The blindfold race!

Cubenovice said:
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DNF, messed up somewhere between edge 14 and 18, centers solved
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I will admit that I took a few peeks (specifcally not at buffer but solved pieces) to see if I was staying on track so that's why I know where I went wrong.
Not sure what went wrong as I was quite confident on the r2 part???
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I think it's probably fairly safe to say you can do it then; you should just go for it legitimately next time. Perhaps if it's just too much for you to bear not knowing where you went wrong, you could video your solve? That way you'll know exactly where you went wrong without peeking. You can say the pieces you're solving as you go, so you know where you are at all times in the solve as you watch the video.
 
Mike Hughey said:
I think it's probably fairly safe to say you can do it then; you should just go for it legitimately next time. Perhaps if it's just too much for you to bear not knowing where you went wrong, you could video your solve? That way you'll know exactly where you went wrong without peeking. You can say the pieces you're solving as you go, so you know where you are at all times in the solve as you watch the video.
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Yeah i considered that but at this stage I'd hate to waste too much time in keeping going in a fail solve.
I think I need a couple more real memo's like the one of today (so not writing anything down) and some more execution practice before I'll go for my first fully legit solve.
I promise to put in some real attempts within the next two rounds, I'll see if I can tape them.

But I found this one to be good practice nevertheless.
I find that I'm making less mistakes in tracing edges during memo, realised that solving corners last with Old Pochmann requires adjecent PLL to fix parity and that I can actually memo a 4X4X4 :)

And letter pairs are awesum for knowing your r slice position so you shoot to the right r slice targets :)
 
Results for week 2012-04:

2x2x2
  1. 96 solves, 28.67 mean 96/100 Mike Hughey
  2. 94 solves, 25.40 mean 94/100 Anton Rostovikov
  3. 82 solves, 35.82 mean 82/100 MatsBergsten
  4. 10 solves, 1:29.13 mean 10/17 Cubenovice
  5. 7 solves, 53.94 mean 7/12 Riley

3x3x3
  1. 44 solves, 1:46.22 mean 44/50 Mike Hughey
  2. 38 solves, 1:57.19 mean 38/50 MatsBergsten
  3. 30 solves, 1:44.07 mean 30/35 Anton Rostovikov
  4. 9 solves, 3:06.04 mean 9/12 Riley
  5. 6 solves, 4:38.25 mean 6/18 Sahid Velji
  6. 3 solves, 2:23.66 mean 3/10 C to R - Cendy

4x4x4
  1. 15 solves, 7:58.07 mean 15/17 Mike Hughey
  2. 13 solves, 8:06.56 mean 13/20 MatsBergsten
  3. 0 solves 0/1 Cubenovice

5x5x5
  1. 2 solves, 10:25.93 mean 2/3 Jakube
  2. 1 solve, 15:43.54 mean 1/2 MatsBergsten
 
Week 2012-05:

Since last week was a big effort, we'll take a little break this week. This week, we'll treat it like an official WCA competition. For each category, 3 solves - best of 3. For added fun, try to treat it like a real competition - do all solves back-to-back with little or no break between the solves, and do them on a stackmat if possible (for 2x2x2 and 3x3x3 at least, and maybe 4x4x4 or even 5x5x5 if you're fast enough!). (None of this is required; feel free to do them differently if you want to or need to.)

We'll still include 2x2x2, since a number of people would like to have it.

And I'm including an 8x8x8 scramble as well, in case anyone else would like to try it with me. :) Note the scramble is in SiGN notation.

  • 2x2x2BLD Best of 3.
  • 3x3x3BLD Best of 3.
  • 4x4x4BLD Best of 3.
  • 5x5x5BLD Best of 3.
  • 8x8x8BLD Best of 1.

Do as much or as little as you like. This will end Monday night, February 6, 2012, at 11:59 PM EDT.

