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You are allowed to use the stickers during the attempt: E3) The competitor may use the following objects during the attempt. [..] So your cubes must not have any markings at the beginning of the attempt. Pre-written stickers are fine as that doesn't change the purpose of the stickers. Using...

For FMC the same regulations as for any other event apply. Relevant here: E3b) Rubik's Cubes (at most 3, self-supplied), as described in Article 3. 3d) Puzzles must have colored parts, which define the color scheme of the puzzle and must be one and only one of the following: colored stickers...

Yes, the best solution for this would rather be to ask other degates and the WRC.

This guideline uses the word "should", which means... "that there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a particular item, but the full implications must be understood and carefully weighed before choosing a different course." So in the rather unlikely case that the...

Making that a "first optimal solution wins"-contest sounds a bit boring and chaotic, especially when you do that at a competition with 20 people or more. However, I haven't tried it seriously yet... I should start practicing. :-P

We will use official scrambles, so yes.

We have 2g3): Competitors in the Competitors Area must not communicate with each other about the scrambled states of the puzzles of the round in progress. Penalty: disqualification of the competitor from the event, at the discretion of the WCA Delegate. Every competitor competing in an...

Yes, and you can only discuss that based on what you have heard and what you have noticed. And sorry to say that, but believing that people are trustworthy and taking this as a reason to not care about options to cheat is naive. In fact, the way BigBLD was done at competitions here (which also...

Hi everyone, we would like to invite you to Mental Breakdown Germany 2017! Date: February 11th and 12th 2017 Website: https://cubecomp.de/mbg17/en/ Events and schedule: 3BLD - 3 rounds 4BLD - 2 rounds 5BLD - 1 round MultiBLD - 1 round FMC - 2 rounds Feet - 2 rounds Unofficial events...

No, you get the right to call the organizers "dumb". ;)

So what is the problem with being stopped when you reach the cumulative time limit? You are also stopped when you reach the "normal" time limit: "A1a4) The competitor must end each solve within the time limit. If a competitor reaches the time limit for a solve/round, the judge stops the attempt...

I found a nice solution for the third scramble of the German forum competition: Scramble: R' U' F L2 D U R2 B2 D' L2 R2 U B' F' L2 U R2 F' R' D2 L F' R' U' F Inverse: F' U R F L' D2 R F R2 U' L2 F B U' R2 L2 D B2 R2 U' D' L2 F' U R In found a 26 move solution in 1 hour. After that I tried to...

There is nothing to be worried about. Rules like "Solutions must not be derived from a computer-generated solution" will never be added to the regulations. Pretty much every solution can be generated by a computer. If you have decent block-building skills, nearly all of your blocks could be seen...

I don't think I have ever replied in a records thread here, but this is really impressive! :) Congratulations!

Yes, you are right, it's legal.