Let's talk about your cubing preferences

[rubiknewbie]

What you like and dislike.

For me,

Likes/often used:
* <RU> triggers - RUR, RUR'U', RU'R'U, RU2'R', RUR'U etc
* R'FRF' - used often in F2L and last layer
* d turns (double-layer) - often use to avoid cube rotations
* Intuitive F2L
* Empty slots
* F2L pairs with corner at top layer
* Algorithms that don't need empty slot and cube rotations
* Easy to remember algorithms
* White cross - only way I can do it
* Cross on bottom - used to hate, now only use it
* Edge and corner-oriented OLLs - except OLL 23 (superman?)
* OLL43,44,45,47,48,51 (the steals)

Neutral:
* <rU> and <lU> triggers - make many OLLs easy to remember but can't finger-trick well
* u turns (double-layer) - use in cross often and hoping to use in shortcuts
* Right hand shortcuts - nice to have but not compulsory, often miss
* Keyholes - want to use but often miss (need to convert to likes)
* Left hand - not very nimble but can do basic tasks and many OLL/PLLs though not as fast as right hand

Dislikes/seldom used:
* <MU> triggers (need to work on it) - risky for me
* <FU> triggers - especially FU or UF (FU'/U'F is better) often would prefer cube rotation
* D turns - only use in cross and selected OLLs/PLLs, weaker than average
* E or S slice
* F2L pairs with corner at bottom layer, slow in recognising
* Multislotting or simultaneous insertion
* Shortcuts that are not finger-trick friendly
* Executing OLL1, 55 (the last OLLs I learn)
* Recognising OLL49,50,53,54 (so similar), OLL29,30,41,42, OLL9,10,35
* N permutations - improving but still learning
* X-cross or tracking 1st slot during inspection - will mess up big time
* Lockups
* 1-handed cubing - how do you do U with left hand?!

http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/OLL

 

[4Chan]

Like:

Cubes that are super fast, and don't pop.
Cubes that are loud, and feel crisp.
Simple LL cases.
ZB method.
H perm.
LL skips.

Dislike:

Those annoying youtube kids who ask for subs, but aren't even sub-20.
Stupid cube reviews by kids who aren't even sub-20.
Complacency.
Pointless criticism.
The fact that cubes wear out over time.

 

[DavidWoner]

Like:
square-1
even-ordered cubes
PBL skips
SS METHOD
EPLLs
finally having 4lll on megaminx
R2 F2 R2 with no AUF
finally having a good alg for 2bar in front

Dislike:
A perms
building a layer then not knowing the CLL
5-move separation
The fact that I know just half of too many methods
How all my 3x3s suck
That my 4BLD accuracy is like 4%
and everything cubes=life dislikes.

 

[Edward]

Like:

Cubes that are super fast, and don't pop.
Cubes that are loud, and feel crisp.
Simple LL cases.
ZB method.
H perm.
LL skips.

Dislike:

Those annoying youtube kids who ask for subs, but aren't even sub-20.
Stupid cube reviews by kids who aren't even sub-20.
Complacency.
Pointless criticism.
The fact that cubes wear out over time.

I think sub 30 is a better place. If your not sub 30, your kind of a noob.

 

[Faz]

Like:

Cubes that are super fast, and don't pop.
Cubes that are loud, and feel crisp.
Simple LL cases.
ZB method.
H perm.
LL skips.

Dislike:

Those annoying youtube kids who ask for subs, but aren't even sub-20.
Stupid cube reviews by kids who aren't even sub-20.
Complacency.
Pointless criticism.
The fact that cubes wear out over time.

I think sub 30 is a better place. If your not sub 30, your kind of a noob.

Ntrly. Like, when you get faster, you consider faster times to be noob, Like, don't take any offence, but I consider times 15 and above to be slowish. (Not by me, by other people)

 

[4Chan]

Ooooh, Felix is one post away from 2k!~

 

[Edward]

Like:

Cubes that are super fast, and don't pop.
Cubes that are loud, and feel crisp.
Simple LL cases.
ZB method.
H perm.
LL skips.

Dislike:

Those annoying youtube kids who ask for subs, but aren't even sub-20.
Stupid cube reviews by kids who aren't even sub-20.
Complacency.
Pointless criticism.
The fact that cubes wear out over time.

I think sub 30 is a better place. If your not sub 30, your kind of a noob.

Ntrly. Like, when you get faster, you consider faster times to be noob, Like, don't take any offence, but I consider times 15 and above to be slowish. (Not by me, by other people)

Yeah I get what your saying.



likes: Great cubes
making videos, and watching videos
Smooth, slighty creamy feeling cubes
CORNER CUTTING
getting H-perm
my diy/storebought hybrid

noncubing likes: skating, watching ranters (I luvs opinions), youtube poop.

Dislikes: EFFING POPS!!!!
extreme, 3-second-losing lockups
the people on youtube who act like they know everything about cubing, when they're PB is only like 1:56.

