[Member Intro] My Introduction

Hey y'all! My real name is Kevin, aka thecubicwizard, and I love cubing, cubing is something that I'm really passionate about and I average about 20 seconds, I love 2x2, 3x3 One-handed, Blindfolded and 5x5, and yeah that's kind of me
Welcome 50000th just a quick warning @pTr will bomb you with questions soon. Also do you have any other hobbies?
 
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  1. White plastic vs. black plastic cubes?
  2. Lube vs. dry?
  3. CFOP vs. Roux vs. ZZ?
  4. Practice alone vs. practice with friends?
  5. Compete locally vs. internationally?
  6. When did you first pick up a Rubik’s Cube, and what drew you to it?
  7. Who or what inspired you to start speedcubing?
  8. What was your first big cubing “breakthrough” (e.g. first sub-minute solve)?
  9. How did you decide to branch out into 2×2, one-handed, blindfolded, and 5×5?
  10. What’s your proudest cubing achievement so far?
  11. What does a typical practice session look like for you?
  12. How do you balance practicing different events (2×2 vs. 3×3 vs. blindfolded)?
  13. What’s the single most important technique or algorithm you’ve learned?
  14. How do you warm up before a competition?
  15. Do you use any drills or exercises to improve look-ahead and finger dexterity?
  16. How do you stay motivated when progress plateaus?
  17. What goes through your mind during a high-pressure solve?
  18. Have you ever “cursed” a cube or gotten frustrated? How do you handle setbacks?
  19. What mental habits or routines help you perform at your best?
  20. How do you set and adjust your personal goals?
  21. How many competitions have you attended, and which was your favorite?
  22. What’s the most memorable moment you’ve had at a cubing event?
  23. Have you made lasting friendships through cubing? Any funny or inspiring stories?
  24. Do you participate in online cubing communities or forums? Which ones?
  25. What advice would you give to someone attending their first competition?
  26. What’s your current main 3×3 cube, and why do you like it?
  27. How often do you re-tension or lube your cubes? Any favorite lubes?
  28. Have you ever customized or modded a cube? What changes did you make?
  29. What’s one piece of gear you couldn’t cubing without?
  30. How do you choose cubes for different events (2×2 vs. 5×5)?
  31. How did you train yourself to solve blindfolded? Any special memorization tricks?
  32. What’s the biggest challenge of one-handed solving?
  33. Do you find blindfolded or one-handed more mentally taxing? Why?
  34. Have you ever attempted multi-blind (solving multiple cubes blindfolded)?
  35. What’s your personal record for blindfolded and one-handed solves?
  36. What’s the weirdest or most unusual location where you’ve solved a cube?
  37. If you could invent a new cubing event, what would it be?
  38. Do you listen to music or podcasts while practicing? What’s on your playlist?
  39. What’s a non-cubing hobby or interest you’re passionate about?
  40. How has cubing influenced other areas of your life (school, friendships, problem-solving)?
  41. What are your cubing goals for the next year?
  42. If you could train with any world-class cuber, who would it be?
  43. What new techniques or events do you want to learn next?
  44. How do you see the future of speedcubing evolving?
  45. What advice would future you (in 5 years) give to today’s you?
 
