Cubing survey

[Hadley4000]

These surveys are everywhere. Why not make one for cubers?

What is your favorite event?
3x3x3 speed

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
Type A DIY

Do you have any color cubes?
Black, white, green, yellow, orange.

Do you have the V-Cubes?
The 6 and 7

How many tournaments have you been in?
3

What is your fastest full step solve?
15.96

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
JNet

What got you into cubing?
One of my friends at school, then later on a girl I started going out with.

How many solves do you do a day?
Over the summer about 100. Not that school has started, anywhere from 12-50

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Pyraminx

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
Course =]

What lube do you use?
CRC Heavy Duty Silicone.

How long have you been cubing?

about 1 1/2 years.

 

[DavidWoner]

neat idea


What is your favorite event?
Clock

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
3x3? black type a

Do you have any color cubes?
I only use black cubes.

Do you have the V-Cubes?
I just ordered a black V-5

How many tournaments have you been in?
zero, but i am trying really hard to go to West Chester

What is your fastest full step solve?
13.26

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
CCT and RubiksDJ

What got you into cubing?
A $10 bet

How many solves do you do a day?
depends on what puzzle, about 2 hours though

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Clock, duh

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
no, too tempting

What lube do you use?
CRC Heavy Duty Silicone.

How long have you been cubing?
barely over one year.

 

[toast]

What is your favorite event?
3x3 Speed.

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
Storebought/A+old D Hybrid(I switch a lot.)

Do you have any color cubes?
Black, white.

Do you have the V-Cubes?
I wish.

How many tournaments have you been in?
None.

What is your fastest full step solve?
15.xx or 16.xx

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
CCT

What got you into cubing?
My relatives had one, and I decided to try and try to solve it.

How many solves do you do a day?
Summer, about 350. During school, 30-45.

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Square-1

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
EVERYWHERRRRRRE Can't split ussss.

What lube do you use?
CRC Heavy Duty Silicon.

 

[JBCM627]

What is your favorite event?
OH

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
3x3? Type A DIY
OH? 4 year old storebought

Do you have any color cubes?
Black, white, green, red, and formerly orange and blue.

Do you have the V-Cubes?
I wish :/

How many tournaments have you been in?
7, but only competed in 6

What is your fastest full step solve?
around 10.88

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
thewonderidiot.net/timer

What got you into cubing?
Tyson Mao

How many solves do you do a day?
0-200. Usually about 20-40.

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Physics

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
Usually

What lube do you use?
Shock Oil

How long have you been cubing?
4 years, 2 months, 8 days, and almost an hour.

 

[Dene]

What is your favorite event?
5x5x5

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
Old storebought cube. Probably about 5-6 years.

Do you have any color cubes?
Black and white only at this stage.

Do you have the V-Cubes?
1 of each.

How many tournaments have you been in?


What is your fastest full step solve?
12.58

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
RubiksJTimer

What got you into cubing?
Interest, I guess.

How many solves do you do a day?
Greatly varies depending on the day and the puzzle. Maybe 40-50 on a good day.

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
V7

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
Most often

What lube do you use?
100% silicon spray, NZ brand I guess.

How long have you been cubing?
Since as long as I can remember (this isn't saying much).

 

[shelley]

What is your favorite event?
3x3 BLD

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
A storebought cube from 2005 or 2006. Recently replaced the pieces with pieces from a Rubik's DIY

Do you have any color cubes?
nope.

Do you have the V-Cubes?
Not yet. I'm too cheap, and saving money for other things (med school application fees are expensive! )

How many tournaments have you been in?
29?

What is your fastest full step solve?
12.53

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
Used JNetCube for a long time, recently started using CCT.

What got you into cubing?
Saw a guy at Caltech doing it my first time on campus. Got hooked myself shortly after.

How many solves do you do a day?
On average, probably fewer than 10.

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Square-1's not really a cube (it's a prism)

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
When I buy a purse, one of my top criteria is how well a cube fits in it.

What lube do you use?
SNAP (and occasionally CRC when I can get my hands on it)

How long have you been cubing?
Since late 2003/early 2004

 

[Faz]

What is your favorite event?
3x3x3 speed

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
Type A DIY third model w/o the edge things

Do you have any color cubes?
red, black

Do you have the V-Cubes?
nope

How many tournaments have you been in?
0

What is your fastest full step solve?
9.60

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
CCT

What got you into cubing?
dan brown

How many solves do you do a day?
idk like 30

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
dont have one, but id say magaminx

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
no

What lube do you use?
CRC Heavy Duty Silicone.

How long have you been cubing?

5 months ;P

 

[CanadianPires]

What is your favorite event?
3x3x3 speed

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
Rubiks store bought (still...)

