One-Answer WCA Competition and Regulations Question Thread
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It is the country of your nationality. So if you are Swedish, you will be ranked in Sweden, even if you compete in Norway.
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In FMC, are you allowed to write M and it counts as two moves or do you have to write Lw L' ?
PetrusQuber
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No, slice moves are not counted.
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So if I write a slice move they'll ignore it and not do it and count it as two moves ?
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No, DNF for not using their OBTM notation.
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OK, got it.
"OBTM" is the name of the turn metric; the notation itself is just the "WCA notation".
> E2c4) The competitor's solution must only use moves that are exactly defined as notation for the 3x3x3 Cube in Regulation 12a, and must not use any symbols or combinations of symbols that are not specifically defined there. Penalty: disqualification of the attempt (DNF).
Emphasis mine; note that the allowed notation does not include slice moves. (Your question has already been answered, but it's good to know how to look it up for yourself, and ask only if you're still in doubt.)
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Can you twist corners in OLL? Like sometimes I twist 2 corners during OLL and I don't have to twist them back? Is this legal in competitions?
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No, you're only allowed to twist one corner if it twists by accident. You have to use actual moves to solve the puzzle whenever you can.
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@TwistKid got in trouble a few years back for twisting corners to solve OLL in comp. Everybody got really mad at him for it, but he genuinely thought that's how you solve OLL. He came back to cubing, but has only put one message on the forums. Here is his member intro if you're interested:
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Those involved in the northeastern US cubing scene (and some who aren't) may remember something from 2016 or 2017. Someone corner twisted in a competition in NYC multiple times and got many DNFs. They recorded it and posted it to Youtube. The situation got decently big, leading to the video...
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No, you cannot. If you purposely twist a corner to give you an advantage, you will be given a DNF. If you corner twist by mistakenly(say, during an OLL), then you are allowed to twist 1 corner to put it into a solvable position
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Ok thanks
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If a there was a regulation of when the cube is damaged, it would be disqualified, almost everyone would buy new cubes by now because I could speculate, once in a while someone's cube has been dropped.
but I think, yes maybe? search the WCA regulations page : https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/
The cube is only disqualified if it has some different types of plastic all around the cube for example : in the edge there was this type of plastic and in the corner it has a different type of plastic when compared to the edge and something like that or if it was modded. Cube solve hero's Mei GC Yeet is an example of a cube that may be disqualified.
but I think, yes maybe? search the WCA regulations page : https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/
The cube is only disqualified if it has some different types of plastic all around the cube for example : in the edge there was this type of plastic and in the corner it has a different type of plastic when compared to the edge and something like that or if it was modded. Cube solve hero's Mei GC Yeet is an example of a cube that may be disqualified.
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Cubes are permitted to have reasonable wear and tear, and I can barely see that, so I’d say it’s fine!
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There are delegates who are super anal about that stuff, but I don't think there's any way your cube would be disallowed.
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Bump. I know this is more of a discussion thing than question, but this is the best thread I can find. Doesn’t the DNF corner twist rule seem a bit dumb? I mean, you get punished more for something tot have almost no control over (corner twisting) than making a mistake (1 move off is +2).
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One move off is +2 (except for clock, where it is DNF).
brododragon
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Whoops. I meant +2. Does the original post make sense now?
