Why would you limit it to a year? I'm sure some competitors only get together at a single competition (imagine the teams that could only be done at Worlds).
Right now I think some people who say we don't have any issue with TeamBLD is because it's unofficial. People are much less worried about it. Once it's official though, we don't want something where someone is complaining that the judge is getting in the way.
Another thing we should note in the regulations is that competitors aren't going to be guaranteed a corner of a table or anything. While most competitions probably only have two stations per table, we don't want competitors always assuming they'll have that and complain if they are at a competition where both competitors had to stay behind the table.
The executor should be able to communicate with the caller. It's TeamBLD, not TeamBLD&Dumb
I would say having some sort of hood for this would be worthwhile. It's going to avoid having the whole cardboard issue and trying to shove in another judge.
Roles should be noted separately. I can do TeamBLD with a 5-year-old if they're calling, but I can't do it if she's executing.
I agree to all of these terms.
Expanding upon collins idea, or rather clarifying. Depending on the number of tables provided, a certain amount of people can go at one time. Make groups out of these people until everyone is accounted for. Give each station a different scramble. However, each group gets the same scrambled. Its the scrambles inside the group that get distributed. If that makes sense.
Sounds like a complete nightmare coming from someone who has helped run events before.
My personal opinion on this event is as follows:
Team BLD as an Event: Yes
Role of Each participant: 1 solver and 1 caller.
The Solver:
Must be blindfolded Stefan style at all times during the solve (penalty DNF) and may speak/ gesture freely to the caller. They cannot touch the cube until the timer starts (Penalty DNF) and must follow the commands of their caller (not some other caller, Penalty unknown)
The Caller
May only touch the cube during inspection and may use any verbal or physical means to communicate with the solvers assuming they do not:
1.Touch the cube after the timer has started
2.Touch the hand of the solver at any time or
3.Leave their designated range i.e. likely opposite of the judger.
Role of Judger:
Must stay on the opposite side of the competitors and cannot make any verbal or physical interactions with the competitors except to call 8,12 and 15 second marks.
Results Listings:
This event should be run as two separate events combined, this will make it extremely easy to keep track of each persons role and results in that role. For example, one person's personal best page might read as such:
John :
3x3 TeamBLD Caller: Best Single: 30 Seconds, Best Average: 40 Seconds
3x3 Team BLD Solver: Best Single: 26 Seconds Best Average: 32 Seconds
In the database the best times will be marked in a conjoined way such that the team members will be listed by their times as follows:
C- Caller
S- Solver
Top 100 Listings:
1. 15 seconds- C- Stefan, S- John
2. 17 seconds- C- Shelly, S-Jordan
3. 19 seconds- C- Jake, S- Jill
...
I also think that each team member's role should be considered independently in the top times listings, for instance, lets say Stefan and John have the world record with Stefan as caller and John as solver; and they also have the second place time with John as caller and Stefan as solver as follows:
top 100
1. 15 seconds, C- Stefan, S-John
2. 16 seconds, C-John, S- Stefan
In the event this occurs, I think the teams should be treated as separate entities and awarded both first and second place. This will make sure that each person gets their creds.
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. I think I pointed out before (and if I didn't, forgive me and allow me to point it out now) that there is a significant issue with cheating that needs to be addressed. Namely, fellow competitors would be able to listen in on instructions given by other teams. Now whether or not a significant advantage could be gained by this is open to debate, but because this is the first event ever that would almost always involve speaking to communicate (I guess it's not necessary to speak, but it seems to be the most efficient way) there could be a lot of unique issues that arise as a result of it.
