What’s your most controversial cubing opinion?

[iguana]

Inspection time should count during regular 3x3, not just 3BLD.

Only if we bring back 3x3 no inspection

 

[Tabe]

Only if we bring back 3x3 no inspection

Nah, not a separate event. I would eliminate inspection in all events. Or, rather, count it as part of your solve time.

 

[iguana]

Nah, not a separate event. I would eliminate inspection in all events. Or, rather, count it as part of your solve time.

Why?

 

[Tabe]

Why?

See below.

to nerf the Chinese kids?

That's kinda racist.

Inspection is a skill and should rewarded as such. If someone inspects for 11 seconds and solves in 4 and someone inspects for 6 and solves in 8, who actually solved the cube faster? Put another way - if you tell someone you can solve the cube in 12 seconds and they say, "Cool, show me!" and then you start inspecting, what will they say? "That's cheating!" or they will have already started a stopwatch.

I understand all the reasons why inspection is not counted in the time and that it'll never get changed. But all of those objections apply to the blind events and we don't care there. And...inspection is a skill and should be rewarded. Just like we do for blind.

 

[EveryDayGamer2763]

See below.


That's kinda racist.

Inspection is a skill and should rewarded as such. If someone inspects for 11 seconds and solves in 4 and someone inspects for 6 and solves in 8, who actually solved the cube faster? Put another way - if you tell someone you can solve the cube in 12 seconds and they say, "Cool, show me!" and then you start inspecting, what will they say? "That's cheating!" or they will have already started a stopwatch.

I understand all the reasons why inspection is not counted in the time and that it'll never get changed. But all of those objections apply to the blind events and we don't care there. And...inspection is a skill and should be rewarded. Just like we do for blind.

I apologise and have now deleted that post, I am sorry for my actions and I will not say anything like that again

 

[Tabe]

I apologise and have now deleted that post, I am sorry for my actions and I will not say anything like that again

Kudos. Learning and growing is the best any of us can aim for.

 

[TimoChristianCuber]

cubing is not a sport
fmc isn't speedcubing

 

[iguana]

cubing is not a sport
fmc isn't speedcubing

neither is mbld

 

[iguana]

cubing is not a sport
fmc isn't speedcubing

i'm happy to agree that cubing isn't a sport - i think part of the reason for clock's removal is that the wca is trying to make it a sport

 

[abunickabhi]

FTO was brought by aliens and one alien compelled the WCA board

 

[Swagrid]

fmc isn't speedcubing

well course not mate. but its the worldcubeassociation not the worldspeedcubingassociation

 

[That0newe1rdo]

Mine: sub-20 is way harder to reach than people make it sound.

Agreed.

Mine is probably that moyu is not the best brand, but idk if that is even controversial as some prefer qiyi, no ?

My backups for some events are moyus, but I do not have a SINGLE one as a main (i have all the 11 puzzles used in the 17 events).

 

[Hazel]

Nah, not a separate event. I would eliminate inspection in all events. Or, rather, count it as part of your solve time.

Honestly? Agreed. I think we're too far in to ever get inspection removed, but if I were to start the WCA from scratch. I would have all events start the way BLD does - you start the timer, then you get to start looking at the cube. It is really cool seeing what people can do with 15 seconds of inspection time, but I think cubing would feel some amount more "pure" without it.

 

[bcube]

1) WCA is lying
2) WCA is discriminating FMC competitors since 2004

Although there is no controversy in my points above, they are just facts.

 

[CrossPetrus]

Removing clock and adding FTO was a fire decision that needed to happen.

 

[Michael Wimberly]

Mine: sub-20 is way harder to reach than people make it sound.

Sub 15 is even harder

 

[Michael Wimberly]

Moyu isn’t all that

 

[Puzzle Maniac]

Nah, not a separate event. I would eliminate inspection in all events. Or, rather, count it as part of your solve time.

Inspection is the most degenerate thing I have ever witnessed in a so-called "speed" activity. I'm not exaggerating when I say it literally ruins speedcubing. Imagine if track racing had you randomly stand at the starting line and stare at the track for 15 seconds before you start running. Yeah, it would be bloody stupid. Now imagine that there's a phase in cubing where you need to analyze the cube as fast as possible before you even start solving and then immediately begin turning within fractions of a second. That would also be bloody stupid. But that's where we end up when a casual puzzle gets turned into a competitive activity with no alterations to make it actually fair. The bloody idea even says "solve the cube.... as fast as possible" not "solve the cube after staring at it and planning half the solve." Oh, or I could just not use inspection and lose seconds of my time to fix a glaring design choice in the activity. I will never do a solve with inspection ever unless the community stops idolizing "optimal planning" and removes inspection entirely.

 

[Swagrid]

Sprinters, famously, just arrive at the track and go. No extended period where they wait at the line for a signal to run. And in other speedsports like motor racing, they often walk the course beforehand to get a feel for it and spot and potential issues.

 

[TimoChristianCuber]

Sprinters, famously, just arrive at the track and go. No extended period where they wait at the line for a signal to run. And in other speedsports like motor racing, they often walk the course beforehand to get a feel for it and spot and potential issues.

cause cubing isnt a sport lol