World Championship 2015 - São Paulo, Brazil - July 17-19, 2015

[CiaranBeahan]

will the panels that took place be up on youtube?

 

[cmhardw]

Goddammit Lucas, now I'm really pissed that I couldn't go.

Chris you'd better go to Worlds 2017 so I can gush at you

I am already thinking about Worlds 2017, yes I look forward to meeting you in person if we are both there!

will the panels that took place be up on youtube?

I am also interested in this, did anyone film the panel?

 

[ChristianSena]

Congrats to everyone that was here in Brazil . I think that the soccer was the most incredible moment, besides the competition.

 

[Walter Souza]

• Apparently there's often a contest for competition logos, and the same guy always wins? (I forgot his name; does anyone know?)

Diego Meneghetti!

 

[Stefan]

• I didn't participate in 3x3x3 OH finals, because I had had such a terrible average that I didn't think I made it?

Don't feel too bad, actually you only dropped the second round . Or are the results there wrong?

Can I see the supersolve sompetition results somewhere?

 

[Myachii]

will the panels that took place be up on youtube?

I second this, did anybody record them?
Congratulations to all

 

[Pedro]

Random question: Did a delegate (probably Pedro) go over to Justin Mallari during the finals and tell him not to watch the other competitor?

Because it looked like something like that happened.

Maybe it was Natán or Leandro, but I think it indeed happened.

 

[Tim Reynolds]

I had an awesome time in South America. Huge thanks to Natan for being a great host in Peru, and to Natan and the Brazilian delegates and the entire staff for putting on a great World Championships. I know from personal experience that it's no easy job. Of course there were problems, but there always are when you have 400+ cubers at a competition.

For those who complained about the video stream quality, yes, the internet in the venue was pretty slow and did not have much bandwidth. And that is something we think about, but when deciding between a small number of options, we have a lot of factors to consider, and we can't have every one of those factors be dealbreakers. Otherwise we just won't have a venue at all. There were a lot of really good things about this venue, including the support we got from the school.

We were told to stop using the internet before 3x3 finals to make sure the video stream would be better quality.

Also, as to where WC 2017 will be, last time the WCA Board asked all delegates for proposals, and picked the best one. Of course we talked about which continents we thought "should" have it again, and where it's been recently, but again, that's one of many factors, not the single deciding factor.

 

[David Zemdegs]

1982 - Budapest - Europe
2003 - Toronto - North America
2005 - Lake Buena Vista - North America
2007 - Budapest - Europe
2009 - Bangkok - Asia
2011 - Las Vegas - North America
2013 - Sao Paulo - South America

I would say from the above list that it would be either Europe or Asia but far be it from me to speculate

 

[Scruggsy13]

1982 - Budapest - Europe
2003 - Toronto - North America
2005 - Lake Buena Vista - North America
2007 - Budapest - Europe
2009 - Bangkok - Asia
2011 - Las Vegas - North America
2013 - Sao Paulo - South America

I would say from the above list that it would be either Europe or Asia but far be it from me to speculate

You forgot 2009, where it was in Düsseldorf, Germany, Europe. Asia or Oceania would be my guess for 2017.

 

[Kev43]

Also, as to where WC 2017 will be, last time the WCA Board asked all delegates for proposals, and picked the best one. Of course we talked about which continents we thought "should" have it again, and where it's been recently, but again, that's one of many factors, not the single deciding factor.

Has the list of the candidates been made public ?

It would be nice to know who are the candidates and how the board made its choice

 

[David Zemdegs]

Has the list of the candidates been made public ?

It would be nice to know who are the candidates and how the board made its choice

I think they're looking at Sepp Blatter for advice on choosing the next venue

 

[Isaac Lai]

I think they're looking at Sepp Blatter for advice on choosing the next venue

Lmao Sepp Blatter

 

[cmhardw]

The world championship made it onto NPR!

Story

 

[AlexF]

The World Championship even made it to the main TV channel in Austria (ORF)! There was a very short documentary today about an hour ago in the journal "heute mittag" including a brief interview with Feliks

 

[antoineccantin]

At least antoine got podium.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO antoine..... :'(

I wanted him to win too :/

This. Don't worry we still love you Antoine.

mmm yeah did really bad in the finals
It didn't really help that Feliks was getting great times and that I would hear insane clapping in the middle of my solves either.

Can I see the supersolve sompetition results somewhere?

All I know is that I won all three rounds with best times of 3.59, 3.30 and 3.70 respectively. Top 3 in the end were Me, Alexander Lin (iirc), Jael Riggenbach. I'm pretty sure nobody else got even sub-4.4 though.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

mmm yeah did really bad in the finals
It didn't really help that Feliks was getting great times and that I would hear insane clapping in the middle of my solves either.



All I know is that I won all three rounds with best times of 3.59, 3.30 and 3.70 respectively. Top 3 in the end were Me, Alexander Lin (iirc), Jael Riggenbach. I'm pretty sure nobody else got even sub-4.4 though.

its ok! this is ur first time dont worry. gl next time. u did really well in pyra first round! that was not expected!





(what happened with feet??? all that practice and PB ao 12s!!!)

 

[Ninja Storm]

Maybe it was Natán or Leandro, but I think it indeed happened.

I understand why this should be done, but I feel like it should be reminded to competitors before they go on stage, not while they're up there. At Nats 2014, I was told the same thing after solve 3, and it was incredibly unnerving just to sit there and stare out into space as Patrick started his solves, and I guess it showed in my results, too.

 

[antoineccantin]

its ok! this is ur first time dont worry. gl next time. u did really well in pyra first round! that was not expected!

Well, I think it's mostly that other people did really badly

(what happened with feet??? all that practice and PB ao 12s!!!)

That was very stupid. I got a pop on the first solve, but somehow managed to put it back in. However, I put it back in wrong. At about 2:15, I solved the cube, except for the flipped edge. After than I tried taking it out but was unable to put it back in again, and gave up at ~8:50. Unfortunately, I learned then that the cutoff was 3 minutes, so because my attempt was too long, I didn't make it and could no longer do any other solves.

 

[PenguinsDontFly]

Well, I think it's mostly that other people did really badly



That was very stupid. I got a pop on the first solve, but somehow managed to put it back in. However, I put it back in wrong. At about 2:15, I solved the cube, except for the flipped edge. After than I tried taking it out but was unable to put it back in again, and gave up at ~8:50. Unfortunately, I learned then that the cutoff was 3 minutes, so because my attempt was too long, I didn't make it and could no longer do any other solves.

everyone didnt do that badly. 5 other people had sub 5 averages, and you only won by 0.05

oh my god thats gotta suck. tl;dr ZHANCHIS SUCK lol