Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[Specs112]

Back then I solved the cube in 50 seconds and I solved it in class and a kid said I quickly took peices out and put them back in. I had to solve it 5 more times for him to believe me. Lol

I got the same thing, except he said I was taking the stickers off. That makes it even more facepalm-worthy, I'm pretty sure.

 

[izovire]

okay, got another one today!

2 ladies walk into Puzzle Addictions and I do the routine walkthrough of the puzzles and I hand them a couple cubes to scramble. While scrambling they talk to each other about one of their friends can solve it really fast (like 3 minutes). I then solved one (typical 18 sec. avg. solve).

Lady1: "OMG! That's so crazy! Are you that guy that has the WR?"
Lady2: "I think he can solve it in 45 seconds or something"
Lady1: "No! Isn't it 1 minute?"
Lady2: "That was Will Smith wasn't it?"
Lady1: "yeah.... no."
Lady2: "It was on a TV special 3 years ago."
Lady1: "You're the guy right?"
Me: "No. The WR is 6.77 sec."
(they both drop their jaws)
Lady1: "omigosh!!! no wayyy!"
Lady2: "Can you do it that fast?"
Me: "maybe. Give me an easier scramble and maybe I can!"

 

[ianography]

okay, got another one today!

2 ladies walk into Puzzle Addictions and I do the routine walkthrough of the puzzles and I hand them a couple cubes to scramble. While scrambling they talk to each other about one of their friends can solve it really fast (like 3 minutes). I then solved one (typical 18 sec. avg. solve).

Lady1: "OMG! That's so crazy! Are you that guy that has the WR?"
Lady2: "I think he can solve it in 45 seconds or something"
Lady1: "No! Isn't it 1 minute?"
Lady2: "That was Will Smith wasn't it?"
Lady1: "yeah.... no."
Lady2: "It was on a TV special 3 years ago."
Lady1: "You're the guy right?"
Me: "No. The WR is 6.77 sec."
(they both drop their jaws)
Lady1: "omigosh!!! no wayyy!"
Lady2: "Can you do it that fast?"
Me: "maybe. Give me an easier scramble and maybe I can!"

hehehe.

 

[Maniac]

A comment on one of Nakajima's video.

you know how this is easy? all you have to do is that first alga-rhythm bakwards. I can do this SUPER EASY

 

[clincr]

Nope.
But, I did spray WD-40 in my eye once.

Did your eye turn well?

A comment on one of Nakajima's video.

Sounds like some Greek dance style.


And I'm doing a presentation on 'mathematics of the Rubik's Cube' at school so I'll have plenty of hilarious questions next week.

 

[y3k9]

Lol, on the bus:
non-cuber: "oohhh, you brought that again." *points at 2x2*
me: "Uhh, yeah."
non-cuber: "Lemme mix it up."
me: "uh, sure."
non-cuber: "Ok here. " *hands me the cube* "Oh wait, I'm gunna time it." *Starts looking for phone and looks up at my inspecting* "OH F*** NO, YOU CANT STUDY IT."

 

[Ranzha]

Lol, on the bus:
non-cuber: "oohhh, you brought that again." *points at 2x2*
me: "Uhh, yeah."
non-cuber: "Lemme mix it up."
me: "uh, sure."
non-cuber: "Ok here. " *hands me the cube* "Oh wait, I'm gunna time it." *Starts looking for phone and looks up at my inspecting* "OH F*** NO, YOU CANT STUDY IT."

I respond to this with "Yeah I can. They let you inspect for 15 seconds at competition."
If they take it when you're trying to inspect, let them rescramble. Inspect afterward and solve.

On the other hand, it's good for recognition.

 

[Tyjet66]

Yesterday at school, I was solving my 2x2, about 5 different people in my class wanted to play with my "4-cube"...

 

[rishabh]

this happened to me once

non cuber: LET ME MESS IT UP!
me: ok
non cuber: *messes it up then removes 1 piece and flips is* ok solve
me: *solves then encounters 1 wrongly flipped edge* *about to flip it by removing*
non cuber: YOU CANT DO THAT CHEATER
me: wait wut? you are the one who made the cube unsolveable in the first place

 

[cookieyo145]

okay these kids on my bus said "lemme screw that so much so you can't solve it" me"okay" i solve it in 27 sec,pretty good time for me, them "woah, that asian just solved that in like 3 minutes" me"yeah, whatever"

 

[kvaele]

Some ignorant kid in school walks by me when I'm solving and my aisian friend is standing next to me. In the middle of my pll alg he rips it from my hands and says "Thats enough scrambling! Just let him solve it now!" and hands it to my friend.

