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[Thom S.]

Not only by doing the obvious such as feet or Skewb, but also I think he could improve a lot in BLD events as he obviously has an unexploited talent for it.

While I think Feet won't happen in some time, Skewb could happen soon, as GAN is working on one. But it is true that Feliks stil has potential for BLD.

 

[FastCubeMaster]

While I think Feet won't happen in some time, Skewb could happen soon, as GAN is working on one. But it is true that Feliks stil has potential for BLD.

I believe he could cut his 5BLD almost in half but unfortunately got DNFs at his last comp. His 4BLD is pretty decent already but he doesn't seem to be practising 3BLD at all :/

 

[Cubed Cuber]

Max Park just got a 5x5 41.74 average of 5 and 40.66 mean of 3, improving his PB by 1.5 seconds and 1.8 seconds respectively:

His average of 5 is now 1.4 seconds faster than Feliks', and he now holds all of the UWRs in 5x5.

Feliks is going down.
or is he?

 

[Thom S.]

Feliks is going down.
or is he?

Well, people like Vandenbergh, Nakajima, Akkersdijk eventually couldn't keep up to be the best in many events, but I don't think it's the end of his time. Max Park has been a "Rival"(Feliks likes him) for some time, but just on 3x3 and OH. Max is now expanding on his events, as he certaily has/had the skills

 

[Cubed Cuber]

How old is Max Park and how old is Zemdegs?

 

[Gomorrite]

Feliks is going down.
or is he?

I don't think you can ever say that with Feliks. He was holding 12 WRs in 2011, dropped to 3 WRs in 3 occasions between 2013 and 2015 and now he holds 10 WRs again. For many years, every time he "went down", there has always been a comeback afterwards.

 

[Thom S.]

How old is Max Park and how old is Zemdegs?

16 and 21

 

[Cubed Cuber]

16 and 21

But as Zemdegs gets older, they get slower, right? Since he is probably almost at the peak performance of his cubing career
So then, would Feliks' cubing career end in like the next 1 or 1 1/2 decade or so.

 

[Thom S.]

But as Zemdegs gets older, they get slower, right? Since he is probably almost at the peak performance of his cubing career
So then, would Feliks' cubing career end in like the next 1 or 1 1/2 decade or so.

Well, people say that your body is at it's peak at 20 so you would be right, but without any serious finger/hand/wrist injuries, he will be at least at the top. He stil has some potential to use. On the other side, giving him another decade is pretty generous, considering he only cubes since 2009 and no other cuber managed to be as dominant in a wide range of events for this long(considering it steadily gets harder)

 

[alisterprofitt]

But as Zemdegs gets older, they get slower, right?

Historically speaking, all of the Zemdegs I've studied only slowed down after the age of 28, so this one has some time left.

 

[Cubed Cuber]

Then would Max Park be the next one to dominate the speedcubing community after Feliks?

 

[Gomorrite]

I don't think there is a decay in hand dexterity at 20 nor at 28. Technique of professional pianists doesn't worsen until they are like 50 or older, and it's the most similar physical activity I can think of.

By the way, the 3x3 OH UWR avg5 of 8.67 was just set by Kian Mansour (previous was 8.81 by Michal Pleskowicz) and he also improved his avg100 to 10.24 (previous was 10.27).

 

[alisterprofitt]

By the way, the 3x3 OH UWR avg5 of 8.67 was just set by Kian Mansour (previous was 8.81 by Michal Pleskowicz) and he also improved his avg100 to 10.24 (previous was 10.27).

Wow, I wish he would record his solves... An OH average of 100 would be niiice.

And yeah, finger dexterity shouldn't go down too much until you're really old. The world's fastest typist is 33 (Sean Wrona) and he says that although his burst speed is lower than it was, he's actually faster on average.

Edit: And probably the world's second fastest typist is 26, so 5 years older than Feliks. And Barbara Blackburn was in her 60s still setting typing records as I recall.

 

[Cubed Cuber]

Technique of professional pianists doesn't worsen until they are like 50 or older, and it's the most similar physical activity I can think of.

Wow, I wish he would record his solves... An OH average of 100 would be niiice.

And yeah, finger dexterity shouldn't go down too much until you're really old. The world's fastest typist is 33 (Sean Wrona) and he says that although his burst speed is lower than it was, he's actually faster on average.

Edit: And probably the world's second fastest typist is 26, so 5 years older than Feliks. And Barbara Blackburn was in her 60s still setting typing records as I recall.

So what you're saying is that Feliks very likely would not go down before he is like 50 or so.

 

[greentgoatgal]

Seriously. It's not even worth debating whether Feliks is going down or not. He is and will be a cubing legend. Even if he quits cubing or something, no one else has accomplished what he has.

 

[Gomorrite]

37.02 5x5 single UWR, by Max Park.

 

[Dancing Jules]

While I think Feet won't happen in some time, Skewb could happen soon, as GAN is working on one. But it is true that Feliks stil has potential for BLD.

Yeah, people tend to forget he once held the 4bld world record. That didn't happen by accident.

 

[greentgoatgal]

Yeah, people tend to forget he once held the 4bld world record. That didn't happen by accident.

Dang, I had no idea. When was that?

 

[turtwig]

Dang, I had no idea. When was that?

2011: https://www.worldcubeassociation.or...egionId=&eventId=444bf&years=&history=History

It was the first comp he got a success too. He destroyed the record by over a minute!

 

[xyzzy]

2011: https://www.worldcubeassociation.or...egionId=&eventId=444bf&years=&history=History

It was the first comp he got a success too. He destroyed the record by over a minute!

He needs to destroy the current record by over a minute again!