V-cube 6 and 7 Official WCA events

[qqwref]

Or Iso. Or hi-games. It's too bad, I could get some good 5x5 times that way...:rolleyes:

 

[bearit]

I think they should be added however definitely no averages of 5 I would go with mean of 3.

The problem would be having an easy way to weed out people who take way over 10 minutes. I think it would be hard to do it without being accused of being unfair.

The best I can think of is hold an opening round where you have to solve the 7x7 under ten minutes,(unless you have a major pop), but do it in a group, for example 15 people show up at a competition wanting to compete with the v-cube 7. All of their cubes are scrambled at they are all solve at the same time with 15 seconds inspection. At the end the judge would call out 10 minutes and they would have to put their cubes down. Those finished would move on to do mean's of 3.

However there could be scenarios in which all of them get done in under 10 minutes, then there would have to be some sort of backup system.

Please offer your thoughts. Do you think 10 minutes is a good benchmark, or should it be raised or lowered? I'm no expert, so please offer your opinions.

 

[TMOY]

I think I am kind of neutral, since I am able to solve a 7^3 under 10 minutes but I'm not consistent below that mark yet
Why not simply a best of 1 - mean of 3 with a 10 minutes cutoff ?

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

I still think V-6 and V-7 should be Best of X events.

 

[jcuber]

Would they allow you to get a new scramble/solve attempt if you accidentally had a major POP? Almost everyone with the v6 and v7 say that they do occasionally have major pops.

 

[masterofthebass]

Organizers should just enforce time restraints on people. If you can't solve a 6x6 sub5, then don't bother competing, since I would just top people at 5:00. It forces people to get decent at an event before bothering to attempt it in competition.

 

[TMOY]

Sub-5 seems a bit harsh, only 8 competitors out of the 33 who have competed in 6^3 so far (not counting the V-cube competition since the results are not available anywhere) have managed it. Sub-7 or sub-8 seems a more accurate barrier to qualify as a decent solve.

 

[Tomarse]

I average just over 5 on the 6x6x6, and just over 6 on the 7x7x7. And I've got huge room for improvement.

 

[qqwref]

I agree with Dan. Just tell people to not even bother competing if they can't beat a certain time (5/8 is a bit harsh, maybe 7/10 would be better?). If they go over that time you can just cut them off immediately and DNF that solve. These events are exciting and interesting for people who are fast at them, but they do take a lot of time, and if you try to compete in them with the knowledge that you are slower than the cutoff you're wasting time that the organizer might not have.