Multi Blindfolded at Paris World Championship

[tx789]

What sounds more impressive a 38/40 Multi or a 37/50 accurately should be rewarded. Someone could attmept 100 cubes and memo only 25 DNFing the rest, if most cubes attempted was who won regradless of the amount solved is silly. Maskow sai he is out of practise and it seems some of his fanboys are more upset than him.

I have heard people complaining about MultiBLD socring but what is an alternative. It woud have to be complicated. The simipliest is most cube solved regradless of number of attempted. Issues with that accurately is not rewarded as much. 15/15 is better than 16/23 by this system but that person missed 7 cubes while the person they beat missed none.

 

[qaz]

Maybe it should be a requirement that every cube be solved at the end of the attempt, otherwise it's a DNF. That would solve all the problems for sure.

 

[YouCubing]

Maybe it should be a requirement that every cube be solved at the end of the attempt, otherwise it's a DNF. That would solve all the problems for sure.

i sincerely hope you're joking

 

[qaz]

i sincerely hope you're joking

yes

 

[FastCubeMaster]

yes

That's how it used to be: MBLD Old style
If I remember correctly, 2/2s were beating 15/16 with no time limit

 

[uyneb2000]

That's how it used to be: MBLD Old style
If I remember correctly, 2/2s were beating 15/16 with no time limit

I remember seeing recently that Rowe did a 5 hour MBLD attempt in 2008 and didn't even win...

Stuff like that is both hilarious and sad

 

[applezfall]

Out of 10 sextillion cubes 231 would already be solved

No every wca scramble is atleast 2 moves

Ahh, i see. Well my point still stands........... the point i am weirdly in love with Maskow.

Ya I changed the title so the thread would stop getting attention

 

[AlphaSheep]

Ya I changed the title so the thread would stop getting attention

Has it worked? I came here thinking it was a new thread I hadn't seen. I've it had all had the original title, I would probably have ignored it.

 

[applezfall]

Has it worked? I came here thinking it was a new thread I hadn't seen. I've it had all had the original title, I would probably have ignored it.

No I meant that people won't open a thread called useless lol

 

[AlphaSheep]

No I meant that people won't open a thread called useless lol

Haha... The new title is much better.

 

[applezfall]

Haha... The new title is much better.

It seems like the administrator changed it

 

[I_<3_SCS]

But I don't think they were hanging back with the racing strategy of 'expecting everyone ahead of them to crash'. I'm pretty sure not a single professional or even amateur athlete in the world competes with that strategy in mind. Yes the speedskater earned the win, but he certainly did not deserve it.

Of course he deserved it.

 

[Douf]

Of course he deserved it.

you're right, sorry, it was that winning strategy. How he knew everyone was going to wipeout and competed accordingly is astounding!

 

[Tabe]

you're right, sorry, it was that winning strategy. How he knew everyone was going to wipeout and competed accordingly is astounding!

He planned for something that DID happen. That's good strategy.

 

[arquillian]

Jeez. Okay. Some perspective.
First of, the person who solved more cubes blindfolded deserves it more is wrong for the simple reason that MBLD rewards accuracy as well. Shivam made a strategic decision to try to improve his accuracy by attempting 40 (he did 42 in his first attempt) and it paid off. Choosing the number of cubes you're going to do isn't as simple as it looks, because most top MBLDers have a max limit of cubes they can sub hour which they usually stay under. How far under that limit they choose to stay is the decision they have to make. I can sub hour 30 cubes, best case. But I'll lose out on some reviews and am likely to compromise my accuracy. So should I do 30? 27? 25? 23? You have to draw the line between getting high accuracy and a large number of points (14/17 beats 10/10, but 13/17 doesn't). What's the point of attempting 50 cubes if you can't solve more than 35 successfully?
My current official best is 17/17. My memo was done in 20 minutes, I spent the next 25 minutes revising specifically so I could get a 17/17. I could've done 25, but then I wouldn't have had as much revision time. That's a strategic choice you have to make.
Also, it's not like you aren't rewarded for doing more cubes. Had Shivam been 15 seconds slower, Maskow would've gotten away with getting double the DNFs that Shivam did.

 

[Mikel]

Maybe it should be a requirement that every cube be solved at the end of the attempt, otherwise it's a DNF. That would solve all the problems for sure.

The regulations used to reflect this back in the olden days of the WCA.

 

[Douf]

He planned for something that DID happen. That's good strategy.

He didn't plan for something that did happen, he HOPED for something that did happen. He got very, very lucky. That's NOT a good strategy.

 

[shadowslice e]

He didn't plan for something that did happen, he HOPED for something that did happen. He got very, very lucky. That's NOT a good strategy.

Getting lucky is not a crime.

 

[Rahul Tirkey]

I think Shivam will break that wr record

 

[shadowslice e]

I think Shivam will break that wr record

world record record