Worst feeling ever while solving?

[tecnikal]

*studying for big test the next day*
*looks at cube, picks it up*
*Solves it*
"I should be studying.... but oh well"
*keep solving or playing with cube for another 1-2 hours*

feeling of remorse for not studying.
Take the test the next day, blank out, almost fail, drop your average

other wise, first couple of turns and the cube detonates.

 

[Leviticus]

When you get a PLL skip and AUF the wrong way.

When you get a great solve (sub 11) and lock up on PLL, then slam your best speedcube (type III) against the table causing all the corner/center caps to come off. Then throw your cube (Half cube?) 3 metres across your room against a wall. It never had a chance...

 

[cookingfat]

great thread! most of the above has happened to me, but mainly >

* cube pops when solving last piece on 3x3x3 BLD
* getting too excited when I get fast cross/f2l and end up locking up and getting an average time
* forgetting to adjust cross face before starting f2l pairs
* getting the cross wrong.

thought I'll add thiss too, my biggest 'fear' is making a mistake when I go to my first competition.

 

[Rawn]

When I built my blocks (Roux) on the wrong centres while having a some skips.

 

[gavnasty]

the thing i don't like about the CCT is that the timer is big enough so you can see it in your peripherals when you're solving. Sometimes you get excited that you're making good time, and you lock up on your PLL.

 

[kaixax555]

Worst feeling is my cube exploding when executing H perm, Z perm or U perm.

 

[Edam]

"Oh crap, I made my cross on the wrong side."

thats it for me, i'll be just about to start the last layer and suddenly notice 2 of my cross colours are swapped.. usually blue and green. That wrecked a time on one of my solves at the UK open.

Was that the 1:03.84? Next time try R2 L2 U2 R2 L2 D2.

hah, that surprised me. thought i had a stalker, then suddenly remembered my wca link. I'm sure it wouldn't a big deal now, but it was my first competition and as soon as i saw it my mind went blank as to ways to fix it. i remembered that as my worse feeling when solving.

 

[d4m4s74]

asked someone else to scramble my cube, without me knowing he switched two edge pieces.
Solved the F2l and OLL in 18 seconds, failed at PLL because I couldn't recognize the case

 

[kaixax555]

asked someone else to scramble my cube, without me knowing he switched two edge pieces.
Solved the F2l and OLL in 18 seconds, failed at PLL because I couldn't recognize the case

Lol thats so bad of the person.

 

[Mike Hughey]

When you finish a big cube BLD, pull off the blindfold, and see it's solved. Then Andrew Kang )) shows you that there are two edges swapped on the back side of the cube that you couldn't see at first. That's a pretty sad feeling.

I'd just look up at him, glare, and then give him the finger Or throw the cube on the ground (especially if it was an eastsheen )

That's hard to do, because Andrew is such an amazingly nice guy. (Except when he's showing me I DNFed. )

And I would NEVER throw my Eastsheen competition 4x4x4 on the ground - I'd cry if that ever happened - I love that cube! That would be worse than the DNF.

 

[Erik]

When I get a non-lucky 7.xx solve and then +2 it... (happened today) :rolleyes:

 

[Ethan Rosen]

When I'm solving a puzzle on gelatinbrain, and its either one of the harder/longer puzzles or its going to be a really good solve movecount wise, and I hit backspace hoping to undo a move but it functions the same as the back button on the browser

 

[Hadley4000]

Fixing a POP incorrectly.

 

[Gunnar]

When I get a non-lucky 7.xx solve and then +2 it... (happened today) :rolleyes:

Man, that's tough.

I know that at least once I've had a solve that must have been sub-10 and realized that I was just typing blank spaces in a chat window, instead of starting and stopping the timer. :-(

 

[Scigatt]

When I get a non-lucky 7.xx solve and then +2 it... (happened today) :rolleyes:

Man, that's tough.

I know that at least once I've had a solve that must have been sub-10 and realized that I was just typing blank spaces in a chat window, instead of starting and stopping the timer. :-(

I had a similar thing yesterday, only it was sub-40 that I was seeking.

"Oh crap, I made my cross on the wrong side."

Let me clarify this. I normally scramble with U-white, F-green then turn the cube over during inspection to make the white cross on the bottom. Sometimes I forget to do this, and I make a cross with white pieces on the yellow side. I usually don't realize this until the first f2l pair.

 

[boiiwonder]

When I built my blocks (Roux) on the wrong centres while having a some skips.

LMAO!!! man I know how that feels.

For me its probaly doing the wrong Cmll alg

 

[MTGjumper]

Getting a 30-35 4x4 redux, then getting double parity and loads of lock ups on 3x3.

 

[Marvolo]

Second move of U permutation at 8.xx and... POP ;/

 

[Pyro-Dude]

Misorientations and dropping the cube

 

[Lewis]

Solving my ES 4x4 in a room that isn't very well lit, and realising I've mixed up the red and purple inner pieces. (Unless it is a really light room, I can't tell the difference!)

Also, my laptop autmatically goes into standby after 5 minutes (like a screensaver). I hate it when I forget to disable this setting, then try a 5x5x5 solve, only to have the timer shut down just before i finish.