Clock and Square-1 to become Average of 5

[Lucas Garron]

I have not seen many people talk about it, so I assume a lot of you still haven't seen http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2963#p2963.

It's still tentative, of course, but it'll make those events so much happier.

 

[James Kobel]

Square 1 average of 5=

 

[Pedro]

Yay!
for next year (2010), we need to also get megaminx

what do you mean with temporary?

 

[James Kobel]

May be subject to change I think.

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

Clock average of 5.

http://worldcubeassociation.org/results/p.php?i=2007SUNT01#clock

 

[Ryanrex116]

I have not done clock or square-1 contests yet, but I think avg. of 5 would be great.

In mean of 3, you have to finish all three times. X, X, DNF= DNF.

 

[James Kobel]

Clock average of 5.

http://worldcubeassociation.org/results/p.php?i=2007SUNT01#clock

No, can't you count? Obviously 5 is more than 3.(JK)

 

[qqwref]

This is cool. Now I just have to figure out how to beat my sub-30 average on Square-1.

 

[blade740]

Megaminx should follow eventually, but as of now, very few people are really good at megaminx. I know, it's still faster than 5x5, but I can at least see that it could be much faster.

 

[AvGalen]

Clock and Square-1 average of 5: FINALLY!
Temporary and subject to change: Doesn't that go for anything by the WCA?
Megaminx faster than 5x5x5: That really depends on the person (Erik and Laetitia yes, me NO)

 

[TMOY]

IMHO megaminx is actually faster than 5^3. Perhaps not currently, but there's still more room for improvement on it than on the cube. I bet sub-1 megaminx solvers will become common in the upcoming years...

 

[Ellis]

My minx average is nearly double my 5x5 average, is that bad? anyway, I'd like to see them all out of 5 eventually. Mean of 3? Pft.

 

[Pedro]

I'm faster with megaminx...~1:40, while 5x5 is like 2:40

yeah, I know I'm not good with 5x5, but...

 

[qqwref]

I agree that megaminx can go way faster than 5x5. But I think I'll never be faster at megaminx I don't know how to fingertrick them...

 

[AvGalen]

I agree that megaminx can go way faster than 5x5. But I think I'll never be faster at megaminx I don't know how to fingertrick them...

Consensus?

 

[Pedro]

I sorta can fingertrick my megaminx...

Nakajima can, too much better than me

 

[Mike Hughey]

I've worked really hard on 5x5x5 and not very hard at all on megaminx, and yet I'm about the same speed on each puzzle. (I average a little over 3 minutes on megaminx, but under 3 minutes on 5x5x5. But my fastest single on megaminx is almost ten seconds faster than my fastest single on 5x5x5.) Megaminx definitely seems naturally faster than 5x5x5 to solve for me.