cuber314159
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I don't know whether the bulk of the cubing community share this pedanticism but when someone asks me about the Rubik's cube I say "its not a Rubik's cube" so when I see over and over again that it is Rubiks cube not 3x3x3 it annoys me because practically no one would use a Rubik's cube at a competition so why should a brand name that people practically never use at a competition be used as the name of the event.
4x4x4 is called 4x4 even though it was originally Rubik's Revenge
5x5x5 is called 5x5 even though it was originally the professor's cube
7x7x7 is called 7x7 even though it was originally vcube7
so why do we refer to 3x3x3 as Rubik's cube in the WCA when it is a brand name of a cube that is completely outdated and quite frankly useless in modern speedcubing.
Erno Rubik did not start cubing as the 2x2x2 was invented by Larry D Nicholls in 1970, 4 years before so we have no reason to refer to 3x3x3 as the Rubik's cube.
4x4x4 is called 4x4 even though it was originally Rubik's Revenge
5x5x5 is called 5x5 even though it was originally the professor's cube
7x7x7 is called 7x7 even though it was originally vcube7
so why do we refer to 3x3x3 as Rubik's cube in the WCA when it is a brand name of a cube that is completely outdated and quite frankly useless in modern speedcubing.
Erno Rubik did not start cubing as the 2x2x2 was invented by Larry D Nicholls in 1970, 4 years before so we have no reason to refer to 3x3x3 as the Rubik's cube.
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