I FINALLY GOT OFFICIAL 4BLD and 5BLD Means! | Road to Platinum Ep. 4

Absolutely thrilled to finally have every possible single and average result! This was pretty unexpected but I couldn't be happier with the fact that it happened. Been practicing a good amount of blindfolded events recently and it's been really fun. Still hoping to improve my 4x4 and 5x5 blindfolded single PRs, but I don't think I'll ever try for means again; I'll just be happy if they happen.
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Road to Platinum playlist: • Road to Platinum
Cubes: YJ MGC 4x4 and YJ MGC 5x5
Methods: Old Pochmann (corners), r2 (wings), U2 (centers), M2 (5x5 midges)
Competitions: Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023 and Shhlow N Shhteady Fall 2023
My WCA profile: www.worldcubea...

[@carykh]

WOOOHOO yes congrats Daniel! It's so cool to hear you're safely back in the top 100 for 5BLD mean, so no matter what happens to Pyra average/single, you still got it. YAY

[@DGCubes]

Thank you so much Cary!! Glad to join you in the all-events club! And yeah this new top 100 rank was such perfect timing :D

[@adamr7963]

daniel "mean cuber" goodman strikes again, officially nemesizing mcphilphius jargonite

[@douglaschaplow4467]

I think this is Virginia’s first 5BLD mean. Congrats!

[@DGCubes]

It is!! Thank you, very happy about it :D

[@31Geo]

A 5bld mean is probably my ultimate goal for cubing. And seeing someone do just that is super inspiring! Congrats! Now you dont need to compete in 5bld ever again lol

[@DGCubes]

Haha thank you so much!! Good luck, I'm sure you'll get one someday too!

[@StevenWintringham]

That's awesome Daniel, it's so cool to see that you're still excited about cubing after dedicating so much time to other things

[@DGCubes]

Thanks Steven :) And cubing is really still SO COOL (and so are other things)

[@DaltonNichols]

This is so freakin cool. Great job dude!

[@DGCubes]

Thank you so much!! Super hyped about it :D

[@andersonhong2324]

Big Congrats man! This was one of the most awesome things I have ever witnessed! My hands were sweating each time I watched the solves. More impossibles yet to come! : )

[@DGCubes]

Aw thank you so much!! Glad you could feel the intensity :P

[@statmango]

Congratulations! That's quite a well rounded accomplishment! May your music career go well, too!

[@DGCubes]

Thank you!! It feels so satisfying to have a result in everything :)

[@Isaiah_Scott]

Dude congrats!!! Whenever I see an upload from this channel, it brings back years and years of nostalgia and I get excited every time I see you’ve uploaded! Congrats!

[@DGCubes]

Aw thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@jonrattenborg1907]

Man, I remember commenting on the 4BLD success Road to Platinum video. Good work man, I'm happy to see you're still going at it even after all these years :)

[@DGCubes]

Whoaaaa thank you for sticking around :)

[@Benwakelincubing]

this made my day well done DG

[@DGCubes]

eyyyy thank you Ben!!

[@HarukaKun03]

Congrats DG!! I'm happy to see that you successfully have 4 & 5bld mean. I've been a supporter since 2017 and followed your steps in pyraminx just to be like you, and I'm happy that reach one of your goals back then. I'm also cheering for your music career wish you the best

[@DGCubes]

Hey thank you so much!! Appreciate the years of support :)

[@goodmanshealth]

I know this means a lot to you and I am so happy for you my boy. Proud dad!

[@baconcat2458]

Wow the other day I was just thinking about this series and wondering when we would see the next installment of it. Congrats on the means!

[@DGCubes]

Eyy that's so cool :) Thanks so much!

[@matthewbidwell9632]

Congrats Daniel!!

[@brendyndunagan]

COMMON DGTHEARTIST W 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@DGCubes]

🙏🙏

[@sogeg]

The G in DG stands for goated

[@ianmoore5502]

this will be me soon! Congrats on ur mean! and good luck with your music career!

[@the__L]

Congrats! I didnt know we were both 23 year olds that started cubing in 2012. Unfortunately I didnt start competing until this year. I've gotten a 5bld mean at home, but obviously its much harder in comp. This is truly a huge accomplishment! Great job DG!

