16:50 this is true for 3bld, however in mbld the diffrence that 2 points can make is so huge that it makes sense to sacrifice some time to try and fix a DNF by feeling where the center piece is
Top multi-blinders have spoken out against allowing logos in multiblind. I agree with you completely that if you're resorting to feeling for the logo, the solve is already going to be very bad, but in multiblind, you do actually have the time to feel for a logo. Allowing logos in 3BLD makes sense for organizers and competitors alike, and I'm all for that change.
Yeah, I think the wca definitely needs to be restructured, and paying key members in the wca is part of that... If we want to push cubing onto the world stage, the wca needs to move to the next level, and relying entirely on volunteer time won't be enough. With the Rubik's speed aka swiftblock, I think it's just a branding bias.
Cam: We’re giving you the juice today! …Is that something that you say? Mike, the Juicemaster (a.k.a. the Keeper of the Juice): No, I don’t know if that’s something that anyone says, but sure.😅
On the topic of censorship, Chinese companies in particular (that I've seen) have been having a policy that if you are releasing information early, they want to see said information before you post it. Hoyoverse (a video game company) was the first that I saw doing this, and unfortunately, it does seem that they are/were restricting the content creators they work with from saying anything particularly bad about a new character/product. It was a big deal at one point, and I think they've loosened since then, but just be aware that is likely WILL be an issue at some point in the future. Edit: By bad, I mean the competitive viability of a character. For example, when the character called Deyha was about to come out, certain content creators got to use her early, but could NOT outright say that Deyha was an awful character (which she was at the time), they were restricted to saying that Deyha had many weaknesses, and that her teams were limited.
It's like tennis. They moved to lasers for out of bounds balls to give judges more info for fair judgements. Like football and video checks. It's clear that you can manipulate timers. Maybe a mix of video and a scale that knows when a cube has been picked up? idk. I'm just a 51 year old kid trying to solve something I couldn't in childhood. I've been in several other communities who have gone through this sort of thing in the last 35 years. At least one led to millions in lawsuits and several people losing any trust the community had in them forever. And when you're in old Guinness World Record books? That's not the way you want to go out.
Transparency is all well and good. The problem is, the WCA has no idea what to do... When the rules are written out clearly, this is a big hit to their credibility. My take is, this particular world record should be revoked. Furthermore, it's just another argument to get rid of timers all together.
@@mikebozik …and? Are you expecting the entirety of the cubing world to switch to expensive Bluetooth puzzles? Which brand? Which app should the WCA adopt for this? Do people bring their own smart cubes, or are they supplied to prevent electronic tampering?
I intentionally waited to upload until the time stamps were finished and they have been in the description since upload. Not sure why they aren't appearing but it's fixed now, sorry about that!
