Cubing failure thread

[pi=3.14]

Put any fails (+2 pb, DNF by 1 slice, etc.) into this thread. I'lll start: 4.21+ pyra single at weekly comp. Would have been pb but 1 stupid tip flicked.

 

[CrossPetrus]

A week ago I was practicing 3bld and dnfed by 2 flipped edges. Still hunting for my first success.

 

[acrystal]

My first comp (damn i hate cutoffs)

 

[pi=3.14]

I just DNFd out of what could've been 2x2 pb ao5

 

[Jteddy]

I got a 58 second solve with 4x4 which would've been my first sub 1 but it was plus 2

 

[MrCubert]

1.85 2x2 PB2 single had lockup on AUF I downsolved it to 1.15

 

[pi=3.14]

cube dropped out of first sub 2 mega single

 

[pi=3.14]

what

Generated By csTimer on 2026-05-30
avg of 5: 2.33

Time List:
1. (1.18) R2 F R F' R U' R2 F' U'
2. 4.26 U2 F U R2 F2 U R' F2 R
3. 1.45 U2 R' F R' U' R2 U' F2 R2 U2
4. 1.28 R F2 R' F2 R' U' F2 R U'
5. (6.30) R' F' R2 U R' F R' F' U'

im depressed

 

[Martyt7777]

what

Generated By csTimer on 2026-05-30
avg of 5: 2.33

Time List:
1. (1.18) R2 F R F' R U' R2 F' U'
2. 4.26 U2 F U R2 F2 U R' F2 R
3. 1.45 U2 R' F R' U' R2 U' F2 R2 U2
4. 1.28 R F2 R' F2 R' U' F2 R U'
5. (6.30) R' F' R2 U R' F R' F' U'

im depressed

Is it 2x2 or skewb?

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

Is it 2x2 or skewb?

bro does not know what a skewb scramble looks like

 

[Garf]

I failed to become one of the top cubers in the 6-7 years of my cubing career, and I accept that failure humbly. During that time, I managed to make many friends, some of which we've made a friend group and met at worlds in person for the first time. Hopefully we can reunite meet again in the future and hang out. In the meantime we've got online interactions and gaming sessions to make up for it
I also became faster than I'd ever thought I could, and managed to get some good results for myself, as well as some podiums.
I also failed to get mega podium 2-3 times, and I don't think I have the potential to do that with decent mega solvers

 

[abunickabhi]

Coming 4th at Worlds 2019 finals still hurts for me yo

 

[pi=3.14]

Is it 2x2 or skewb?

2x2 iam not that good at skewb

 

[pi=3.14]

Coming 4th at Worlds 2019 finals still hurts for me yo

That must feel horrible

 

[acrystal]

Coming 4th at Worlds 2019 finals still hurts for me yo

oh yeah in my 2nd comp, i got 4t in pyra finals and 7th in skewb first round (only 6 make it to the finals), that aso haunts me lol

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

i know a guy who:
missed 3x3 silver medal by 0.02 (he only needed to not get WPA)
missed TWO 2x2 gold medals
missed 3x3 national championship finals because he messed up cross on the last solve
missed PR single and average because he didn’t see the ~11 move xxcross solution
never has comps so everyone is beating his PRs

and this guy just happens to be me

 

[CrossPetrus]

My pb single was a 38 move solution with 3 free pairs and an oll skip. I got an 11.67 with 3.175 tps. That could easily have been a sub10. It upsets me because my only time within a second of it has an ll skip, so I’m cooked on trying to improve it. Sub10 single out the wall.

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

Sub10 single out the wall.

L mindset frfr

 

[Jteddy]

At my first comp, I dropped the cube when it was 2 moves away from solved at 11 seconds and it ended up being 13 which was still pr. At that time my pb was 10.

 

[Jacob Jacobsen Dampe]

I Got 3.96 on an 8 mover in skewb because i paused for 0.5 seconds, it remains my only official sub 5.
I also forgot to start the timer on 7 mover in 2x2 at my last comp. I also dnfed out of my overall pb at comp in 4x4, because i had pll parity in the back and it didn’t notice.