[Discussion] Is speedcubing a sport?

Is Speedcubing a Sport?

  • Yes

    Votes: 225 76.3%

  • No

    Votes: 70 23.7%
  • Total voters
    295
Anyone who can't solve a cube, would say no, anyone who can solve a cube, says yes. And theres no convincing each other which one to choose, they all have a solid opinon..

[off topic]Jason, do you know when the next eastern coast competition is going to be? My first competition, VA open, was a blast, and looking forward to another competition.[/off topic]
 
I think both sportstacking and speedcubing are sports. My reasons are that they are competitive, forcing you to strive to better yourself, and they both take a high degree of dexterity and a very large amount of practice to reach high levels.

Chris
 
of course it is a sport. How can you compare it to hockey? You cant! It's like comparing apples and oranges, to use the overused analogy. Both oranges and apples are still fruits though!
 
I can't imagine it being viewed as a sport. No PE teacher at school would in their right mind give you the option of Speedcubing over playing Basketball or Rugby. It's more like an extracurricular activity that you'd find the Mathematical department hosting after school...

Given the broad understanding of Sport to be some kind of activity that involves a lot of sweat and exercise it'd be hard to call it a sport. Then again, there are many sports that are internationally recognised as such and don't required that much physical effort.

You could call it a sport, but I wouldn't expect any school to call it a sport :-P

Tim.
 
Well, I think there are different kinds of sports. There are athletic sports (hockey, football, etc), mental sports (any type of memory sport), musical sports (DCI) and other kinds. The common factor in all of these is that they involve competition. Anything that is competitive can be a sport. Now, we are not athletes just because we cube competitively. But just because we're not athletes doesn't mean that what we do isn't a sport. There is a difference between sports and athletics.

This is just my opinion of course. When most people here the word sport they think hockey, baseball, basketball, football, soccer (the REAL football). I just think that the word sport is not limited to athletics.

Lotsofsloths said:
[off topic]Jason, do you know when the next eastern coast competition is going to be? My first competition, VA open, was a blast, and looking forward to another competition.[/off topic]
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I think there is going to be a competition in Atlanta sometime in March. Other than that, I'm really not sure. I'll definitely be there if it happens though!
 
I would have to agree. Well, there really isn't any professional league. No one represents anything but themselves. Although. their country of current residence is posted in the results. You definitely could not base your livelihood off of speedcubing because the prizes are usually not money-oriented. It's not a very lucrative activity.
 
Dyste said:
I would have to agree. Well, there really isn't any professional league. No one represents anything but themselves. Although. their country of current residence is posted in the results. You definitely could not base your livelihood off of speedcubing because the prizes are usually not money-oriented. It's not a very lucrative activity.
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yes but that doesn't have too much to do with it being a sport or not.
For example playing Starcraft here is a hobby at best, but in Korea it is broadcasted on TV just like any other sport, and there are huge money prices for it as well, so you can totally make a living out of it. So... is it sport now or not?
i don't know... tough question. I think post #2 explains pretty well though.
 
March! I can never learn full ZB to pass Rama/Gilles/Dzoans/CuTex/all the other fast people by then!
SC is an e-Sport. Savior ftw. I suppose I'm happy with a zerg player winning the OSL even if it wasn't him.
I voted yes, I think its been explained enough :-)
 
badmephisto said:
For example playing Starcraft here is a hobby at best, but in Korea it is broadcasted on TV just like any other sport, and there are huge money prices for it as well, so you can totally make a living out of it. So... is it sport now or not?
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You can go to those competitions if you are good enough; you're not limited by where you reside. I've seen pro (televised) games with European competitors against Koreans, and I believe there were a few very good Canadians at the game.

I guess the difference I'm arguing and what everyone else is is that I'm thinking of a professional sport. Which (in my mind), cubing is clearly not.
 
Well, that wouldn't help either. As people have said, anyone who doesn't speedcube would have in mind the general idea of what a sport is, which is basically anything athletic. So there's really only 2 sides to this coin.
 
andrewvo1324 said:
DEFINITION:

an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.

activity - cubing
skill - remebering algorithms, turning the cube, looking ahead
physical - finger tricks
competive natures - wanting to get better then everyone else

So yes i think its a sport. =)
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and that's why I also say YES!
 
Well, this secondary definition from the dictionary from my word processor would support all those in favor of speedsolving being a sport.

2. pastime: an active pastime participated in for pleasure or exercise
 
TimMc said:
I can't imagine it being viewed as a sport. No PE teacher at school would in their right mind give you the option of Speedcubing over playing Basketball or Rugby. It's more like an extracurricular activity that you'd find the Mathematical department hosting after school...
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Lol, I'm not sure how many people here would know of Rugby :) .


ExoCorsair said:
I'm going to say no, because you cannot make a living off of it. *prepares for arguments against this*
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I think I mentioned somewhere else, if you were to host some tv show on the Rubik's cube or whatever, you could make a living off it....
 
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