The Future of WCA Events

[Mike Hughey]

4x4 fmc would probably be 1 1/2 hours.

Back when we had 4x4x4 FMC in the weekly competition, I think our time limit was 2.5 hours.

 

[xyzzy]

1.5 hours is too less, with the parity and more stuff for 4x4 would make the limit like 3-4 hours?

OPA is basically standard for 4FMC (and big cube FMC), and can be done very quickly with access to the scramble sequence. No need to be fast at cycle tracing.

Main reason that 4FMC has a much longer time limit (2.5 hours in the old forum weekly comp before it was removed, iirc) or even no time limit at all is that there is so much more to explore.

(Also, "too little", not "too less".)

 

[Averageof12]

Lookahead has improved so much, events like square one fmc wouldn't be different than regular solving. what do you guys think of mega fmc?

 

[OtaMota]

Lookahead has improved so much,

In what way is lookahead relevant to FMC?

Mega FMC would suffer from notation hell

 

[Deleted member 36445]

7x7 fmc

 

[fes_77]

21x21 fmc

 

[Gecko777]

Also square one. It's not a cube.

if they remove it ill quit

 

[Averageof12]

In what way is lookahead relevant to FMC?

Mega FMC would suffer from notation hell

for square one, a pro cuber could easily see like 90% of the solution in the first five minutes. they would do the same with a regular solve.

 

[Averageof12]

if they remove it ill quit

i absolutely agree.

 

[Averageof12]

i still think that square two would be an event, along with the redi cube.

 

[Averageof12]

maybe the different methods ao5 could be an event.

 

[Gecko777]

i think that ao12 will be in store for future finals averages

 

[Averageof12]

that would make sense.
I tried square one oh and got 2:24.22

 

[Exmestify]

petition to remove clonk as an event because it doesnt resemble a cube in any way, nor does it have any "moving" objects, like the pieces of the 3x3, which are clearly visible. it is also an event in which theres only some people who are actually good, unlike in 3x3, where a 7 sec avg doesnt get u to finals in worlds.

 

[Silky]

Pyra and 2x2 because those puzzles were OG puzzles from the 1970s-80s.

Or it could be that they're popular events

 

[JDAW6]

Or it could be that they're popular events

No bro can’t be that , be serious./j

 

[abunickabhi]

Back when we had 4x4x4 FMC in the weekly competition, I think our time limit was 2.5 hours.

2.5 hours per attempt sounds interesting. I would love to experience 4x4 FMC again sometime soon on SS comps.

 

[abunickabhi]

What if 5BLD gets removed? (that would be very sad for @abunickabhi tho)

Yes it will be super sad. I will cry for many years.

Maybe I find peace grinding MBLD yo.

 

[bldcuber314]

petition to remove clonk as an event because it doesnt resemble a cube in any way, nor does it have any "moving" objects, like the pieces of the 3x3, which are clearly visible. it is also an event in which theres only some people who are actually good, unlike in 3x3, where a 7 sec avg doesnt get u to finals in worlds.

Quick question- why does everybody call it Clonk? It's not shorter than Clock.

 

[ichcubegerne]

This thread has more bad takes than the cats movie.