Greatest world record improvement shock?

[Erik]

For me: When I broke the megaminx single and average world records at RWC2007 and thought I'd be world champion again and then Erik came and took all that away from me.

Stefan, you know I really felt bad for you because of this ever more so because you did a WR which didnt count since I broke it in the same round..

As for me I think the 1.63 on 2x2 single was quite shocking to say the least but ya, Tims multi record is/was crazy still. Michael Fungs 4x4 records were also quite shocking aswell as, at least for me Yu Jeong-Mins 11 avg.

 

[tim]

I have to also go with Chris's most recent 4x4x4 BLD WR.

Me too. His record was totally unexpected (at least for me).

And my record wasn't that much of a shock. Dennis and me already had some nice multi bld results at home which were much better than 10/10.

 

[Stefan]

For me: When I broke the megaminx single and average world records at RWC2007 and thought I'd be world champion again and then Erik came and took all that away from me.

Stefan, you know I really felt bad for you because of this

Well, you were simply better. And I was happy for you. It was just quite unexpected for me, so it fits this thread.

Also, Anssi's 13.22 average was very noticeable, beating Macky's 1.5 years old record by a big margin.

 

[AvGalen]

Not a WR, but a big shock anyway:
The first 12.xx average by Mats Valk because his progress was like this:
Oct 18-19, 2008: 14.38 (13.16 15.83 20.47 12.94 14.15)
Nov 15, 2008: 14.93 average twice
Nov 29, 2008: 12.26 (11.68 11.58 12.50 15.06 12.61)
(we were all VERY curious to his next competition results )

But I agree with all of the above in this order:
7.08 3x3x3 single
4:46.19 4x4x4 blind
2:15.57 24/24 (old) multiblind

 

[mati rubik]

erik's 1:04.xy megaminx avg, with 1.5 year without practise, that was unexpected
4:46.19 4x4x4 blind was crazy too

 

[Nukoca]

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11618

 

[jcuber]

Nukoca, I knew that was coming when I saw this thread updated. Mine would have to be dan's 5x5 average.

 

[envy253]

nakajis 8.72, he got it twice! that was cool

 

[guusrs]

5 minutes ago I read my FMC world record has been broken by 5 moves.
Big shock. Awesome!
Gus

 

[SimonWestlund]

5 minutes ago I read my FMC world record has been broken by 5 moves.
Big shock. Awesome!
Gus

Just thought about writing that!

That was way more than I thought that record would be broken by! Now go get it back Guus!

 

[PCwizCube]

Transition from Yumu Tabuchi's world record 3x3 average to Tomasz Zolnowski's.

When Yumu got his 10.83 average, I was a little surprised because he was the first one to get a sub 11 second average! I didn't think anyone would be it for a while.

Then I was shocked to see that the week later, Tomasz Zolnowski beat it with a 10.63 second average! It blew me away.

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Tim Habermaas's 24/24 old multi blindfolded record was amazing too. From 10 cubes to a jaw dropping 24 cubes! I can't even do one! IMO that is currently the coolest improvement/record ever.

 

[soccerking813]

The 24/24 multiblind is pretty amazing, and then the 22 move solution in FMC. I was expecting the next record to be around 25 or 26. Not 22.

 

[Nykjær]

The most provocative I can think of is first Erik's 1.04, xx avg. at the megaminx because there are a few others which is beginning to threaten the old record. Then he breaks the record just before they get there.
And considered the close race there is at 5x5x5, then Erik's 1.13,xx single with the great luck up was also a bit surprising.

 

[PhillipEspinoza]

Sorry to bump this but I would have to say that Faz' 14.76 OH avg of 5 was the most shocking thing I've experienced in my cubing life. That's next to his 8.52 avg.

 

[Andrew Ricci]

Sorry to bump this

's okay Phillip. You're a cool guy. No hate. I think Faz' OH was pretty shocking as well.

 

[a small kitten]

Faz OH wr shocked me too. It's not fair.

 

[uberCuber]

even though its not official, I think this surprised me more than any speed record:

 

[Sa967St]

Square-1 single, anyone?

 

[Robert-Y]

Faz's 555 avg WR was pretty shocking to me! The average was better than every official single solve ever done by the rest of the world apart from 3.

 

[Diniz]

Square-1 single, anyone?

It surprised me because it wasnt an easy scramble.. but sq1 record will go much lower... eventualy Piotr or Bingliang will get an easy scramble in competition..