Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

SatoshiPikachu said:
But did you have just a layer to complete, or was it at least partially solved? It's almost impossible to just do moves at random on a scrambled cube and end up with a solved cube. Of course, things like that do happen, but any other reasonable hypotheses that makes it more likely for the cube to have been solved will have an advantage (that's Bayes's Theorem, a.k.a. the only useful thing I learned in high school math classes).
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No, it was completely scrambled. Granted, it wasn't totally random by the last few moves because I probably could see what would fix it by then (maybe 4-5 moves max at the very end), but the rest was random because I was a little kid who had no idea what I was doing. We just had a cube that lay around the house and whenever I felt like it I would go and make random turns for awhile until I was bored and did something else but then pick it up again later. I've posted about this in other places on the forum and everyone seems to think that either I subconsciously solved it or the cube was setup in such a way that made it easy or I am somehow (impossibly) the luckiest person alive...
 
I brought my 7x7 to summer camp, and this non cuber comes up to me and asks me if I have a 10x10. I said that they don't exist yet, but he kept on insisting that his friend had one. I tried hard not to laugh. Another kid asked if my 7x7 was a 20x20. I asked him if he needed glasses.
 
First day of biology. Teacher asks to say our name and say something nifty about us. Me: I'm Ryan and I can solve a Rubik's cube. She asked about fast I was. I said about 20 seconds. Everyone was like bs, no way! My teacher said we would should test it with the scientific method lol.
 
Spaxxy said:
I brought my 7x7 to summer camp, and this non cuber comes up to me and asks me if I have a 10x10. I said that they don't exist yet, but he kept on insisting that his friend had one. I tried hard not to laugh. Another kid asked if my 7x7 was a 20x20. I asked him if he needed glasses.
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That's nothing. Someone in my class asked if I had an 81x81 cube when I brought my 9x9 to school...
 
TheNextFeliks said:
First day of biology. Teacher asks to say our name and say something nifty about us. Me: I'm Ryan and I can solve a Rubik's cube. She asked about fast I was. I said about 20 seconds. Everyone was like bs, no way! My teacher said we would should test it with the scientific method lol.
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wow school starts early for you
Did you bring a cube to prove it?
I almost always have to do a few solves in front of the class when I mention I'm a cuber. (and I always have a few people ask for my cube and try to solve it throughout the trimester)
 
Yuxuibbs said:
wow school starts early for you
Did you bring a cube to prove it?
I almost always have to do a few solves in front of the class when I mention I'm a cuber. (and I always have a few people ask for my cube and try to solve it throughout the trimester)
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I moved. That was today. I will. But my hand has been hurting so maybe not tomorrow.
 
What people have said to me that I haven't seen in the 30 pages I scoured:

*When seeing something harder than the 3x3* I can't even solve the regular one. (Great, you and everyone else)

"You must be a genius"
"I just followed online tutorials, anyone could do it if they tried hard enough"
"So you cheat..."

*Someone scrambles the 3x3 for 30 seconds, I solve it* How about I spend the next hour scrambling it, then let's see if you can solve it.

You should take a cuber's cube, put an extra red sticker on it and watch them try and figure out why they can't solve it.

"Does it come (from the package) solved?"
"Yes"
"That's kind of cheating, isn't it?"

*Refering to the megaminx* Where is your soccer ball one?

*Talking about 11x11* You spent 3 hours solving that? I wish I had that kind of time.
(I hate the last sentence there. This comes from people who go to the bar and spend hours drinking there. They have the time, they just feel that solving a cube is the lowest priority thing to do, ever. To them, this is true, which is fine, but to me it is not the lowest priority. They believe everything else comes first, and they do not have the time....technically. If that makes sense. Also, this is my first post, I am not a "speed" cuber. A minute is probably my record for the 3x3. I just own 40 different puzzle "cubes", and I come here often.)
 
TheNextFeliks said:
First day of biology. Teacher asks to say our name and say something nifty about us. Me: I'm Ryan and I can solve a Rubik's cube. She asked about fast I was. I said about 20 seconds. Everyone was like bs, no way! My teacher said we would should test it with the scientific method lol.
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I'm Ryan and I can solve a Rubik's cube....
 
When you speed solve at school whats the most annoying thing?

I have a few -_-

1: They want to see it SO BAD
2: They say they take the stickers off
3: they say they can easily solve it

I have alot more but lets hear from what yall have to say!
 
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