Do you have any color cubes?
negative

Do you have the V-Cubes?
nope

How many tournaments have you been in?
One

What is your fastest full step solve?
18.45

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
RubiksJTimer

What got you into cubing?
My little bro challenged me to who could solve one side fastest. He won, but I went on to learn how to solve the whole thing.

How many solves do you do a day?
Now that school is back in, maybe a few average of 12's a day, thats all I got time for :S

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Never tried any others... crossword puzzles?

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
not really, occasionally to skool

What lube do you use?
Jig-a-loo

How long have you been cubing?

a little over a year

 

[Lucas Garron]

What is your favorite event?
Speed BLD

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
The "got-traded-for-a-7x7x7-after-failing-at-Nationals-and-I-never-wanna-see-it-again" type. Really, I don't have any good speedcubes anymore. But it'd be a type A with non-textured tiles.

Do you have any color cubes?
Yellow and red (high school colors), but I gave the red away.

Do you have the V-Cubes?
7x7x7

How many tournaments have you been in?
11

What is your fastest full step solve?
10.xx

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
CCT

What got you into cubing?
See my website.

How many solves do you do a day?
Reallly depends on what puzzle I have with me. At least 50 every day, though.

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Square-1?

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
Uh-huh.

What lube do you use?
CRC Heavy Duty Silicone, too.

How long have you been cubing?
Over 2.5 years.

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

What is your favorite event?
3x3x3 BLD

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
Type C and type A; I cycle between the two.

Do you have any color cubes?
Black and white.

Do you have the V-Cubes?
Two sets of each, except one with the core broken.

How many tournaments have you been in?
6

What is your fastest full step solve?
No idea.

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
I don't keep track of times.

What got you into cubing?
One of my friends at school.

How many solves do you do a day?
0 (oftenly the case) to 30.

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Sq-1, it's not a cube.

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
Yes.

What lube do you use?
CRC Heavy Duty Silicone.

How long have you been cubing?

11/4 years.[/QUOTE]

 

[cookingfat]

What is your favorite event?
3x3x3

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
Type A II DIY (it's my only DIY)

Do you have any color cubes?
no but I'm waiting on a full white eastsheen set.

Do you have the V-Cubes?
one day

How many tournaments have you been in?
0

What is your fastest full step solve?
22.79

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
CCT

What got you into cubing?
stumbled across a youtube video at random and thought, "that looks fun"

How many solves do you do a day?
at least 30

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
I don't have one but I'm getting a megaminx

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
not everywhere

What lube do you use?
Wynn's Silicone Lube

How long have you been cubing?
4 months

 

[Pedro]

What is your favorite event?
3x3x3 OH

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
Rubik's DIY core/centers with type A cubies

Do you have any color cubes?
No

Do you have the V-Cubes?
6x6 and 7x7

How many tournaments have you been in?
3

What is your fastest full step solve?
9.95

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
Used to be JNetCube, but now CCT

What got you into cubing?
Once saw a video of a guy solving it, on the internet

How many solves do you do a day?
Just 3x3? It's probably more than 50, at least, since I practice quite a lot of puzzles.

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Square-1, then pyraminx/megaminx

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
No should do it more

What lube do you use?
CRC Heavy Duty Silicone and a local one

How long have you been cubing?
More than 3 years now

 

[ImNOTnoob]

What is your favorite event?
3x3 Speed.

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
A crappy type E (my type D has loosening screws)

Do you have any color cubes?
Orange type D, Black type E (painted stickers)

Do you have the V-Cubes?
Nope. I wish.

How many tournaments have you been in?
None.

What is your fastest full step solve?
28 sec.

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
I use my friend!

What got you into cubing?
I had a cube as a birthday present on my eighth birthday.

How many solves do you do a day?
I'm not sure.

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Don't have any.

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
EVERYWHERE!!!

What lube do you use?
Some sort of leather cleansing spray.

How long have you been cubing?
Since I was nine years old...

 

[chewinggumy]

What is your favorite event?
3x3x3 speed

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
Type A DIY (From PuzzleProz)

Do you have any color cubes?
White

Do you have the V-Cubes?
Nope

How many tournaments have you been in?
0

What is your fastest full step solve?
16.83s

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
Rubik's JTimer / JNetCube, www.cubemania.org

What got you into cubing?
Friends from my CCA started cubing, I thought it was really cool so I joined in.

How many solves do you do a day?
Days when I have time: ~50
Days that I am busier: 0-5

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Megaminx

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
Almost =P

What lube do you use?
Permatex Silicone Spray Lubricant

How long have you been cubing?
About 10 months

 

[Sa967St]

What is your favorite event?
3x3x3 speed, maybe 3x3x3 O.H. too

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
orange DIY from puzzleproz

Do you have any color cubes?
read above question

Do you have the V-Cubes?
no, I dislike big cubes

How many tournaments have you been in?
4: Toronto Open Fall 07, Toronto Open Winter 08, CanadianCubing Classics, Niagara Falls Open 08

What is your fastest full step solve?
11.54

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
its a site not a computer program (close enough), Cubemania

What got you into cubing?
Some guy brought a cube to one of my classes and it was passed around to see who can get the most peices solves, I wanted to learn how to solve it because I thought t'would be fun, so I did...

