WCA Competitor Tutorial

[Rubiks560]

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.

 

[cashis]

Cool, ive read the regs like 11 times, but ill watch this anyway before my first comp

 

[TheCoolMinxer]

Lauren's socks tho Nice tutorial btw

 

[Ollie]

Excellent video

 

[AlexMaass]

nice video

you forgot to mention no talking about scrambles

 

[Rubiks560]

nice video

you forgot to mention no talking about scrambles

You might want to watch the video again, bub.

 

[AlexMaass]

You might want to watch the video again, bub.

yeah, rewatched, noticed the text saying it haha

 

[Genius4Jesus]

Great video! I might show this to friends who are competing for the first time.

 

[Chree]

Yupper... this is going to be required viewing for our newbies. Posted on the front page of every CubingUSA page and sent out in mass email a week before the comp date.

 

[josh42732]

Still wish that there was a comp near me...... The closest one is over 5 hours away...

 

[Berd]

Very nice video! Your vidoeography I'd great!

 

[Rubiks560]

Yupper... this is going to be required viewing for our newbies. Posted on the front page of every CubingUSA page and sent out in mass email a week before the comp date.

Yup! I'm hoping that will be the case for every competition.

 

[Deleted member 19792]

Still wish that there was a comp near me...... The closest one is over 5 hours away...

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

 

[Ranzha]

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.

 

[Rubiks560]

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.

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.

 

[Ranzha]

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.

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!

 

[APdRF]

https://www.speedsolving.com/forum/...DE-Basic-rules-to-follow-at-a-WCA-competition

LOL