Well, I can surely say, I will never attempt to break this record. I don't have the motivation for it. I've done 1hr cubing and that made my tired so 24hr is out of the question. But if any of you other fast guys will be going for the record, I wish you good luck.
/Gunnar --- In [email protected], "Per Kristen Fredlund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok :-) > > Point taken. You are solely talking about involving people at > Caltech for an official attempt. Got it :D > > So this was a dispute over nothing basically ... > > But i would still claim regarding the fatigue that 1 hr cubing is > not really related to 24 hr cubing. Someone doing worse than another > guy for 1 hr cubing may have more stamina for the 24 hr cubing. > > I don't think that too many ppl are gonna attempt to break the > record anyway. And most likely next attempt will be in europe ... ?? > > Cheers! > > -Per > > > --- In [email protected], Tyson Mao > <tmao@> wrote: > > > > Hi Stefan, > > > > Yeah, that's basically the idea. I mean... we have to have some > type > > of standard right? We don't have enough time to give every single > > cube-solve out there a chance at this record. We especially don't > have > > time to let people "try it" just for fun, if they don't have a > good > > shot at doing this. A record attempt like this is not a trivial > work > > of organization for us and is very disruptive to our lives. > > > > I agree, world records are meant to be broken. But nobody's life > > revolves around cubing, and we need to respect everyone's > commitments > > to other aspects of their lives. > > > > Tyson Mao > > Astrophysics '06 > > California Institute of Technology > > > > On Feb 20, 2006, at 4:57 PM, Stefan Pochmann wrote: > > > > > Could it be what Tyson and Shelley actually tried to say is just > that > > > if you want *them* to host your record attempt then you need to > > > provide some proof it'll be worth their time? > > > > > > Cheers! > > > Stefan > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Craig Bouchard" > > > <logitewty@> wrote: > > >> > > >> Well, I've sat back and waited to post, and I'll try to sum it > all > > > up... > > >> > > >> Why not get multiple people to try it at the same time...Like 2 > or 3 > > >> people, as long as they supply the scramblers (as you say) it > will > > >> also add that competitive edge to it. > > >> > > >> And about the doing it Unofficially first...You wouldn't be > able to > > > do > > >> this, because, as you said, it would take the scramblers, the > > > counters > > >> and everything for officially, you just wouldn't get the credit > for > > >> it...I can understand why you would say this, but only to some > > > extent. > > >> Maybe try a few hours, or something along the lines of > this...but > > > to > > >> ask someone to do the 24 hours on their own without getting > credit > > > for > > >> it. Its a good idea, but unreasonable. As you said this takes > a > > > lot > > >> of time to organize/do, so why do it unofficially, and put > yourself > > >> through it twice, and not go for it officially right from the > getgo, > > >> as Per said... > > >> > > >> Craig > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
