Giveway - Win a $50 Cubicle Gift Card

[Cuberstache]

August is nearly over and I hope you're getting a lot of cubing practice in. I want to give away a $50 Cubicle gift card to a speedsolving.com member.

In order to win, you need to reply to this thread with the following:
1. Your favorite puzzle and why.
2. What is your favorite cubing experience so far (could be a competition, cubing with friends, a great solve at home, etc.)
3. Suggest 1 thing that could improve the Speedsolving.com community to make it better, or more useful. We're constantly working to improve the community here.

Winner will be chosen by the moderators based on your answers.

You have until September 10th, 2022 at midnight GMT -4 (eastern time).

Ready. Set. GO!

1. Favorite puzzle is megaminx. I've pretty much always been good at it, and I appreciate the freedom the puzzle has that allows for creative solutions. I'm now top 10 in the world at it.
2. Favorite cubing experience was probably my megaminx podium at US Nationals 2019. I had practiced so hard for so long and flew all the way across the country for the competition, so I was so happy to have it all pay off.
3. Allow filtering the homepage and what's new page by category, so people can filter out the personal progression category (or whatever they want but mostly that one lol)

 

[rubik2005]

1. Even though I lost the cube quite some time ago, the Gan Air SM will forever be one of my favorite cubes. Pretty much everything about it was perfect, and it allowed me to perform really well. It was even the cube that I was using when I met my first cubing friend in middle school who I made really good memories with.
2. Speaking of that friend, I really enjoyed when we both went and competed in our first competition since we got to see and interact with so many people that shared our interest. He was also able to make it to the second round of 3x3, so I was really proud of him!!
3. My guess is that nobody really reads the rules and guidelines like the introduction email says, so I think including a short video with the 3 most important things (no spamming, PB threads, etc...) and making it easily accessible to new members might improve the quality of many posts.

Thank you pjk for holding this giveaway, I really appreciate what you and all the other mods do for this community!

 

[Jlit]

August is nearly over and I hope you're getting a lot of cubing practice in. I want to give away a $50 Cubicle gift card to a speedsolving.com member.

In order to win, you need to reply to this thread with the following:
1. Your favorite puzzle and why.
2. What is your favorite cubing experience so far (could be a competition, cubing with friends, a great solve at home, etc.)
3. Suggest 1 thing that could improve the Speedsolving.com community to make it better, or more useful. We're constantly working to improve the community here.

Winner will be chosen by the moderators based on your answers.

You have until September 10th, 2022 at midnight GMT -4 (eastern time).

Ready. Set. GO!

1. My Favorite Puzzle is 3x3. A. It's the most popular of all cubes. Whenever you go to the WCA website and check the main event, 9/10 times it'll be 3x3. B. I like Jperm's logic in his ranking video. He mentions that it doesn't take long, but it's not stupidly short like 2x2. It's still pretty complex though, with OLL and PLL and cool things you can do for F2L like sledge hammers. It's also in my opinion the coolest looking cube in the WCA, that's just completely subjective.
2. Last year I started a cubing club at my school. I was really excited and even got everyone in my club a new 3x3. One October afternoon I thought to myself"Hey! What if I Asked Felix Zemdegs to come to my meeting(Virtually, since I live in America)". So I emailed Felix and Thought "He won't respond for a while, right?" He respond 5 days later. I was overjoyed. Someone I'd watched for like 4 years, who'd been my idle that entire time, agreed to go to my club. The actual day of the meeting, I was obviously nervous. My friends could tell by my voice shaking a little. Then he came on. It started off simply. I introduced him to the rest of the club, which that day was like 25 members, a little more than double what we usually had. He asked how my week was but I didn't hear him. I was too focused on the questions and too nervous to look at anything else. Luckily the teacher that ran my club told me what he'd asked. After that we went straight into questions like "What is it like to have a world record" and "What do you think about Max Park's new Record". But by far the best things that happened that day were Felix solves. He did a 5x5 solve and a 3x3 solve. The 3x3 was like 5 seconds and the 5x5 was about 40. The club was mainly amazed by 3x3 because they couldn't really understand 5x5. That was about it. We said goodbye to Felix and took a photo to remember the day(He was on a big screen). So yeah, that's my coolest cubing moment.
3. This is a real world request as well as a website request:Merch. Who makes better cubing merch than cubers themselves? No one.

