Redi Cube in the WCA [Poll]

Do you want Redi Cube to become a WCA event?

  • Yes

    Votes: 19 17.3%

  • Neutral

    Votes: 26 23.6%

  • No

    Votes: 65 59.1%
  • Total voters
    110
  • Poll closed .
Aerma said:
I feel that it should be added, along with Kilo and 3x3x5 and a bunch of others, because I think it would be good to have a bigger variety of puzzles in the WCA, I say the more the better.
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I would tend to agree! Some other events would be fun.
Duncan Bannon said:
After all, you dont have to have all the events at a comp. You get to choose which events too have. World and Nats would have to be longer though.
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Yes, but wouldn't there be fewer people competing in those. So it wouldn't add much time.
 
well, the thing with the Redi Cube is that there will only be one company manufacturing them, MoYu, with other events there are multiple companies producing hardware, it would make more sense to add kibiminx or even the Dino Cube, and remove clock/feet to make space for newer events
 
heyitsconnor said:
well, the thing with the Redi Cube is that there will only be one company manufacturing them, MoYu, with other events there are multiple companies producing hardware, it would make more sense to add kibiminx or even the Dino Cube, and remove clock/feet to make space for newer events
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Why do we need to remove events? And anger thousands of competitors? Just because you do not compete in feet or clock does not mean they are not valid events.
 
Solving a Redi Cube is essentially just like solving a pyraminx, but without edge orientation and with more pieces. I don't think it adds much to have it as an official WCA event, and there's no indication that its current popularity will continue when Moyu's challenge cup thing ends.

(Hardware quality is also meh. Moyu's quality control is so bad; there's so much flash on the core that obstructs turning and you have to mod it to make the cube not catch constantly. There's also a Lanlan version, which I haven't personally tried, but it doesn't seem to be any better.)
 
Here is my view: keep in mind that I do not actually own a Redi cube, but have tried one before.
Many fast people of this puzzle average about 10-12 seconds. This puzzle has not even been out for a year. If this were to actually become an event, I have no doubt that people will become sub-8 very quickly. This ranks the puzzle similar in time to events like clock and Skewb. This also means that WR single will come down to luck, and in my opinion, we should not have another semi-luck based event.
Some may argue that that is the reason for average, and I do agree that average shows better skills, but with such a quickly paced solve, I foresee the single and average WRs to plateau in times quite quickly. We are seeing WRs improving by fractions of a second in many events, and in my opinion, if the WCA were to add another event, it should take a bit longer to solve, so there would be a lot of room for improvement timewise. I personally enjoy seeing WRs change by multiple seconds instead of fractions of second (e.g. 5x5 single compared to pyraminx single)

With that said, I don't believe that the WCA should add another event. With the growing population of the Cubing community, and multiple rounds in competition for each event, major competitions will probably end up being a week long. I really support the idea of competitions holding it unofficially, but I do believe that it should stay out of official rankings.
 
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