WCA Competitor Tutorial
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2024
- This video is current with the 2015 July 1st WCA regulations.
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Whoever thought of this deserves a basket of muffins; the number of new competitors who don't even glance at the regulations before competing drives me nuts. One obviously shouldn't expect them to know every regulation right out of the gate, but it saves a lot of time when someone new already knows the rules.
+Deb Banerji So I'm one of the few people who has looked at the regulations before watching this video and hasn't been to a comp yet?
+BRCuber nope same here
BRCuber you're not alone
Deb Banerji my first comp is in 2 days
I know, one time I was judging a new guy and he had no idea what he was doing, he used all his inspection time and then asked me "Can I start?" and I had to tell him that he just DNFed, i felt so horrible
Great Video! what did you use for the graphics? After Effects?
LaZer0MonKey Yup! I got the lower third (the blue container) from videoblocks and then created the spinning WCA logo in After Effects.
cyotheking awesome! i didn't realize video blocks had graphics!
LaZer0MonKey OMG who was that girl doing the solve. 31 secs is a beginner time, they should have had a speed cuber to demonstrate a competition solve. I average 13-15 and my pb is sub 10 so I could have demo'd a quick solve without the need to cut the video. That noob girl could have done the demo for running or some beginner task.
CaraBrimleyRules stop bragging. All speeds are welcome in the WCA
MJBCuber i can solve around 40 sec. and my pb is 30.750 So can I compete for competition ? And does everyone gets a prize or only 1,2,3 place holder are awarded ? Plz rply
jesus christ, the best video i have ever seen about this
I agree
Wow! That video was so clean and to the point. Great work! I'd love to see more of these kinds of videos in the future!
Thanks for telling me how competitions work, I'm going to my first one in 3 weeks and I don't know how competitions work. So thanks for making a video about how they work😊👍🏻
ZOMG SECOND?!
Holy shit chris you're on fire
You can use sticker less puzzles now right?
Aryel Carreon Correct!
cyotheking ok, thank you and keep up the good work!
Rhys Campbell why? What does Zomg second mean?
Thx, now I feel confident about going to competitions!
same
Colorful pockets doesnt follow the rules he should watch this
He does those as jokes
A silly kid Looms do you not get his joke?
Vilhelmas NVM I know because I wasn't a cuber back then now I know now.
FatimaCybox123z Then why would you watch cubing videos?
Nabranes TwistyPuzzler why not
Thanks for this video it is my FIRST competition in 47 days! This helped a lot!
how was the comp?
@@DxsIsCool nice necropost by 6 YEARS
You didn't go over extra scrambles or pops or anything...
This video is not meant to be the entire regs. Just the bare minimum of what you need to know. Extra scrambles don't need to be explained.
But pops probably should have.
cyotheking *is not
Old McDonald Woops. Thanks for the correction!
cyotheking You're welcome.
Old McDonald You're* :)
First
cyotheking cheater
Second
What If We Doesn't Have Team/Group.....What If We Single???.....
+cyotheking what if we don't have a group
that was so lol he moved his him in the first clip xD
Great video, and extremely detailed. I'll be sure to send this out to first-time competitors at the competitions I'm organizing.
3x3 in 1.2 seconds, get rekt
+2
+6
He didnt call out the wr!!!!!!!!! Lol
muhammad ridhwan he didn't fail the highfive
+12
Very nicely made and editted as always.
Thank you for this. I have my first competition today and this really cleared up some of my questions.
Thank you for the tutorial. I'm going to the Hayward rubik's rumble this year
BDOG how did it go?
I've never been to a comp before, and I thought I got all I needed to know from random videos, but the beginning was surprisingly helpful.
Just got the email about my comp next week. I’m excited
I know that was the best feeling ever
I’m up at 5 AM panicking because I’m afraid I’m gonna screw up an Alg trying to drill it
Edit; that was back in late June-July 2019
Now it’s 2020 and I’m getting ready to go to Salem mass cuz I’m going to cubing with the Viking 2020 and I’m competing in 3x3 4x4 and 5x5
I love cubing
Hobbs Windrod it may be cancelled xos of covid-19
NeverStopQuestioning naw, when I edited my original comment it was 6 AM and the comp started 2 hours later
I didn’t do that good but
the thing that pisses me off is that new cubers tend not to wait in the competitor area, and it pisses me off. i scream their name and then i later walk down the competior area to look for that person. turns out they're in the spectator area....
is there any penalty for not being in competitor area?
i usually ask the delegate when i need to run off to the toilet when i place my cube down on the scorecard to say that i won't be at the area until i've done my neccesity.
great vid btw, the stopping timer reg really needs to be explained, people keep stopping the timer wrong.
