WR Anniversary Thread

[OtaMota]

Hello, this will be a thread where everyday, I post the anniversaries of WRs that happened on that day. Day boundaries will be done by UTC, and I will post at no particular point in a day.

 

[OtaMota]

November 07 2024

Today marks the anniversaries of:

2009 (15 years ago):
Anssi Vanhala's 36.72 feet single and 42.08 feet average

2015 (9 years ago):
Feliks Zemdeg's 46.97 5x5 single, 50.15 5x5 average, 1:43.83 6x6 average, and 2:30.14 7x7 average

2021 (3 years ago):
Max Park's 5.32 3x3 average, 9.34 OH average, and 20.94 4x4 average

 

[Puzzle Maniac]

Very interesting thread! I'll be sure to visit here every so often.

 

[OtaMota]

November 08 2024

Today marks the anniversaries of:

2008 (16 years ago):
Erik Akkersdijk's 0.96 2x2 Single
Edouard Chambon's 3.28 2x2 Average

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

Happy -1 week birthday to my clock WR!

 

[OtaMota]

November 09 2024

Today marks the anniversaries of:

2013 (11 years ago):
Marcin Kowalczyk's 28.87 3BLD Average

2019 (5 years ago):
Yunhao Lou's 4.38 Clock Average
Graham Siggins 59/60 59:46 MBLD Single

 

[OtaMota]

November 10 2024

Today marks the anniversaries of:

2018 (6 years ago):
Kaijun Lin’s 1:35.07 4BLD Average

2019 (5 years ago):
Feliks Zemdegs’s 5.53 3x3 Average

Stanley Chapel’s 1:06.23 4BLD Single

2023 (1 year ago):
Stanley Chapel’s 2:04.41 5BLD Single

(The bold means currently active WR btw)

 

[precompsubwr]

If someone gets a wr on that day do you edit it to like

2024 (today):
Default Name's 54.88 6x6 single

 

[OtaMota]

If someone gets a wr on that day do you edit it to like

2024 (today):
Default Name's 54.88 6x6 single

nah

 

[abunickabhi]

One year since the 2:04 5BLD WR yo

 

[OtaMota]

November 11 2024

Today marks the anniversaries of:

2017 (7 years ago):
Kaijun Lin's 1:43.13 4BLD Average

 

[OtaMota]

November 12 2024

Today marks the anniversaries of:

2011 (13 years ago):
Christian Kaserer’s 0.69 2x2 Single

 

[precompsubwr]

Nice rs farm bilal milal/j
Is there a day without any wrs

 

[OtaMota]

Nice rs farm bilal milal/j
Is there a day without any wrs

Yes, iirc, my birthday is an example of one

 

[precompsubwr]

Yes, iirc, my birthday is an example of one

I think the same with my birthday (april 19, the only comp then was held in iran where only a few nrs were set)

 

[OtaMota]

November 13 2024

Today marks the anniversaries of:

2010 (14 years ago):
Feliks Zemdegs’s 2.12 2x2 Average, 7.03 3x3 Single, 6.77 3x3 Single, 7.91 3x3 Average, 31.97 4x4 Single, 39.73 4x4 Average, and 35.80 4x4 Average.

 

[Sombi McJunior]

November 13 2024

Today marks the anniversaries of:

2010 (14 years ago):
Feliks Zemdegs’s 2.12 2x2 Average, 7.03 3x3 Single, 6.77 3x3 Single, 7.91 3x3 Average, 31.97 4x4 Single, 39.73 4x4 Average, and 35.80 4x4 Average.

How does one get so many wr’s in one day

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

How does one get so many wr’s in one day

because he’s the goat, and he really has the “normal” progression of a world class solver, its just that people couldn’t really get those times (the cubes sucked back then)

 

[OtaMota]

November 14 2024

Today marks the anniversaries of:

2009 (15 years ago):
Patrick Jameson’s 0.90 Magic Average

 

[OtaMota]

November 15 2024

Today marks the anniversaries of:

2008 (16 years ago):
Rama Temmink's 18.29 OH Average

2014 (10 years ago):
Matia Furlan's 2:48.03 7x7 Average

2019 (5 years ago):
Kaijun Lin's 3:03.21 5BLD Average