Could it be possible for most Cubers to have a high IQ?

[precompsubwr]

got 131 but prob not accurate bc i'm not 16

 

[xyzzy]

>Your IQ was measured to 125 which is equivalent to the 95 percentile, with a standard deviation of 15.

Once I hit the last few questions I decided I did not want to waste any more time on this dumb test and just quickly guessed the answers.

 

[An Animating Cuber]

I took one in middle school because of my IEP and it indicated my IQ was 104 if I remember correctly, but that being said, IQ is a bit of a flawed systems and saying it correlates with someone’s intelligence is a extremely flawed thing to say.

 

[CornerTwisted]

The title of this thread. The way we get good solves and plan out inspection well is by our thinking, and IQ has to do with thinking.
On normal IQ tests, they show puzzles for you to solve, in order to test your IQ. The Rubik’s cube is a puzzle, and as speedcubers, we think about what F2L alg or whatever we need to do.

Another question is, what’s your IQ? (Take one here)
Mine’s is 119.



This thread is the 65000th thread too,

Honestly you can't rely on online IQ tests. It's not a measure of anything aside from spacial reasoning so it wouldn't help in anything aside from like blind spot piece deduction, which is a very easily learnable skill.

 

[ender9994]

In terms of IQ itself, I don't think it's fair to say that it's indicative of "literally nothing meaningful." From what I understand, it is the best single predictor for a person's success (financially)

I thought the biggest predictor of success, by far, was being born into it...

 

[CornerTwisted]

I think this website is pretty unreliable lol

 

[Bingus Ringus McDingus]

I thought the biggest predictor of success, by far, was being born into it...

I have a psychologist-confirmed IQ of 136. My mother has both a master's degree from UCLA, a master's degree from University of Hawaii, and a graduate's degree from... somewhere (I haven't bothered to ask where) in psychology and cognitive processes, as well as graduating from AFI (American Film Institute), the most prestigious film school in the world, as a producer.

My dad went to SF State and did conflict mediation, and transferred to University of Hawaii, where he met my mother.

And that's how me, a moron with a high IQ, was born.

 

[Isabellikesmaths]

I had one professionally done because I was part of a study when I was 7, testing various cognitive processes, and one of the things that they decided to test was IQ. I'm not going to tell you my exact score because I don't see the point and I don't want to boast, but it did categorise me as "exceptionally gifted to profoundly gifted". Apparently they gave everyone a range of categories based on which categories their highest and lowest subsections were in.

I don't see this as particularly related to Rubik's cubes, other than the fact that it is seen as a smart person pursuit, and I was probably less intimidated by it initially, since I figured I would be able to learn to solve it.

 

[Gecko777]

The title of this thread. The way we get good solves and plan out inspection well is by our thinking, and IQ has to do with thinking.
On normal IQ tests, they show puzzles for you to solve, in order to test your IQ. The Rubik’s cube is a puzzle, and as speedcubers, we think about what F2L alg or whatever we need to do.

Another question is, what’s your IQ? (Take one here)
Mine’s is 119.



This thread is the 65000th thread too,

It also depends on how old the cuber is

 

[OtaMota]

 

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Note: I kinda stopped trying at the end, I had 9 minutes left on the clock, and I'm 13
The psychologist-administered exam I took when I was around 7 gave me a result of 142

I think at a lower level, maybe sub 15-20, it doesn't matter at all if you have a high IQ or not, but once you start needing lookahead and planning in inspection then maybe it does a little bit?

 

[Abram Grimsley]

I'm going to be honest, I don't know if the question are different in the other age groups, but to me, the 18-50 questions made no sense. I know IQ tests test problems solving abilities, but the questions seemed dumb, because I doubt I will ever encounter a problem that the questions presented in real life.
But who knows, I could be wrong. I did only score 95. I big dum dum...

 

[precompsubwr]

I'm going to be honest, I don't know if the question are different in the other age groups, but to me, the 18-50 questions made no sense. I know IQ tests test problems solving abilities, but the questions seemed dumb, because I doubt I will ever encounter a problem that the questions presented in real life.
But who knows, I could be wrong. I did only score 95. I big dum dum...

stuff like this?

 

[AhsanDaCuber125]

stuff like this?
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Is this a MENSA IQ test? I’ve done the 16-17 test and got these questions.

 

[turtwig]

I'm going to be honest, I don't know if the question are different in the other age groups, but to me, the 18-50 questions made no sense. I know IQ tests test problems solving abilities, but the questions seemed dumb, because I doubt I will ever encounter a problem that the questions presented in real life.
But who knows, I could be wrong. I did only score 95. I big dum dum...

That's kind of the point of IQ tests. The ideal is that you get questions that you can't and wouldn't prepare for, to try to get at an innate ability. For example, if they gave you math problems, it would obviously advantage people who happened to study math, as well as people who just happened to be farther along in their education. As a side note, IQ is meant to be age-neutral. Your IQ does not increase as you age, or as you become more educated.
Raven matrices (these 3x3 puzzles) are pretty standard in IQ tests, since they are very abstract and language-neutral.

EDIT: BTW, I think the responses in this thread confirm the fact that there's a connection. Of course, it's partially explained by response bias (you're more likely to share your score if it's high). However, I think the number of people getting scores in top 10% or ever 1% is telling.

 

[precompsubwr]

Is this a MENSA IQ test?

Do you have dementia

 

[AhsanDaCuber125]

Do you have dementia

Whatever, just trying to make sure.

 

[CornerTwisted]

guys please be civil lol

 

[precompsubwr]

guys please be civil lol

I meant it as a joke just like the test itself

 

[Ordway Persyn]

I would say that it probably does to some extent considering that spacial reasoning and pattern recognition is pretty useful for cubing. Also the test gave me 125 which is the same as another test I took.