Who will win worlds?

[Competition Cuber]

Who do you think will wink Worlds this year? Feliks just set another 6.45 3x3 OcR, and that gave me the idea to start this poll. I will include everyone who has an official sub-7 average. If you vote, please explain why.

The contestants are:

Max Park- WR1 6.39 WR holder, first person to beat Feliks zemdegs in the WR average since he first set it.

Feliks Zemdegs- WR2, 6.45 OcR holder, for the past 7 years has been the legend of speedcubing, 4.73 single WR.

Seung Hyuk Nahm- 6.47 WR3 average, has AsR

Sebastian Weyer- WR4 6.81 average, ER holder.

Lucas Etter: WR5 6.82 former North American record holder

Mats Valk- WR6, 6.83 average. Has set multiple European and World records for 3x3 in the past.

I voted Max Park, he has the average WR, and is just getting faster and faster.

 

[Sajwo]

You should also include other fast cubers, like Patrick, Philipp, Bill or Drew. This is pretty much lottery, there will be a ton of fast speedcubers and everyone can perform really well in finals. I bet on Max though, he can handle the pressure pretty well.

 

[shadowslice e]

If I vote with my head I think I'll say max or feliks.

If I vote with my heart I really want it to be an almost complete outsider (realistically still top 20 but you never know).

 

[Ordway Persyn]

I wen't with Max as he is very consistent. But it could easily be anyone.

 

[turtwig]

I think that Feliks will be less nervous than some of the others as he has already competed in 3 worlds and won 2, giving him an advantage

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

Feliks Zemdegs but with a chance of well under 50%.

 

[Luke8]

Max is doing better than any other cuber in the world right now, but I think Feliks' experience and skill will help him pull through to win it. Next Worlds, I would say Max. But Max just doesn't, in my opinion, have enough experience. I am hoping for Mats Valk, though, because of the Finals in 2013.

 

[obelisk477]

Probably should read "Who will win 3x3 at worlds". Maybe it's just semantics, but I would say the person who truly won worlds would be the person with the best 'kinch rank' for that particular competition, for example

 

[Underwatercuber]

I think as long as you don't use roux you have potential to win worlds... sorry roux users

 

[Ordway Persyn]

I think as long as you don't use roux you have potential to win worlds... sorry roux users

Alex Lau had potential to win worlds when he was still cubing. Unfortunately, he was unable to attend any.

 

[1973486]

Unfortunately, he was unable to attend any.

What about this one?

 

[Underwatercuber]

What about this one?

He kinda quit cubing...

 

[FastCubeMaster]

I think as long as you don't use roux you have potential to win worlds... sorry roux users

I don't use roux, does that mean I can win worlds? Damn I have improved

 

[Underwatercuber]

I don't use roux, does that mean I can win worlds? Damn I have improved

Probably not but good try anyway

 

[Ronxu]

I would've said Max a few days ago but if Feliks keeps up the times he's getting now then he will most likely win.

 

[SolveThatCube]

Who do you think will wink Worlds this year? Feliks just set another 6.45 3x3 OcR, and that gave me the idea to start this poll. I will include everyone who has an official sub-6 average. If you vote, please explain why.

We all know that you mean sub-7 average but I just thought I should point out your typo.

 

[Ordway Persyn]

What about this one?

Oh wow, didn't catch that. I'm curios if his times have improved since his last comp.

 

[shadowslice e]

I think as long as you don't use roux you have potential to win worlds... sorry roux users

Trolling level: 0/10

 

[uyneb2000]

I would have said Max if it not for the way he performed in the finals of 2016 Nats. As much as I like to think that he doesn't have nerves, that final proved to me that even he was vulnerable to the pressure of a high-stakes competition. However, I may be wrong, given his practice environment seems to be modeled around a competition setting

 

[Ollie]

This thread needs more spurious statistics like the percentage difference in best average times between x and y, or the number of sub-7 singles on Sundays.