The Top 99 Things All Cubers Should Know

[SoupFlies]

I have never seen documentation otherwise, so correct me if I am wrong.

Donovan (Lubix Owner) popularized lubing the core, and hardware of cubes.
I know people suggested it before, but I don't think it became popular until Donovan.

 

[ernie722]

"It doesn't matter how fast you can turn if you don't know how to use look-a-head." - ernie722, ArcStorm722, watver u know him by......

 

[zmikecuber]

Roux can be as fast as Fridrich. Likewise, Fridrich can be as fast as Roux.

Also its "cuber", not "cubist". (haha Ive been called a cubist before xD)

 

[AvidCuber]

Roux can be as fast as Fridrich. Likewise, Fridrich can be as fast as Roux.

Also its "cuber", not "cubist". (haha Ive been called a cubist before xD)

I think this can just be rephrased to: No method is faster or better than any other method.

Also, I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the term used to be "cubist".

 

[userman]

Good job. Now scramble it and see if you can solve it just a bit faster. Good job.

 

[Jostle]

I think this can just be rephrased to: No method is faster or better than any other method.

Also, I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the term used to be "cubist".

...Wat

 

[collinbxyz]

Also its "cuber", not "cubist". (haha Ive been called a cubist before xD)

off topic: I have a "cubists.org" domain... lol. It's the best cubing-named-domain that was available at the time

 

[AvidCuber]

...Wat

Oops, I guess I meant that no method is better than any other method, not necessarily faster.

 

[Ranzha]

Oops, I guess I meant that no method is better than any other method, not necessarily faster.

False.
Big Four vs. LBL.

 

[Phlippieskezer]

Oops, I guess I meant that no method is better than any other method, not necessarily faster.

I prefer "Methods don't have speeds." (I believe Kirjava said this. Don't remember.)

False.
Big Four vs. LBL.

LBL is no slower than any other method. It simply has a very high movecount and isn't very ergonomic relative to most.

I personally think chit-chat about which method is "best" or "fastest" is stupid. It's more about the cuber and his/her solving style than anything else.

 

[Ranzha]

I would say that LBL is slower than the Big Four, actually, but everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion.

 

[irontwig]

LBL is no slower than any other method. It simply has a very high movecount and isn't very ergonomic relative to most.

Just blockbuild and solve two E-edges at a time and your movecount should be about the same as cross, 4 slots. Or you can do the E-slice F3L style and have nice ergonomy.

 

[onlyleftname]

I'm pretty sure that cubist/cubism was an art movement in the 20th century pioneered by Picasso and Braque that basically revolutionized arts and humanities in Europe. Something as large as that overwhelms using cubist as a name for us, cuber is probably more accurate.

 

[EpiCuber7]

Hedgeslammer, Hamsledger and Slamhedger.

WHAT????

 

[Berd]

WHAT????

How did you even think to bump this!?

 

[waffle=ijm]

How did you even think to bump this!?

actually this is a nice bump. I completely forgot about this. I'll try to compile everything soon-ish

 

[Carbon]

Everyone was a noob once (yes even faz)
you can sub 20 with beginners
you can sub 15 with 4lll
unless you are a collector (like myself) you dont need all the cubes.
the guhong is still a good cube (my main)
bj does not mean what you think it does
chris is a nub

 

[TDM]

Yau5 is not Yau on a 5x5
Hoya5 is not Hoya on a 5x5
that 'new' method you just 'invented' has probably been invented before quite a few times

 

[lerenard]

that 'new' method you just 'invented' has probably been invented before quite a few times

If only people realized that.

Also: If it hasn't been invented yet, maybe there's a reason for that.

 

[Ranzha]

"A good cube is nothing without a great cuber." -Jules Manalang