[WR] 5x5 54.86 single - Yu Nakajima

[Dene]

Holy crap, nice Nakaji!!

 

[Dacuba]

Sub1 has become more normal than I can take....
Congratz on the WR, 5x5 got so amazing

 

[iEnjoyCubing]

Congrats, that's awesome!

 

[DYGH.Tjen]

Congratulations, Nakajima! deserveit

 

[JianhanC]

Syuhei is in the picture too, nice. And congratulations!

 

[sugakei]

Hi all.
I am Kei Suga, a delegate of Japan.

Finally, he did it.

I'm sorry, WR solving was not recorded.
The other 14 attempts(1st round, semi-final round, final round) are recorded,
but in the last attempt(5th attempt in 5x5x5 Final round),
the camera battery ran out.

I'm so sorry...

 

[ThomasJE]

Hi all.
I am Kei Suga, a delegate of Japan.

Finally, he did it.

I'm sorry, WR solving was not recorded.
The other 14 attempts(1st round, semi-final round, final round) are recorded,
but in the last attempt(5th attempt in 5x5x5 Final round),
the camera battery ran out.

I'm so sorry...

Always has to be the WR that wasn't filmed...

 

[RNewms27]

Two records in a row go off camera. Ouch

 

[DRAGON_RYU]

Oh damn it....
Very sad bout the vid.....
He finally did it but no vid..
oh no.

 

[timeless]

force parity skip?

 

[Ninja Storm]

Go Nakajima!

Gogogogo sub-50

 

[mrpotatoman14]

Nice job Nakajima!

 

[mycube]

can it be that the WR is DNF?
he don´t wear foot-ware on the picture

WCA-regulations:

2h) Competitors must be fully dressed. Competitors may dress in jeans, pants, shorts, slacks, skirts, foot-wear, T-shirts or dress shirts. Hats may be worn. Clothes must not display vulgar language or have inappropriate pictures.

 

[Goosly]

can it be that the WR is DNF?
he don´t wear foot-ware on the picture

As the WCA delegate at the competition did not disqualify him for not wearing shoes, it is a valid WR

 

[angham]

There are shoes under the table, so he could well have been wearing them during the actual solve

 

[Hippolyte!!!]

You can't prove that he wasn't wearing shoes during the solve. And this rule is IMO just to avoid abuses, not to force competitors te be perfectly dressed.

 

[qqwref]

can it be that the WR is DNF?
he don´t wear foot-ware on the picture

The WCA regulations say MAY, which means you are allowed to. It doesn't say you have to have footwear on. The only "must" that applies here is "Competitors must be fully dressed", and in that case it's up to the WCA delegate. If they're OK with what Nakaji was wearing, it's fine.

PS: This record is crazy, and I still think sub-1 is insane. Maybe I'm just very behind the times

 

[Andreaillest]

Congratz Nakaji! Sub 1 is still so insane to me.

 

[whauk]

we had already had a discussion about some barefeet pyraminx solves by odders. and if i remember correctly a delegate wrote that you are not being disqualified unless the delegate (of that competition) asks you to put on your shoes AND you ignore it.
so i guess the WR is valid

 

[PatrickJameson]

The WCA regulations say MAY, which means you are allowed to. It doesn't say you have to have footwear on. The only "must" that applies here is "Competitors must be fully dressed", and in that case it's up to the WCA delegate. If they're OK with what Nakaji was wearing, it's fine.

Also, try feet solving with shoes on.