WCA Hall of Fame

[Genius4Jesus]

This idea crossed my mind as Kevin Hays announced his retirement to be coming at the end of the year. I think it would be a great idea to have a Hall of Fame for retired cubers so they can be known and remembered by future generations of cubers.

Cubers would have to be:
-Retired, not competed in over a year and/or are not planning to seriously compete in the future.
-Have some qualification to be put into the Hall of Fame, by feat(s) of speed or contribution to the community.

Members to the Hall of Fame would have to be nominated so I will start off.

-Minh Thai, for setting the first 3x3 WR. EDIT: maybe not Minh Thai...
-Tyson Mao, for being a dedicated contributor to the WCA for many years.

Any suggestion about this can be stated below. Also, if this does happen, the Hall of Fame should probably be hosted on a website, as this thread is going to get very cluttered and unorganized very fast.

 

[Ordway Persyn]

Good Idea. I'm sad to hear kevin's retiring

 

[JemFish]

This sounds like a good idea.

 

[pappas]

I think it's a great idea.

The WCA might be able to organize this.

 

[Kit Clement]

It almost seems like a way to encourage great speedcubers to quit. I'd rather have a Hall of Fame that doesn't stipulate that the competitor stops competing. It's not like this is like a major sport where you only play if you're in your prime -- competitors can still enjoy competitions and contribute to the community after their prime years of competing.

 

[JemFish]

It almost seems like a way to encourage great speedcubers to quit.

I don't think it's likely that great speedcubers will quit just to get their name in the Hall of Fame list. But...

I'd rather have a Hall of Fame that doesn't stipulate that the competitor stops competing.

...I agree.

 

[Dene]

Tbh I've never been a fan of "hall of fame" type lists...

I just say that because I suspect most people that would post here would support the idea. I at least want it out there that there is a dissenting view.

 

[Twoflower]

Tbh I've never been a fan of "hall of fame" type lists...

I just say that because I suspect most people that would post here would support the idea. I at least want it out there that there is a dissenting view.

I guess it will be fully accepted if you never visit the WCA Hall of Fame webpage - should WCA choose to make on in the future.

 

[pdilla]

Jessica Fridrich for widely popularizing CFOP, also for placing 2nd in the world at the 2003 World Championships.

 

[Pedro]

I agree that it would be better to include people regardless of being active or not.
Inactive people don't usually check this kind of stuff, so they may never know they got in...like Mihn Thai.

 

[Rocky0701]

It should include cubes too and be put into a timeline showing what most people's mains were at the time.

 

[penguinz7]

Jessica Fridrich for widely popularizing CFOP, also for placing 2nd in the world at the 2003 World Championships.

If we add Jessica, I think we should also add Lars Petrus, Gilles Roux, and Zbigniew Zborowski.

 

[cubizh]

Personally, I think a hall of fame is a highly premature idea to apply to the WCA at this moment (if at all). It's a very recent sport.
If you are wanting to discover and learn more about the people that were/are relevant in the cubing community, you may want to take a look at the speedsolving wiki page on Notable Cubers.

 

[Deleted member 19792]

I've been working on something like this. Weekend before Worlds, cubers that are no longer going for "best that they can be" but just for general competing. Or, inactive cubers that have not competed in three years.

 

[AlexMaass]

Add Rowe Hessler definitely.

 

[Genius4Jesus]

It almost seems like a way to encourage great speedcubers to quit. I'd rather have a Hall of Fame that doesn't stipulate that the competitor stops competing. It's not like this is like a major sport where you only play if you're in your prime -- competitors can still enjoy competitions and contribute to the community after their prime years of competing.

Agreed, the Hall of Fame could include active cubers as well.

 

[LucidCuber]

Dan Harris undoubtedly for the UK nomination. One of the first cubers of this generation. UK #1 for many years, did the Sunday competitions. Had many media appearances and basically made cubing well known in the UK, as well as organised the first competitions and was delegate for about 4-5 years.

 

[nalralz]

I want Feliks Zemdegs in it because he beat average and single WR 2x2-7x7.

 

[qqwref]

I also think it is silly to only include retired cubers, because you'd have to become extremely sick and infirm to be incapable of doing some solves at a competition. Modern competitive cubing's only been around for 12 years or so, and I can easily see people staying for several decades just because they like solving puzzles. In that respect it's more like chess than it is like, say, American football.

Tbh I've never been a fan of "hall of fame" type lists...

I just say that because I suspect most people that would post here would support the idea. I at least want it out there that there is a dissenting view.

I only want a hall of fame if Dene is on it.

I want Feliks Zemdegs in it because he beat average and single WR 2x2-7x7.

Who's that? I don't think anyone else would suggest adding him. I'm forced to assume you only nominate him because he's your friend. :rolleyes:

 

[Memphis3000]

What about Andrew Ricci, he held the NAR 3x3 single, and won us nationals 2012. He did some things in the community, including making the how to get fast at 3x3 video. He hasn't competed in 1+ years, and I think he would be a great addition.