100 Qubing Questions

hcfong · Jan 17, 2013

100 Qubing Questions

1. At what age did you first successfully solve a 3x3? Can't remember. 20 perhaps.
2. What brand/type was that 3x3? Some cheap knock-off.
3. What is your handspan (measure from thumb tip to pinky tip)? I haven't got anything to measure with properly, but as we're cubers, 2 Zhanchis and 2 cubies.
4. What are your goals for the next few months? Consistent sub 30s on 3x3 and getting a sub-2 4x4.
5. What was the last cubing video you watched? Thrawst's Square-1 tutorial.
6. What or who inspired you to take up speedcubing as a hobby? A friend.
7. Who taught you how to solve the cube? The same friend as in q. 6.
8. What cube is closest to you right now? Even match between Wittwo 2x2 and Zhanchi. I think the Zhanchi is half an inch closer.
9. How close is it? About a foot.
10. What time did you wake up today? 7.20 am.
11. What time was it when you solved your first cube today? Around 3 pm.
12. Do you prefer hand scrambles or computer scrambles? Computer scrambles
13. What were you doing at 12am last night? Reading in my bed.
14. What was the last cube you bought? If you are talking strictly cubes, a Skewb, else Megaminx.
15. When was the last time you solved a cube? Just before I started this questionnaire.
16. Which cube was it? WitTwo 2x2
17. What was the scramble? Just a random hand scramble.
18. What colour do you start on/what orientation do you use? White/cross on bottom.
19. What is your main 3x3 cube? Guhong
20. What is your main OH cube? I don't do OH
21. How would you feel if you got a time of 15.01 seconds on a 3x3? That will never happen.
22. How about 29.99 seconds on 3x3? Yes!!! It happens occasionally, but it's still rare enough to get me excited.
23. Who is your favourite cuber? Don't know. I've met some great people. Arnaud, Geert Bicler, Zoe de Moffarts, to name a few.
24. If you could cube anywhere, where would you cube? At home
25. How fast do you think you'll be in 2 years? I hope to be in the low 20s.
26. Who is the fastest cuber you have met in person? Mats
27. Did you ever think the cube was unsolvable? Nope
28. Do you have a going out cube? Nope
29. How many cubes/twisty puzzles do you own? 15
30. What is the biggest cube (most cubies) you have ever solved? 5x5
31. Do you cube in public? Yes.
32. Best reaction you got from a non-cuber? Wow. That was fast!
33. Where were you the last time you cubed outside of your home? Marseille Airport in France.
34. What would you say if a non-cuber asked you how good you were? Very good. I can solve it almost every time.
35. Favourite colour scheme? Standard.
36. Favourite sticker colour? Green.
37. Favourite event? 3x3.
38. Favourite method? CFOP.
39. Favourite lube? Lubix for 3x3, Maru for everything else.
40. Favourite cubing video? Don't have one.
41. Favourite quote on speedsolving.com? Don't know.
42. Favourite cube store? Cubedepotusa.com
43. How much money would be worth it to quite cubing for the rest of your life? I don't think any amount of money could make me quit.
44. Have you ever cubed while singing? Nope, but I have been singing while I was cubing.
45. How long have you been cubing? 2 years seriously.
46. What is the longest time you have stopped cubing since you started? A couple of days.
47. How many solves do you do in an average day? 30ish.
48. How many competitions have you attended? 15.
49. What one word best describes you in relation to cubing?
50. Most interesting thing you have done with a cube? Take it apart and put it back together.
51. Last non-cubing thing that made you think of cubing?
52. Favourite PLL/alg? T-perm/Sune
53. Lease favourite PLL/alg? N-perm/Square-1 parity.
54. What would you do if your cube was making springy noises? Use a different cube.
55. Would you prefer 1) a cube that never locks up but pops a lot or 2) a cube that locks up a lot but never pops? 1
56. Do you do timed or untimed solves more often? Timed solves
57. Have you ever dreamed about cubing? Yes.
58. Cubes on your wish list? Shengshou 6x6
59. Favourite thing about cubing? Going to competitions and meeting other cubers.
60. Least favourite thing about cubing? Missing out on Church when going to competitions.
61. Have you ever gotten a pop in competition? Yes.
62. If you were stranded on an island with only one cube, which cube would it be? Guhong
63. Do you prefer sighted or blind solving? Sighted
64. Stickered or stickerless? Stickered.
65. White cubes or black cubes? White
66. Righty or lefty? Righty
67. Video or text tutorial? Video with text as guidance.
68. Blue or green? Green.
69. Red or orange? Orange.
70. White or yellow? White.
71. Speed banana eating? No.
72. Do you do the F perm? Yes, regularly.
73. Assembled or DIY? Assembled.
74. Favourite cube to play with? Guhong
75. Are you getting the Dayan 6 when it comes out? No.
76. Which WCA event are you best at? 3x3.
77. If you could teach anyone in the world (dead or alive) how to solve the cube, who would you teach? Don't know.
78. Best cubing experience? First time solving a cube without a tutorial.
79. Worst cubing experience? Driving to the UK (from The Netherlands) while beginning to get ill, being ill throughout the competition and feeling absolutely miserable whilst driving home.
80. Funniest cubing experience? Can't think of anything really funny,
81. Do you cube at school/work? No.
82. Fast and choppy or slow and smooth? Fast and choppy.
83. Crispy, clicky, or crunchy? Crispy
84. Do methods have speeds? No
85. Do you have a custom logo? No
86. Do you have a special box or bag where you keep your cubes? No
87. Do you listen to music while cubing? No
88. Do you ever leave unsolved cubes lying around? Only my Megaminx, because I can't solve that one because of colourblindness.
89. How many of your friends know about your cubing hobby? Most of them.
90. Most dangerous thing you have done while cubing? Driving a car.
91. Do you let other people play with your cubes? Yes.
92. How many people have you taught to solve the cube? None.
93. Have you ever forgotten to do something because you were too busy cubing? No.
94. First cubing competition? Dutch Open 2011.
95. Ever lost a piece while cubing because it popped? No.
96. Where do you usually cube? Behind my computer.
97. Do you ever get angry or frustrated while cubing? Yes, especially when I get an N-perm or E-perm on an otherwise good solve.
98. What is the last cubing thing/method/algorithm you learned? Yau 4x4.
99. How good do your solves have to be before you feel happy and cheer about it (ie. top 25 percentile, top 5 solves of all time)? I'm happy when I make it to the 2nd round of a competition.
100. What are you going to do after you finish this questionnaire? Watch House on TV.

cubecraze1 · Jan 21, 2013

1. At what age did you first successfully solve a 3x3? 10
2. What brand/type was that 3x3? Rubik's
3. What is your handspan (measure from thumb tip to pinky tip)? Can't be bothered measuring

4. What are your goals for the next few months? Meh, get sub 15
5. What was the last cubing video you watched? v-cube 5 mod :3
6. What or who inspired you to take up speedcubing as a hobby? Myself
7. Who taught you how to solve the cube? Dan Brown
8. What cube is closest to you right now? WitTwo
9. How close is it? A metre away
10. What time did you wake up today? 6:10 am
11. What time was it when you solved your first cube today? 8:00 am
12. Do you prefer hand scrambles or computer scrambles? computer
13. What were you doing at 12am last night? sleeping
14. What was the last cube you bought? I don't know

15. When was the last time you solved a cube? 3 hours ago
16. Which cube was it? 55mm Zhanchi
17. What was the scramble? hand
18. What colour do you start on/what orientation do you use? WCA Standerd
19. What is your main 3x3 cube? 55mm Zhanchi/Guhong II
20. What is your main OH cube? 55mm Zhanchi
21. How would you feel if you got a time of 15.01 seconds on a 3x3? The same as every other solve.
22. How about 29.99 seconds on 3x3? Crap
23. Who is your favourite cuber? Mats Valk
24. If you could cube anywhere, where would you cube? In space so the cube could float
25. How fast do you think you'll be in 2 years? 10-12
26. Who is the fastest cuber you have met in person? Feliks Zemdegs
27. Did you ever think the cube was unsolvable? No
28. Do you have a going out cube? Yes
29. How many cubes/twisty puzzles do you own? Around 40
30. What is the biggest cube (most cubies) you have ever solved? 7x7
31. Do you cube in public? Sometimes
32. Best reaction you got from a non-cuber? "HOLY CRAP THAT'S CRAZY YOU HOLD THE WORLD RECORD NOW"
33. Where were you the last time you cubed outside of your home? At a competition in September 2012
34. What would you say if a non-cuber asked you how good you were? 15 second average
35. Favourite colour scheme? Standerd
36. Favourite sticker colour? Green