 

[Super_Cuber903]

1. My favorite cube is the qiyi ms 2x2. It is a budget valk2m. It helped me break several barriers and I am really close to break the sub 4 barrier. My favorite event is 2x2, and it was this cube that made it my favorite event
2. My best cubing memory is learning how to solve the 3x3 cube. I learnt it when I was in 3rd grade and I was overwhelmed and felt as if I had unlocked the greatest achievement.
3. I think we could have more organized competitions on speedsolving. This is what I felt within the first week of me joining this community

 

[unirox13]

1) My favorite puzzle is always changing. With a collection of over 100 different puzzles, I'm constantly improving my knowledge of one type of puzzle or another. So my favorite puzzle really depends on what I'm enjoying the most at any given time. At the time of this post, I'd have to say that my current favorite is the mf8 Double Crazy 3x3 cube.

2) I think that one of my proudest puzzle moments would have to be solving the Dayan Bagua Cube with nothing more than previous puzzle knowledge and a new algorithm. I had no clue what that new alg did or where to use it. However, I managed to wrap my head around the jumbling and bandaging and make it all come together.

3) I think that my only improvement for this forum would be a bit of an overall attitude adjustment for some replies. I've been on this forum for many years and over time I've seen some rather rude replies or reactions to beginner posts and questions. Just remember, we were all beginners at this at one point or another. We all learn things in different ways and in times. And, there are often beginners approaching this forum with not only a beginners view of the puzzles that we all love, but also a first time step into an online forum. I try my best to respond to posts with the overall mindset of that person having just touched a 3x3 for the first time and having never seen or been on a forum before. I don't know their experiences with these puzzles or the internet so I do my best to remain polite and keep an open mind to their potential situation.

 

[BenChristman1]

@pjk Thanks so much for this giveaway and all the ones you’ve done in the past. It’s so generous of you and we appreciate all you do for our community!

1. I’m kind of bouncing between two puzzles right now. I really enjoy 3x3 (I main the Tengyun v2), because there’s so much to learn and it’s the original cube. My other favorite is clock because I think I have a lot of potential in it; I just need to practice hard to improve.

2. My favorite cubing experience was actually the most recent competition that I went to, Side Events Minnesota 2022. Along with meeting some great people, I also performed very well, making finals in both clock and pyraminx.

3. I have two main requests for improving the forums; the more simple one being increasing the character limit for profile posts. 400 just seems way too small, especially if you want to put links in the post. The second is, as @rubik2005 said, making sure new members read and follow the Forum Rules. There’s too much spamming, improper grammar, and many other issues that new members just don’t know about. Then, by creating these bad habits, they keep going, and then when people gently correct them on it, they get mad, but this whole issue can be avoided by making sure all new members read the Forum Rules (or watch a video as @rubik2005 suggested).

EDIT: Just came up with a third request. I’d love it if there was an option for each individual thread to hide it from your home page. This is contrary to what some people have suggested, hiding whole subforums. There are some progression threads that I do like to read, so I’d like the option to both hide entire subforums and hide just certain threads. These hidden threads could still be accessed via search or by looking through the subforum page that it is contained in, but it just wouldn’t show up on the main home page.

 

[DuckubingCuber347]

1. My favourite puzzle is probably the AJ Bauhinia Dodecahedron II. I have no idea how to solve it but it's fascinating trying to figure it out. Definitely my most beautiful and complex puzzle. In second place, I'd say FTO. It's basically 4x4 if 4x4 wasn't 4x4. Very cool to figure out but I think I'd enjoy it even more if I learned how to pair about the last three triplets correctly.
If we are talking about individual puzzle then I would pick, no surprise, my Qiyi MS 3x3. With Centre-Edge magnets, a spring swap, glossy plastic, and a Platypus logo this is a big improvement to the stock MS.

