New event ideas

[The Puzzler]

Mirror cube in mirror. YAY!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Anthony]

I want something as obscure and unpracticed as feet, but also as practical. No-Fingertrick solving? Call it Ol' School.

Although this could be a good event...

I hope you're joking. Seriously, this thread is going to lose the little value it has if people keep mentioning things like that... >_>

 

[RCTACameron]

I hope you're joking. Seriously, this thread is going to lose the little value it has if people keep mentioning things like that... >_>

It would be a good event to do once, unofficially, with no intention to get faster. Not good for the WCA though.

 

[Anthony]

It would be a good event to do once, unofficially, with no intention to get faster. Not good for the WCA though.

Isn't the point of this thread to propose what you feel would be good additions to the official WCA events list?

 

[Joemamma556]

rubiks cube with one foot XD jk

2x2 blind would be cool

or like Siamese cube?

 

[PhillipEspinoza]

I am in favor of adding the head-to-head event that Adam Zamora always has at his competitions. It's great for spectators and it's also fun to race other cubers and place bets on who will win. Sometimes even I choke and POP and it creates a big upset when a sup-20 cuber beats me. In fact, I think Devin CR beat me once cuz I popped. It wouldn't be that hard to make it official and it would be cool if I can get some of those singles to count. I remember at Nisei Week 2010 I had about 6 sub-10s and half of them were during the head-to-head (click here for video) event.

 

[supercuber86]

I think 7x7 OH would be a good addition
also a 7x7 OHBLD while solving a 3x3 in the other hand bld and a 4x4 with feet bld at the same time!

 

[Ranzha]

The main things I'm looking at are Skewb, Team BLD, and Rubik's 360.
Skewb would be a good addition considering it's not hard to scramble, has simple-to-follow yet efficient methods, and would most likely not take longer than, say, a 2x2 round.
Team BLD would be funny to manage--personally, I think that there should be four solves, two with Cuber A solving, two with Cuber B solving. It would most likely take less time than a 4x4 round. Additionally, the judge would just need to make sure that the solver cannot see, but that the caller can. The "codes" wouldn't make a difference--it's just a more efficient way of calling. Just as using an F-II/A-V/Memory would feel smoother, faster, and more efficient than a Rubik's brand, using "codes" in Team BLD simply reduces time lost. That's not against the rules, if any.
Now, for 360.
The main reason I like 360 is that despite it can be compared to magic in that it has one solution, 360 bring into the picture different permutations of the balls in the centre circle when "scrambled". This then brings about the way the competitor solves the puzzle--they could start with any ball in any hemisphere they choose. Thus, even though the "scrambles" are the same all the time, there is an individualistic approach to solving each ball. This may sound like horsesh*t to the rest of you, but it's a great puzzle in itself.

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

Fisher cube? Domino? Magic OH? Magic OH intheair? 2x2 OH?

 

[JeffDelucia]

I think that 6BLD and 7BLD should definitely be added.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

I think that 6BLD and 7BLD should definitely be added.

Yeah, for Mike and Stefan xD

 

[flan]

Apply a scramble. Fastest person to apply a set number of move scramble, which contains a set number of double turns etc

 

[Lucas Garron]

Apply a scramble. Fastest person to apply a set number of move scramble, which contains a set number of double turns etc

We're talking about events, not mystery puzzles.

If it's not even a common unofficial type of solve, it probably should have no place being made official.

 

[Joker]

Scrambled magic into solved magic position

 

[supercuber86]

Scrambled magic into solved magic position

wouldnt there have to be notation?

 

[somerandomkidmike]

I would love to see 3x3 with chopsticks. I think this could actually be a serious event.

 

[Alcuber]

skewb, sskewb one handed, skewb blindfolded and skewb fewest moves (i like skewb)

 

[Tanish]

i think 3x3 oh bld should be added (although i'm a guy who can neither do 3bld or 3x3 oh )

 

[YouCubing]

2x3x3, every WCA puzzle BLD, 2x2 and 4x4 FMC, Skewb Diamond and Ultimate, Mirrorblocks and Fisher Cube.

 

[sqAree]

As far as I know it's quite possible to have a perfect on 2x2 fmc so that event would probably not be a good idea.
But I agree some cuboid could be cool. For 4x4 fmc, which metric?
And mirror is kind of the same as 3x3.

EDIT: Also, I propose the 3^4 "cube" as an event, it's actually quite different compared to the current wca events and pretty fun.