Berd
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I still go by my view that 3x3 OH is THE event that has 3x3 with restrictions, however another one (feet) is not necessary.
While we're at it, let's add a chess tournament, cup stacking, and a 100-meter sprint to the WCA.2. Add ball and cup: it requires skill, it requires luck, and it is fun to watch
Technically, those have no luck involved. But cubing technically doesn't either.While we're at it, let's add a chess tournament, cup stacking, and a 100-meter sprint to the WCA.
If we remove clock or feet, then there would be more time in comps to hold other events. And they aren't that popular anyway. Personally I think clock should be eliminated because it's not really a twisty puzzle and just looks weird. And feet is unsanitary and weird (sorry thecoolminxer).imo we shouldn't remove any events. there's really no point, if you don't do/like the event, just don't do/like it, don't try getting it off the WCA. I know people whose favorite events are Clock and Feet, and removing those events would just make the really disappointed and it wouldn't really do much for the people who don't like the events.
Comps are not compelled to hold clock and feet if the organisers want that time for something else.If we remove clock or feet, then there would be more time in comps to hold other events.
Personally I think clock should be eliminated because it's not really a twisty puzzle and just looks weird. And feet is unsanitary and weird (sorry thecoolminxer).
I'm with you on clock, but can somebody explain why feet is unsanitary? I know it's a generally accepted fact, but really our hands are touching all sorts of different dirty things all the time, while for most people their feet are wrapped up in shoes and socks all the time, usually with clean socks. Compared to what is on your hands, bacteriologically your feet may have more bacteria, but it will be a smaller variety of bacteria and what is there will be more picky about environment and therefore not as dangerous.
Interesting ideas. I personally think that upwards of 2/3 of young cubers will not become very serious because of competitions getting "harder". If I were a few years younger and my first comp was last weekend I would never have gotten kinda good before everyone else is better.This is slightly off topic, but I'm curious to see if there will ever be a generational shift in cubing. These are obviously broad generalizations, but in my observation younger cubers, both in terms of age and how long they've been cubing obviously start with 3x3, and then move on toward smaller puzzles like 2x2, pyraminx, and skewb. As time goes on it seems that people either specialize or start to focus more on either big cubes or more commonly on blind events. There are enough young people coming in to skew the focus toward smaller "simpler" events. It will be interesting to see if that changes 5-10 years down the road.
Interesting ideas. I personally think that upwards of 2/3 of young cubers will not become very serious because of competitions getting "harder". If I were a few years younger and my first comp was last weekend I would never have gotten kinda good before everyone else is better.
Multi BLD, as a fixed - time event, is relatively easy to schedule. It also requires massive amounts of work, so the people who enjoy it would arguably have much more reason to be upset about its elimination than would the people who enjoy, say, clock.Just for the record, I'm also very much for removing 5BLD and I think a number of high profile BLDers are too.
I'm also keen to remove multi BLD.
Multi BLD, as a fixed - time event, is relatively easy to schedule. It also requires massive amounts of work, so the people who enjoy it would arguably have much more reason to be upset about its elimination than would the people who enjoy, say, clock.
Some people put a lot of effort into Magic and Master Magic, and the removal of those events affected a lot more people than would affect Multi.
My main purpose for it's removal is that as a blind event it adds virtually nothing on what 3BLD brings. You're testing sheer memory capacity, but so does 4BLD and 5BLD. 5BLD barely adds anything new to 4BLD in terms of solving or memorization either.
The puzzle being solved and the methods used do not change - it's just an hour of continuous 3BLD. It's more of a memory sport in that regard.
3 words: 2x2 four movers.Technically, those have no luck involved. But cubing technically doesn't either.
2x2 is a bit more than just the corners of any NxN cube, because since there are no other pieces, you have more freedom and more algs can be developed.My understanding is that magic and master magic were removed because they had turned into pure dexterity contests rather than puzzles. As to MBLD adding anything, 2x2 doesn't add anything because you have to solve the corners on every other cube. Sure, MBLD is similar to 3BLD, but it's a whole other scale of amazing, especially the really big MBLD attempts. Plus the issue that it's easy to schedule around stands.
All of that's true to a point, but you could make similar points about the similarity of other events, like 5x5-7x7. It doesn't make them any less legitimate.My main purpose for it's removal is that as a blind event it adds virtually nothing on what 3BLD brings. You're testing sheer memory capacity, but so does 4BLD and 5BLD. 5BLD barely adds anything new to 4BLD in terms of solving or memorization either.
The puzzle being solved and the methods used do not change - it's just an hour of continuous 3BLD. It's more of a memory sport in that regard.
I wouldn't be too upset if 5BLD were to be removed, and it's my best ranking. 4BLD should definitely stay though.Just for the record, I'm also very much for removing 5BLD and I think a number of high profile BLDers are too.
I'm also keen to remove multi BLD.
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