Greatest world record improvement shock?

[DavidWoner]

I think Hsuan Chang improved the most, just half a year ago when I went to Taiwan Open 08, I saw him getting 2 minute averages

Interesting, in one month, he dropped 30s off this time. If you start counting from August, then perhaps he hasn't improved that much.

Wow, you're right. Check out these times. It's pretty insane considering there's only a month between these two competitions...

July:
Average: 2:03.29; Times: 2:07.25, 1:57.41, 2:05.94, 2:06.52, 1:55.19

August:
Average: 1:30.72; Times: 1:24.22, 1:41.83, 1:35.53, 1:27.63, 1:29.01

Well he could've probably done very badly for his speed in the July competition and did very well in the August one..
Competitions can make you really nervous

I don't think he was nervous at all, well he didn't seem so

I'm gonna go with: He got a V-Cube.

I still think Hsuan Chang's former world record was shocking

Really? He only beat Michal's average by .14 (the smallest margin ever) and Erik's single by 3 seconds(about an average margin). And it's not like he was some random unknown who came out of nowhere.

Tim Habermaas 24/24. Nuff said.

Yes.

 

[qqwref]

Kuti's 54.83 was ridiculous at the time, as well as his 0.86 magic.

This. Matyi set a LOT of crazy records in his time, such as the Clock records which I believe still stand. The magic especially was insane since I remember at the time the record was 1.07 by Craig who many people thought was pretty much at the limit. And then, a 24% improvement on a puzzle that is purely finger speed!

That particular WR was alos the one I remember most well... because I could've set the WR if that Hungarian competition hadn't happened (I got a 1.06 just a month later.)

 

[Robert-Y]

Oh for the time that people thought it was a new WR, Grzegorz Prusak's 7.58 square-1 solve was a big shock

 

[Mike Hughey]

I have to also go with Chris's most recent 4x4x4 BLD WR. That one was far more unexpected than anything else I've ever seen, because he had told us he hadn't been practicing (and we all know Chris is very truthful), and we knew he was nowhere near Ville speed. And then he suddenly hits Ville speed, out of nowhere. It was totally amazing.

 

[kajitatsu]

Yu Nakajima's 2 WRs, Yu Jeong-Min's 11.76 WR, Kazuhito and Ville.

 

[JLarsen]

I think Hsuan Chang improved the most, just half a year ago when I went to Taiwan Open 08, I saw him getting 2 minute averages

Interesting, in one month, he dropped 30s off this time. If you start counting from August, then perhaps he hasn't improved that much.

Wow, you're right. Check out these times. It's pretty insane considering there's only a month between these two competitions...

July:
Average: 2:03.29; Times: 2:07.25, 1:57.41, 2:05.94, 2:06.52, 1:55.19

August:
Average: 1:30.72; Times: 1:24.22, 1:41.83, 1:35.53, 1:27.63, 1:29.01

WOW, yeah, agreed. amazing.

 

[Neroflux]

Kazuhito and Ville.

totally expected IMO.

 

[rckclmb124]

I think the most shocking, not necicarily improvement is Eriks 0.96 2x2

 

[kajitatsu]

Kazuhito and Ville.

totally expected IMO.

Yes but the times were significant improvements, (Kazuhito's could have been better).

 

[Hadley4000]

Not one record in particular, but the 5x5x5 WR race that is going on now.

Less than a year ago, Dan got that 1:29 avg and people flipped. Now a 1:29 avg might not even get applause. from 1:29 to 1:16 in a matter of months.

 

[TemurAmir]

Erik Akkersdijk's Wr was a shock. It lasted really long too, now its at like 200 days? Also Matyas Kuti's blindfold solves were a shock. Until it was found that he cheated that is.

 

[Gparker]

Not one record in particular, but the 5x5x5 WR race that is going on now.

Less than a year ago, Dan got that 1:29 avg and people flipped. Now a 1:29 avg might not even get applause. from 1:29 to 1:16 in a matter of months.

yea, no one even appluses for sub 11 seconds on 3x3 anymore etheir

but yea for me, Tim with 24/24

 

[KJiptner]

Tim Habermaas 24/24. Nuff said.

I totally agree. The WR was 10/10 in 1:36 before that. He did more than twice as many cubes in just 2:15. Plus the UWR was only 21/21 by that time. Tim also has a video on his channel and it has only about 31 comments.

I can't understand why nobody really cared much about this record. Everybody was just like: "Oh, I wonder when Rowe will break this."

 

[Sa967St]

Oh for the time that people thought it was a new WR, Grzegorz Prusak's 7.58 square-1 solve was a big shock

haha, I totally agree with that, especially since it was under the 3x3x3 single wr at that time. The video of it was amusing, he just shrugged after he finished the solve

 

[dChan]

For me it was Chris Hardwick's current 4x4x4 BLD world record. I was very shocked and amazed at it. The video of that record has to be one of my favorites in terms of cubing.

Just for pure shock factor, I was very surprised by Tomasz Zolnowski's 10.63 3x3x3 average world record simply because of when it occurred.

 

[qqwref]

Now a 1:29 avg might not even get applause.

People don't applaud for averages where I come from. But fast single times do still get applause, i.e. people clapped for my 1:18 5x5 solve when I got it.

 

[Hakan]

Now a 1:29 avg might not even get applause.

People don't applaud for averages where I come from. But fast single times do still get applause, i.e. people clapped for my 1:18 5x5 solve when I got it.

They should when it's announced during the winners ceremony

For me it was Dan Cohen's new 5x5 WR avg (1:16.75)
Before, it was a race between Dan and Erik. Then Michal and Hsuang came in. I thought Michal would pwn everybody, but then Dan broke the record by almost 4 seconds, being the first person to have a sub-80 seconds average.

 

[VirKill]

I believe that next 3x3x3 BLD WR will have a huge gap... See how's Ville improvement lately...

And of course for one hour Multi BLD...

 

[Stefan]

For me: When I broke the megaminx single and average world records at RWC2007 and thought I'd be world champion again and then Erik came and took all that away from me.

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

No one cares when I do anything "fast" in some Chinese competitions. I pull out an absolutely average time for me for 5x5 (1:35), no applause, and when a Chinese person does a 2:10 5x5 solve there's all this applause.