What do you think in your opinion is the most useless WCA event.

[MagicYio]

Someone should make a new poll with all choices, including 'Magic + Master Magic', '4BLD + 5BLD' and '6x6 + 7x7' (in my opinion).

 

[cmhardw]

Someone should make a new poll with all choices, including 'Magic + Master Magic', '4BLD + 5BLD' and '6x6 + 7x7' (in my opinion).

And also a "none" option. Am I the only one who doesn't think any of the current events are useless?

 

[Kenneth]

Someone should make a new poll with all choices, including 'Magic + Master Magic', '4BLD + 5BLD' and '6x6 + 7x7' (in my opinion).

Ramadan fixed it : http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?28118-What-is-the-most-useless-event-in-the-WCA

Continue there...

(close this thread?)

 

[MagicYio]

But there ain't no 2x2x2 man.

 

[deadalnix]

Being useless isn't the whole point of cubing stuff ?

 

[Kirjava]

Being useless isn't the whole point of cubing stuff ?

Entertainment is a use.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Entertainment is a use.

By that definition, since I consider all of the events to be quite entertaining (at times, anyway), I guess I must agree with Chris. They're all entertaining, so none of them are useless.

 

[Kirjava]

Sure, I think the intention of the thread is to find the least popular event though.

 

[qqwref]

The most useless event is every event you don't practice. There, I said it.

Using my direct solving method anything above 4x4 makes little difference, just more pieces (I don't even do 5x5 anymore because of this, it is just a boring waste of time).

I assume your method doesn't even attempt to take advantage of the fact that bigger cubes turn slower and thus require more efficiency. Plus, it's probably based around a 4x4 scenario where edges are the key, and it's okay to solve centers inefficiently because there are so few of them. Simply knowing how to solve 5x5 through 7x7 and above is not impressive or difficult in the slightest, but actually being able to solve them fast is pretty involved and is definitely different on different cubes. Personally I'm really bored of 6x6/7x7 and haven't done more than one real cube solve in a row in a long time, but that's more of an issue with the cubes themselves than with the event.

 

[Kirjava]

I agree. Midges in 5x5x5 ELL add an extra dimension of fun.

 

[TMOY]

As well as oblique centers on 6^3 or bigger.

 

[Jungleterrain]

IMO solving with feet is just nasty.
"Don't touch that cube, I have athlete's foot."