One-Answer WCA Competition and Regulations Question Thread

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This thread is for asking one-answer questions about WCA Competitions and Regulations.
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A few weeks ago, I signed up my friend for a competition, listing his country as USA. The competition already happened, and my friend wants to know if there is any way he can change his country in the WCA, as he was born in Kenya.

 

[pdilla]

If you pop during a BLD solve, I'm guessing you either take the DNF or have fun playing a game of warmer/colder or does that count as "assistance"?

 

[Schmidt]

I think you are on your own ( plus good luck putting it in the right way [50% success/failure] if you find the piece)
It would be funny if 2 guhongs popped at the same time and they found the piece from the other cube and when they take the blindfold off, they would have an unsolved cube with too many [green] pieces in it.

 

[Mike Hughey]

If you pop during a BLD solve, I'm guessing you either take the DNF or have fun playing a game of warmer/colder or does that count as "assistance"?

The game of warmer/colder would definitely be assistance, and would result in a DNF. The right thing to do if you pop is to put the pieces back in while blindfolded, and get lucky putting them in correctly. Of course, the same is true if you drop the cube - the correct way to continue is to pick the cube back up, and get lucky by choosing the correct orientation.

That's why I make sure all my cubes are virtually unpoppable, even if that means other people think they're too stiff. I hate DNFs.

 

[IWillCube]

What is the verdict on stickerless cubes in 2015?

 

[Note]

Is it possible to suggest future WCA competition locations?

 

[Matt11111]

What is the verdict on stickerless cubes in 2015?

As far as I know, none. WAITAMINUTE. WCA, are you finished with your decision yet? Happy New Year everybody.

 

[Matt11111]

The game of warmer/colder would definitely be assistance, and would result in a DNF. The right thing to do if you pop is to put the pieces back in while blindfolded, and get lucky putting them in correctly. Of course, the same is true if you drop the cube - the correct way to continue is to pick the cube back up, and get lucky by choosing the correct orientation.

That's why I make sure all my cubes are virtually unpoppable, even if that means other people think they're too stiff. I hate DNFs.

That must be really sucky. But great for blindsolving.

 

[Mike Hughey]

That must be really sucky. But great for blindsolving.

Since I wrote this (2 1/2 years ago!), cubes have gotten nicer; I generally don't need to have such stiff cubes anymore. Except when I do bigger multiBLD attempts - I haven't bought enough good cubes since then.

 

[Dene]

Is it possible to suggest future WCA competition locations?

Go ahead. Just don't expect anyone to pay any attention.

 

[SolveThatCube]

Are stickerless cubes competition legal now?

 

[Dene]

No.

 

[guysensei1]

I recently thought to put transparent Aosu internals into my main Aosu just for fun. Would that be comp legal? I personally don't see why it should be but asking just to be sure.

 

[Dene]

I recently thought to put transparent Aosu internals into my main Aosu just for fun. Would that be comp legal? I personally don't see why it should be but asking just to be sure.

If you can't see through the cube it's ok.

 

[guysensei1]

If a skewb center piece pops but the rest is solved and I stop the timer, DNF or not?

 

[TDM]

If a skewb center piece pops but the rest is solved and I stop the timer, DNF or not?

No DNF:
5b5b) If one part with one coloured face is affected, the puzzle is considered solved.

 

[Mike Hughey]

No DNF:
5b5b) If one part with one coloured face is affected, the puzzle is considered solved.

I guess I'd consider this somewhat challenging. With the center piece popped out, two of the corners will be free-floating. If they're nicely nestled in place and not moved around at all, I guess I'd probably consider it still solved (although I'd definitely write it up as an incident in a delegate report), but if one of them were even slightly out of place (twisted even a little bit), I'd really be unsure, and have a tendency to think it's probably a DNF. And I suspect that would require that the missing piece be the top center (since otherwise one of the corner slides down). After all, there's this guideline:
5b5++++) EXAMPLE Example of parts physically attached but not fully placed, resulting in a "DNF": a 3x3x3 edge piece slightly popped out.

 

[AlphaSheep]

I know this is a stupid question, but it just happened to me at home so I want to ask it anyway.

Consider the situation where I'm one move away from from solving the puzzle, and then it slips out of my hands, rolls off the table and onto the floor, and then slides under another table. Knowing it's only one move away, I stop the timer, hoping for just a +2 penalty.

Obviously, I can't touch the puzzle before the judge has inspected it, and the judge needs to be certain that I don't, so is it up to the judge to go look for the puzzle under the other table?

 

[cubizh]

Obviously, I can't touch the puzzle before the judge has inspected it, and the judge needs to be certain that I don't, so is it up to the judge to go look for the puzzle under the other table?

It's the judge's task to inspect the puzzle after the competitor stops the timer. Organizers should set up solving stations where that problem doesn't happen.

 

[lerenard]

If there are two events scheduled for the same block of time in a competition, can I only compete in one ?