Music and cubing

**Escher** · 05-20-2012

Originally Posted by Godmil

What if you found watching tv to help you relax while solving... Would it hurt to have iPlayer on your iPad in front of you at comps?
I think you really have to be respectful to the 'sport' while competing, when you go to do your solve you should just be doing your solve, not getting additional forms of entertainment. I'm surprised to hear about the poker players. When ever I think of any other competitions I keep thinking it comes across as rude to be listening to music.

Because having an iPad is demonstrably intrusive, whereas having earbuds in isn't?

I'm not really sure what you mean by respect... Presumably it's allowed in poker because it doesn't irritate other people, nor is it a particularly big cheat risk. Although, live poker tournaments can be really boring in the early stages.

**Tj2OY** · 07-13-2012

Hi guys.I'm making this thread because my application didn't get accepted;so I'm just going to make a thread.

So the story goes that how you should/shouldn't listen to music during a competition or when your just at home.I like to listen to rap and some nice music just to calm me down,when I go to a competition they won't let me listen to music,but I think they should,because I think it will calm down some people when their nervous in their first competition or when they just want cubeing more peaceful;I will post the music I listen to when I cube at the end of this thread

.Some people say they shouldn't listen to music when they cube in a competition because the WCA says that the mics in the APPLE headphones will allow you to have a mic in-out and that the person on the other side can tell you the moves to solve it.

*WARNING* lots of songs have bad words because I couldn't find ones without the bad word SORRY*

http://youtu.be/XX2dkBSjdA8
http://youtu.be/E2GFczytrGA
http://youtu.be/V75WvjBZiOY
http://youtu.be/jB0WHL3Il_g
http://youtu.be/HEi3kLOuzfI
http://youtu.be/JU7-4GAERLI
http://youtu.be/cv0vlvjdgtY

**Dene** · 07-13-2012

There are a large number of reasons regarding potential breach of regulations that mean it is impossible to allow anyone to listen to music via headphones while participating in an official competition. I also like to listen to music while cubing at home, but this is the way it has to be. Learn to deal with it like the vast majority of other sportspeople.

(Hardcore pro-feminism-equality-for-women-gender-neutrality right there)

**Tj2OY** · 07-13-2012

I know I have to deal with it but I'm just saying what do you guys think about listening to music while cubing?

**applemobile** · 07-14-2012

Originally Posted by Tj2OY

I like to listen to rap and some nice music

>rap music is not nice

**Tj2OY** · 07-14-2012

Originally Posted by applemobile

>rap music is not nice

What I meant was i like to listen to rap and some Peaceful music ...In other words I like to listen to rap because its fast and pumps me up and I like peaceful music when I do example solves

**Smiles** · 07-14-2012

I just have my playlist going, but I do record what song I was listening to when I get PBs.
I only started doing this recently.

12.58 was Paradise by Coldplay
11.95 and 10.83 were silence. That's when I forget to turn my music on.