What event would you like to become WCA official?

[soccerking813]

*tries*

I also think that the bump cube/mirror blocks would be a nice addition. Or mirror blocks BLD.

 

[byu]

Pi...hmm....what would happen if a posted the first million digits of pi...

You'd probably get permanently banned from speedsolving. Why, thinking of giving it a try?

On the bright side, you'd probably get that post deleted. Banning for one post is too harsh.

On topic: Id like square-1 blind

 

[soccerking813]

Maybe 4x4 OH. I'm doing a solve right now, and as a complete noob, it is not that hard.

 

[byu]

4x4 OH sounds fun.

How about 4x4 Multi Blind? (joking)

 

[soccerking813]

On second thought, it is not a good idea. Sore hand+lockups=Anger. Anger=Broken cube.
And I have to type this with one hand, because I haven't finished yet.

 

[byu]

Haha, how long has it been?

 

[Kyle™]

I think 8.23% of the 3x3x3 entries have completed 3x3x3 BLD,
while if you calculate that for Square-1 BLD, you'd get something like 31<-edit people in the world who can do Sq-1 BLD. and since it is way harder, I don't think it will even break 10 (for competitions), and If you figure those people are spread amongst the world, you'd have like 1-2 people per competition competing. So why is this a good idea again?

 

[byu]

I think 8.23% of the 3x3x3 entries have completed 3x3x3 BLD,
while if you calculate that for Square-1 BLD, you'd get something like 22 people in the world who can do Sq-1 BLD. and since it is way harder, I don't think it will even break 10 (for competitions), and If you figure those people are spread amongst the world, you'd have like 1-2 people per competition competing. So why is this a good idea again?

5x5 blind is official and it has 8 official successes.

 

[soccerking813]

The 4x4 OH took me like 15 minutes. But if you use a decent cube, and you are good at OH, I figure you could get sub-2 pretty easily.

 

[byu]

Hm... I have a decent cube, but I'm terrible at OH. It would take me at least half an hour to do a 4x4 one handed.


OFF TOPIC:

I should try typing one handed.

EDIT: Typing for one minute exactly, I typed 30 words per minute. So 30 wpm one handed, I'm around 100 two handed.

 

[Kyle™]

Now think about how many people own a 5x5x5 compared to a square-1. 5x5x5 is easier, you're just proving my point.

 

[byu]

Now think about how many people own a 5x5x5 compared to a square-1. 5x5x5 is easier, you're just proving my point.

The thing is, square-1 is only "harder" because not many people have tried it. I'm sure if people experimented with it, tried it, and worked with it - eventually someone would come up with an easy way of solving the square-1 blindfolded.

 

[Kyle™]

You're right. It's not harder because it has many many many many many shapes and extremely long algorithms. It's just because no one uses it.

On a serious note, if you're promoting sq-1 BLD, why would you openly say "not many people have tried it"

Here is a video of everything I just said. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16heorrfsgY&feature=related

 

[qqwref]

4x4 OH is kinda cool but I suck at it for some reason (cube is too loose/big). I'm okay at 5x5 OH though.

 

[Lord Voldemort]

Slightly off topic: What's the difference between new and old multi BLD?
Why was it changed?

 

[Ellis]

Slightly off topic: What's the difference between new and old multi BLD?
Why was it changed?

The new Multi-BLD has a one hour time limit whereas the old one had no time limit. I'm pretty sure it was changed just so it could be fit nicely within competition schedules. I'm not sure if that is the only reason because you'd think that longer comps (2-3 days) would still offer the old multi-BLD, and they don't.

 

[byu]

Slightly off topic: What's the difference between new and old multi BLD?
Why was it changed?

The new Multi-BLD has a one hour time limit whereas the old one had no time limit. I'm pretty sure it was changed just so it could be fit nicely within competition schedules. I'm not sure if that is the only reason because you'd think that longer comps (2-3 days) would still offer the old multi-BLD, and they don't.

Also there's a 10 minute per cube time limit as well if you're doing less than 6 cubes.

 

[Pedro]

Slightly off topic: What's the difference between new and old multi BLD?
Why was it changed?

The new Multi-BLD has a one hour time limit whereas the old one had no time limit. I'm pretty sure it was changed just so it could be fit nicely within competition schedules. I'm not sure if that is the only reason because you'd think that longer comps (2-3 days) would still offer the old multi-BLD, and they don't.

Also there's a 10 minute per cube time limit as well if you're doing less than 6 cubes.

the 10 minutes per cube limit was there on the old multi too...

 

[Zarxrax]

How about the floppy cube?

Also, Magic with feet.

 

[byu]

Floppy cube wouldn't be bad. Interesting at least.