Cuber's Profiles

[Jaysammey777]

This can be a good thread for cubers who would like to know more of others
So you can post a reply with the following answered:
You don’t have to answer the ones you don’t want to

Name:
Age:
Occupation:
# of puzzles:
Main Puzzles:
How you got into cubing and when:
Favorite event and why:
Least Favorite event and why:
Fastest event:
What you're known for(or liked to be known for):
Biggest Cubing accomplishment:
Other hobbies:

 

[Jaysammey777]

Name: Jacob
Occupation: Student
# of puzzles: 83
Main Puzzles:
3x3 and OH: DaYan LingYun III
2x2, 4x4 and skewb: Lanlan
Above: v-cubes
Clock, Magic and Master magic: LingAo
Megaminx and Sq-1: Mf8
Pyraminx: QJ
How you got into cubing and when: October 2009, I got bored in math and had no homework for about a month. Then my friend sent me a video of Somebody getting an 8 second time in comp and I forced my self to learn it
Favorite puzzle: Darth maul 2x2x2 Head
Favorite event and why: Megaminx, It comes Naturally to me
Least Favorite event and why: Sq-1, UGH
Fastest event: Skewb, (IDK if sub-15 is considered faster than 1:30 on megaminx
What your known for(or liked to be known for): A troller(used), A cuber who progressed fast(now), Megaminx (I hope)
Biggest Cubing accomplishment: Today had a pop in a sub-20 solve 
Other hobbies: Guitar, Chess Blindfolded

 

[pjk]

http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?16-The-Faces-Behind-the-IDs

 

[TheMachanga]

I think there's a thread for this, but some of the questions are different, so I'll fill this out.


Name: Daivd
Age: 14
Occupation: Student
# of puzzles:~20-25
Main Puzzles: 2: GH, 3: Guhong, 4: x-cube, 5-7: V-cube,
How you got into cubing and when: I saw a tutorial video on something (I forgot what), and thought to myself, "Wow, the internet has a lot of tutorials, I wonder if there's one to solve a Rubik's cube". 6 grade winter.
Favorite event and why: Probably BLD, it's fun to impress people with it.
Least Favorite event and why: OH, I suck at it. 50 OH average vs. 13-14 2H average.
Fastest event: Probably 3x3, BLD, and 5x5. I'm sub 14 on 3x3, and that's pretty good. 5x5 sub 2 at least. BLD sub 2:30 averages, and that's fast in midwestern competitions.
What your known for(or liked to be known for): 3x3
Biggest Cubing accomplishment: 2:43 official BLD. I was averaging about 3:30 at the time, and it was my first official BLD too.
Other hobbies: Violin, Baseball, Running.

Ninja'd by Pjk

 

[a small kitten]

Name: Phil
Occupation: Student
# of puzzles: Don't know
Main Puzzles: Guhong
How you got into cubing and when: Roast Pork Bun. Must have been in 2008. Began OH September, 2009.
Favorite event and why: OH. Only event I really practice.
Least Favorite event and why: Not too crazy about everything else. No interest.
Fastest event: I can DNF a bld solve pretty fast. But otherwise OH.
What your known for(or liked to be known for): Maybe get that OH NAR before some guy makes it too difficult.
Biggest Cubing accomplishment: Unless someone has a sub 8, OH single UWR? Not sure.
Other hobbies: Violin

 

[Julian]

Name: Julian
Age: 15
Occupation: Student
# of puzzles: 15
Main puzzles:
2: LanLan
3 and BLD: AV
Pyraminx: Meffert's
How you got into cubing and when: Stumbled across Dan Brown's tutorial because of the YouTube awards. Late 2007 or early 2008, but I took a break for a year. Picked it up again last Summer.
Favourite puzzle: Pyraminx Crystal or AV
Favourite event and why: BLD, successes are rewarding
Least favourite event and why: I dunno, I would say Magic/Master Magic, but I can see myself getting into them.
Fastest event: Pyraminx, because nobody bothers to loearn the 5 algs.
What you'd like to be known for): Being good at any of my 4 events, especially BLD.
Biggest cubing accomplishment: BLD
Other hobbies: Fantastic Contraption, flash games, sports for fun

 

[Dene]

Name: Dene
Age: 22
Occupation: Student
# of puzzles: A lot
Main Puzzles: 5x5 and bigger
How you got into cubing and when: Started speedcubing when someone mentioned a video he saw
Favorite event and why: 5x5, because I like it the most
Least Favorite event and why: magic, no need to explain
Fastest event: Square-1 is my best official single, 6x6 is my best official average
What you're known for (or liked to be known for): Spamming on this forum
Biggest Cubing accomplishment: Bringing official competitions to Oceania
Other hobbies: Ice skating; bodybuilding; gaming; football

 

[waffle=ijm]

