Beginner misconceptions

[rj]

So, when I was a noob, I thought that Everybody fast used Heise, and that "They" made cubes up to 21x21x21.
What were your misconceptions when you started?

 

[TDM]

So, when I was a noob, I thought that Everybody fast used Heise, and that "They" made cubes up to 21x21x21.
What were your misconceptions when you started?

That Puzl was cheap, that CFOP was the best method by far and nothing was even near as good, and that the V-cube 5 was good. I also thought that the best BLD people had 5 minutes to memo before they were timed, and took about 5 minutes.

 

[uniacto]

I thought the weilong was the best cube

kidding, I thouht 25 seconds was a fast time

 

[MatejMuzatko]

I thought that before BLD attempt they still have extra 15s inspection time, like other events......

 

[Tao Yu]

I thought normal BLD was done by tracing pieces.

 

[rj]

I thought normal BLD was done by tracing pieces.

lol. I thought speedBLD was the only way to do BLD.

 

[Dene]

I used to think there was some secret "supermethod" that Erik and Matyas and the like were using, because I couldn't follow the CFOP stages when they were solving fast >.<

 

[Randomno]

That Puzl was cheap...

D: More specifically?

I can't really think of any misconceptions I had. I'll probably think of one at a random time.

 

[Nilsibert]

Not sure if it counts as a misconception, but I was amazed that colour neutrality even exists. I've been solving 3x3 with white cross for 8 years before I got into speedcubing or even knew anything about it.

 

[Izanagi]

I thought feliks cheated xP
When I saw his video (i had just begun turning my rubiks brand), and he finished in 5.66, I was like, "what??!! NAH. That cant be it!! Seriously?? Come on, thats GOT to be cheating!"
God knows I was wrong. XD now he is one of the cubers i look up to the most!

 

[kcl]

I used to think speedcubes were only white after seeing Faz's WR I also thought all black cubes were rubiks.

 

[Dene]

I thought feliks cheated xP

That was no misconception

 

[TheNextFeliks]

rj: you forgot one. You think the Weilong is the only cube worth getting. And you still think that.

I didn't have many. I thought 78 algs (well I heard 100+, intuitive f2l ftw though) was ridiculous and would be too hard. I know them all now.

Edit: wait. There is one case I never learned cause I never found an alg I liked. The I oll with bars on each side.

Also, I thought white cubes were better plastic. But I still prefer white cubes.

 

[applemobile]

I thought Asians owned all the records.

 

[TDM]

More specifically?

At Puzl, a WeiLong (just an example; I could do this with any cube) costs £13, plus an extra £2.50, giving a total of £15.49. The WeiLong on FastTech costs £5.36, nearly a third of the price.

 

[pipkiksass]

I thought Asians owned all the records.

So true. I know it's positive stereotyping, and borderline racist, but I'd seen videos of Yu Nakajima's WR years ago and, before I got involved in this forum, I'd assumed the same.

I never would have thought that the three fastest cubers in the world would be a Dutchman, an Aussie and a Brit anyway!

 

[kunparekh18]

I cant really think of any misconceptions I had, but I know what's a common misconception among some beginner-speedcubers now: Moyu is the same as YJ.

 

[Username]

I cant really think of any misconceptions I had, but I know what's a common misconception among some beginner-speedcubers now: Moyu is the same as YJ.

This. Someone needs to make a thread explaining all of this.

 

[Yellowsnow98]

rj: you forgot one. You think the Weilong is the only cube worth getting. And you still think that.

Lol you're not wrong there.

Though rj will probably say that the Weilong v2 is worth getting.

I used to think that a zhanchi was better than a guhong v2.

 

[Randomno]

At Puzl, a WeiLong (just an example; I could do this with any cube) costs £13, plus an extra £2.50, giving a total of £15.49. The WeiLong on FastTech costs £5.36, nearly a third of the price.

Ah. Now deciding what cube/s to buy next is more of a problem.

PayPal exchange rate is a bit more expensive than Google's.

I never would have thought that the three fastest cubers in the world would be a Dutchman, an Aussie and a Brit anyway!

Who's the Brit?