2. I don't have very many notable cubing experiences but my 7.04 was pretty amazing. I was cubing with a friend (s l o w) when I got it. Beautiful flow and an easy ZBLL. I also enjoyed the criticism I received on my ORS proposal.

3. If I had to pick only one thing, I would say heavily encouraging new members to study the rules to the forums. Perhaps create a video for those who don't want to take the time to read the rules thoroughly. As someone who is a massive language pedant it's always very hard for me to read posts with horrendous grammar and spelling such as "ur", "'k", etc.

The ability to filter certain content would be another great addition. There are just way too many Personal Progression Threads. And I never join any forum competitions so I would appreciate it if there was a way I didn't have to have my feed clogged up with comps.

The character limit for profile posts is not a massive inconvenience as it isn't too hard to just screenshot the posts but I would be very happy with seeing it expanded.

 

[Hubbabubba10100]

August is nearly over and I hope you're getting a lot of cubing practice in. I want to give away a $50 Cubicle gift card to a speedsolving.com member.

In order to win, you need to reply to this thread with the following:
1. Your favorite puzzle and why.
2. What is your favorite cubing experience so far (could be a competition, cubing with friends, a great solve at home, etc.)
3. Suggest 1 thing that could improve the Speedsolving.com community to make it better, or more useful. We're constantly working to improve the community here.

Winner will be chosen by the moderators based on your answers.

You have until September 10th, 2022 at midnight GMT -4 (eastern time).

Ready. Set. GO!

My fav puzzle is 2x2and I really need a new one my old one broke and my favorite cubing experience is cubing with friends at school I’m a 14 yr old so I’m still trying to grow my collection but I think the best way to improve the speed solving website is to do more giveaways or make more competitions

 

[Anthonycube]

1. My favourite puzzle is my YJ yulong v2m 3x3.
My dad bought me my first speedcube just
when I started wanting to get fast at cubing,
when I averaged >50. I didn't get another cube until like 10 months after that and in my my first competition I got an 18 second average. I think it's kind of cool that that cube got me averaging over 50 seconds all the way to sub 20. 3x3 is my favourite event by the way because it is not completely luck based, it isn't too short is too long and just because it is the original Rubik's cube.

2. I think my favourite cubing experience was my second ever cubing competition when I met Tymon Kolasinski just after he had set the 5.09 world record average. I got a photo with him and he signed a Rubik's brand 3x3 that I have. I think that is very cool because I will keep that cube forever.

3. I think that adding pyramorphix, mastermorphix and 2x2 mirror cube to the forum competitions would be pretty cool because they are fun puzzles to solve. That is really the only suggestions I would have for speedsolving.com.

Thanks to pjk for doing this giveaway.

 

[DIO]

1

August is nearly over and I hope you're getting a lot of cubing practice in. I want to give away a $50 Cubicle gift card to a speedsolving.com member.

In order to win, you need to reply to this thread with the following:
1. Your favorite puzzle and why.
2. What is your favorite cubing experience so far (could be a competition, cubing with friends, a great solve at home, etc.)
3. Suggest 1 thing that could improve the Speedsolving.com community to make it better, or more useful. We're constantly working to improve the community here.

Winner will be chosen by the moderators based on your answers.

You have until September 10th, 2022 at midnight GMT -4 (eastern time).

Ready. Set. GO!

1. I have never used any other puzzle except a 2*2 and 3*3 so i don't I'm in the position to talk about it. I did have a lot of fun with my 3*3 tho.

2. My favourite cubing experience was when i solved a Rubik's cube.i was getting faster i brought 20 mins to 3 mins in 3 days but sadly my dreams were shattered when a spring flew off of my cube and it was non fixable. If i do win the giftcard i would also buy my sister a cube too.

3. rather than having a wiki on different methods or algs you should put them in a whole string. For example if someone searches up about the sexy move, below the alg there should also be a link to sune and below sune, a link to nicklas should appear.


Also i would like a favor, actually since I'm indian even 2 dollars is a lot of money here and the shipping cost from cubicle to here costs 37 dollars at it's cheapest. If you wouldn't mind would you order the cubes a a lube for me? (I have no idea about lubes so send me whatever lasts very long and goes well with a wrm 2021 maglev and a rs3m 2020.)

