Kalindu Sachintha Wijesundara19.67 FMC MEAN -

[FineGeoduck2211]

Per Cornell:

To prove prima facie defamation, a plaintiff must show four things: 1) a false statement purporting to be fact; 2) publication or communication of that statement to a third person; 3) fault amounting to at least negligence; and 4) damages, or some harm caused to the reputation of the person or entity who is the subject of the statement.

This applies broadly to defamation in the US, but the details vary from state to state. Admittedly I’m only familiar with the law in a couple of states, and in those the requirements for defamation are more strict. After doing a bit of research you are definitely correct for some states.

Nothing in this thread has been defamation by any means, but I suppose Kalindu could try to sue the WCA if they end up denying his record. I highly doubt he would have a case in that situation, assuming there’s any reasonable suspicion of the record being fake. And also Kalindu is in Sri Lanka which would make the entire legal process much more difficult anyway

Now everyone gets what I'm saying? I said this like a week ago lol.

 

[Curunír]

were's the vid?

it was posted earlier in this thread

Here is my reconstruction of all 6 solves at Sri Lankan Nationals FMC 2024

 

[Tabe]

Also something Else that kalindu has done suspicious is that at my comp there were 12 groups of 3x3 and 6 sets of scrams (A,B,C,D,E,F). I was in group 8 so it would make sense that I got set D but actually I got set F; kalindu was also in my group and he got pr2 single in this average. Idk if it’s cheating but it is definitely suspicious

Wait, what? Were groups competing simultaneously?

 

[JDAW6]

Wait, what? Were groups competing simultaneously?

Yeah there was 1 and 2 at the same time and so on so on. The both groups used the same scrambles, so what I’m saying is why did 7 and 8 get the 6th scramble set and not the 4th.

 

[Fukuoka Kengo James]

Wait, what? Were groups competing simultaneously?

The Hong Kong delegate (2007CHUE01) do the same as well in local comps there which I don't think is the most appropriate

 

[SkewbIsTheBestEvent]

Wait, what? Were groups competing simultaneously?

Happens in the Northeast as well. There are two stages, left or right, and both have the same scrambles.

 

[Tabe]

Happens in the Northeast as well. There are two stages, left or right, and both have the same scrambles.

Different stages isn't the same as different groups. We do different stages in the PNW all the time but people are still in the same group.

 

[abunickabhi]

Ehhh.. this is anything but bs. Looked on his profile and honestly it gets even more suspicious. I do not do FMC so I’m definitely not the best person here but from what I can comprehend this looks really odd.

Firstly, he did fmc for the first time in 2022, and got a 47, which can be done consistently with just niss + cfop, and as late as September last year had a pr of 36. If you look at the profiles of most top fmcers they have been consistently sub-30 for a number of years so for him to just spawn out of relative obscurity is weird at best.

From what people mentioned about his postings on various servers, I think you can’t really call him a seasoned competitor at this event. Interesting that he had only just become a delegate, since there was a case from 2011 where a Chilean delegate manipulated clock scrambles to get wr (ofc clock isn’t important whatsoever but i will simply use as an example).

Also with the exception of pbq this guy kinda sucks at cubing in general, (not trying to be rude, but when have you ever seen somebody with an fmc wr who averages like 20 in 3x3 it is strange, and I don’t even care if I’m rude at this point I’m this sure he is a fraud). I think this record will be annulled and will be surprised beyond question if it’s upheld. But hey the wca wrongly gave yiheng his 0.92 wr so who knows?

FMC capabilities and 3x3 average have no correlation.

Kalindu is quite older cuber. So I do not expect him to be fast in speed solving.

However he can be very competent in learning FMC and getting good at it very fast.

 

[ProStar]

Wait, what? Were groups competing simultaneously?

