Haiyan Zhuang BLD solve?

i think he meant he needs to do more competitions

not he needs more competition as in people
 
It. Was. A. Joke :)

I thought the second line would've been enough to show that I understood what he really meant. My bad...
 
Sub-WR 3000 times, that's extreme, even in the elite of cubing. This must also be some kind of UWR (unfortunately there is no one who can prove it)? Is there any other cuber who's even close? How many times have Erik AKkersdijk and others done (nonrolling) average under 10.63?
 
rahulkadukar said:
I dont care how he solves a cube during Speedsolve but he is brilliant and not "Obnoxious"
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I think the logical question here is "Does it hurt anyone that he does this"? For most people, the answer would probably be yes - it takes away valuable competition time that others could be using to compete normally. But in Haiyan's case, consider the following:
1. In his most recent competitions, there were 15 to 20 people in the 3x3x3 speedsolving round that were still slower than he was. And add to this the fact that he probably didn't use the inspection time, so that means his total time at the timer was probably 10 seconds less per solve.
2. He's a star - people want to watch him. And he's not a star because of speedsolving, but because of BLD. So it's far more entertaining for the rest of the people at the competition to watch him solve BLD during the speedsolving round than it is if he solves normally. So the rest of the people at the competition are happier when he does this.
3. The uniqueness of him doing this is an attraction in and of itself. It probably brings greater positive attention to the competitions when he attends. So it's good for cubing in general as well - good publicity.

So in Haiyan's case, I think it's wonderful that he does this. If however I were to do it, for instance, it probably wouldn't be quite so wonderful.
 
Mike, I totally agree with u. I was right in front of him doing my own blindfolded solve when he broke the WR~little shame that I didn't witness the whole process~~~
 
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Mike Hughey said:
rahulkadukar said:
I dont care how he solves a cube during Speedsolve but he is brilliant and not "Obnoxious"
Click to expand...

I think the logical question here is "Does it hurt anyone that he does this"? For most people, the answer would probably be yes - it takes away valuable competition time that others could be using to compete normally. But in Haiyan's case, consider the following:
1. In his most recent competitions, there were 15 to 20 people in the 3x3x3 speedsolving round that were still slower than he was. And add to this the fact that he probably didn't use the inspection time, so that means his total time at the timer was probably 10 seconds less per solve.
2. He's a star - people want to watch him. And he's not a star because of speedsolving, but because of BLD. So it's far more entertaining for the rest of the people at the competition to watch him solve BLD during the speedsolving round than it is if he solves normally. So the rest of the people at the competition are happier when he does this.
3. The uniqueness of him doing this is an attraction in and of itself. It probably brings greater positive attention to the competitions when he attends. So it's good for cubing in general as well - good publicity.

So in Haiyan's case, I think it's wonderful that he does this. If however I were to do it, for instance, it probably wouldn't be quite so wonderful.
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great argumentation, I totally agree with that :-)
 
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