Changes to the WCA event list.

[Martyt7777]

Guys! We got 1.7k signatures on the petition! This means we-wait WHAT who SIGNED 3 MINUTE SGAO???

anyway this might be the largest petition in cubing history, cuz we got more signatures than the DNF the 0.78 one

in just 11 hours btw

 

[Martyt7777]

wait really??
or are you trolling
you are trolling aren’t you

I’m pretty sure he isn’t trolling

 

[Cubing342]

My main events are 7x7 and clock

 

[Anja Strydom]

Why wca I have been only practising clock for the last 1.5 years and not improving in any other cubes lol.
#justiceforclock

 

[Sub 20 Cuber]

I think I need to learn FTO

 

[gruuby]

the petition is now on the front page of the sports section of petitions on change.org as well

 

[gruuby]

wrong image but it fits lmao

 

[Renslay]

I agree with removing clock, especially after I read the issues with it:

Running Clock at competitions can be challenging, as it is difficult to scramble correctly and requires the use of different procedures or equipment from other speedsolving events. Determining whether a Clock is solved and seeing a competitor progress through a solve are not easily visible at a distance and substantially reduce the spectator appeal of the event, particularly to non-specialist audiences.

And also:

Clock is highly dissimilar from these puzzles and Clock’s existing recognition by the WCA arises from historical factors. Removing Clock strengthens the WCA’s identity as being an organization for three dimensional geometrical twisty puzzles and not other mechanical puzzles.

Remember Magic and MasterMagic? Though it had different issues; it was also an oddity.

And Clock was the second highest on the vote list what should be removed, if any. (The first one was 5x5 BLD, but it does not have the issues listed above).

 

[Martyt7777]

2k signatures and 100 supporter voices let’s gooooo

 

[thecubicwizard]

clock is gone? i was just about to order one :/
now i have no reason to learn it either
well there is one yr left

 

[eeeeeeeee]

clock is gone? i was just about to order one :/
now i have no reason to learn it either
well there is one yr left

wca will reverse the decision trust trust

btw many nr holders have signed the petition

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

btw many nr holders have signed the petition

we need Karl Abarquez to sign ASAP

 

[Davian]

i now hold the world best in a unofficial category of a unofficial event
clock team solve btw


We also have more petition signs than the amount of people that voted for the removal of clock in the survey!

 

[Martyt7777]

we need Karl Abarquez to sign ASAP

Post from Karl Abarquez

Hello! Just came home from school and I'm kinda lazy to make a yapping video where I stutter a lot so Im just gonna put my thoughts about whats going on here...

www.youtube.com

 

[acrystal]

How hasnt @Volodymyr K said anything?

 

[Martyt7777]

How hasnt @Volodymyr K said anything?

Wait wtf happened to his profile

 

[xyzzy]

btw many nr holders have signed the petition

Of course they would; there's obviously a conflict of interest there.

Unless you mean NR holders for non-clock events? As a non-clock-event NR holder, I don't really care whether it's removed or not.

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I have more serious thoughts about this but I'm not about to compose a 500-word essay on a phone touchscreen.

 

[Thomas.Caleb]

so clock is gone ig

 

[Ayce]

WCA has been a joke for a while now, it’s terrible but I’m not surprised they made such a dumb move. Clock is a very specialized event, and it must be brutal to hear for those who main the event. The spectator excuse is nonsense, nobody has ever complained about that before. I knew the WCA was stingy about adding events but I didn’t think they’d remove an event (i thought that was what WCA forums were for XD, it’s not like those forums are taken seriously by anyone important in WCA, just look at the Taiwan changes)

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

They're really not. Clock is not at all difficult to run. It requires no special hardware or equipment thanks to the pin requirement changes. It's not hard to scramble - certainly much easier to scramble accurately than sq1, 5x5, mega, 6x6, and 7x7 - and it's not hard to judge. And it's no less spectator-friendly than something like 2x2 where it's over before you blink.

And 2x2 has had waaaaaaaaaaaay more issues than clock.

Can’t agree more, 2x2 should be removed before clock