37. Favourite event? 3x3
38. Favourite method? CFOP
39. Favourite lube? Atomic
40. Favourite cubing video? S*** cubers don't ever say
41. Favourite quote on speedsolving.com? "Like my new method?"
42. Favourite cube store? Hk now
43. How much money would be worth it to quite cubing for the rest of your life? 10000000000000000
44. Have you ever cubed while singing? I think so.
45. How long have you been cubing? 2 And a bit years
46. What is the longest time you have stopped cubing since you started? 7 or so days
47. How many solves do you do in an average day? 50-100
48. How many competitions have you attended? 7 I think
49. What one word best describes you in relation to cubing? Love
50. Most interesting thing you have done with a cube? Solved it? Lol
51. Last non-cubing thing that made you think of cubing? Minecraft
52. Favourite PLL/alg? U
53. Lease favourite PLL/alg? E
54. What would you do if your cube was making springy noises? Not care
55. Would you prefer 1) a cube that never locks up but pops a lot or 2) a cube that locks up a lot but never pops? Both suck
56. Do you do timed or untimed solves more often? Timed I think
57. Have you ever dreamed about cubing? No
58. Cubes on your wish list? Not many atm
59. Favourite thing about cubing? Fun
60. Least favourite thing about cubing? Nothing
61. Have you ever gotten a pop in competition? Yes, stupid 5x5. . .
62. If you were stranded on an island with only one cube, which cube would it be? Any decent 3x3
63. Do you prefer sighted or blind solving? Sighted
64. Stickered or stickerless? Stickered
65. White cubes or black cubes? Black
66. Righty or lefty? Righty
67. Video or text tutorial? Depends on what for.
68. Blue or green? Green
69. Red or orange? Red
70. White or yellow? Yellow
71. Speed banana eating? No
72. Do you do the F perm? Yes
73. Assembled or DIY? DIY
74. Favourite cube to play with? All of them
75. Are you getting the Dayan 6 when it comes out? Yes
76. Which WCA event are you best at? Was MM, i'm not sure now.
77. If you could teach anyone in the world (dead or alive) how to solve the cube, who would you teach? Michael Clarke
78. Best cubing experience? Getting my only sub 10
79. Worst cubing experience? Getting a pop? Lol
80. Funniest cubing experience? Eh, cubing's not funny other then non cubers.
81. Do you cube at school/work? Some times probably won't this year though.
82. Fast and choppy or slow and smooth? Fast and choppy
83. Crispy, clicky, or crunchy? Crispy
84. Do methods have speeds? No
85. Do you have a custom logo? No
86. Do you have a special box or bag where you keep your cubes? No
87. Do you listen to music while cubing? No
88. Do you ever leave unsolved cubes lying around? Only if I can't solve the cube

89. How many of your friends know about your cubing hobby? All of them I think
90. Most dangerous thing you have done while cubing? Solving it underwater? Lol
91. Do you let other people play with your cubes? Depends on the cube
92. How many people have you taught to solve the cube? 2
93. Have you ever forgotten to do something because you were too busy cubing? YES
94. First cubing competition? June 2011
95. Ever lost a piece while cubing because it popped? Yes, i found it 2 months later. . .
96. Where do you usually cube? At home
97. Do you ever get angry or frustrated while cubing? Nah.
98. What is the last cubing thing/method/algorithm you learned? R' D' R D. Lol
99. How good do your solves have to be before you feel happy and cheer about it (ie. top 25 percentile, top 5 solves of all time)? Sub 16 avg 12
100. What are you going to do after you finish this questionnaire? Watch TV.

ben1996123 · Jan 22, 2013

1. At what age did you first successfully solve a 3x3? Between 6 and 8
2. What brand/type was that 3x3? 1982 storebought
3. What is your handspan (measure from thumb tip to pinky tip)? 21.5cm
4. What are your goals for the next few months? sub 9 avg12
5. What was the last cubing video you watched? memyselfandpi's vcube 4 review
6. What or who inspired you to take up speedcubing as a hobby? My dad, I suppose
7. Who taught you how to solve the cube? My dad
8. What cube is closest to you right now? They're all in a drawer, but my shengshou 5x5 is closest to the left side of it
9. How close is it? About 20cm
10. What time did you wake up today? 11:30
11. What time was it when you solved your first cube today? Probably about 1:00 am
12. Do you prefer hand scrambles or computer scrambles? Computer, because that makes the timer start.
13. What were you doing at 12am last night? Trolling stupid people on omegle
14. What was the last cube you bought? 4x5x6 I think
15. When was the last time you solved a cube? About 1 hour ago
16. Which cube was it? 3x3 sim
17. What was the scramble? (y z' y2 x2 y' U' L2 U R U R' y' U R U R' y2 U' R U' R' U2 L' U L R' U' R2 U R' y' U' y U R' U2 R y' U' L F L' U2 R' L F R L' U' F U' R' U R U F' R' U2 R U R' U' F' R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' U R U')'
18. What colour do you start on/what orientation do you use? Any
19. What is your main 3x3 cube? qcube/zhanchi
20. What is your main OH cube? 55mm zhanchi
21. How would you feel if you got a time of 15.01 seconds on a 3x3? Slow
22. How about 29.99 seconds on 3x3? Probably messed up
23. Who is your favourite cuber? Me, of course
24. If you could cube anywhere, where would you cube? Right here
25. How fast do you think you'll be in 2 years? Sub 9?
26. Who is the fastest cuber you have met in person? 5ssld
27. Did you ever think the cube was unsolvable? No
28. Do you have a going out cube? Going out? Pssh, I don't do that
29. How many cubes/twisty puzzles do you own? About 70ish maybe?
30. What is the biggest cube (most cubies) you have ever solved? 11x11
31. Do you cube in public? No
32. Best reaction you got from a non-cuber? That's cool. *walks away*
33. Where were you the last time you cubed outside of your home? College
34. What would you say if a non-cuber asked you how good you were? Slow
35. Favourite colour scheme? Standard/Standard with light green and light blue
36. Favourite sticker colour? Light blue
37. Favourite event? 2x2/3x3sim
38. Favourite method? Hexahedronal Francisco
39. Favourite lube? Never used anything other than maru lube
40. Favourite cubing video? All of my videos
41. Favourite quote on speedsolving.com? Anything that Michael Womack posts
42. Favourite cube store? 51morefun
43. How much money would be worth it to quite cubing for the rest of your life? Not much
44. Have you ever cubed while singing? I can't torck
45. How long have you been cubing? Between 6 and 8 years, not including the 2 years in the answer to the next question. Can't remember when I started
46. What is the longest time you have stopped cubing since you started? About 2 years
47. How many solves do you do in an average day? 200 sim, 0 real
48. How many competitions have you attended? 7 I think
49. What one word best describes you in relation to cubing? sim
50. Most interesting thing you have done with a cube? Solved it
51. Last non-cubing thing that made you think of cubing? dunno
52. Favourite PLL/alg? Sim: Y/Us/H/Z/T/Gs, Real: they all suck
53. Lease favourite PLL/alg? Sim: V, Real: all of them
54. What would you do if your cube was making springy noises? Change the code of the sim that I'm using so it doesn't make springy noises
55. Would you prefer 1) a cube that never locks up but pops a lot or 2) a cube that locks up a lot but never pops? 2
56. Do you do timed or untimed solves more often? Timed
57. Have you ever dreamed about cubing? Not that I can remember
58. Cubes on your wish list? None
59. Favourite thing about cubing? the existance of sim
60. Least favourite thing about cubing? the existance of realcubes
61. Have you ever gotten a pop in competition? Yes
62. If you were stranded on an island with only one cube, which cube would it be? qcube
63. Do you prefer sighted or blind solving? Sighted.
64. Stickered or stickerless? Sim doesn't have stickers, so stickerless. Stickered realcubes though
65. White cubes or black cubes? Don't mind, but I can't use white cubes with black stickers
66. Righty or lefty? Right
67. Video or text tutorial? Whichever I can understand more easily
68. Blue or green? Blue
69. Red or orange? lol 69! Red
70. White or yellow? White
71. Speed banana eating? am slow. PB is like 35 seconds
72. Do you do the F perm? sure. I like it on sim anyweigh
73. Assembled or DIY? Assembled
74. Favourite cube to play with? 4x5x6
75. Are you getting the Dayan 6 when it comes out? No
76. Which WCA event are you best at? 2x2
77. If you could teach anyone in the world (dead or alive) how to solve the cube, who would you teach? Rainbow Dash
78. Best cubing experience? uko2012
79. Worst cubing experience? dunno
80. Funniest cubing experience? dunno
81. Do you cube at school/work? Only if someone asks me to
82. Fast and choppy or slow and smooth? Fast and choppy
83. Crispy, clicky, or crunchy? whats the difference between them?
84. Do methods have speeds? sure
85. Do you have a custom logo? No
86. Do you have a special box or bag where you keep your cubes? Drawer next to my computer desk
87. Do you listen to music while cubing? I usually just put on my ponyplaylist
88. Do you ever leave unsolved cubes lying around? Yes
89. How many of your friends know about your cubing hobby? Friends? LOL! Most of them.
90. Most dangerous thing you have done while cubing? Umm... Used a sim during a thunderstorm.
91. Do you let other people play with your cubes? If they aren't morons, sure
92. How many people have you taught to solve the cube? 1
93. Have you ever forgotten to do something because you were too busy cubing? Probably
94. First cubing competition? UK masters 2009
95. Ever lost a piece while cubing because it popped? Yes, a lot, but I usually find them pretty soon.
96. Where do you usually cube? Here
97. Do you ever get angry or frustrated while cubing? Not really
98. What is the last cubing thing/method/algorithm you learned? 2x2 cll probably
99. How good do your solves have to be before you feel happy and cheer about it (ie. top 25 percentile, top 5 solves of all time)? 3x3 sim single: sub 7
100. What are you going to do after you finish this questionnaire? watch videos

