WR Speculation Thread

[JustinTimeCuber]

Average of their last 10 official averages:

Bill Wang: 8.12
Alex Lau: 8.23
Mats Valk: 8.23

Although they are certainly overall sub-8 at home, comp nerves + timer fails (like I know Bill has had so much of) make them seem slightly worse then they are.

It may be worth noting that this statistic applied to Feliks results in 7.71, and I'm pretty sure Feliks is even faster than that. He has the best chance of getting a WR, with lots of sub 6 singles. A PLL skip on a nice solve would do it. Maybe even sub-5

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

well then you are just amazing

ooh yay I like being amazing

 

[NeilH]

ooh yay I like being amazing

haha! you probably get more nervous when winning a comp or getting some kind of NR, CR, or WR is something within your range every time, like the feliks, mats, etc.

 

[tseitsei]

Average of their last 10 official averages:

Bill Wang: 8.12
Alex Lau: 8.23
Mats Valk: 8.23

Although they are certainly overall sub-8 at home, comp nerves + timer fails (like I know Bill has had so much of) make them seem slightly worse then they are.

Cubing is not all about home averages. It's also an ability to handle big stress on competitions. I agree with statement that Feliks is the only person who is a true sub8 cuber.

Yeah. For once I think I'll have to agree with sajwo.

As Antoines post shows it is quite clear that Feliks is only cuber who is truly sub-8. Those other 3 seem to be low 8 though which is also amazing

 

[XTowncuber]

Cubing is not all about home averages. It's also an ability to handle big stress on competitions.

...Why?

 

[Coolster01]

...Why?

Because that's when it really matters. You really think it's ALL about at home averages?

 

[XTowncuber]

Because that's when it really matters. You really think it's ALL about at home averages?

No, competitions are a part of it too. But I would define anyone who on an average day solves a cube on average in less than 8 seconds as sub 8. I don't really care whether it's in competition. You'll notice that there are for more days without competitions than with competitions, and therefore on Average Bill and Alex would be sub 8.

 

[Coolster01]

No, competitions are a part of it too. But I would define anyone who on an average day solves a cube on average in less than 8 seconds as sub 8. I don't really care whether it's in competition. You'll notice that there are for more days without competitions than with competitions, and therefore on Average Bill and Alex would be sub 8.

Ok, yeah, I agree that competitions are part of it too. You seemed to have been saying competitions weren't part of it at all.

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[tseitsei]

...Why?

Because all official solves and official records are done at comps obviously... So those solves are MUCH more important than any unofficial times you get at home. Because really honestly at the end of the day very few people will care about what times you get unofficially. Or at least people will care significantly less than if they were official times.

That's just how almost all competitive stuff works. Very few people are interested in how fast usain bolt runs at practise but very many people are interested in how fast he will run at olympics for example...

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

No, competitions are a part of it too. But I would define anyone who on an average day solves a cube on average in less than 8 seconds as sub 8. I don't really care whether it's in competition. You'll notice that there are for more days without competitions than with competitions, and therefore on Average Bill and Alex would be sub 8.

Even on days that are competition days, their warmup solves will still be sub 8. Just those 10-15 official solves are a pain in the ***.

 

[XTowncuber]

Because all official solves and official records are done at comps obviously... So those solves are MUCH more important than any unofficial times you get at home. Because really honestly at the end of the day very few people will care about what times you get unofficially. Or at least people will care significantly less than if they were official times.

That's just how almost all competitive stuff works. Very few people are interested in how fast usain bolt runs at practise but very many people are interested in how fast he will run at olympics for example...

I would argue that cubing is very different. When someone asks you "What's your pr?" in track you give them an official time. In cubing, you give an unofficial one (generally). At home stuff matters much more to me personally than in comp stuff, although that's just me.

 

[Isaac Lai]

I would argue that cubing is very different. When someone asks you "What's your pr?" in track you give them an official time. In cubing, you give an unofficial one (generally). At home stuff matters much more to me personally than in comp stuff, although that's just me.

Except Mitch (or at least formerly)

 

[FailCuber]

Cubing is not all about home averages. It's also an ability to handle big stress on competitions. I agree with statement that Feliks is the only person who is a true sub8 cuber.

Fully agree.

 

[YouCubing]

okso Skewb WR single
1.67... beaten by 0.01 for the 2nd time in a row
gj Michal tho