The Benefits of Cubing?

Actually, i think you lose money by cubing, getting all those DIYs and stuff...

The money you can win from competitions recover just a TINY fraction of it.


So, my point is, Cubing is a useless hobby, but it is fun, so i cube.
 
We don't LOSE money.
We CHANGE money into cubes, dodecahedrons, train/plane tickets, etc.
Money is useless if we never spend it :p
 
As Spyyder Said, "The ladies. You get all the ladies"
Yea, I'd lake to add to that and finish that sentence. You get all the ladies to say "wow, that's cool ... is that all you do??" and they normally walk away after five minutes. Especially when you're intro line is "Hey I can sub-1 my J! Wanna see?"

You become very focused and disciplined. Yet, you set your priorities, like they would in mirror world.

Hobbies First, IRC and Chatting 2nd, Forums 3rd, Sleep and Hygiene fits in there somewhere, girls are obsolete, they can't even solve the cube. (No offense to the girls who cube out there) Education and Career is on the back burner just because cubing is so much fun, and you can be happy the rest of your life if you cubed.

Unless starving, your time could be better spent training more rather than sitting down to eat a full meal. Your best friend is somebody who you see once or twice a year at a "local" competition 200 miles from your house.

You get to travel all around to meet a lot of interesting people (yea a lot of people who are just like you ...)

You hate that you are paying an outrageous amount of money for your vehicle each month because it doesn't even have auto pilot or a choeffeur so that you can cube and still get there in good time.

You get a second use out of your blindfold. All of the Steve Urkels out there are buying loose fitting jeans so that they can fit two 3x3s in one and a v-cube in the other front pocket now a days.

We create lots of ideas, and make a hypothesis, run tests sorta like the scientists that you wanna become if you ever get a job. Just to shave a mili second off your average.

You get a new set of speed stacking cups each time you buy a new timer.
You can buy a Verizon touchscreen phone and play with your "cube" in the dark.


You practice and practice and train and are all alone on cold winter days. If you had any other super powers besides amazing hand eye coordination. You would be like Superman in the Fortress of Solitude.

Now that there are more Rubik's cube commercials, more friends are thinking of you every day.

You attain really cool nicknames like Rubixx and Cube!

You keep up with trimming your nails, and you make sure your cube is a well oiled machine.
 
Laetitia said:
-It's a good way to begin to talk with people.
Example : You're in the train. If you're reading a book, the person in front of you is not going to talk to you. If you're solving cubes, (s)he is going to say "How can you solve that? I always thought that was impossible!!!" and then, you answer and begin to talk about cube, then about this and that. (sometimes, the person can also say "wah, you're fast! What's your method? I'm using layer by layer and I can solve it in about 1 minute", but that's unusual:p)
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Exactly.
btw, some cubers from my region told me that people in the train sometimes also say: "Hey, I know some guy who can do it faster than you!" ^^


the advantages of cubing are obvious. It is indeed a good way to get in contact with the ladies, but PLEASE let me give you an advice: STOP cubing when you have started the conversation unless you want to show-off.

(Although sometimes people are impressed when you can solve the cube one-handed while talking to someone with just minor interruption of eye contact)
 
mrbiggs said:
Swordsman Kirby said:
Erik and I make money off of it. :D
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How, if you don't mind me asking?
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Mr. Kirby and myself were asked to demo for the biggest hotel group in the world (Wyndham). Not many people can say they ever did anything at all for such a big company :)

Mr. Kirby you as a gen y-er knows exactly what I'm talking about here aren't you with your quick interactive skills? :)
 
Erik said:
*driving cars :)
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sorry for the oooober bumb but...

Cubes make a great mental impairment test. During the weekends I tend to drink and drive - not at the same time of course :p
Morning after I'll find my avg, anything more than 10 sec over = mentally retarded ;)
 
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Well the good things about cubing for me have been:
1.Better hand eye co-ordination
2.Made me think more logically about puzzles
3.It's very impressive and can change the mood of a group of people easily.

Bad points:
1. Get called a nerd
2. People say your cheating
 
xkheldar said:
Well it really impresses people, I think I said this once, but I did it on the school bus one day after school and everyone clapped and cheered after I finished. All of them could see it because I was sitting near the aisle.
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I was at a hockey game once, and during the intermission, all the fans on one side of the rink were cheering, because i was heading up the steps when i finished :)
 
amostay2004 said:
The best thing about cubing is that 99% of the world thing it's such an impossible thing to solve..and that's where all the benefits come from =) well except the money-making part that is...
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I agree with the 99% of the world think it is impossible...so you are someone special if you can solve it...and even more special when u can solve it in a very fast time...

