO pacing for memo on 3x3x3. If I can get sub-10 on 5BLD using synergistic pacing, but my best GOGOGO solve is only around sub-15 or sub-14 then I think there must be a way that I can find the right balance of how to apply this to 3x3x3. I'm not trying to make it sound like GOGOGO is a bad method, but it goes completely against my philosophy for blindfolded memo. I choose to explore the limits of synergistic memo on 3x3x3, even if doing this shows that GOGOGO is the way to do it. Either way, I have to know the limits of synergistic memo on 3x3x3 before I abandon this approach.

--edit--
Correction made about the corner memo method I am using, it's Rob's method (or at least I got the idea from him).
 
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Round 10:

DNF(1:48.60), DNF(1:53.73), 2:02.86, 2:20.88, DNF = 2:02.86

1st: I did the 3 last setupmoves wrong.
2nd: Off by 3 edges.
3rd: Long Memo
4th: After executing corners, I thought that the number of corners is odd and so I double-checked everything twice. So I lost ~20 seconds until I relized that the number of corners is even (like the edges).
5th: I screwed up the execution part.
 
Results 10th round​
:

1) amostay2004 -> 40.10
2) Zane_C -> 1:07.18
3) JonnyWhoopes -> 1:23.92
4) cmhardw -> 1:26.07
5) Mike Hughey -> 1:40.40
6) Norbi -> 1:58.05
7) Micael -> 2:00.17
8) Jakuube -> 2:02.86
9) Elbeasto94 -> DNF

Oh wait why am I posting results? Because after 10 rounds of best of 5 format I think it's time for...

SHAMELESS HIJACK

There will be 5 scrambles as usual, but the ranking this round will be based on average instead of best time. Here's how it goes: those who get 4 or 5 successes will be at the top and ranked based on average of 3/5, those who get 3 solves will be below them even if the times are faster (ranked based on mean of 3), followed by 2 solves (ranked by mean of 2), and finally for those with only 1 solve. So A with a 5:37 average of 5 would be ranked above B who has a 35s mean of 2/5, for example.

In other words, cubers are ranked first by success rate, then by speed.

11th Round Scrambles:
1. L B2 D2 F D' R2 B' D2 B' F2 U2 D2 F L' U2 R U' L2 F U2 D2 R U L' F2
2. U' D' L2 F2 D2 R U B' U' F U D L D2 U2 B' R F' B2 D2 U' F L D2 B'
3. B2 U2 F B R2 D2 U' B' R D2 U' L' R2 F' D' U F2 U D2 R2 F R2 U2 B L2
4. L' R2 B L' U F2 B' U2 F' R' U2 R2 B' D F' B L2 B R B D F2 D2 U' L
5. U' D R D L' U B U' F' D2 L' D' B' D' F2 B2 R' L' B2 L' R2 U L F2 D'

Have fun! :D
 
11th Round

DNF(2:14.98), 2:06.63, 3:43.68, DNF(2:34.67), 1:51.36

3/5 solved -> Mean of 3 = 2:33.89

Comment: 3rd solve: Memo was ~50 seconds, but execution ... I began solving SABG, than I relized that the correct one is WABG and I had to redo those moves.
 
Yes! Almost my favorite format for 3x3x3 BLD. (My favorite format, of course, would be average 10/12. :))

Round 11

5 successes, Average time: 1:44.41
Best time: 1:28.48

Average: 1:44.41
Standard Deviation: 8.04
Best Time: 1:28.48
Worst Time: 2:10.16
Individual Times:
1. 1:57.81 L B2 D2 F D' R2 B' D2 B' F2 U2 D2 F L' U2 R U' L2 F U2 D2 R U L' F2
2. (1:28.48) U' D' L2 F2 D2 R U B' U' F U D L D2 U2 B' R F' B2 D2 U' F L D2 B'
3. (2:10.16) B2 U2 F B R2 D2 U' B' R D2 U' L' R2 F' D' U F2 U D2 R2 F R2 U2 B L2
4. 1:32.54 L' R2 B L' U F2 B' U2 F' R' U2 R2 B' D F' B L2 B R B D F2 D2 U' L
5. 1:42.87 U' D R D L' U B U' F' D2 L' D' B' D' F2 B2 R' L' B2 L' R2 U L F2 D'

I was afraid my fear would hold me back, but I did pretty well. The third solve was pretty slow, but the others all felt nice. My average this round was almost as fast as my fastest single last round!
 
Round 10:

(DNF(1:20.97)), (1:04.35), 1:27.46, 1:32.65, 1:17.86 = 1:25.99 avg5 :(

Comment: Ugh, my visual memo for the corners is so bad, I always wonder if I should switch to something different. I have thought about using sentences for the edges and audio corners. (Inspired by Aron :P)
 
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