blindfold guinness wr

[envy253]

i just saw an attempt for blindsolve on guiness world records. the guy spent like 10 mins memo, and 5 solving, yet he got the record??

anyone who can blindsolve in less than 15mins should REALLY contact guiness for an easy wr

 

[MasakitChan]

Get Rafal call Guinness and let him own their ass.

 

[blah]

Rafal's not gonna own Guinness's ass. He's gonna own the-guy-who-got-a-15-minute-record's ass. And he's gonna get a Guinness trophy

Oh, and Rafal could do 4x4x4 and 5x5x5 BLD solves and get the records for them too, if Chris doesn't have anything against it (and maybe 6x6x6 and 7x7x7)

 

[nitrocan]

yeah it'll be like another sub 1 solve and the guy will get owned lol

are you sure that video not like 10 years old?

 

[joey]

I don't like Guiness.

 

[tim]

I don't like Guiness.

It tastes good!

 

[blah]

I don't like Guiness.

It tastes good!

German praising Irish beer, that's weird

 

[Rama]

I heard that Edouards WR wasn't in Guiness, because of the fact his cube was lubed...

 

[ooveehoo]

http://www.4to40.com/recordbook/index.asp?id=1850&category=indian
Voilà!

Googled for "Guinnes record rubik's".

 

[MistArts]

That's even slower than my first attempt.

 

[AvGalen]

That piece about Bernett Orlando is utter crap. I just hope everyone realizes this "kid" is actually pretty fast AND is the current WCA World Champion on 5x5x5 blindfolded

 

[F.P.]

I don't like Guiness.

It tastes good!

indeed!

 

[Mike Hughey]

That piece about Bernett Orlando is utter crap. I just hope everyone realizes this "kid" is actually pretty fast AND is the current WCA World Champion on 5x5x5 blindfolded

That piece was probably pretty accurate when it was written. If he was 9 at the time it was written, that means it was in 2005, and he probably was about 6 minutes BLD and 90 seconds speedsolving on 3x3x3 then. The only thing I'm not sure of was that they said he was the second youngest. Who was the youngest? At the time it was written, had anyone else solved a 3x3x3 BLD younger than him? (His first solve [at home] was at age 8.)

You can see Bernett's initial home BLD achievement here:http://www.speedcubing.com/records/recs_stats_young3bf.html
You can also see that Daniel Hop beat him. But that was long after this article was written.

 

[Tyson]

I strongly urge all members of the speedcubing community to not participate in any Guinness record attempts. I would encourage Rafal or other cubers to not take place in their BLD record as well.

A Guinness BLD record would not be recognized by the WCA. When Guinness looks at the records of track and field, they turn to the IAAF to see who has run the fastest 400 meters time. They look to the IAAF for the regulations on what is required to set such a record.

What Guinness has done with cubing is that not only do they disregard the WCA, they put in their own rules. Using a new cube, mixed up by "40 turns" by hand? It shows a very profound level of ignorance in our sport.

Please do not acknowledge Guinness or participate in any of their record attempts. The only reason why that happened in Atlanta was because the people who gave us money to make the competition possible wanted it. I personally did not participate in the Guinness record attempt. And I suggested to my staff to do the same: to stay out of the Guinness records.

 

[tim]

Please do not acknowledge Guinness or participate in any of their record attempts.

The thing is: You have to hold a Guinness world record to also impress the stupid people with your abilities.

 

[Tyson]

I strongly disagree. Dan Dzoan doesn't hold any Guinness records and he drank a fair number of pints of Guinness courtesy of fellow bar patrons.

And since when have you stooped so low that you need validation from stupid people? I think you're above that.

Do you care that some guy can juggle two balls and an apple and eat the apple? Or do you care that he can juggle 5 clubs behind the back?

Do you care that someone can solve 3 cubes blindfolded in 6 minutes? Or do you care more that someone can solve a cube, underwater, while balancing on a rola-bola?

There's no reason to whore yourself like a clown. You have skills, and that should be enough.

Tim, you kick ass. Say NO to clown whoring!

 

[yeti09]

I heard that Edouards WR wasn't in Guiness, because of the fact his cube was lubed...

seriously?? that's ridiculous

 

[PCwizCube]

I heard that Edouards WR wasn't in Guiness, because of the fact his cube was lubed...

seriously?? that's ridiculous

I agree. The world record is solving a Rubik's Cube. Did Eduoard solve the Rubik's Cube in 9.18 seconds (or whatever it was)? Yes. Did he memorize the scramble? No.

 

[tim]

And since when have you stooped so low that you need validation from stupid people? I think you're above that.

I didn't say that i need validation from stupid people. Actually i don't care about them at all. It's just my experience (at least here in Germany), that some people always think of Guinness world records if they hear the word "world record". And if you tell them, that the record is not approved by the Guinness "club" (how are they called?), they blame the record as worthless or don't believe it at all.

I really should give the rola-bola thing a try .

Tim, you kick ass. Say NO to clown whoring!

lol, thanks .

 

[Tyson]

You should just tell them that the WCA regulates world records in cubing, and not Guinness. Guinness doesn't regulate track records, the IAAF does. They just borrow numbers from the IAAF.

It's unfortunate that some people in this world are complete and utter morons. But yes, best to ignore them. And when times get very tough, just find a blond German guy and a Hello Kitty umbrella. It makes EVERYTHING better.