Hello everyone. I'm from switzerland and here's my story.
A couple years (actually more like a decade and a half) ago my brother was addicted to cubing. I guess he was 16 at the time. He used to solve all the time: at home, in the bus, at school...everywhere. As far as I remember he solved it in about a minute, maybe less I can't really remember. Me, I was addicted to skateboarding and I could not care less about cubing. The further I went was first layer and I had no intention to solve it even once.
Fast forward a couple or years (like 15 years) and my bro is getting married. Time has passed, so have the cube and the skateboard. At the wedding I was supposed to be in charge of the animations alongside my cousin. One evening, at my moms, I was looking at pictures in order to edit some kind of an embarrassing video montage of old stuff for the big day and I found this pic of my brother holding a rubiks cube, looking at the camera with this intense look. THERE. It happened. No coming back possible: I just had the stupidest idea.
The plan was: among the silly animations for the wedding there would be one about cubing. I would have called my brother in front of everyone and give him this challenge: you must solve the rubiks cube in front of everyone in less than 2 minutes (hollywood style, big screen behind him with that old rubik pic, flames around him, a timer and Carmina Burana full blast). Of course there was a twist! I would have pulled out a cube myself and say: "Oh! I almost forgot. You must beat me too." and then proceed to destroy him.
I immediately wrote my cousin and convinced her to do it with me. Wasn't hard, she likes puzzle and at the time could solve the first two layers of a cube. It wasn't my case. I had no idea I just opened Pandoras box.
So of course I had no cube. First thing I did was binge watching everything cube related on youtube: tutorials, reviews, documentaries etc...Still no cube. Must buy cube. I chose one for my brother (as a gift for the weeding): GTS3M. For me and the cousin a couple of Warriors W. Couldn't find an online shop in Switzerland (theres a great one I know of now) so I order straight from China. Have to wait 3 weeks. Find this old terrible rubiks brand at my moms, bring it home and solved a cube for the first time of my life. Took me about an hour using a youtube tutorial. I realize it was a bad idea but solving it kinda got me excited. I do it everyday, watch more youtube videos.
The cube was so bad. Stickers fell off, absolutely NO corner cutting. Watch more reviews.....mhhhh...me too want fancy cube. Order a GAN XS for myself. I can solve a cube in 4 minutes. lmao. Still order it from China (20% discount yay). Can't stand the old cube anymore. Try to clean it: I dismantle it and break it. No cubing for 3 weeks...No way. So now I've found the swiss online shop and I need a cheap cube until my XS arrives, so obviously I make the smartest choice and order a Valk m....Hey I'm a grown up with a full time job and I live in Switzerland so don't juge me!
After that I just went grinding for 2 months. I'm now between 35-40 with a PB of 21 and while the wedding has been canceled because of the coronavirus I can certify that I've been contaminated by another virus.
So yeah. Hi guys.
A couple years (actually more like a decade and a half) ago my brother was addicted to cubing. I guess he was 16 at the time. He used to solve all the time: at home, in the bus, at school...everywhere. As far as I remember he solved it in about a minute, maybe less I can't really remember. Me, I was addicted to skateboarding and I could not care less about cubing. The further I went was first layer and I had no intention to solve it even once.
Fast forward a couple or years (like 15 years) and my bro is getting married. Time has passed, so have the cube and the skateboard. At the wedding I was supposed to be in charge of the animations alongside my cousin. One evening, at my moms, I was looking at pictures in order to edit some kind of an embarrassing video montage of old stuff for the big day and I found this pic of my brother holding a rubiks cube, looking at the camera with this intense look. THERE. It happened. No coming back possible: I just had the stupidest idea.
The plan was: among the silly animations for the wedding there would be one about cubing. I would have called my brother in front of everyone and give him this challenge: you must solve the rubiks cube in front of everyone in less than 2 minutes (hollywood style, big screen behind him with that old rubik pic, flames around him, a timer and Carmina Burana full blast). Of course there was a twist! I would have pulled out a cube myself and say: "Oh! I almost forgot. You must beat me too." and then proceed to destroy him.
I immediately wrote my cousin and convinced her to do it with me. Wasn't hard, she likes puzzle and at the time could solve the first two layers of a cube. It wasn't my case. I had no idea I just opened Pandoras box.
So of course I had no cube. First thing I did was binge watching everything cube related on youtube: tutorials, reviews, documentaries etc...Still no cube. Must buy cube. I chose one for my brother (as a gift for the weeding): GTS3M. For me and the cousin a couple of Warriors W. Couldn't find an online shop in Switzerland (theres a great one I know of now) so I order straight from China. Have to wait 3 weeks. Find this old terrible rubiks brand at my moms, bring it home and solved a cube for the first time of my life. Took me about an hour using a youtube tutorial. I realize it was a bad idea but solving it kinda got me excited. I do it everyday, watch more youtube videos.
The cube was so bad. Stickers fell off, absolutely NO corner cutting. Watch more reviews.....mhhhh...me too want fancy cube. Order a GAN XS for myself. I can solve a cube in 4 minutes. lmao. Still order it from China (20% discount yay). Can't stand the old cube anymore. Try to clean it: I dismantle it and break it. No cubing for 3 weeks...No way. So now I've found the swiss online shop and I need a cheap cube until my XS arrives, so obviously I make the smartest choice and order a Valk m....Hey I'm a grown up with a full time job and I live in Switzerland so don't juge me!
After that I just went grinding for 2 months. I'm now between 35-40 with a PB of 21 and while the wedding has been canceled because of the coronavirus I can certify that I've been contaminated by another virus.
So yeah. Hi guys.
