Inspection time down to 10 seconds

[Luigimamo]

maybe he could speedblind it

Does he even know a speedcubing method?

ummmm, i have no clue, what would he do for speedbld if he didn't?

M6.

i was thinking more along the lines of 6 cycle for edges and 4 cycle for corners

nope he uses a petrus/fridrich/roux/heise/waterman/TICT/ZBOrtega/BLD hybrid method, its quite amazing.

i suppose that's a corners first method?

actually no its a centers first method.[/QUOTE]
No his normal solves are faster than speedbld

 

[jms_gears1]

maybe he could speedblind it

Does he even know a speedcubing method?

ummmm, i have no clue, what would he do for speedbld if he didn't?

M6.

i was thinking more along the lines of 6 cycle for edges and 4 cycle for corners

nope he uses a petrus/fridrich/roux/heise/waterman/TICT/ZBOrtega/BLD hybrid method, its quite amazing.

i suppose that's a corners first method?

actually no its a centers first method.

No his normal solves are faster than speedbld

lolololwut?

 

[Tyrannous]

like edward said, if it aint broke dont fix it

 

[Daniel Wu]

lol @ the poll. That's 110-1-3.

 

[cincyaviation]

lol @ the poll. That's 110-1-3.

loldene

 

[riffz]

I'm pretty sure this idea has already been dropped for this year. It doesn't seem like there's much enthusiasm for it, so I really doubt it will happen.

I still sort of wish it had always been no inspection; it seems like inspection time is strange to the casual observer, and it is true that you mentally begin to solve the puzzle as soon as you first see it. From my perspective, the time required to solve a puzzle is the time from when you first see it until the time when it is solved. We would be able to do away with the stopwatches too, which are responsible for a large amount of the complexity and problems when judging.

But that ship has already sailed. I think we should stick with 15 seconds, since we already have it and it's impractical and unreasonable to eliminate inspection entirely.

Personally I think the sport would be WAY less consistent if there was no inspection. If there wasn't, the cube would have to be placed the same way every time because it would be unfair to have to figure out the orientation as you were starting. Also, I think it would take less skill because things like solving the cross would suddenly become very simple as you would spot a cross piece and place it, instead of placing them at the same time in an efficient manner.

But I must agree that it does seem strange to people who don't understand the rules.

 

[Hiero]

I was hoping it could be changed to 30 seconds.

 

[Deleted member 2864]

I'm with keeping it to 15, but I see reasons to change it to 10 from a personal point of view.

I very rarely use any more than 6-8 seconds to inspect. The only times I'm cutting it close is when I see a hard scramble and I need to find a solution to it. Also, when I see an easy cross, sometimes I'll inspect more to see if I can pick out a couple pairs.

Still, I use normal CFOP. I'm sure ZZ users would be hurt from an inspection cut.

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

2x2-10s
3x3-15s
4x4-20s
5x5-20s
6x6-25s
7x7-30s
megaminx-20s
pyraminx-10s
sq1-20s (i have no experience with this, so i really dont have a good clue)
clock-15s

 

[RyanO]

Having seperate inspection times for each event would be silly.

 

[qqwref]

I'm with keeping it to 15, but I see reasons to change it to 10 from a personal point of view.

I very rarely use any more than 6-8 seconds to inspect.

That's the thing, though. This is intended to be a maximum inspection time for all cubers and for all events (having different inspections per event would add extra complexity for no real benefit since 15s is enough for everything). Just because you don't need all 15 sec doesn't mean nobody should be allowed to use it. Besides, sometimes it's nice to have an extra few seconds to relax before the solve (or to sync up a race with the person next to you ), even if you don't need it.

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

Having seperate inspection times for each event would be silly.

I think about this every time i do 7x7 inspection. I would like 7x7 to be 30 seconds, but that is a little crazy for 2x2.

 

[Forte]

sq1-20s (i have no experience with this, so i really dont have a good clue)

It seems so o_O

20s on square-1 will be either useless because of a hard cubeshape, or completely cheap because of an easy cubeshape

 

[jms_gears1]

sq1-20s (i have no experience with this, so i really dont have a good clue)

It seems so o_O

20s on square-1 will be either useless because of a hard cubeshape, or completely cheap because of an easy cubeshape

wait hard cubeshape?

 

[iasimp1997]

sq1-20s (i have no experience with this, so i really dont have a good clue)

It seems so o_O

20s on square-1 will be either useless because of a hard cubeshape, or completely cheap because of an easy cubeshape

wait hard cubeshape?

...

 

[Faz]

2x2-10s
3x3-15s
4x4-20s
5x5-20s
6x6-25s
7x7-30s
megaminx-20s
pyraminx-10s
sq1-20s (i have no experience with this, so i really dont have a good clue)
clock-15s

Lmfao wat.

 

[Forte]

sq1-20s (i have no experience with this, so i really dont have a good clue)

It seems so o_O

20s on square-1 will be either useless because of a hard cubeshape, or completely cheap because of an easy cubeshape

wait hard cubeshape?

like, a cubeshape for which you cannot predict very much of the solve

 

[Ron]

I think one day a majority of our community will think we should bring down inspection time, but then it may be too late. Until then I will keep my mouth shut.
Future will tell.

Have fun!

Ron
PS: why are some people making unnice comments when I propose something, even if it is not a popular proposal?

 

[Carrot]

PS: why are some people making unnice comments when I propose something, even if it is not a popular proposal?

Because we are creatures of routine and they dislike new things

 

[Kirjava]

I think one day a majority of our community will think we should bring down inspection time, but then it may be too late.

I disagree. You know, I still haven't seen a valid reason for lowering it.

Until then I will keep my mouth shut.
Future will tell.

Have fun!

Thanks for listening to the wisdom of crowds though! This is one of the things I like most about the WCA.