Name: Jules
Age:18
Occupation: Student
# of puzzles: about 30-35
Main Puzzles: 3x3 and 4x4
How you got into cubing and when: Friend could do it. about 6 years ago
Favorite event and why: OH table abuse
Least Favorite event and why: feet. ew.
Fastest event: 3x3
What you're known for(or liked to be known for): Going rewks
Biggest Cubing accomplishment: being a prominent roux user
Other hobbies: robotics

 

[Andreaillest]

Name: Andrea
Age: 18
Occupation: Student, job hunting
# of puzzles: 20ish
Main Puzzles: Guhong 3x3, LanLan 2x2, Mini QJ 4x4
How you got into cubing and when: Bought a cube, searched on how to solve it. 3-4 years.
Favorite event and why: 3x3 Speed, It's the only one I'm "serious" about.
Least Favorite event and why: Feet. Stinky cube.
Fastest event: 3x3
What your known for(or liked to be known for): Nothing, I'd like to be known for...being fast?
Biggest Cubing accomplishment: Breaking sub 20 barrier after. Took so much time to do it.
Other hobbies: Guitar, fitness, Graphic Design, Internet surfing

 

[aronpm]

Name: Aron
Age: 16
Occupation: Student
# of puzzles: only 48 apparently, I thought I had more
Main Puzzles: don't cube anymore but:
3x3: guhong obviously
4x4: maruuu~~~
5x5: vcube, duh
How you got into cubing and when: Late July 2009, got a Rubik's 5x5 for my birthday
Favorite event and why: 3bld, it's the fastest nontrivial bld event. 4/5/multibld take too much time to bother practising.
Least Favorite event and why: 3x3+6x6+7x7+magix+clock+megaminx+pyra, they are just boring
Fastest event: bld events
3bld, I was sub 40 or close to sub40
4bld, I was sub3:30
5bld, I was sub9 but lolPB is 15 minutes
What you're known for(or liked to be known for): BLD
Biggest Cubing accomplishment: my multiBLD UWRs
Other hobbies: not cubing, learning (math, physics, language, etc), watching Minecraft/Oblivion/Starcraft videos

 

[Faz]

Name: Feliks Zemdegs
Age: 15
Occupation: Student
# of puzzles: 52
Main Puzzles:
4x4: Dayan
Blindfold: Blue
How you got into cubing and when:
On youtube. April '08
Favorite event and why:
4BLD
Least Favorite event and why:
Anything not 4BLD
Fastest event:
4BLD
What your known for(or liked to be known for):
4BLD
Biggest Cubing accomplishment:
4BLD WR
Other hobbies:
Doing 4BLD

 

[Tim Major]

Name: Tim
Age: 14 (11 months! )
Occupation: Epic nub.
# of puzzles: 56 just then when I counted, but I probably missed a few.
Main Puzzles:
2x2: Lan Lan.
3x3: GuHong.
4x4: DaYan MF8.
5x5: V-cube.
Pyraminx: QJ.
How you got into cubing and when: A kid getting a 1:10 pb on camp! In the past I'd been able to get the first 2 layers but never further, except through luck. I looked online and skimmed through bits of pogobat's tutorial for the last layer.
Favorite event and why: OH, it feels the best getting good times on this for me.
Least Favorite event and why: Clock. The worst of the worst.
Fastest event: Pyraminx.
What you're known for: Stealing Faz' cube.
Biggest Cubing accomplishment: Hmm... probably teaching about 10 people.
Other hobbies: Sport, sport, sport.

 

[Zane_C]

Name: Zane.
Age: 16 and 11 months.
Occupation: Student.
# of puzzles: 39.
Main Puzzles: Guhong, F2 and V5.
How you got into cubing and when: During mid 2008, I came across an old cube in a box. I got a new one from Toys R Us, then learnt how to solve it using the beginner method. I took a break after I got down to 55ish seconds, then completely stopped for some time.
Around July 2009, out of nowhere I decided to get back into cubing. Accept this time I wanted to do it properly, actually increase my speed and learn a decent method.
Least Favorite event and why: 4BLD, I always DNF.
Fastest event: 5BLD, or multi.
What your known for(or liked to be known for): BLD.
Biggest Cubing accomplishment: I don't think I have a singe "biggest accomplishment":
20/20 multi, 7BLD, sub-10 5BLD, sub-2 multi, official 40.68 BLD solve.
Other hobbies: I like going outdoors and climbing, in no order I have interests in insects/arachnids, chemistry, physics, astronomy and geology.

