alisterprofitt
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First things first, I wrote this post because the first sub-18 4x4 solve happened yesterday, done by Sebastian Weyer (As you could have guessed). Strangely, the second sub-18 solve also happened yesterday, done by Max Park (All of his PBs can be found here). Max's personal best before yesterday was 18.79, according to his PB sheet, and the Unofficial World Record before yesterday was 18.32, achieved by Sebastian Weyer, so this is a MASSIVE improvement, and I found it incredibly weird that both of these guys improved on that by almost a second on the same day... So I did a little bit of digging, and I found out that the Unofficial World Record was 19.18 on March 31st, 2017, by Seung-Hyuk Nahm, so that means that the 4x4 single has improved by over 2 seconds in the last 3 months! I think this is incredible...
You might have noticed that there have been a lot of 4x4 records within the last month. In fact, within the last 16 days, there have been 4 World Records (one of which lasted for only 3 hours) and several continental records in the event, which shows that it has been really picking up officially as well. In fact, the World Record has improved by 2 seconds within the last 16 days!. Additionally, each of the top cubers have been getting PBs in this event within the last month, and the most obvious is Feliks, who has gotten 4x4 average PBs 4 of the last 5 times he did the event.With the way the unofficial and official records have been going, I am expecting to see 1 or 2 more 4x4 records within the next month or 2, considering the amount of competitions Feliks still has left to complete in the coming weeks.Additionally, US Nationals and the World Championship are right around the corner, so you should really keep on the lookout for the top 4x4 performers.
I think 4x4 is going to be more competitive than 3x3 at the upcoming World Championships!
I wrote this post for Reddit, but thought I'd share it here too because it should interest a few people.
You might have noticed that there have been a lot of 4x4 records within the last month. In fact, within the last 16 days, there have been 4 World Records (one of which lasted for only 3 hours) and several continental records in the event, which shows that it has been really picking up officially as well. In fact, the World Record has improved by 2 seconds within the last 16 days!. Additionally, each of the top cubers have been getting PBs in this event within the last month, and the most obvious is Feliks, who has gotten 4x4 average PBs 4 of the last 5 times he did the event.With the way the unofficial and official records have been going, I am expecting to see 1 or 2 more 4x4 records within the next month or 2, considering the amount of competitions Feliks still has left to complete in the coming weeks.Additionally, US Nationals and the World Championship are right around the corner, so you should really keep on the lookout for the top 4x4 performers.
I think 4x4 is going to be more competitive than 3x3 at the upcoming World Championships!
I wrote this post for Reddit, but thought I'd share it here too because it should interest a few people.