I did that as a newbie and since learned not to! It was easy though to hear my name but I realized that it was a risk if I somehow didn't hear their name
pyr14 If you don't show up a minute after being called you can be DNFed (someone correct me if that is the wrong interpretation of the regs)
Cugru Cubing i interpreted as if that when the competitor sits down, then the 1 minute starts of just chilling out getting ready (but it does say at the 'discretion of the judge')
Cugru Cubing It wouldn't be DNF, it would be DNS (Did Not Start)
ahh yeah that's right
Thanks, I was wondering (even though there will probably be no competitions in my area any time soon) I’m a fairly new cuber
I went to my first competition south west Georgia solvers 2023 lucky I saw this video the night before coming
If anyone is wondering about pops:
Article 5: Puzzle Defects
5a) Examples of puzzle defects include: popped parts, pieces twisted in place, and detached screws/caps/stickers.
5b) If a puzzle defect occurs during an attempt, the competitor may choose to either repair the defect and continue the attempt, or to stop the attempt.
5b1) If a competitor chooses to repair the puzzle, they must repair only the defective parts. Tools and/or parts of other puzzles must not be used to repair the original puzzle. Penalty: disqualification of the attempt (DNF).
5b2) Any repair to a puzzle must not give the competitor any advantage in solving the puzzle. Penalty: disqualification of the attempt (DNF).
5b3) Permitted repairs:
5b3a) If any parts have fallen out or moved out of place, the competitor may place them back.
5b3b) If, after repairing the puzzle but before the end of the attempt, the competitor finds that the puzzle is unsolvable, they may disassemble and reassemble a maximum of 4 pieces to make the puzzle solvable.
5b3c) If the puzzle is unsolvable, and can be made solvable by rotating a single corner piece, the competitor may correct the corner piece by twisting it in place without disassembling the puzzle.
5b4) During a blindfolded phase (see Regulation B4), all repairs must be performed blindfolded. Penalty: disqualification of the attempt (DNF).
5b5) If at the end of the attempt some parts of the puzzle are physically detached or not fully placed, the following regulations apply:
5b5a) If one or more parts without colored faces is affected, the puzzle is considered solved.
5b5b) If one part with one colored face is affected, the puzzle is considered solved.
5b5c) If more than one part with one colored face is affected, the puzzle is considered unsolved (DNF).
5b5d) If one or more parts with more than one colored face is affected, the puzzle is considered unsolved (DNF).
5b5e) Regulations 5b5c and 5b5d supersede 5b5a and 5b5b.
Link for where I found this: www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/#article-5-puzzle-defects
Great video and now i'am going to my first cubing comp
Thank you for making this video, Chris. This will definitely help new competitors know how the competitions work and help them adjust. :)
THIS WAS SO AMAZING!!
THANK YOU!!
Thanks it Really helped. Im going to my first competition in two weeks and my events are 2x2, 3x3x3 and Pyraminx. I was really worried because I didn't now what to do but this helped me! Thank!
Been to 9 comps and still watching this before each comp
Havent been to a comp in over 2 years 😭
Hey thanks for uploading this video. I'm going to Australia nationals 2016 and it will be my first competition
I just finished the video and already forgot everything, i'm screwed
Last year i went to my first comp i saw hashtag cuber and chris! It was amazing. I missed collin birns because my parents didnt wanna stay long
I am going to Arcadia Summer on June 22 (i think) so this is helpful
Bro I just started speedcubing a month ago and have a 3x3 average of 28 seconds. I only know how to solve a 3x3 tho so uh. RIP
U could do 2x2
What, why are you so fast on learning, did you learn CFOP or just Beginners Method?
Wow. Its been about a month and i average a minute and a half. I do know how to solve 2x2 megaminx pyraminx and most of am learning square 1.
In a month I got 50 sec
Dude that's so fast for a month
I’m nowhere near being good enough to compete, but I really liked the video.
This video will hopefully help for when I go to my first compition!
Because of this video I can now solve my WCA Competitor. Thanks!
Going to my first competition tomorrow- this helped a lot!
Where did you find a competition???
