Your major cause of a DNF in 3BLD

[Yes We Can!]

I almost never make memo mistakes but sometimes I forget what I memorized.

 

[Zane_C]

I think the most common cause of a DNF, for me is forgetting corners.

 

[riffz]

I memorize corners first, but solve edges first. As long as I notice a flipped edge, I'll fix it as soon as I don the blindfold so it's not a problem. For corners, however, I memorize twisted ones visually immediately after memorizing the cycles, and then solve them at the very end of my solve. I'm getting more accustomed to it now, but for quite a while I would simply forget to fix the twisted corners and stop the timer before realizing. I angle my feet to remember which direction they need to be twisted in.

 

[RCTACameron]

Probably accidentally not memorising all the pieces.

 

[ilikecubing]

I rush memo and forget stuff.

happens 40% of the time with me,it gets really irritating when the blindfold has to be taken of due to forgetting what you memorised.

 

[Kian]

Incompetence.

 

[cmhardw]

happens 40% of the time with me,it gets really irritating when the blindfold has to be taken of due to forgetting what you memorised.

You can overcome this by forcing yourself to sit there and remember it, no matter how long that takes. Even if you have to search through all possible cycles on the cube until you hit on one that "feels right" it will still help you to remember the cycles the next time. I don't know why doing this works so well, but it really does. After you try it 2-3 times, you'll find that the next time you have the same kind of recall delay, that you can almost force yourself to remember the missing information. Of course it doesn't always work like this, but it often does.

 

[ilikecubing]

You can overcome this by forcing yourself to sit there and remember it, no matter how long that takes. Even if you have to search through all possible cycles on the cube until you hit on one that "feels right" it will still help you to remember the cycles the next time. I don't know why doing this works so well, but it really does. After you try it 2-3 times, you'll find that the next time you have the same kind of recall delay, that you can almost force yourself to remember the missing information. Of course it doesn't always work like this, but it often does.

Thanks Chris,but the thing is I have my first competition soon and I have certain goals to be achieved in it,one of the them is a sub 2 BLD solve,that's why I'm trying to rush with my memo these days.Usually I go at a constant speed to make sure I memorize it right and steady,but that way I average between 2:30-3:30 min.

My edge memo is not a problem,its quite fast I would say,I use letter pairs it works fine.

My visual corner memo is always very time consuming,i have to check all the corners like 2 to 3 times to make sure that my i have memorized them correctly,and with new cycles,it gets worse,thats the reason I'm experimenting a bit with Audio corners since yesterday

 

[theace]

1. I forget to memo. I don't really forget my memo, but it's really easy to over look things like 2 or 3 swaps and all. I make memo mistakes when there are too many broken cycles.
2. Accidental cube rotations: I hold Orange on F and Yellow on U. Sometimes, After I open my eyes to a MAJOR DNF and There's a Red on U and a Blue on F.
3. Accidental turns: Yeah, I mess up the PLLs

 

[ryo]

Memorize correctly two twist corner and twisting them the wrong way during resolution. (in fact, I rarely done other type of DNF)

 

[Kynit]

In order of frequency:

1. Incorrect execution - Usually, my biggest mistakes are undoing setups incorrectly. I sometimes screw up my Y/J perms, though.
2. Incorrect memo - Memorizing an 'E' as a 'Q' ruins the whole solve. This hurts me most on corners, as I'm not nearly as used to my letters on corners as I am on edges. Also, my only full attempt at wings was off by a 2-cycle of edges, simply because I had trouble counting all of my images.
3. Forgotten memo - I often forget my visual memorization. The difference between a CW twist and a CCW twist is brutal on me. I also sometimes forget to finish my cycle - I execute ABCA as ABC far too often. Today's DNF was a botched edge flip like this.

 

[Rubiks560]

Most of the time it's just forgetting my memo.

 

[04mucklowd]

Can't get the memo to stick in my head and therefore the execution gets screwed up

 

[NevinsCPH]

Sometimes are corners' orientation(which I did CW for CCW piece and CCw for CW piece, edges' orientation.
Some very small DNFs are caused by the last M2 that I've missed, too bad it can't be a +2. Most of the time I get DNFs is because of wrong execution, E.g Memo : ABDA, HWLM. Exec : HWLM, ABDA.

 

[Ollie]

Not knowing how to memorize for 3BLD! My big cube BLD memo system doesn't seem to work for 3BLD (and when it does, it isn't fast.)

 

[JasonK]

Some very small DNFs are caused by the last M2 that I've missed, too bad it can't be a +2.

If you're uncertain about whether you need to do an M2 at the end or not, just do an R2 - it'll either be solved or +2

(For the record I think +2 should be removed in BLD, but while it exists you might as well use it)

 

[Noahaha]

100% nerves

 

[NevinsCPH]

If you're uncertain about whether you need to do an M2 at the end or not, just do an R2 - it'll either be solved or +2

(For the record I think +2 should be removed in BLD, but while it exists you might as well use it)

Thats an excellent tips! Haha will do it next time lol.

 

[Cubenovice]

Not knowing how to memorize for 3BLD! My big cube BLD memo system doesn't seem to work for 3BLD (and when it does, it isn't fast.)

Along those lines: I found that doing 4BLD does NOT help my 3BLD at all...
If I use my 4BLD memo method (journey) I'm slowing down.
If I just use plain sentences (which I always used) I tend to have recall issues.

It seems adopting a structured approach for bigger cubes / multi has decreased my flexibility for 3BLD.

 

[Ollie]

Along those lines: I found that doing 4BLD does NOT help my 3BLD at all...
If I use my 4BLD memo method (journey) I'm slowing down.
If I just use plain sentences (which I always used) I tend to have recall issues.

It seems adopting a structured approach for bigger cubes / multi has decreased my flexibility for 3BLD.

This is the exact same thing I'm experiencing. I only really practice 5BLD nowadays and I'm losing enthusiasm for 3BLD because of this and your reasons too! :/

I will concede, however, that learning 3-cycles and commutator cases on the 5x5x5 improved my 3BLD drastically.