Who will be the 10th person to go sub-8 officially?

[Torch]

Currently, nine people have sub-8 3x3 averages in competition. Who do you think will be next, and when?

For reference, here are the top 9 and the date that they achieved their first sub-8 average.

Feliks Zemdegs 11/13/10
Mats Valk 9/16/12
Alexander Lau 1/27/13
Sebastian Weyer 1/19/14
Bill Wang 5/17/14
Cornelius Dieckmann 6/15/14
Phillipp Weyer 8/10/14
Lucas Etter 8/23/14
Kevin Costello III 9/27/14

 

[Randomno]

There's a lot of people who could... Maybe Rowe if he comes out of retirement.

 

[Robert-Y]

Collin, Drew or Antoine

 

[ryanj92]

me

for srs, drew brads or dmitry dobrjakov. i couldn't say when...

 

[rybaby]

^Rowe went 2.5 years of competitive cubing without beating 8.27, so I doubt he would break it soon if he unretired. Anything's possible though.

I would go with Richard Apagar, but I don't think he's competing anytime soon. So maybe Collin Burns if he goes to the upcoming Pennsylvania comp, or maybe Michal Pleskowicz since there are always Poland competitions.

 

[Rocky0701]

My money is on Antoine. He just posted an 8.01 official average, so yeah..

 

[antoineccantin]

Why 0.02, why?

Collin, Drew or Antoine

My money is on Antoine. He just posted an 8.01 official average, so yeah..

Thanks, but no. 8.01 is quite fast for me, and I'm not competing for a few months, so I highly doubt it will be me.

 

[Ninja Storm]

Considering my luck for 3x3 in competition, me.

 

[goodatthis]

Collin, drew, or antoine for North American cubers, and I really don't know enough about foreign cubers to say much more.

 

[amostay2004]

Feliks Zemdegs 11/13/10

Wait what..the first sub-8 average was 4 years ago already?? Gosh...

 

[kcl]

Drew or Michal. I have zero doubt.

Edit: totally blanked on Dimitry, he's likely as well.

 

[ottozing]

Drew or Michal. I have zero doubt.

Same as this, but also including Dmitry Dobrjakov. He's already gotten close with what should have been a 7.96 average if it weren't for a +2 and a corner twist DNF.

 

[Iggy]

Dmitry Dobrjakov, he has a comp this weekend

 

[rowehessler]

Im gonna guess Collin, Drew or Antoine.

 

[Ranzha]

I would go with Richard Apagar, but I don't think he's competing anytime soon. So maybe Collin Burns if he goes to the upcoming Pennsylvania comp, or maybe Michal Pleskowicz since there are always Poland competitions.

Richard competed yesterday, but no sub-8 =(

Antoine was reeeeeeally close this past weekend, but no dice. If that was really fast for him, too, perhaps in another half year he could do it.
Drew, Collin, and Michal are good bets. I don't know of Dmitry, unfortunately, so I can't say.

 

[pdilla]

Team Michał!!!

 

[Coolster01]

Drew or Antoine if he has a comp soon.

 

[Seanliu]

Me LOL if I get enlightenment from god. I hope I do

 

[XTowncuber]

I doubt it will be me just because I have no comps at all on the radar. My money is on Dmitry.

 

[plechoss]

(...) or maybe Michal Pleskowicz since there are always Poland competitions.

Too bad I don't live in Poland anymore...