Juggling 3 3x3s as potential future WCA event

[Filipe Teixeira]

This is a pretty bad idea. It’s fun for the few who can do it as a fun challenge but as far as applying broadly it’ll never work. There are dozens of new puzzles and variants I’d rather add and that would be more popular. Juggling also is a completely different skill from cubing. Should we also add blitz chess, except you need to solve a 5x5 before you can win? Sure it’s fun as a cool thing for a couple cubers that also play chess to do, but doesn’t make any sense as an event

I get your point but remember that bld has memory techniques, which has nothing to do with cubing

 

[Running for cube]

https://forum.worldcubeassociation.org/t/add-3x3-juggling/33304

What do guys think? Idea taken from the WCA forums. I think it should tried unofficially at official comps first. If there are more than 2 people participating in this event at a place, it should be held otherwise it should be scrapped.

Oh… I was wondering why I saw this posted by two people.

 

[Running for cube]

I feel this should stay as an unofficial thing, as this would be hard to organize, hard to make regs for, and would have such a small competitor pool that it wouldn’t ever be done.

 

[kubesolver]

I am really good at juggling (very comfortable with 5 balls tricks, could perform 5 clubs 15 or so years ago, I can juggle 3 balls blind for some time).

I can not perform a sune algorithm on the cube while juggling. My personal best is U U U U back to solved state.
I think I could learn it if I get better in OH, but this thing is ridiculously difficult.

Bad event

 

[arbivara]

I think there are like 43 quintillion better candidates for official events

like fto, kilominx, 8x8, 9x9, team bld and solving cubes under water

I mostly agree, but clearly not with cubes under water. That might be a good idea for a tv show (as the juggling one, BTW), but its potentially dangerous to have in a comp. Don't even think about it

 

[abunickabhi]

I mostly agree, but clearly not with cubes under water. That might be a good idea for a tv show (as the juggling one, BTW), but its potentially dangerous to have in a comp. Don't even think about it

Nice joke about 43 quintillion.

How is it dangerous to have it in a comp? I do not understand.

 

[arbivara]

How is it dangerous to have it in a comp? I do not understand.

Let's say that besides asking that participants do not enter an event in which DNF is expected WCA would have to make a rule that DND (do not drown) is mandatory