New Event ideas (Poll)

[Michael Womack]

I personally think there would be way too big of a gap for DNFs, because dropping the cube could happen. I think that Square-2 should be implicated into the WCA. However, not many people have Square-2s at all.

I agree on Square-2 since now there's the cubetwist and Calvin brand Square-2 also working on making one 90% done on it

 

[Meep]

And about Skewb, seeing a 5-move intuitive solution seems like a bit of a stretch even with today's fastest Skewb solvers. I honestly don't think Skewb will see sub-5 averages for a long while simply because of the turning style of the puzzle. And I'll certainly never see a sub-4 Skewb average.

Averages like those have happened before (multiple times) without even seeing the intuitive solution: First step -> Done, 3-4 times out of 5 solves.

 

[bluecloe45]

Think just how much time that would take, though. Experienced BLD methods use slice moves frequently. Not feasible imo.

And about Skewb, seeing a 5-move intuitive solution seems like a bit of a stretch even with today's fastest Skewb solvers. I honestly don't think Skewb will see sub-5 averages for a long while simply because of the turning style of the puzzle. And I'll certainly never see a sub-4 Skewb average.

Quite wrong I think, it is just like regular OH, people use different algorithms that are easier to maneuver one handed. Here is an example. Credit to Timothy Sun:

 

[Michael Womack]

Quite wrong I think, it is just like regular OH, people use different algorithms that are easier to maneuver one handed. Here is an example. Credit to Timothy Sun:

yes that is the OH BLD that I want

 

[asportking]

yes that is the OH BLD that I want

But OH BLD is totally pointless. It's the same reason some people want 7x7 gone- it's basically the same thing as BLD. And they both have their own separate events.

 

[Ranzha]

Quite wrong I think, it is just like regular OH, people use different algorithms that are easier to maneuver one handed. Here is an example. Credit to Timothy Sun:

I wasn't aware of this. This is insane =O

 

[vcuber13]

I wasn't aware of this. This is insane =O

aron has one slightly faster as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FMWmNAovlo

 

[bluecloe45]

aron has one slightly faster as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FMWmNAovlo

Oh man I forgot about this

 

[Penguinstorm300]

The Skewb would be nice, though I would personally like to see the 2x3x3 and the 2x2x3 cuboids.

But then it would be World Cube and Cuboid Association

 

[Blindbiker22]

I think there should be 2x2 BLD, a sliding 15 puzzle, and something like a 2-7+pyra and mega relay (qualification needed) just for some ultimate title

 

[cubegenius]

8x8 would be awesome!

 

[drewsopchak]

I think there should be 2x2 BLD, a sliding 15 puzzle, and something like a 2-7+pyra and mega relay (qualification needed) just for some ultimate title

Why should there be a 15 puzzle event?

 

[Owen]

Why should there be a 15 puzzle event?

It's a fun puzzle, that many people can solve, and enjoy solving. It is also one of the oldest combination puzzles, and is arguably the precursor the the Rubik's cube, and twisty puzzles in general.

 

[Rubiksboy1]

What is the 360?
And I'd love to just watch a live 7x7 BLD. That would be incredible.

 

[ottozing]

I think skewb and 15 puzzle would be good. Someone would have to figure out a way to scramble 15 puzzles effectively though

 

[ThomasJE]

I think skewb and 15 puzzle would be good. Someone would have to figure out a way to scramble 15 puzzles effectively though

qqtimer has a 15 puzzle scrambler.

 

[cubegenius]

imo skewb and 360 would be the worst of the choices on the poll.

 

[cubernya]

imo skewb and 360 would be the worst of the choices on the poll.

Explain why you think skewb is a bad choice

 

[Ranzha]

Explain why you think skewb is a bad choice

I'm curious as well. The opinion still stands, though.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Now that this has been around for a while, it's interesting to look at the results.

Skewb clearly wins. It's a pretty popular puzzle, it's a little harder than a 2x2x2, so it's not totally trivial, and I think there's a pretty good case for it. Considering past discussions with Ron, it seems logical that if we ever add another official event, it should be skewb.

Relays are second place. That surprises me. I've always thought it seems silly to do relays when the best person at the bigger cube will almost always win. However, I will admit that effect is not quite as strong for 2x2x2-4x4x4. Mainly I see relays as a pain to run and judge - you have to scramble 3 cubes, bring them to the competitor, and keep them all covered before starting inspection. Then you have to keep them all together as you bring them back to scramble for the next solve. I'd think it would be easy to get them mixed up. However, I guess it really went pretty well in the unofficial competition at US Nationals, so maybe my worries are unfounded.

The next 4 are all BLD events. Well, that is, if you count 2x2x2 BLD as a BLD event. It was interesting how the 2x2x2 BLD events came out at US Nationals. There were 12 competitors, and 10 of them got successes. I of course used my normal BLD method, and was beaten by 4 people, all of whom are awesome enough at 2x2x2 to easily beat me by one-looking a normal solve. (Thom could have done it too - I guess he just had a bad day.) It's pretty clear that people who are great at 2x2x2 speedsolve would dominate this event.

The next 3 BLD events are all ones I suspect the WCA would never support. I'm surprised by the popularity of 3x3x3 OH BLD. I suppose it wouldn't have to be that slow of an event, so it wouldn't be so impractical. But I admit I'm not a fan of OH speedsolving (it's my least favorite of the 19 currently official events, and yes, that even includes Magic!), so I guess I'm not a good person to be passing judgment on it. As for 6x6x6 BLD and 7x7x7 BLD, considering the people who already hate 5x5x5 BLD, I really doubt they could ever happen. (Sad, but true, and I'm a realist.)