Matt11111
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So in the past few weeks, I've had a handful of people ask me whether magnetic cubes are allowed in competition or if they're considered cheating or whatever. I basically said that there's never been a level playing field in competitions since people bring their own cubes from home, so the quality of the puzzles people used varied wildly even before the advent of magnets. The same way you wouldn't tell someone using, like, a MoYu AoLong in 2014 "hey buddy you can't use that cube, little Timmy is using a Rubik's brand so we're gonna have to ask you to get another cube" at a competition, you wouldn't say "sorry, Jimmy hasn't magnetized his cube so no one's allowed to use magnets at this competition."
But that got me thinking. How would you guys explain cubing topics like this to a non-cuber if you were asked these questions? This basically works like those games that flooded the off topic forum back in the day (yikes my bad fellas). I'll start by giving a topic to explain, and then the next person would talk about it as if they were talking to someone who doesn't cube, then they'd also leave a prompt for the next person. So let's get this started.
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But that got me thinking. How would you guys explain cubing topics like this to a non-cuber if you were asked these questions? This basically works like those games that flooded the off topic forum back in the day (yikes my bad fellas). I'll start by giving a topic to explain, and then the next person would talk about it as if they were talking to someone who doesn't cube, then they'd also leave a prompt for the next person. So let's get this started.
Next: Why a 9x9 isn't technically any harder than a 7x7