Scrambles for week 2012-05:

2x2x2:
  1. U F2 R U' R F2 R F U'
  2. U F2 R2 U F' R2 F U2 R' U'
  3. R F R2 F' U R' U2 F2 U'

3x3x3:
  1. D F2 R D F R' L2 F2 B' U R' F2 R2 D2 F2 U2 R' F2 D2 L2
  2. R' D2 L' U2 D' B' U' B R F D' R2 U L2 U' R2 U2 R2 F2 R2 U
  3. B' D2 U2 F' R2 B2 L2 B2 D2 B F' L' B' U2 B' L D' U' B2 R' U'

4x4x4:
  1. U' Rw' B F2 Uw L2 U2 L' D B2 F Uw' R2 Uw Rw U2 R' B2 D F2 L Fw' F L2 Fw R' D2 U' L' Rw2 R2 D2 U Fw U2 F2 D Uw2 Rw2 R
  2. U F L' R F2 Uw2 Rw B2 R2 Uw2 U' Rw D' R' D' L D2 Uw' F U B' Fw' F' Rw D F' Uw Fw' F' L2 B' L' R' U L' U B2 Fw F2 U
  3. R' D2 U' Fw2 Rw2 D' L R' D' Uw' F2 R2 F D' U2 R2 F Uw' U2 Fw2 L Fw2 Uw2 L' Fw Rw D2 R' Fw2 Uw' U' L R2 Uw B Rw Fw' U' Rw' Fw'

5x5x5:
  1. L B2 L' U R' Bw2 L' Lw' Rw' D Uw Fw U' F' D2 B' Bw Fw2 Lw' Uw2 L' R' Bw Rw' U' L Dw L2 Uw2 Bw' Fw2 F Lw' U Rw Fw' R2 Dw L2 Dw' Rw2 F U L2 Dw U2 Fw2 Uw2 Lw2 R2 B2 L Uw2 Lw' F2 L D2 Bw' Lw2 B2
  2. Lw' F Rw U2 R' D2 L' Rw' Fw Uw2 U Bw Rw R2 Fw' Rw U' Rw' B' Dw' Uw' U B2 Dw2 U2 B2 Bw2 Fw2 F D B' L Fw' L Lw' Rw D2 Uw U L' D2 Fw D2 Bw F' L2 R' Uw U' L2 Lw2 F2 L2 Rw F' Rw' R2 Bw2 D' Lw2
  3. Uw' Bw U B Bw Fw' Lw' Dw L Lw' Rw R B' Dw' U2 B' Uw2 Bw' Fw F Uw Bw2 Fw2 F L Dw U' B2 D2 Fw' Lw R2 Dw2 R' Dw' U' Bw Dw2 Uw U2 B2 F2 Dw F D2 Uw U' R Uw' Lw' F2 U Rw R Bw2 Fw2 Lw D2 Dw2 F2

8x8x8:
  1. f2 R2 d' 3r' 3f u' 4u2 d L 4f b u 4r' f2 3l' l F2 4r U 4u' 3f' D' 4f' 4u d2 3r F' 3l' 3f 3d2 3f2 3l2 u U r2 3l l U' F2 u 3u2 3l 4u l2 u2 3r2 3u2 D' B2 F b2 3u2 R r f 3d' 3l2 F2 f 3d' 3l' 3r 4f 3f' 3l 3f f U2 4f2 R' d' 3d2 3l' f 4r' r 4u2 4r 3d L2 3f2 3u' u 3r' d2 l' f2 3l2 3b' 4u b2 B r2 4u2 d2 3l b2 3l' r f2 4f' 4r f R2 3f' 4r' 3b B' 3l b2 3d2 l' b' u D' U f2 3l 3f l'
 
2x2: 57.46
DNF(1:12.88), 57.46[39.99], DNF (1:30.66[54.97])

3x3: DNF
DNF(6:52.55), DNF(4:59.98), DNF (3:14.53[1:54.38])
Last try was a week later and off by two twisted corners :-(
 
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2x2: 29.19 I don't like the 2x2 cube.
DNF, DNF, 29.19 [8.30]

3x3: 1:09.19 new DaYan, feels good :) Must resticker it bright though.
1:44.43 (43), 1:23.37 (35), 1:09.19 (23)

4x4: DNF
#1 DNF (5:06, 2:08) Fastest memo I ever done :) and only 8 seconds over my new PB.
And this one perhaps was not lucky? A slice move wrong somewhere :(.
#2 just plain bad (7:04, 4:01)
#3 two + centers swapped. I first memoed those last two pieces wrong, then corrected but
forgot the correction when I actually came to them in the solve (6:37, 3:57)

5x5: DNF
(16:29, 9:38) 2+centers :(
(13:12, 7:24) rather bad
 
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2x2x2: 30.17, 28.25, 36.53 = 28.25
Comment: Hard scrambles.

3x3x3: 1:28.09, 1:25.31, 1:06.10 = 1:06.10
Comment: Easy scrambles.

