New Event ideas (Poll)

[Michael Womack]

go on...
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisty_puzzle near the bottom

but its not a common puzzle unlike the 3x3

 

[vcuber13]

neither is 5bld

 

[Michael Womack]

neither is 5bld

what i mean is that allot of cubers would consider it not a true puzzle to have

 

[vcuber13]

why is that and where did you find this statistic?

 

[Hershey]

what i mean is that allot of cubers would consider it not a true puzzle to have

Lol shut up. Pyraminx and megaminx are not cube puzzles either, yet you can still compete in those events in World Cube Association hosted competitions.

 

[Michael Womack]

Lol shut up. Pyraminx and megaminx are not cube puzzles either, yet you can still compete in those events in World Cube Association hosted competitions.

i made it up but if you watch 100 collection vids about 1/3 of the will have a 15 puzzle

 

[JyH]

i made it up but if you watch 100 collection vids about 1/3 of the will have a 15 puzzle

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who watches collection videos lol

 

[cuberkid10]

i made it up but if you watch 100 collection vids about 1/3 of the will have a 15 puzzle

Yea, and 1/3 probably have a 7x7, really doesnt mean anything.

 

[TMOY]

but its not a common puzzle unlike the 3x3

Lol. I am willing to bet that more people in the world are able to solve the 15-puzzle than the rubik's cube.

And who on earth would watch 100 pointless vids ?

 

[Erik]

The thing is with TeamBLD, how do you manage it? Would the times go to the caller, or the solver, or both? And would people be able to choose their own teams? Or would it be random selection on the day, if it is random, how do you get people of similar skill together?

TeamBLD would be cool, but its unlikely itll become official because of the logistics IMO

These questions have been asked already. Running the events during competitions has already showed it gies smoothly without problems. I imagine the wca rankings as follows:

[person] [partner] [time]
1. Joel Arnaud 40.20
1. Arnaud Joel 40.20
..
..
5. Stefan Arnaud 45.87

This way rankings are still individual. Important you understand number 5. Stefans best time is with Arnaud although Arnauds best result is with Joel.

 

[IanTheCuber]

I don't even know what Helicube is...
If they were to have Rubik's 360, they might as well have Perplexus.

 

[tx789]

I am bumping this thread to discuss if magics get replaced what with


Skewb is the most popular choice but what else

8x8, a cuboid, Dino cube the Poll options

 

[Ton]

Relay will never happen if it is up to me, even a top 100 cuber can not do a relay of 2x2-7x7 in 10 min, so it is not an event that can be managed easy , also scrambling take for ever ... and judging with a stopwatch I would not advice

More BLD's bigger cubes will be hard to plan and I predict only the once who are good in MBLD will be able to do 6x6 and 7x7 so only interesting for a very small group. Besides this , also hard to manage in a competition schedule

OH was done as a fun event ,more will not add something new

So Skewb might be a good candidate

 

[JianhanC]

Relay will never happen if it is up to me, even a top 100 cuber can not do a relay of 2x2-7x7 in 10 min, so it is not an event that can be managed easy , also scrambling take for ever ... and judging with a stopwatch I would not advice

More BLD's bigger cubes will be hard to plan and I predict only the once who are good in MBLD will be able to do 6x6 and 7x7 so only interesting for a very small group. Besides this , also hard to manage in a competition schedule

OH was done as a fun event ,more will not add something new

So Skewb might be a good candidate

At least consider 2-4 and 2-5 relays...?

 

[balloon6610]

How about the dino cube ? Anyway i vote for relay (Just 2x2-4x4 or the competition would take forever to finish )

 

[ben1996123]

Relays aren't going to happen because they're already individual events.

I don't think skewb is really popular enough to be an official event.

 

[Akash Rupela]

I am bumping this thread to discuss if magics get replaced what with


Skewb is the most popular choice but what else

8x8, a cuboid, Dino cube the Poll options

The problem with 8x8 would be an extended version of what happens with 7x7 at times, stackmat supports upto only 10 minutes, And 8x8 will almost always go beyond that until you are a very fast person. Plus though its good for collection, it just gets the same thing, nothing new for puzzle. People who are good at 5x5 and 6x6 would also be good at 7x7 and 8x8 . I agree with Bob that 7x7 should also be removed

About the replacement, Cuboids sound good, So does skewb or team bld as Erik said. the problem with 2x2 BLD is the luck factor, would be too much, come an easy scramble and people get sub4 or even sub3. the problem with big cubes bld is what is with big cubes normally, the same concept, just doing over and over.

 

[TMOY]

How about the dino cube ? Anyway i vote for relay (Just 2x2-4x4 or the competition would take forever to finish )

As it has already been said a zillion times, 2-4 relay is just silly because of the lack of balance between the three different skills needed. The guy who's the fastest at 4^3 will win the relay period. So it's basically just another 4^3 event, bringing nothing really new except more work for scramblers.

 

[djwcoco]

skewbmo qaqa

 

[Kirjava]

Why the hell is relay so popular? It's such a bad idea.