Speedsolving wiki: Notable Cubers

[macky]

Help me write these. The wiki is the best place for these.
http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Notable_Cubers
http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/User:Qqwref/Famous_Cubers

 

[a small kitten]

I'm pretty sure the Yu Nakajima article is not accurate.

 

[macky]

Fixed. But you should fix errors if you spot them.

And add more info.

 

[Toquinha1977]

I went ahead and added the Will Smith info. And yes, as much as we detest Justin Beiber, he's still a notable celebrity and I added his name to the list.

 

[BeautifullyDecayed.]

No Feliks?

 

[goatseforever]

Who's going to write the article for MeMyselfAndPi?

 

[Kirjava]

Will Smith/Justin Beiber are not notable cubers. They are notable people who cube.

 

[Igora]

Shouldn't this be going by last name?

 

[Johan444]

Will Smith/Justin Beiber are not notable cubers. They are notable people who cube.

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

Opinion about an undefined term that is.

OnT: Haiyan xD

 

[Mike Hughey]

Shouldn't this be going by last name?

Cubing has traditionally gone by first name. Perhaps that's worth reconsidering someday, but for now, it's certainly consistent with other things we do to go by first name.

 

[Andrew Ricci]

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

Opinion about an undefined term that is.

Not really, no. Justin Beiber and Will Smith are NOT notable cubers. Sure, seeing them solve may have gotten some people into cubing, but have either of these people added anything to the community? Have they reached solve times that many cubers aspire to? You will find that the answer to both of these questions is no.

 

[Johan444]

Not really, no. Justin Beiber and Will Smith are NOT notable cubers. Sure, seeing them solve may have gotten some people into cubing, but have either of these people added anything to the community? Have they reached solve times that many cubers aspire to? You will find that the answer to both of these questions is no.

That does not mean that they are not cubers. I'm not saying that they are cubers.

 

[Andrew Ricci]

That does not mean that they are not cubers. I'm not saying that they are cubers.

They just aren't notable.

 

[Mike Hughey]

have either of these people added anything to the community?

I think one could argue that Will Smith (at least) HAS added something to the community. I suspect that a number of people here wouldn't have been here were it not for The Pursuit of Happyness. In fact, I kind of suspect it was only because of the extra attention the cube was getting at the time that I decided to pick speedcubing up back when I started. So at the very least, it seems likely that Will Smith helped add me to the community. I suspect there are many others.

And as much as it might disturb some other people here, I suspect that if we look a year from now, there will probably be quite a few other people added to our community because of the extra attention Justin Bieber brought. I seriously doubt it will be of the same scale as what Will Smith did for cubing, but it will probably have at least some effect.

They qualify as notable cubers, in my opinion.

 

[Stefan]

Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber

Fixed.

edit: Dammit, Mike corrected himself before I could include him.

I suspect that if we look a year from now, there will probably be quite a few other people added to our community because of the extra attention Justin Bieber brought. I seriously doubt it will be of the same scale as what Will Smith did for cubing, but it will probably have at least some effect.

Will Smith gave us guys, Justin has the power to give us girls. Go Justin!

 

[Owen]

Am I notable? Please?

 

[Kirjava]

Paedo Pochmann? XD

 

[AustinReed]

Am I notable? Please?

Not quite...

 

[Mike Hughey]

edit: Dammit, Mike corrected himself before I could include him.

Yep - I was paying attention. (I never knew it was spelled that way!) I even got it so fast that my post doesn't show as edited.

 

[DavidWoner]

I think one could argue that Will Smith (at least) HAS added something to the community. I suspect that a number of people here wouldn't have been here were it not for The Pursuit of Happyness. In fact, I kind of suspect it was only because of the extra attention the cube was getting at the time that I decided to pick speedcubing up back when I started. So at the very least, it seems likely that Will Smith helped add me to the community. I suspect there are many others.

And as much as it might disturb some other people here, I suspect that if we look a year from now, there will probably be quite a few other people added to our community because of the extra attention Justin Bieber brought. I seriously doubt it will be of the same scale as what Will Smith did for cubing, but it will probably have at least some effect.

They qualify as notable cubers, in my opinion.

Shouldn't we be thanking the writer/director/producer of Pursuit of Happiness then? I doubt Will Smith had anything to do with the decision to put the cube in the film, as he couldn't solve before getting the role. If it wasn't him then it would have been somebody else doing the exact same thing. And you are just speculating about Bieber right now, we can discuss his place on this list when the theoretical people he's brought into cubing actually start showing up. Right now, he hasn't really done anything as far as I can see.

This is also all bearing the assumption that bringing new cubers counts as a contribution to speedcubing, which I heartily disagree with.