4x4x4: 6:09.79 [3:18], 9:18.18 [5:27], DNF [12:21.13, 6:41, 3W] = 6:09.79
Comment: First scramble was ridiculously easy, but I couldn't get myself to trust my memo. Second scramble confused me - I thought I was missing wings from my memo, but I wasn't. Third one was just awful; I knew the wing memo was wrong, but the numbers didn't work out. I spent several minutes trying to figure out what I was doing wrong, but finally gave up. I spent almost 5 minutes memorizing just wings! As I was solving, I realized what I had counted incorrectly, and I almost worked out the remaining two pieces that needed swapping by process of elimination (would have been the first time I ever did that!), but I miscalculated by thinking I hadn't used the letter "J", when I had. So close to a miraculous save.

5x5x5: DNF [13:47.09, 6:36, 5W], DNF [13:41.84, 7:39, 2X], DNF [14:47.20, 8:19, 3E 3X] = DNF
Comment: Ugh - how can I hope to get an 8x8x8 right when I can't even get one out of three on 5x5x5? The first and third weren't close, but the second one was due to a mismemorization - I thought I was done but I had one more piece to memorize. It's a shame - that second scramble was ridiculously easy.

8x8x8: DNF [1:17:16.70, 40:20, 6iW, 5iX, 6mO, 5iO] = DNF
Comment: Getting faster, but bad-looking result. I think it may have all been due to a single bad algorithm execution, though. Memory was really secure.
 
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Week 2012-05:
3x3BLD:
DNF - 4:59.75 (off by 3 edge cycle on M slice)
3:40.45 - HOLY ****!
DNF - 3:46.83 (two misoriented corners)


Even with only one success, wow, just WOW. I have improved my best time by like 2 minutes in less than 24 hours.
 
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2x2x2:

I'm solving on my 3x3 and using my 3x3 corners method to do corners only but I'll put it under 2x2. I used the 2x2 scrambles.

Best: 1:46.11

1. 1:51.93
2. DNF(2:06.92). Didn't memorise the misoriented but in place corner.
3. 1:46.11

Not great based on my results eariler today. But yesterday I would have considered this good lol.
 
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2x2x2 Blindfolded: 24.82, 28.33, 24.94 = 24.82
Nice
3x3x3 Blindfolded: 1:15.66, 1:07.59, 59.31 = 59.31
Nicer
4x4x4 Blindfolded: 4:10.87[1:51], DNF(4:37.17)[2:01], 4:45.83[1:59] = 4:10.87
Nicest
5x5x5 Blindfolded: 8:59.62, 10:58.72, DNF(12:20.67) = 8:59.62
 
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Results for week 2012-05:

2x2x2
  1. 14.98 Zane_C
  2. 24.82 Jakube
  3. 28.25 Mike Hughey
  4. 29.19 MatsBergsten
  5. 37.10 Kzip
  6. 53.50 Riley
  7. 57.46 AndersB
  8. 1:46.11 pi.cubed

3x3x3
  1. 34.87 Zane_C
  2. 48.88 Maskow
  3. 49.34 amostay2004
  4. 59.31 Jakube
  5. 1:06.10 Mike Hughey
  6. 1:09.19 MatsBergsten
  7. 1:56.98 Kzip
  8. 2:16.15 WTF2L?
  9. 2:18.28 Riley
  10. 3:14.75 Sahid Velji
  11. 3:40.45 Carson
  12. 4:47.30 Cubenovice
  13. DNF AndersB

4x4x4
  1. 4:10.87 Jakube
  2. 6:09.79 Mike Hughey
  3. DNF MatsBergsten

5x5x5
  1. 8:59.62 Jakube
  2. DNF MatsBergsten
  3. DNF Mike Hughey

8x8x8
  1. DNF Mike Hughey
 
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Week 2012-06:

  • 2x2x2BLD 20 solves: mean of five best. (do at least 5 solves)
  • 3x3x3BLD 20 solves: mean of five best. (do at least 5 solves)
  • 4x4x4BLD 8 solves: mean of two best. (at least 2)
  • 5x5x5BLD 4 solves: best solve. (well, one then)
  • 8x8x8BLD 1 solve: best solve.

Do as much or as little as you like. This will end Monday night, February 13, 2012, at 11:59 PM EDT.

