JustinTimeCuber
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*people try to convince me that solving a 4x4 rubik's cube blindfolded is not hard*
Stop.
If you can solve a 4x4, then you can pretty much solve a 5x5, 6x6, and 7x7, so they are only slightly harder than 4x4 (last 2 centers comes to mind as being trickier on bigger cubes) but at least in those you get to look. Success rates in 4BLD are low (if someone knows the exact rate then that would be nice). I'm not saying to remove events. I think Clock is an odd event and Feet isn't necessarily the cleanest event, and I wouldn't be sad if they were removed, but I think in general we should be expanding the events list, not reducing it, but I'll repeat if 1 event had to be removed it should be Clock. As I'm sure many of you know, I support the addition of Kilominx as an event, as long as it remains popular for a while as an unofficial event.
Stop.
If you can solve a 4x4, then you can pretty much solve a 5x5, 6x6, and 7x7, so they are only slightly harder than 4x4 (last 2 centers comes to mind as being trickier on bigger cubes) but at least in those you get to look. Success rates in 4BLD are low (if someone knows the exact rate then that would be nice). I'm not saying to remove events. I think Clock is an odd event and Feet isn't necessarily the cleanest event, and I wouldn't be sad if they were removed, but I think in general we should be expanding the events list, not reducing it, but I'll repeat if 1 event had to be removed it should be Clock. As I'm sure many of you know, I support the addition of Kilominx as an event, as long as it remains popular for a while as an unofficial event.
As for the cutoff times thing, [bias warning: I'm bad at everything but 3x3 and 2x2] I think that there should be competitions that hold 3x3, 2x2, and 3 weird events, but have an easy cutoff for the weird events. I kinda want to organize one myself but I never get around to finding a delegate :3I agree, whether big BLD or big cubes is harder is a matter of subjectivity. Many people have 5BLD as the last event they need to complete their profile, as it is obviously a difficult event, but lots of people are stuck without 6/7 means because they can't meet the cutoffs. For example, Brandon Mikel's last event before gold member status was 7x7 because he struggled to meet cutoff times for the event, especially with only one chance to do so. Matthew Dickman is another case of this: he has every WCA result completed except for 6x6 and 7x7 means, and he is also finding it hard to meet typical cutoffs at competitions.