Giveway - Win a $50 Cubicle Gift Card

[Ander]

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 definitely the 3x3. I am far too new to the sport to seriously consider other puzzles. However, I suspect that other, simpler puzzles, may become my favourites as my son picks them up... He chooses them according to their shape and nothing else, at the moment! We'll see.
2. So far definitely getting under one minute was the greatest emotion I had. So satisfied I was, in fact, that I stopped cubing for two whole years. Until I restarted, much hungrier than before. Now I am aiming for much lower and making slow but steady progress. Again, we'll see what comes.
3. I suggest holding competitions for age brackets. As I am 47, I can't compete with the young lions, but I'd enjoy locking horns with some older folks.

 

[hyn]

1. My favourite puzzle is squan. I find CS to be quite interesting, and I'm definitely looking forward to learning CSP and OBL perhaps. It's also because I'm currently improving(unlike at 3x3), and for me, that is one of the most enjoyable things about cubing. Tbh I enjoy 3x3 less because it seems like there's nothing new to explore or invent.
2. My favourite cubing experience was succeeding in 3bld finals at my last comp. It's great when u have very low hopes but everything turns out well.
3. It would be nice if there were more themes other than just light mode, dark mode and the cream text. This would improve user experience and customisability

 

[Berkman03]

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. 6x6. its my biggest cube, and it is the one with the most room for improvement.
2. My favorite experience has been probably my first solve on any new cube. it's super satisfying, and it brings me so much joy.
3. you could not put a "you have to wait for an admin to approve your post". just let people share their ideas without having to be approved.

 

[Triangles_are_cubers]

1. my favourite puzzle is probably the yj zhisu mini 4x4. perfect size imho and i really love how it turns. hopefully cube manufacturers start producing smaller 4x4s as the years come.
2. my most favourite cubing experience was singapore mini 2022. it was my first comp in a long time and i demolished all my former prs and got into multiple finals.
3. modernise the site a bit. theres a bit too much of things on my screen at once and its not really pleasant to the eyes

 

[PCCuber]

1. My favourtie puzzle is the 4x4 cube because it it slightly less repetitive than the 3x3 cube, and the aspect of luck, idk why, keeps me doing solves, wondering whether or not I'll be lucky enough to not get parity.
2. My favourtie moment in my short cubing history was probably witnessing the 3x3 OH world record average this year in Stevenage, my first comp and alr a wr!
4. Idk if this would be a good idea, but maybe if a member made a good contribution, other members could reward them with a 'point', and the more points you get the more priviliges you receive, like a special profile colour or some other cool stuff.

 

[Lukz]

my favorite cube is skewb because it is simple and different from a regular nxn. my favorite expirience was my first sub 20 solve (I for get what the time was). I think speedsolving should have a better way to sell cubes (it would be like an online cubing thrift store)

 

[NigelTheCuber]

My favourite puzzle is 2x2 (lol), and I also like Skewb. It is a short event which doesn't tire me out. And I can also find new ways to improve (like improving layer, learning new sets of algs etc.

My best experience was when I podiumed at sg mini 2022 in 2x2. I guess, luck and skill both worked out that day! (And podiuming is always great unless you're Max Park)

The forums can be improved by adding more rounds to the weekly comp, or adding like a monthly comp in addition to the weekly with multiple rounds.

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

1. My favorite puzzle is my MoYu 15x15. Bigger is better and I hope to get some other monster sized puzzles soon.
2. My favorite cubing experience is the dopamine hit of a BLD solve. I really want to focus on this event but have been too scatterbrained and stretched thin lately to really give it focus.
3. Allow for custom filtering of the home Page through settings or preferences. This would allow for us to view a more relevant and engaging home page and hide content from sub-forums we definitely do not want to see or engage with. An obvious example would be to hide posts from the Progression sub as I and many others personally do not want to engage with that sub yet those posts are nearly 50% of my home page.

 

[NONOGamer12]

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!

I cant decide between 2x2 and clock both are amazing puzzles and are easy to solve I love solving them and think they are my mains

It was the comp I went 2 it had so many cubers it felt like heaven and was amazing I got a cube signed by max park and he made a wr that was cool

I think that being able to respond to comments on the online comp would be cool and be able to tell people things

 

[DUDECUBER]

1. 3x3 because I think it's the most fierce competition and has the most impressive records.
2. My first sub-8 I was very shocked and it had 6.81 TPS.
3. It would be cool if, in the weekly comp, you could see your average times for an event in the past year or so.

 

[PistolPete]

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. The X-man tornado V2m, it is just such a no nonsense cube for a great price, and comes with all the flagship features.
2. I was doing timed solves at a friends place, then I got a last layer skip, and it would have been my first sub-10 single, but then I looked down and I hadn't started the timer lol.
3. It needs more people, they community is great, but it would be nicer if it was larger.

 

[Garf]

1. 3x3 because I think it's the most fierce competition and has the most impressive records.
2. My first sub-8 I was very shocked and it had 6.81 TPS.
3. It would be cool if, in the weekly comp, you could see your average times for an event in the past year or so.

You can. You have to view your own competitor profile, or click the drop-down arrow next to "Competition" and click "My Results".

 

[Exmestify]

1. 2x2. why.... cus i solved it for the first time using the 3x3 method ages ago.
2. umm... maybe finding out about this website and seeing it very active to participate in
3. the community is good and all but the weekly comp could be categorized in speed of solves and total prize money reduced. this helps new cubers also get better in a way. (btw sorry for late response)

 

[DUDECUBER]

I meant like the mean of all the AO5s you have done in the past year or so

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

1. My favorite puzzle is the QiYi clock! It’s one of the main things that got me back into cubing, as clock suddenly had an amazing option to use.

2. My best cubing experiences have been at the few competitions I’ve attended. The last one I competed in proved to me that cubing is an activity I truly want to put time and effort into. It gives me something constructive to work towards in a competitive yet very friendly environment.

3. For weekly competitions, it would be nice to see how you placed overall in past competitions.

 

[Garf]

*won

It isn't a draw, they have to choose who has the best writing.

 

[Imsoosm]

Be more patient. And please stop double posting you can edit your posts you know.

 

[Mattecuber]

So...has the winner been announced?

 

[Luke Solves Cubes]

So...has the winner been announced?

@pjk

 

[pjk]

Apologies about the delay, winner will be announced in the next few days, and will respond to this thread then. We are reviewing the entries now.