Have you ever started a trend at your school?

[andrewvo1324]

Well Yea, have you?

I've started a SpeedCubing Trend. Everywhere i go i see a kid with a rubiks cube.


But only 1 other person besides me knows how to solve it Because i taught him cause hes my best friend.

And like When im in the bus everyone gives me their cubes to solve =P

 

[darkzelkova]

One guy started it, then I joined xD but only a few people still bring cubes around anywhere.

 

[Y2k]

Like 10 people brought their cubes today at school. Everyone wanted me to solve them. One of my friends brought a 4x4x4 and I was like Now I need to buy one. Before winter, no-one had ever mentioned a cube.

 

[Dyste]

Yep, there's a good handful of people who went out to buy cubes or started messing with the ones they had before because I keep solving it in front of them. Not very many of them know how to actually solve it, but those who do just use beginner methods.

 

[badmephisto]

i started it, a few people learned how to solve it, but none of them care at all to continue into speedcubing... I really don't get it

 

[Dyste]

A lot of people seem to have the argument that there doesn't seem to be a point in solving it for speed after you already know how to solve it. My friend got angry because he doesn't like the fact that I use a set system, and thinks that it's just overly repetitive and wanted me to spice it up a bit by doing something new. >.> People just don't see the benefit from gaining in speed, besides improving memory and the recognition of patterns.

 

[aznblur]

I believe I've started a trend in 2 schools (me and my friend's), which has slowly spread out since.

Seriously, you can't walk anywhere in my school without seeing someone cubing.

 

[darkzelkova]

lol I wonder if anyone who sees me on public transit has started cubing. Or at kung fu xD. That would be interesting to know lol

 

[badmephisto]

A lot of people seem to have the argument that there doesn't seem to be a point in solving it for speed after you already know how to solve it. My friend got angry because he doesn't like the fact that I use a set system, and thinks that it's just overly repetitive and wanted me to spice it up a bit by doing something new. >.> People just don't see the benefit from gaining in speed, besides improving memory and the recognition of patterns.

actually they are ohso wrong At least so far cubing is working out pretty great for me. One of my potential employers saw my website and he saw me mention cubing on my profile. He asked me about it and I told him I can solve it sub20. He didn't believe me and wanted to see it. I sometimes take the cube in my coat so that i can solve it in subway, so i had it with me; I showed him a solve, (OLL skip rofl), and he was amazed and said he will buy the cube for his son for christmas. The interview from there on went incredibly well

also, i was randomly solving it on subway and this other guy just offered me a job right away. "what do you study?", "comp sci", "i have a PHP script that I need someone to work on, to make quick 300 bucks". I actually have no idea why he did that, why would you assume im a great programmer if i can solve the cube? anyway...

lastly, it has all sorts of advantages, for example i find that many girls are usually pretty impressed with my solving skills, in all the right ways

so, tons of positive things about it still, that's not what keeps me going at all.

 

[andrewvo1324]

A lot of people seem to have the argument that there doesn't seem to be a point in solving it for speed after you already know how to solve it. My friend got angry because he doesn't like the fact that I use a set system, and thinks that it's just overly repetitive and wanted me to spice it up a bit by doing something new. >.> People just don't see the benefit from gaining in speed, besides improving memory and the recognition of patterns.

actually they are ohso wrong At least so far cubing is working out pretty great for me. One of my potential employers saw my website and he saw me mention cubing on my profile. He asked me about it and I told him I can solve it sub20. He didn't believe me and wanted to see it. I sometimes take the cube in my coat so that i can solve it in subway, so i had it with me; I showed him a solve, (OLL skip rofl), and he was amazed and said he will buy the cube for his son for christmas. The interview from there on went incredibly well

also, i was randomly solving it on subway and this other guy just offered me a job right away. "what do you study?", "comp sci", "i have a PHP script that I need someone to work on, to make quick 300 bucks". I actually have no idea why he did that, why would you assume im a great programmer if i can solve the cube? anyway...

lastly, it has all sorts of advantages, for example i find that many girls are usually pretty impressed with my solving skills, in all the right ways

so, tons of positive things about it still, that's not what keeps me going at all.

Wow, I never realised that Cubing can get you Offered so many jobs =P. Every one assumes that im genius..But i go like No...its based on mem.....They dont let me finish so i just stick with being a genius.

Also my friend really isnt into "SPEED"Solving he just likes solving so he can can look cool =P He doesnt seem very into it and want new cubes/stickers and lube and want to try different methods.

But People at my school should be determined ;D cause cubing helped with my memorization

 

[tim]

People just don't see the benefit from gaining in speed, besides improving memory and the recognition of patterns.

You improve your memory by learning patterns and algorithms? Wow, that's new stuff to me.
And there aren't any other benefits than "memory improvement" and pattern recognition, if you gain in speed. Speedcubing itself is extremely braindead.

