What event would you like to become WCA official?

[Gparker]

yea, there is some luck to skewb and 2x2. but isnt there luck in almost anything? like pairing edges on 5x5, the you can easily look ahead on edges like there already set up to slice then i say its lucky. the 3x3 world record was a PLL skip which is luck, but they dont happen as much.


if there was 2x2 blind, do you think they should give +2's? because some people dont memorize the AUF

 

[anderson26]

How about restringing a magic as an official event?

 

[Garmon]

How a bout restringing a magic as an official event?

I would do pretty well at that!

 

[Bob]

Events I would like to see added:
* Team BLD - there are some administrative & database integration issues that would have to be considered, but it's a great event, a lot of fun, very different from existing events, and offers a team aspect to our currently individualized sport.

* Skewb - this puzzle is easily available and is sufficiently different from the existing puzzles. it is also very easy to learn and does not take too long (shorter than square-1) to solve, and especially scramble. Scrambling would be very easy because the puzzle's depth is only 11, so would be somewhere on par with 2x2x2.

Events I would like to see altered:
* Magic/Master Magic - going from scrambled state to linked rings. This is tricky because a notation would have to be developed, but it wouldn't be too hard if shapes remained flat. However, IIRC, for magic there are only 2*8*4 = 64 flat shapes and the Master Magic has only 15*8*6=720 flat shapes. Thus, the probability of a "lucky case" (ie - 3 unlinked rings or just needing 6 flips for the Magic) is very high, especially when compared to 2x2 or 3x3.

Events I would like to see removed:
* 3x3 with feet - I don't like this event.

* 2x2x2 - lucky cases are much too frequent, requiring "easy" scrambles for attempts at WR to be possible.

 

[ErikJ]

2x2x2 - lucky cases are much too frequent, requiring "easy" scrambles for attempts at WR to be possible.

I like 2x2 because I think it's fun. they come up with a way to make it so the computer checks the scramble for difficulty. I think that half built layers are fair game though.

 

[Ellis]

This will have all sorts of silly answers

No I think I'm the only one.

In all seriousness, I would probably say 2x2 BLD.

don't you think luck would play WAY too big a factor?

I don't really care about that though, it's a fun event. It doesn't matter to me how highly ranked other people are and how hard it would be to break a world record because I will never break a world record anyway. I realize that there would probably be people getting just a CLL case and having ~3 second successes, but that wouldn't bother me. Besides, everyone at each individual competition would be getting the same lucky scramble, so everything is fair. Or we could do what Mats said and make it an average of 3 or 5, lessening the effect of lucky scrambles.

 

[Robert-Y]

Events I would like to see added:
3-5 relay
Bump cube (Mirror blocks)


Events I would like to see removed:
2x2x2 (because of luckiness)
Magic
Master magic

The reason why I don't like magic and master magic (as well as speedstacking) is that it doesn't require much skill to become good at these events, they're not challenging enough compared to other events e.g. 3x3x3, BLD, fewest moves.

 

[soccerking813]

Maybe assembling a 3x3 cube would be pretty fun. Wouldn't have any luck involved at all, so it is fair game. But it wouldn't really be a puzzle, and not much skill would be required.

 

[d4m4s74]

how bout PLL time attacks (instead of magic)?
it's pretty much the same as magic (you do the same thing every time) but it's more difficult to get fast.

the only problem might be making sure the solver does all plls and doesn't skip one or two

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

Uh... I'd like to see pyraminx crystal...I mean, that Simon West-somthing-or-other guy is really good. Skewb would be cool too.

@poster above me: You would not know when the solver had done all the PLLs.

 

[Gabriel]

I would like to see removed magic, mastermagic and with feet, and instead of them I would add skewb and pyrmix crystal, I prefer new puzzles, which you must solve them scrambled, and using our hands.

I don't like the tips of the pyraminx, but I don't like the tetraminx, it's difficult to catch.

 

[Escher]

Events I would like to see added:
3-5 relay
Bump cube (Mirror blocks)


Events I would like to see removed:
2x2x2 (because of luckiness)
Magic
Master magic

The reason why I don't like magic and master magic (as well as speedstacking) is that it doesn't require much skill to become good at these events, they're not challenging enough compared to other events e.g. 3x3x3, BLD, fewest moves.

Go die in a hole.

 

[byu]

I also would like 2x2 blind

 

[soccerking813]

Maybe the 15 puzzle should be added. Or it's 3-dimensional version, Peter's Black Hole Cube. http://www.geocities.com/jaapsch/puzzles/images/blackhole.jpg

 

[goldencuber]

OH & BLD for 2x2 and square 1 should be good, maybe BLD 6x6 and 7x7. Maybe even 2 cubes at once

LOL BLD magic?

Edit: remove magic? which has one of the most # of competitors and is fun? No. Though the with feet event, maybe.

 

[Kian]

Events I would like to see added:
* Team BLD - there are some administrative & database integration issues that would have to be considered, but it's a great event, a lot of fun, very different from existing events, and offers a team aspect to our currently individualized sport.

* Skewb - this puzzle is easily available and is sufficiently different from the existing puzzles. it is also very easy to learn and does not take too long (shorter than square-1) to solve, and especially scramble. Scrambling would be very easy because the puzzle's depth is only 11, so would be somewhere on par with 2x2x2.

Events I would like to see altered:
* Magic/Master Magic - going from scrambled state to linked rings. This is tricky because a notation would have to be developed, but it wouldn't be too hard if shapes remained flat. However, IIRC, for magic there are only 2*8*4 = 64 flat shapes and the Master Magic has only 15*8*6=720 flat shapes. Thus, the probability of a "lucky case" (ie - 3 unlinked rings or just needing 6 flips for the Magic) is very high, especially when compared to 2x2 or 3x3.

Events I would like to see removed:
* 3x3 with feet - I don't like this event.

* 2x2x2 - lucky cases are much too frequent, requiring "easy" scrambles for attempts at WR to be possible.

agree 100% with everything you just said except for skewb. without actually doing the math i suppose the scrambles would lend themselves very easily to be very lucky and we'd get the same problem you cite with 2x2.

 

[Stefan]

You would not know when the solver had done all the PLLs.

Simply use 21 cubes!

I don't like the tetraminx, it's difficult to catch.

Then don't throw it.

 

[MistArts]

Multiple Fewest Moves

Solve as many scrambles under X moves under one hour. Number of scrambles are chosen before the event, like multiple-BLD. Successes minus failures will make up your points, like multiple-BLD.

 

[Tim Reynolds]

The reason why I don't like magic and master magic (as well as speedstacking) is that it doesn't require much skill to become good at these events

While I can't argue with most problems people have with magic, I definitely don't agree with this one. Magic is pretty stupid, but getting really fast at it (like, the .8-1 range) isn't that easy.

 

[Sa967St]

if there's multi-BLD, maybe multi-3x3x3 would be a nice idea. It'd pretty much be a marathon.