One-Answer WCA Competition and Regulations Question Thread

[TheSlykrCubr]

This was already mentioned in the upcoming puzzles thread but is the new Diansheng 5x5 putting their logo on the "corner center" and not directly center piece WCA legal? Because WCA regs say the logo must be on a center piece, which is not clear if they mean the very center piece.

yea that should be alright. If it says "a" centre piece, then it good

 

[qwr]

yea that should be alright. If it says "a" centre piece, then it good

it's not clear if they count a corner center as a center piece

 

[SH03L4C3]

WCA regulations 3l1 state:
"The logo must be placed on a center piece. Exceptions for puzzles that do not have center pieces:"
So I guess any center piece

WCA Regulations | World Cube Association

The World Cube Association governs competitions for mechanical puzzles that are operated by twisting groups of pieces, commonly known as 'twisty puzzles'. The most famous of these puzzles is the Rubik's Cube, invented by professor Rubik from Hungary. A selection of these puzzles are chosen as...

www.worldcubeassociation.org

 

[Mike Hughey]

That doesn't seem to fit the spirit in which this rule was intended. I think the WCA should make a specific ruling on this; I suspect there will be at least some pushback on allowing this.

 

[xyzzy]

That doesn't seem to fit the spirit in which this rule was intended. I think the WCA should make a specific ruling on this; I suspect there will be at least some pushback on allowing this.

They already did.

3l1+) CLARIFICATION On NxNxN puzzles, a center piece is any piece with a single colored part. For example, the 5x5x5 Cube has 9 center pieces on each face.

 

[Mike Hughey]

They already did.

3l1+) CLARIFICATION On NxNxN puzzles, a center piece is any piece with a single colored part. For example, the 5x5x5 Cube has 9 center pieces on each face.

I'm sorry - I made a mistake. I forgot about this statement. Clearly this is right, and I was wrong.

 

[pyrapyravince]

Like a 356 x gan with ges v3 core.

 

[qwr]

as long as it fits the wca regs, so it doesn't give you an unfair advantage (ex. the puzzle turns differently or allows you to see through to other sides or something)

modded cubes like type A's and modded shengshous used to be very popular like a decade ago for high level competing.

 

[abunickabhi]

It should satisfy the WCA regs and guidelines, under the puzzle section. As long as it is not giving unfair advantage, and is of proper form and in compliance with the regs, modded puzzles are fine.

Fun fact, florian modded big cubes were common, in the shengshou era (2012-2014), so there was lot of modding in the cubing community before good puzzles were made.

 

[pyrapyravince]

as long as it fits the wca regs, so it doesn't give you an unfair advantage (ex. the puzzle turns differently or allows you to see through to other sides or something)

modded cubes like type A's and modded shengshous used to be very popular like a decade ago for high level competing.

what would be an unfair advantage?

 

[GenTheSnail]

what would be an unfair advantage?

as long as it fits the wca regs, so it doesn't give you an unfair advantage (ex. the puzzle turns differently or allows you to see through to other sides or something)

The main advantages that are easy to give are things like transparency so that you can see through the cube to identify pieces without having to rotate/tilt the cube, although in practice, at a high level, this would be very hard to take advantage of.
Other "advantages" could be things like installing motors in the cube to solve itself.

 

[pyrapyravince]

so like putting magnets into a gan air master wouldnt be cheating right?

 

[Deleted member 55877]

so like putting magnets into a gan air master wouldnt be cheating right?

that's legal

 

[pyrapyravince]

that's legal

epic

 

[cometcubes]

is cubingusa's regional comps for 2021 cancelled? I haven't been looking very hard, but they could just not have announced it yet.

also sorry if this doesn't belong here, i didnt see a better place to put this

 

[GenTheSnail]

is cubingusa's regional comps for 2021 cancelled? I haven't been looking very hard, but they could just not have announced it yet.

also sorry if this doesn't belong here, i didnt see a better place to put this

There aren't any regional competitions planned in the US due to the COVID-19 pandemic besides the Western Championship, which itself is even tentatively going to be postponed or cancelled.

 

[SH03L4C3]

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There aren't any regional competitions planned in the US due to the COVID-19 pandemic besides the Western Championship, which itself is even tentatively going to be postponed or cancelled.

I had one nearby that was suddently cancelled back in late Jan.

 

[BenChristman1]

I had one nearby that was suddently cancelled back in late Jan.

In the United States?

 

[SH03L4C3]

In the United States?

yeah its not there anymore even when I go to past comps, but it was in houston, Jan. 25th

 

[Happy_Me123]

I just want to know as planning to go to comps soon.