Scrambles for week 2012-06:


2x2x2:
  1. F' R U F U2 R2 U' R
  2. R' F2 R' F' R2 F' U' R' U2
  3. U' R U R F2 U R2 F' U
  4. F R2 U' R F' R' U R2 F' U2
  5. R F U2 R F' R2 F' U' F' U'
  6. F' U' R U' R' F R'
  7. U' F U R' F2 U2 F' U2 F' U'
  8. U' F R2 F' R U2 F' U2 F
  9. U2 R2 U F2 R' U' R2 F U'
  10. F' R' F2 U F2 U R U2 R'
  11. F' R F' R U' R U' R' U'
  12. R' F2 R U' F2 R F' U F'
  13. U' R F U2 R2 F2 R' F
  14. R' F' U' F U2 F2 U' R
  15. U2 R' F' U2 R U' R2 F2
  16. R U' R F R U' F R' U'
  17. U R F' R U R U2 F' R2 U'
  18. F U' F2 R2 U F' U R2 F2
  19. F2 U2 R2 U' F R' F2 U2 R2
  20. R F2 R F2 R F' R2 F2 U2

3x3x3:
  1. L2 D' U R2 B2 D' F2 U' L2 B2 U2 R' B L D F2 U2 B' F2 D2 B
  2. U2 R' D2 R2 L B U L D' F B2 L2 U' R2 U L2 U' B2 D' L2 B2
  3. U' F2 D F' L2 U2 L2 D F' L U2 R B2 U2 D2 R2 B2 R B2 D2
  4. U' B2 U B2 R2 D' U' F2 L2 U F' R' F2 L B R2 F' L U R'
  5. U D' F' L' B U R L B' U2 F2 B2 R B2 R' D2 L2 U2 L D2
  6. L' F U2 R L' F U' R U2 R D' F2 D L2 F2 U' F2 L2 D L2 B2
  7. D' F2 D' F2 D' R2 D2 F2 U' R2 U2 B L B D2 F2 L2 B' U' B' U2
  8. F' R2 F' U2 B2 D2 B R2 U2 L2 F2 R' B' D' R' B' D B2 F' U
  9. L2 U' L2 D' L2 D2 L2 U F2 L2 F L2 F U2 R' U' R' D' U'
  10. D B2 L2 B2 D' B2 D R2 U F2 L2 F L' R2 B F' R' B F2 D B2
  11. U B' L2 F U B L2 U L F2 L2 U F2 U F2 D B2 R2
  12. F2 R2 B2 U2 L2 U' F2 U2 B2 U2 F' U F' D L2 B' L R2 U'
  13. R2 F D L F' D' F U L' F2 B D2 L2 D2 R2 F U2 D2 B'
  14. F U2 L F' B L D' R2 B U' F2 L2 F2 R2 D' F2 D' B2 U' D
  15. U2 B2 F2 R2 D' U2 B2 F2 U' R2 D R F' D' B R' F L' D L2 B
  16. L' B2 D2 L F2 U2 L2 B2 R U2 R' U' F2 D2 R' U B' R F R' F2
  17. R2 B2 F2 R2 D' L2 D F2 D U' R' U2 L' B F' U F2 L' B2 F2
  18. B2 R B2 L F' D' L U2 F' U' D2 F D2 L2 U2 L2 F2 B D2 L2 F'
  19. L2 F2 U2 L2 R2 B D2 F' L2 U2 F' L' B' F R F D U' L' B2 U2
  20. B' F' R2 D2 R2 B D2 B' U2 L' F L2 U' B R2 U L2 U2

4x4x4:
  1. Fw D2 U B L2 Fw' F' D' Uw2 U' B Fw F' Uw B L Rw B2 Fw D' Uw2 B' Fw2 F' D' Uw' Rw2 F' L' Rw' R' D B' L2 Rw2 Uw2 B F2 Uw' U'
  2. R' Uw R U' Rw2 U2 B2 R' Fw L R' B U2 R2 D U' L2 U2 Rw2 Uw2 Fw' F2 R2 Fw2 L B' Fw U' R' F' R' B Fw' F Uw L' F' U' B2 L2
  3. R2 Fw2 F' U2 Fw L' B2 Fw2 L2 U2 R' D' R' B F Rw2 D' B2 Rw' B' Rw Uw' F2 Uw B D' U' R2 F L' R2 Uw Rw' R' D U2 B' D U2 Rw'
  4. U' B R B2 Fw D2 F2 L' Fw' L2 Rw' Fw Uw U2 R F2 U' B F' D2 L' Rw' D' Uw2 U' Fw2 Rw R' Uw L2 Rw2 Uw B' Fw' U2 L' D U Rw R'
  5. Rw' U F2 D2 Uw' F D U' Fw Uw2 L' U2 F' L' Fw' R2 U2 B2 D2 L2 Rw' B2 D F' D Uw' Fw2 Rw' D Uw F' R Uw L' R2 D Rw U2 Fw' Rw2
  6. Fw U' B2 F' D U F' D' Fw2 D2 L Rw2 U2 L' U' L2 Uw Rw2 Fw R Fw2 F' Rw' B2 Fw2 F2 Rw2 D2 F' R Fw' L' Rw2 Uw' B' Uw2 L' B2 R2 Uw
  7. Uw R2 F' U' R2 U2 Fw2 D' Uw B Fw D' B2 F2 Rw R' F R Fw L R2 U2 B2 D' B' D2 L' Rw' D2 B2 Fw2 Rw R Fw Rw2 Fw' U Rw2 D2 Rw'
  8. Fw' Rw Uw F' Uw' B2 Fw2 D2 U L R2 B Fw' F' Uw' L Rw' B2 D2 L' R' B D2 Uw U' L2 Rw2 B Fw2 Uw2 U' Rw' R D Rw' U' B' D2 Fw' Uw'

