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Do You Have to be Smart to be Good at the Rubiks Cube?
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cmhardw
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Yes I'm sorry. In order to be good at Rubik's cube you have to be a soooooooooooooooper genius ala Wile E. Coyote.
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mcciff2112
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I don't think you necessarily have to be smart, but people around you will consider you smart. It's just the non-cuber way of thinking that you have to be a genius to solve a Rubik's Cube.
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Being good at math is NOT required. I am living proof of that.
You have to be smart enough to know that you need patience.
You have to be smart enough to know that you need patience.
Zarxrax
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You probably need to be pretty smart in order to solve it on your own.
Most of the general population isn't aware that speedsolving even exists. Speedsolving is totally different than figuring out how to solve the puzzle.
Most of the general population isn't aware that speedsolving even exists. Speedsolving is totally different than figuring out how to solve the puzzle.
tfkscores
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haha i know we are like a hidden underground community except not really
xXdaveXsuperstarXx
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You do not have to be smart. Our schools K-4 teacher can solve a rubik's cube. You only have to learn 4 algorithms to solve the Rubik's Cube and a little bit of thinking.
Zaxef
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I'm sure you'll find however, that most people who speedcube have some kind of interest in Math or Computers/Science etc..
It's a very "right brained" thing to do.
I've noticed the majority of the older folks in the cubing community have some sort of career in math or computers..
Which are "right brained" thinker's jobs.
It's a very "right brained" thing to do.
I've noticed the majority of the older folks in the cubing community have some sort of career in math or computers..
Which are "right brained" thinker's jobs.
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Excuse me, but is smart not a relative term? Smart compared to whom or what?
krazedkat
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No, just a good memory (admitidly that comes along with intelligence)...
tfkscores
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Yea i've been told that i'm right brained and have strong intrests in sceince and math. i think its just a different way right brained people think then the artsy left brained people think
fundash
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you just have to be more right brained, i am a total cumputer/ science nerd, and its because i'm right brained and thats more what right brained people are into.
stiwi griffin
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no,actually you just need one.
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"Smartness" is not as important as: 1. Determination. 2. Patience.
luke1984
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I fully agree. But I do think more intelligent people have the advantage of understanding the cube quicker, learning algorithms faster and developing a personal solving style faster. Also a higher spatial intelligence and memory helps a lot.
panyan
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3d perception is much more important than intelligence
stiwi griffin
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no,T perm.i just remerbered stefan's first blindfold method
Daniel Wu
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Yes. It took me so long to start to see the cube in a more 3-D way.
royzabeast
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Not sure if this was sarcastic, but when I try to teach somebody, this is what holds them back. "Now just move the top, the side with the green middle." They'll turn the front, the left, the right, and the back, but never the top. And then when I say move the front, they'll move the top.
Edit: I think this is why I find that the people who best learn how to solve the cube are usually my close friends that regularly scramble it for me when we're hanging. They've already figured out how a cube moves.
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