guysensei1
Legend
Was regulation A3d1 (puzzle must not touch the timer before starting the timer) removed? The A3 regulation only has A3d2 and A3d3 now.
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cubeninjaIV
Regular
That's an interesting detail I hadn't noticed.
A3d1 was removed and replaced by extenending A3d with "Penalty for placing it outside the mat: time penalty (+2 seconds)."
I supposed "resting on the timer" is "not resting on the mat" so the purpose of the regulation is still there, but A3d1 is indeed gone.
Elo13
Regular
The puzzle can be touching the timer but still "resting on the mat".
cubeninjaIV
Regular
Here is the original wording of A3d1
The puzzle must not rest on the timer. Penalty: time penalty (+2 seconds).
Loiloiloi
Veteran
Was doing research for Fantasy Cubing and found this competition: https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/TunisiaWinterOpen2017
Does this legitimately only have 5 competitors? Why even have a comp at that point?
Does this legitimately only have 5 competitors? Why even have a comp at that point?
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Must be pretty easy to podium
Loiloiloi
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GenTheSnail
Veteran
What was regulation 8a5? The guidelines say:
- +8a5) RECOMMENDATION The competition should have at least 12 competitors.
pglewis
Veteran
This is actually difficult to track down despite the use of source control. The change was introduced during a file rename in commit 92e7ffe. wca-regulations_2010.md had 8a5 as worded above while wca-regulations_2012.md omits 8a5. This is why you rename files or make changes but not both
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AlphaSheep
Veteran
No to the first question - there will be more than 5 competitors.
- Registration is still open and there are 10 days left to register. Last minute registrations on the WCA site are common in many parts of the world.
- A large percentage of people register at the competition, and don't use the WCA site.
The second question seems a pretty stupid question to ask. How does an area get more cubers if it doesn't hold competitions?
defhacks
Member
Woot! Another grown up going! Would totally recommend competing as well, but just being there is tons of fun.
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Dash Lambda
Veteran
I think I just found my results (the WCA ID will be there, just not with your name) and emailed one of the delegates that was at the competition I went to, basically just saying that ID was mine. Wasn't really much of a process.
guysensei1
Legend
Is this 3x3 and this skewb legal to use in competitions?
cubeninjaIV
Regular
I think you could argue that the asymmetry of the skewb provides extra information about the orientation and should not be legal.
The 3x3 appears legal, but obviously I have no way of knowing if it's functionally identical.
I really wish things like this didn't exist...
guysensei1
Legend
Dash Lambda
Veteran
That's kind of the point, isn't it? The lowest times win the comp, so the entire event is more or less organized for the sole purpose of finding those times.
Overall, most reasonably large comps have winning times of somewhere between 5-10 seconds (for 3x3), though for smaller ones it can sometimes be higher.
CornerCutter
Veteran
Dash is correct. But he shouldn't go to win or be in one of the top places, he should go to the comp for the fun of it. You get to meet a bunch of cubers, try different cubes, and have a lot of fun competing!
bubbagrub
Veteran
Kind of a dumb question, but I can't see it covered in the WCA regs anywhere... During feet solving, is there a rule that says what the competitor may have in their hands? Specifically, is the competitor allowed to have another cube in their hands, and if so, are they allowed to carry out moves on it?
