I used to compete in most of the WCA events at varying skill levels, so I have experience in a lot of events. My WCA profile should be linked to the left if you want to explore those results haha. These days, though, I mostly just practice 3x3-7x7 and megaminx. If you're curious about my times...
Hello all! So I'm not new, but it has been a hot minute since I've been on the forum. I imagine the faces around here are mostly different than when I used to hang around on the forum. I have a bit of a story about why I left, so if you're not interested in that feel free to just ignore.
One of...
You say all of that, but they aren't regions of nothing. They're regions of the United States. I don't think it makes much sense that someone can represent a region of a thing without first representing that thing.
I'm aware that the system prevents people from winning a regional title from a...
Fair enough points, I just don't agree with that vision of how the regional championships should be. I agree that pretty much no matter what rules you have in place it's going to be arbitrary to some extent, I just don't personally believe that the current rules are able to fairly represent...
Why does it matter how many of the competitors are US competitors? I'm sure most people that compete at Euros are from Europe as well. That doesn't mean that everyone should be eligible to be European Champion, and if they are, then it isn't really the European Championship is it?
Your point...
I will say that I probably could have worded that better. My point wasn't to act entitled to something I didn't earn. I'm fully aware that I lost to an eligible competitor. My whole point is that the eligibility requirements are stupid.
If the eligibility requirements allow competitors to...
I take it that this is the decision that caused me to lose 3 Southeast Champion titles to someone currently registered as a citizen of Taiwan because he's going to school in Florida.