Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[sneaklyfox]

"Don't scramble that cube; you said you have to give it to the judges unscrambled, at the contest tomorrow."

lol... what? seriously?

 

[uniacto]

"Don't scramble that cube; you said you have to give it to the judges unscrambled, at the contest tomorrow."

I don't get it. haha, I think I saw your namecard at Cube Kingdom in Seattle, were you there? I thought I saw someone with one of those nail polish painted cubes, they looked similar to the ones in the pictures you posted awhile back.

 

[CarlBrannen]

Yeah that was me, and I did one thing I wanted, I set the world record for old folks (54.8 years+) doing the 7x7x7. I'm now "2013BRAN01". I had a blast at the contest. I'm all ready to practice a *lot* harder for the next one.

The non cuber said "don't scramble" to me was about the 7x7x7 which does take longer than a 3x3. But it's an indication of a total lack of understanding of what cubers are doing all the time and I laughed out loud.

I figured out ways of painting cubes more efficiently and am going to paint some of the new Dayans when they come out in a month or two.

 

[Chilli]

Can I shuffle your cube?
Don't look at me while I'm scrambling, you'll just memorise it!
I just peel the stickers off.

 

[5BLD]

Blindsolving is witchcraft apparently

 

[Noahaha]

Blindsolving is witchcraft apparently

It's the same as solving it sighted if you know the one pattern that solves the cube. The only hard part is knowing when you're done.

 

[omer]

It's the same as solving it sighted if you know the one pattern that solves the cube. The only hard part is knowing when you're done.

LOL did you actually hear that one?

 

[Noahaha]

LOL did you actually hear that one?

That's what about half of them assume.

The other half think you have to be a genius.

 

[omer]

That's what about half of them assume.

The other half think you have to be a genius.

Well you can't blame them for thinking BLD solvers are genius, they look at a cube for a little while, close their eyes and solve the cube from memory. The same cube the non-cubers play with for minutes and can barely complete 1 side. It looks REALLY impressive. Same goes for big cubes.

 

[TheRedBull]

"It's not legit if you don't figure out how to solve it on your own."
"I can solve it faster than you" *U U'* "See, World Record."

 

[aznanimedude]

responses:
it's not legit to comment if you don't even know how to solve it yourself

then you do U U' faster than him and say "i just beat yours"
then scramble and ask him to break WR NAO

 

[TheRedBull]

responses:
it's not legit to comment if you don't even know how to solve it yourself

then you do U U' faster than him and say "i just beat yours"
then scramble and ask him to break WR NAO

The first one is amazing, I'm gonna keep that one in mind.
I'm not really that good at making up good comebacks

 

[speedpicker]

Slightly different, but I reckon it belongs here:

Noob cubers say the darndest things!

My contribution. Overheard in the cube club I attend, a conversation between two cubers who average around 1:10 - 1:30

"yeah, I think all these fast guys telling people to slow down and do slow solves and stuff all the time to get better, is just so people don't practice speed and break all their records."

 

[omer]

Slightly different, but I reckon it belongs here:

Noob cubers say the darndest things!

My contribution. Overheard in the cube club I attend, a conversation between two cubers who average around 1:10 - 1:30

"yeah, I think all these fast guys telling people to slow down and do slow solves and stuff all the time to get better, is just so people don't practice speed and break all their records."

A 60 move solve at 1 tps (crazy slow) is better then what they average, turning fast is bad if you take long breaks.

 

[sneaklyfox]

Slightly different, but I reckon it belongs here:

Noob cubers say the darndest things!

My contribution. Overheard in the cube club I attend, a conversation between two cubers who average around 1:10 - 1:30

"yeah, I think all these fast guys telling people to slow down and do slow solves and stuff all the time to get better, is just so people don't practice speed and break all their records."

LOL... good one...

 

[Ryntak94]

"Here let me see that." *motioning to my 2x2* "I wonder if I can get all four sides!" "Umm, I don't mean to be rude, but there's actually six sides there.."

 

[Ryntak94]

Oh and lets not forget the the drunk guy at skeeters who gave me 5 bucks when I happened to set my record of around 23 seconds.

lucky f2l, the OLL FRUR'U'F' and a super easy PLL

 

[5BLD]

People think im stuck when im doing bld
Shows how slow i am D:

 

[speedpicker]

After I demo a sub 15 solve:

"I used to be able to solve that in under 20 seconds back in the eighties. My brother was even faster than me! Once you learn the patterns its really easy!"

Oh really, so you and your brothers used to be the world record holders were you? Sub 20 on Rubiks brands with no proper speedsolving method? Leaving Minh Thai and Lars Petrus in your dust?

Or maybe you're just lying....

I actually said, "so that must have made you, what, second or third in the world? Did you compete much?"

She kept talking about how brilliant she was whilst failing to solve my 2x2. Didnt miss a beat. People around her laughed. Think I made my point.

 

[sneaklyfox]

After I demo a sub 15 solve:

"I used to be able to solve that in under 20 seconds back in the eighties. My brother was even faster than me! Once you learn the patterns its really easy!"

That's just stupid of her. I despise people bragging about how awesome they are when in reality they aren't even close. But at least she got one thing right... it IS easy after you learn the patterns. Less easy though to get really fast at it.