Southeast US does two groups at a time as well. I don’t know for sure if they’re different scrambles, but it’s always referred to as “Group N and Group N+1 competing now”, so I can only assume they’re actually different groups

 

[GloopyGum]

Southeast US does two groups at a time as well. I don’t know for sure if they’re different scrambles, but it’s always referred to as “Group N and Group N+1 competing now”, so I can only assume they’re actually different groups

They're only called different groups... whenever two different "groups" are competing at the same time they are actually the same group competing on different stages with the same scrambles. When the groups and scrambles are entered into the WCA database, there's only one group listed per scramble set (stages are disregarded entirely).

 

[mencarikebenaran]

yeah, to be honest i am also suspicious about his WR, because, how can he be so fast get a fewer moves in just few months ?
although i am non a FMC-er, i know, everything takes time and lots of practice.

 

[PapaSmurf]

This thread is a perfect example of how the internet gives people voices who know nothing about a certain subject. The long and short: someone maybe cheated, so the WDC is looking into it. We don't need to take sides and it doesn't really matter if someone on this forum has an opinion. Sure, express the opinion, but also keep to common (internet) courtesy. So be nice, don't draw conclusions about where someone is from (unless it is actually obvious - for example, you can conclude that someone from Italy will speak itallian, but not that someone from Italy is called Mario and is part of the mafia). Also, keep the posts relevant to the topic and don't double post. Also also, please think before you post. If you think I'm talking about you, I probably am.

If you have something new to add to the topic, please add. If you don't, please refrain from posting. For now, let's let the WDC come to a decision, and maybe try to understand the nuanced arguments instead of blurging an opinion.

 

[qwr]

This thread is a perfect example of how the internet gives people voices who know nothing about a certain subject.

It's rather shocking to me how many people on the internet (and real life!) are so confident in things they know so little about. The problem isn't the knowing little part, it's the misplaced confidence part.

Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them.
In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know. - Michael Crichton

 

[SkewbIsTheBestEvent]

@pjk please lock this thread.

I don't think this thread needs to be locked, because this is a WR (for now) and once the WDC comes to a conclusion people would want to know (because the forums, at least for me, is one of the quickest way to get cubing news.) IDK if this is possible, but maybe we could ban UKCubeFan from this thread, because he is continuously posting irrelevant posts.

 

[VincentCuber]

The cubing community is already toxic.

anyway looking at Kalindu's FMC notes, it looks like he did not pursue too many EO options. I have seen Chong Wen go insane in checking a lot of possibilities. I do not know DR well enough to comment on the number of moves he took to reach DR state and the less moves finish he got.

It pains me to say this but I think you are right

 

[UncleFrank]

It's been 2 weeks and none of the results for this comp have been posted. It's still only on WCA Live.

 

[GeographicalCuber]

It's been 2 weeks and none of the results for this comp have been posted. It's still only on WCA Live.

I'm guessing that the WDC is still suspicious of this record then?

 

[UncleFrank]

I'm guessing that the WDC is still suspicious of this record then?

They're not just holding up posting this record, which is understandable while they investigate, but they're holding up posting the whole comp. It is an FMC only comp, tho, so it's not really a lot of results.

 

[gruuby]

Another minor update to the situation:

A perfect success rate throughout 4BLD, 5BLD, and MBLD. It doesn't seem very suspicious on the surface for 4BLD, as he already has a mean, and he has succeeded in 7/11 of his official attempts, although he did beat his pr single and mean (from march 2024) by a minute. its mostly the 5BLD that seems suspicious. He has succeeded in 2/11 of his 5BLD attempts, and manages to get a mean.

 

[JDAW6]

Another minor update to the situation:View attachment 32246

A perfect success rate throughout 4BLD, 5BLD, and MBLD. It doesn't seem very suspicious on the surface for 4BLD, as he already has a mean, and he has succeeded in 7/11 of his official attempts, although he did beat his pr single and mean (from march 2024) by a minute. its mostly the 5BLD that seems suspicious. He has succeeded in 2/11 of his 5BLD attempts, and manages to get a mean.

Yeah this guy seems more suspicious here, also in 3bld he has done 36 attempts out of these attempts he has TEN NRS and he was the delegate in every one of them.