Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[FatBoyXPC]

I know he meant bld, but I was just stating that I could make the argument. I wonder if the argument of no pauses would count. I mean, I know that he continues on the fly of figuring out the solution, but he doesn't pause at all which gives a perception of knowing the algorithm.

I guess you could also make the argument you know each of the 43 quintillion algorithms but you have to pause because you have problems remembering all of them

 

[ariasamie]

Happened like, 3 years ago, but still lol.

so someone brought a cube to school, and asked me to solve it, but I told them it was unsolvable (there were 2 yellow centres, looks like we got a sticker peeler ) so I told them I would solve as much as possible and then peel the rest. I did that, then someone wanted to scramble it again and they told me to go at least 20 feet away for 10 minutes (because obviously, i would just reverse the moves they made) and when i got back, i just looked at the cube and told them it is impossible to solve, and asked them to stop peeling the stickers (thankfully it wasnt my cube) they claimed they hadnt, even though there was a red red red corner an orange orange edge, and 2 blue centres :fp

LMAO!

 

[adimare]

Every non cuber's questions are the same for some reason.

dumb minds think alike

Dumb minds correlate the minimal amount of effort it takes to learn how to solve a puzzle from a youtube video with intelligence.

 

[AnthonyH]

OMGWTF how did you do it so fast?
Did you just randomly turn it?

me: Yeaa thats wat u do. You wait until the cube solves itself

**girls grabs the cube

OMG I GET IT NOW!

me: o.o''

 

[NoobCube]

And to my 3x3 solves on roller coasters:

If you got a pop, how annoying would that be?

 

[amostay2004]

I know he meant bld, but I was just stating that I could make the argument. I wonder if the argument of no pauses would count. I mean, I know that he continues on the fly of figuring out the solution, but he doesn't pause at all which gives a perception of knowing the algorithm.

I guess you could also make the argument you know each of the 43 quintillion algorithms but you have to pause because you have problems remembering all of them

No, they DO use algorithms. In fact haiyan has hundreds of them, that's why he can solve without pauses.

 

[cincyaviation]

I know he meant bld, but I was just stating that I could make the argument. I wonder if the argument of no pauses would count. I mean, I know that he continues on the fly of figuring out the solution, but he doesn't pause at all which gives a perception of knowing the algorithm.

I guess you could also make the argument you know each of the 43 quintillion algorithms but you have to pause because you have problems remembering all of them

No, they DO use algorithms. In fact haiyan has hundreds of them, that's why he can solve without pauses.

I think he meant that they use a lot of different algs, not just looking at the cube and solving it with 1 speed-optimal alg.

 

[zapper99]

sorry i forgot to quote message in reply Whoops:rolleyes:

 

[FatBoyXPC]

I know he meant bld, but I was just stating that I could make the argument. I wonder if the argument of no pauses would count. I mean, I know that he continues on the fly of figuring out the solution, but he doesn't pause at all which gives a perception of knowing the algorithm.

I guess you could also make the argument you know each of the 43 quintillion algorithms but you have to pause because you have problems remembering all of them

No, they DO use algorithms. In fact haiyan has hundreds of them, that's why he can solve without pauses.

I think he meant that they use a lot of different algs, not just looking at the cube and solving it with 1 speed-optimal alg.

That's precisely what I meant. Doing BLD intuitively would be incredibly difficult. It'd be like doing speedBLD without the endless hours of memo time.

And you could argue that you know the algorithm for each scrambled case since you can just record your moves. I realize it's not an optimal alg, but it's still one long algorithm to solve the cube.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

OMGWTF how did you do it so fast?
Did you just randomly turn it?

me: Yeaa thats wat u do. You wait until the cube solves itself

**girls grabs the cube

OMG I GET IT NOW!

me: o.o''

OH-SHIZ-DID-SHE-GET-IT?

 

[Toquinha1977]

My mom saw VO on the news and she said "wow, so many Asians"

Hmm...

(checks full list of results, counts about 30 out of 52 in 3x3x3 event)

Guess I'm so used to seeing it that I don't even notice it anymore.

On a positive note, one guy was actually asking intelligent questions and without giving snarky answers, I simply told him that it's entirely possible to learn within two weeks, practicing maybe an hour or so per day. His buddies who were there bet him $200 he couldn't do it, so he proceeded to go to the nearest Toys R Us. His friends were forced to pay up. And yes, Asian.

 

[InfernoTowel]

My mom saw VO on the news and she said "wow, so many Asians"

Hmm...

(checks full list of results, counts about 30 out of 52 in 3x3x3 event)

Guess I'm so used to seeing it that I don't even notice it anymore.

On a positive note, one guy was actually asking intelligent questions and without giving snarky answers, I simply told him that it's entirely possible to learn within two weeks, practicing maybe an hour or so per day. His buddies who were there bet him $200 he couldn't do it, so he proceeded to go to the nearest Toys R Us. His friends were forced to pay up. And yes, Asian.

You should feel good about yourself. You made someone hundreds of dollars by doing absolutely nothing (well, cubing, but you presumably do that anyway).

