Forum Digest (April 2023)

Here are some notable threads on the WCA Forum during the first quarter of 2023.

Dedicated App for recording times instead of scorecards
This thread proposes a digital approach of recording competitors‘ results using a mobile application rather than the use of scorecards, aiming to bring a better experience and reducing the organizational work of printing and cutting scorecards. The community discusses further issues that can arise from implementing this new approach.

Allow logo stickers in blindfolded
The community continues to discuss the impact of allowing cubes with stickered logos while in Blindfolded events.

WCA Growth – Compensation of Organizers
This topic proposes a method to compensate and award competition organizers for their efforts and volunteering hours spent on running official competitions. Alongside, it also discusses the solutions for major issues with monetary rewards and the negative impact it may bring to the quality of competitions.

WDC report on a case of cheating in 3x3x3 Multi-Blind
The community shares their opinion on the decision of this case and discusses the effect of the accumulated punishments and suggests potential future solutions.

WR Summary
Here are the most discussed World Records that were broken in the previous months:
* Guanbo Wang breaks the 2x2x2 World Record Single with a time of 0.47 seconds.
* Zayn Khanani breaks the 2x2x2 World Record Average with an average time of 1.01 seconds.
* Tommy Cherry breaks the 3x3x3 Blindfolded World Record Single with a time of 12.78 seconds.
* Elijah Brown breaks the Pyraminx World Record Single with a time of 0.75 seconds.
* Michał Krasowski breaks the Square-1 World Record Single with a time of 3.87 seconds.
* Stanley Chapel breaks the 4x4x4 Blindfolded World Record Single with a time of 51.96 seconds.

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