Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

Haiyan uses speed-optimised BH, so that's 378 algs for corners, 440 for edges. Probably more when you take parity into account.
That is correct.

I could argue this for Haiyan and those other fast BLD solvers (you know, the 40 some memo + execution times). I realize they don't have a single algorithm they apply, but really he figured out the solution in that amount of time.

Actually Haiyan made his own method for blind solving and he had to memorize like 1200 or so algorithms :p

1200 algorithms? in 3 years i dont think im even close to knowing 600... you mean, 1200 including, conjugators, commutators, mirrors, inverses and all that?

Well ya all of those things. He looks at the cube for about 15 seconds and memorizes at least 10-60 algorithms to solve it and just executes them all. But I think only about 40% are mirrors and inverses and all those things but the rest are actually algorithms that switch many cubies around the cube at once. I don't know I read a little about it on some of his blind solve videos and did not quite understand all of it. But yes, he did memorize 1200 algorithms. ( At least that is what everyone is saying lol )
He uses a speed optimized form of BH, that means he solves 2 or 3 pieces at a time, so lets say he uses 2 algs for corners and 3 algs for edges plus a parity alg, that makes only 6,( (someone correct me if i'm wrong on these, i don't know much about 3 cycle BLD) Each Algs switches 3 pieces of the same type around, except for parity which i would guess would be 2-2 cycles. Where in the world did you hear about 1200 algs, and who is the everyone that is saying this?

That is what people said on some blind solve videos that Haiyan was in. I don't really know but there were a lot of comments arguing about that. Apparently someone that was an "Expert" on blindsolving said what I said on that post. I assumed he had experience but now reading what you explained, it was probably some 10 year old making some stuff up. Although he was right that Haiyan memorized a lot of algorithms.
 
When you let someone else scramble it I find it hilarious if they say "now im just solving it for you" as if its some kind of cycle.
 
This happened last week:

(my gramdma didnt believe i could solve so i was doing a solve)

[finishes solve and places cube down to stop timer]
Grandma: Oh my gosh!!
Me: Impressive huh?
Grandma: Did it dent my table?!?!
:fp:fp
 
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Contribution to forum: I hate being known as Rubik's cube guy. Happened at summer camp last year, not gonna let it happen this year. And people spell it wrong all the damn time. So I keep it a secret, just so people will like me for me. Which works oddly, I guess I'm cooler than I thought. Lolwut narcissism.

Yea the same happens with me at school! I have a cousin who is a freshman and she tells me how the other kids tell stories about an upperclassman who can solve Rubik's cubes in two seconds. Its pretty funny to here some of the things they say.

But the kids in my grade all think "Wow, thats the dumbest thing ever." or "What a waste of time." It's probably because they are jealous of my skillz!
 
Contribution to forum: I hate being known as Rubik's cube guy. Happened at summer camp last year, not gonna let it happen this year. And people spell it wrong all the damn time. So I keep it a secret, just so people will like me for me. Which works oddly, I guess I'm cooler than I thought. Lolwut narcissism.

Yea the same happens with me at school! I have a cousin who is a freshman and she tells me how the other kids tell stories about an upperclassman who can solve Rubik's cubes in two seconds. Its pretty funny to here some of the things they say.

But the kids in my grade all think "Wow, thats the dumbest thing ever." or "What a waste of time." It's probably because they are jealous of my skillz!

ive also kept it a secret lol..not one single person in my school knows that i can solve a rubik's cube at all much less in just over 30 seconds :p
 
Contribution to forum: I hate being known as Rubik's cube guy. Happened at summer camp last year, not gonna let it happen this year. And people spell it wrong all the damn time. So I keep it a secret, just so people will like me for me. Which works oddly, I guess I'm cooler than I thought. Lolwut narcissism.

Yea the same happens with me at school! I have a cousin who is a freshman and she tells me how the other kids tell stories about an upperclassman who can solve Rubik's cubes in two seconds. Its pretty funny to here some of the things they say.

But the kids in my grade all think "Wow, thats the dumbest thing ever." or "What a waste of time." It's probably because they are jealous of my skillz!

ive also kept it a secret lol..not one single person in my school knows that i can solve a rubik's cube at all much less in just over 30 seconds :p

So, zero people know about it at your school, and less than zero know about you solving it in just over thirty seconds.
Let epsilon be less than zero.
xD
 
People always tell me, "Whoa! You know the code for the Rubix's (note misspelling) cube!"

I have actually lost a lot of friends because I cube... They all think it is stupid and immature but I will never quit becuase they are just ignorant and do not want to devote the time to learn.
 
"Woah you must have a lot of spare time" - "No, I have exactly the same amount of spare time as you, but instead of going on the internet or watching TV, I cube. Ok?" "Ok..." xD
 
People always tell me, "Whoa! You know the code for the Rubix's (note misspelling) cube!"

I have actually lost a lot of friends because I cube... They all think it is stupid and immature but I will never quit becuase they are just ignorant and do not want to devote the time to learn.
I'm sad to hear it.
may your cube be your best friend.
 
I have a best friend, I wouldn't go as far to say my cube is my best friend xD Comes pretty close though :P
 
so uhh...

last day of school last friday, and i found out that my statistics teacher can solve a 3x3 (has a 3x3 and a 360 hidden behind other stuff on a shelf :cool:) using the method that comes with the cube (~2 minutes average)

there were about 8 people in the room, and he turned about 1tps :fp people were like :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: WOW DATS SOOOOOOOO FASST!

then my friend solved it (about 40 sec average) people nearly died because of the "incredible speed"

...

then it was my turn (about 16 sec average :D)

as soon as i started, people were like "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW" then they said they would give me some time to finish (lolwut) so they turned around and were gonna do some other stuff, but as soon as they turned around, i was like "uhh... *taps shoulder* im done"

i lold

oh yeah

then i did OH :p

people asked "how do you turn it?"
my response: "with one hand ;)"

i was gonna do BLD aswell, but they scrambled it and let me have 5 seconds of memo... so i decided i wouldnt bother.
 
I have a best friend, I wouldn't go as far to say my cube is my best friend xD Comes pretty close though :P

People always tell me, "Whoa! You know the code for the Rubix's (note misspelling) cube!"

I have actually lost a lot of friends because I cube... They all think it is stupid and immature but I will never quit becuase they are just ignorant and do not want to devote the time to learn.
I'm sad to hear it.
may your cube be your best friend.

My cube is a Weighted Companion Cube. Does that count?

on-topic: At a comp I went to, my sister solved in like 9"56' (she was nervous) using Roux. Later on, I heard the following:

Woman: Actually, they only learn a bunch of algorithms to solve one side. After that, it's easy. Didn't you see how long the little girl took to solve one side?
:fp:fp:fp

[ignorance is fine (sometimes), but being ignorant and feigning knowledge is just shitty]
 
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I have a best friend, I wouldn't go as far to say my cube is my best friend xD Comes pretty close though :P

People always tell me, "Whoa! You know the code for the Rubix's (note misspelling) cube!"

I have actually lost a lot of friends because I cube... They all think it is stupid and immature but I will never quit becuase they are just ignorant and do not want to devote the time to learn.
I'm sad to hear it.
may your cube be your best friend.

My cube is a Weighted Companion Cube. Does that count?

on-topic: At a comp I went to, my sister solved in like 9"56' (she was nervous) using Roux. Later on, I heard the following:

Woman: Actually, they only learn a bunch of algorithms to solve one side. After that, it's easy. Didn't you see how long the little girl took to solve one side?
:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp:fp

[ignorance is fine (sometimes), but being ignorant and feigning knowledge is just shitty]
BE CAREFUL
 
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