Why is there no name for FTO???

[CrossPetrus]

I think FTO is perfectly fine, and people have already been using that term for years. I think a switch to a different name is completely unnecessary.

 

[ikindalikeclock]

tbh the name fto has stuck really well, maybe there is no breed for another name. i think it is kinda weird considering that “fto” is an acronym but it sounds kinda nice

 

[Kami]

I think that we should find some other name to give it, because an acronym is a strange official name for a WCA puzzle. I think it fits in with the minx puzzles, so I personally like Pegaminx and Octaminx!

 

[White KB]

Pegaminx because pyraminx but 6 sides and pyra-megaminx would be goofy

It has 8 sides

 

[Mr.Ducky]

It has 8 sides

Same thing anyway

 

[TimoChristianCuber]

I mean it’s like calling a 4x4 a 4x4 and not Rubik’s Revenge
It’s pretty unnecessary to give FTO a name since the term FTO has already stuck onto the community. It would also cause more confusion to switch the names.

how about we keep clock and don't have to deal with this lol
im joking i get why they're adding fto
octaminx sounds w though so let's just call it that. i would like that

 

[TimoChristianCuber]

Also, we already have so many minxes. Pyraminx, Megaminx, Kilominx, Flowerminx, Gigaminx, Teraminx, Petaminx, Examinx, All-The-SI-Prefix-Minx, you already have to use more brainpower to decipher them compared to FTO. If we add Octominx / Octaminx, it feels like it just gets lost in the family, like the 11th child. "So, Octaminx, you're the 8 layered dodecahedron puzzle?" "Nope... Guess again."

honestly, who actually talks about those non-wca other minxes that nobody cares about? it won't get confusing if it's the only octaminx and it's in wca

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

this is also a really good option bc fto is short and concise.

btw why cant we call 3x3x3 a 27

wca do you like my decision

non-cubers already call a 4x4 a 10x10
making 3x3x3 a 27 would mean 7x7x7 is… a 343

 

[Mr.Ducky]

non-cubers already call a 4x4 a 10x10
making 3x3x3 a 27 would mean 7x7x7 is… a 343

what if we called the 20×20×20 a 8000

 

[tx789]

Oh, thanks. It's been a good half-century since anyone last called me “kid.” That's going to give me a boost this morning.

Having been cubing since 2009. I kinda assume that cubers are mostly mid teens and younger. I feel like they think the name is a bigger deal than it is especially to them. When I go to comps there definitely is a worrying growing number of people who were born after my first comp. I am still young but teens think 25 and 45 are the same. I am significantly closer by an order magnitude to one of those ages than the other. Probably should look at when you joined the forum but on my phone I don't see it unless I rotate my phone. Seeing a date from around when I joined gives a clue you cannot be a teen.

While it is true FTO as a name doesn't really fit with the others the name has stuck.

 

[eeeeeeeee]

guys isnt it just octamnix

 

[Renslay]

guys isnt it just octamnix

Try google-ing "octaminx" and count the number of distinct puzzles that comes up.