Does your cubing style/method reflect your personality?

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I've noticed that personally, the method I use is a reflection of my idiosyncrasies and personality. In class, I'm not too good at math, but I'm better in science.
I don't like to do serious heavy thinking, but I'm good at memorizing stuff and repeating it back to the teachers.
Which is why I chose the method that I use.

In terms of cubing style, I like to go for fast choppy movements.
I'm also an impatient person who stresses over things.
I hate waiting for things, like packages in the mail.




Is it a similar case for people out there?
Does the style/method you use reflect your personality as well?
 
Uh-huh. It's like dance. I never feel constrained to use the specific things I learned. I just choose whatever, go for it, and don't worry. Unfortunately, this cubing style doesn't lend itself well to targeted training; I don't think I'll get near 10s average any time soon.
 
I get frustrated when I know something, like a formula or concept, but I don't know why it works. I think this is why I spend a lot of time on my F2L with things like seeing Xcross solutions, or empty slot tricks, versus working on my LL. I really should overhaul and work on my LL though :s

I think this also explains why I use BH as my blindfolded method. With BH I understand perfectly the intuition behind every move. I'll be honest that I am a little fuzzy behind why exactly my parity alg works for swapping two edges on edge pairs opposite on a face. I know the theory behind why it works, but I don't have an intuitive grasp of why this particular algorithm works. Other than that exception everything about the method I use is intuitive and understandable.

So yes, I would say my personality has influenced the types of solving methods I use, as well as the way I practice.

Chris
 
I can't stop solving, turn WAAAAAY to fast and don't even bother trying to look ahead if I'm angry, which is similar to what I do when I get angry. I can't stop doing what I'm doing, go too fast, and then screw up.

Although, when I'm calm I'm very aware of what's going on, which is like in cubing, where I slow down the more calm I am.
 
I try to be relatively neutral to aspects such as L/R mirrors and different colours, but I don't know if I'm like that in real life. I wouldn't say I'm completely neutrally opinionated, obviously, but I'm relatively open-minded.

I also don't care about my times too much, and I think that reflects my general apathy for things >_>
 
Well I use fridrich because it feels good. Just intuition, and brute force repetition. That's sort of how I am in life. Learn something once, repeat it until you get it.

My turning slightly rough, but still pretty exact and smooth. I don't really have anything to say about that.

When I practice, I don't worry so much about what I'm doing. I'm more worried about if i understand what I'm doing. I don't like using things that if I don't understand how they work, at least on a basic level. That's what has influenced my choice of algs, intuitive fridrich over algorithmic, and the way I practice.
 
cmhardw said:
I get frustrated when I know something, like a formula or concept, but I don't know why it works. I think this is why I spend a lot of time on my F2L with things like seeing Xcross solutions, or empty slot tricks, versus working on my LL. I really should overhaul and work on my LL though :s
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That is exactly how I feel. For me, cubing has to make sense, so I also spend lot of time trying to understand why an algorithm works or why a certain method is better.
On a somewhat unrelated note, I remember a thread where you were wondering about becoming a teacher. I'm not sure what your decision was, but if you're still undecided, go for it! We need more teachers like you who try to understand things instead of just memorizing a formula and subbing in values. Just today, a teacher harassed me for wanting to know why a physics concept works and how Faraday came up with it.
Original thinking shall prevail!

EDIT: I just noticed my signature... don't judge though. My school avg is 94.5
 
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Method-No actually-I use vanilla Fridrich, not Heise-which perfectly fits. Heise is intelligent, stubborn, and difficult to get, and decent looking.
But on another note, the way I learned all the OLLs and PLLs fits me. I am used to doing something once and being pretty damn good at it. Or reading something and having a high comprehension. Or knowing a lot about everything. If it takes more effort than I'm used to, it is slower than it really can be if I truly applied myself. That's why it took me 8 months to learn 78 algorithms. And I learned most in spurts-like, I got 25 OLLs in two weeks, but didn't learn any for a few months.

Style-Does not reflect my personality. I found out that my turning style is pretty cool, which I am not nearly as cool as. As for general style, I like to stick to the norm-3x3. So again, that doesn't reflect me. Because I use a storebought, my style has to be exact, or my times are crap. In real life, I am way more over the place.
 
