Accidentally finding speedcubers

[cuberkid10]

In my 6th grade, the "trend" was Rubik's Cubes. Everyone carried one around, yet very few knew how to solve it. I learned from someone in my homeroom and found a friend in music class that could solve. We eventually started racing (using LBL). I haven't seen him in 4 years, but we only averaged a minute back then. Other than that, I haven't come upon any other person that could even solve a cube.

 

[Yuxuibbs]

i knew a person but didn't know they speed cubed until they brought cubes in and started cubing.... he averages like 45s and can a lot of different cubes (big cubes and stuff, i never bothered learning algs)

 

[Ranzha]

My friend Michael Nguyen from school, on the first day of band camp last year, recognized me from US Nats '09. He averaged 16 when he quit. Only comp we both competed at was Stanford Cube-a-Palooza 2009.

 

[Owen]

Did you know that Sesi Cadmus, one of the fastest female cubers in the world, is in one of your classes?

Yup. Did you read the other thread, or did you somehow find out some other way? In the other thread, I said "my school", and you said "one of your classes" which is more accurate (and correct), and if you read it in the other thread, you wouldn't of said "did you know". I don't think she knows I cube... I never talk to anyone at school.

 

[That70sShowDude]

Yup. Did you read the other thread, or did you somehow find out some other way? In the other thread, I said "my school", and you said "one of your classes" which is more accurate (and correct), and if you read it in the other thread, you wouldn't of said "did you know". I don't think she knows I cube... I never talk to anyone at school.

I didn't see that post until about 5 minutes ago. She told me that she thought you might've been in one of her classes. Then I linked her to your 4x4 solve at Princeton last year and she confirmed.

 

[RaresB]

i actually did meet a srs cuber at a computer summer program once like last year he averaged about 18 and i averaged about 23 and he has been to like 2 comps but he stopped

 

[AustinReed]

I was solving a cube at school once. Some kid came up and asked if he could solve it. It took him ~25 seconds. I was shocked considering my school has around 300 kids.

 

[Weston]

I was at a cube meet with the avengers at a mall and some guy saw us cubing and took a v7 and a few other cubes out of his bag and started cubing with us.

 

[Cheese11]

Last week at school, I met a kid who's locker is across the hall from mine. He saw a couple of cubes in my locker an grabed an FII and told me his GuHong was better. He's a year older than me but we always chill at lunch and cube. So yes.

I was at a cube meet with the avengers at a mall and some guy saw us cubing and took a v7 and a few other cubes out of his bag and started cubing with us.

Nice!

 

[Andrew Ricci]

Oh also Jon Tan is in my Algebra class.

O__O How?

 

[Sa967St]

O__O How?

He moved to Canada to study.

 

[Andrew Ricci]

He moved to Canada to study.

That's got to be some crazy coincidence...

 

[brandbest1]

Yes I did. Myself. (accidentally seeing myself speedcubing)

 

[Sa967St]

That's got to be some crazy coincidence...

Well, we're both in a math program at one of the ossimest universities in North America so it's not as much of a coincidence as you may think.

 

[antoineccantin]

Well, we're both in a math program at one of the ossimest universities in North America so it's not as much of a coincidence as you may think.

Will he attending any Toronto Comps?

 

[Sa967St]

Will he attending any Toronto Comps?

Yeah I'm forcing him to come.

 

[jiggy]

When I was studying at UCL, I once walked down a flight of stairs with my 3x3 to see a girl walking the other way solving a 4x4. She was pretty involved and I don't think she saw me and I was too stunned to say anything.

Having said that, number of female cubers is pretty small and I didn't recognise her...

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

Closest was a friend who could 2x2-5x5 and magic. Most serious accidental-met cuber to have seen.

 

[pi.cubed]

When I was cubing on a train a guy (maybe young 20s) came up to me and asked me what my personal best was. His was 44 seconds. He then started talking about 4x4s and mentioned that he had a couple of EastSheens. So he at least knew about some speedcubing brands, even if he wasn't that fast.
There was also a guy in the grade above me at my school who could solve the 3x3 in around 90 seconds. He was really quiet so I never got to talk to him. I don't think he was serious though because I never heard him mention or use other puzzles and he never improved in the whole year.
Once I was cubing at a train station and as I was getting onto the train I heard a guy say to one of his friends "Look Rubik's Cube!" The friend yelled out "RUBIK'S CUBE!". I didn't get to see him though. I have no idea if he was a serious speedcuber or not.

That's my experiences. I've never met or talked to a serious speedcuber before (except the guy who encouraged me to start, and he stopped when he got to like 40s.)