New event ideas

[Bryan]

For those of you wanting relays, why? All it does is make an event that will be won by the person who can do the largest cube the fastest. Beating someone in 2x2 by 2 seconds and 3x3 in 5 seconds, which would normally be considered a large advantage, would be lost if the other person had a 7 second better 4x4, which isn't considered to be as much. And if you're going up to 5x5, it becomes even worse.

I think the special event modifiers (BLD, OH, feet, FMC) should only be used for 3x3 (and kept for 4x4BLD/5x5BLD), but they shouldn't expand to new events.

Skewb has been around for a long time and event the slowest method is going to be quick. For 3x4x4 and 2x3x3, I don't think they've been around long enough yet, and you don't want to add an event if a puzzle is going to disappear from the market soon. Square-1 was tricky for a while because of this.

 

[Mcuber5]

I believe that the 222BLD event that must be introduced because there are 444BLD, 555BLD but why not the 222BLD ?

 

[irontwig]

I believe that the 222BLD event that must be introduced because there are 444BLD, 555BLD but why not the 222BLD ?

Read the thread.

 

[Zane_C]

2BLD is ridiculous.

 

[Cool Frog]

Dollar store cube, no modifacations, one handed?

 

[hawkmp4]

Dollar store cube, no modifacations, one handed?

I don't think it's appropriate to add an event with knowledge that people are going to be hurt because of it.

 

[qqwref]

6x6x6

 

[Joker]

Petaminx BLD with one foot ;D

 

[Jani]

Skewb and relay 234 or 2345
It's just fun!

 

[Daniel Wu]

Ew skewb. No skewb. Yuck.

 

[DavidWoner]

Skewb has been around for a long time and event the slowest method is going to be quick. For 3x4x4 and 2x3x3, I don't think they've been around long enough yet, and you don't want to add an event if a puzzle is going to disappear from the market soon. Square-1 was tricky for a while because of this.

I don't see domino and 3x3x4(I assume that's the puzzle you meant) going away. Square-1 was just the one producer making the one puzzle. Now we have multiple companies that produce lots of different puzzles making them, so it's a bit more stable. And making it official is a good way to prevent them from leaving the market. Look at clock, it was essentially off the market for 20 years, and now we have two new producers of it. Making it official ensures demand, and these chinese puzzle companies seem to jump on anything that has demand.

I support skewb being added. Domino would be allright I guess, but I much prefer 3x3x4. I love 2bld, but it's a stupid event and should never be official.

 

[Lucas Garron]

Apart from speed BLD, I'm still most in favor of team BLD. I believe all the details (like how to rank official results) can be worked out, and it's an original, interesting event.

 

[qqwref]

I love 2bld, but it's a stupid event and should never be official.

Indeed. If you aren't afraid of DNFing, pretty much anyone can get a sub-10 single.

 

[Ditto64]

I think Skewb would be good.
It does have many haters, but enough people who want to do skewb.
It has gone pretty smoothly at competitions I've been to.

 

[ninjabob7]

Team BLD would be great. Cuboids are fun - Domino should definitely be added, and I'm a fan of 3x3x5 (though if we add both we should also do 3x3x4 to complete the series).
What if we had semi-official events: keep records for all but they are all run at the same time (so you have to choose only one per round)? Less popular events like MultiBLD, big cube BLD, Skewb, Snake, and Magic could have this status.

 

[tx789]

2x2bld would be good as a monor to 3x3bld and why not theres 3x3-5x5bld they could add 6x6 and 7x7 bld but 5xbld takes over 10 min

 

[Kickflip1993]

Megaminx OH

i guess sub 2 is possible if i´d practise

 

[avgdi]

Domino for sure!

 

[Erik]

Team BLD, it'd be the only original new event. All events like 2x2 OH/BLD or BLD OH or 3x3x4 are really nonsense. Team BLD would add something we don't have yet: something you can do in a team, together, social ...

 

[KboyForeverB]

SKEWB ALL THE WAY!!