when people ask you how you solve the rubik's cube so fast you say. . .

[Deleted member 2864]

I memorize special cases and I identify them and do accordingly.

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

Geek.

msg2shrt

 

[Enter]

I have super powers

 

[Zaxef]

I always hear ...
"I could never have enough patience to do that" (especially when doing big cubes)
"CAN YOU SOLVE THAT!?" ... No... I scrambled my 7x7 so I can figure it out in the next few months >_> [/sarcasm]

If they ask how I do it so fast I just tell them I practice

 

[endless_akatsuki]

Well, not many people have actually seen me...so here's some possible ones:

1. I'm a nerd
2. I'm a beast
3. See, I'm not actually solving it. It's a magic trick
4. I'm asian

 

[waffle=ijm]

4. I'm asian

I USE THIS

and then I add...and Asians are magical

 

[a small kitten]

I cheat really fast.

 

[JLarsen]

Them: How do you solve a Rubik's cube so fast?
Me: First I get a cross then I do F2L, then OLL, then PLL.
Them: Huh?
Me: F2L is solving the first two layers. OLL is ori-
Them: Whats a Layer?
Me: This *points to a blue layer*
Them: oh, so it's the blue ones.
Me: No. It's... Nevermind..... As I was saying, OLL is Orienting the last lay-
Them: What does oreo mean?
Me: Orient not oreo.
Them: oh.
Me: PLL is Permutation of la-
Them: What does perm-
Me: SHUT UP!!!!! OLL and PLL can be done with a series of algorithms.
Them: What does alegorithioamm mean?
Me: ...!@#$ YOU!!! *I shoot myself*
Them: oh. now I get it. You just do like Right Right Left Left Up Down Right over and over again.
Me: *rolls over in grave*



That's the typical conversation.

HAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAH that made me laugh wicked hard. Oh man that's the best post in a while.

 

[dChan]

When people ask how fast I can solve it I usually just say, "I average around 15 seconds." When they ask how I solve a cube it just depends on the person I am talking to. But I found lately that it works when I say something like, "A lot of people think you have to solve it color by color or side by side but that's not the right way. You have to solve it layer by layer. It is sort of like a cake. You makes or solve the first layer, then the second layer, and then the third layer."

That's basically copying Shotaro Makisumi's explanation on an NPR broadcast. I've gotten a lot more people, lately, to actually have an understanding of how to solve by going that route.

 

[shoot1510]

"I cheat a math always." "I have magic powers" "I'm smarter than god"

 

[panyan]

I always tell people that I have no clue how I solve it, I just turn the cube really fast and make swishing sounds....and it always turns out solved

that is fantastic!

 

[dbax0999]

I usually say: "I get lucky. Really fast."

 

[Sa967St]

"How do you do that?"
"I turn the sides until all the colours match."
"But how?"
"You see, all the sides turn and the colours get moves around."
"How do you move the colours?"
"As each side turns, the colours that are on that side get moved to different places"
"How do you know what you're doing"
"Because when I'm done, all the sides have matching colours"

I would keep giving them smart answers until they eventually say "nevermind" and walk away

If someone asks me "what's the trick?", I would just tell them to look up tutorials on YouTube.

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

I just shrug or say "practice."

 

[fanwuq]

You guys are you elitist and mean!

My response depends on the person I'm talking to.
If the person makes sticker jokes or is asking in a mocking tone, I just take apart the cube and walk away solving OH.
If the person is friendly but not seriously interested, I just say I build blocks, it's like Tetris.
If the person is friendly and interested, I also say I build blocks, but also go through a whole solution with them and offer to teach them for random amount of money. That never happened because I rarely see them again.

 

[d4m4s74]

"first I do this, then that, then that and if I do this it's solved"
(while solving the cube as fast as possible)

and one time I said "I just disassemble it and reassemble it correctly, but I do it so fast it looks like I'm just twisting"

 

[bubba45671]

i tell them very carefully

 

[ChaosWZ]

well to people who i think are intelligent enough to solve it, i actually tell them

for everyone else

"How do you solve it so fast" I dont, when you blink i switch the cube with a solved one
"Well if you do that then where do you hide the cube" Its in hell, youre welcome to join it anytime (I cant say in my pocket cuz i wear skinnys and you could see it like really easy XD)

"If i scramble it can you solve it?" well no i cant but the cookie i just ate can, maybe you should ask him

"How do your fingers move so fast?" Well actually they dont your brain is just too slow to see it properly

"Is there any special pattern?" well yeah ofcourse there is, its this one with all the sides solved

"Whats the special trick?" there isnt one, you cant solve them you just switch the cube when people arent looking duhh =P

 

[rahulkadukar]

I say I am slow but that I can teach you to be as fast as myself.

PB:Sub 20 with LL skip

 

[AvGalen]

Them: How do you solve a Rubik's cube so fast?
Me: First I get a cross then I do F2L, then OLL, then PLL.
Them: Huh?
Me: F2L is solving the first two layers. OLL is ori-
Them: Whats a Layer?
Me: This *points to a blue layer*
Them: oh, so it's the blue ones.
Me: No. It's... Nevermind..... As I was saying, OLL is Orienting the last lay-
Them: What does oreo mean?
Me: Orient not oreo.
Them: oh.
Me: PLL is Permutation of la-
Them: What does perm-
Me: SHUT UP!!!!! OLL and PLL can be done with a series of algorithms.
Them: What does alegorithioamm mean?
Me: ...!@#$ YOU!!! *I shoot myself*
Them: oh. now I get it. You just do like Right Right Left Left Up Down Right over and over again.
Me: *rolls over in grave*
...

I actually lolled, not just the internet version, but the real-life-noise-making-slighty-eye-watering-type of lolled

...They say: "I don't have the patience to solve those."
Then I go: "Patience? It takes less than 20 seconds!"

If it's a girl: It takes some time to learn, I will teach you during dinner at my place
If it's a guy: You should ask Erik