WCA World Championship 2023

gsingh said:
Just compete in less events then
That's what I'm gonna do
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I practice all 17 events.

I have been cubing since 2008. I never do it for profit but for the enjoyment of the puzzle and the community. I have attended 3 major championships in the past, barely covering my costs even after being sponsored.

My point is that it is not sustainable (for a competitor) to travel to major championships unless we have less reg fees and more prize money (also sum of ranks for top 50).
 
2x2:
1. Zayn
2. Brian
3. Antonie

3x3:
1. Yiheng
2. Tymon
3. Leo

4x4:
1. Max
2. Patrick
3. Matty

5x5:
1. Max
2. Tymon
3. Nahm

6x6:
1. Max
2. Nahm
3. Tymon

7x7:
1. Max
2. Tymon
3. Nahm

OH:
1. Max
2. Dwayne
3. Patrick


Records:
2x2: None
3x3: OcR Average by Feliks Zemdegs
4x4: None
5x5: WR Average by Max Park
6x6: None
7x7: WR Single and Mean by Max Park
OH: OcR Average by Dwayne Ramos

Other:
Tymon wins round 1 with a low 5 average.
Feliks gets a sub 5 OcR average in round 2, winning him the round.
Luke Garret wins semi-finals with a sub-5 average.
 
abunickabhi said:
The registration fees for WC23 is insanely high. I take part in all 17 events so the total cost is 15k Indian Rupees which is half of my plane ticket. My sponsor Cubelelo would not reimburse 15k registration fee onno.
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Wow, you can fly from India to South Korea for $300 US? That's amazing.

And it looks like a hotel room for 3 nights is about 2 1/2 times the cost of the flight. And there's still food. So I think the cost of the registration fee is still pretty reasonable given the overall cost of the trip?
 
Mike Hughey said:
Wow, you can fly from India to South Korea for $300 US? That's amazing.

And it looks like a hotel room for 3 nights is about 2 1/2 times the cost of the flight. And there's still food. So I think the cost of the registration fee is still pretty reasonable given the overall cost of the trip?
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That's reasonable considering it is a one time spending and I have 2 years (or 4 years in this case) to save money.

5BLD:
1. Hill Pong
2. Kaijun Lin
3. Scalpel

4BLD:
1. Hill Pong
2. Tommy Cherry / Graham
3. Scalpel

3BLD:
1. Tommy Cherry
2. Gianfranco Huanqui
3. Charlie Eggins

MBLD:
1. Shivam Bansal @the super cuber
2. Graham Siggins
3. Rowe Hessler

2x2:
1. Zayn
2. Li
3. Aamir Saifee

3x3:
1.Yiheng
2. Matty
3. Ruihang

4x4:
1. Max
2. Tymon
3. Sebastian

5x5:
1. Max
2. Tymon
3. Nahm

6x6:
1. Max
2. Tymon
3. Anyu Zhang

7x7:
1. Max
2. Nahm
3. Kevin Hays

OH:
1. Koda (Roux)
2. Dwayne (Roux)
3. Patrick


Records:
5BLD 4BLD WR: Hill Pong
MBLD WR: Graham Siggins
6x6 mean WR: Max Park
3x3 single: Yiheng Wang

Super hyped! These are my predictions.
 
An Animating Cuber said:
I'm sorry are you saying Stanley Chapel the best Big Blind solver right now is not going to win?!?!
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While I personally would also still put Stanley as the favourite, I think you can't dis-count Hill being in the mix. Hill is from my region of the world and I've seen firsthand how fast his BigBLD memo is. It is a genuine match for (if not, faster than) Stanley's memo speed. The main thing holding him back is that he doesn't use optimal algs or advanced techniques (as compared to Stanley who does), which is honestly easier to fix than speeding up memo. Whichever way, Stanley definitely cannot afford to safety his solves if he really wants to win (obviously this goes both ways for Hill as well).
abunickabhi said:
That's reasonable considering it is a one time spending and I have 2 years (or 4 years in this case) to save money.

5BLD:
1. Hill Pong
2. Kaijun Lin
3. Scalpel

4BLD:
1. Hill Pong
2. Tommy Cherry / Graham
3. Scalpel

3BLD:
1. Tommy Cherry
2. Gianfranco Huanqui
3. Charlie Eggins

MBLD:
1. Shivam Bansal @the super cuber
2. Graham Siggins
3. Rowe Hessler

2x2:
1. Zayn
2. Li
3. Aamir Saifee

3x3:
1.Yiheng
2. Matty
3. Ruihang

4x4:
1. Max
2. Tymon
3. Sebastian

5x5:
1. Max
2. Tymon
3. Nahm

6x6:
1. Max
2. Tymon
3. Anyu Zhang

7x7:
1. Max
2. Nahm
3. Kevin Hays

OH:
1. Koda (Roux)
2. Dwayne (Roux)
3. Patrick


Records:
5BLD 4BLD WR: Hill Pong
MBLD WR: Graham Siggins
6x6 mean WR: Max Park
3x3 single: Yiheng Wang

Super hyped! These are my predictions.
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Is Kaijun still active? I don't think he has been back to any comps after COVID.
 
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Mike Hughey said:
Wow, you can fly from India to South Korea for $300 US? That's amazing.

And it looks like a hotel room for 3 nights is about 2 1/2 times the cost of the flight. And there's still food. So I think the cost of the registration fee is still pretty reasonable given the overall cost of the trip?
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Flight from Hong Kong is even $70US cheaper than that if I fly via Philippines
 
abunickabhi said:
My point is that it is not sustainable (for a competitor) to travel to major championships unless we have less reg fees and more prize money (also sum of ranks for top 50).
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Agreed. I noticed registration fees being high in my area too. It seems that over the years they've gone up a lot. I remember long time ago (16 years ago), some of the comps I went to were free. Perhaps that was not sustainable for competition organizers. Need to find a better balance.
 
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