 

[Zubon]

Likes:
Cubes that don't lockup, even if a little misaligned.
Using my left index finger to do U in finger tricks.
Having no stickers as the color of my last layer instead of yellow, making my cube half a "F2L cube".

Dislikes:
Failing to track pieces while doing the cross and pausing to find the first F2L pair.
Cubes that lockup.
The shade of orange in the cubesmith bright set. Too much like red in low light.
R'FRF' - I almost always do a slight re-grip making it just like a R'URU'

 

[Tim Major]

Like: Mefferts having good service and resending replacement piece when Original 4x4 master cube centre piece breaks.

Dislikes: Mefferts sending replacement piece for wrong puzzle, with receipt for right puzzle.

Reality: They're never gonna send the right replacement piece.

 

[Inf3rn0]

Like:
White cubes

Dislike:
Black cubes

 

[Forte]

Like: Potatoes

Dislike: Eggplants

 

[LNZ]

For me:

Like:

* Current state of the Australian dollar against the US dollar, UK pound and the EURO. Makes buying cubes and other puzzle products much cheaper.
* 2-look OLL/PLL
* Eastsheen 2x2 and 4x4 cubes
* V-Cube 5 and 7
* The proven knowledge that I can't solve any puzzle product (apart from the 1x1x1 cube) really, really fast.
* The black Ghosthand 3x3 that I own
* Solving a megaminx
* Keyhole (empty slot) F2L
* Odd ordered cubes
* My set of four frame to cube and cube back to frame foam puzzles

Neutral:
* Having to buy a YJ 6x6 cube (as V-Cube 6 is crap)
* Full Fridrich F2L. I've tried to use it and still can't get it so far.

Negative (Dislike):
* The V-Cube 6 right out of the box
* Impossible to buy a 1x1x2, 1x1x3 and domino (2x2x3) cube cheap
* Really crap at edge pairing and there's nothing I can do about it ever
* Full Fridrich OLL and PLL (far too daunting on my brain, but could use 2-look OLL and learn full PLL instead).
* The 28 lost years in solving a 3x3

 

[Escher]

Likes:
- Arnaud, Charlie, Joey, Thom (in alphabetical order, not order of preference )
- The above in a cupboard
- 2x2
- attempting to learn 2x2 methods
- 3x3
- knowing too many OLLs
- being inefficient at 4x4 dedges
- attempting to be good at things
- doing thousands of solves in a day
- H CLLs
- U EG Cases
- AIIs
- learning lots of BLD methods

Dislikes:
- AIIs
- not being able to do BLD
- not having any NRs
- having **** puzzles
- being inconsistent at 3x3
- 2x2
- not being in a cupboard with Arnaud, Charlie, Joey or Thom.

 

[fanwuq]

Likes:
4x4x4
FMC
OH
Jfly's and hi-games.net simulators
U PLLs
some COLL cases

Dislikes:
Lockups
Pops
DNF
+2
2 Look OLL
FMC solutions over 35 moves
messing up during edge-pairing of big cube solves

 

[Arendil]

Like:

Cubes that are super fast, and don't pop.
Cubes that are loud, and feel crisp.
Simple LL cases.
ZB method.
H perm.
LL skips.

Dislike:

Those annoying youtube kids who ask for subs, but aren't even sub-20.
Stupid cube reviews by kids who aren't even sub-20.
Complacency.
Pointless criticism.
The fact that cubes wear out over time.

I think sub 30 is a better place. If your not sub 30, your kind of a noob.

But I know I am so thats not a big deal

Really too much of a noob to have any likes or dislikes buuut:

Likes:

Easy crosses
Good lookahead (When it rarely hapenss for me)
PLL algs I know
Sune
Cubes that dont explode on tile floors......


Dislikes:
the 2LookOLL Cases that take 2 algorithms
F turns

 

[Edmund]

Like: Fluros colors w/ light blue and lucky solves and 2x2.
Dislike: N-perms and cubesmith tiles on 3x3s (stickers ftw) and black faces on cubes.
Don't care: About E's and F's idk why everyone hates them.

 

[PatrickJameson]

F turns

xU

 

[JTW2007]

Likes:

Anything with M' or M2
H Perm
Z Perm
U perm
Type Cs
Type A Third Models
Type C IIs
Type F IIs
Type D IIs
Roux
ZZ
5x5x5! A lot!
Megaminx!
Bright stickers
Light green
All of Dan Cohen's cubes

Dislikes:

M Turns
Fridrich
Sq-1
A Perms
Left R
AUF
My pyraminx
teh lockupz!

 

[Daniel Wu]

Likes:
Pretty stickers
Good lighting
Good storeboughts
Lucky solves
1x1s

Dislikes:
Bad lighting
Computer cubes (i'll try to get better at this)
Bad stickers
N perms
E perms

 

[Edmund]

Likes:
Pretty stickers

Dislikes:
Bad lighting
Computer cubes

Agree!