[Poll] Who is the greatest speedcuber of all time?

[drewsopchak]

Myself.

 

[ressMox]

Just answer the question, the greatest in your opinion, whatever section you want it to be.

It seems people really put down Feliks for some reason. Feliks has completely dominated the cubing world, and as far as I know nobody else up there has to the extent Feliks has. He did it so quickly too.

The problem is that the thread has not defined the term greatest? Does greatest mean fastest? Most contributions to cubing theory and puzzle solving? Just whoever we like the best? Most contributions to the cubing community? As Sahid mentioned, the term "great" is vague. If greatest means fastest, or most dominant, then yes, many people would probably vote for Feliks, with WCA stats to back it up. But if we are taking other things into consideration, then the question becomes considerably more complicated. If we consider any other factor, then the given list is not nearly long enough. If the list includes people like Matyas Kuti, then why not Erik Akkersdijk as many people have mentioned. If we consider contributions to cube theory and methods, then why not people like Heise, or Roux, or Zbigniew? If we consider contributions to the community, then why not people like badmephisto, or Thrawst who have helped countless people make the step forward from a total noob? Hell, why not Tyson Mao?

TL;DR: Ill-defined terminology and poll options aren't complete enough.

 

[Zhanchi1]

Could you please define "greatest" in this case? That is actually very vague, do you mean fastest? Greatest contributer? Or just personal favorite?

Greatest: personal favorite

 

[ressMox]

Greatest: personal favorite

Greatest should not equal personal favorite in my opinion. And in that case, how does this thread differ from www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?19031-Favorite-Cuber ?

I really do hope I don't sound rude, I just don't think that a poll system would work for a question that has such a wide array of answers. Especially one that mostly includes the people who would be considered some of the fastest or most dominant competitors. There are many who have done great things for the cubing community, but may not necessarily be the fastest cubers. I just think that they deserve a bit more appreciation than the "Other" option.

 

[ThomasJE]

All the the others are in the poll OTHER
Erik is in the poll OTHER
And matyas held several world records, despite his cheat

But he cheated. So, surely he can't be the greatest cuber ever.
And Erik also held a number of records.

 

[James Ludlow]

Erik

 

[merryme]

I guess most of us will consider the speed as the standard of how great a cuber is. So I said Feliks Zemdegs.

 

[aikikai_cuber]

FRANK MORRIS!!!!!!!

 

[insane569]

Stefan is winning by far. He is an overall funny guy who contributes alot to the forums and is really active in the cubing world. He wins.

 

[PandaCuber]

why so many people coose feliks

 

[conn9]

I can't see me loving nobody but Yu, Nakajimaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

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no homo

 

[That70sShowDude]

why so many people coose feliks

why so many people not choose feliks?