cubing in silence?

[zeroxorxdiexskater]

Can any of you cube when there is no noise going on? I sure cant! i need the tv on or a video on youtube in the background or music, but if someones trying to talk to me then i usually mess up but i need noise that i dont need to focus on.

what are your guys opinions

 

[Ryanrex116]

I have not beaten my (3x3x3) PB at my house for a long time. I usually beat it in an area with background noises.

I think small noises help, but very loud noises make it worse. If someone is talking to you, it is very annoying.

 

[abr71310]

Honestly, I cube better with people around. No idea why: I set my 2nd best PB (29.33) at school when I was in the middle of class, just on the computer (on CubeMania.org) when I was discussing with a bunch of people what games in 2009 would be cool enough to buy for my laptop when I go off to uni...

I set my 26.42 when I was in the CAFETERIA on a friend's laptop; everyone was like "WTF" around me, knowing I'm usually a 45 second guy; I told them that it was non-lucky (had to explain what that meant) and that the F2L cases were actually quite simple (I built an x-cross accidentally, one edge-pair was built by that time, I saw the other two and moved them into position WHILE I WAS INSERTING THE FIRST ONE, and the OLL was 1-look; not hard... Stupid PLL though, it was both adjacent corner swap + a stupid adjacent edge swap, yes I use 2-look because I'm a newbie).

I also get sub-40 averages when I listen to music, usually Linkin Park or In Flames -- I got my FIRST sub-40 average when I listened to the ENTIRE Come Clarity album, and my 35.61 (of 5) was achieved when Take This Life was playing...

So in a way, I NEED NOISE; else I suck. (notice how in EVERY ONE OF MY YOUTUBE videos I can't get a sub-30, since there's no noise)

 

[zeroxorxdiexskater]

so it seems that u guys do need at least some noise

oh off topic but what does sub-x mean? does that mean basically under the number such as sub-40 would be under 40 seconds?

 

[Ryanrex116]

so it seems that u guys do need at least some noise

oh off topic but what does sub-x mean? does that mean basically under the number such as sub-40 would be under 40 seconds?

Yeah, "sub-x" means getting a time under x.

EDIT: Sometimes, "x" represents a number minutes. This is usually used while discussing big cube times.

 

[Odin]

so it seems that u guys do need at least some noise

oh off topic but what does sub-x mean? does that mean basically under the number such as sub-40 would be under 40 seconds?

Yeah, "sub-x" means getting a time under x.

this may help, X can be any number

 

[zeroxorxdiexskater]

ok yea thats what i thought i was just making sure

anywayyysss back on topic haha

 

[ccchips296]

i NEED music to function XD whether it be cubing, reading, homework, studying...i listen to music. Its so silent without it o_O

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

I need speed metal to sub-20

for blindcubing i really need silence, otherwise i really can't concentrate...

 

[cookingfat]

If someone is talking to you, it is very annoying.

Yes, it completely puts me off too.

I usually cube in silence, or sometimes the TV is on. I prefer total silence for blindfold though.

 

[mazei]

Music when normal speed. Silence while BLD but with music is also okay. Doing it with someone talking is like talking on the phone while running the 100m dash. Seriously, it is hard to get good times like that.

 

[d4m4s74]

I get better times with fast music on
but it has to be of a genre I like, if not I get distracted

 

[VirKill]

Hey, i can see pairs better when it's in completely silence....And the only sound was my cube... I can get 25 secs average with that (my long run's average is 28s)

But I start to get used to do BLD with noisy background.... They said it will be usefull at competition.

 

[ManSpider]

i NEED music to function XD whether it be cubing, reading, homework, studying...i listen to music. Its so silent without it o_O

Lol, same here, it helps me do everything, except things who needs extremely high concentration.

 

[kickinwing2112]

I love the sound of my cube. and sometimes Led Zeppelin

 

[bamman1108]

I hate when family or friends have no idea whats happening, so they start making commentary and asking me questions. I hate most when you do OLL and they think it's going to be done and they like "Awwww! You were close." Then they think I'm screwing it up when I do pll.

 

[zeroxorxdiexskater]

I hate when family or friends have no idea whats happening, so they start making commentary and asking me questions. I hate most when you do OLL and they think it's going to be done and they like "Awwww! You were close." Then they think I'm screwing it up when I do pll.

haha oh man yes i know what your talking about

 

[d4m4s74]

I hate when family or friends have no idea whats happening, so they start making commentary and asking me questions. I hate most when you do OLL and they think it's going to be done and they like "Awwww! You were close." Then they think I'm screwing it up when I do pll.

haha oh man yes i know what your talking about

happens to me all the time

time to learn 1look last layer

 

[zeroxorxdiexskater]

HAHAHA i just got my first sub-20 while watching spongebob! of course i got very lucky but stil!

 

[Ryanrex116]

If someone is talking to you, it is very annoying.

Yes, it completely puts me off too.

I usually cube in silence, or sometimes the TV is on. I prefer total silence for blindfold though.

I was filming a 5x5x5 solve, and my dad woke up. He walked to the bathroom. Did "number 1", flushed, and then started asking me questions. I deleted the video because it was so bad.