World Record predictions in the year 2020?

[Ronxu]

If you drop a cube on its corner it will turn. magnets could make it do that in a more reliable manner.

I'd say that with magnets it's less likely to turn and you're gonna get a +2. Making the turn normally is both faster and more reliable than relying on a lucky bounce.

 

[One Wheel]

I'd say that with magnets it's less likely to turn and you're gonna get a +2. Making the turn normally is both faster and more reliable than relying on a lucky bounce.

Maybe, but to get that fast of a single you've got to get lucky.

 

[Sajwo]

Maybe, but to get that fast of a single you've got to get lucky.

i've read some of your posts and I can already tell you know nothing about speedcubing :/

and this is simply the dumbest thing I have seen in a long time

If you drop a cube on its corner it will turn. magnets could make it do that in a more reliable manner.

 

[Loiloiloi]

i've read some of your posts and I can already tell you know nothing about speedcubing :/

Harsh

 

[One Wheel]

i've read some of your posts and I can already tell you know nothing about speedcubing :/

and this is simply the dumbest thing I have seen in a long time

I've never claimed to be an expert, but to say I know nothing is a bit of an exaggeration. I average 10-11 seconds on 2x2. If I got a 4-move scramble (and recognized it as such) I would likely solve it in 3-4 seconds. In that sense you are correct. But I understand the principles of solving, physics, and physiology well enough to know what would be necessary and possible to set that kind of record. I know that anybody can start and stop a timer in roughly 0.2 seconds or a little less. With practice that could easily get down to 0.1 seconds or even less. That leaves 0.29 seconds for solving to set a time of 0.39 as mentioned above. An optimal four move scramble might have a solution something like U R' F D. U R' F could be done with a single drag of the right index finger, leaving D to flick with the left index finger as you drop the cube and stop the timer. That would be an incredibly lucky scramble, and as I have described it I think that someone with a lot more skill than I have could execute it in even less than 0.39. Possibly even under 0.3.

 

[turtwig]

skewb: 0.96/2.02 That polish dude

Which one? There are three of them lol

 

[One Wheel]

Dang. I knew Poland wasn't a big country, but that's even smaller than I thought.

 

[turtwig]

Dang. I knew Poland wasn't a big country, but that's even smaller than I thought.

Wait, I meant Jonatan Klosko, Michal Rzewuski, and Lukasz Burliga. They all currently hold Skewbs record so "that polish dude" could've been referring to any of them.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

That's not how magnets work though. You still have to make the last move.

The table saved me from a +2 in an official solve. I saw the wrong AUF and did U' instead of U2, tried to fix it but my hands were about to hit the timer, dropped the cube, cube hit the table and it did the rest for me.

 

[Loiloiloi]

inb4 new beginners method: Bash a magnetic cube against a table until it solves itself

 

[gateway cuber]

Which one? There are three of them lol

the dude who just broke the WR avg, that rzuski dude (lol butchered his name...)

 

[TheCoolMinxer]

the dude who just broke the WR avg, that rzuski dude (lol butchered his name...)

Pls just look it up on the WCA site... As turtwig mentioned and if you just read it carefully, you would know that Michal and Lukasz both broke the avg with the same time on the same weekend and Jonatan has a WR single...

 

[gateway cuber]

just had to edit my predictions again cause records keep getting smashed...

 

[1973486]

Okay so I tried calculating supposedly what the WR will be in 3 years (end of 2019) based on progress since the end of 2013. There's probably better ways to do it though.

The calculation is WR today * (WR today / WR in 2013). So for the 3x3 single, the WR in 2013 was 5.55 so it's 4.73*(4.73/5.55) which is 4.03. The complete list is:

3x3: 4.03, 6.36
4x4: 18.31, 23.23
5x5: 33.73, 43.96
2x2: 0.35, 1.33
3BLD: 14.38, 20.59
OH: 5.23, 8.85
FMC: 18 (rounded from 18.05), 23 (rounded from 23.06)
Feet: 15.15, 25.94
Megaminx: 26.02, 29.02
Pyraminx: 1.28, 1.55
Square-1: 6.31, 7.70
Clock: 2.64, 4.26
6x6: 1:25.33, 1:26.03
7x7: 2:03.57, 2:02.61 (this is correct)
4BLD: 1:08.94
5x5: 3:37.13

Obviously some of these just aren't going to happen, others seem very possible though.

 

[Loiloiloi]

Okay so I tried calculating supposedly what the WR will be in 3 years (end of 2019) based on progress since the end of 2013. There's probably better ways to do it though.

Square-1: 6.31, 7.70

Lol even in 2020 Ben is still nearly half the WR

 

[One Wheel]

7x7: 2:02.50

7x7: 2:03.57, 2:02.61 (this is correct)

I think it's interesting that drastically different methods can reach such similar conclusions. I calculated how many pieces need to be solved, and did a ratio from the then-WR 4.90 3x3 single.

 

[Iamdrewbrees]

how about 2010 instead?

my predictions for 2010^^

2x2 - it will stay the same
3x3 - sub 10 avg of 5
4x4 - sub 40 avg of 5
5x5 - sub 1:10 avg of 5
6x6 - sub 2:10
7x7 - sub 3:20
3x3 BLD - sub 30
4x4 BLD - sub 6
3x3 OH - sub 12 single / avg stays the same
3x3 fewest moves - stays the same
3x3 w/ feet - sub 35
Megaminx - sub 55 single, sub 1 mean (simon, pasquale and i are already pratising)
Pyraminx - stays the same
Square 1 - sub 10
Clock - stays the same
Magic - sub 0.7
3x3 multi BLD - 20

Shows how far the community has progressed lol
Only some of these are world class nowadays

 

[Helmer Ewert]

Here are my guesses for WRs by januari 1 2020:
2x2: 0.31, 1.16
3x3: 4.29, 5.85
4x4: 19.02, 23.11
5x5: 35.90, 40.99
6x6: 1:12.41, 1:18.39
7x7: 1:58.66, 2:07.05
OH: 6.61, 9.68
Feet: 17.94, 21.88
FMC: 17, 23.00
3BLD: 15.93, 18.95
4BLD: 1:29.99
5BLD: 3:52.62
MBLD: 47/50 59:38 (Also a 47/47 will be missed by 2 seconds)
Megaminx: 28.36, 33.31
Pyraminx: 0.91, 1.81
Square-1: 4.98, 6.73
Skewb: 0.95, 2.22
Clock: 3.71, 4.87

 

[1973486]

2x2: 0.31

How?

 

[sqAree]

How?

Maybe they change the 4 move regulation.