Haiyan Zhuang BLD solve?

VirKill said:
It was still....unbelievable....

Someone push his limit into BLD without (maybe) knowing normal speedsolving? Or.....is it possible if he's really BLIND?
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then how would he average under 50 seconds BLD if he can't see the cube to memo it?

I don't see anything wrong with this guy at all. If he wants to use a speedsolving event to warm up for BLD, then so what? It's not against the rules is it?
 
i think its really funny, personally. who cares what he does for 3x3 speed? as long as he is enjoying himself, and if it helps with his BLD solving, then it really doesnt matter.
 
lol some guy was using M2 for edges and something for corners and he was looking at it and solving it (this was at decatur open 2008) and he DNF'ed it after 2 minutes! I mean really how the hell....
 
It's not obnoxious because it's against the rules, it's obnoxious because it wastes everyone's time. If I were judging him I'd be mad that I had to sit there while he does a BLD solve which doesn't count for anything.

It's the same way that doing OH in competition is annoying if you've never practiced before and it takes you three minutes. Some of us have things to do with our lives, and it's impolite to take more time than you need on purpose.
 
mrbiggs said:
It's not obnoxious because it's against the rules, it's obnoxious because it wastes everyone's time. If I were judging him I'd be mad that I had to sit there while he does a BLD solve which doesn't count for anything.

It's the same way that doing OH in competition is annoying if you've never practiced before and it takes you three minutes. Some of us have things to do with our lives, and it's impolite to take more time than you need on purpose.
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What happened to the encouraging and friendly nature of cubing?!?!?!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

My friends have never tried OH before Drexel Open. At Drexel, the broke pbs every solve! They went from over 6 minutes down to around 2 minutes, I think it's worth it!
I don't waste people's times. He can do BLD in about 1 minute. Half of the competitors are over 30s at most competitions anyway and around 10% are over 1min, so it isn't so bad.
 
mrbiggs said:
It's not obnoxious because it's against the rules, it's obnoxious because it wastes everyone's time. If I were judging him I'd be mad that I had to sit there while he does a BLD solve which doesn't count for anything.

It's the same way that doing OH in competition is annoying if you've never practiced before and it takes you three minutes. Some of us have things to do with our lives, and it's impolite to take more time than you need on purpose.
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I wouldn't mind. If you have so many "things to do" with your life that you aren't willing to spend 40 seconds extra watching someone's solve, you shouldn't be judging at all. What I suggest for you is: go to a competition, do your five solves, and leave immediately!

Besides, one minute is not very long at all for a speedsolve. At every competition there are a handful of people at that level, and I even judged someone once who took 3:40 or so for 3x3. What kind of judge would I be if I got mad at them because they were too slow? It's also pretty impressive in around 1 minute, especially from so close. Personally I'd find watching a very fast BLD solve to be a welcome break from the hectic atmosphere of a 3x3 speed round.
 
fanwuq said:
What happened to the encouraging and friendly nature of cubing?!?!?!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
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I encourage people to compete no matter what their skill or goals are.

However, if you're being slow on purpose, that's obnoxious. I have no problem with someone who takes five minutes to solve the cube, as long as they're trying their best.

fanwuq said:
My friends have never tried OH before Drexel Open. At Drexel, the broke pbs every solve! They went from over 6 minutes down to around 2 minutes, I think it's worth it!
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They could have done that at home.


fanwuq said:
I don't waste people's times. He can do BLD in about 1 minute. Half of the competitors are over 30s at most competitions anyway and around 10% are over 1min, so it isn't so bad.
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It's slower. I'd say it's rude to those competitors if anything, because he's just showing that he can memorize the cube and then do it blind in the time it takes them to solve it.

qqwref said:
I wouldn't mind. If you have so many "things to do" with your life that you aren't willing to spend 40 seconds extra watching someone's solve, you shouldn't be judging at all. What I suggest for you is: go to a competition, do your five solves, and leave immediately!
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No, I enjoy watching cubing, and I enjoy watching people competing. But if you're bld solving during a speed competition, you're not competing, you're just messing around. To me, it's the same as getting up and going to the bathroom in the middle of the solve, or solving a 5x5x5 during a 3x3x3 round, or just staring at the timer for three minutes before starting. It's time that could be spent on other competitors without adding anything to the competition.

qqwref said:
Besides, one minute is not very long at all for a speedsolve. At every competition there are a handful of people at that level, and I even judged someone once who took 3:40 or so for 3x3. What kind of judge would I be if I got mad at them because they were too slow?
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It's not a matter of time taken, it's a matter of how hard you try. If I'm judging, it's to help other people compete, not to watch them screw around because they think they're that much better than the actual event they're supposedly competing in.
 
So when he's solving the cube.. he's not solving it as fast as he can? He's just really bad at pre-inspection.

He's probably like 20s or so (rough guesstimate) without memoing first. Not much of a difference :|
 
Come on, it takes a little longer than a speed solve, big deal. If it was over 2 minutes or something then it could slow down the competition, not much though. And he is great at BLD so I think the audience and most, if not all, competitors enjoy watching his solves.
 
i have to agree with ville and the rest of the people that are on this guy's side. as long as he's not doing something just to be a jerk it's fine. The guy is just trying to practice, give him a break.
 
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