Instances of regulation relaxation

[Spencer131]

I'm sure most of us are aware of the clock pin regulation being removed, and as a result many clock records are being broken.

Are there other examples of this in WCA history, where a regulation is relaxed and there is a wave of records?

 

[OtaMota]

I'm sure most of us are aware of the clock pin regulation being removed, and as a result many clock records are being broken.

Are there other examples of this in WCA history, where a regulation is relaxed and there is a wave of records?

Idk about a wave of records, times didn’t seem to spike from this, but I think this reg gave a wave of new ideas and methods.

Table abuse in OH has given methods like Roux a spot to be good, and it gave a WR and a 2023 champion.

 

[Spencer131]

Table abuse in OH has given methods like Roux a spot to be good, and it gave a WR and a 2023 champion.

Table use has been legal since 2008, it just become more common in the past few years

In 2007: During the solve no other body part or the table or any other available object must touch the puzzle.

In 2008: During the solve no other body part or any object other than the surface must touch the puzzle.

Sources:

• https://regulations.worldcubeassociation.org/history/files/regulations2007.html#onehandedsolving
• https://regulations.worldcubeassociation.org/history/files/regulations2008.html#onehandedsolving

 

[Jorian Meeuse]

I would guess allowing magnets had some impact on records. I don't know if it resulted in an immediate wave of records, but it certainly has influenced what records have been set in the past.

 

[xyzzy]

I would guess allowing magnets had some impact on records. I don't know if it resulted in an immediate wave of records, but it certainly has influenced what records have been set in the past.

Magnets were never banned, though.

 

[DGCubes]

Not sure about a wave of records, but allowing stickerless cubes had a major impact on which cubes are produced more and therefore set more records - nowadays it's actually hard to find stickered versions. Plus as a community we swapped so fast from "everyone has custom sticker shades" to "everyone uses stickerless cubes" once they were legalized.

 

[Jorian Meeuse]

Magnets were never banned, though.

Oh I always thought they used to be, I probably got it confused with stickerless cubes or something