How many speedcubers do you know in your area?

[BlazingSlow]

I've got a 21 years old friend who can solve the cube in ~ 2 minutes ( i've teached him how to ).
Also, my 40 years old uncle can do it in sub 2 minutes, from him i've learned how to solve the cube.

I've talked to a lady from a local store and she said that they sold ~ 20 cubes @ 1 $ each in only a week, so, there are people who play/solve/speedsolve the Rubik in my area ( Romania, Galati ), to bad i only know two of them.

 

[soccerking813]

I know of only one other person in the entire country I am currently in who can solve a 3x3, and I taught him. But he doesn't even have his own cube, so I sometimes let him borrow one of mine. But he has never gotten a sub-1 minute solve before, so not exactly a speedcuber. And he isn't smart enough to use his 3x3 knowledge to solve the 2x2.

I also would say I have the largest puzzle collection in the country, with a grand total of 6. I feel lonely suddenly.

 

[leeho]

Er...I only know Joey Gouly. I think he lives near me somewhere but I've never met him in person.

 

[miniGOINGS]

I also would say I have the largest puzzle collection in the country, with a grand total of 6. I feel lonely suddenly.

my friend (the sub 50 one) has 36 cubes in total,, so i think hes the biggest in manitoba

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

In your area as in, in your city? If that, then none. If you mean people I hang out with a lot at competitions that are closest to me (that I can actually travel to) Then I know, *counts*, four. One of them lives closer than the others.

 

[JTW2007]

Basically, just the members of the Mile High Speedcubing group.

 

[ShadenSmith]

well at least they can solve it in the first place.... I'm the only sub 30 (or 25 for that matter ) cuber in my area... nobody to compete with because I can out match the other two serious speedcubers that I know of by about 10 seconds...

That's not true. There are several sub-20 cubers in Cinci.

 

[Escher]

in my school year...
at least 18 people can solve the cube, definitely more, I've just forgotten...
6 people are 'speedcubers' in that they want to get faster,
2 people are sub 20,
and only 1 person is sub 15
Then there are others in the year below that do it reasonably casually.

Theres also peter (cookingfat) in sheffield, and calvin in barnsley (very close). So quite a few in my area!

 

[holypasta]

what do you mean by speedcube? i'll list the cubers i know and their average times.

1) 45
2) 60
3) 6:00
4) 5:00
5) 55
6) 50
7) 1:15
8) 45
9) unknown
10) unknown
11) 35
12) 30
13) unknown
14) unknown
15) unknown
16) 3:00

i may be forgetting a few.
i know a lot of cubers, because i attend Oxford Academy. (it seems like a stereotype -- and it is, of course -- but it's true.)

 

[Kian]

i'm going to call my "area" my town and every neighboring town, in which case I believe it's only my brother and I.

 

[Edmund]

ive taught atleast 6 people in the pittsburgh area but they are all above 1 minute solves....

 

[teller]

None! And I've never met any, either, anywhere. It feels like a gap in my overall cubing education not to have compared notes with anyone in person.

I keep waiting for CubingUSA to fill up with locals so that we can have a get-together of some kind.

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

I only know of one Speedcuber in my entire COUNTRY, and he doesn't really take it all that serious.

He's also on the other side of the country.

 

[JBCM627]

well at least they can solve it in the first place.... I'm the only sub 30 (or 25 for that matter ) cuber in my area... nobody to compete with because I can out match the other two serious speedcubers that I know of by about 10 seconds...

That's not true. There are several sub-20 cubers in Cinci.

My home is in Cincinnati... there quite a few other dedicated cubers in Cincinnati that I know of, some more dedicated than others. Fewer in Columbus where I am now, but I still know a number of others who cube here.

And yeah, Mike Stewart wins fastest from Cincinnati.

 

[Cride5]

Haven't seen a single cube or cuber around Edinburgh yet, and none of my mates are even remotely interested. Thank god for speedsolving.com

 

[ThatGuy]

0 people who currently speedcube. there were like 4 others two years ago. And i'm going to Columbus OH this summer.

 

[Yes We Can!]

70 procent of my class can solve one
But they are not SPEEDCUBERS XD

 

[JustinJ]

As Sarah mentioned, her and Brendon are the only ones I know of for sure, but there's this guy at my school, I have NO idea how fast he is, and I've seen him walking around with a V6 on numerous occasions. Every time I try to talk to him he seems to brush me off or be in a hurry , but I'll try again.

A couple people have been telling me recently that there's a really fast guy at my school too, (Mikey something), but I don't know if he's actually fast or these people are all members of the "my friend can do it in 10 seconds behind his back one handed" club.

One guy came up to me and solved it (slowly) and a couple of my friends can solve it, but they've pretty much all given it up.

Edit: I'm amazed at the amount of votes for 9+.

 

[pcharles93]

There are two sub-25 cubers in my town that I know of . There's an awful lot of people at my school that can solve the cube in a minute or two with the lame Dan Brown method, but there are very few serious cubers here.

well at least they can solve it in the first place.... I'm the only sub 30 (or 25 for that matter ) cuber in my area... nobody to compete with because I can out match the other two serious speedcubers that I know of by about 10 seconds...



Hmmm... I just realized how much I use the "..." thing... LOL! I just used it again... darn I did it again. I gotta get out of that habit

Matt McConaha and I are both sub-25. I'm sub-18 and he's around 20-21.

 

[Dave Campbell]

The only Canadian WCA delegate lives near Toronto, so that's why almost all of the Canadian competitions are there.

I don't mean to hijack a thread with an off topic rant, but i need to clarify this point. It is not the first time i have heard it (or, rather, read it) either.

The reason for so many competitions in Ontario and only one other one ever outside of it has nothing to do with me or my place of residence. It has to do with the overall lack of competitors outside of Ontario. If anyone in Alberta, or anywhere else in Canada, could prove to me that there is a viable cubing scene there (say, over 20 people) i would be more than happy to fly myself out there, much like i did for BC last year and will do again this year, to ensure it happens.

After that, if i felt the group had several serious cubers (much like BC), i would then offer my services to get them up and running as their own scene. I would help purchase equipment and train someone on how to be a delegate. I would fly back out there and help them put on a second competition and then, assuming all went according to plan, they would be self sufficient and could continue on with regular competitions on their own.

I am willing to do all of this for the love of cubing. But so far, to my knowledge, we don't have enough cubers anywhere between Ottawa and BC to warrant the time and money to do so. But when we do, be sure canadianCUBING (note it does not say ontarioCUBING) will be right there to support it, like we are trying to do with BC.

People make it seem like there are these organizers all over the country with a large group of eager cubers ready to go, but i am preventing a competition for happening. It is so far from the truth that i cannot sit by and let this misconception go on without saying something.

My apologies to those that list this sort of post as a pet peeve. Dan can scold me in Pittsburgh.