2024 Forum Awards

[FatrockCubes]

SpeedSolving.com
Best New Member: @FatrockCubes (cool guy, makes nice vids, and is good at big cubes)

Best Profile Picture: @BVCuber13 (because I'm in it and got the same time on the same scramble that round)

Most Helpful Member: @Arcanist (for helping me to acquire multiple clocks at this point through both himself and others)

Most Improved Noob: @JDAW6 (I'm not trying to start drama, but the official result drop was pretty nuts)

Best Series on YouTube (Cubing): @JDAW6 Eminem parody


In honor of:
Mike Hughey Award for Nicest Member: @Abram Grimsley / Abe Grimmy

Bruce Norskog Award for Smartest Member: Everyone is smart in their own special way.

Rob "Brest" Stuart Award for Best Member: Everyone (this is where you all say "Aweeee" 'cause it's so wholesome)

Cubing
Best Reaction to a World Record: @Legomanz (Zayn Khanani) 0.92 2x2 WR average or Brendan Dunagan 1.97 clock single.

Biggest Cubing Rivalry: Frame vs. frame (analysis)
Biggest Controversy: The sliding pandemic of 2024
Best Cubing Parent: GAN
Best Cubing Couple: Me, Myself, and Pi

Thank you!

 

[FatrockCubes]

The Categories
SpeedSolving.com
Best Post:
Best Thread:
Best New Member: Fatrock cubes
Best Staff Member: Abunickabhi
Best Profile Picture: Nebraskanspeedsolver
Best Signature: artless1der
Best Debater:
Best Location: justin cubes
Most Helpful Member: abunickabhi
Most Deserving of a Hug: lukegarretfan
Funniest Member: justincubes
Funniest Thread: speedcubeshop.com (in a good way)
Funniest Post:
Greatest Return From a Hiatus: Filipe Teixeira
Most Controversial Member: Jdaw6
Most Improved Noob:
Most Ambiguous Member: Ukcubefan
Most Under-Appreciated Member: Ukcubefan
Biggest Fanboy: justincubes
Best New Method Proposal:
The Best and Worst of Everything:

In Honor Of
Mike Hughey Award for Nicest Member: Cfopinc
Bruce Norskog Award for Smartest Member: whitekb
Rob "Brest" Stuart Award for Best Member: Nebraskanspeedsol
Kirjava Award for Wackiest Member: Bingusringusmcdingus

Cubing
Most Unexpected Record:
Best Reaction to a World Record:
Biggest Rivalry:
Biggest Controversy:
Best YouTube Series:
Best Parent: tingman
Best Couple:

Thank you!

 

[Puzzle Maniac]

I can't do all mine right now, but:
Biggest Rivalry: China vs The Rest Of The World

 

[LukasCubes]

I can't do all mine right now, but:
Biggest Rivalry: China vs The Rest Of The World

YESSS

 

[abunickabhi]

SpeedSolving.com

Best Post:

Best Thread:

Best New Member: @Caleb Valenzuela

Best Staff Member: @abunickabhi

Best Profile Picture:

Best Signature:

Best Debater:

Best Location: @Kami-Kun

Most Helpful Member: @Twisted101

Most Deserving of a Hug: @Twisted101

Funniest Member: JDAW6

Funniest Thread: JDAW6's progression thread

Funniest Post:

Greatest Return From a Hiatus: i guess me; idk who else was in a hiatus but i was gone most the year until july

Most Controversial Member: JDAW6 unfortunately he's banned

Most Improved Noob: @Kami-Kun

Most Ambiguous Member:

Most Under-Appreciated Member:

Biggest Fanboy:

Best New Method Proposal:

The Best and Worst of Everything: JDAW6

Best representative of a rarely-used method: Me

In Honor Of
Mike Hughey Award for Nicest Member: @abunickabhi

Bruce Norskog Award for Smartest Member:

Rob "Brest" Stuart Award for Best Member:

Kirjava Award for Wackiest Member: JDAW6

Thanks to everyone who made the SS forum an active and a better place to discuss speedcubing.

 

[Curunír]

I'm must add some
Best signature: @Bingus cuber
Best thread: @High ranking official times thread
Most deserving of a hug: @CubeLite
Funniest member: @Curunír
Kirjava Award for Wackiest Member: @Bingus Ringus McDingus

Edit:
Wow I pinged the high ranking official times thread ️

wai? how am I the funniest

 

[CubeLite]

I didn't thought that I was the Most Deserving of a Hug member

 

[Jorian Meeuse]

I'll nominate ProStar for best debater, because I honestly doubt I have ever seen him be wrong. Also, I'll nominate OtaMota for most helpful because apparently I have been nominated twice for that now and I objectively do not deserve that award again, so I'll give him a 'lead'. I don't think I know enough to make any other meaningful nominations.

