Most Embarrassing Cubing Moment

[ZamHalen]

I had just lubed my cube with vaseline and was cubing in class (I had just picked speedcubing and was "turning really fast"). Then out of nowhere my cube almost literally explodes and sends pieces flying everywhere. The worst part is that a center broke off the cube so i couldn't put it back together
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[Sa967St]

I mispronounced Orangina.

How did you pronounce it? :confused:

LOL. A bunch of us were at a convenience store close to the venue to get junk food for the night. When we passed by the aisle that had drinks, I saw bottles of Orangina and said "What's Orangina? I don't think they have that in Canada." I said it like oh-rin-jye-na, so they all laughed at me and someone (Waffo?) said "Sarah, it's oh-rin-gee-na" and Ethan was like LOLORANJYENA. They wouldn't let it go, and it led to Ethan going back to buy 20 bottles of it the next day so we could have chugging contests.

edit: yeah, Waffo beat me to it.

 

[Andrew Ricci]

I mispronounced Orangina.

How did you pronounce it? :confused:

LOL. A bunch of us were at a convenience store close to the venue to get junk food for the night. When we passed by the aisle that had drinks, I saw bottles of Orangina and said "What's Orangina? I don't think they have that in Canada." I said it like oh-rin-jye-na, so they all laughed at me and someone (Waffo?) said "Sarah, it's oh-rin-gee-na" and Ethan was like LOLORANJYENA. They wouldn't let it go, and it led to Ethan going back to buy 20 bottles of it the next day so we could have chugging contests.

edit: yeah, Waffo beat me to it.

This has got to be my favourite so far.

 

[LarsN]

At Fuglsangpark Open I was competing in the final for 3x3x3. There was a small audience of mostly other cubers family and friends, and the were pretty close to the timers. I popped my second attempt sending 4-5 pieces spraying over the audience. My judge, Kirstine, yelled out that no one was to touch the piece because I would be disqualified of the solve. So I had to run around picking up piece between lots of peoples legs. Quite embarrasing.

 

[StachuK1992]

I mispronounced Orangina.

How did you pronounce it? :confused:

LOL. A bunch of us were at a convenience store close to the venue to get junk food for the night. When we passed by the aisle that had drinks, I saw bottles of Orangina and said "What's Orangina? I don't think they have that in Canada." I said it like oh-rin-jye-na, so they all laughed at me and someone (Waffo?) said "Sarah, it's oh-rin-gee-na" and Ethan was like LOLORANJYENA. They wouldn't let it go, and it led to Ethan going back to buy 20 bottles of it the next day so we could have chugging contests.

edit: yeah, Waffo beat me to it.

Heehee, I was the first to laugh, but Waffo was the first to talk.
Honestly, I've never heard of it before, so I probably would have done the same, but you ninja'd me.

 

[Joker]

I had just lubed my cube with vaseline and was cubing in class (I had just picked speedcubing and was "turning really fast"). Then out of nowhere my cube almost literally explodes and sends pieces flying everywhere. The worst part is that a center broke off the cube so i couldn't put it back together
.

That's why you don't use vaseline

 

[theace]

I was in the college office with a friend and her younger sisters. They wanted to join college and we were helping them out with the admission procedures. Then, the sister asks me to show her a solve. She scrambled it and it was an easy cross, with one f2l pair ready and two loleasy cases. I told her i'd get sub 25 on this one. At the oll, my top layer completely frickin exploded. Not only did all three girls end up laughing, the whole office was glaring at me. I had to search the entire place to find the cubies. The worst part was when I had to crawl under this guy's desk. :fp

 

[JackJ]

Well at my first comp I thought I knew how to predict Pll skips. I had a T OLL and thought I just needed to do the alg + U to finish it. I had a G Perm instead of a skip. Ive also failed a few G perms in comps.

 

[ChrisBird]

I mispronounced Orangina.