Thank you for spending your precious time giving this a read.

I await your response

 

[Gask]

August is nearly over and I hope you're getting a lot of cubing practice in. I want to give away a $50 Cubicle gift card to a speedsolving.com member.

In order to win, you need to reply to this thread with the following:
1. Your favorite puzzle and why.
2. What is your favorite cubing experience so far (could be a competition, cubing with friends, a great solve at home, etc.)
3. Suggest 1 thing that could improve the Speedsolving.com community to make it better, or more useful. We're constantly working to improve the community here.

Winner will be chosen by the moderators based on your answers.

You have until September 10th, 2022 at midnight GMT -4 (eastern time).

Ready. Set. GO!

1. My favorite puzzle is the 2x2x2 because although it's luck based, it's still a lot of fun breaking PBs. Because non-cubers don't know singles are so luck-dependent, it just makes it seem crazy when you tell your friends you solved a 2x2 in under a second.

2. My favorite cubing experience is getting my first sub-10. What was crazy was I did a 9 move, 2 rotation xxcross into a free pair into one of the best OLLs (OLL 44, f R U R' U' f), and a Ub perm. It's the lucky moments like these that make great cubing experiences.

3. A possible improvement to the speedsolving community is to make the regulations fair. Unlike some platforms, like TikTok, there should not be any unfairness in race, gender, etc.

 

[Garf]

1. My favorite puzzles are the megaminx and the 3x3. The 3x3 is the most iconic puzzle of all time, and that is the puzzle that many people learn how to solve first. There are SO many methods I couldn't even dream of using to solve the cube. 2022 is the 45th anniversary of the puzzle, I believe (first invented in 1974) In just 5 years, the puzzle will be 50 years old, and the inventor will be 50 years older. It's crazy how far cubing has come just from the simple, yet elegant puzzle.
Of course, the megaminx is another favorite of mine because it is so similar to a 3x3, yet it isn't. There are more concepts that you have to get, implement and get fast at in order to truly be fast at the puzzle in general.
2. The greatest experiences are these:
Going to my first speedcubing competition in May and getting 3rd place.
Acquiring cups with what I believe to be Faz's autograph on them, along with a mat with an autograph and some timers.
Just learning how to solve a cube in general.
3. A possible improvement to the speedsolving community are better tips and tricks on lubing puzzles. Sure, there are tutorials on how to lube certain puzzles with certain lubes, but I would like to see a tutorial that showed how to lube ALL WCA puzzles with different types of lubes depending on what kind of turning style you have and how good the quality of the puzzle is in general. It could show how to speed up slower cubes, and how to slow down faster cubes for a more controlled feel.


Thanks so much for hosting this competition, @pjk, and good luck to everyone who is entering.

 

[F'prime]

1: The 3x3. The 3x3 is the most exciting puzzle among all cubes there is. It is the original. The place where speedcubers from humble origins break records and dominate the cubing leaderboard. When I see a new record on the 3x3 (be it blindfolded or one-handed), it motivates me to keep going.

2: When I broke the Sub-30 barrier. I never felt so happy in my life.

3: I just came a month ago, but you should add OLL and PLL trainers to the wiki.

 

[viacube]

August is nearly over and I hope you're getting a lot of cubing practice in. I want to give away a $50 Cubicle gift card to a speedsolving.com member.

In order to win, you need to reply to this thread with the following:
1. Your favorite puzzle and why.
2. What is your favorite cubing experience so far (could be a competition, cubing with friends, a great solve at home, etc.)
3. Suggest 1 thing that could improve the Speedsolving.com community to make it better, or more useful. We're constantly working to improve the community here.

Winner will be chosen by the moderators based on your answers.

You have until September 10th, 2022 at midnight GMT -4 (eastern time).

Ready. Set. GO!

1. My favourite puzzle is 3×3, because it is universal, it can be solved with 1/2 hands, blindfolded, with feet.
2. My favourite cubing experience was competition Odessa Open 2017, which gave me unforgettable emotions and memories.
3. I am looking forward for more topics on blindfolded solving, advanced techniqies, maybe shorts from top cubers like Zemdegz, Valk.