[@DGCubes]

Whoa cool coincidence! Thank you and good luck with your official results too :)

[@lewseall]

Congrats DG🥳

[@thekobra2012]

Ive already got 4bld and 5bld means and I know this feeling. Congrats!

[@timyang2996]

yooo that's me in the background of the 4bld mean haha, that comp was so chill. you and patrick using masks as blindfolds was awesome lol congrats on both means!! do you think you'll get into FMC at all?

[@DGCubes]

Eyyy that's dope, that comp was super fun! Thank you! And yeah I actually used to be really into FMC in 2018 but I fell out of it before the advent of domino reduction so I'm not very competitive anymore. I'm definitely interested in learning proper domino reduction and practicing again someday but it's not a high priority right now, partially because FMC attempts take so long (and blind events are a little more fun for me when I do have an hour to kill) :P

[@nascara5cupseriesa5cubing18]

Yoooooo, The 4th episode, nice one daniel

[@DGCubes]

Thank you!!

[@rowehess]

Awesome congrats!

[@DGCubes]

Thanks so much Rowe!!

[@PugCuber]

proud of you, Daniel!

[@DGCubes]

Thank you!!

[@Wolfio]

Woah! Congrats!!

[@DGCubes]

Thanks!!

[@putian_ye]

Congratulations!!! absolutely insane work 🎉🎉🎉 (btw yeah a plat member also involves having a wr, cr and world championship podium iirc, so currently this makes u a silver member)

[@DGCubes]

Thank you!! And yeah you're right that by the original definition I'm now a silver member. But there's a new categorization of memberships made a few years back that added opal and diamond above platinum, and tweaked the requirements a bit - by that metric I'm a gold member. I can't find any updated list of the memberships online though so idk what people consider the truth now :P

[@four_cubed]

Congrats on getting a 5BLD mean! I think this average makes you a silver member.

[@BUY_YOUTUBE_VIEWS_d069]

Love the aesthetics of the channel.

[@genevad4754]

we need a Dlsone podcast reunion

[@ericzhu6620]

Let's be honest I wasn't expecting you to actually achieve this when I was watching your 3bld mean episode, but congrats! You deserve it so much!!!

[@DGCubes]

Thank you!! And yeah lol not gonna lie, I feel like I had a tougher time getting a 3BLD mean than bigBLD means :P

[@doggie2796]

Always love seeing uploads on this channel, good stuff dude!

[@DGCubes]

Thanks so much!

[@back-roads]

SO EXCITED FOR YOUUUUU!!!! 5BLD mean!!!! Great video! Love seeing your live reaction😅 Congrats from your proud Ma🤗🥰👏💓

[@DGCubes]

WOOOO thank you so much!! ❤

[@TheRubySpider]

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Hoping to get my own 5BLD mean in the near future. Are people’s memberships actually listed online anywhere? I remember being able to find them a while back, but not anymore.

[@DGCubes]

Thank you so much!! I haven't been able to find an updated list either unfortunately :/

[@solver5k]

Huge congratulations!!!

[@DGCubes]

Thank you!!!

[@dylangirouard]

Congrats. I just got my first official 4bld solve (25 mins lmao) a few weeks ago and all I want to do is grind blind to hopefully one day finish my wca profile (I just need 4bld mean and 5bld mean and single)

[@DGCubes]

Thanks and congrats! Keep it up, I'm sure you'll get there :D

[@Sqone1]

Congrats!!!! ❤

[@DGCubes]

Thank you!!

[@cobbwall1]

NO WAY I thought the thumbnail said “BIG BALD MEN”

[@DGCubes]

LOL THAT'S TOO GOOD

[@thephysicistcuber175]

5:16 ok, so what's the next impossible thing?

[@DGCubes]

Good question! WR maybe?

[@ExistentialShrimp]

gj!!!!

[@DGCubes]

ty shrimp!!

[@chenhaosun9920]

great job! hope i can get a mean

[@DGCubes]

You got this!!

[@Anthony_Jiang]

God

[@cuberworld-id9gn]

what about multi blind?

[@DGCubes]

Didn't go too well at this comp, I got 10/16 - my PR is 10/11 from a comp last month. Planning to keep attempting 16 until I get a result I'm happy with!

[@2oux]

dgoated