I have two questions
1. Do you have to be good to be in a competition?
2. Can you record your solve by putting a camera close to the speed stack mat?
There are cutoffs & time limits though. If you don’t make the time limit, you get a DNF & you have to stop the solve. Because of that, you should also use a stopwatch for your own purpose so that you can stop it & then continue the solve after, or just look at the time on the timer. For the cutoff, you have to make it to continue your average. If you don’t make the cutoff in the second solve of the average, you get cutoff from finishing the average. You can still obviously do that event, but you’ll just DNF. It says the cutoffs & time limits in the events section for each competition.
You don't have to be good to go to a comp. I went to my first comp when I averaged 27 on 3x3 and had a blast. You can record your solves with a camera next to the stackmat, I do it all the time and no-one has ever told me to stop. Just don't have the screen facing you, that's not allowed, it's considered an extra advantage because you can see your cube from another angle
1) You dont have to be good. But you have to solve it within 10 mins
2) Yes you can use a camera close up to the stack matt andfar away. Most famous people do it.
for example, i want to be bring a friend with me in a competition. do we have to pay for any kind of entrance ticket even though that person is just gonna watch but not competing?
Imma do my best tomorrow I hope it goes well, my first comp
My first comp was yesterday and I got a dnf for the round and had to redo the round because my camera was facing me 😰
How can you just go to one event
Oh wait.... That is Kit Clement from the Layer By Layer podcast! That's cool!
Really informative vid, thanks guys. I'm a little less nervous about going to my first event.
I have not been to a competition yet, but I do plan on so this video was very helpful for me!
On my way to my first comp.thank Chris. This vid help a lot
This video has been seen by almost every 2017-present WCA competitor lol
Thanks :D I have a comp in 2 days
UntoldAnimations How did it go?
You should make a new video.
Hi fellow twower
Same
Jawad your comp will most likely be cancelled
Thank u guys for making this video I have a competition in 2 weeks
Those shades look nice
This helped me at my first competition and was very informative
"Up to 5 times" at my first comp i got called around 8 times because the judges didn't turn on timer or reset them...
N I C E E X P E R I E N C E
but wat if i dont know how to solve cube then how do i put at drop off table?!
Then why even go?
+DireSheep Then that's a DNF, against A1c
I think he means running, in which case you just ask a delegate and he'll probably let you do the running
Zentai Design no he means if you don't know how to solve a cube and you go up to the scrambling table with a scrambled cube
you automatically win event
can you have friends who aren't competing in the competitor waiting area just to talk and stuff?
Not in the waiting area
Yes you can bring friends, and they dont pay for anything
I'm going to Manchester Opens 2015
=)
First comp and it's really helpful you've done this video cyo. Thanks =)
+The Homestuck NoteCat
And also, do UKCA comps have the same thing?
I know i will never be able to attend a competition but i am still watching this video
Great thank I just started speed cubing and this is helpful.
Kennans hand modeling is legit
who else is going to the wca on march 31 2018 in louisiana? reply if you are
Thanks dude, I've got my first competition coming up soon and this will really help me not look like a fool running around trying to find my station and then DNFing! ahahah
can my dad ( he's not competing ) sit in the compeditor area ? ( i'm 10 years old )
no
I have some questions
1: Do I have to bring my own stackmat?
2: Is it back to back solves?
3: IS it the same scrambles for each competitor?
4: How many events can I sign up for?
1. No, you don't.
2. Solves alternate between people on the group. It's like A-B-C-A-B-C.
3. No.
4. As many as you want.
Zoats It is the same scrambles for each competitor
THANK YOU!!!! i can't wait for my comp!
My competition is on February 27 2018 I am really nervous
Well that stops me from getting so worked up now as I am at UKC tomorrow and its the first comp I've been to where I'm actually going to compete
3:07 made me laugh XD 😆
Thumbs up if this helped you!!!
👍👍👍
Good one! Mind to use this video as I want to share to the competitors for my competition ? So that the first-timer will understand and know briefly how WCA competition works.. tq
Isn’t he the one in the speedcubers documentary 😅
pls tell me this do i have to bring my own cube
Yes
GOD THIS IS, SO HELPFUL I HAVE MY COMP IN A DAY SO THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!
