"One thing you hate most about cubing."

[kahman10]

Hey People of Earth. i am just posting this thread because i know that each and every cuber out there from the professionals to the beginners have a pet peeve about cubing. Finally there is a thread to vent out the frustrations you have with your cubes.

Since i started the tread, i will put my least favorite part about solving cubes. it is PARITY!!!!! i hate it with a passion. I hate it so much because of the long algorythms you have to memorize. I would rather spend my time memorizing OLLs and PLLs for the 3x3.

Now it's your turn, so tell me and the rest of us, what do you hate most about cubing?

 

[soccerking813]

People who are faster than me and because of that think they are superior and more important.

 

[JLarsen]

Hmm.....getting bad times. Mhm. Bad times **** me off.

 

[byu]

Cubes popping. I like really loose cubes so it annoys me a lot since they pop a lot.

 

[ErikJ]

fridrich method

 

[jcuber]

Not being sub-20.

 

[JLarsen]

Speaking of getting pissed at bad times....A couple 1:20 and 1:30 4x4 solves....wtf is this.

 

[Mike Hughey]

DNFs.
And people who complain about 1:20 and 1:30 4x4x4 solves - I just got two sub-1:30 4x4x4 solves this morning and I was so happy I almost posted it in the accomplishment thread!

 

[Robert-Y]

3x3x3: Pops
4x4x4: Parities
5x5x5: When I can't seem to spot an edge/wing pair for a few seconds

 

[Kian]

E-perms. Dreaded E perms.

 

[Anthony]

fridrich method

lol. +1.

I hate E and F perms. I know Eric Limeback would back me up lol.

Edit: Kian posted he hates E perms at the same time I did.

 

[Tortin]

E-perms. Dreaded E perms.

And Ns. Don't forget the Ns.

 

[Kian]

E-perms. Dreaded E perms.

And Ns. Don't forget the Ns.

N's are certainly not my favorite, but E's are in their own category of disdain for me.

@Anthony I don't mind F perms too much. It's really the recognition of E perms that's the worst to me, I just keep AUFing and hoping to find a 1x1x2 block. But it never comes...

 

[janelle]

On the 3x3 I don't like all the alg I have to learn for the Fridrich method. I also don't like when my stickers start to peel. It feels weird and I end up rubbing the color off.
On the 4x4 I don't like parity either. I haven't even memorized it yet xD They're soo long. Ugh.

 

[Anthony]

E-perms. Dreaded E perms.

And Ns. Don't forget the Ns.

N's are certainly not my favorite, but E's are in their own category of disdain for me.

@Anthony I don't mind F perms too much. It's really the recognition of E perms that's the worst to me, I just keep AUFing and hoping to find a 1x1x2 block. But it never comes...

I definitely don't enjoy N's, but I hate E's even more. E's really suck, although I can do it decently fast (1.5ish), so it's not my slowest PLL. Like Kian said though, recognition is what I hate about it. If I remember correctly, at the French Open Breandan Vallance could of sub 10'd, but he got an E perm, couldn't recognize it fast enough, did it from the wrong angle, and had to finish off with a H perm.

I don't like F's just because I seem to pop more on that PLL than any other.

 

[fanwuq]

Slice turns that are not M'
3x3x3 FMC solves over 34 moves.
Pyraminx lockups.
OH hand fatigue.
Loosing track of pieces while solving big cubes.

N perms are not bad for me. They are awesome for OH.

 

[soccerking813]

No perms compare with Ns. I hate them. I can do T-perm then A-perm faster than N-perm.

 

[V-te]

2x2. When it slips out of my hand.

3x3. Lockups..... grrr..... they add about 5 secs to my time. Thank god I'm getting a new cube.

4x4. Parity and mismatched centers. Thank god that I was able to find a few pairity algs.

5x5. Edge parity. grrr......

6x6 It takes me long (virtually, never tried it real life)

Megaminx. I know what to do, but the colors I need might be in the opposite face.

Mirror blocks- When I can't make the freaking cross!!!!

Cubing overall.... scrambling it.

 

[Sa967St]

I definitely don't enjoy N's, but I hate E's even more. E's really suck, although I can do it decently fast (1.5ish), so it's not my slowest PLL. Like Kian said though, recognition is what I hate about it. If I remember correctly, at the French Open Breandan Vallance could of sub 10'd, but he got an E perm, couldn't recognize it fast enough, did it from the wrong angle, and had to finish off with a H perm.

+1
I hate E perms so much, especially when I don't recognize them fast enough and do them from the wrong angle. At least N perms are easy to recognize, but they are still quite bad too.

 

[JTW2007]

Same as Byu, Kian, and ErikJ, but if you want me to come up with my own...

Type As.