adimare
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The WCA Board supersede the regs, so if they decide so nothing breaks the regs. Suck on that.
*deliberate attempt to start a flamewar*
Do you agree with the decision? The two reasons presented in the statement made by the WCA seem pretty weak to me:
1. Rami most likely did not gain a significant or unfair advantage from being exposed to the scrambled state for a brief glimpse.
That "most likely" implies that maybe he did get a significant and unfair advantage, which means that maybe an incredibly hard to beat WR was awarded to someone that had a significant and unfair advantage. I'd love to see the arguments that convinced a majority of the board that a world class 2x2 solver does not get any sort of advantage from a) knowing the scramble was incredibly easy ahead of time and b) actually seeing the scramble.
2. Not awarding the solve time would be more unfair than whatever unfairness there might be in the glimpse offered.
This argument relies 100% on the first one being correct. If a WR was awarded to someone with a significant advantage, the situation is unfair not only to other competitors that day but to anyone who has ever legitimately solved a 2x2 in a WCA competition.
Rami should not suffer for the incorrect behavior of another competitor.
That's just wishful thinking stated as fact. What happened to Rami sucks, but I don't think it's wise to sweep it under the rug and deny the fact that by the time it was his turn to solve the cube, he had advantages no one else did.