Will Feliks’ GOAT status be challenged?

[Arcanist]

A decade still isn't all time though

For cubing it is a significant span of it's history.

 

[a_cuber04]

Feliks has done more trailblazing and has made more history in the world of cubing than Tymon or Max ever will. For example, Babe Ruth is considered to be the GOAT of American baseball, even though his career was during the early 20th century and there have probably been better players than him since then. In my opinion, the GOAT of any sport is a person who has done more trailblazing, made more history, and has made more progress and achievements than any of his predecessors, which Feliks has and Tymon and Max have not, at least to the same degree.

 

[quanloh]

To believers of "GOAT can be replaced": Yes, they can be replaced/dethroned
To believers of "GOAT is of all time and irreplaceable": Yes, he/she is GOAT and irreplaceable.
To believers of "GOAT does not exist": Yes, no one can predict if there is anyone better than the greatest now"

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Believe it or not, this is more of a religious discussion rather than reasoning or argument.
None of you can prove the others are wrong nor convince each others,
Vim vs Emacs, Android vs iOS, now this lol lmao,
you guys are interesting hahahaha
more discussion please,
I am holding my pop corn,
surprise me with more "logic", "theory", "assumption",
please

(Hey mod, I am writing this just to stop them in case you can't tell, I just hope I dont trigger some others)

 

[abunickabhi]

Yiheng Wang is the real GOAT in 3x3!

Young future goat.

 

[Kaedenthecuber]

Feliks was the GOAT for a long time, but eventually he had to be dethroned. and also as cubing became more popular, more people would reach world class speeds like yiheng, ruihang, tymon etc. He definitely still is improving but not as fast as the others so i would say he is no longer the GOAT
but still one of the greatest people in cubing history.

 

[a_cuber04]

None of you can prove the others are wrong nor convince each others,
Vim vs Emacs, Android vs iOS

iOS and Apple all the way!!

 

[FenTheGoat]

This thread has morphed from “is Feliks the GOAT” to “what is a GOAT?”

 

[An Animating Cuber]

This thread has morphed from “is Feliks the GOAT” to “what is a GOAT?”

Guys, a goat is obviously a mammal of the family Bovidae and in the tribe Caprini that is often used as a farm animal for its Meat, Milk, and Skin.

 

[FenTheGoat]

Guys, a goat is obviously a mammal of the family Bovidae and in the tribe Caprini that is often used as a farm animal for its Meat, Milk, and Skin.

Either you have a vast amount of knowledge on goats, or you’re very familiar with copy and paste.

 

[a_cuber04]

This thread has morphed from “is Feliks the GOAT” to “what is a GOAT?”

To properly understand whether Feliks is still the GOAT, we must first understand and come to a conclusion about what is a GOAT.

 

[SpeakCuba]

Actually, I think he has already lost his GOAT status. Yes, he has the most wins and podiums and all that. However, he hasnt won a nations in a while. And a lot of new, up and coming cubers are coming on the scene that are making it a challenge for him to retain any records. Its a matter of time. He had an impressive streak, and will always be one of the best. However, no one can stay the greatest of all time.

Feliks is the reason we have so many cubers today. I strongly believe that if Feliks never became a cuber and did what he did, we wouldn't have most of the cubers we know today, the cubing community will be much smaller, and not many people will even know about cubing. Wether he is competing or not, he has impacted the whole cubing world in a way that no one else will ever be able to.

 

[SpeakCuba]

If you exclude a several month period in 2017, Feliks held the record from the start of 2010 all the way to mid 2021. So someone else will have to hold the record for over ELEVEN YEARS to match Felik's 3x3 wr avgs. Also 121 WRs.

The amount of records Feliks broke is honestly mind blowing, and I don’t know if anyone will ever match them. Perhaps one day, but I do not see it happening anytime soon. At least, that's my opinion.

 

[An Animating Cuber]

Either you have a vast amount of knowledge on goats, or you’re very familiar with copy and paste.

Yeah I totally got that off wikipedia

 

[quanloh]

"Feliks is the GOAT!"
"No, Feliks is not a GOAT!"
Feliks be like ".........."

 

[SpeedCubingLord]

you guys should know that if he isnt the goat, he is the MIE (most influential ever)

 

[FenTheGoat]

you guys should know that if he isnt the goat, he is the MIE (mist influential ever)

That’s honestly valid

 

[Thomas.Caleb]

Once a goat always a goat

 

[OtaMota]

Once a goat always a goat

Me in 2004:

Shotaro Makisumi is the goat of cubing. He will always be the goat. Once a goat, always a goat

 

[abunickabhi]

Me in 2004:

Shotaro Makisumi is the goat of cubing. He will always be the goat. Once a goat, always a goat

Shotaro was not good in bigcubes, so he is not goat in overall speedcubing

He just broke 3x3 based(edited) world records.

 

[OtaMota]

He just broke 3x3 world records

He also got 2x2, OH, and 3BLD