Somethings Fishy About Sub-3s

[Jteddy]

I have noticed that ever since Teodor Zajder's 2.76 second solve there have been a lot more sub 3 solves. This is a bit strange because before sub 3 was broken it was uncommon to get anywhere near sub 3. There are a few more things I want to point out as well. One is that all the other people who have gotten sub 3 are Chinese boys, some of whom no one's even heard of. This may not be much but I thought it was worth pointing out. Another is that when Bofan Zhang got his 2.72 +2 he didn't seem as upset as you would have thought he would be. And another thing is that the scrambles of these sub 3 solves haven't been super lucky scrambles like Teodor's 2.76. I thought that these things were interesting and worth pointing out. Thanks for reading!

 

[SpeedCubingLord]

when somone breake a barrier, the mental barrier shatters. when asher got a sub 4, a lot of people saltarted getting sub 4s. also the guy who got a sub 3 that we havent heard of had a really fast scramble, and the other one was xuanyi geng.

 

[Michael Wimberly]

Another is that when Bofan Zhang got his 2.72 +2 he didn't seem as upset as you would have thought he would be.

That's just because Chinese kids don't know how to react to getting fast solves

 

[iguana]

Maybe they've had so many sub-3s that they don't even care any more

 

[Swagrid]

And another thing is that the scrambles of these sub 3 solves haven't been super lucky scrambles like Teodor's 2.76.

?????????????? Xuanyi getting a 9 move XXCross into a 6 move EOF2L for 15 moves to ZBLL isn't super lucky????
Yang Pin Xiu getting an 8 move XXCross into 3 mover, 3 mover, sune, for a solve with a movecount that would be a good FMC result (26 with useless buffer moves, 21 move pure solution) isn't super lucky ? ? ? ? ? ? ????

 

[Jteddy]

?????????????? Xuanyi getting a 9 move XXCross into a 6 move EOF2L for 15 moves to ZBLL isn't super lucky????
Yang Pin Xiu getting an 8 move XXCross into 3 mover, 3 mover, sune, for a solve with a movecount that would be a good FMC result (26 with useless buffer moves, 21 move pure solution) isn't super lucky ? ? ? ? ? ? ????

I suppose it is.

 

[Sombi McJunior]

People are faster

 

[ruffleduck]

It's a common phenomenon in speedrunning and other communities, too. once even just one person accomplishes something big, the barrier often shatters and many people follow suit