Do You Have to be Smart to be Good at the Rubiks Cube?

Is this even a question? I've had 100% in every single subject since June (Got a 98.7 in English :c), yet my Rubik's cube average is around 45 Seconds, and my PB is only 24.9 Seconds. I honestly doubt that Approx. 13,000 people have higher grades than me.
 
1LastSolve said:
Is this even a question? I've had 100% in every single subject since June (Got a 98.7 in English :c), yet my Rubik's cube average is around 45 Seconds, and my PB is only 24.9 Seconds. I honestly doubt that Approx. 13,000 people have higher grades than me.
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I'd imagine far more than 13,000 have achieved a sub-24.9 single at home. Probably closer to 20,000; maybe a little higher. That's accounting for those who have around 40 second official singles, and also folks like me who won't ever compete.

Congrats on almost a year of 100% though. Perhaps if you spent less time on schoolwork and more time on cubing, you'd get that average down a little! ;)

Also, is it possible to achieve 100% in English? Surely any analytical subject like English can only be marked subjectively? In which case, you should be proud of 98.7%.

I got a 72% in an English exam once, and I thought that was good!
 
I think that is not a thing of being Smart, because anyone with certain determination can solve the cube, Is a thing of affinity, the last year i meet a guy, i explained him for around two minutes how to solve the cube, then i gave him the cube, his first solve was of 1:30.00!!!, but he is not a genius at college, no way... i only have two explanations for this 1) good fine motricity, developed mostly due to fast typing on the old msn messenger (he can do (R'D'RD)x6 in around of 2,5 seconds and he is a begginer) 2) good visual memory, developed maybe in a game called brain buddies... the fine motricity plus the good visual memory equals to a higher affinity with speedcubing, but wait!, being smart is more than fine motricity and visual memory, isn't it?
 
@pip xD That's why I got a 98.7... The stupid paper didn't have a rubric D:< Basically, anything with a Rubric is simple. srsly, am flatrd. But honestly, I actually do think that it's about 20,000. I mean, I've never entered a competition before, and I seriously doubt that others at my low cubing level have gone to competitions. qq i think two hours is enough for studying... and I can dedicate 30 Mins - 1 Hour to cubing, 1 Hour to Martial Arts, and 2 hours into chess... But I think I can make some spare time over the weekends, I mean that's 5 hours less of sk00l stuf.
 
1LastSolve said:
Is this even a question? I've had 100% in every single subject since June (Got a 98.7 in English :c), yet my Rubik's cube average is around 45 Seconds, and my PB is only 24.9 Seconds. I honestly doubt that Approx. 13,000 people have higher grades than me.
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So... if you spend most of your time studying and get high grades in school and if getting high grades means you are smart, then being smarter probably means slower at the cube because you spend less time cubing. And if you spend a lot of time cubing to get fast and don't do your homework then you get poor grades which means you are not as smart.

Therefore, the smarter you are, the slower you will be.
 
sneaklyfox said:
So... if you spend most of your time studying and get high grades in school and if getting high grades means you are smart, then being smarter probably means slower at the cube because you spend less time cubing. And if you spend a lot of time cubing to get fast and don't do your homework then you get poor grades which means you are not as smart.

Therefore, the smarter you are, the slower you will be.
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Poor grades =/= not smart

Poor grades = bad work ethic
 
sneaklyfox said:
So... if you spend most of your time studying and get high grades in school and if getting high grades means you are smart, then being smarter probably means slower at the cube because you spend less time cubing. And if you spend a lot of time cubing to get fast and don't do your homework then you get poor grades which means you are not as smart.

Therefore, the smarter you are, the slower you will be.
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Haha screw logic
 
out of all the cubers i know, id say I'm the least academically successful by far, not saying I'm stupid or anything, but its strange.
 
1LastSolve said:
I mean, I've never entered a competition before, and I seriously doubt that others at my low cubing level have gone to competitions.
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Many first timers at competition are in the 45- 60 seconds range. Being slow is not a showstoppper :) I highly doubt intellect has anything to do with cube speed. I am a smart guy (have a BA degree), but I am still quite slow :)
 
MarcelP said:
Many first timers at competition are in the 45- 60 seconds range. Being slow is not a showstoppper :) I highly doubt intellect has anything to do with cube speed. I am a smart guy (have a BA degree), but I am still quite slow :)
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BA Degree? Don't you know a BS is required to be considered smart?






(just kidding, I'm also a BA)

:p
 
i think to get to a really amazing professional level like sub 9/8 you have to be smart cause if you are not it would take so much practice and logically aswell as fast thinking of whats the best to do in what situation you just couldnt get that down i think. you can get fast whatsoever, just not that amazing i guess.
 
You would need a good memory to memorize algorithms, and good recognition of cases to get rid of any pauses. I mean, that wouldn't be the kind of smart one expects, would it?
 
The OP mentioned math specifically and to that I would say that some people say they are bad at math and it is not because they are not smart in it but they didn't have to motivation to work through the fundamentals in an intuitive way or probably just got by from memorizing formulas without understanding how they were derived in the first place. A lot of people think they are just not a math person and it's become a socially acceptable thing for these people. http://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/does-one-have-to-be-a-genius-to-do-maths/ that's a good read on the topic.

So ultimately having good motivation and being willing to put in work is much more important for being successful in cubing and anything in life.
 
I'd say being academically successful will make you slower at cubing. I am now preparing for all sort of stuff, University application, exams, Olympiad maths etc and i simply do not have the time to practice like i used to now. I've all but given up on trying to sub 10.



Edit: 1000th post!!!
 
KongShou said:
I'd say being academically successful will make you slower at cubing. I am now preparing for all sort of stuff, University application, exams, Olympiad maths etc and i simply do not have the time to practice like i used to now. I've all but given up on trying to sub 10.
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This doesn't necessarily mean that if you aren't academically successful, then you wouldn't have other commitments.
 
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