Message #3795

From: Ty Jones <whotyjones@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] 2x2x2x2 blindfold solve!
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2017 07:08:58 +0000

Wow! Awesome job Matt! I’ll definitely check out the video soon!

On Sun, Oct 1, 2017, 10:45 PM Melinda Green melinda@superliminal.com
[4D_Cubing] <4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Congratulations, Matthew!
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> It’s really wonderful to have a first blind no-macro 2^4, and it’s
> especially nice to be able to see the complete video record. Yes of course
> there’s not a lot of action in the middle but I really enjoyed watching it
> straight through since I think that captured a lot of the intensity of the
> attempt and of your ultimate success. It also makes a great record for this
> important milestone. I also like that you felt the need to at least
> partially wear your physical blindfold!
>
> I’ve created a page of thoughts for people interested in blind 4D solves
> here:
> http://superliminal.com/cube/blind.html
> Note that this overlaps a bit with Nan’s wiki entry for blind solutions
> and his (short) list of solutions:
> http://wiki.superliminal.com/wiki/Main_Page#Blindfolded_Solving
> I’ve not linked mine anywhere since they should probably be merged or
> something, so help and suggestions are more than welcome.
> Matthew: I encourage you to at least add your new record to Nan’s table
> and link to your log file and video from there.
>
> I loved looking back through the archives just now and seeing that it was
> expected that Matthew would do this "soon
> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/4D_Cubing/conversations/messages/1864>"
> after Nan did the first blind solve in 2011. I think it’s great when people
> have goals that they keep coming back to. Good luck on your first blind
> 3^4. I hope we see it before 2023!
>
> -Melinda
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> On 10/1/2017 12:32 PM, damienturtle@hotmail.co.uk [4D_Cubing] wrote:
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> Hey everyone!
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> I’m continuing my trend of the last few years and playing around with
> hypercubes every once in a long while. Yesterday, I finally solved the 2^4
> in blindfolded mode!
>
> Video: https://youtu.be/UbLPxuSDRk8
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> I attempted this a few times several years ago, and I think the closest I
> got was off by 2 twisted corners. I didn’t practise much beforehand, so I
> was surprised to get a success on the second attempt. It’s not a great
> time, but I just wanted to go safe and get a success. The time was 23:16
> [10:12], I worked that out from the video since I actually forgot to stop
> the timer until after I stopped recording. The solve had 16 targets, and I
> had to fix the buffer at the end since of course it’s possible to twist one
> corner in isolation in 4D. I’ve uploaded the log file to my folder here for
> anyone interested in looking through the solve.
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> This isn’t the first blind solve of the 2^4. Nan Ma did it first I think
> (please correct me if I forgot someone!), and I don’t recall anyone else
> doing it since. However, I think it is the first no-macro blind solve. I
> intend to do the 3^4 blind eventually, but not in the near future.
>
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> This version of MC4D was made by Mathologer (
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhPH1369OWc), it makes it easy to grey
> out the stickers during execution.
>
>
> Also, I’m learning Java gradually in my spare time, and I’m planning to
> make my own version of MC4D eventually with a few changes including
> keyboard controls, since clicking can be unreliable and slow as you can see
> in the video. It seems like a fun project to really get to grips with the
> language, though I’ll do a couple of smaller things with it first rather
> than jumping right into the deep end.
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> I’d definitely like to see more people trying this out, it’s a fun
> challenge!
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> Matt
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