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

[Kirjava]

Human limit discussion?

No useful/interesting content in this thread -> moving along.

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.

I just wanted to say that I hope you're not serious.

 

[JL58]

Why not?

 

[blakedacuber]

Why not?

cause its impracticle and a bit ridiculous

fun maybe but dont think it will EVER become an OFFICIAL event

 

[BigSams]

I just wanted to say that I hope you're not serious.

Gotta agree with Kirjava here. Cubing events can be many things, but to make something official, not only do you have to show that this is a good option, you also have to show that no other option is better. i.e. that it's the best overall. And this... well, there are many other better ideas.

 

[Kynit]

I am a huge fan of bigger cubes for exactly this reason. In my opnion, improving on a 30 second WR for 4x4 would be much more interesting than attempting a sub-5 on 3x3. Going with Lucas' analogy, perhaps it's because I'm a middle distance runner?

 

[Nestor]

Maybe in a possible future after the singularity, having transfered our consciousness to artificial bodies, speed-cubing might be popular again as people use it as a benchmark to test their bodies. Imagine world records below 1sec on these...

 

[JL58]

I was not suggesting to have a *** instead of anything else. Just in addition of existing categories. I believe the regular 3x3x3 will stay the main event of any competition. I was just trying to find some other 3x3x3 event that could add more spice. By the way Kirjava, maybe you want to expand on your thinking. I was serious and still don't really understand your objection about ridicule and impracticality. Just very open to discuss - go ahead, I have a thick skin

Another proposal is a relay event: a team of 4 (for instance) solvers. The first solver starts the timer. When the first cube is solved s/he touches the second cube with his/her cube, then and only then the second solver starts his/her solve. And so on until the last solver finishes and stops the timer.

 

[Innocence]

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.

Like I said, I'm talking in a futuristic tense, and that's the BEST of the best.

 

[mcciff2112]

Records were made to be broken.

 

[4.]

Win.
On topic: just because it's converging doesn't mean it reaches the limit.

That's exactly what it means. There isn't always going to be room for improvement.

 

[Kirjava]

By the way Kirjava, maybe you want to expand on your thinking.

It's arbitary and silly.

 

[JL58]

Not much of an expansion here. Just a harsh opinion. Can't you do better than that?

 

[irontwig]

No/Short inspection encourages stupid methods.

 

[4.]

What do sprinters do?

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

Oh, and they also get better drugs every year

 

[bobthegiraffemonkey]

This seems to be a relatively unexplored option, and I believe Melinda Green mentioned trying to make it an official event. Fellow UK Open 2010 competitors may have heard me mentioning it since I was a competitor (2nd!). It's a lot of fun and a different challenge, though at >10 mins it takes a bit long, but maybe the 2^4 will bridge the gap better. Just my thoughts on this.

Matt

 

[MTGjumper]

It's arbitary and silly.

But the acronym is awesome.

 

[riffz]

Not much of an expansion here. Just a harsh opinion. Can't you do better than that?

What's so special and thought out about the number 5 then?

Also I really hope you realize the humour in the acronym you used.

 

[Kirjava]

Can't you do better than that?

I don't need to. You need to.

 

[HaraldS]

This seems to be a relatively unexplored option, and I believe Melinda Green mentioned trying to make it an official event. Fellow UK Open 2010 competitors may have heard me mentioning it since I was a competitor (2nd!). It's a lot of fun and a different challenge, though at >10 mins it takes a bit long, but maybe the 2^4 will bridge the gap better. Just my thoughts on this.

Matt

yah make one irl and I will support you!

 

[Sakarie]

This whole thread is like "Can't we extend 100 meters to 200 meters?". The answer is shortly that there's no reason to.

That's exactly what it means. There is always going to be room for improvement.

Fixed.