Pyjam
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Regularity of performance being the key, and with 4 series being done, why not use the mean of the 4 avg-5 instead of only the last series?
I really don't see a problem with luck being involved. Luck plays a major role in most sports (if it didn't, every game would have a guaranteed outcome), and although luck does play a significant role with records in cubing, it plays a minimal role in deciding winners of a competition. Winners are decided from the same scrambles, so whether the scrambles are easy or hard doesn't play a role in deciding competition winners. To be able to take advantage of easy starts is purely skill (in my opinion) and getting skips later in your solve depends on your solution, and not the scramble - and that's also a skill (in my opinion).
And for the small degree of luck that remains? That's what makes competitions worth following because the outcome is not already predetermined.
Maybe the pressure has finally gotten to Feliks, could this be the fall of a legend?
Very much this. Also worth pointing out of those records, all except for 3x3 single and OH single he broke in the last month. He regained the 3x3 average just over two weeks ago and broke 6 world records this weekend!He holds
3x3 single
3x3 average
4x4 single
5x5 single
5x5 average
6x6 single
6x6 average
7x7 single
7x7 average
and OH single
He just lost his first comp, not much a big deal considering how big the competition was.
Very very doubtful. Don't forget, Feliks has just done three competitions within a short time of eachother, all of which in different countries. The likelihood is, he's just exhausted. I mean crap, I would be too. Also don't forget that he has broken WRs in all three of these comps, including the world's first ever sub-6 3x3 average in competition.Maybe the pressure has finally gotten to Feliks, could this be the fall of a legend?
He lost WC2011 and that was a upset of sorts since back then he was over a second quicker than everyone else. People have caught him up.He holds
3x3 single
3x3 average
4x4 single
5x5 single
5x5 average
6x6 single
6x6 average
7x7 single
7x7 average
and OH single
He just lost his first comp, not much a big deal considering how big the competition was.
This is just one comp, people haven't cought him. He is half a second faster then the rest, that is incredible. I would say Felix is at his peak, how he managed this months world records. First with 3x3 and 4x4. And then in Paris all the rest. Come on, it is insane and In speedcubing one comp lost doesn't mean much.He lost WC2011 and that was a upset of sorts since back then he was over a second quicker than everyone else. People have caught him up.
What is wrong with the current format? It has been in use since 2003 those back then early rounds had best of 3. What even is an viable alternative.
Regularity of performance being the key, and with 4 series being done, why not use the mean of the 4 avg-5 instead of only the last series?
What about a timer reset?
Maybe the pressure has finally gotten to Feliks, could this be the fall of a legend?
This is just one comp, people haven't cought him. He is half a second faster then the rest, that is incredible. I would say Felix is at his peak, how he managed this months world records. First with 3x3 and 4x4. And then in Paris all the rest. Come on, it is insane and In speedcubing one comp lost doesn't mean much.
About the format, if there is so many changed positions between rounds, then it is a sign to change. If you want to find the best cuber in the world just by one competition, then maybe there should be the change in format.
The qualifying results would be different, but here are the basic results.Regularity of performance being the key, and with 4 series being done, why not use the mean of the 4 avg-5 instead of only the last series?
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