Marcin Zalewski banned from WCA competitions until June 2016
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DeeDubb
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Wow.... That's crazy.
guysensei1
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Marcin Zalewski's WR BLD solves were DNFed because he knew the orientation sometimes O.o
Tim Major
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Where did you read this? He still has 2 of them on his profile, afaik he didn't get it more than twice
guysensei1
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Tim Major
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Damn, that's huge and sad news.
Why?
Why?
guysensei1
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No one got a solve that was slower tha Marcin's solve and faster than the previous WR?
Evan Liu
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Read the WCA post more carefully: only his 3bld solves from Cuber's Eve 2013 until SLS Chorzow 2014 (inclusive) are being DNFed, so he gets to keep his first WR (23.80) which he set at Polish Nationals 2013, and no one (except himself) beat it until after that timeframe.
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Ouch, rough stuff. Well, to be honest, it's an understandable type of cheating for a very fast BLD solver, so I definitely believe it. A year and a half is a significant punishment, but not crazy and not as much as some other people in the past who did much worse things, so that's good. And I'd certainly feel a lot better losing a good solve because I knew the orientation than because the scramble was wrong 
Dene
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It's a shame when something like this happens. I'm most disappointed by the delegate 
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DeeDubb
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He made a mistake, admitted it, and accepted his punishment. Once he finishes his suspension, I hope he comes back. He's talented and capable of setting WRs without cheating.
Bindedsa
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Maskow said he knew some people did this. It must have been pretty frustrating trying to compete with someone you knew had an unfair advantage. Especially with all of those close calls.
tseitsei
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Oh ******...
Well at least he had enough sense to admit it. And also it's very worrying that even the delegate was in this same plot with him...
Delegates should be the ones we can trust (well obviously everyone should be but at least the delegates)
Well at least he had enough sense to admit it. And also it's very worrying that even the delegate was in this same plot with him...
Delegates should be the ones we can trust (well obviously everyone should be but at least the delegates)
IulianS
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Marcin it definitely good, then her disqualification is indifferent. The shocking thing is the delegate, 1 year is not enough.
DeeDubb
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Google Translate is not doing well for you, I'm afraid.
IulianS
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Thx for your comment, very useful.
Tim Major
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It got all of their meaning across, the basic function of language.
Iggy
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Omg
aashritspidey
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Well if zalewski got banned for orientation, I'm afraid this has to be considered too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU2tKYvDH2g
Most of his cubes are in his favourable orientation(and are in packs of 8 [ Which i don't really think matters]) This basically saves close to 45-50 seconds. Whatever the amount of time it is, It sure is an advantage to the competitor
P.S Don't mistake me. BLD Is my favourite event as maskow is My idol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU2tKYvDH2g
Most of his cubes are in his favourable orientation(and are in packs of 8 [ Which i don't really think matters]) This basically saves close to 45-50 seconds. Whatever the amount of time it is, It sure is an advantage to the competitor
P.S Don't mistake me. BLD Is my favourite event as maskow is My idol.
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