  1. White plastic vs. black plastic cubes?
  2. Lube vs. dry?
  3. CFOP vs. Roux vs. ZZ?
  4. Practice alone vs. practice with friends?
  5. Compete locally vs. internationally?
  6. When did you first pick up a Rubik’s Cube, and what drew you to it?
  7. Who or what inspired you to start speedcubing?
  8. What was your first big cubing “breakthrough” (e.g. first sub-minute solve)?
  9. How did you decide to branch out into 2×2, one-handed, blindfolded, and 5×5?
  10. What’s your proudest cubing achievement so far?
  11. What does a typical practice session look like for you?
  12. How do you balance practicing different events (2×2 vs. 3×3 vs. blindfolded)?
  13. What’s the single most important technique or algorithm you’ve learned?
  14. How do you warm up before a competition?
  15. Do you use any drills or exercises to improve look-ahead and finger dexterity?
  16. How do you stay motivated when progress plateaus?
  17. What goes through your mind during a high-pressure solve?
  18. Have you ever “cursed” a cube or gotten frustrated? How do you handle setbacks?
  19. What mental habits or routines help you perform at your best?
  20. How do you set and adjust your personal goals?
  21. How many competitions have you attended, and which was your favorite?
  22. What’s the most memorable moment you’ve had at a cubing event?
  23. Have you made lasting friendships through cubing? Any funny or inspiring stories?
  24. Do you participate in online cubing communities or forums? Which ones?
  25. What advice would you give to someone attending their first competition?
  26. What’s your current main 3×3 cube, and why do you like it?
  27. How often do you re-tension or lube your cubes? Any favorite lubes?
  28. Have you ever customized or modded a cube? What changes did you make?
  29. What’s one piece of gear you couldn’t cubing without?
  30. How do you choose cubes for different events (2×2 vs. 5×5)?
  31. How did you train yourself to solve blindfolded? Any special memorization tricks?
  32. What’s the biggest challenge of one-handed solving?
  33. Do you find blindfolded or one-handed more mentally taxing? Why?
  34. Have you ever attempted multi-blind (solving multiple cubes blindfolded)?
  35. What’s your personal record for blindfolded and one-handed solves?
  36. What’s the weirdest or most unusual location where you’ve solved a cube?
  37. If you could invent a new cubing event, what would it be?
  38. Do you listen to music or podcasts while practicing? What’s on your playlist?
  39. What’s a non-cubing hobby or interest you’re passionate about?
  40. How has cubing influenced other areas of your life (school, friendships, problem-solving)?
  41. What are your cubing goals for the next year?
  42. If you could train with any world-class cuber, who would it be?
  43. What new techniques or events do you want to learn next?
  44. How do you see the future of speedcubing evolving?
  45. What advice would future you (in 5 years) give to today’s you?
yo im back lemme answer all dis

black plastic imo
2.lube tbh i used a dry cube for a while but when i got lube it was much better
3.i use cfop but tbh all 3 of them are equally good imo
4.i usually practice alone but i always want and wanted to practice with friends
5.i compete locally currently and soon internationally
6.i picked it up in around jan 2023 and it just idk and i kinda got on yt and solved it for the first time
7. just looking at the cube amazed me or sum
8.uhh i dont know maybe sub 50
9.well i just wanted to solve other puzzles and stumbled across em n they kinda just stuck to me i guess?? idk how to explain it
10. my 13.17 second solve OR when i got full pll
11. 1 hour broken down into like 30 minutes oll 20 minutes solves and looking through random solves of others like recons
12. in my practice session i usually pick 1 event and i practice that after oll practice
13. oof i have NO idea LOL
14. praying to the cubing lords i dont dnf or +2
15. slow solves
16. uhh tbf i dont know myself
17. my mind droops and fumbles the whole solve and messes up pll
18. i have thrown my non main cube to the floor a BUNCH of times because of fumbling solves
19. i guess just thinking of the best scrambles lmao
20. i dont really, i just kinda think of a goal like "aight lets try to get a sub 17 avg" or something and i try to make it or something
21. i have attended 3 comps, my fav was budapest spring 2025
22. when i got a 15 sec pr and a 17 sec avg at budapest spring 2025 that was my most memorable

MY PHONE DIED TY FOR MY PROGRESS SAVING OML

23. well yeah but no stories lol
24.i dont sadly
25.dont be nervous, ppl there wont laugh or make fun or something, thats kinda it idk what to say
26. gan 14 pro, i like it bcuy its fast n stuff, and also i got it for free so im not rich so im happy w it
27. fz calm is my fav lube, i havent tensioned or lubed my cube in 6 months (burnout, also the reason i havent been active.) but i clean, tension and lube it every 2 weeks usually
28.nope
29.my hands
30. i just find a cube i like tbh
31. not really im also just starting out (still am due to burnout, but i am solving again)
32. tps, tps is probably one of the most important in one handed imo
33. blindfolded its just bcuz of the memorization its just like your brain playing tricks on you
34. yes and i have failed miserabley
35. blind 7 minutes and one handed 30 seconds
36. inside a box
37. oof i dont know, by invent do you mean add a new event officially to wca or actually invent?
if actually invent then idk if this has been invented but id say team multi blind?
but if official to wca then maybe team blind
38.chill beats for cubing by benccubing on yt (not mine)
39. guitar, piano and running
40. well it influenced my logical thinking and also it impresed my friends (not the girls tho)
41. be sub 15 by 2026 summer
42. uhh yiheng wang or luke garret
43. oof idk
44. smart cubes in comp maybe? new methods? idk
45 AND LAST QUESTION thank the lawd: to be honest? stop worrying about your times lol, just solve youll get faster eventually


and also sorry guys for not being online
 
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