More official events?

[Weston]

I have done 1 SQ-1 BLD
never again
I even forgot some of the BLD algorithms
I might generate them again and post a video on how to do it

Square-1 bld is very impressive. I saw Takao get a solve at Houston open. I think it was only about 25 minutes or so. I would like to learn how pretty soon. Maybe after I get 4x4 bld.

 

[Spitfire97]

I didn't bother to time but was about 55 minutes(because of many interuptions)

 

[fundash]

Snake FTW!

 

[Daniel Wu]

I don't know. Will there be enough time at competions for all of this without dropping other events like pyra and square 1?

 

[Muesli]

I don't know. Will there be enough time at competions for all of this without dropping other events like pyra and square 1?

I say drop magic before Square-one. Square One is more fun. Anyway, can't you just have events on at the same time?

 

[Daniel Wu]

I don't know. Will there be enough time at competions for all of this without dropping other events like pyra and square 1?

I say drop magic before Square-one. Square One is more fun. Anyway, can't you just have events on at the same time?

Yeah I guess but that would be hard on the people organizing the competition I imagine...

 

[Cyrok215]

Competitions don't need to have every single event, if people going would want 2-5 relay more than 6x6, the organizer could just drop 6x6.

 

[Edmund]

I don't know. Will there be enough time at competions for all of this without dropping other events like pyra and square 1?

I say drop magic before Square-one. Square One is more fun. Anyway, can't you just have events on at the same time?

Dropping magic would do nothing. Judging a person for magic takes 1 minute. It's so short.

 

[Muesli]

I don't know. Will there be enough time at competions for all of this without dropping other events like pyra and square 1?

I say drop magic before Square-one. Square One is more fun. Anyway, can't you just have events on at the same time?

Dropping magic would do nothing. Judging a person for magic takes 1 minute. It's so short.

It would free up people, timers and general organisation time.

 

[IamWEB]

I don't think events like BLD and OH for 2x2x2 would ever become official events.
I can't explain exactly why fp) but most of you already understand why.

Relays sound like a cool idea, though.

 

[waffle=ijm]

I'm probably not alone when I say that the events we have are satisfactory in terms of popularity and number of events. I'm already tired of waiting for the events that I'm signed up for or events that I enjoy to watch. I'm sure some of you would feel this way as well. Bringing in new events that are time costly isn't really good for competitions that are only 1 day events like most. I'd rather see different puzzles like Pyraminx and Square-1 rather than watching a 2x2-5x5 relay, puzzles that already have their own events.

 

[Bryan]

Relays are crappy events.....it basically comes down to who can solve the big cube the fastest.

 

[IamWEB]

^True, but that doesn't mean a lot of people can be close in times.

Then again... you are right. I killed someone in 2x2x2, did better in 3x3x3, but had to use a crappy 4x4x4 and lots by like 30 seconds.
Hmmm...



I agree that we have enough events, and when you're not competing you can either watch people that are or do things like Team BLD and teamsolving.
However, if there WERE to be more events, this thread is where we speculate...

 

[Edmund]

Yeah I can't see relays being official. Also I'd rather have 2 rounds of 2x2 (my fav event) then a 2-4 Relay.

 

[IamWEB]

Aren't there usually 2 rounds of 2x2x2?

Just like 4x4x4 and (sometimes) 5x5x5.

 

[Edmund]

Aren't there usually 2 rounds of 2x2x2?

Just like 4x4x4 and (sometimes) 5x5x5.

I've been to 3 comps and none of them had 2 rounds.

 

[IamWEB]

Wow, on average how many competitors were there?

 

[Edmund]

For 2x2 one had 49 competitors, one had 14, and one had 12. So one had a pretty big number. Yeah. But I just said 2x2 cause it's my favorite event, it could be anything though; 4x4, 5x5, Pyraminx, etc.

 

[Kian]

I think Team BLD would be a fantastic event to have made official. It is very different from other events and making it a "team" event is something that starkly contrasts our currently all individual events. Frankly, I'd just like to see it at more competitions, official or not, but it's difficult to fit it in, so I'm not sure if it was made official that it would be seen too often still.

Edit: On the 2x2, discussion, I've been to 15 competitions and none of them have had 2 rounds of 2x2 or 5x5. One had a 5 person final for 4x4, but that was quite a long while ago. It is not overly commonplace to have 2 rounds. In fact, we almost always have combined finals for 4x4 and 5x5.

 

[esquimalt1]

I actually think it would be kind of cool to have a team solve event. (with eyes open.) Like doubles cubing. One person would hold the cube in their left hand, and the other person would hold the cube with their right hand. I don't see a problem if one person is doing more work than the other because he/she would only be using one hand.