Some girls said that it is a good thing to do...trains the mind and stuffs...I told them it is more related to speed and reaction..not much thinking...but nobody agrees with me...(I am talking about non-cubers)...they still think I am very smart or good in math to solve puzzles...

You will get famous and many people will know you...once a while I will go back to my ex secondary school...and many ppl knows me...but I don't even know them...gain popularity by cubing? I guess most ppl won't like to be an ordinary person right? Being someone special from the others is quite cool...

Yup, I find it as a topic starter...I already have lots of friends before I even started cubing...now I even have more... but ya, you will get cuber haters too...which think you are a freak...but I won't care...because I don't even to them much all the while..:p for my close friends...well..I don't really cube that much..I only cube when I am free...

You get to mix with cuber friends...yes, travel too...I only been to Singapore once when I was young...nvr had a chance to go there anymore after that...now after cubing, had a chance to go to Singapore because of cubing competition...

I cube when I am walking in shopping complex...eating(waiting for food to arrive)...in the bus..in the train... most people just sit and wait when eating / in the bus or in the train...you waste more time by just sitting there doing nothing...but if you spend like 5~10 hours cubing..then I can say yes, you are wasting your time...because I doubt you have 5~10 hours of free time everyday...I only have like 30 mins~1 hour+ free time everyday..(it is a good past time during school holidays / semester breaks / public holidays)

and most of my time spent when I am at home is...online..chatting...surfing net...youtube...forums...listen to music...it is a waste of time too...so when I totally have nothing to do then I will solve puzzles...

I lost interest very fast...so keep buying new puzzles to test out myself...nowadays I like to solve puzzles without finding out solutions...coming up with own solutions is much more fun...testing your puzzle solving skills...not by learning from others...;)

You can earn part time income by promoting and selling puzzles or helping other lube their puzzles or modify their puzzles and charging them a small price...

I noticed that most puzzle sellers aren't cubers or are not good in cubing...they have hard time promoting and also don't even know how to find good quality puzzles to sell...


SnappleXXL said:
Well the good things about cubing for me have been:
1.Better hand eye co-ordination
2.Made me think more logically about puzzles
3.It's very impressive and can change the mood of a group of people easily.

Bad points:
1. Get called a nerd
2. People say your cheating
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Yup...better hand eye co-ordination...

Yes..some ppl think I am a nerd...(for those that don't know me of course)...for those that know me, nobody will say I am a nerd =P

but why cheating? I don't think anyone said I cheated before..I don't get it...how come it is cheating?

Benefits :

2 handed solves - train double hands speed and reaction time...lookahead too... you can apply reaction time and lookahead during daily lives... like example writing and typing...I never thought of looking ahead before in my life when I do these things...now I always lookahead...so I improved in many daily life-related things...

1 handed solves - make that particular hand more good in grabbing, holding, gripping... seriously speaking..last time I can't type sms with one hand...after doing right hand solves... my right hand is able to grip my mobile phone much well...and can type sms using one hand...and won't drop my mobile phone on the ground...I still cant handle mobile phone with left hand alone because I nvr train cubing with left hand...

normal blindfold solves - improves memory...like someone wants u to memorize a long sentence and saying it out after that...normal blindfold helps you in it....you will find it much easier to memorize things in a fast speed...

multiple blindfold solves - makes you able to memorize lots of things...but not in speed....

solving various puzzles - makes you able to think logically on how to solve new puzzles(iq type)....I like to solve various puzzles...and I come out with a method on how I learn all my puzzles.... (steps : investigate mechanism>get used to mechanism>test out all of the previous puzzle methods and try to figure which concept is related to the current puzzle(if not, then figure out urself intuitively)>come up with solutions>improve the solutions>make it into a method>convert it into a speedsolve method(if you are willing to spend time)>teach others(if you are willing to share)

feet solves - train your feet dexterity? maybe even able to grab objects with feet? well I don't know, because I haven't try feet cubing yet..:p

big cubes speed solve - train your ability to find objects easily...like if there are many small parts in an object..you can identify them much faster..
 
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Honestly I wouldn't say that being able to solve a Rubik's cube makes you special. All that it shows is that you got bored one day and searched on youtube you you could solve your cube.
 
Maybe
1. Grants you fast hand
2. Impress people(who can't solve it) for the first time
3. People will keep impress as long as they don't know that there are algorithms for it
 
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