 

[Someone755]

every non cuber thinks it's hillerious when they say 'I can't even do it in 2 weeks'

true, so very true...

 

[kvaele]

every non cuber thinks it's hillerious when they say 'I can't even do it in 2 weeks'

Yeah. Whenever I say my pb or average or my time for any particular solve, thay usually say "Jeez. I cant even do that in __ Weeks.

 

[bluedasher]

this happened to me once

non cuber: LET ME MESS IT UP!
me: ok
non cuber: *messes it up then removes 1 piece and flips is* ok solve
me: *solves then encounters 1 wrongly flipped edge* *about to flip it by removing*
non cuber: YOU CANT DO THAT CHEATER
me: wait wut? you are the one who made the cube unsolveable in the first place

When someone does that to me, I just say, "WOWWWW Something tells me you flipped an edge."
Non-cuber gets amazed that I knew he did it.
I tell him to flip it and put it back himself.
He does.

Re-cap...
I solved the cube and I can read minds LOL!

 

[rishabh]

i had another non cuber scenario

(note: im asian)

while im solving my 3x3 , (this was a long solve since i messed up) i messed up a alg so while fixing it some random class mates takes it and takes apart the cube and fixes it ,
random class mate : DONE , BEAT THAT

 

[y3k9]

Lol, this one time I had my 2x2 out at lunch and some kid who thought he was like super smart was like "Hey man, I got an idea, why don't you make a cube that has 16 stickers." I'm almost sure he was referring to 4x4.

 

[MTGjumper]

I'm almost certain I won't get it. Have I made some sort of reference to an old TV show or old joke that I am unaware of?

What I meant was when you mentioned "wound-up" and then later said "make my cube angry". I'm working under the impression that to wind someone up is a British expression.

 

[Whippopotamus]

Oh dear, I've had quite a few of these moments... I started cubing properly after solving the cube without any guides a few months before christmas, and I have got a Ultimate Lubix Guhong and learnt 2 look OLL and PLL since then, and I practise quite a lot a school, and I have had people say thing such as:
"If I stamp on it then you wont be able to do it."
"OMG I know someone who can do it in like 3 minutes, he is well quick. [I just solved it around 40s infront of her]"
Them: "How do you do it?" Me: "I keep turning it until its solved, completely randomly, I'm just luckier than everyone else." Them: "REALLY!? :O"
"Wow look at him strum it!!!" [Doing an alg with lots of M2's]
"You are so close, just 1 edge out of place [They could only see 2 sides, with a 3-cycle PLL left]." I start algorithm "Oh no, you have messed it up now." I finish. "OMGGGGGGGGG YOU HAVE JUST DONE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

[ben1996123]

Oh dear, I've had quite a few of these moments... I started cubing properly after solving the cube without any guides a few months before christmas, and I have got a Ultimate Lubix Guhong and learnt 2 look OLL and PLL since then, and I practise quite a lot a school, and I have had people say thing such as:
"If I stamp on it then you wont be able to do it."
"OMG I know someone who can do it in like 3 minutes, he is well quick. [I just solved it around 40s infront of her]"
Them: "How do you do it?" Me: "I keep turning it until its solved, completely randomly, I'm just luckier than everyone else." Them: "REALLY!? :O"
"Wow look at him strum it!!!" [Doing an alg with lots of M2's]
"You are so close, just 1 edge out of place [They could only see 2 sides, with a 3-cycle PLL left]." I start algorithm "Oh no, you have messed it up now." I finish. "OMGGGGGGGGG YOU HAVE JUST DONE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Dumb.

I don't get why people feel the need to tell you when you solved it.

 

[Andrew Ricci]

What I meant was when you mentioned "wound-up" and then later said "make my cube angry". I'm working under the impression that to wind someone up is a British expression.

I've heard it, and used it. It's not uncommon.