[WR] Rami Sbahi - 20 FMC single

Myachii said:
I may have exaggerated a bit when I said the FMC WR is much better than the 2x2 average, but I like the fact that Rami challenges the 'Young speedcubers only solve 2x2, Pyra and Skewb well' stereotype by setting a WR in the event that everyone expects young speedcubers to do the least.
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Loool, Lucas breaks that stereotype with 2x2-5x5.

But Drew Brads does kinda fit that... plus 3x3. Oh, and Kevin Gerhardt. Geez, I think this is a valid stereotype. XD
 
Coolster01 said:
Loool, Lucas breaks that stereotype with 2x2-5x5.

But Drew Brads does kinda fit that... plus 3x3. Oh, and Kevin Gerhardt. Geez, I think this is a valid stereotype. XD
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It's because younger cubers have much shorter attention spans than older ones. They'd prefer to do 100 2x2 solves instead of a few 7x7 solves because they simply get bored of it a few minutes into the solve. Which is why, for example, the skewb single WR holder and the former single WR holder are both quite young.
 
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Myachii said:
It's because younger cubers have much shorter attention spans than older ones. They'd prefer to do 100 2x2 solves instead of a few 7x7 solves because they simply get bored of it a few minutes into the solve. Which is why, for example, the skewb WR holder and the former WR holder are both quite young.
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How old do you think Jay is?
 
Myachii said:
It's because younger cubers have much shorter attention spans than older ones. They'd prefer to do 100 2x2 solves instead of a few 7x7 solves because they simply get bored of it a few minutes into the solve. Which is why, for example, the skewb single WR holder and the former single WR holder are both quite young.
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Yeah, 7x7 is for old geezers like Kevin and Feliks.
 
PenguinsDontFly said:
except drew brads isnt considered a young cuber. young (in cubing) is like under 13.
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Young is <19 :)

Mollerz said:
How old do you think Jay is?
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12? 11?

Myachii said:
It's because younger cubers have much shorter attention spans than older ones. They'd prefer to do 100 2x2 solves instead of a few 7x7 solves because they simply get bored of it a few minutes into the solve. Which is why, for example, the skewb single WR holder and the former single WR holder are both quite young.
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100 2x2 solves needs the focus to keep inspecting constantly and maximizing tps on each solve. I'm "old" (19) and even when I was practicing I would rarely do more than 20 solves in a session. I think it's more that they have smaller hands, and also faster reflexes/potential turn speed, which is perfect for events like 2x2 where the puzzle is small, and tps is a huge factor.
 
tseitsei said:
Yep. To get sub 30 mo3 in FMC you just need to
1. be good at blockbuilding
2. Know what premoves/NISS is and how to use it
3. Know how to do insertions
4. Get a little lucky (or just be awesome like few people and almost always get good solutions :D )

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I know none of this............

and that's why I'm the best!!!!!
*fail*
 
Tim Major said:
100 2x2 solves needs the focus to keep inspecting constantly and maximizing tps on each solve. I'm "old" (19) and even when I was practicing I would rarely do more than 20 solves in a session. I think it's more that they have smaller hands, and also faster reflexes/potential turn speed, which is perfect for events like 2x2 where the puzzle is small, and tps is a huge factor.
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I didn't think about that actually.. that's a good point. Another two reasons could be the size of the puzzle (wrist turns becoming necessary for some) and also lack of improvement. Although we all would love to be World Class, younger cubers have less patience and like to see constant improvement and short solves. Although the 7x7 World Record is 2:34, younger cubers would much prefer to see sub-3 second times on their stackmats than several minute ones. Also, with events like 7x7, if they spend 5 or so minutes doing a solve and don't break their PB or get a fast solve, they'll start to become less motivated to solve the puzzle, because they see themselves spending lots of time on a solve and getting nothing in return, whereas if it were 2x2, if they get a bad solve, it's only cost them 5 seconds of their time.

And to all the other posts, when I say 'young cubers' I mean under 13 year olds.

This is why I think that in 6 or 7 years time, records in small events will constantly be getting broken, whilst 6x6 and 7x7 records will be left to gather dust, because the younger cubers who have become fast at these events will only want to practice them even as they grow older instead of switching to a larger puzzle and starting all over again.
 
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