Bh13 · Jan 22, 2013

1: 12 Years old
2: Sudo Rubik's
3: 8 and a half inches
4: sub 10 pyraminx, sub twenty averages on 3x3
5: Feliks' 2:56.xx 7x7 solve
6: A kid on my swim team, who could solve the cube in under one minute
7: Myself and a how-to book
8: Rubik's 4x4Less than a foot away
9: 8:30 A.M
10: 10: A.M
11: Hand scrambles

darkerarceus · Jan 30, 2013

1. At what age did you first successfully solve a 3x3? 11
2. What brand/type was that 3x3? Knockoff
3. What is your handspan (measure from thumb tip to pinky tip)? 19cm
4. What are your goals for the next few months? Sub 15
5. What was the last cubing video you watched? It's been a while, I think it was someones average
6. What or who inspired you to take up speedcubing as a hobby? I don't know, I just liked it for some reason
7. Who taught you how to solve the cube? Dan Brown

8. What cube is closest to you right now? My megaminx
9. How close is it? ~15 cm
10. What time did you wake up today? 9:58
11. What time was it when you solved your first cube today? ~10:30
12. Do you prefer hand scrambles or computer scrambles? They're both the same to me!
13. What were you doing at 12am last night? Learning Guimond
14. What was the last cube you bought? Lubix Zhanchi and Lubix WitTwo
15. When was the last time you solved a cube? In the afternoon
16. Which cube was it? Lubix Zhanchi
17. What was the scramble? Hand Scramble
18. What colour do you start on/what orientation do you use? Colour Neutral
19. What is your main 3x3 cube? Lubix Zhanchi
20. What is your main OH cube? WitYou
21. How would you feel if you got a time of 15.01 seconds on a 3x3? Meh.
22. How about 29.99 seconds on 3x3? Crap
23. Who is your favourite cuber? Felik's or Jayden
24. If you could cube anywhere, where would you cube? At Worlds

25. How fast do you think you'll be in 2 years? Sub 10 maybe?
26. Who is the fastest cuber you have met in person? Kirt/ Jayden
27. Did you ever think the cube was unsolvable? No
28. Do you have a going out cube? My Zhanchi

29. How many cubes/twisty puzzles do you own? 23
30. What is the biggest cube (most cubies) you have ever solved? 5x5
31. Do you cube in public? Yes
32. Best reaction you got from a non-cuber? People saying, "How do you do that?" in an amazed voice.
33. Where were you the last time you cubed outside of your home? The weekend
34. What would you say if a non-cuber asked you how good you were? Alright
35. Favourite colour scheme? Standard
36. Favourite sticker colour? Fluro Green
37. Favourite event? 3x3
38. Favourite method? Fridrich
39. Favourite lube? Lubix/ Maru
40. Favourite cubing video? Sarah Strong's V-Cube 3 Unboxing
41. Favourite quote on speedsolving.com? lolben
42. Favourite cube store? Lightake
43. How much money would be worth it to quite cubing for the rest of your life? $100 Million
44. Have you ever cubed while singing? No
45. How long have you been cubing? 2 years +
46. What is the longest time you have stopped cubing since you started? 4-6 Months
47. How many solves do you do in an average day? 100+
48. How many competitions have you attended? 1
49. What one word best describes you in relation to cubing? Hooked
50. Most interesting thing you have done with a cube? I juggled some

51. Last non-cubing thing that made you think of cubing? Orange Juice
52. Favourite PLL/alg? R Perm/ Anti Sune
53. Least favourite PLL/alg? V Perm
54. What would you do if your cube was making springy noises? Deal with it, I kinda like the noise
55. Would you prefer 1) a cube that never locks up but pops a lot or 2) a cube that locks up a lot but never pops? 2
56. Do you do timed or untimed solves more often? I do both equally
57. Have you ever dreamed about cubing? No
58. Cubes on your wish list? Dayan 6, 5x5, Pyraminx, SS Megaminx
59. Favourite thing about cubing? Getting faster
60. Least favourite thing about cubing? Learning really boring algs or hitting a speed bump
61. Have you ever gotten a pop in competition? Yes, on my last 4x4 solve
62. If you were stranded on an island with only one cube, which cube would it be? My Zhanchi
63. Do you prefer sighted or blind solving? Sighted, I suck at BLD memo
64. Stickered or stickerless? Stickered
65. White cubes or black cubes? Black
66. Righty or lefty? Im ambidextrous

67. Video or text tutorial? Video
68. Blue or green? Green
69. Red or orange? Red
70. White or yellow? White
71. Speed banana eating? lolyes
72. Do you do the F perm? Yes
73. Assembled or DIY? DIY, except for lubix assembled cubes
74. Favourite cube to play with? 3x3
75. Are you getting the Dayan 6 when it comes out? Not as soon as it comes out
76. Which WCA event are you best at? 2x2 and 3x3
77. If you could teach anyone in the world (dead or alive) how to solve the cube, who would you teach? Chuck Norris

78. Best cubing experience? Just those long cubing sessions and Canberra Summer
79. Worst cubing experience? A session where like all my solves were 20+
80. Funniest cubing experience? When one of my friends was cubing and say "Take it out and play with it!" to another one of my friends

81. Do you cube at school/work? Yeah at school with my mates.
82. Fast and choppy or slow and smooth? Fast and choppy
83. Crispy, clicky, or crunchy? Click
84. Do methods have speeds? No
85. Do you have a custom logo? Used to
86. Do you have a special box or bag where you keep your cubes? No
87. Do you listen to music while cubing? Sometimes
88. Do you ever leave unsolved cubes lying around? Never!!!!!
89. How many of your friends know about your cubing hobby? heaps cos I do it at school
90. Most dangerous thing you have done while cubing? Boiled some water
91. Do you let other people play with your cubes? Sometimes
92. How many people have you taught to solve the cube? 2.5
93. Have you ever forgotten to do something because you were too busy cubing? Yeah

94. First cubing competition? Canberra Summer
95. Ever lost a piece while cubing because it popped? Yes, when I was in the car
96. Where do you usually cube? My room
97. Do you ever get angry or frustrated while cubing? Not really, I just take a break before it gets to that stage
98. What is the last cubing thing/method/algorithm you learned? R U2 R' for Guimond

99. How good do your solves have to be before you feel happy and cheer about it (ie. top 25 percentile, top 5 solves of all time)? Top 10%, around 13 for now
100. What are you going to do after you finish this questionnaire? Cube

Cheese11 · Jan 31, 2013

100 Qubing Questions

1. At what age did you first successfully solve a 3x3? 11
2. What brand/type was that 3x3? Rubiks
3. What is your handspan (measure from thumb tip to pinky tip)? 12cm
4. What are your goals for the next few months? Nothing
5. What was the last cubing video you watched? Billy's 4x4 vid
6. What or who inspired you to take up speedcubing as a hobby? Ma friend
7. Who taught you how to solve the cube? Ma friend
8. What cube is closest to you right now? GuHong v1
9. How close is it? 12 meters
10. What time did you wake up today? 7am
11. What time was it when you solved your first cube today? 11am
12. Do you prefer hand scrambles or computer scrambles? computer
13. What were you doing at 12am last night? sleeping
14. What was the last cube you bought? ZhanChi
15. When was the last time you solved a cube? Today
16. Which cube was it? GuHongv1
17. What was the scramble? Idk
18. What colour do you start on/what orientation do you use? I use roux
19. What is your main 3x3 cube? ZhanChi
20. What is your main OH cube? ZhanChi
21. How would you feel if you got a time of 15.01 seconds on a 3x3? Meh
22. How about 29.99 seconds on 3x3? I'd swear a lot
23. Who is your favourite cuber? Mr. Olson
24. If you could cube anywhere, where would you cube? Greece
25. How fast do you think you'll be in 2 years? 10sec
26. Who is the fastest cuber you have met in person? Chris Olson
27. Did you ever think the cube was unsolvable? Naww
28. Do you have a going out cube? Yes
29. How many cubes/twisty puzzles do you own? Too many.
30. What is the biggest cube (most cubies) you have ever solved? 11x11
31. Do you cube in public? Yes.
32. Best reaction you got from a non-cuber? Just the usual.
33. Where were you the last time you cubed outside of your home? My grandma's.
34. What would you say if a non-cuber asked you how good you were? I suck
35. Favourite colour scheme? Replace red with purple and blue with bright blue
36. Favourite sticker colour? Blue
37. Favourite event? Comps?
38. Favourite method? Roux
39. Favourite lube?