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

My mom saw VO on the news and she said "wow, so many Asians"

Hmm...

(checks full list of results, counts about 30 out of 52 in 3x3x3 event)

Guess I'm so used to seeing it that I don't even notice it anymore.

On a positive note, one guy was actually asking intelligent questions and without giving snarky answers, I simply told him that it's entirely possible to learn within two weeks, practicing maybe an hour or so per day. His buddies who were there bet him $200 he couldn't do it, so he proceeded to go to the nearest Toys R Us. His friends were forced to pay up. And yes, Asian.

Hell yes!

I showed my 3x3x4-5-7 to my dad and mom and they actually didn't complain how much I spent money.

 

[Toquinha1977]

My mom saw VO on the news and she said "wow, so many Asians"

Hmm...

(checks full list of results, counts about 30 out of 52 in 3x3x3 event)

Guess I'm so used to seeing it that I don't even notice it anymore.

On a positive note, one guy was actually asking intelligent questions and without giving snarky answers, I simply told him that it's entirely possible to learn within two weeks, practicing maybe an hour or so per day. His buddies who were there bet him $200 he couldn't do it, so he proceeded to go to the nearest Toys R Us. His friends were forced to pay up. And yes, Asian.

Hell yes!

I showed my 3x3x4-5-7 to my dad and mom and they actually didn't complain how much I spent money.

As an adult who can't afford real estate but can easily spend $11 on a Dayan Guhong DIY kit, that actually gave me a little pause. I've certainly been able to generate money from cubing (I was hired on the set of the flick 2012 as a consultant), but compared to how much I've actually spent on cubes, I got a long ways to go. In fact, I think that guy who I helped win a bet has probably netted more for his investment.

 

[Feryll]

My mom saw VO on the news and she said "wow, so many Asians"

Hmm...

(checks full list of results, counts about 30 out of 52 in 3x3x3 event)

Guess I'm so used to seeing it that I don't even notice it anymore.

On a positive note, one guy was actually asking intelligent questions and without giving snarky answers, I simply told him that it's entirely possible to learn within two weeks, practicing maybe an hour or so per day. His buddies who were there bet him $200 he couldn't do it, so he proceeded to go to the nearest Toys R Us. His friends were forced to pay up. And yes, Asian.

Hell yes!

I showed my 3x3x4-5-7 to my dad and mom and they actually didn't complain how much I spent money.

As an adult who can't afford real estate but can easily spend $11 on a Dayan Guhong DIY kit, that actually gave me a little pause. I've certainly been able to generate money from cubing (I was hired on the set of the flick 2012 as a consultant), but compared to how much I've actually spent on cubes, I got a long ways to go. In fact, I think that guy who I helped win a bet has probably netted more for his investment.

How did the movie producers find you and hire you anyway? Too bad your work for the movie never made it to the screen, though.

 

[souljahsu]

nc: let me scramble it
me: ok(hands cube over)
nc: done

I get a pop ( just an edge and 2 corners)

nc: ha!!! I mixed it up so well you broke it

 

[koreancuber]

one center cap falls off.

everyone: OMFG IS IT BROKEN?!?!?!

 

[ariasamie]

one center cap falls off.

everyone: OMFG IS IT BROKEN?!?!?!

yeaaah! rubik's.com DIY center caps suck!

 

[Toquinha1977]

How did the movie producers find you and hire you anyway? Too bad your work for the movie never made it to the screen, though.

(short answer)
It was a bit of a lucky break, but I'm also signed up with a local talent agency for film and TV work. When I get calls, it's usually to fill the background but occasionally I can get what is referred to as SAE, or "Special Abilities Extra", which in this case involved Rubik's Cube solving. As it is, they ended up not even utilizing me, as the director decided to change it to Chess at the last minute.

Got paid for my time a minimum of 8 hours (even though I was there for less than 2), got to take home a bunch of Rubik's Cubes, and got to snack off the craft service table. SCORE!

(segue into long answer)
For the most part, it's pretty mindless "work", as 95% of the time, you're parked in the extras holding area, where you're just doing sweet FA and snacking off the craft service table, but it generally pays pretty poorly if you're not in the union, so I turn down work if it happens to be less than what I usually make (which is 80% of the jobs, which pay just above minimum wage), but anything special, like if you're working on commercials (which can pay a flat rate of around $200/day), the aforementioned SAE ($20/hr, I think, and they had to pay me for a minimum of 8 hours), or you're getting paid union rate (which is rare, but happens), then it's essentially a paid mini-vacation.

 

[Dratini]

In high school:

-OMG, I can solve it in like, 9 minutes by taking it apart.
-I'll give you a candy bar if you can solve it in 5 minutes. Oh wait, 4 minutes. What! 3 minutes. 2... 1...30 seconds? <Got a lot of candy off that
-How many colors are there?
-I know someone who can solve it in 2 seconds.
-I'll pay you to do that at my brother's birthday party.

On the bus:
-*after watching me solve it several times...* Can you solve that?
-Can you teach me how? Oh wait, here's my stop.
-Don't you guys like, spray vegetable oil in that thing?