Dene
Premium Member
Proposal
I would like to propose that an option be given to impose a move limit for FMC (e.g. 40 maximum), much in the same way we can impose a time limit for other events.
E2d would need to be modified to suit this proposal. My suggestion would be to create:
E2f: The organisation team may enforce move limits per attempt.
And then change E2d1 to E2f1.
Reasoning
While marking FMC sheets for Australian Nationals I went through a lot of solves that were plain CFOP. No obvious attempt to actually find a solution with the "fewest moves" was made. In fact, one solution was well over 60 moves (well over the average CFOP solve). Often these were scribed incorrectly, resulting in a DNF and a lot of wasted time for Tim and myself.
It is clear that competitors doing this simply want a result in the database. While that may be nice for them, I consider it a waste of my time. I want to hold FMC for the few people that actually take it somewhat seriously, but I can't avoid all these tag-alongs just wanting a solve in the database. If I could enforce a move limit, perhaps I would host FMC more often.
I would be interested to find out if people in other parts of the world have the same problem. Especially those that host FMC regularly.
Sidenote
While organising this post, I noticed 9s. This regulation obviously applies to FMC, as it is an event, but I can only assume 60 minutes isn't the referred to "time limit". This regulation needs to be cleaned up, and if my proposal is taken up perhaps it could refer to E2f.
I would like to propose that an option be given to impose a move limit for FMC (e.g. 40 maximum), much in the same way we can impose a time limit for other events.
E2d would need to be modified to suit this proposal. My suggestion would be to create:
E2f: The organisation team may enforce move limits per attempt.
And then change E2d1 to E2f1.
Reasoning
While marking FMC sheets for Australian Nationals I went through a lot of solves that were plain CFOP. No obvious attempt to actually find a solution with the "fewest moves" was made. In fact, one solution was well over 60 moves (well over the average CFOP solve). Often these were scribed incorrectly, resulting in a DNF and a lot of wasted time for Tim and myself.
It is clear that competitors doing this simply want a result in the database. While that may be nice for them, I consider it a waste of my time. I want to hold FMC for the few people that actually take it somewhat seriously, but I can't avoid all these tag-alongs just wanting a solve in the database. If I could enforce a move limit, perhaps I would host FMC more often.
I would be interested to find out if people in other parts of the world have the same problem. Especially those that host FMC regularly.
Sidenote
While organising this post, I noticed 9s. This regulation obviously applies to FMC, as it is an event, but I can only assume 60 minutes isn't the referred to "time limit". This regulation needs to be cleaned up, and if my proposal is taken up perhaps it could refer to E2f.