idea: "Nth person to sub-11" for official results

[Yes We Can!]

For me, it sounds like a great idea!

 

[Toad]

I think this is a very good idea

Also I like Rowan's suggestion for "xxx entered top 10 with a yy.yy single and zz.zz average" but maybe go for top 20 to publicise the less well known but still rather fast people...?

 

[Kirjava]

11 seconds is fairly arbitary and this threshold will change, likely soon.

How do you suggest this change is handled?

 

[joey]

Just change the threshold.

 

[Toad]

Just change the threshold.

Genius.

 

[masterofthebass]

I like this quite a lot, I'm sure it will be especially appreciated in places like Hungary, Poland, the Netherlands and the US where the NRs for each puzzle are extremely fast.

I don't see how it could hurt to implement it, and it seems quite a 'friendly' feature.

don't forget the country with the world's second and fourth best allrounder

uh... who might this second be? I would say with almost no doubt that Erik and I are the top two all-arounders.

--edit--
looked at the stats page. I wouldn't say milan is better than me all around due to a few events that he has much better rankings in. I am faster in 9 events where he is only faster in 4 (magic, MM, OH, and 2x2) by significant margins. I also beat him in the single category, even if my FT ranking didn't exist just as his does with a ranking for 2x2 single that should mean absolutely nothing.

 

[Carrot]

This is a great idea I like it as long as there will also be a notification when you do good in the -minx evnets ;P

 

[amostay2004]

I like the idea too. There're still very few sub-11ers around that people who sub-11 average instantly get forum recognition, but this will probably change by next year. So it's nice to get this idea implemented by next year or so

 

[Kirjava]

Just change the threshold.

That'll never work.

 

[qqwref]

11 seconds is fairly arbitary and this threshold will change, likely soon.

How do you suggest this change is handled?

Changing the threshold works perfectly. You don't even have to have a single threshold - the minesweeper news keeps track of who breaks 50 seconds as well as who breaks 40 seconds. You can easily stop using a less difficult ranking when it is no longer impressive (I think minesweeper used to have a list of people who broke 60 seconds but there are too many now) and start using a more difficult one when it is first broken. This method wouldn't have to change much over the years (there IS a limit to 3x3 speed), and even if a few years later someone says "hey, sub-11 is not impressive anymore" you can still be happy to be the 8th person or whatever to do it.

 

[blade740]

You could just post any averages that are in the top 10 for that specific event. (or top 15, or whatever)

 

[Cyrus C.]

11 seconds is fairly arbitary and this threshold will change, likely soon.

How do you suggest this change is handled?

Once an x number of people get past that threshold, a new one is open & the old one gets closed (but not deleted).

 

[StachuK1992]

I think that top n in an event sounds better than sub x.
Like a news feed would say "Stachu Korick just improved himself to place 3 in Sq-1 with a time of xx.yy" or something like that.

 

[Lucas Garron]

Shotaro Makisumi broke his Rubik's 3x3x3 cube average record to achieve 6th place in the Unofficial Speedcubing Top Ten, with a new average record of 16.1 seconds.

 

[Tim Major]

This is a great idea I like it as long as there will also be a notification when you do good in the -minx evnets ;P

Pyraminx would be sub 6.5? Hard to tell. There's you getting sub 3 averages at home, Oka getting sub 5 at comp, but there is no where near as much competition for pyra, as there is for other events. There is 3 people getting 5 and under (5.04 counts as 5), but then 30 odd people later it's only just sub 8. Would mega be sub 1:10? or 1:05?

It would be hard to decide what the barriers are, as you can't create a barrier people have already passed.

 

[Anthony]

It would be hard to decide what the barriers are, as you can't create a barrier people have already passed.

Why not? I see no problem in having a notification whenever a new person reaches a sub 11 3x3 average, even though several people have already done so.

 

[qqwref]

It would be hard to decide what the barriers are, as you can't create a barrier people have already passed.

Creating a barrier people have already passed is the whole point. It's not "aww, 10 people have done this already" but rather "wow, I am only the 10th person to do this".

 

[Sin-H]

I totally like this idea!

 

[BeautifullyDecayed.]

This might be a stupid question but how do people submit their times?
Is it from weekly comp?
Or is it official WCA records?

 

[Sin-H]

This might be a stupid question but how do people submit their times?
Is it from weekly comp?
Or is it official WCA records?

we are talking about the official wca rankings =)