idea: "Nth person to sub-11" for official results

[qqwref]

Kamil (one of my friends, who is very good at minesweeper) suggested to me that the cubing community implement something which would keep track of who breaks the sub-11 (or sub-10 or whatever) barrier. It would have to be a difficult barrier to break, so the idea is that if you get under a certain time, even if you do not set a national record, it is still impressive enough that it should be featured on the news page. The minesweeper community does this for expert level times - if you break the 50 second barrier the main page will say your name and result. For instance in cubing it might say "Piti Pichedpan is the 7th person to get a sub-11 average, with a result of 10.42 seconds".

So what do you think, is this a good idea or not? It is important that people who are very fast get noticed even if they do not break the national record or win the competition, so it would be cool to list people who get very fast times. It would not have to be 3x3, we could do it for other events too - sub50 4x4, sub-1:30 5x5, etc.

 

[joey]

Where would these be displayed?
Just on the WCA frontpage?

 

[Escher]

I like this quite a lot, I'm sure it will be especially appreciated in places like Poland, the Netherlands and the US where the NRs for each puzzle are extremely fast.

I don't see how it could hurt to implement it, and it seems quite a 'friendly' feature.

 

[AndyRoo789]

Good idea.
This will probably motivate people to want to be faster.

 

[qqwref]

Where would these be displayed?
Just on the WCA frontpage?

Yep, and the speedcubing.com news section. The idea is for it to be shown along with other news such as continental/world records and top 3 3x3 finalists.

 

[joey]

Where would these be displayed?
Just on the WCA frontpage?

Yep, and the speedcubing.com news section. The idea is for it to be shown along with other news such as continental/world records and top 3 3x3 finalists.

Yeah, that sounds good, I'd like to see that. (and not too hard to do, I suppose)

I like this quite a lot, I'm sure it will be especially appreciated in places like Poland, the Netherlands and the US where the NRs for each puzzle are extremely fast.

I don't see how it could hurt to implement it, and it seems quite a 'friendly' feature.

+UK, amirite?

 

[Escher]

I don't see how it could hurt to implement it, and it seems quite a 'friendly' feature.

+UK, amirite?

Well yeah I was gonna say that, but we suck at OH, Megaminx and Feet

 

[CharlieCooper]

I don't see how it could hurt to implement it, and it seems quite a 'friendly' feature.

+UK, amirite?

Well yeah I was gonna say that, but we suck at OH, Megaminx and Feet

That's because we never do feet because everyone always says EWWW. Joey would have got the NR if he hadn't backed out of going on the stage at EC. It was grim, I don't blame him, but still

 

[joey]

Huh? I went on stage at EC! I just DNF'd!

 

[Zava]

I like this quite a lot, I'm sure it will be especially appreciated in places like Hungary, Poland, the Netherlands and the US where the NRs for each puzzle are extremely fast.

I don't see how it could hurt to implement it, and it seems quite a 'friendly' feature.

don't forget the country with the world's second and fourth best allrounder

 

[Escher]

I like this quite a lot, I'm sure it will be especially appreciated in places like Hungary, Poland, the Netherlands and the US where the NRs for each puzzle are extremely fast.

I don't see how it could hurt to implement it, and it seems quite a 'friendly' feature.

don't forget the country with the world's second and fourth best allrounder

I'll be honest, I just looked at the top 10 for 3x3 average

 

[Jake Gouldon]

So would this be for every puzzle, not just 3x3?

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

I like this quite a lot, I'm sure it will be especially appreciated in places like Hungary, Poland, the Netherlands and the US where the NRs for each puzzle are extremely fast.

I don't see how it could hurt to implement it, and it seems quite a 'friendly' feature.

don't forget the country with the world's second and fourth best allrounder

Time for Dan and I to turn it up a notch. >_>

 

[Novriil]

So would this be for every puzzle, not just 3x3?

Sorry but: WOWW! I got a sub-11 average at 2x2 -.- That isn't the same.. I think it should be only on 3x3.. on 2x2 it's.. pointless.

 

[Escher]

So would this be for every puzzle, not just 3x3?

Sorry but: WOWW! I got a sub-11 average at 2x2 -.- That isn't the same.. I think it should be only on 3x3.. on 2x2 it's.. pointless.

One of the very, very few times I will ever use this emoticon, but you deserve it.

:fp

EDIT:
on-topic, I'd say sub 4 or sub 3.5 average would be fine for 2x2. The thing is, since times change so quickly, maybe it should just be "so-and-so entered the top 10 with a x single/average in y event!"

 

[Novriil]

So would this be for every puzzle, not just 3x3?

Sorry but: WOWW! I got a sub-11 average at 2x2 -.- That isn't the same.. I think it should be only on 3x3.. on 2x2 it's.. pointless.

One of the very, very few times I will ever use this emoticon, but you deserve it.

:fp

EDIT:
on-topic, I'd say sub 4 or sub 3.5 average would be fine for 2x2. The thing is, since times change so quickly, maybe it should just be "so-and-so entered the top 10 with a x single/average in y event!"

why fp? you said excactly the same thing as I but with others words.. my point was that on 2x2 sub-11 would be pointless.. sub-4 would be okay.

 

[Escher]

why fp? you said excactly the same thing as I but with others words.. my point was that on 2x2 sub-11 would be pointless.. sub-4 would be okay.

You still deserve an fp.

 

[Micael]

I like it a lot.

I am biased, but I would like it to be for every official events (otherwise I'll never see my name there). I think I can talk about multi BLD, for which I would suggest 15/15 (sub-60min) as the barrier.

 

[joey]

It would not have to be 3x3, we could do it for other events too - sub50 4x4, sub-1:30 5x5, etc.

Did you actually read qq's first post?

 

[Omniscient]

So what do you think, is this a good idea or not? It is important that people who are very fast get noticed even if they do not break the national record or win the competition, so it would be cool to list people who get very fast times. It would not have to be 3x3, we could do it for other events too - sub50 4x4, sub-1:30 5x5, etc.

great idea!!!