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WCA Competitor Tutorial

Rubiks560

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Do you know people who have never been to a competition and are too lazy to read the regs?
Well now we have a video for that!

Very fun video to produce. Hope you guys enjoy.
 
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Cool, ive read the regs like 11 times, but ill watch this anyway before my first comp
 
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Still wish that there was a comp near me...... The closest one is over 5 hours away... :(
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There might be a competition close to you in the future, just wait! Also, I am holding one in November in San Marcos, TX in November :)
 
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There are a few things I saw wrong with this video (there may be more):

1:40: The Regulations state that the judge asks, "READY?".

2:23: The attempt is finished after the judge and competitor acknowledge the correctness of the recorded attempt, not when the timer is stopped.

4:18: M, E, and S moves are not described in the current WCA Regulations (more specifically, Article 12).

Additionally, it may have been nice to include that the timer must be started before the 15-second mark in order to avoid over-inspection penalty. Also, perhaps including something regarding A6e (touching the puzzle after stopping the timer, before judge inspects) would have been nice.
 
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Ranzha said:
There are a few things I saw wrong with this video (there may be more):

1:40: The Regulations state that the judge asks, "READY?".

2:23: The attempt is finished after the judge and competitor acknowledge the correctness of the recorded attempt, not when the timer is stopped.

4:18: M, E, and S moves are not described in the current WCA Regulations (more specifically, Article 12).

Additionally, it may have been nice to include that the timer must be started before the 15-second mark in order to avoid over-inspection penalty. Also, perhaps including something regarding A6e (touching the puzzle after stopping the timer, before judge inspects) would have been nice.
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Yeah, these were all pointed out after the video went live...delegates had the chance to make corrections and they decided to say all of this after it went live.

Edit: another thing to keep in mind is this isn't supposed to be the entire regs. Just a short concise video on the absolute bare basics of competing. So some things will just be left to read. I'm sure at some point we'll shoot a v2 with a more precise script.
 
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Rubiks560 said:
Edit: another thing to keep in mind is this isn't supposed to be the entire regs. Just a short concise video on the absolute bare basics of competing. So some things will just be left to read. I'm sure at some point we'll shoot a v2 with a more precise script.
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Really looking forward to it!
I've been wanting to make a video like this for quite some time, but haven't had the time nor the resources to make it happen. There has been a real need for videos like this, so vgj!
 
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