40. Favourite cubing video? Don't have one
41. Favourite quote on speedsolving.com? Don't have one
42. Favourite cube store? Cubicle.us
43. How much money would be worth it to quite cubing for the rest of your life? 44,000 moneys
44. Have you ever cubed while singing? yes
45. How long have you been cubing? 5
46. What is the longest time you have stopped cubing since you started? 4 months
47. How many solves do you do in an average day? 8
48. How many competitions have you attended? 2
49. What one word best describes you in relation to cubing? Fazt
50. Most interesting thing you have done with a cube? Set it on fire
51. Last non-cubing thing that made you think of cubing? Math classes
52. Favourite PLL/alg? Umm...
53. Lease favourite PLL/alg? Sune
54. What would you do if your cube was making springy noises? Lube the springs
55. Would you prefer 1) a cube that never locks up but pops a lot or 2) a cube that locks up a lot but never pops? 1
56. Do you do timed or untimed solves more often? Untimed
57. Have you ever dreamed about cubing? Many a time
58. Cubes on your wish list? None
59. Favourite thing about cubing? It's fun
60. Least favourite thing about cubing? Costs money
61. Have you ever gotten a pop in competition? ... yes
62. If you were stranded on an island with only one cube, which cube would it be? Mah Zhanchi
63. Do you prefer sighted or blind solving? Sighted
64. Stickered or stickerless? Stickered
65. White cubes or black cubes? Black
66. Righty or lefty? Lefty
67. Video or text tutorial? Text
68. Blue or green? Blue
69. Red or orange? Orange
70. White or yellow? White
71. Speed banana eating? I'm in third

72. Do you do the F perm? What's an F-Perm?
73. Assembled or DIY? DIY
74. Favourite cube to play with? 3x3
75. Are you getting the Dayan 6 when it comes out? Poo Muffins
76. Which WCA event are you best at? 3x3
77. If you could teach anyone in the world (dead or alive) how to solve the cube, who would you teach? My girlfriend
78. Best cubing experience? Comps
79. Worst cubing experience? When my first ZhanChi popped and a guy stole all the pieces.
80. Funniest cubing experience? No
81. Do you cube at school/work? Yes
82. Fast and choppy or slow and smooth? I liek de choppy
83. Crispy, clicky, or crunchy? Crispy
84. Do methods have speeds? No
85. Do you have a custom logo? Sort of
86. Do you have a special box or bag where you keep your cubes? Shelf
87. Do you listen to music while cubing? Yes

88. Do you ever leave unsolved cubes lying around? Never
89. How many of your friends know about your cubing hobby? All of them
90. Most dangerous thing you have done while cubing? Snowmobiling
91. Do you let other people play with your cubes? No
92. How many people have you taught to solve the cube? 1
93. Have you ever forgotten to do something because you were too busy cubing? No
94. First cubing competition? Cubetcha 2011
95. Ever lost a piece while cubing because it popped? Mhm
96. Where do you usually cube? Desk
97. Do you ever get angry or frustrated while cubing? Yes
98. What is the last cubing thing/method/algorithm you learned? L case for CMLL
99. How good do your solves have to be before you feel happy and cheer about it (ie. top 25 percentile, top 5 solves of all time)? Better than they were before
100. What are you going to do after you finish this questionnaire? Pee

Andreaillest · Feb 2, 2013

I am bored enough.

1. At what age did you first successfully solve a 3x3? 14 or 15, it's been awhile.
2. What brand/type was that 3x3? Rubik's store bought
3. What is your handspan (measure from thumb tip to pinky tip)? Too small.
4. What are your goals for the next few months? Finally learn OLL I guess, get a job, continue schoolwork and keep hustlin cuz.
5. What was the last cubing video you watched? Rowe's boss 5.57 solve.
6. What or who inspired you to take up speedcubing as a hobby? It relaxes me.
7. Who taught you how to solve the cube? Pogobat
8. What cube is closest to you right now? Shengshou 4x4 V3
9. How close is it? Touching my elbow close.
10. What time did you wake up today? 6:30 AM unfortunately.
11. What time was it when you solved your first cube today? I haven't, been pretty busy.
12. Do you prefer hand scrambles or computer scrambles? Either or, just as long as I don't make my hand scrambles blatantly easy.
13. What were you doing at 12am last night? Getting ready to go to bed.
14. What was the last cube you bought? White Zhanchi
15. When was the last time you solved a cube? Yesterday night.
16. Which cube was it? The Zhanchi.
17. What was the scramble? Don't even know.
18. What colour do you start on/what orientation do you use? Blue cross, always.
19. What is your main 3x3 cube? The Zhanchi.
20. What is your main OH cube? Don't OH.
21. How would you feel if you got a time of 15.01 seconds on a 3x3? Cool, better than what I average.
22. How about 29.99 seconds on 3x3? lolno.
23. Who is your favourite cuber? Too many to name.
24. If you could cube anywhere, where would you cube? My room seems to suffice.
25. How fast do you think you'll be in 2 years? I don't know. I progress like a snail and I could possibly quit by then.
26. Who is the fastest cuber you have met in person? Breandan Vallance, Anthony Brooks, Phillip Espinoza...
27. Did you ever think the cube was unsolvable? No.
28. Do you have a going out cube? No.
29. How many cubes/twisty puzzles do you own? 30 or so. Maybe 20 at best.
30. What is the biggest cube (most cubies) you have ever solved? 5x5 because I can't big cube.
31. Do you cube in public? Not much.
32. Best reaction you got from a non-cuber? They thought I was smart, lol. Actually, my teacher who is hard headed has some form of respect for me now.
33. Where were you the last time you cubed outside of your home? My Aun't house.
34. What would you say if a non-cuber asked you how good you were? Not that good compared to the community, but better than most of society.
35. Favourite colour scheme? Standard or half brights.
36. Favourite sticker colour? Blue.
37. Favourite event? Feet... Nah 3x3 speed.
38. Favourite method? I use fridrich, but petrus is nice when I just want to mix it up a bit.
39. Favourite lube? Don't care too much about lube as long as it doesn't ruin my cube.
40. Favourite cubing video? Uhhh.
41. Favourite quote on speedsolving.com? Speedcubin.
42. Favourite cube store? The cubicle is nice for good prices, but speedcubeshop is also good because he lives closer to me and I get them faster.
43. How much money would be worth it to quit cubing for the rest of your life? Fixed it to "quit." Honestly, anything close to $500 or maybe $1000. Broke college student reporting for duty.
44. Have you ever cubed while singing? Ya.
45. How long have you been cubing? 5-7 years or so. Whenever Sarah Strong started.
46. What is the longest time you have stopped cubing since you started? Half a year to maybe about a year.
47. How many solves do you do in an average day? It varies from 0 to 100 honestly.
48. How many competitions have you attended? One. US Nats...good times.
49. What one word best describes you in relation to cubing? Agony.
50. Most interesting thing you have done with a cube? Tried to do team BLD with someone who has no idea on how to solve it. Did not end well.
51. Last non-cubing thing that made you think of cubing? Will Smith.
52. Favourite PLL/alg? R U2 R' U' R U2 L' U R' U' L
53. Lease favourite PLL/alg? F perm ew.
54. What would you do if your cube was making springy noises? Clean it.
55. Would you prefer 1) a cube that never locks up but pops a lot or 2) a cube that locks up a lot but never pops? 2. Just learn to control it.
56. Do you do timed or untimed solves more often? Timed I guess.
57. Have you ever dreamed about cubing? Nope.
58. Cubes on your wish list? pyraminx, v cube collection and any cube that is deemed "perfect."
59. Favourite thing about cubing? The community.
60. Least favourite thing about cubing? That at this stage, I am still very slow.
61. Have you ever gotten a pop in competition? No.
62. If you were stranded on an island with only one cube, which cube would it be? Teraminx...lolno, 3x3.
63. Do you prefer sighted or blind solving? Sighted.
64. Stickered or stickerless? Stickered, only solved a stickerless once so it's hard to judge them both properly.
65. White cubes or black cubes? White power.
66. Righty or lefty? Righty.
67. Video or text tutorial? Video.
68. Blue or green? Always blue, always.
69. Red or orange? Red.
70. White or yellow? White.
71. Speed banana eating? Bananers.
72. Do you do the F perm? Ew.
73. Assembled or DIY? Assembled.
74. Favourite cube to play with? I think we already know the answer.
75. Are you getting the Dayan 6 when it comes out? Don't know.
76. Which WCA event are you best at? lol3x3 c'mon now.
77. If you could teach anyone in the world (dead or alive) how to solve the cube, who would you teach? Anyone with patience.
78. Best cubing experience? US Nationals.
79. Worst cubing experience? My results at US nats.
80. Funniest cubing experience? Speedcubin'. You should add x event, just a suggestion.
81. Do you cube at school/work? Not really. Would much rather be focused on the job.
82. Fast and choppy or slow and smooth? Fast and smooth.
83. Crispy, clicky, or crunchy? Snap, Crackle, and Pop. Crispy.
84. Do methods have speeds? I don't know, ask them.
85. Do you have a custom logo? I do, but for Graphic Design business.
86. Do you have a special box or bag where you keep your cubes? Shoe box.
87. Do you listen to music while cubing? Yep.
88. Do you ever leave unsolved cubes lying around? I get ocd about that and rarely do I leave them unsolved.
89. How many of your friends know about your cubing hobby? Most, if not all.
90. Most dangerous thing you have done while cubing? Killed a man. not srs.
91. Do you let other people play with your cubes? As long as they don't ruin them.
92. How many people have you taught to solve the cube? One or two.
93. Have you ever forgotten to do something because you were too busy cubing? I forget a lot of things.
94. First cubing competition? Repetitive answer is once again US Nats.
95. Ever lost a piece while cubing because it popped? Nope.
96. Where do you usually cube? In my room.
97. Do you ever get angry or frustrated while cubing? Yessir.
98. What is the last cubing thing/method/algorithm you learned? 4x4 parity because I'm really lazy.
99. How good do your solves have to be before you feel happy and cheer about it (ie. top 25 percentile, top 5 solves of all time)? Sub 16 or 15
100. What are you going to do after you finish this questionnaire? Eat and chill.