How many solves do you do a day?
On holidays or weekends usually 500+, on a regular day 100-300

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Megaminx

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
Of course

What lube do you use?
Jig-a-loo

How long have you been cubing?
Since April 2007: 1 year and 5 months

 

[Mike Hughey]

Nice idea, Hadley!

What is your favorite event?
4x4x4 BLD (in competition; outside competition it would be 7x7x7 multiBLD )

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
An original type A DIY from cube4you.

Do you have any color cubes?
Just black, except for the white V-cubes.

Do you have the V-Cubes?
2 of each.

How many tournaments have you been in?
6 (I still can't believe I managed to make it to that many of them!)

What is your fastest full step solve?
20.32 seconds

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
Rubik's JTimer / JNetCube

What got you into cubing?
Originally, the 1981 Scientific American article. The thing that got me speedcubing in 2006 was the rec.juggling newsgroup.

How many solves do you do a day?
It depends on what puzzle I'm doing. There are about 120 solves per weekly competition, counting all puzzles; figure on me doing a hundred more total over the week; probably about 30 per day. But some of those (7x7x7 BLD, for instance) take a VERY long time.

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Tough question. Probably megaminx, but I like most of them I've tried.

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
Not quite, but almost.

What lube do you use?
CRC Heavy Duty Silicone and/or cubelube, depending on what I think will work best.

How long have you been cubing?
Overall, 26 years; speedcubing, 1 year and 9 months; BLD, 1 year and 6 months.

 

[Rama]

What is your favorite event?
Speedsolving the 3x3x3 cube

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
Rubik's DIY from 2005, but I've been using it after Czech Open 2008.

Do you have any color cubes?
Black ain't a colour and neither is white, but I got a nice mint green 3x3x3 cube

Do you have the V-Cubes?
Yes sir/ma'am

How many tournaments have you been in?
18

What is your fastest full step solve?
I did two days ago my first sub ten, 9.55 seconds!

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
JNet

What got you into cubing?
Shotaro's blindfolded video got featured on Youtube and I allways found the cube interesting, but in my 'youth' I always had the tough luck that the toy that I wanted to buy was sold out and never to be produced again.
Video

How many solves do you do a day?
In the summer: easily 200
During a whole schoolyear per day: 5 on average...

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Pyraminx

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
Yes sir/ma'am

What lube do you use?
Silicone Gel

How long have you been cubing?
2 years now, I started about a month before Dutch Open 2006 in October

 

[Garmon]

What is your favorite event?
Clock

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
Rubik's Brand

Do you have any color cubes?
Black, Glow in the dark, green

Do you have the V-Cubes?
Not yet

How many tournaments have you been in?
0

What is your fastest full step solve?
24.53

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
JNet

What got you into cubing?
Saw video's, wanted a solved cube in my room.

How many solves do you do a day?
50

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Clock

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
Many

What lube do you use?
3in1 profesional

How long have you been cubing?
9 Months and 24 days.

 

[nitrocan]

What is your favorite event?
3x3 BLD

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
JSK

Do you have any color cubes?
White A

Do you have the V-Cubes?
Yes

How many tournaments have you been in?
1

What is your fastest full step solve?
14.31

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
I use stackmat timer to measure, but I don't keep track (bad habit)

What got you into cubing?
Some video on youtube

How many solves do you do a day?
50 - 100

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Magic

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
My 3x3 travels with me most of the time

What lube do you use?
Just regular silicone spray

How long have you been cubing?
Since May 2008 (4-5 months)

 

[Fobo911]

What is your favorite event?
3x3x3 Speed (the only one I'm good at)

Why kind of cube is your main speedcube?
Type A DIY from C4U

Do you have any color cubes?
Used to have black (store-bought), but it broke. I now have only white.

Do you have the V-Cubes?
I wish.

How many tournaments have you been in?
0 =( I will be in one someday when I'm old enough...

What is your fastest full step solve?
I don't remember, but I think it's around 15-18 seconds.

What computer program do you use to keep track of your times?
CCT

What got you into cubing?
Boredom, and friends at school solving them.

How many solves do you do a day?
Over the summer about 100. Now that school has started, anywhere from 25-50

What is your favorite non-cube puzzle?
Magic

Do you take a cube with you everywhere?
Oh yeah. =D

What lube do you use?
CRC Heavy Duty Silicone.

How long have you been cubing?
Solved first cube last year around this time; started speedcubing in late May.