World Record predictions in the year 2020?

[Dancing Jules]

my predictions( assuming no sudden jumps as it seems unlikely they will happen as hardware doesn't seem like it can improve too much, I think magnets were responsible for the jumps we've seen this year)

2x2: 0.42,1.39
3x3: 4.40,5.88

Lol, Feliks strikes again.

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

lol what are you guys talking about, the world's gonna end in 2012

 

[shadowslice e]

lol what are you guys talking about, the world's gonna end in 2012

Worlds 2017 is in Paris!

 

[FastCubeMaster]

Worlds 2017 is in Paris!

Feliks got a 5.66 WR!!

 

[Competition Cuber]

8.02? lol

lol I meant 0.82

 

[applezfall]

lol I meant 0.82

ok

 

[Competition Cuber]

Okay, lets update a bit (single/average):

2x2: 0.43/1.21
3x3: 3.97/5.44
4x4: 18.01/20.72
5x5: 37.62/42.51
6x6: 1:16.51/1:24.65
7x7: 1:59.87/2:09.56
Skewb: 1.21/1.96
Squan: 5.26/7.48
Pyra: 0.98/1.78
Mega: 28.74/31.51
3x3 OH: 6.65/9.87
3x3 WF: 20.57/23.56 (IDK how the transition to average of 5 will affect his though)
3x3 FMC: 18/23.33
3x3 BLD: 16.82/21.54
4x4 BLD: 1:19.87
5x5 BLD: 3:31.56
3x3 multi: 45/46 59:59.71
Clock: 3.38/4.98

EDIT March 14, 2018: changed one of these, and I will no longer update these predictions.

 

[Ronxu]

Okay, lets update a bit (single/average):

2x2: 0.43/1.21
3x3: 3.97/5.44
4x4: 18.01/20.72
5x5: 37.62/42.51
6x6: 1:16.51/1:24.65
7x7: 1:59.87/2:09.56
Skewb: 0.97/1.96
Squan: 5.26/7.48
Pyra: 1.01/1.78
Mega: 28.74/31.51
3x3 OH: 6.65/9.87
3x3 WF: 20.57/23.56 (IDK how the transition to average of 5 will affect his though)
3x3 FMC: 18/23.33
3x3 BLD: 17.02/21.54
4x4 BLD: 1:19.87
5x5 BLD: 3:31.56
3x3 multi: 45/46 59:59.71
Clock: 3.38/4.98

The whole point of the thread is to go back and have a giggle at how far off our predictions were 10 years ago. Constantly updating your predictions ruins it.

 

[One Wheel]

3x3 multi: 45/46 59:59.71

I like this: new timers that can go over 10 minutes.

 

[cuber314159]

2x2 -.51, 2.17
3x3- 4.88, 8.67
4x4- 29.14, 35.31
5x5- 58.72, 1:08.55
Magic- .67, .75 (those maybe far too slow)
Blind- 28.11
Multi-bld- 21/21?! (in the 1 hr time)
Square-1 7.17, 11.93

Those aren't all. They all seem pretty crazy but hey! this is giving 10 years of improvement

I'm just going to quote this to highlight the post above^^

 

[Mike Hughey]

Ron will finally retire from being in charge of the WCA, and István Kocza will take over. So then we'll have the following records:

6x6x6 BLD: 24:35
7x7x7 BLD: 38:26
Megaminx BLD: 15:10

Sadly, it appears I was terribly wrong with this prediction. :-(

 

[CarterK]

I'm actually kind of curious to see how far magics would go had they not been removed.

 

[Underwatercuber]

I'm actually kind of curious to see how far magics would go had they not been removed.

I doubt much further.

 

[joshsailscga]

I doubt much further.

You are correct for the same reason that magic was removed from WCA- there's only one method, and only one solution to the magic. It comes down to who has the fastest hands. Even with something like 2x2, new methods and alg sets have been created over the years, and that is what has driven the advance of that particular event. Also, new hardware has played a large part. With magic, there is no new method to develop, and while you could argue that somebody might have come up with some revolutionary new hardware, it just would not have done much at all to improve magic times.

 

[Mr Cubism]

Ok some predictions 3x3 3.47/5.39

What the f......?!??!??

 

[LightFlame_]

singles:

2x2 - 0.7x
3x3 - 5.xx
4x4 - 25.xx
5x5 - 50.xx
6x6 - 1:30.xx
7x7 - 2:50.xx
3x3 BLD - 28.xx
3x3 fewest moves - 17
Pyraminx - 0.7x

not even 2020 yet, and we've already broken almost all of it
woah

 

[Thom S.]

3x3: 5.55

And, the new WR holder who get's this record will
use ZZ. I CAN SEE INTO THE FUTURE!!! OOO!!!
:rolleyes:

I beg to differ, they will use petrus...

Meta

 

[Sajwo]

I have an idea though that if someone learns ZBLL to be used with petrus, that would be fast.

Inspection: z y
2x2x3+EO: U R2 U' F' L F' U' L'
F2L：U' R U R2 U R U2 R' U R
ZBLL：U R' U' R U' R‘ U2 R U

 

[Angry_Mob]

Jay will get a random 3.8 and his reaction will be spectacular.

rip

 

[U Perm]

What do you guys think the WR's are going to be in the year 2020?

Cubing will definately be a lot different by then

2x2 - same
3x3 - same if not 3.3x
4x4 -17.xx
5x5 - sub 40
6x6 - idk
7x7 - faster
3x3 BLD - idk
4x4 BLD -idk
5x5 BLD -idk
3x3 OH - 5.xx
3x3 fewest moves - 18?
3x3 w/ feet - none
Megaminx -faster
Pyraminx -same
Square 1 -faster
Clock -who cares?
Magic -?????
Master Magic -????
3x3 multi BLD -same

I just listed the current competition puzzles
List any more if you'd like