What event would you like to become WCA official?

Multiple choice! Vote for the events you would like to be WCA official.


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I don't see why 8x8 shouldn't be added. In my opinion it's already popular enough and they are on sale in plenty of places. So 8x8 is what I want added next.
I don't see why anyone would pay any attention to anything written in this thread anymore because it just seems like "add something you like" without any motivation.
When you say "It's already popular enough", please make a comparison to existing events and provide some numbers at the very least
 
Remove 5bld.

NO WAY!
as long as we have 5x5 AND 6x6 AND 7x7 as speedsolve events we can surely have 4BLD and 5BLD as blindfolded events...

This and make MBLD 10 minutes.

And even more NO WAY!!! That would ruin/change the whole event. MBLD is supposed to be the ultimate test of mind.

1. You need good concentration for the whole 60 minutes if you want to get good result (not easy)
2. You need good and fast memory with enough room for 20+ cubes if you want to be good at multi (not easy)
3. And you need fast and most of all RELIABLE execution to get good result at MBLD (also not easy)

For any other BLD event you need much shorter periods of time of full concentration. That's skill number 1 that MBLD needs that no other event does.
For any other BLD event you need much less memory space/locations. That's skill number 2 that MBLD needs that no other event does.
For any other BLD event you can just go fullspeed on execution since you have 3 attempts and only best one counts so you can DNF 2 and it doesn't affect your result. In MBLD it really really tests your accuracy also. That's skill number 3 that MBLD needs (well 4&5BLD need some degree of reliability but not nearly as much as MBLD).

If it was 10 minutes long ALL of those 3 skills would not be needed anymore and it would just be another 5BLD attempt with different (I would say even easier) execution.

If this is time issue then FMC mean of 3 takes 3 hours. MBLD takes 1 hour. And there are usually only few participants in MBLD so you can probably organize it simultaneously with some other event(s)...
 
It's interesting seeing an new puzzle like skewb being speedsolved, and seeing the community developing new methods, techniques and etc. is cool. I don't think we can add any events at the moment unless an existing event is removed, or some breakthrough or system comes about that makes running competitions go smoother and faster, allowing competition time for a new event.
 
I dunno, I would definitely enter in a Kilominx/Flowerminx event, -that is- if a proper Speedcube company actually produced some decent quality ones, at a decent price. If this were the case, I'm sure all the same people who are into Megaminx solving would be into it, maybe slightly more, since some people (including myself atm) kind of get turned off by the length it takes to solve the Mega. Maybe.

I may be wrong, but I think FailCuber may have been joking, tseitsei. Possibly.

Still think physical 15 puzzle would be cool.
Aw, heck yeah! I used to love doing this kind of puzzle as a kid, even though they took me ages. Thanks for reminding me they exist! I'mma go and solve one now.
 
Mirror blocks would be cool to be a WCA puzzle, wouldn't it be the only shape shifting puzzle at competitions?(I've never been to one so I don't know) :)
 
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