Anthony Brooks Volkswagen Commercial

tasguitar7 said:
Well, looking at the video, Anthony picks up the cube at 23 seconds and the clicking at the end stops at 54 seconds. This would be a solve time of 31 seconds, well above Anthony's average. This makes it seem as if he would have had to have faked the solve in order to allow the car to win. However, it appears that he did not get inspection time. How big of an impact this would have is unknown (to me), but also probably not the 12 seconds necessary to allow the car to win.
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Well he not only had no inspection, but he was being thrown around while trying to solve a cube one-handed. I've been solving a cube on the bus when it goes on a bumpy road, and it makes it a little more difficult to solve it. 31 seconds is not too bad of a time based on those factors -- but we really have no idea how long the lap was.

I think that it could have been a real solve.
 
tasguitar7 said:
Well, looking at the video, Anthony picks up the cube at 23 seconds and the clicking at the end stops at 54 seconds. This would be a solve time of 31 seconds, well above Anthony's average. This makes it seem as if he would have had to have faked the solve in order to allow the car to win. However, it appears that he did not get inspection time. How big of an impact this would have is unknown (to me), but also probably not the 12 seconds necessary to allow the car to win.
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you didnt take into consideration the fact that he is being thrown around in the car which makes it harder

EDIT : Ninja`d
 
BlueDevil said:
he was being thrown around while trying to solve a cube one-handed. .
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I guess I hadn't considered that.
He probably isn't allowed to disclose whether it was real or not. I suppose the community may never know. All of what I said earlier also assumes that the "lap" was one continuous stream. It is possible they just filmed the car driving with Anthony cubing inside for a while and edited into a lap vs solve effect.
 
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Why do so many people care if he "faked" the solve? Do you understand how TV works? It's an awesome ad and a great step for speedcubing - but in the end it's designed to sell a product :p
 
WTF2L? said:
Why do so many people care if he "faked" the solve? Do you understand how TV works? It's an awesome ad and a great step for speedcubing - but in the end it's designed to sell a product :p
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Well, we are just trying to figure out whether it was a legitimate solve or not; regardless, it is awesome that a cuber got the opportunity to do something like this and it is something for the community to be proud of.
 
Anthony said:
The head of the art direction staff informed me that she spent several days watching YouTube videos and searching the internet to make sure she chose the "right group of people." I was told that I was selected for being "one of the fastest in the nation as well as seeming to have a personality and 'look' that would be perfect for the job."
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Im guessing they didn't want anyone too young because that would take away the 'legitimacy' of speedcubing and someone who didn't look "personality-less". It's interesting how they determined that but I'm not surprised why they picked you, I think you fit their requirements, at least the ones I'm postulating that they had. To me it's kinda racist in a way cuz heaven forbid they get a personality-less Asian *sarcasm* who can only solve the cube and doesn't talk much or a nerdy cuber. I could be wrong.

Either way I thought it was a funny and legit looking commercial. It's things like this that make all the time spent practicing worth the effort. It's one thing winning a competition, but another thing being on national television in a badass commercial lol.
 
PhillipEspinoza said:
Im guessing they didn't want anyone too young because that would take away the 'legitimacy' of speedcubing and someone who didn't look "personality-less". It's interesting how they determined that but I'm not surprised why they picked you, I think you fit their requirements, at least the ones I'm postulating that they had. To me it's kinda racist in a way cuz heaven forbid they get a personality-less Asian *sarcasm* who can only solve the cube and doesn't talk much or a nerdy cuber. I could be wrong.

Either way I thought it was a funny and legit looking commercial. It's things like this that make all the time spent practicing worth the effort. It's one thing winning a competition, but another thing being on national television in a badass commercial lol.
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It's mostly because he's hawt (and fast) :3
 
PhillipEspinoza said:
To me it's kinda racist in a way cuz heaven forbid they get a personality-less Asian *sarcasm* who can only solve the cube and doesn't talk much or a nerdy cuber.
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I'm confused.

Are you saying all Asians are personality-less nerds who don't talk much?
Are you saying that Anthony is a personality-less nerd who doesn't talk much?

Cause otherwise, I don't see why you'd think the Asian-ness is what made them pick Anthony instead of a personality-less Asian nerd who doesn't talk much.
 
I think Phillip was saying that Volkswagon didn't want to use a person who fitted the stereotype of cuber (i.e., an Asian person or someone that looked like a nerd), but rather someone who looked badass, like Anthony.
 
MTGjumper said:
I think Phillip was saying that Volkswagon didn't want to use a person who fitted the stereotype of cuber (i.e., an Asian person or someone that looked like a nerd), but rather someone who looked badass, like Anthony.
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"Asian or nerd"? He said "kinda racist", so unless nerds are a race, I think he meant that as another attribute of his hypothetical Asian. And suggested that being Asian was why that Asian wouldn't be used, while I think the other attributes are a much better explanation and there is no evidence for it being racism. Also, discriminating by how badass you are isn't racism, it's maybe "badassism".
 
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Stefan said:
I'm confused.

Are you saying all Asians are personality-less nerds who don't talk much?
Are you saying that Anthony is a personality-less nerd who doesn't talk much?

Cause otherwise, I don't see why you'd think the Asian-ness is what made them pick Anthony instead of a personality-less Asian nerd who doesn't talk much.
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That is one of the funniest things that I have seen all day. Thank you, Stefan.
 
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