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1. etiennebausson · 1790230765 · focus · HN ↗

   I'm a bit curious about the rationale behind splitting the category by gender for rubik's cube. Is there a difference in dexterity to justify it?

   Sound about as useful as splitting rubik's cube champion by weight class.

   Video looks impressive, though the resources poured into that training seems excessive to me. Maybe I'm too poor and don't understand how rich people raise their kids?

   1. MarcScott · 1790231532 · focus · HN ↗

      It's probably more about encouraging participation in the event amongst women. There's probably a hundred male competitive cubers for every female cuber. Having it segregated means that stories like this find their way onto the front page of HN.

      1. figassis · 1790236074 · focus · HN ↗

         I get it, but if women feel discouraged in a sport they're perfectly qualified for and not disadvantaged in the least, creating a category jus tto accomodate anxiety or lack of interest is actually discrimination no?

         Shouldn't the work of incentivising more women be outside of the tournament and not bend the tournament altogether?

         1. rusticpenn · 1790242876 · focus · HN ↗

            There are a lot of environmental factors which need generational changes to make Women compete equally with Men. Most of the really talented women are never given the chances they need or their focus is diverted to "girly" things. So we are only seeing a small subset of women. To encourage more women, we need categories like this.

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