zman
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IMHO, nod-don should be disallowed for exactly this reason. It's too difficult to judge, and we already have enough problems with inexperienced or inattentive judges.Edit: One more comment - this video shows that, with the nod-don, we need judges who are very knowledgeable about BLD solving now, and they need to be paying VERY close attention during the memorization phase. Stanley clearly did not make any moves here prior to the blindfold being in place - the video shows that clearly - but he started making moves just milliseconds after the blindfold went on. Judges will need to be watching for the nod-don and verifying that no moves are applied until the blindfold is in place.
IMHO, nod-don should be disallowed for exactly this reason. It's too difficult to judge, and we already have enough problems with inexperienced or inattentive judges.
I would have to agree with you both in that the nod-don should be illegal, especially since there is a (well will be a higher change if this goes on) that the blindfold is not fully on once the first moves are applied. I am not saying that this is at all what Stanley was/is doing, but I am referring to if other people start to to do it, and try the nod don, then some (and I hope that none do it, but there is a chance) that people will try the nod don and do a few moves before the judge puts an object in front of the competitor.Edit: One more comment - this video shows that, with the nod-don, we need judges who are very knowledgeable about BLD solving now, and they need to be paying VERY close attention during the memorization phase. Stanley clearly did not make any moves here prior to the blindfold being in place - the video shows that clearly - but he started making moves just milliseconds after the blindfold went on. Judges will need to be watching for the nod-don and verifying that no moves are applied until the blindfold is in place.
https://www.amazon.com/Alaska-Natural-Sleep-Blindfold-Smooth/dp/B00GSO1D9O?th=1I love the way Stanley doesn't even seem impressed by the result - just another ordinary sub-1:15 4BLD solve. (Even if it is his first ever in competition.)
Stanley (or anyone else who knows), where did you get the blindfold? I want to learn to do the nod-don thing.
Edit: One more comment - this video shows that, with the nod-don, we need judges who are very knowledgeable about BLD solving now, and they need to be paying VERY close attention during the memorization phase. Stanley clearly did not make any moves here prior to the blindfold being in place - the video shows that clearly - but he started making moves just milliseconds after the blindfold went on. Judges will need to be watching for the nod-don and verifying that no moves are applied until the blindfold is in place.
Also you could gain the same advantage by doing the first few turns OH so banning noddon doesn't even get rid of the issue, and yeah the sight blocker isn't there anyway.https://www.amazon.com/Alaska-Natural-Sleep-Blindfold-Smooth/dp/B00GSO1D9O?th=1
@ everyone saying that noddon creates an advantage:
the exact same advantage can be gained due to the lack of a sight blocker for the first few turns of execution, which is caused by judge reaction time
eliminating this would be impossible, so there's no reason noddon should be banned for that
This is almost as fast as it takes me to solve a 4x4 normally.
Great job, Stanely!
We know you have a sub1 in you. You'll get there eventually.