 

[4GO57O]

I started a Pen Spinning trend in our school =P only one guy went serious but he still can't do a sonic but he can do all other fundies though

 

[Erik]

At one point about 6/7 people were playing with a cube in class last week, and I wasn't even one of them at that moment! This is by the way a big percentage because there are only about 20 people in my class... I tought about 4 how to solve it actually (in my class)

 

[Dene]

actually they are ohso wrong At least so far cubing is working out pretty great for me. One of my potential employers saw my website and he saw me mention cubing on my profile. He asked me about it and I told him I can solve it sub20. He didn't believe me and wanted to see it. I sometimes take the cube in my coat so that i can solve it in subway, so i had it with me; I showed him a solve, (OLL skip rofl), and he was amazed and said he will buy the cube for his son for christmas. The interview from there on went incredibly well

also, i was randomly solving it on subway and this other guy just offered me a job right away. "what do you study?", "comp sci", "i have a PHP script that I need someone to work on, to make quick 300 bucks". I actually have no idea why he did that, why would you assume im a great programmer if i can solve the cube? anyway...

lastly, it has all sorts of advantages, for example i find that many girls are usually pretty impressed with my solving skills, in all the right ways

so, tons of positive things about it still, that's not what keeps me going at all.

Wow, you are a lucky person!!

 

[abbracadiabra]

lastly, it has all sorts of advantages, for example i find that many girls are usually pretty impressed with my solving skills, in all the right ways

Gotta ask: what are all the right ways?

Congrats on the job offer. It's pretty neat how opportunities come out of the most unlikely circumstances. Good luck.

 

[ShadenSmith]

A lot of people seem to have the argument that there doesn't seem to be a point in solving it for speed after you already know how to solve it. My friend got angry because he doesn't like the fact that I use a set system, and thinks that it's just overly repetitive and wanted me to spice it up a bit by doing something new. >.> People just don't see the benefit from gaining in speed, besides improving memory and the recognition of patterns.

actually they are ohso wrong At least so far cubing is working out pretty great for me. One of my potential employers saw my website and he saw me mention cubing on my profile. He asked me about it and I told him I can solve it sub20. He didn't believe me and wanted to see it. I sometimes take the cube in my coat so that i can solve it in subway, so i had it with me; I showed him a solve, (OLL skip rofl), and he was amazed and said he will buy the cube for his son for christmas. The interview from there on went incredibly well

also, i was randomly solving it on subway and this other guy just offered me a job right away. "what do you study?", "comp sci", "i have a PHP script that I need someone to work on, to make quick 300 bucks". I actually have no idea why he did that, why would you assume im a great programmer if i can solve the cube? anyway...

lastly, it has all sorts of advantages, for example i find that many girls are usually pretty impressed with my solving skills, in all the right ways

so, tons of positive things about it still, that's not what keeps me going at all.

That's actually how I got my first (and current) job. At Sonic, the manager asked me what I do in my spare time, so obviously speedcubing came up first He was so impressed he promised to hire me the next day if I came back and cubed for the employees there.

 

[badmephisto]

lastly, it has all sorts of advantages, for example i find that many girls are usually pretty impressed with my solving skills, in all the right ways

Gotta ask: what are all the right ways?

Congrats on the job offer. It's pretty neat how opportunities come out of the most unlikely circumstances. Good luck.

lol... usually as in "wow you are sooo smart! do it again, please?" then i look away and act like i don't wanna do it again, just so that they have to add something like "for me?" ::wink wink::... to which i usually humbly reply: "its really not that hard. You know,... when you solve the cube so fast, you don't have time to think - you rely purely on Instinct. Any minor mistake you make could cost you precious seconds, and every tiny wrong move can lead to a pop. It is solve, or be solved!". While I am saying this, I also solve the cube really fast, and when Im done, i slam it on some table and not even check if its actually solved, then look bored.

nah i don't actually do/say that stuff, but I'm thinking that's actually pretty good, i might try that next time ?

 

[hdskull]

Yes, half of the student population as it seems knows how to solve the cube, and about a good 15-20% owns a cube, lol.

 

[Leo]

Me and my friend seemed to have started a cubing craze

 

[Dene]

lastly, it has all sorts of advantages, for example i find that many girls are usually pretty impressed with my solving skills, in all the right ways

Gotta ask: what are all the right ways?

Congrats on the job offer. It's pretty neat how opportunities come out of the most unlikely circumstances. Good luck.

lol... usually as in "wow you are sooo smart! do it again, please?" then i look away and act like i don't wanna do it again, just so that they have to add something like "for me?" ::wink wink::... to which i usually humbly reply: "its really not that hard. You know,... when you solve the cube so fast, you don't have time to think - you rely purely on Instinct. Any minor mistake you make could cost you precious seconds, and every tiny wrong move can lead to a pop. It is solve, or be solved!". While I am saying this, I also solve the cube really fast, and when Im done, i slam it on some table and not even check if its actually solved, then look bored.

nah i don't actually do/say that stuff, but I'm thinking that's actually pretty good, i might try that next time ?

LMAO!! This is funny reading material