Why have there been no WR's lately?

[NONOGamer12]

FR this makes no sense

 

[CatSharked]

Maybe we're just close to having the fastest possible times

 

[d---]

We have been kind of spoilt in cube improvements recently, and these have kind of slowed down now

 

[Mike Hughey]

There were two WRs last month, and one of them (3BLD) was totally amazing. I guess there have been fewer lately than usual, but it's not like they've completely stopped.

 

[WhatDoIPutHere]

They are WORLD RECORDS and those are really difficult to beat, also as CatSharked said earlier we might be close to the fastest possible times (the WR for 2x2 is 0.47, less than a second!).
I think that the only way world record frequency could be increased would be if a new method was found that could solve a puzzle faster than ever before, or if lots of new skilled people were introduced to cubing and eventually got insanely good at it because of natural potential (even better than the current world record holders, who are insanely skilled).

 

[NONOGamer12]

Maybe we're just close to having the fastest possible times

not good... need more events

There were two WRs last month, and one of them (3BLD) was totally amazing. I guess there have been fewer lately than usual, but it's not like they've completely stopped.

ye

 

[CatSharked]

not good... need more events

I agree. More events is the solution to every problem

 

[lucazdoescubingstuff]

I agree. More events is the solution to every problem

Adding Kilominx as a WCA event is the solution to every problem*

 

[d---]

And mirror cube

 

[PiKeeper]

There have been a couple world record recently. I think the last year has set people's expectations way too high for how often world record are broken.

 

[abunickabhi]

Hold comps in china, there are some potential WRs sitting there.

 

[lucazdoescubingstuff]

Hold comps in china, there are some potential WRs sitting there.

true doe

 

[Nevan J]

Max Park is tired of getting WRs so he's taking a break

 

[lucazdoescubingstuff]

Max Park is tired of getting WRs so he's taking a break

he doesnt wanna steal tymon's one so they both wont feel bad

 

[TheSpeedSkewber]

Thats gonna take a while, they have only just come out of total lockdown, cases are really high still too.

Hold comps in china, there are some potential WRs sitting there.

 

[David Zemdegs]

Feliks is busy.

 

[d---]

Mats valk should get a sub 3 just completely out of the blue

 

[lucazdoescubingstuff]

Mats valk should get a sub 3 just completely out of the blue

nah a random chinese cuber would get a sub 2

 

[Arcanist]

We just need to hold comps in more places

 

[Thom S.]

Adding Kilominx as a WCA event is the problem*