New Skewb World Records

[compgenie]

Abhishek Sathyanarayanan: A-bhee-shake Saat-iyaa-naa-raa-ya-nun

http://www.pronouncenames.com/
Congratulations on the Skewb WRs! Hope there's a video possibly.

Ha! That's actually correct! But, Saath-yaa-naa-raa-ya-nun That'd be better.

LOl, is this all we got to say for this thread? XD
Edit: Yeah, they're being uploaded. I'll post the links once they're done.

 

[kcl]

This won't last long, but congrats!

 

[AlexMaass]

Ha! That's actually correct! But, Saath-yaa-naa-raa-ya-nun That'd be better.

LOl, is this all we got to say for this thread? XD
Edit: Yeah, they're being uploaded. I'll post the links once they're done.

That's nice, edited my post above btw.

I ever meet someone with a long and hard to pronounce name, I'll learn how to pronounce it correctly, that will make them so happy.

 

[compgenie]

That's nice, edited my post above btw.

I ever meet someone with a long and hard to pronounce name, I'll learn how to pronounce it correctly, that will make them so happy.

One of the longest names I've ever heard is Murali anna's - Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna
Also this place called Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta. Whoa. Super hard to break down and pronounce for a non-native.

 

[stoic]

One of the longest names I've ever heard is Murali anna's - Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna
Also this place called Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta. Whoa. Super hard to break down and pronounce for a non-native.

Hard to beat llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch In Wales though.

 

[mark49152]

How to get a WR -
1. Wait for WCA to declare new event.
2. Use time zone advantage to organize competition before anyone else in the world.
3. Solve puzzle. Get WR. Bask in the glory. Create a media hype. Sell yourself.

Who cares? It's just for fun, isn't it? Let them enjoy their WRs. Someone has to be first.

 

[KongShou]

I throught my name was hard to pronounce.

 

[Ranzha]

Who cares? It's just for fun, isn't it? Let them enjoy their WRs. Someone has to be first.

They organised the competition specifically to be the first competition to hold skewb. On a Wednesday.
I hope this doesn't become a common thing when/if more events become official.

 

[kinch2002]

They organised the competition specifically to be the first competition to hold skewb. On a Wednesday.
I hope this doesn't become a common thing when/if more events become official.

A break in period where no records are set would work imo. All records that stand on a certain date a few months later then become official

 

[KingTim96]

Guys come on.. it's not that big of a deal. The record probably won't last long. So what if they scheduled a competition on a Wednesday. To my knowledge, there was nothing keeping you from organizing a competition on a Wednesday either. It's not that big of a deal it's not like it's gonna stick for 3 years or something. Go to a competition soon, best the "WR" average, rejoice. Rinse and repeat haha

 

[BrianJ]

They didn't even have 3x3!

 

[uberCuber]

Guys come on.. it's not that big of a deal. The record probably won't last long. So what if they scheduled a competition on a Wednesday. To my knowledge, there was nothing keeping you from organizing a competition on a Wednesday either. It's not that big of a deal it's not like it's gonna stick for 3 years or something. Go to a competition soon, best the "WR" average, rejoice. Rinse and repeat haha

It's not the worry of it lasting long, it's the fact that you'll now have people like this who are happy about their country getting something they never deserved:

First wr for india... Proud to be an indian

Not that I particularly care myself.

 

[qqwref]

Although it does annoy me that the inaugural WR went to a pretty slow time, it's not really a problem. The same has happened before, with events such as Pyraminx (although arguably a 14 second single was really good in 2003), 5BLD (the first WR was over 25 times the current WR), and 7x7x7 (Claes Hedin's single was improved by two minutes in about two weeks).

 

[TMOY]

And also WF, with Käre Krig's original average WR getting divided by three by Anssi three months later. But who still cares about these old records ? They're history now, and fun to remember.

 

[Coolster01]

inb4 in 10 days Sarah kills WRs and nobody is going to care about this. Indians wanted a WR, so they held a comp and got happy for a WR, even though it wasn't particularly the fastest time. Why whine about it?

EDIT: Let them get happy, just wait a couple days for this coming weekend, then the past will fly away. If people still go crazy and brag about a WR that was held on The first day the event became official, that would be when frustration amongst all shall pursue.

 

[Dapianokid]

I don't think it's such a harmful thing for them to have planned this purposefully. Honestly, go India for WR!
Sarah's going to come along and take the title and keep it. Forever. lol.
WOW SO WORLD RECORD
MUCH AMAZE

 

[mark49152]

They organised the competition specifically to be the first competition to hold skewb. On a Wednesday.

So what? It's just a bit of fun. In all probability the first WR would be "slow" even if first comp was a weekend. Nobody's going to be deluded about what the first WRs mean, not even the holders.

 

[kcl]

I don't think it's such a harmful thing for them to have planned this purposefully. Honestly, go India for WR!
Sarah's going to come along and take the title and keep it. Forever. lol.
WOW SO WORLD RECORD
MUCH AMAZE

Well.. Her or Rhanza.

 

[JackJ]

There's more than just Ranzha or Sarah that are capable of a long lasting WR. Some people just aren't as public about how fast they are at skewb. Not going to name drop or anything.

 

[Tim Major]

Ranzha currently seems the fastest, but by the end of this year I'd be VERY surprised if Sarah OR Ranzha hold it.