What is the worst/most annoying thing in speed cubing?

[blade740]

"I used to just peel off the stickers"

 

[uniacto]

"I used to just peel off the stickers"

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?13808-Non-Cubers-say-the-darndest-things!

 

[Noahaha]

BLD

 

[Branflakeftw]

I hate how hard it is to improve my average on any cube larger than a 4x4. it's like I have to just focus on one puzzle for a week or two and meanwhile my other averages get worse. Maybe I just need to take one of the legendary cubing breaks. That should fix things.

 

[sneaklyfox]

Running into a time barrier and being stuck for days/weeks/months and no matter what you do, it stays the same. And especially when you think you're getting better one day but then it goes back to normal after that.

 

[Sa967St]

The way some of you treat non-cubers. :/

 

[MirzaCubing]

-Whenever I get sub-25 reduction I have DP plus a terrible 3x3 stage
-The fact I get sub-30 reductions normally but I'm not sub-15 on 3x3 so it's meaningless
-10/12 solves have parities

 

[bgdgyfer]

When the whole cube falls apart when your trying to break your PB or the record.(Impossible)

 

[god of rubic 2]

When you are solving a 6x6 on the way home from school, explodes and pieces go everywhere in the dirt and grass. :/

 

[PianoCube]

Inconsistency. Gets a really nice time and then 10 crap times after that, it puts me off.

^This
I did an average of 100 yestarday. Got 33 sub 20 solves, but also five 30+. The whole average could have been at least 0.5 sec faster.

Another thing I hate is when I'm done with the cross, and none of the f2l corners are in the u-layer. It often makes my first f2l pair take way more time than it should.

 

[KobaltKour]

Trying to do algorithms straight from memory/over thinking algorithms. I can never do them because it's all muscle memory now.

 

[god of rubic 2]

none of the f2l corners are in the u-layer

Trying to do algorithms straight from memory/over thinking algorithms. I can never do them because it's all muscle memory now.

^^ these.

 

[wasianrubiks]

Cold hands and having corners turned when asking someone to scramble your cube...

 

[Robert-Y]

1. OMG SUB 10 FULL STEP WITH ZBLL!1!1!

>Used COLL.

IMO, it just kinda belittles the work of cubers like Michal Pleskowicz or Mats Valk who actually know a lot of ZBLL and when they say they used ZBLL in a solve, it's probably not a basic COLL algorithm and actually an algorithm which they've learnt to solve a specific ZBLL case.

Off topic: Michal + Mats + me and maybe a few others were discussing ZBLL algs at Euros. I thought this was really cool because ZBLL algorithm discussions almost never take place XP

2. Younger kids who brag about their times and then mention their age as though age is limiting their speed therefore we should be impressed.

3. Having to clean cubes.

4. My puzzles. I consider myself to be fast but my puzzles suck on average

5. Certain fingertricks which are still difficult for me to perform fast e.g. L' U L U' even though I'm more of a left hand dominant cuber.

I can't think of any others right now.

 

[antoineccantin]

1. OMG SUB 10 FULL STEP WITH ZBLL!1!1!

>Used COLL.

IMO, it just kinda belittles the work of cubers like Michal Pleskowicz or Mats Valk who actually know a lot of ZBLL and when they say they used ZBLL in a solve, it's probably not a basic COLL algorithm and actually an algorithm which they've learnt to solve a specific ZBLL case.

Off topic: Michal + Mats + me and maybe a few others were discussing ZBLL algs at Euros. I thought this was really cool because ZBLL algorithm discussions almost never take place XP

2. Younger kids who brag about their times and then mention their age as though age is limiting their speed therefore we should be impressed.

3. Having to clean cubes.

4. My puzzles. I consider myself to be fast but my puzzles suck on average

5. Certain fingertricks which are still difficult for me to perform fast e.g. L' U L U' even though I'm more of a left hand dominant cuber.

I can't think of any others right now.

I find they more ofter say "Forced PLL skip" than that they used ZBLL, which is just as annoying.

 

[applemobile]

People who hate non-cubers because of ridiculous reasons that non cubers really are not expected to know. Por exomple.

''Zomg i said i did a PLL and dey didn't even know what ment''
''wut an idjut i was solving my Piramunx and dey called it a triange''
''non cuber are so stupid cos dey don't even know da difrence between a zachi and guhong''


STOP IT NAO NON_CUBERZ ARE NOT XPECTED TO KNOW DEES TINGS.

 

[BlueDevil]

People who hate non-cubers because of ridiculous reasons that non cubers really are not expected to know. Por exomple.

''wut an idjut i was solving my Piramunx and dey called it a triange''

STOP IT NAO NON_CUBERZ ARE NOT XPECTED TO KNOW DEES TINGS.

Honestly, a non-cuber should know the difference between a pyramid and a triangle. They don't have to know it's called a pyraminx, but seriously, they manage to know that it's a cube and not a square, so they need a geometry lesson if they think it is a triangle.

 

[Ranzha]

Honestly, a non-cuber should know the difference between a pyramid and a triangle. They don't have to know it's called a pyraminx, but seriously, they manage to know that it's a cube and not a square, so they need a geometry lesson if they think it is a triangle.

It has triangular faces. That's the association. And it's a recognisable association, too.

 

[uberCuber]

3. Having to clean cubes.

I've never cleaned any of my cubes :S

 

[WBCube]

The pieces of the WitTwo's corners aren't really held together that well, they like to pop out every once and a while for me, and it's pretty annoying to get them back in.