Should stickerless cubes be allowed in WCA competition?

Should stickerless cubes be allowed in competition? Your opinion?

  • Yes, stickerless cubes should be allowed in competition

    Votes: 288 63.6%
  • No, they should not

    Votes: 134 29.6%
  • No opinion

    Votes: 31 6.8%

  • Total voters
    453
I don't read the regulations much, so please, no ass-talking please :3

Would this color version of the GuHong effect these regulations?

3h) No modifications are allowed that enhance the basic concept of a puzzle. Some examples of enhancing the basic concept are: new moves are possible, normal moves are impossible, more pieces are visible, colours on the backside of the puzzle are visible, moves are done automatically, more or other solved states.

3j) Puzzles must be clean and must not have any markings, elevated pieces, damages, or other differences that distinguish one piece from a similar piece.

This could allow you to see corner or edge colors on the back side.
 
It looks so cool! I wish I had one. I think the fact you can do half a U turn and see the half colored edges.

But if you look at mefferts tiles, you can see the back side probably even easier than this one and that's legal
 
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This is all we need to see. No, this isn't legal.
 
I think with practicing on this cube, my speed would improve vastly.. lookahead is 90% of you having succesful f2l, and most likely blockbuilding method too. To be able to see the back color with a 45 or less degree turn is a lot easier than holding the cube at awkward angle, or even more worse to turn cube over to see back color, is definate advantage... not to say that you could be significantly fast because of this... sticker/tile is only acceptable and even they have regulation on that... it should stay strict so that we can keep speedcube consistant from player to player
 
Shouldn't/Wouldn't loose cubes be illegal to, since more moves are possible (corner twist)?

I think that's pretty irrelevant.
Valid argument. However, I would doubt that anyone would use corner twisting to gain an advantage.

Yeah, but what's the point of having rules if they aren't being followed? Loose cubes and puzzles with thick tiles (having more pieces visible) break the WCA regulations but are still allowed.
 
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