5x5x5:
  1. D Uw2 L2 U B2 D2 Uw2 L2 R2 B' L2 Rw Bw Lw' F' Lw2 B2 R B2 Fw Rw2 F Dw' Fw2 L' Uw' F' Uw2 Rw B' Dw' Lw Rw2 R Fw' F U B Dw B L2 B2 U2 Bw' Uw F' D2 Bw F' L' B' Bw Rw2 F D2 B2 Lw R Bw Fw
  2. Lw2 R2 Fw D L B Lw Dw B Fw L Lw' Dw' B' Lw' Bw2 U' Rw B Uw' R2 Dw2 Uw2 U' Lw2 Rw' B F2 R' B' D' Uw' L2 F' U F D' Dw U2 Bw' Lw' Rw' R' B Bw' L2 R2 Fw' D Uw2 Fw2 F' D Dw L Dw' Lw' Rw U' Lw2
  3. Bw Fw2 F Rw' R Uw2 F' D B Lw' Uw B2 Dw2 R' U2 Bw Dw2 Lw' U2 F D' Uw L Dw2 F' R2 D2 Uw' Lw2 Dw' Lw' Fw2 F2 Lw' R B' L Dw L2 Rw' R2 Dw' Lw2 Uw R Uw2 R' Dw Uw2 U Fw2 R' Uw Bw Rw F L D' Fw2 Rw
  4. D' Dw' U2 B' Fw F2 Dw2 Uw' U B D' Dw' U2 B Lw2 Bw2 D' L' Fw2 F2 Lw2 D2 U R Fw2 Lw' Uw2 Rw2 Fw' Lw Dw' L Dw' U Rw2 B2 D2 U2 Bw2 Lw B2 Uw2 R Fw Rw' U R' F2 Lw2 F' Rw B' Bw' Lw B Bw Fw Rw2 D' Bw2

8x8x8:
  1. 3r' 3f2 D B U2 4u' 4r' U2 3r D2 3d 3r' r2 3f' B' b r' B2 b' 3u' l' U2 4u r' L' 3l2 3f' 3b l2 3f F2 f B' R' 4f 4r2 u' l' d' D' 4f 3b2 3d2 4u' F 4f2 3b R2 d' 4f' 4u 3f' 3r2 R d 4f' 3l' f' l 3b' D l2 4r L2 4f2 3b2 f' u2 r2 3l' u' F2 b 3b 3d2 4f 3r F2 D2 3f B2 4r2 3u 3f2 3u' U2 4r u l2 U' B2 U2 b' 4u' R F l2 3r2 u2 F' 3d U2 3r 3u' U' L2 4r b' 3l L2 D2 F 3b2 r2 D2 U' 4u2 b f F'
 
Maskow said:
3x3 BLD best of 3: 48.88
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Mike Hughey said:
Results for week 2012-05:
2x2x2
48.88 Maskow
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:(

EDIT:
3x3x3 mean of five best: 52.66

1. DNF
2. DNF
3. 57.19
4. 1:02.80
5. 59.83
6. 1:03.66
7. 50.00
8. 1:09.31
9. 47.20
10. 1:13.39
11. 51.42
12. DNF
13. 1:08.19
14. DNF
15. 59.39
16. 1:12.25
17. 57.50
18. DNF
19. DNF
20. DNF
 
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