Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[Jaycee]

there's an algorithm you can do that solves the cube no matter what its initial state is,

Hamiltonian circuit

 

[evogler]

Hamiltonian circuit

Totally. You'd still have to know when to stop though.

 

[Ickathu]

Hamiltonian circuit

I was thinking Devil's algorithm, are they the same?

 

[BlueDevil]

I was talking with some kids about cubing in school today. The topic of learning how to solve the cube came up, and people said they didn't have the patience or time to learn. I told them that it really only takes a few hours to get a beginner's method down. Then this one kid says:
"I once looked up how to solve a cube, but there's like a ton of logarithms that you have to learn!"
—No wonder why people think it takes math to solve a cube

 

[Hadley4000]

One of my friends was messing around with my cube, and asked if I could solve it from where it was. I told him that I can solve it from every position. His quote, "How many positions can you peel the stickers off from?"

 

[BrainOfSweden]

Wow, logarithms. There is quite a lot of math behind the Rubik's cube but non-cubers don't understand that you do not need any of that math to actually solve the cube.

I think they confuse algorithms with logarithms. They word themself are similar, but the actual thing I also heard that before I had started cubing, a guy I knew a little teached one of my friends how to do it, and she kept talking about those logarithms xD I had never solved a cube back then, but I was pretty sure that she would be better of using algorithms

 

[hyunchoi98]

LOL,well I guess I'm lucky then.Most of my friends from school do know the difference between good and bad cubes and brands.I just say like: This is Dayan,Alpha-V,F-II,...it turns fast,has great corner cutting,way better than Rubik's and stuff like that and my friends seem to get it all.

Your friends seem to be cubers.

 

[bobthegiraffemonkey]

Actually, that's one of the sensible posts, and is a valid proof (I think, I'm tired but I reckon it covers everything) of why there isn't one algorithm which will solve the cube from any state (not that anyone here actually needs a formal proof).

 

[BrainOfSweden]

Those comments where fun to read. But what is this guy trying to say? xD

I once had a friend, who could solve the cube really fast but i had two small cubes, so I took them apart, an put them together with one color with 10 sides and one color with 8 sides each, just exchanged two pieces. Later I gave one of them to my friend. I never forgot his face, when he tried to solve it harder, and harder,…

 

[ZamHalen]

http://failblog.org/2012/02/28/epic-win-photos-win-blindfolded-solving-win/

I decided that this link deserves a post in here. Reading some of the comments, you will know what I'm talking about. One post in particular showed up that didn't even make sense to me.
Edit: Don't mind that post.

I was about to post that. But good god look at those comments.

 

[insane569]

Yeah. World record at doing something a machine could do in half the time.

The purpose of the Rubik’s cube was to solve the puzzle with, you know, a bit of intelligence, foresight and mental skill. Not to twist it around in a known set of patterns until you solve the puzzle through no real skill of your own.

Or would you similarly go ga-ga over world record bowel movement competitions simply because it has “world record” in the title?

Yeah, it’s so amazing when people “solve” things by performing a set of known, mechanical movements without looking at what they’re doing, or, in fact, engaging in any thought or problem solving at all.

So amazing.

Sometimes I feel like hurting these people. But then I remember that they're not as smart as me so it's infair that I will succeed in life and they won't. Non-cubers/the world make me laugh so much.

 

[insane569]

Some of it is understandable, but not that what you quoted.
For example, when people ask "Don't you get bored of solving that over and over again?" is like asking "Don't you get bored playing video games all day?". Things like "There is a patter that you do and it solves that rubix cube every time." is just ridiculous.

Yea it annoys me when some one says some thing along the lines of "It's the same thing over and over again". Until they learn to solve it they will never understand.

 

[RNewms27]

False accusations are how we function. Any chance to proceed with dominance, just like any other animal.

 

[ZhanChiboy]

BAD POINTS:
1: My Classmate Begs DESPERATELY to borrow my magic (Rubiks. What if it was a Ghosthand?) and says "Can I borrow your rubiks magic? I'll buy you a new one!" "Pleaase!" "Come on man!"

2: One of my classmates stole one of my cubes O.O

3: I came a cross a girl my age after school, and she solved my cube (Zhanchi, Beginners method). Thought she was a non-cuber. Very uncommon to find ppl who actually knows how to solve the cube.

QUESTION: How would I answer "How do you solve it? Is there a strategy?"

 

[BrainOfSweden]

QUESTION: How would I answer "How do you solve it? Is there a strategy?"

Well, how do you solve it? There is sort of a strategy, so explain it. I usually do a slowed down solve and explain every step very briefly. Those who wants to understands.

 

[applemobile]

I like to do slowed down solves and make up bull honkie maths to go along with it. I.e, explain how the corners are divisibles of 8, yet the middle pieces are divisible of 12. So you need to find teh square route of the corner times the middle piece, in this case being 9.8, so from this we need to bring the corner up just under 10% of a full rotation, to bring the f2l pieces into their slot. People will soon think you are a genius and walk away.

 

[Noahaha]

I like to do slowed down solves and make up bull honkie maths to go along with it. I.e, explain how the corners are divisibles of 8, yet the middle pieces are divisible of 12. So you need to find teh square route of the corner times the middle piece, in this case being 9.8, so from this we need to bring the corner up just under 10% of a full rotation, to bring the f2l pieces into their slot. People will soon think you are a genius and walk away.

You, sir, are a bad person.

 

[DYGH.Tjen]

I like to do slowed down solves and make up bull honkie maths to go along with it. I.e, explain how the corners are divisibles of 8, yet the middle pieces are divisible of 12. So you need to find teh square route of the corner times the middle piece, in this case being 9.8, so from this we need to bring the corner up just under 10% of a full rotation, to bring the f2l pieces into their slot. People will soon think you are a genius and walk away.

My god, I LOL'd so hard. Good one (Y)

 

[rubikmaster]

http://failblog.org/2012/02/28/epic-win-photos-win-blindfolded-solving-win/

I decided that this link deserves a post in here. Reading some of the comments, you will know what I'm talking about. One post in particular showed up that didn't even make sense to me.
Edit: Don't mind that post.

I was reading those comments through a facepalm on my face.LOL,sometimes I just want to kill some non-cubers,literally,not joking.But then I remember that maybe even I could've made comments like that if I never became a cuber.A lot of cubers get very angry while reading some sayings from non-cubers but when you are really really mad I think you should just think about how you would've probably responded the same way to something like this before you became a cuber.

 

[ben1996123]

I like to do slowed down solves and make up bull honkie maths to go along with it. I.e, explain how the corners are divisibles of 8, yet the middle pieces are divisible of 12. So you need to find teh square route of the corner times the middle piece, in this case being 9.8, so from this we need to bring the corner up just under 10% of a full rotation, to bring the f2l pieces into their slot. People will soon think you are a genius and walk away.

I'm deffineatteley saying this next time someone asks me how do I unbreak the squares together.