Ickathu · Feb 2, 2013

1. At what age did you first successfully solve a 3x3? Around 10, iirc
2. What brand/type was that 3x3? Rubik's storebought
3. What is your handspan (measure from thumb tip to pinky tip)? 8 inches
4. What are your goals for the next few months? 4BLD success, sub7 on 7x7, sub6 (again) on pyraminx, sub30 on clock, sorta sub1 on 4x4
5. What was the last cubing video you watched? The CubingWorld introduction
6. What or who inspired you to take up speedcubing as a hobby? Erik's 7.08 single
7. Who taught you how to solve the cube? the little instruction booklet that came with my first rubik's brand, then the internet afterwards (various sites) for CFOP (Jessica Fridrich's site at first) and Roux (gilles roux' site at first)
8. What cube is closest to you right now? ss 4x4
9. How close is it? about 1 arms-length, (2-3 feet?)
10. What time did you wake up today? 7:30, didn't get up til 7:55
11. What time was it when you solved your first cube today? haven't solved one yet :fp
12. Do you prefer hand scrambles or computer scrambles? computer scrambles
13. What were you doing at 12am last night? memorizing the capitals of the countries of the world (I learned Brunei - Cape Verde (9) last night)
14. What was the last cube you bought? that I bought, no idea. I got a guhong v2, gear pyramorphix, 3x3x4, crystal-minx, clock, square-2, professor pyraminx, ss mirror blocks, and dayan megaminx for my birthday a week ago
15. When was the last time you solved a cube? last night at around 10-ish
16. Which cube was it? clock
17. What was the scramble?

UU u5' dU u5 dd u5 Ud u3 dU u3' Ud UU UU u6 UU u5 dd UU
dd d' dU UU d6 Ud UU UU Ud dU UU dd d5' dU

18. What colour do you start on/what orientation do you use? For clock? Whatever side looks best
19. What is your main 3x3 cube? 55mm zhanchi
20. What is your main OH cube? 55mm zhanchi or lingyun v2
21. How would you feel if you got a time of 15.01 seconds on a 3x3? somewhat excited, but not exstatic
22. How about 29.99 seconds on 3x3? like I failed
23. Who is your favourite cuber? ME!

probably cyoubx though
24. If you could cube anywhere, where would you cube? at a competition. England or somewhere in Europe would be cool, (mostly for tourist reasons)
25. How fast do you think you'll be in 2 years? on 3x3, hopefully around 12-14 seconds
26. Who is the fastest cuber you have met in person? uvafan or waffo
27. Did you ever think the cube was unsolvable? yup
28. Do you have a going out cube? nope
29. How many cubes/twisty puzzles do you own? around 60 or 70, I think
30. What is the biggest cube (most cubies) you have ever solved? 7x7
31. Do you cube in public? if I remember to bring a cube with me
32. Best reaction you got from a non-cuber? Shouting, clapping, high-fiving, and "No way!"-ing (all from the same person

)
33. Where were you the last time you cubed outside of your home? at my karate dojo
34. What would you say if a non-cuber asked you how good you were? "I'm sorta okay, I guess. It depends on your perspective really. From my point of view, I'm not very good. I can solve it in around 25 seconds."
35. Favourite colour scheme? standard color scheme, with standard stickers
36. Favourite sticker colour? orange or blue, depending on the shades
37. Favourite event? 4x4, pyraminx, or clock
38. Favourite method? ermmm... BH is pretty cool, I guess. That's a bit of a vague question

depends on the event I suppose
39. Favourite lube? 50k differential oil
40. Favourite cubing video? Sh*t cubers don't ever say
41. Favourite quote on speedsolving.com? "In roux, we have bowties. Roux: 1, CFOP: 0" ~PandaCuber
42. Favourite cube store? CubeDepot
43. How much money would be worth it to quite cubing for the rest of your life? I would say none, but I don't know... $14 trillion dollars (GDP of the US)

44. Have you ever cubed while singing? nope
45. How long have you been cubing? I've been speedcubing for almost 2 years now, I've been able to solve a cube since around Dec 2007 (or is it 2008?)
46. What is the longest time you have stopped cubing since you started? I think it was around a year
47. How many solves do you do in an average day? 3x3: maybe 20, total solves: probably around 150
48. How many competitions have you attended? 3
49. What one word best describes you in relation to cubing? addicted
50. Most interesting thing you have done with a cube? solved it into certain patterns... It's pretty pathetic
51. Last non-cubing thing that made you think of cubing? memorizing capitals last night
52. Favourite PLL/alg? J-perm
53. Lease favourite PLL/alg? lefty R-perm
54. What would you do if your cube was making springy noises? disassemble and lube the core
55. Would you prefer 1) a cube that never locks up but pops a lot or 2) a cube that locks up a lot but never pops? never locks up but pops. Pops can be fixed by turning carefully, but tight/locky cubes are usually slow
56. Do you do timed or untimed solves more often? timed
57. Have you ever dreamed about cubing? not that I remember
58. Cubes on your wish list? 4x4x5, 5x5x4, Panshi
59. Favourite thing about cubing? the fact that it challenges myself
60. Least favourite thing about cubing? pops
61. Have you ever gotten a pop in competition? no
62. If you were stranded on an island with only one cube, which cube would it be? shengshou pyraminx
63. Do you prefer sighted or blind solving? sighted
64. Stickered or stickerless? stickered
65. White cubes or black cubes? black
66. Righty or lefty? righty
67. Video or text tutorial? video
68. Blue or green? blue
69. Red or orange? orange
70. White or yellow? white
71. Speed banana eating? 28.xy
72. Do you do the F perm?

