Do You Have to be Smart to be Good at the Rubiks Cube?

[endless_akatsuki]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the youngest person to solve the cube like 3 or 6 i bet that person isn't good at math...

Why can't a three year old person be good at math? Obviously he/she wil not prove mathematical theories, but he/she may be good at counting, etc

Well, that's what being good at math is, right? Proving..uh...mathematical theories.

 

[Dene]

no you must be wiling to sacrifice free time and learn lots of algorithms

Close, but you don't need lots of algorithms. Turning fast is much more important.

The most important factor is patience, not smartness.

I would say addiction is a more important factor than patience.

 

[jacob15728]

I think it's a certain type ot types of intelligence. I've seen people who I thought were pretty dull solve one, but I've tried to teach a few people and failed. They usually "fail" in a few areas such as turning the wrong face, turning the faces in the wrong direction, having trouble figuring out where each piece needs to go, etc. Like, I tell them to make a cross and they do, but it's not permuted correctly and they can't figure out what's wrong with their cross, even if I specifically explain how they did it wrong. So I think it's more of a visual/spatial kind of thing. I think any "smart" person can learn it easily, but you even if you're not super smart, you can learn it as long as you have decent visual/spatial reasoning. And keep in mind that intelligence is a relative term. When I say "Not super smart", well, I guess I can't really say that because I don't really think intelligence can be measured. But the truth is, some people strike me as much more clever than others.

Of course, that's with the beginner's method. It takes even more to learn an advanced method such as the Fridrich. To even comprehend how f2l works, you really need to have an advanced understanding of how the cube works and excellent visual/spatial skills. And of course, there's so many algorithms that you need a good long-term memory to remember them, as well as good recognition skills to recognize OLL and PLL cases. There are two other people in my school who know the Fridrich method, and all three of us are very smart and mathematically-minded. There are others who can do it with beginner's methods, but not nearly as fast.

 

[panyan]

3d perception is much more important than intelligence

Yes. It took me so long to start to see the cube in a more 3-D way.

3d perception is much more important than intelligence

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.

im not being sarcastic, i do think 3d perception is more important than intelligence

 

[JTW2007]

No, but most speedcubers are, how should I put this... awesome.

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.

no,actually you just need one.

G perm?

no,T perm.i just remerbered stefan's first blindfold method

It can work with both I think. G is probably more optimal though because the one alg can be altered in four different ways.

 

[Thomas09]

If smart means being able to remember and learn stuff, then yes.

 

[stiwi griffin]

No, but most speedcubers are, how should I put this... awesome.

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.

no,actually you just need one.

G perm?

no,T perm.i just remerbered stefan's first blindfold method

It can work with both I think. G is probably more optimal though because the one alg can be altered in four different ways.

it can work with the G too but,set-up moves...

 

[Nukoca]

You have to have fast fingers and good recognition.

Not necessarily. How many of us had fast fingers as noobs? That's not really a quality you have to have but more like a skill you have to build.

3d perception is much more important than intelligence.

Whenever I'm demonstrating how I solve the cube to people, and they're all like, "What?", my advice to them is to "Think beyond stickers." 3-d perception is very important.

 

[That70sShowDude]

you dont have to be that smart, just need to have good memorization/recognition skills

 

[Erik]

No, patience and devotion is what matters

 

[dueone]

i think the best a cuber need is good reflex in recognition, and of course a fast hand to turn the cube about 6-7 tps

 

[alifiantoadinugroho]

I'm stupid and but I can solve the cube

 

[tfkscores]

i agree with the world record holder i think hes right.

 

[nitrocan]

No, but most speedcubers are, how should I put this... awesome.

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.

no,actually you just need one.

G perm?

no,T perm.i just remerbered stefan's first blindfold method

You don't even need any.

Heise Method?

 

[anythingtwisty]

All that is needed is love for the cube and patience.

 

[panyan]

3d perception is much more important than intelligence.

Whenever I'm demonstrating how I solve the cube to people, and they're all like, "What?", my advice to them is to "Think beyond stickers." 3-d perception is very important.

im glad we are in agreement

 

[stiwi griffin]

No, but most speedcubers are, how should I put this... awesome.

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.

no,actually you just need one.

G perm?

no,T perm.i just remerbered stefan's first blindfold method

edit:it's just me or heise page has a new look
You don't even need any.

Heise Method?

that also works but for a begginer i think it will be harder to understand

edit:it's just me or heise page has a new look

 

[Rocky0701]

In that case, does that mean you have writing problems?

And it's ok since your a newbie to this forum, but i have seen you bump like 5 threads since you joined, most of them being years old. Please stop.

 

[pipkiksass]

And it's ok since your a newbie to this forum, but i have seen you bump like 5 threads since you joined, most of them being years old. Please stop.

Lol - thought you meant me!!!

I guess this is a closeable thread:

Question: Do you have to be smart to be good at the Rubik's cube?

Answer: No.

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[Rocky0701]

Lol - thought you meant me!!!

I guess this is a closeable thread:

Question: Do you have to be smart to be good at the Rubik's cube?

Answer: No.

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Oh, sorry. No, i was just expanding on what you were saying.
Do you have to be smart to be good at Rubik's cube? NOOOO!