 

[helloimcubedup]

1. My favorite puzzle is a 2x2. Its easier to learn new alg, and you can always get good times.

2. When I got a 17.30 on 3x3. it was my first sub 20 on 3x3 so I was VERY happy. (and it was also fullstep. smh)

3. actually add pictures to the articles that dont have pictures to the wiki. it would express methods better and it would make them easier to understand

 

[Cuber2s]

1. My favorite cube is the Valk 3m.
2. My first comp
3. maybe an online competition like the ones during the pandemic would be able to improve the speedsolving.com community

 

[gsingh]

1. For sure 5x5. It's not really that luck based, which I appreciate, and it doesn't take a stupidly long time to solve.
2. Either my first comp, or meeting Max Park and Asher in April, or teaching my friends how to solve a cube, and watching them progress, or breaking the sub-10 barrier, or witnessing Max break 4 Wr's in one day. Really, I have had a lot of good moments because of cubing.
3. I think you should have the feature to delete your polls in your threads, and also have the option to delete your thread.

Thank's for doing this giveaway!

 

[abunickabhi]

August is nearly over and I hope you're getting a lot of cubing practice in. I want to give away a $50 Cubicle gift card to a speedsolving.com member.

In order to win, you need to reply to this thread with the following:
1. Your favorite puzzle and why.
2. What is your favorite cubing experience so far (could be a competition, cubing with friends, a great solve at home, etc.)
3. Suggest 1 thing that could improve the Speedsolving.com community to make it better, or more useful. We're constantly working to improve the community here.

Winner will be chosen by the moderators based on your answers.

You have until September 10th, 2022 at midnight GMT -4 (eastern time).

Ready. Set. GO!

1. My favourite puzzle is the master pyraminx. I enjoy the solving aspect of it and want to get better and better in speedsolving it.

2. My favourite cubing experience is getting to meet Feliks Zemdegs at Worlds 2019. It was surreal!

3. Engage us more with these giveaways and we will be happy to stick around longer on the forum site, R' U R E' R S' R2 U' S R E.

 

[Splenj]

1. My favorite puzzle is 3x3 as it was the first puzzle I learnt and is usually the first puzzle to be updated as it is original - e.g. first to be given maglev, first to be made into a Bluetooth cube etc.
2. I have 3 favorite cubing experiences - 1. Teaching my 6 year old brother to solve a rubik's cube (and watching him succesfuly complete it) 2. Succesfully doing a blindfold solve for the first time & 3. Finally finishing learning full oll & pll
3. Make the competitions a bit more competitive. E.g. have it more competition like with semi finals and finals, and maybe have a prize at the end for the winner

 

[iwantmfjsmeilong3x3]

August is nearly over and I hope you're getting a lot of cubing practice in. I want to give away a $50 Cubicle gift card to a speedsolving.com member.

In order to win, you need to reply to this thread with the following:
1. Your favorite puzzle and why.
2. What is your favorite cubing experience so far (could be a competition, cubing with friends, a great solve at home, etc.)
3. Suggest 1 thing that could improve the Speedsolving.com community to make it better, or more useful. We're constantly working to improve the community here.

Winner will be chosen by the moderators based on your answers.

You have until September 10th, 2022 at midnight GMT -4 (eastern time).

Ready. Set. GO!

1, My Favourite Puzzle is the 2x2. Because i have a great cube for 2x2 and i wish i could tell you what cube i have but its been 2 months since i got it and i threw the box in the trash and so now i dont know what cube i have but its from QIYI. And im pretty good at it i average 12-14 seconds and my BEST 2x2 solve was 4 seconds the scramble is U' R U' R', and because its an easy puzzle.
2. Best Cubing Experience so far? so um i had alot good cubing experiences like everyone feels the power when they Learn to solve a hard puzzle or puzzle they've never heard of, but so far my best cubing experience is getting 4 seconds on the 2x2 and solving the mastermorphix for the first time.
3. Add a list of every SINGLE member in the speedsolving community, if that already exists then add a "Giveaways" Section for every single giveaway and IF THAT also exists then add a Staff of the year and a Staff of the month.