yeah
73. Assembled or DIY? assembled, even though I'm going to disassemble it soon after I get it, probably.
74. Favourite cube to play with? 3x3 or a cuboid
75. Are you getting the Dayan 6 when it comes out? probably not right away, but eventually
76. Which WCA event are you best at? pyraminx
77. If you could teach anyone in the world (dead or alive) how to solve the cube, who would you teach? One of my friends who used to take karate with me
78. Best cubing experience? sub6 ao100 on pyraminx
79. Worst cubing experience? shengshou 4x4 explosion on a really lucky solve
80. Funniest cubing experience? seeing a pic of the 5x5 tartan cube with my cubing friend and joking about how it looks like we just figured out how to divide by 0. It was hilarious at the time
81. Do you cube at school/work? yes, but I probbaly shouldn't
82. Fast and choppy or slow and smooth? slow and smooth
83. Crispy, clicky, or crunchy? crispy
84. Do methods have speeds? no
85. Do you have a custom logo? no
86. Do you have a special box or bag where you keep your cubes? no
87. Do you listen to music while cubing? sometimes
88. Do you ever leave unsolved cubes lying around? rarely if I know how to solve it, but if I can't figure it out (square-2, professor pyraminx, etc) then yes
89. How many of your friends know about your cubing hobby? erm, all of them I think
90. Most dangerous thing you have done while cubing? no idea/nothing
91. Do you let other people play with your cubes? 3x3, yes, but most other cubes no. It depends on whether or not they pop (and how easy it is to reassemble)
92. How many people have you taught to solve the cube? 3 (my 2 sisters and my brother)
93. Have you ever forgotten to do something because you were too busy cubing? yes
94. First cubing competition? Harvard Fall 2011
95. Ever lost a piece while cubing because it popped? Yeah, I lost a 7x7 oblique but eventually found it
96. Where do you usually cube? at my desk in my basement or in a recliner in our TV/Living room
97. Do you ever get angry or frustrated while cubing? Nah, I usually cube when I'm angry or frustrated to get un-angry
98. What is the last cubing thing/method/algorithm you learned? CMLL algs (some of the bruno/G cases)
99. How good do your solves have to be before you feel happy and cheer about it (ie. top 25 percentile, top 5 solves of all time)? Anything above (below) average or around times that my goal is, really depends on the cube. Like for pyraminx I don't get excited unless I get sub4, but I average like 7 and my goal is like sub5, but for 4x4 (avg 1:20) I get excited with anything under 1:15 or so (goal is 55)
100. What are you going to do after you finish this questionnaire? solve clock, and write some

That took a while.

TopCuber · Apr 2, 2013

1. At what age did you first successfully solve a 3x3?
12&1/2
2. What brand/type was that 3x3?
Rubik's studio
3. What is your handspan (measure from thumb tip to pinky tip)?
20-21cm (?)
4. What are your goals for the next few months?
constant sub20 on 3x3, sub-2 4x4
5. What was the last cubing video you watched?
the BLD WR
6. What or who inspired you to take up speedcubing as a hobby?
Because i've learnt how to solve a 3x3
7. Who taught you how to solve the cube?
My mom
8. What cube is closest to you right now?
My PanShi.
9. How close is it?
25 cm
10. What time did you wake up today?
8AM
11. What time was it when you solved your first cube today?
8:01 AM
12. Do you prefer hand scrambles or computer scrambles?
Hand
13. What were you doing at 12am last night?
I was solving cubes
14. What was the last cube you bought?
My PanShi and my SS Pyraminx and my SS 4x4
15. When was the last time you solved a cube?
1 min ago
16. Which cube was it?
my PanShi
17. What was the scramble?
hand scramble
18. What colour do you start on/what orientation do you use?
I start on white, sometimes yellow (rarely i start on other colors)
19. What is your main 3x3 cube?
PanShi, Zhanchi (both are black)
20. What is your main OH cube?
-||-
21. How would you feel if you got a time of 15.01 seconds on a 3x3?
"Nice, this should be the start of my PB avg5"
22. How about 29.99 seconds on 3x3?
"At least i'm not on a competition. Let's delete this solve"
23. Who is your favourite cuber?
Faz, Mats, Erik
24. If you could cube anywhere, where would you cube?
In a Dayan factory
25. How fast do you think you'll be in 2 years?
13-14 secs (i hope)
26. Who is the fastest cuber you have met in person?
I've never met any faster person than me, probably on my next comp
27. Did you ever think the cube was unsolvable?
Never
28. Do you have a going out cube?
What?
29. How many cubes/twisty puzzles do you own?
12 or 13
30. What is the biggest cube (most cubies) you have ever solved?
my 5x5 has 125 cubies or the virtual 6x6 has 216
31. Do you cube in public?
Nope
32. Best reaction you got from a non-cuber?
"WHAT?"
33. Where were you the last time you cubed outside of your home?
In my school
34. What would you say if a non-cuber asked you how good you were?
nothing
35. Favourite colour scheme?
Western
36. Favourite sticker colour?
White
37. Favourite event?
The forum competitions
38. Favourite method?
Fridrich, Yau, Ortega
39. Favourite lube?
Silicon spray
40. Favourite cubing video?
crazybadcubers "Does cube color really matter?"
41. Favourite quote on speedsolving.com?
no comment
42. Favourite cube store?
The Cubicle
43. How much money would be worth it to quite cubing for the rest of your life?
Almost $10,000
44. Have you ever cubed while singing?
No
45. How long have you been cubing?
5 months
46. What is the longest time you have stopped cubing since you started?
15 minutes
47. How many solves do you do in an average day?
50-60
48. How many competitions have you attended?
0
49. What one word best describes you in relation to cubing?
I love it
50. Most interesting thing you have done with a cube?
I lubed and tensioned it.
51. Last non-cubing thing that made you think of cubing?
There was a tv-show, where a guy solved a cube BLD.
52. Favourite PLL/alg?
T-perm,Y-perm,F-perm,H-perm
53. Lease favourite PLL/alg?
V-perm,N-perms,G-perms
54. What would you do if your cube was making springy noises?
It does make, and i like it.
55. Would you prefer 1) a cube that never locks up but pops a lot or 2) a cube that locks up a lot but never pops?
Neither
56. Do you do timed or untimed solves more often?
Untimed
57. Have you ever dreamed about cubing?
Yes
58. Cubes on your wish list?
MF8 SQ1, SS 5x5, 6x6,
59. Favourite thing about cubing?
Cubes
60. Least favourite thing about cubing?
POPS & LOCKUPS

61. Have you ever gotten a pop in competition?
no
62. If you were stranded on an island with only one cube, which cube would it be?
my Dayan megaminx
63. Do you prefer sighted or blind solving?
Sighed, for bld i'm still trying
64. Stickered or stickerless?
I dont have a stickerless
65. White cubes or black cubes?
Black, definitely
66. Righty or lefty?
Either
67. Video or text tutorial?
Text
68. Blue or green?
I prefer blue cubes if you mean that.
69. Red or orange?
Red
70. White or yellow?
White
71. Speed banana eating?
I don't like fruits, but if you show me a speed sandwich eating or speed icecream eating vid, then i can compete
72. Do you do the F perm?
yes
73. Assembled or DIY?
DIY
74. Favourite cube to play with?
PanShi and SS 4x4
75. Are you getting the Dayan 6 when it comes out?
:fp This is an old thread yea?
76. Which WCA event are you best at?
3x3
77. If you could teach anyone in the world (dead or alive) how to solve the cube, who would you teach?
Albert Einstein
78. Best cubing experience?
When i solved my 2x2x4 myself
79. Worst cubing experience?
my rubiks 4x4
80. Funniest cubing experience?

81. Do you cube at school/work?
yes
82. Fast and choppy or slow and smooth?
Fats & choppy
83. Crispy, clicky, or crunchy?
crispy
84. Do methods have speeds?
yes
85. Do you have a custom logo?
no
86. Do you have a special box or bag where you keep your cubes?
no
87. Do you listen to music while cubing?
no
88. Do you ever leave unsolved cubes lying around?
never
89. How many of your friends know about your cubing hobby?
most of 'em
90. Most dangerous thing you have done while cubing?
I walked while cubing
91. Do you let other people play with your cubes?
sometimes
92. How many people have you taught to solve the cube?
3, and they teach others now

93. Have you ever forgotten to do something because you were too busy cubing?
yes,my homework
94. First cubing competition?
-
95. Ever lost a piece while cubing because it popped?
no
96. Where do you usually cube?
At home
97. Do you ever get angry or frustrated while cubing?
No
98. What is the last cubing thing/method/algorithm you learned?
A new E-perm
99. How good do your solves have to be before you feel happy and cheer about it (ie. top 25 percentile, top 5 solves of all time)?
top 10 solves
100. What are you going to do after you finish this questionnaire?
i eat my dinner

JF1zl3 · Apr 9, 2013

100 Qubing Questions

1. At what age did you first successfully solve a 3x3?
16

2. What brand/type was that 3x3?
Rubik's

3. What is your handspan (measure from thumb tip to pinky tip)?
Not too big. My dad has a tiny pinky, and my mom only canceled out so much of it lol. Kinda sucks, but he is an incredible guitarist, so I think I have potential to still be great at cubing even with a smaller pinky lol.