 

[James Ludlow]

Name: James
Age: 25
Occupation: Blind Curtain Fitter
# of puzzles: 15
Main Puzzles: 13
How you got into cubing and when: Colleague at my old unit could solve a 3x3.
Favorite event and why: Big cubes - I don't like scrambling lol.
Least Favorite event and why: Sq1 - I haven't bothered learning many algs.
Fastest event: Master Magic
What your known for(or liked to be known for): My good lookingness!
Biggest Cubing accomplishment: NR single and avg Master Magic. At the time I was 22nd in the world.
Other hobbies: My two kids - Frankie (6) Elsie (6mths)

 

[HaraldS]

Name: Harald
Age:15 (born dec '95)
Occupation:Student
# of puzzles: ~15
Main Puzzles: Dayan Guhong 3x3x3 and Dayan/mf8 4x4x4
How you got into cubing and when: I could've started cubing in the summer of 08 but I didn't understand any tutorial (lol). Then in jan 2009 I saw my friend playing with a 3x3x3. I asked if I could borrow it and i was hooked and bought my own.
Favorite event and why: 3x3x3 speed because i'm descent at it.
Least Favorite event and why: Feet magic with a skewb designe.
Fastest event: WCA thinks it's 2x2x2 but I will say 3x3x3 anyway
What your known for(or liked to be known for): Being fast at cubing?! (i wish)
Biggest Cubing accomplishment: Sub 10 average of 5 but im going for sub 10 average of 12 (kinda motivated )
Other hobbies: Science stuff.

 

[Olji]

Name: Rickard Jonsson
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
# of puzzles: 32
Main Puzzles:
2x2 : Lanlan
3x3 : guhong
4x4 : Shengshou
Magic/Master : Lingao
Pyraminx : QJ
How you got into cubing and when: Had thought about it for some time after seeing Yu Nakajima, and when a classmate showed me he could do it I searched up a beginner method
Favorite event and why: 4x4, like 3x3, 5x5 a little less, 4x4 is the best of both worlds, not too much time to solve, and it got edge pairing
Least Favorite event and why: 7x7....gosh, >.<
Fastest event: Magic, at the slow time of 1,9s
What your known for(or liked to be known for): My awesomeness
Biggest Cubing accomplishment: Solving all my twisty puzzles at least once without a guide (except square-1 and 3x3)
Other hobbies: Penspinning, Drawing badly, Language studies, Gaming

 

[Clayy9]

Name: Clay S.
# of puzzles: 10
Main Puzzles: Dayan LunHui
How you got into cubing and when: I first solved a cube almost a year and a half ago since my friend had just bought one, and I wanted to try it out.
Favorite event and why: 3x3 speed
Fastest event: 3x3 speed
Biggest Cubing accomplishment: 3x3 Sub-30

 

[collinbxyz]

Name: Collin
Age: 11
Occupation: Homeschooler student
# of puzzles: 25
Main Puzzles: Guhong/lingyun hybrid, ghost hand 2x2, shengshou 4x4, v-cube 5
How you got into cubing and when: Friend's brother was solving the cube when I was at their house. (No he wasn't fast)
Favorite event and why: 3x3 because that's the one I practice the most, so if I do good, I feel like I accomplished something good.
Least Favorite event and why: Magic, because I stink. I did it once and won't do it again. Plus you just do the same solution over and over.
Fastest event: 3x3
What your known for(or liked to be known for): One of the youngest kids that can do sub 20.
Biggest Cubing accomplishment: Breaking sub 15 single (14.41)
Other hobbies: I started to learn 3d graphics (like in a video game) but that hobby got taken over by the cube.

 

[Cyrus C.]

Name: Cyrus Colah
Age: 13
Occupation: Student
# of puzzles: 25-ish
Main Puzzles:
3x3x3: GuHong
2x2x2: Ghosthand
4x4x4: MiniQJ
How you got into cubing and when: February 2009, somebody else cubed, I wanted to, so I did.
Favorite event and why: 4x4x4, it's short, but it's not too short. Doesn't require insane tps. Fun to solve for me. I'm fast-ish compared to my other events.
Least Favorite event and why: 7x7x7, takes too long.
Fastest event: 4x4x4, 1:05-ish.
What your known for(or liked to be known for): being nub
Biggest Cubing accomplishment: All of my state records.
Other hobbies: John Brechon

 

[NeedReality]

Name: Nick
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
# of puzzles: ~20
Main Puzzles:
2x2: LanLan
3x3/OH: GuHong
3BLD: mf8 Legend (Because it doesn't pop)
4x4: Mini QJ
Pyraminx: QJ
How you got into cubing and when: I started cubing when we got a new math teacher my sophomore year of high school. He showed the class that he could solve it and I decided I wanted to try to as well. This was in September of 2008.
Favorite event and why: I've only done it at home, but I like 3BLD the most so far. I just think it's really cool to be able to solve the cube blindfolded.
Least Favorite event and why: Probably Megaminx because I suck at it and cannot tell all the colors apart.
Fastest event: My event with the lowest times is obviously 2x2, so that I guess. I'm not really super fast in any events though.
What you're known for: At the last competition it was for being a Roux solver. Other than that I'm more of a person in the background.
Biggest Cubing accomplishment: Teaching a bunch of people and helping the initial spread of cubing at my school. For just personal times, I would say getting a sub-12 Roux solve.
Other hobbies: Guitar, juggling, unicycling, yo-yoing, and drawing.