Speedsolving.com Side 'n Blind 2022

[BenChristman1]

Hello everyone, I decided that I wanted to try running another forum competition, and I thought this would be a good idea for one! This competition is inspired by the Swedish "side 'n blind" competitions from 2020 and 2022, which can be viewed here and here. This is a free, online competition that will take place from Saturday, August 13th to Friday, August 26.

Registration opens now and closes on Friday, August 12th at 11:59 PM EST.

Events

• Pyraminx (2 rounds, ao5)
• Megaminx (1 round, ao5)
• Skewb (2 rounds, ao5)
• Square-1 (1 round, ao5)
• Clock (1 round, ao5)
• 3x3 OH (2 rounds, ao5)
• 3x3 FMC (1 round, mo3)
• 3x3 BLD (1 round, bo3)
• 4x4 BLD (1 round, bo3)
• 3x3 MBLD (1 round, bo1)

Schedule

• Round 1 (pyraminx, skewb, 3x3 OH): August 13 - August 19
• Finals A (pyraminx, skewb, 3x3 OH): August 20 - August 26
• Finals B (megaminx, square-1, clock, 3x3 FMC, 3x3 BLD, 4x4 BLD, 3x3 MBLD): August 13 - August 26

Important Links

• Competitor List
• Scrambles:
  • Round 1
  • Finals A: not available
  • Finals B
• Time submission
  • Round 1
  • Finals A : not available
  • Finals B
• Results

Other Information

Top 6 competitors advance from Round 1 to Finals.

Please follow the WCA Regulations as closely as possible! This includes using a Stackmat (if you have one available), using no more than 15 seconds of inspection, and making sure to count +2s and DNFs.

This competition is not associated with the SFCA. Please PM me separately if you have any questions about this decision.

***The number of rounds and/or the schedule may be altered, depending on number of competitors. If there are 3 or less competitors in any event, that event will be removed from the competition. These changes will be announced prior to the start of the competition.***

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Please let me know if you have any questions! Happy cubing!

 

[BenChristman1]

Can I sign up here because I can't access google?

Sure; I’m not at home at the moment, but I’ll add you to the spreadsheet when I get back. What events would you like to do?

 

[Imsoosm]

Sign me up for mega, OH, FMC, 3-5 BLD, and multi blind. Thanks!

 

[Twisted Cubing]

@BenChristman1, I don’t mind if you say no but, do you want my help organising the comp since this comp is not associated with SFCA? I am not in the SFCA either so don’t worry about that.

 

[BenChristman1]

@BenChristman1, I don’t mind if you say no but, do you want my help organising the comp since this comp is not associated with SFCA? I am not in the SFCA either so don’t worry about that.

Sure! PM me your email, then I’ll share everything with you.

Reminder to everyone that registration closes tomorrow night at 11:59 PM EST!

 

[baseballjello67]

I can be the delegate if you want this in the SFCA. Also, all events except all blind events for me, please.

 

[Twisted Cubing]

I can be the delegate if you want this in the SFCA. Also, all events except all blind events for me, please.

You are meant to use the sign up button in Ben’s first message

 

[baseballjello67]

Oh, okay thanks.

 

[BenChristman1]

I can be the delegate if you want this in the SFCA.

I think I’ve made it pretty clear that I do not want this to be associated with the SFCA, and I’ve also privately made it very clear to gsingh that I do not currently approve of the SFCA as a whole. It was kind of a big thing, considering that the SFCA just claimed my comp without my permission whatsoever. Thank you for your offer, though.

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

I really really like the idea of this comp.

 

[gsingh]

I think I’ve made it pretty clear that I do not want this to be associated with the SFCA, and I’ve also privately made it very clear to gsingh that I do not currently approve of the SFCA as a whole. It was kind of a big thing, considering that the SFCA just claimed my comp without my permission whatsoever. Thank you for your offer, though.

I understand not wanting to associate this with the SFCA, but I just wanted to ask: How did we claim your comp? I pm'd you and you were fine with adding it to the website. When you changed your mind later on I removed it from the website.

 

[Twisted Cubing]

@BenChristman1 for some reason i can’t start a conversation with you

 

[BenChristman1]

I understand not wanting to associate this with the SFCA, but I just wanted to ask: How did we claim your comp? I pm'd you and you were fine with adding it to the website. When you changed your mind later on I removed it from the website.

Spoiler

For you and everyone to see, here are screenshots from our conversation. You explained that you were working on the SFCA, and that you were ready to reveal it soon. In your first message in that conversation, you said, and I quote, “So, your comp has been listed there [SFCA website]. All you will need to do is update the rankings and post scramles, we will handle live results, results submission, stuff like that,” effectively taking a lot of power from my own competition away from me without first talking to me about it. My response told you that you could add the final results to your website if you’d like, which I still stand by. I did not say, however, that you could be in charge of any of the organizational responsibilities that come with running this competition.

I’d prefer to not keep arguing about this on this thread, so if you (or anyone else for that matter) are still interested, you can talk to me privately.

 

[Twisted Cubing]

Ben, could you try to start a conversation with me?

For everyone who is participating in 3x3 MBLD, please pm me how many cubes you will need to solve as I need to know how many scrambles I need to put down!

 

[BenChristman1]

Hey everybody! The competition starts tomorrow, so if you haven't registered yet, or want to make changes to your registration, make sure to do so in the next few hours at the link found in the original post. There have been some changes in the number of rounds due to the amount of competitors. All of these changes will also be updated in the original post.

Round 1 (pyraminx, skewb, 3x3 OH): August 13 - August 19
Finals A (pyraminx, skewb, 3x3 OH): August 20 - August 26
Finals B (megaminx, square-1, clock, 3x3 FMC, 3x3 BLD, 4x4 BLD, 3x3 MBLD): August 13 - August 26

5x5 blindfolded has been removed as an event due to lack of competitors.

The top 6 competitors will advance from the first round to finals.

Spoiler

@BenChristman1 @DynaXT @Timona @turtwig @Luke Solves Cubes @gsingh @Twisted Cubing @bulkocuber @WHACITROX @Imsoosm @cuberswoop @DUDECUBER @GrettGrett @baseballjello67 @Clock_Enthusiast @Abram Grimsley @NigelTheCuber

Thanks everybody! Get ready for tomorrow! Happy cubing!

 

[GrettGrett]

can you post the scrambles?

 

[BenChristman1]

Good afternoon everyone! Here are the five most important links for this week:

• Round 1 scrambles
• Finals B scrambles
• Round 1 submission
• Finals B submission
• Results

These will all also be located in the original post. Remember that you have until Friday to submit your times for Round 1. Good luck to everyone!

 

[Timona]

There isn't anywhere on the submission form to input SS Forum Username, and it also says the email isn't gonna be shared. Is that an error or something?

 

[BenChristman1]

There isn't anywhere on the submission form to input SS Forum Username, and it also says the email isn't gonna be shared. Is that an error or something?

Thanks for pointing that out! It should be updated now.

 

[baseballjello67]

For FMC, where do we put our solutions? Do I DM them to you?