What event would you like to become WCA official?

[ben1996123]

sim

 

[Noahaha]

Skiing BLD

 

[Ollie]

6BLD but not 7BLD...yet.

 

[Noahaha]

Seriously though: OH BLD

Even though it probably won't happen.

 

[marvin2699]

the 3x3x4 should be an official event

 

[kunparekh18]

Sim

 

[Cul3el2]

Poor square 2. No one likes the square 2. 3:<

 

[Carrot]

skuuuub

 

[TDM]

Just had an idea: mirror blocks BLD without being able to look before.

 

[EMI]

Why not just stay realistic - the Gigaminx, Tetraminx (??) or Starminx will 99.9% never be official events. Only skewb, some cuboid (2x3x3?) and maybe mirror blocks or mmorphix seem to make sense.

 

[jayefbe]

I really don't understand the support for mirror blocks. It's just 3x3 with harder recognition. The puzzle isn't more difficult, or even any different, it's just being made more difficult artificially by replacing the type of recognition. There's nothing interesting that mirror blocks add over 3x3.

I think Skewb is the only puzzle that could realistically be added any time soon. There's already too many events that are too time consuming. How many comps a year hold every event? How many hold feet? Or 7x7? Or 4BLD or 5BLD? At least Skewb is a fast solve, and it's different and fun. Plus, there's already a decent number of skewbers.

 

[~Adam~]

Skewb and 2x3x3 are the only puzzles I see having a chance of making it.

 

[Czery]

rainbow cube. :3

 

[Bob]

rainbow cube. :3

Again? It was already removed.

 

[Ross The Boss]

i voted gigaminx. tll the other events dont interest me.

 

[ben1996123]

3x3x5

 

[~Adam~]

i voted gigaminx. tll the other events dont interest me.

To quote Greased Up Deaf Guy:
'It's never gona happen.
You're wasting your time.
Forget about it.
Go do something else.
See y'all next year'

Since the UWR is about 3 times longer than fast 7x7 solves which is currently the longest sighted event.

 

[Ranzha]

If anyone can come up with legit reasoning for the addition of anything but Skewb, 2x2x3, and 3x3x4 (or perhaps 3x3x5), please do. I'm really interested in seeing the viability of other events that I can't see making the cut.

 

[Kit Clement]

The problem with mirror blocks is that it's purposefully asymmetrical. How asymmetrical should a mirror blocks puzzle be? This may vary from one manufacturer to another, and thus it would be incredibly hard to create regulations on what constitutes a legal mirror blocks puzzle.

I'd love to see Team BLD as an event. But the way the database is structured, I believe it would probably take some reformatting and energy to show teamed results on an individual's page.

 

[Ranzha]

I'd love to see Team BLD as an event. But the way the database is structured, I believe it would probably take some reformatting and energy to show teamed results on an individual's page.

Team BLD is very hard to judge and regulate because of the factor of sound. Who's to keep simultaneously competing teams from influencing each other, and would there be an arbitrary use of "at the discretion of the judge" for dealing with such situations?

But as far as the db goes, I have a very workable idea:

EDIT: Team BLD database proposal:

For listings on the records page, we'll simply add the names as so:

3x3 Team Blindfolded
Single    xx.yy                         Competition Name 20xx
          Caller    Name 1    Country
          Solver    Name 2    Country

For listings on the rankings page, people would be listed individually with their result and role noted as well. Then, of course, country representation and competition name.
Example:
Suppose there are three competitors, A, B, and C. Competitors A and C compete as a team and get a best single solve of 35.00. At a different competition, A and B compete as a team and get a best single solve of 34.99.
Thus, on the rankings page, the listing would read something like:

1    A         34.99     Caller    Smerbia   Smerbian Open 2009
2    B         34.99     Solver    Smerbia   Smerbian Open 2009
3    C         35.00     Solver    Smerbia   Smerbian Open 2008

On A's competitor profile, listings for NR/CR/WRs would be as so:

3x3 Team Blindfolded
     Caller with B     34.99     Smerbian Open 2009     Final
     Caller with C     35.00     Smerbian Open 2008     Final

and in the competition history:

Smerbian Open 2009     Final     1    34.99 WR  DNF    Caller with B    34.99 35.00 DNF

etc.