Are you allowed to....

[Hadley4000]

Listen to an iPod while solving in tournaments? I solve best while listening to music.

 

[Kenneth]

There are no rule saying you can't it so it must be OK.

Many things are allowed in this sport, there are no doping rules for example...

 

[Lucas Garron]

Happy to help, but why does no one ever check the regs themselves before asking?

2i

2i) While competing, competitors must not use sound equipment, other electronic equipment (like walkmans, dictaphones or additional lighting).

 

[hdskull]

You can listen to it while solving, but not while solving officially.

 

[Hadley4000]

Happy to help, but why does no one ever check the regs themselves before asking?

2i

2i) While competing, competitors must not use sound equipment, other electronic equipment (like walkmans, dictaphones or additional lighting).

Doesn't say iPods


Thats a shame, really. I concentrate better while listening to music.

 

[joey]

I assume ipod < walkman

 

[HelloiamChow]

I personally perform best when I'm watching How I Met Your Mother. You'll see me at nationals lugging around a TV.

 

[nicoJ]

classic music works not good for me
too slow

better the beatles
(i know, i'm old-fashioned)

 

[Jason Baum]

I personally perform best when I'm watching How I Met Your Mother. You'll see me at nationals lugging around a TV.

Oh man, best show ever! Adam Zamora got me totally hooked on it. We watched the first whole season and half of the second in two days when I stayed at his place a few months ago. The three of us should have a HIMYM viewing party at Nationals

 

[HelloiamChow]

Hell yes. Hopefully theres wifi there so we can watch it during breaks. That'd be amazing.

 

[DavidWoner]

if its not allowed then what is up with this:
from 1:52-2:02, or just look at the frozen image

he has headphones in...

 

[shelley]

Evidence that not everyone reads the WCA regulations all the way through.

The biggest concern with headphones/iPods is in blindfolding. You never know, someone may be listening to a recording dictating their cycles to them.

 

[Mike Hughey]

If the earplugs were not connected to sound, it wouldn't be a violation of the rules (you can't really tell from just the video), but if they were, it is a violation. Also, there should probably be a +2 on the stopping of the timer on that solve.

 

[hdskull]

If the earplugs were not connected to sound, it wouldn't be a violation of the rules (you can't really tell from just the video), but if they were, it is a violation. Also, there should probably be a +2 on the stopping of the timer on that solve.

Yea, bad enforcement of the rules.

 

[Jason Baum]

Hell yes. Hopefully theres wifi there so we can watch it during breaks. That'd be amazing.

No need, I have all three seasons on cd so we would just need a laptop that can play them.

 

[Hadley4000]

Hell yes. Hopefully theres wifi there so we can watch it during breaks. That'd be amazing.

No need, I have all three seasons on cd so we would just need a laptop that can play them.

I could bring my Macbook.

 

[Kian]

that is pretty poor. listening to an ipod and a chop. just means we need to make the judges better aware of the rules. it's really not anything too complicated. maybe the wca could produce a short rule sheet for judges, or the organizers of a competition could. i assume a reasonable selection of important (and often broken) rules could be widdled down to 8 or 10 so that it doesn't get too cumbersome.

 

[shelley]

That's a good idea, though it should still be stressed that the cheat sheet isn't a substitute for being familiar with all the regulations. I rarely see the headphone rule broken, so I don't think that would make it onto the important rules list.

I can't speak for other competitions, but at the ones in California where the Caltech/Berkeley clubs are involved, we always do a demonstration at the beginning of the tournament for the benefit of judges and competitors. We try to tell judges all the important things to watch out for, penalties, how to spot a +2 on a cube, etc. But I think it's quite a lot of information to take in all at once for someone who's new to cubing and/or inexperienced at judging.

Of course, if everyone would read the WCA regulations before going to a tournament like they're supposed to, this wouldn't be such a problem.

 

[Kian]

agreed. competitors should be familiar with all of the rules. i think doing a demonstration is a great idea. also, people that do know all the rules should be sure to help judges that don't, even when they're not judging or competing there. i always judge when i'm able to (meaning when i'm not competing in some event) and i think we should really help out the judges, they're giving up their times and its not their fault, in many cases, that they're unaware of the rules.

common sense, i guess.

and yes, i have never seen a headphone violation, that would not make the list. chopping the stackmat with your wrists, however, would.