If you could add ANY WCA event

Wylie28 said:
My grandfather wants to see an event where you get a srambled cube and try to make your cube look exactly like it as fast as you can
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This is called match the scramble and is part of the weekly competition.

I agree a relay would be fun, either 2-4 or 3-5. Would certain methods become more or less viable?
 
Honestly, I would add some type of shape mod. We have all of the cubic puzzles but why not one where you have to know where which shape goes where and how to orient the centers?

Idk, some type of shape mod event seems cool...

Or relays. But they probably wouldn't go for it because I bet that event would take up a lot of time.
 
thought solving. the competitor is given a 3x3 scramble, paper and a pencil, and no cube. he/she must write the solution out on the piece of paper. the competitor to submit a correct solution the quickest wins. you could also do a fmc like this i suppose.
however, im not sure that this would fit into a cubing competition. because there isnt a physical puzzle thats being solve... but clock is a thing so i dont see why not ;)
 
sneaklyfox said:
Total BLD mirror blocks. Timer starts, lift the cover, solve the cube, stop timer.
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Seppomania would love that.

I'd quite like it myself. I like the 3x3 mods so mirror blocks, master morphix or Fisher cube would suit me.

I'm assuming this is a fantasy thread so arguments are more pointless than usual?
 
Ross The Boss said:
thought solving. the competitor is given a 3x3 scramble, paper and a pencil, and no cube. he/she must write the solution out on the piece of paper. the competitor to submit a correct solution the quickest wins. you could also do a fmc like this i suppose.
however, im not sure that this would fit into a cubing competition. because there isnt a physical puzzle thats being solve... but clock is a thing so i dont see why not ;)
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That would be basically impossible besides inversing the scramble and just maybe slightly modifying the scramble you have infront of you. And even that, there probably isn't many people who know how to do it (Really good Fewest move solvers, maybe)
 
NewCuber000 said:
That would be basically impossible
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No it wouldn't. It would take time though. The way I would do it is:

First I would choose 1-2 pieces at the time and track in my mind move by move where those pieces would be if you apply the scramble on solved cube.
Then I would write down the places that pieces end up and start over and choose different piece(s) to track this time.
And just repeat until you have location of all the pieces written down.
(note that it would take me a LONG time and would be very frustrating and irritating :D )

After that it's all easy because now you have the starting state of the cube written down somehow.
Next I would just find a piece that is at my edge buffer position and then go through the cycles from there and translate that to normal 3BLD memo (which I can even write down on paper)
Then just write down a normal BLD solution based on that memo.

Quite easy actually but very time consuming and frustrating :D
 
NewCuber000 said:
That would be basically impossible besides inversing the scramble and just maybe slightly modifying the scramble you have infront of you. And even that, there probably isn't many people who know how to do it (Really good Fewest move solvers, maybe)
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not true. i have done it speed BLD style up to the U layer of corners. LSE DNF though. i spread it out over a few days, but im sure that if i were to work on it i could do this type of thing within a reasonable time.
 
tseitsei said:
No it wouldn't. It would take time though. The way I would do it is:

First I would choose 1-2 pieces at the time and track in my mind move by move where those pieces would be if you apply the scramble on solved cube.
Then I would write down the places that pieces end up and start over and choose different piece(s) to track this time.
And just repeat until you have location of all the pieces written down.
(note that it would take me a LONG time and would be very frustrating and irritating :D )

After that it's all easy because now you have the starting state of the cube written down somehow.
Next I would just find a piece that is at my edge buffer position and then go through the cycles from there and translate that to normal 3BLD memo (which I can even write down on paper)
Then just write down a normal BLD solution based on that memo.

Quite easy actually but very time consuming and frustrating :D
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This seems more like a table game you would do with friends between events than an actual official event.

I've never been to a comp though. What do you guys do between events? If my friends come with me to Nats we will probably to team relays or something.
 
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TraciAG said:
This seems more like a table game you would do with friends between events than an actual official event.

I've never been to a comp though. What do you guys do between events? If my friends come with me to Nats we will probably to team relays or something.
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one is typically expected to make lame jokes and talk about how much they suck at the event they are about to compete in, even if (especially if) they are going to make it to the final round. kids also want to play with your cubes sometimes...
 
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