When your ready to do another solve, do they take your cube again and then scramble it or do you have to bring multiple cubes
They take your cube again
Tomorrow going to first comp aka Ditch Open 2017
lol the old times in cubing that I was not even in it
FYI, if you don’t know if the solve is a +2 when you finish, DO NOT TOUCH THE CUBE (I’m guilty of this in my first comp even I knew these rules) Instead call the delegate.
even if it is not a +2 and completely solved if u touch it before the judge says ok that's a +2
you might get an exception if its your first time
Now I know everything I need to do.
Why did I not know that 180 degree turns are only 2+s???
Why dont we have WCA in BANGLADESH. We have cubing competitons in our country but are not officially recognized by the WCA
(Late comment) Do you have to know how to solve all of the wca events cubes? (Im a noob cuber)
you can just sign up for a few events. for example, you can do only 3x3 if you want
Julien Boisvert woah that's awesome
I'm a noob too)-:
What about if i had 16 sec inspection, center popped, corner twist and 180°, i have +8? Like 8 secs end up 16 or its dnf?
every way u can get a +2 are
15-17 inspection, placing the cube out of the mat, starting the timer incorrectly, touching the cube after having your hands on the timer, cube one move away from solved, stopping the timer incorrectly, having the cube in ur hands after stopping the timer, and touching the cube before the judge says ok.
That cube colour scheme tho
2:06 _"... when you hear '12 seconds', you should put down the cube and start the timer..."_
I guess this means that time with your hands down on the timer, not touching the cube, is still counted in your inspection?
yep. a lot of people make the mistake of stopping the stopwatch too soon, their first time judging.
My sun is participating in next dubai compilation, we are struggling to know if the GAN timer and standard gan mat are acceptable.
Also is gan cubes accepted?
What does WCA stand for? If I'm doing a 3×3, I can bring any 3×3 of mine? How do I find one of these places near me?
xKillerSoulzx WCA stands for World Cube Association. You bring any cube as long as it applies to the WCA Guidelines. You can find competitions nearby by going to the competitions page on worldcubeassociation.org. Mine was just canceled. 😰
CooLite thank you
Can you bring earbuds to listen to music?
When you're solving the cube, it's not allowed.
@@Blith8690 ok......
Going to first comp in August hope I get good average
hey we will signing in the paper of judge or he
is the cube allowed to touch the timer if it is sitting on the mat before you start the solve?
If it is a competition that has lunch do you bring your own lunch or will they have lunch there that you have to pay extra for or is free?
Johnathon Malnar If they say lunch is provided, it probably means lunch is provided as part of your entry fee, but if you are uncertain just ask the delegate to be sure.
Can you corner twist on purpose?
no, if your corner twists though you can fix it
Azap Playz yes but you don’t need to
if it was already twisted from you accidentally twisting it during the solve you can twist it back, and if it was twisted from the scrambler then you're allowed to get a resolve. However, if a judge sees you deliberately twisting corners to improve your solve then that'll be a DNF.
why would u even ask that obviously no its cheating
Can you make a WCA judge tutorial? Because many of the times, (probably all the time) the number of organisers are less so some of the participants judge the events. Though they may be experienced as competitors, but judging for the first time can be a little but of a challenge, as they may not know the exact conventions of how to judge.
if ai go to a competition do i have to play all the events or i can pick some events
you can sign up for any amount of events, as long as they're on the events list
wait so you need to bring 5 cubes?
no? they use ur same cube
How fast do you have to be to compete?
under 10 minutes!
Isn't this the place where a couple got married?
Is 180 Degrees new? Was it DNF prior to the new rules?
XESCoolX It's always been a +2 but often times new people think it's a DNF
+Cubing Ninja u could have told the judge.
+Cubing Ninja it is but if the judge don't know that then you have yo say that and if they don't belive you then you have to say that to the delegate
***** No! you have to find him! tell him of his wrong doings! Force him to find the WCA Delegate and change the time!!!
Xcuber13 Or just take out your phone & how them the rules like what you do with non-cubers when you show them a solve & there’s a corner twist.
Needed this video
Awesome vid! Ill go and Do a competition myself now XD
If you don’t know how to solve all of the events in you place what do you do if it’s the one that you don’t know
Ig you just kinda chill and talk to other people I think
Does beginners method is okay in WCA
Method does not matter
they dont care you can be have a 2min time and thats fine theres a time u need to get or it will be a dnf
What if you have 2 +2 penatlies? (For example you take up to 16 seconds of inspection time and then have 1 move away from the cube being solved) Is it a +4?
SmirkyCubes correct
I see, thank you!
the most u can get is a +16