4. What are your goals for the next few months?
Sub-20 3x3x3, Get ANY average for 3BLD besides DNF, Learn Yau for 4x4x4, sub 9 2x2x2, sub 12 Pyraminx

5. What was the last cubing video you watched?
Cubing world (jskyler to be specific) has a video about a non-standard V-Perm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDZIZBmuQFc&list=UU5VtLOA9dZwB5AxRZyZw4_g&index=5

6. What or who inspired you to take up speedcubing as a hobby?
Mr. matt from A+. A+ is a program for high school students to get college funds from some organization by helping watch kids at schools during summer break if they can't stay at home. Mr. Matt was one of the instructors there, and he had a cube with him that he liked to mess around with. He used to solve it in about 55 seconds, and told me his best was 40. It blew my mind that someone could solve it that fast, so I spent that whole week of A+ learning the cube. By the end of the week, I was doing ~2 minute solves. Oh yea, and Mr. Matt had a 4x4x4 as well. He also solved the 5x5x5 on the Rubik's app on my phone in an hour and 10 minutes. Here's the crazy thing though, he doesn't know parity, so he invented his own method of solving it. That is still impressive to me.

7. Who taught you how to solve the cube?
Myself and the little packet that came with my rubiks cube. I'm surprised more people havent learned that way, it teaches you to solve green cross, and most people do white.

8. What cube is closest to you right now?
Stickerless Zhanchi #1, then a Stickered Black Panshi, then a V-Cube 7.

9. How close is it?
Within 6 inches of my left hand.

10. What time did you wake up today?
5:20am. School sucks.

11. What time was it when you solved your first cube today?
Normally my answer would be ~7:30am, but today it wasn't until I got home from school. I set my PB today

(18.80)

12. Do you prefer hand scrambles or computer scrambles?
Well, they have pros and cons either way. Hand scrambles allow you to do productive things while scrambling, like turbo tracking. But at the same time, computer scrambles let you know it is 100% random, and not cheated from your mischevious hands.

13. What were you doing at 12am last night?
Solving the 7x7x7 for the 4+ race. I decided to abandon doing the rest of my 7x7x7 solves, for it takes me far to long.

14. What was the last cube you bought?
Panshi. But I have an outstanding order from zcube.cn that involves a Type C WitTwo I, a Chun metal cube thing, a guhong (V1 I think. It's red lol.), and cheapo shengshou 3x3x3s just because I like to perfrom experiments on 3x3x3s and never feel like I have enough.

15. When was the last time you solved a cube?
Earlier today at probably 6:30.

16. Which cube was it?
Stickerless Zhanchi #1

17. What was the scramble?
L B' F' L' F2 D' U2 F B U F' B2 U2 L' U L' D' R D' L' F' B2 R B L
This was actually my PB scramble :O (remember I solve green cross)

18. What colour do you start on/what orientation do you use?
Green

19. What is your main 3x3 cube?
Panshi/Zhanchi

20. What is your main OH cube?
I don't OH seriously, so any cube really.

21. How would you feel if you got a time of 15.01 seconds on a 3x3?
NL I would feel super accomplished and very proud of myself. Lucky... Well it depends how lucky.
Triple X-Cross: Not to happy
Double X-Cross: Discontent
X-Cross: Somewhat happy
LL Skip: Not happy
OLL Skip: Happy
PLL Skip: Happy
and any combination of these would lead to anger.

22. How about 29.99 seconds on 3x3?
Bah, what went wrong there?

23. Who is your favourite cuber?
Depends. I like feliks for his incredible abilities on MULTIPLE cubes. But I like other cubers too, such as Noah for his incredible BLD abilities.

24. If you could cube anywhere, where would you cube?
In solitude

25. How fast do you think you'll be in 2 years?
Hopefully ~11 seconds or so.

26. Who is the fastest cuber you have met in person?
Mr. Matt got a ~40 second solve he claims, my friend Ian claims he got a 35 second solve with begginners method (which I highly doubt to be honest, he is pretty good, but not THAT good.), and my friend Bobby who recently started learning to cube can do ~1:10.

27. Did you ever think the cube was unsolvable?
No, I understood that any move could just be undone until it was solved again no matter what.

28. Do you have a going out cube?
Mini stickerless zhanchi ftw.

29. How many cubes/twisty puzzles do you own?
[Url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng9c_lJR1dE]40 (+6 on the way)[/url]

30. What is the biggest cube (most cubies) you have ever solved?
7x7x7, but I'm positive I could solve up to the 11x11x11 if I had one.

31. Do you cube in public?
Hells yes.

32. Best reaction you got from a non-cuber?
WHAT?! HOW DID YOU FIX IT? HOW THAT FAST?? I'M GONNA MIX IT UP UNTIL YOU CAN'T FIX IT AGAIN!!! she then went on to scramble it ~20 times. I even solved two cuebs at the same time.

33. Where were you the last time you cubed outside of your home?
Work on break.

34. What would you say if a non-cuber asked you how good you were?
I would say I am definetely at least average by the cubing communities standards. But by no means am I "good".

35. Favourite colour scheme?
Normal color scheme, or the hypothesized color scheme where the six colors have the hues split up so that there is maximum contrast between them to the human eye, but I have never tried that one.

36. Favourite sticker colour?
If you mean a single color, then I would have to say my flourescent Red is intoxicatingly vibrant.
If you mean sticker colors thhen I would have to say Flouro-red,green,orange regular white, and dark blue. Great combo for green cross. OLL is all about dark colors while the rest is Bright colors.

37. Favourite event?
3x3x3 or 3BLD

38. Favourite method?
CFOP. Roux seems like it could be fun.

39. Favourite lube?
Only used vaseline and sillicube. Low viscosity silicube is pretty nice to be honest.

40. Favourite cubing video?
Maskow's 37 multi 3BLD attempt was pretty insane

41. Favourite quote on speedsolving.com?
"This was never said by anybody, because I cannot think of anything." -nobody

42. Favourite cube store?
zcube.cn has awesome prices. The cubicle is in the us though, which is nice.

43. How much money would be worth it to quite cubing for the rest of your life?
$120,000
I derive too much Joy from cubing. I wouldn't want to do anything else unless I had that amount of money to buy a new hobby of some sort.

44. Have you ever cubed while singing?
I don't sing often so no.

45. How long have you been cubing?
9 months

46. What is the longest time you have stopped cubing since you started?
2 months at about 3 months in. I wasnt very serious back then.

47. How many solves do you do in an average day?
Maybe 25... I spend more time learning about it.

48. How many competitions have you attended?
0. i am going to worlds though.

49. What one word best describes you in relation to cubing?
Lazy. I have the means to get better easily, but don't use them.

50. Most interesting thing you have done with a cube?
Put salt in my panshi to break it in quickly. Very intriguing lol.
I also plan on putting stickers on my stickerless cube and then I am going to dye it black and remove the sticekers when it dries. Effectiviely creating a stickerless but competition legal cube.

51. Last non-cubing thing that made you think of cubing?
Speed cup stacking today in chemistry. My friend made a joke about stacking these cups quickly and it reminded me up to cubing.

52. Favourite PLL/alg?
Ua Perm is super easy. T-Perm is so fluid. I love Z-Perm as well, I jsut need to learn how to do the U2 finger trick.

53. Lease favourite PLL/alg?
G series. I hate them all.

54. What would you do if your cube was making springy noises?
It does sometimes, but they ussually subside.

55. Would you prefer 1) a cube that never locks up but pops a lot or 2) a cube that locks up a lot but never pops?
2

56. Do you do timed or untimed solves more often?
Timed.

57. Have you ever dreamed about cubing?
Not that I know of.

58. Cubes on your wish list?
8x8x8, 11x11x11, Gigaminx, Master Kilominx, Curvy Copter cube, TREASURE CHEST CUBE, and anything by oscar really.

59. Favourite thing about cubing?
The joy of knowing that I can manipulate this cube into a specific state relatively quickly.

60. Least favourite thing about cubing?
Being called nerdy for doing it. It does happen, and its bull ****. It's not nerdy at all, it's quite fun.

61. Have you ever gotten a pop in competition?
Never competed, but I do not expect to.

62. If you were stranded on an island with only one cube, which cube would it be?
Dayan Zhanchi Stickered Black. It's flow is unbeatable.

63. Do you prefer sighted or blind solving?
Sighted, but I am very new to blind.

64. Stickered or stickerless?
Stickerless definetely is smoother in my opinion, but I am forcing myself to like stickered better because they are the only legal cubes.

