and what is the difference between a new "cube4you"; diy cubeand an old "cube4you"; diy cube ? are new ones really better? thanks...
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rosson91
Apr 1, 2008 1:27 pm
and what is the difference between a new "cube4you"; diy cubeand an old "cube4you"; diy cube ? are new ones really better? thanks...
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Bob Burton
rubikscubewhiz
Apr 1, 2008 9:47 pm
my times have been too slow. as of today, i announce my retirement from speedcubing. bob...
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Peter Douthwright
devlish_cuber
Apr 1, 2008 10:38 pm
Al most fell for this one. Happy April fools everyone. LOL ... From: Bob Burton To: speedsolvingrubikscube@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:12...
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Tyson Mao
psycho_tycho
Apr 2, 2008 12:12 am
Hey Bob, We should see who lasts longer. Me not touching a cube, or you not shaving. -Tyson On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Peter Douthwright...
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Amir Michail
amir-michail
Apr 2, 2008 1:00 am
Hi, For example, your score might be the product of your time and # moves taken. Amir...
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goodxy2002
Apr 2, 2008 1:08 am
I thought we've all retired a few years ago? ... shaving. ... retirement ... 4/1/2008...
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Adam P. Larsen
kb9ljx
Apr 2, 2008 2:22 am
... Autism and intelligence are not correlated with each other, so extreme example or otherwise, it's not correct. If you want to say that a person with...
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Alexander Goldberg
cubegoldberg
Apr 2, 2008 2:35 am
[Why not] is proportional to [Quantity of labor]...
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Shelley Chang
aznseashell
Apr 2, 2008 2:40 am
Find a video on youtube of any decently fast speedcuber in action. Try to count how many moves s/he makes. ... moves taken....
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bladez740
Apr 2, 2008 2:49 am
... moves taken. ... Because that would take much longer to run competitions. Plus, it would require someone to be counting the moves a competitor makes. That...
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Charles Huynh
pcharles_huynh
Apr 2, 2008 3:02 am
If I had to judge for Harris Chan, Yu Nakajima, or any other sub-15 cuber, I'd just quit then and there. I'd fake a heart attack or something. I'm only 15 so...
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Tim Reynolds
treynolds90
Apr 2, 2008 3:05 am
Could you explain why, even if we could do this feasibly, it would be good? I don't see why this would even make sense yet....
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Ryan Heise
r_h_e_i_s_e
Apr 2, 2008 3:11 am
... It doesn't make sense to replace the existing speed event (e.g. it is like suggesting that swimming competitions should take into account both time and...
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Amir Michail
amir-michail
Apr 2, 2008 3:48 am
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 11:04 PM, Tim Reynolds ... I think it would require more on-the-fly thinking without making the event too long. It would reward both...
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Shelley Chang
aznseashell
Apr 2, 2008 4:18 am
We already have speedsolve, fewest moves and blindfold (which requires strong memorization skills and a fair amount of on-the-fly thinking) as separate events....
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Brian Le
magicbri2000
Apr 2, 2008 4:48 am
Can you please demonstrate your proposition? I would love to see if it would actually work in a WCA official tournament. Brian ... From: Amir Michail...
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Guanyang Yu
aceboy222
Apr 2, 2008 4:55 am
And also, what about all the current solves? If your proposition is accepted, what will happen to all the solves that was done before your proposition took...
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Shelley Chang
aznseashell
Apr 2, 2008 6:06 am
I'm thinking he's proposing this as a new event. That's not really the issue. The issue is that it's too impractical to implement, at least with the way...
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Stefan Pochmann
stefan_pochmann
Apr 2, 2008 8:50 am
... Autistics seem to be taken care of by family so don't have a job and instead have a lot of time to spend with their hobbies, often focusing on few things...
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per_fredlund
Apr 2, 2008 9:15 am
Hi :-) This could be done with cube simulators, and we instantly get the EXACT move count. But this is a different competition entirely. Some who are fast on a...
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Rune Wesström
uweren2000
Apr 2, 2008 11:13 am
I´ve got the impression that there is quite a good correlation between skill on a real cube and on a simulator. Wrong? R ... From: per_fredlund To:...
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per_fredlund
Apr 2, 2008 12:19 pm
There may (still) be a very good (statistical) correlation between a cube simulator competition and a real cube competition. But it is still 2 DIFFERENT...
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bryanlogancube
Apr 2, 2008 12:35 pm
I think he proposed it as an April's Fool joke....
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Tyson Mao
psycho_tycho
Apr 2, 2008 1:26 pm
You need to come up with a metric. You can't just say "let's take into account number of moves as well" and leave it there. You really need to think this...
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Tyson Mao
psycho_tycho
Apr 2, 2008 1:33 pm
What we really need are weight classes in cubing. In juggling, they do something called "three club combat," the goal of which is to juggle 3 clubs while...
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sccuber
Apr 2, 2008 2:32 pm
... Like Mark v. Mark in Orlando?...
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Joshua Woelmer
jwoelmer2
Apr 2, 2008 2:43 pm
Firstly, that would be way too impractical. Secondly, I sometimes think that the reason that some of the top guys are so fast are because they have an already...
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bryanlogancube
Apr 2, 2008 3:30 pm
Who would be able to take Joshua Satterfield? In any case, maybe you should start adding "weight" to the registration form, just so we can have that info if...
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Jameson O'Connor
rubiksguy
Apr 2, 2008 3:38 pm
... And I amnoubfe that I will take Bobs spot as on of the most popular speedcubers. (now to just lean this algs) Anyone have any advice Gor learning mostvof...
