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== Early Figures == | == Early Figures == | ||
− | In 1998, [[Geir Ugelstad]] used speedBLD to become the first person to officially (pre-WCA) solve 2 and 3 cubes blindfolded. [[Dan Knights]]'s first successful blindfolded solve was using Fridrich in 1999. He later used a more standard blindfold solving method. In May 2004, [[Chris Hardwick]] used Fridrich to solve a cube in 18.50 seconds. | + | In 1998, [[Geir Ugelstad]] used speedBLD to become the first person to officially (pre-WCA) solve 2 and 3 cubes blindfolded. [[Dan Knights]]'s first successful blindfolded solve was using Fridrich in 1999. He later used a more standard blindfold solving method. In May 2004, [[Chris Hardwick]] used Fridrich to solve a cube in 18.50 seconds.[http://speedcubing.com/news_archive_2005.html][http://www.speedcubing.com/chris/] His attempt was famously parodied by the Axe Deodorant's Get A Girlfriend commercial campaign. |
Since 2005, [[Lucas Garron]] has been the most prominent advocate of speedBLD. | Since 2005, [[Lucas Garron]] has been the most prominent advocate of speedBLD. |
Revision as of 17:00, 14 January 2011
speedBLD (variously called speed BLD, SpeedBLD, short for speed blindfolded solving) is a blindsolving Rubik's cube discipline in which unlimited memorisation time is allowed. In speedBLD only the execution time is recorded. Because memorisation time isn't an issue, it is possible to use a standard speedcubing method such as Fridrich to maximise execution speed.
Early Figures
In 1998, Geir Ugelstad used speedBLD to become the first person to officially (pre-WCA) solve 2 and 3 cubes blindfolded. Dan Knights's first successful blindfolded solve was using Fridrich in 1999. He later used a more standard blindfold solving method. In May 2004, Chris Hardwick used Fridrich to solve a cube in 18.50 seconds.[1][2] His attempt was famously parodied by the Axe Deodorant's Get A Girlfriend commercial campaign.
Since 2005, Lucas Garron has been the most prominent advocate of speedBLD.
See Also
External Links
- Lucas Garron's Speed BLD Page
- Speedsolving.com: Fridrich BLD
- Speedsolving.com: SpeedBLD Memorization Methods?
- Dan Knights's account of his speedBLD attempt