How did you pronounce it? :confused:

LOL. A bunch of us were at a convenience store close to the venue to get junk food for the night. When we passed by the aisle that had drinks, I saw bottles of Orangina and said "What's Orangina? I don't think they have that in Canada." I said it like oh-rin-jye-na, so they all laughed at me and someone (Waffo?) said "Sarah, it's oh-rin-gee-na" and Ethan was like LOLORANJYENA. They wouldn't let it go, and it led to Ethan going back to buy 20 bottles of it the next day so we could have chugging contests.

edit: yeah, Waffo beat me to it.

I'm pretty sure that was Ian?
I don't know.

Anyway, this has been immortalized I hope you know =p

 

[bluecloe45]

I mispronounced Orangina.

How did you pronounce it? :confused:

like vagina

oranjayna

 

[hic0057]

What Orangina. Type of fizzy drink (soda)?

 

[tx789]

At nz champs this year(my first speedcubing tourment) I pankiced and got 1:42.00. I was in the front middle. Later I stuggled with the timer (never used stackmat before). And then after a 26.63 sec solve I got a DNF (not good for avg). THe first solve was embrassing. Sort of. At least I recovered for the 3x3 after.

 

[Shack]

hmm well tried to go on a strip club at Czech Open

but ended up at a whorehouse

is that embarrasing?

or doing 9.xx OH but ****ed up the timer

 

[KboyForeverB]

In the 3x3 Finals, I got a DNF cause I wa shaking and did 1 extra U than needed in the middle of an alg

 

[RCTACameron]

In the 3x3 Finals, I got a DNF cause I wa shaking and did 1 extra U than needed in the middle of an alg

I got heaps of DNFs, it doesn't really matter.

Anyway, I have thought of two more.

I was cubing before school, and gave myself a pointless cheat scramble. I solved it, but I was really slow then. I was using a horribly loose cube with snap-on centers, and smashed it on the ground. It massively exploded.

The most embarrassing, though, was trying BLD at Melbourne Winter Open 2010. I had done a very close (3 edges away) blindsolve that morning, so I actually thought I could get a success. 10 minute memo, and I solved about 6 edges. Massive fail, I didn't do any other attempts. Dene was judging me, so I apoligised to him for taking so long.

 

[Bryan]

Not mine, but:

At Twin cities 09 (i think), I was waiting to be called up. The kids on my right were talking about Bob Burton, and then the kid on my right yells out "Whos Bob Burton?". It was really awkward.

You're remembering it wrong.

1) It was Minnesota Open 2009, because Bob Burton was actually there.
2) It was you who said it, not some kid next to you.

I get embarrassed when people refer to me as "Sir" and "Mr. Logan" at competitions.

 

[Doughnut]

Simon Westlund: "Does anyone have a clock?"
Me: "Yes, it is x.xx PM"
--And the whole room goes massive LOL
Simon Westlund: "I meant a Rubik´s clock"

... dork. Second competition ever

That cracked me up haha ;D Btw I saw his name on the Swe open this week, are you and him gonna enter? ;D

 

[supercuber86]

Well I got mostly 4 second solves for magic because i was so nervous my normal solves are around 1.60

 

[Logan]

Not mine, but:

At Twin cities 09 (i think), I was waiting to be called up. The kids on my right were talking about Bob Burton, and then the kid on my right yells out "Whos Bob Burton?". It was really awkward.

You're remembering it wrong.

1) It was Minnesota Open 2009, because Bob Burton was actually there.
2) It was you who said it, not some kid next to you.

I get embarrassed when people refer to me as "Sir" and "Mr. Logan" at competitions.

It wasn't me...

 

[Toquinha1977]

My then-girlfriend brought along her old 3x3x3 (80s era, with flat centers)when we went out to lunch with her mom, which she asked me to solve. While solving, I had a pop, which was bad enough, but when I realized I inserted the edge incorrectly, I had to pop it out again, but ended up breaking the centre cap. That was annoying to pick up.

Also dropped an Eastsheen 5x5x5 in public, which broke the core. Picking up a hundred-something pieces of shattered cube, not fun.