I use Fridrich because I like how pure and straightforward it is. I learned corner-edge pairs (F2L) intuitively mainly because I have a very lazy math-oriented brain, and partially because I like understanding something if I am going to rely on it. I like learning as little as possible to fix as many cases as possible. It took me two years to learn full Fridrich... Once again, I am lazy.

I use bad algorithms for a lot of cases. Slow clumsy ones that I don't practice enough and wouldn't be that great even with practice. I use them because they were easy to memorize.

I turn very slowly compared to most cubers who get similar times to me, especially on LL. I like to try to remain relaxed about things. I used to be a stressed person, I'm trying to eliminate stress from my life as much as possible these days.

I like big cubes because you can still get awesome times even turning slowly because lookahead is so important.

I have a large collection of puzzles, I solve different puzzles often because I find great satisfaction in variety. Sometimes I get bored of always solving the same few mainstream puzzles.

I make cubing videos because I like sharing my taste in music and because I am a recovering narcissist.

I cube because I like to feel different, and smart.

Good thread. Interesting to read.
 
Actually, I'm the exact opposite. I tend to do things that others won't. I go to a school with tons of people with short hair, so I keep my hair long. My school has alot of idiots, so I'm the one who usually tries at school. Not many people in my area cube, so I do. I never take the easy way just for the heck of it. What I'm saying is that I do everything the differently.

But I Fridrich. The most common method.
 
This is kind of an interesting idea...

Anyway, I guess I mostly chose Fridrich because I'm used to getting everything really fast, which I didn't with Petrus (the first thing to come up when I first wanted to get faster). And I went with intuitive F2L because I didn't want to have to memorize more algorithms than I had to (much like in real life, "spend the least to get the best" as is my kinda my motto). Also, with Fridrich it's a very structured method, unlike Petrus where you improvise a lot more than Fridrich, which I like.

My turning style varies depending on the day, maybe depending on my mood, but I haven't noticed it too much (but when I'm tired I tend to do choppier).
 
I'm kind of an impatient guy, and I just want to get things over as quickly as possible. I guess that reflects the way I solve, since I tend to turn way too quickly and I end up making a couple mistakes throughout the solve that wasted a lot more time fixing than it saved.
I always have to tell myself to calm down and slow down my turns before a solve.
 
Yes and no.

The F2L part of it, yes. There are a small amount of possibilities compared to block building. You find out what you have to do, and do it.

The LL part, not really. I like knowing how/why things work. I open things up and just stare at the parts, trying to figure out how they work. But when you execute an OLL/PLL, you're basically just thinking "Okay, do these moves and this will happen. Don't ask questions as to why it happens." I've tried decomposing algorithms and seeing what every single move does, but there are just too many possibilities.

I also got to thinking about colour neutrality. I'm not colour-neutral. My flexibility of thinking isn't that great, so I can't do F2L on a different cross colour without taking more than a minute.

~Rook
 
VH. Volatile, eccentric, and oftentimes makes you stop and think how it could possibly exist. That's me, baby!

As far as my style...At first it is just forcing through it (Cross/X-Cross) with brute force. Then I take a little bit to examine a couple of issues. As I finish the midsection (F2L+EO), I move faster and faster until it is nothing but muscle memory turning the cube. I pause far too long before the finishing strait, maybe winded from the tough midsection. I recognize the situation, go through the COLL, and then hurry through the EPLL like a bull with gas.

That's sorta me in real life. I usually go from high speed down, but I do things in blocks. Homework? Cubing? Distance myself from the world for an hour or two. Board games? Go up to Bubble Bubble with Cole for 10 hours. Baseball? All that matters is the game. I don't care how much it hurts. Do I have limits? Only when my work is done. Otherwise, game on.
 
Well, for learning algs, I guess it reflects the way I do things.

I settle for the easy ones first. This means I take easy to learn (even if they're terrible) algs.

However, once I'm good at the easy ones, I go ahead and learn better algs (and possibly harder to memo).

I tend to do that with life too. I take things easy, but then I think, "hey! why'd I take the easy way anyway?"

I then restart everything and take the harder way :D

Not efficient, since it's like learning algs twice, but that's what I've done.
 
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