 

[NmeCuber]

Best pfp: Otamota's blobfish
Best WR reaction: zayns 0.92 2x2 avg
Best location: anyone who unknowingly put their address

 

[Exmestify]

Best pfp: Otamota's blobfish
Best WR reaction: zayns 0.92 2x2 avg
Best location: anyone who unknowingly put their address

"joe bidens territory"

 

[Cubinginatree]

Best Post:
Best Thread:
Best New Member:
Best Staff Member:
Best Profile Picture:
Best Signature: @Puzzle Maniac
Best Debater:
Best Location:
Most Helpful Member:
Most Deserving of a Hug:
Funniest Member:
Funniest Thread:
Funniest Post:
Greatest Return From a Hiatus: @Fred He competed for the first time since the 2000s like that is crazy!
Most Controversial Member:
Most Improved Noob: @precompsubwr
Most Ambiguous Member:
Most Under-Appreciated Member:
Biggest Fanboy:
Best New Method Proposal:
The Best and Worst of Everything: @UKCubeFan

In Honor Of
Mike Hughey Award for Nicest Member: @AJT17
Bruce Norskog Award for Smartest Member: @Athefre
Rob "Brest" Stuart Award for Best Member:
Kirjava Award for Wackiest Member: @Bingus Ringus McDingus

Cubing
Most Unexpected Record:
Best Reaction to a World Record: Zayn’s .92.
Biggest Rivalry:
Biggest Controversy: Sliding
Best YouTube Series:
Best Parent:
Best Couple:

I’ll get to the others ones later.

 

[Bingus cuber]

oh my god im in it

i forget what i proposed

Waterman silly.
I didn't even know it existed, but you being on these forums changed that. It seems like an actually viable method, and you proposed using 2x2 algs.

 

[An Animating Cuber]

Most Unexpected Record: Lachie Gibson 2.16 Clock OCR
Best Reaction to a World Record: Edwin Shen's 3.47 OCR/Keatoned WR Clock Average
Biggest Rivalry: Tymon V Yiheng
Biggest Controversy: Kalindu

 

[LukasCubes]

Waterman silly.
I didn't even know it existed, but you being on these forums changed that. It seems like an actually viable method, and you proposed using 2x2 algs.

idk if i would say 'proposed' but yea i guess that would work

Marc Waterman made and proposed the method in 1981. I decided to use it and show it to other people in 2021-2022, then I took a big hiatus from cubing and came back with it in July of this year

yay

 

[Curunír]

Most Unexpected Record: Lachie Gibson 2.16 Clock OCR

I guess its probably cause I have met him and seen him solve in person
but I didn't think his OcR was that surprising at all

 

[Averageof12]

SpeedSolving.com
Best Post:
Best Thread: Official High-Ranking Times Thread
Best New Member: @CubeLite
Best Staff Member: @xyzzy
Best Profile Picture: @Bingus Ringus McDingus
Best Signature: @1x1 wr holder!
Best Debater:
Best Location: @Sombi McJunior
Most Helpful Member: @Garf
Most Deserving of a Hug: @CubeLite (Skewb NR next year, trust me)
Funniest Member:
Funniest Thread:
Funniest Post:
Greatest Return From a Hiatus: K9Cuber
Most Controversial Member: @NebraskanSpeedsolver (Nothing bad meant here, just thought I’d put something else than JDAW6)
Most Improved Noob:
Most Ambiguous Member:
Most Under-Appreciated Member: @cuberswoop
Biggest Fanboy:
Best New Method Proposal: FTO Nautilus
The Best and Worst of Everything: This Forum

In Honor Of
Mike Hughey Award for Nicest Member:
Bruce Norskog Award for Smartest Member:
Rob "Brest" Stuart Award for Best Member: @Puzzle Maniac
Kirjava Award for Wackiest Member: UKCubeFan

Cubing
Most Unexpected Record: Brendyn Dunagan 1.97
Best Reaction to a World Record:
Biggest Rivalry:
Biggest Controversy: 0.78 (Nothing more to say here)
Best YouTube Series: CubeSolveSolutions
Best Parent:

 

[An Animating Cuber]

I guess its probably cause I have met him and seen him solve in person
but I didn't think his OcR was that surprising at all

I just didn't know he existed really, if I was active on Discord I probably would've known he's a good clocker (I also don't like that he uses BPaul)

 

[ILCubing]

Best reaction to WR, it is probably Brendyn Dunagan's 1.97 Clock WR. The instant reaction when Brendyn stopped the timer, the boost of reaction after the flip, it's just so amazing. It deserves the best reaction, Brendyn always has the best reactions.

 

[gsingh]

Most Unexpected Record: Lachie Gibson 2.16 Clock OCR
Best Reaction to a World Record: Edwin Shen's 3.47 OCR/Keatoned WR Clock Average
Biggest Rivalry: Tymon V Yiheng
Biggest Controversy: Kalindu

1. Who cares about clock
2. Who cares about clock
3. Yiheng and Tymon never had a rivalry lmao
4. Sliding literally threatened to break apart the WCA

 

[An Animating Cuber]

1. Who cares about clock
2. Who cares about clock
3. Yiheng and Tymon never had a rivalry lmao
4. Sliding literally threatened to break apart the WCA

Why can't I give people options