Who is the greatest speedcuber of all time?

[Johannes91]

Speedcubing = a Sport?
Is speedcubing a sport?

Ahem, Football, thank you very much.

You use your feet and the ball is actually a ball -- nah, doesn't make any sense to call it football.

 

[ooveehoo]

Speedcubing = a Sport?
Is speedcubing a sport?

Ahem, Football, thank you very much.

You use your feet and the ball is actually a ball -- nah, doesn't make any sense to call it football.

In amercan football it's clearly not a ball, and you don't even use your feet that much. I think solving megaminx with feet is more football than american "football".

I don't consider gaming a sport, either. I usually consider an activity a sport if it requires phyical activity(basketball = yes chess=no). But hey, everyone's entitled to their opninion.

But I think the question was where the line bethween physical and not physycal goes. Using your hand/hands/feet/foot/chopsticks(yeah, I know it's hands, but they do that) for cubing = physical activity. Playing chess = physical activity (playing for 3 or more hours without pauses makes you exhausted, doesn't it?).

And back to topic.

I think Lars Petrus, Jessica Fridrich, Toby Mao, Ron van Bruchem, Stefan Pochmann and Chun Hoo Ulf Wong (got me to speedcubing). All have made this sport more popular.

 

[fanwuq]

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2584&highlight=thumb+pain

Sports injuries.

Cubing is more physically than mental. Recognize, move as fast as you can, repeat. At least, the Nakajima style of speedcubing.

Football: Recognize, run, kick ball, repeat. Not very different.

 

[Dene]

In amercan football it's clearly not a ball, and you don't even use your feet that much. I think solving megaminx with feet is more football than american "football".

WHAT? How is it not a ball? Because it isn't perfectly spherical?

 

[tim]

In amercan football it's clearly not a ball, and you don't even use your feet that much. I think solving megaminx with feet is more football than american "football".

WHAT? How is it not a ball? Because it isn't perfectly spherical?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball

Balls are objects typically used in games. They are usually spherical but can be ovoid.

 

[Dene]

In amercan football it's clearly not a ball, and you don't even use your feet that much. I think solving megaminx with feet is more football than american "football".

WHAT? How is it not a ball? Because it isn't perfectly spherical?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball

Balls are objects typically used in games. They are usually spherical but can be ovoid.

Good to see wikipedia backs up my view with a picture of an american football in there as well

 

[Musselman]

i would say Erik
cause hes just so well rounded
raked pretty high in everything hes does.
and he still has alot of time ahead of him

same thing with Nakajima, hes getting faster in everything right now
hes doing pretty well with 4x4 5x5 and 2x2
and again, hes pretty young and will prob doing this for a while
all he'll do is get better

 

[hdskull]

Erik is obviously great, but Dan Cohen can't be left out of the top cubers list. In one year he improved a bunch and is tops in the world in everything he competes in.

 

[*LukeMayn*]

I actually look up to the inventor of ZZ and part of ZB (Can't be bothered finding out how to spell his name,) Erik A. and Nakaji. I like "ZZ" because he is great at inventing new, fast methods, Erik beacuse of his big cube skills and Nakaji because of his LL TPS O.o

 

[genwin]

if Erik does big cubes blind.... we'll see... like musselman said he's got a lot of time ahead of him...

 

[mrCage]

Hi

I think the question itself is very unfair. There is much more to "cubing "than just speeding:

- fewest moves
- patterns/methods
- organisation
- teaching
- puzzle building
etc etc

Why should we solely consider speed. For non-cubers a speedy solve is impressive yes, but there's much much more to "cubing" than that

- Per

 

[TobiasDaneels]

Why should we solely consider speed.

Because the title of the thread says: "Who is the greatest speedcuber of all time?".

 

[*LukeMayn*]

Why should we solely consider speed.

Because the title of the thread says: "Who is the greatest speedcuber of all time?".

A speed cuber is someone who wants to et better times, no? Doesn't everyone want to get as good as Harris for example. like I could say Avg for FMC. he is still a speed cuber!

 

[Musselman]

Why should we solely consider speed.
.

Because the title of the thread says: "Who is the greatest speedcuber of all time?".

lol omg i laughed so hard when i saw that lol

 

[ROOT]

I would have to go with erik for overall, because he is maybe the most well rounded puzzler around.

but alot of inspiration for me came from stefan pochmann, ryosuke mondo/chris hardwick/rowe hessler/mike hughey hessler for BLD, the dzoans of course, tyson mao, and for awhile......matyas kuti


im sure im forgetting alot that effected me, its too damn early for me here

 

[Paiev]

First, I was amazed by Ryan Gossiaux with his 30 seconds solve and 5 minutes BLD at CTY. That got me into solving the cube.

I feel so special now I was probably faster then but oh well. As a note, I did not DNF this year in the talent show. Yay.

To the original question: I know Harris inspired me. Erik is beastly. Nakajima is really fast too. Finally, Matyas was pretty amazing, but...

 

[hawkmp4]

Why should we solely consider speed.

Because the title of the thread says: "Who is the greatest speedcuber of all time?".

Jessica Fridrich, Lars Petrus, Gilles Roux, etc.
They're speedcubers.
Not necessarily the fastest, but they ARE absolutely phenomenal speedcubers for reasons other than speed.
If the OP wanted the fastest speedcuber, they could have just gone here.

 

[mrCage]

Why should we solely consider speed.

Because the title of the thread says: "Who is the greatest speedcuber of all time?".

Hi

The title of the thread was changed after i posted my question. I would not have posted like that if the title was clear from the word go
Ultimately such thread is useless. But i'm sure people would like some motivation once in a while... IMHO people who spend time on making advanced fast solutions and or organise or teach deserve just as much or more accolade as people solely being fast on 3x3x3 cube. Just being fast does not bring cubing into new terrain or greater heights

- Per

 

[Escher]

well, whoever did the best with what they had. for example I'd probably prefer to think that a sub 30/40 time in 80's is better than a sub 10 in '08... although i can definitely see why perhaps Harris, Erik or Yu would be considered better cubers.

 

[AvGalen]

well, whoever did the best with what they had. for example I'd probably prefer to think that a sub 30/40 time in 80's is better than a sub 10 in '08... although i can definitely see why perhaps Harris, Erik or Yu would be considered better cubers.

Your prefered way of thinking would be wrong. People like Guus and Jessica/Jiri already got sub-20 averages back then and little kids like me thought they were the fastest in the world by getting a sub-60 solve (with a really bad beginners method on a clumsy cube lubed with vaseline)