Sajwo
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The plot thickens...
So how exactly a 18 years girl that is not yet a candidate can change anything?
The plot thickens...
This event is 100% to show off speedcubing. Fmc and bld aren’t super spectator friendly events and therefore they will not have them.
So how exactly a 18 years girl that is not yet a candidate can change anything?
She's got the fastest 3x3 single by a female in the WCA database by over a second and fastest average by over 1/3 of a second. They're interested in single times, and they've announced that they'll have a female division. The fastest female (3x3) speedcuber in the world has tremendous leverage.
I don't know how much influence Feliks has, but considering the general dearth of world class female (or any female) speedcubers they need every one they can get and any given one (especially the best) will have outsized weight. Feliks' influence is also greatly reduced by the fact that he does not currently hold the WR single.Just a competitor like me or you. Your speed doesn't determine anything. Feliks is even a better example, yet he has no influence in WCA or RSCA at all.
#handsoffourcubes
I dont think we should completely boycott it but educate the public that Rubik's cubes are rubbish and that the WCA is better, that way we can grow speedubing without letting Rubik's mess it up
After I resigned as a delegate I had no idea how things with the RSA had been proggressing and I was shocked to see this. Initially I was excited about the news: I saw it as an opportunity to grow cubing and provide a well deserved spotlight and cash for top cubers and asumed that the WCA had finally reached an agreement with Rubiks. Then I learned what happened behind doors and I was irritated to say the least.
Already made my rant on facebook:
This is frustrating. For years thousands of people have put great effort and work to promote cubing, advance cube designs and popularize the mental sport. Then comes Rubiks trying to rip a profit out of the popularity created by the community, suing stores and trying to replace the WCA, doing so in secret behind the back of those they claim to support.
Shame on Red Bull for not approaching or getting informed about the community.
Definitely agree with this, especially in the case that Rubik's loses the lawsuit. If they don't, then it will be complicated internationally.Having the manufacturer of the equipment running comps is a conflict of interest.
This might seem obvious but the fact that Rubik's isn't able to make good hardware might distract:
In my opinion Rubik's ability to build good cubes should in no way be related to the choice of cubes in competitions (whether that be WCA or Red Bull or whatever comes in the future). It seems very important that competitors are allowed to use the cubes they're the most comfortable with, no matter who manufactured them. This should remain true even if Rubik's starts making good cubes in the future.
So, before I go on, I'd like to make it clear that the competition itself is a good thing [...]
[...] and I strongly believe that the cubing community should respect the decisions of anyone who decides to compete [...]
This event is 100% to show off speedcubing. Fmc and bld aren’t super spectator friendly events and therefore they will not have them.
the rescramble actually looks very cool, this will hopefully throw up a new side of cubing, much like BLD to sighted solving.