I wish the cube took longer to solve....

[4.]

Okay...
The new 3x3 WR is constantly getting lower and lower. Within a few years, possibly even months, the best time will be so fast that it's physically impossible to beat it. Thats why I wish the cube would take much longer to solve so there would be more room for improvement!

 

[Cyrus C.]

I've always wondered what would happen once the limit is reached. Perhaps the community will transfer to be centred around a less developed puzzle, like 4x4x4. However, I guess people still enjoy 2x2x2, even when they're a second-ish away from the limit.

 

[cmhardw]

I've always wondered what would happen once the limit is reached.

Everybody gets a cookie?

 

[TheMachanga]

the best time will be so fast that it's physically impossible to beat it.!

No, if someone got it, it's possible to beat it...even if it's just 0.01 seconds faster

 

[Alcuber]

Okay...
The new 3x3 WR is constantly getting lower and lower. Within a few years, possibly even months, the best time will be so fast that it's physically impossible to beat it. Thats why I wish the cube would take much longer to solve so there would be more room for improvement!

That's why Megaminx is awesome!

 

[jiggy]

Switch your focus to a higher order cube, like 5x5 or 7x7.

 

[Innocence]

It would be interesting to figure out what the physical TPS limit is, before your muscles start...not doing what they're supposed to do. (Wow, I'm brilliant with words.) That would probably be the limit, assuming the human brain doesn't have limits. (We've yet to find one.)

An average advanced 50 move solve...Would take 50 TPS to solve in one second. (Yay for stating the obvious.) This doesn't QUITE sound possible. In two seconds, 25... in 4 seconds, 12.5. So 2-3 second solves are definitely possible even by today's TPS standards, and with movecounts still lowering, and TPS still going up, it looks like we could possibly even go down to 1.5 second solves. And with Zeroing, well...Needless to say the limit might well be 0.

 

[tke444]

No, if someone got it, it's possible to beat it...even if it's just 0.01 seconds faster

well that might be seen as more of a stackmat situation. Now that more and more are getting quicker, it might just come down to what the stackmat says. Example, someone may solve the cube further away from the body or the timer than others which would slightly influence the time.

 

[Lucas Garron]

What do sprinters do?

They're converging against actual physical limits, without a possibility of "lucky cases."

 

[JL58]

Maybe it's time to define a new type of competition. How about 5 (or 10) cubes in a row with no inspection time? You get a table with 5 scrambled cubes, disclosed to you as the timer starts. The drawback is that you would need to come to the competition with 5 of your cubes, but this would give a longer time (likely more than 40 seconds for the best) to achieve it, with more chance to grow and beat the record. We would call this the *** category: Five From Scratch.

 

[bluedasher]

Wow! My TPS is slow compared to those numbers Innocence. On my fastest algorithm ( T-Perm ) I average 11.2 TPS.


EDIT: JL58, I have been thinking about that type of stuff for a while too. I think that could be a cool event.

 

[Samania]

Yeah, but it would take a while before it would be physically impossible to solve.

 

[~Adam~]

What do sprinters do?

They're converging against actual physical limits, without a possibility of "lucky cases."

Sorry but Scrubs style daydream took over my brain. New 100m WR, luckily the race started as he was falling from a plane.

 

[4.]

What do sprinters do?

They're converging against actual physical limits, without a possibility of "lucky cases."

No, they just get better shoes every year

 

[Zubon]

As Lucas said, what about 100m sprinters. It doesn't seem to be a problem in their sport which is much more popular than ours. Also, in cubing, people come and go and there are always new competitors. If you look at how hard Faz practices, he has made amazing improvements but he is no way near any theoretical limit.

The 3x3x3 is the most popular puzzle BECAUSE it takes the shortest time to solve out of any cuboid puzzle without extra simplification like removing edge pieces (2x2x2). 4x4x4 is second popular because it only takes a little extra time but you get the added interesting reduction stage. Larger puzzles are not so popular because of their cost and long solving times without many extra solving techniques.

 

[4.]

That's why Megaminx is awesome!

Hehe, I was actually thinking about the megaminx as I wrote the OP.

 

[ben1996123]

Ever heard of a 7x7?

 

[uberCuber]

Ever heard of a 7x7?

no, but I've heard of a 7x7x7.

 

[Chrish]

no, but I've heard of a 7x7x7.

You've never heard of a square?

 

[cyoubx]

You've never heard of a square?

Win.
On topic: just because it's converging doesn't mean it reaches the limit. I also like the five cubes in a row idea, but I suppose that's like using the average and ignoring singles.