*sorry about the late upload, this was published on YouTube on December 5, 2020*

World-class Rubik's cube blindfolded solver, Manuel Gutman talks about how you can improve on blind. He answers some of your questions from discord and talks about online competitions and his 2019 world championship experience.  

⚡ Show Notes⚡   

‣ Jake's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmrxjtynNVNYr-JbkpvXXqw

‣ Manuel's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC54CclsMRzDEgUkQwI5xW2w?view_as=subscriber

‣ Manuel's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manuelgutman1427/

‣ Dan's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9pt9m_X0iMFxIh0xnRVqmQ 

⏲ Timestamps  

0:00 Preview/Intro 

1:02 How He Started Cubing 

3:36 BLD Records in the Future 

5:10 5-Style/Other BLD Methods 

7:30 Starting to Learn 5-Style 

10:00 Manuel's First 3BLD Solve 

11:30 Advice to Someone Wanting to Get Faster at BLD 

13:27 Cubes for BLD 15:27 Multi-BLD 17:49 Online Cubing Comps 

19:00 Non-Cubing Hobbies 

21:33 Age Gap in WCA Events 

26:03 Manuel's Practice Routine 

27:44 Best Tips for Memo  

29:53 Biggest Inspiration? 

30:29 Best Method for Comms Memo 

32:14 Would You Rather | C5S Segment 

40:04 Rapid Fire | C5S Segment 

41:47 Learning English 42:27 Socials  

43:02 Outro