65. White cubes or black cubes?
BLACK

66. Righty or lefty?
It's Tighty.

67. Video or text tutorial?
Video and Text.

68. Blue or green?
Green

69. Red or orange?
Red

70. White or yellow?
White

71. Speed banana eating?
Hahaha, I forgot about that lol.

72. Do you do the F perm?
Do you?

73. Assembled or DIY?
tbh, DIY is a lot of work for not much advantage from what I can see, so assembled.

74. Favourite cube to play with?
To just mess around with? hmm... Megaminx.

75. Are you getting the Dayan 6 when it comes out?
Already have it.

76. Which WCA event are you best at?
3x3x3 by farrrrr

77. If you could teach anyone in the world (dead or alive) how to solve the cube, who would you teach?
Obama, so that it could become a much more popular hobby, and maybe become considered a sport of some sort, and then perhaps the next word will be televised. I honestly dislike Obama, but you can't pass up an oppurtunity to show people how great cubing is.

78. Best cubing experience?
First sub-20 solve.

And then getting another 6 solves later.

Oh, and my first succesful BLD solve

79. Worst cubing experience?
Getting a sub 19 solve that would have been sub 18 but I missed the space bar (Today)

80. Funniest cubing experience?
Destroying my friend's times who use begginners method.

81. Do you cube at school/work?
Yes, at both frequently.

82. Fast and choppy or slow and smooth?
Fast and choopy, unfortunately.

83. Crispy, clicky, or crunchy?
Crispyyyyyyyyyyy

84. Do methods have speeds?
That's a good question.

85. Do you have a custom logo?
No, but that sounds like a good idea.

86. Do you have a special box or bag where you keep your cubes?
Yes. Plastic bin that lets me carry them around if I wish too.

87. Do you listen to music while cubing?
Sometimes... but I think it distracts me. Especially on BLD.

88. Do you ever leave unsolved cubes lying around?
Very, very, VERY rarely. Only maybe big cubes. I only have 3 unsolved cubes out of my 40 right now because I havent learned them yet. Latch cube, Super Square-1, and siamese cube.

89. How many of your friends know about your cubing hobby?
All of them.

90. Most dangerous thing you have done while cubing?
Drive. Do not do that.

91. Do you let other people play with your cubes?
Yes, but I think those days are over.

92. How many people have you taught to solve the cube?
1, but I taught 3 to solve one side.

93. Have you ever forgotten to do something because you were too busy cubing?
Hahahaha, all the time.

94. First cubing competition?
World's 2013

95. Ever lost a piece while cubing because it popped?
Nearly lost one at work.

96. Where do you usually cube?
Basement

97. Do you ever get angry or frustrated while cubing?
Yes.

98. What is the last cubing thing/method/algorithm you learned?
I created my own alg for an OELL case (the dot) and it is somewhat quick. M' U2 M U2 M' U' M U2 M' U2 M

99. How good do your solves have to be before you feel happy and cheer about it (ie. top 25 percentile, top 5 solves of all time)?
for singles my solves would have to be below whatever my current best ao5 is.

100. What are you going to do after you finish this questionnaire?
Well post it of course.

tnk351 · May 9, 2018

Bump

1. 7 yr old
2. Dollar store cube

3. Around 19.4
4. Get sub 15
5. Tony Fisher's chromium cube
6. Myself

7. Still, myself
8. Shengshou 3x3
9. Inside the desk (unused)
10. 6:15
11. 7:02
12. Hand scrambles
13. Sleeping

14. Yuxin little magic, qiyi wuque, qiyi skewb, guanlong squan
15. 6:XX pm
16. Yuxin little magic (main)
17. Hand scramble

18. White cross
19. Yuxin little magic
20. Still, yuxin little magic
21. Nice solve
22. Terrible solve
23. Feliks zemdegs
24. Home

25. Sub 10
26. Idk (went to a comp without anyone i know) (It would be feliks in august)
27. No
28. Yes, shengshou 3x3 (in case of teacher takes it)
29. 34
30. Yj 7x7
31. Sometimes
32. *cubing in the mrt*
See that kid?
*start talking about rubiks cube*
33. At the intersection (waiting for the traffic light)
34. Really bad
35. Default color scheme
36. green
37. 3x3
38. Cfop
39. Maru lube
40. Paideiandy's 50 things that cubers hate and part 2
41. Quote "You can edit quotes?"
42.maru
43. 250USD
44.no
45. 6 years
46. A year
47. 10
48.1
49. Idk
50 putted vaseline in my valk
51. Some people wrote "turn rubiks cube" in class
52. Z perm
53. G perm and f perm
54. Do nothing and ignores it
55. Neither (these cubes are both of my squans)
56. This depends
57. No
58. Gans 356 m
59. Solves
60. Not allowed to buy new cubes
61. No
62. Yuxin little magic (jump into the sea if i drops it on sand)
63. Sighted (i dont do bld)
64. Stickerless
65. Black
66. Righty
67. Text tutorial
68. Green
69. Red
70. White
71. NO
72. Yes but its annoying
73. Assembled
74. Yuxin little magic
75. No. Btw this is outdated (its 2018 now)
76. 3x3
77. My dad (cuz why not)
78. Pb
79. Gets dnf
80. Get pb then you find out you have +2
81. Yes, sometimes (school)
82. Slow and smooth
83. Crunchy
84. ?
85. No
86. Not really
87. Not really
88. No
89. Almost all
90. Drops cube near the staircase.
91. Sometimes
92. 3
93. Idk
94. ______ championship 2017 held at december (dont want to tell my nationality)
95. No
96. Home
97. Yes, almost every single time when i was sub 30
98. New way to do f2l
99. Sub 10!
100. Study. I have exam next monday and tuesday.

teboecubes · May 11, 2018

8
Rubik’s Brand
IDK, around 5 inches when my hand is opened all the way.
Get sub-15, and maybe podium 2x2 at a future comp.
No one, that I remember. I just learned how to solve a cube, tried to get faster, and saw that there was a whole community of other people trying to get faster.
A tutorial on Rubiks.com, along with a PDF guide.
LanLan 3x3x2
Around 1.5 feet
Around 6:15
Probably about 6:45
Computer scrambles
Sleeping
GAN Air SM (coming in the mail today)
About 7:00ish
2x2
Hand scramble probably
Color neutral
Yan3 (probably my GAN Air SM once I unbox it)
Yan3 (probably my GAN Air SM once I unbox it)
That would be a pretty decent solve.
Ugh
Feliks, Chris Olson
Nats
Hopefully sub-15
Chris Olson
I don’t think so, even as a noncuber I think I had the common sense to know that if it started in a solved position, and then was scrambled, it could return to a solved state.
Not, really, I just use my backup main for that, since I don’t like to mess up my main with dust/debris from the bottom of my backpack.
70-90 now, I haven’t really counted recently.
Gigaminx or 7x7
Sometimes at school
IDK, i just get the same few responses (“is there a method/trick” is the most notable one)
In the car, and other than that, auditioning for the school talent show
“Under 18 seconds, and compared to other people at competitions, I’m usually around top 20”
Regular (western) color scheme
IDK, probably white
3x3 at the moment, sometimes 2x2
CFOP
DNM-37 for pieces
Cyotheking makes some high quality stuff, especially his cinematic nats videos
IDK
SCS probably
IDK
Yeah probably
Around 5 years now
10 months maybe
100-200
8
Average (not super fast or super slow, haven’t attended a ton of comps, but not too few)
Modded it
IDK
Lube it
J Perm
F Perm
2nd option
Timed
Yeah, I dreamt once I came super late to a comp, so I couldn’t compete in a lot of things.
Galaxy v2 megaminx
Probably competitions
IDK
Not on an official solve, but while I was judging, I was practicing 2x2, and it popped.
3x3
Regular solving
Stickered
Black
Righty
Video
Green
Orange
White
No
R' U2 R' U' d’ R' F' R2 U' R' U R' F R U' F
Assembled
GAN Air SM
It came out years ago, and I don’t have it.
Pyraminx, according to the WCA world rankings
IDK
My first comp
IDK
IDK
Sometimes
Fast and smooth
Clicky probably
You can get faster with cfop than with petrus probably, but cfop isn’t much faster than roux
Not on any of my cubes, no
At a comp, I’ll put my cubes in a bag, but not at home.
Yes
If they’re hard-to-solve puzzles (gigaminx, etc.) then yeah.
Quite a few, since I sometimes cube at school.
IDK
Sometimes
1 that I remember, but I probably tried to teach a couple more people.
IDK probably
Cubetoberfest 2015
Yes, many times
At my desk, that’s where my computer is.
Not really, a lot of my solves are pretty decent
I’m starting to learn cll
Sub-13
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