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I don't know if there's anybody in the area, but I've founded the Cambridge University Cubing Society and attempting to have a pub meet at the Hopbine, this Sunday at 8pm. More members are clearly necessary!
 
Hypocrism said:
I don't know if there's anybody in the area, but I've founded the Cambridge University Cubing Society and attempting to have a pub meet at the Hopbine, this Sunday at 8pm. More members are clearly necessary!
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Cool! How much interest have you had so far? I used to be dark-blue a few years ago, that's the only time I've known other cubers IRL... but I taught both of them. There were a handful of people at my college who had cubes in their rooms, but none of them could solve one! This was well before the founding of a certain website name you-tube dot com though.

I'm surprised one of the world's great educational institutions doesn't have more of a presence on this forum - I know that some of the US universities have cube meets. Are any of the uni-age UK cubers on the forum intending to apply to Oxbridge?
 
pipkiksass said:
Cool! How much interest have you had so far? I used to be dark-blue a few years ago, that's the only time I've known other cubers IRL... but I taught both of them. There were a handful of people at my college who had cubes in their rooms, but none of them could solve one! This was well before the founding of a certain website name you-tube dot com though.

I'm surprised one of the world's great educational institutions doesn't have more of a presence on this forum - I know that some of the US universities have cube meets. Are any of the uni-age UK cubers on the forum intending to apply to Oxbridge?
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im in yr11 now but i intend to apply to cambridge

but maybe also harvard, yale, mit, stanford, etc
 
pipkiksass said:
Cool! How much interest have you had so far? I used to be dark-blue a few years ago, that's the only time I've known other cubers IRL... but I taught both of them. There were a handful of people at my college who had cubes in their rooms, but none of them could solve one! This was well before the founding of a certain website name you-tube dot com though.

I'm surprised one of the world's great educational institutions doesn't have more of a presence on this forum - I know that some of the US universities have cube meets. Are any of the uni-age UK cubers on the forum intending to apply to Oxbridge?
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Some of my friends who can solve will come along, but I've only managed to recruit one person outside my group of friends! I'm putting out publicity to a Maths Society hopefully, and next year getting a demonstration stall at our fresher's society fair. As we know demonstrations of speedcubing can be rather...impressive ;)

I don't know of any other speedcubers actually at Cambridge right now. I haven't come across anybody who's competed or is sub-30, anyway. So this is really an attempt to find them and perhaps give teaching sessions if people are interested!

I am also surprised at the lack of Cambridge/Oxford speedcubers despite the fact that a disproportionate amount of people here can solve one. My theory is that people learn to solve it for the ego boost, but don't train it because it's not a useful skill. People here tend to focus on useful things :/
 
Hypocrism said:
Some of my friends who can solve will come along, but I've only managed to recruit one person outside my group of friends! I'm putting out publicity to a Maths Society hopefully, and next year getting a demonstration stall at our fresher's society fair. As we know demonstrations of speedcubing can be rather...impressive ;)

I don't know of any other speedcubers actually at Cambridge right now. I haven't come across anybody who's competed or is sub-30, anyway. So this is really an attempt to find them and perhaps give teaching sessions if people are interested!

I am also surprised at the lack of Cambridge/Oxford speedcubers despite the fact that a disproportionate amount of people here can solve one. My theory is that people learn to solve it for the ego boost, but don't train it because it's not a useful skill. People here tend to focus on useful things :/
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Joey lives in Cambrdige (But isn't at uni) and Adam Mackowiak goes to Anglia Ruskin, so he lives in the area.
 
Sigh.....

So I'm in the process of begging, scheming, moaning and generally stamping my feet.

If i have too, I will resort to crying.

And if my special kind of charm doesn't work on my new boss I'll just Quit.
 
SarahG said:
Sigh.....

So I'm in the process of begging, scheming, moaning and generally stamping my feet.

If i have too, I will resort to crying.

And if my special kind of charm doesn't work on my new boss I'll just Quit.
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Hmmm maybe quitting your job to make way for a speedcubing meet is a little extreme.. Just slap your boss in the face and say "Look right.... this is how it's going to go down this Sunday...".

I'm sure they will be most understanding.
 
Actually thinking about it I'm doing him a big favor tomorrow.
So Blackmail it is then!
He he... strangely satisfying...
 
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