What is the Easiest Event to Become World Class in?

[Genesis]

Ignoring learning the event... Probably big bld or mbld
Maybe fmc mean, too
Big cubes isnt that hard, though

 

[Eduard Khil]

PYra

 

[natezach728]

I would say clock. I would have said skewb, as I was 3rd in the world at the end of last year. Fast forward to today, I'm in the top 15 (13th place for average iirc)

 

[Dene]

I voted Square-1, as there is so much room for improvement there.

A lot of people are saying clock but I disagree. Clock is super easy to learn but that also means there is more competition. A 9.46 average is needed just to squeeze into the top100, and that's going to take some serious practise to achieve. Also to get into, say, the top10, requires a low 7s average, which is super hard.

On the other hand Square-1 requires a sub20 average to get top100. This will take some decent practise but is comfortably achievable. Sub15 will get you into the top20, while the WR is a full 5 seconds faster than that.

Basically, with Square-1 there are very few people who have excelled, hence a lot of room for more people to join the elite. With clock there are a lot more people who are top level, therefore harder to get world class.


As a side note, I think 6x6 is another event where getting into the top100 isn't too difficult (although joining the elite is insanely hard).

 

[TMOY]

I voted Square-1, as there is so much room for improvement there.

By the same logic I would say 5BLD (no, Alex, I'm not speaking of you ). Granted, the event is intrinsically difficult, but once you get successes in competition, it's not hard to sneak into top 100 (current 100th place is 28 minutes, five times the WR).

 

[Roman]

The less popular event is, the more easy it'll be for someone to be world-class in.
I see everyone there are talking about being top-100 or top-50. From here, I can say that you can learn 5BLD once (and do a couple more solves just for practising) and become a world-class, yay.
Big blind is really the only event I sort of put effort into and the thing that I can say about being top-3 is... Look at Cale Schoon! He only started to solving 5bld a year ago (afaik), and now he is definitely one of the best. And I think that following right derections that can be achieved even way faster.

 

[CyanSandwich]

I think it's either MBLD, 5BLD or square-1. Depends on the person.
For me it's MBLD, considering my PB went from 3/3 to 18/18 in less than 2 months. Right now that would be 9th in the world.

 

[irontwig]

Ignoring learning the event

How does that even make a little sense?

 

[Ronxu]

It's stupidly easy to get to top-100 in clock if you have a properly lubed clock. Most people never even try because all clocks suck ass out of the box.

 

[Genesis]

How does that even make a little sense?

I'm just not considering the difficulty in learning the event, assuming one can already do the event

 

[tseitsei]

Fmc. Mbld and clock I would say

 

[WayneMigraine]

FMC, quite few people even have an average and you only need to know some basic concepts and techniques to be top 50 or 100.

Yeah, I wish I could change the poll and add FMC as an option now.

 

[SpiderFingers]

For people with more patience, probably FMC or big BLD, for people with less patience probably skewb or clock

 

[ryanj92]

It's stupidly easy to get to top-100 in clock if you have a properly lubed clock. Most people never even try because all clocks suck ass out of the box.

+1

 

[scottishcuber]

Isn't that exactly what he said in the OP?

oh woops. I didnt remember reading that.

 

[kinch2002]

Clock by about 1000 times over. I was sub 10 in 3 days and capable of a 7 average within a couple of weeks.

It has almost no relation to any other puzzles meaning that I had no advantage from practising other puzzles before. People who get fast very quickly at e.g. big cubes/pyra etc have already built up a lot of applicable skills from other puzzles and it would take A LOT longer if they started from scratch.

EDIT: Relating to FM, I would say it only took me a few hours to become world-class, but that relied on me having a good 3x3 knowledge already

 

[Animorpher13]

But aren't there also statistically less clock/5BLD etc. events at competitions, so less people have the desire to learn it and the ability to compete? That kind of makes being elite 'cheap', because it is less skill (compared to say, elite 3x3), and more opportunity to be able to attend that event.

EDIT: Do people even sell clocks anymore? I had trouble finding them besides vintage Rubik's ones on Ebay.

 

[kinch2002]

But aren't there also statistically less clock/5BLD etc. events at competitions, so less people have the desire to learn it and the ability to compete? That kind of makes being elite 'cheap', because it is less skill (compared to say, elite 3x3), and more opportunity to be able to attend that event.

EDIT: Do people even sell clocks anymore? I had trouble finding them besides vintage Rubik's ones on Ebay.

What you're effectively saying is that it isn't easier to get world-class because world-class is easier to get to. World-class isn't an absolute measure - it is comparative against everyone else.

Also, saying that 5bld solvers require less skill really quite disrespectful and wrong imo. It's clearly the hardest event to get a result in at all, let alone a good result.

Rubik's Clocks have been discontinued for some time. You have to either find a second-hand one (eBay) or but a Chinese clock knock-off.

 

[megaminxwin]

Clock without a doubt. Got one, within two weeks I was sub-10.

 

[DuffyEdge]

+1

+1