Max Park 5.32 WR average (5.47 wasn't enough)

[White KB]

Sound good doesn't work. (Ever heard of communism?)

Luckily In general we treat those with higher abilities better and rightly so.

I like your thinking, but I have to disagree. I was trying not to sound communist.
EDIT: For a second there, I thought this was the argument thread... oops

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

Max is such a beast! In my first few years of cubing it was an inspiration to see Feliks breaking a new record around every corner. Now Max is doing the same thing for a different generation of cubers and at an even higher level. It's so much fun to watch him continually exceed and set the bar higher and higher.

 

[cuberswoop]

Max just solves cubes and his parents cash in.

But I mean, if he comes first in any event he makes money right?

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

But I mean, if he comes first in any event he makes money right?

The sentiment is off though. Max's parents don't have an interest in keeping him cubing for their own financial gain. They introduced him to cubing for his own physical and then emotional development. It's pretty clear that his parents are just trying to do what they think is the best for their son.

 

[cuberswoop]

The sentiment is off though. Max's parents don't have an interest in keeping him cubing for their own financial gain. They introduced him to cubing for his own physical and then emotional development. It's pretty clear that his parents are just trying to do what they think is the best for their son.

Yes, but they're not just spending hundreds, thousands of dollars without not going broke.

 

[ender9994]

This whole discussion is stupid. The amount of money his parents make from him cubing is miniscule compared to the cost they spend making sure their son gets to keep participating is his favorite hobby. They do it because their son loves it, not for any other reason.

 

[any name you wish]

How do you create a thread?

 

[cuberswoop]

How do you create a thread?

Go to the Forums tab and hit "post a thread"

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

Yes, but they're not just spending hundreds, thousands of dollars without not going broke.

lol. Any income from Max’s wins is definitely negligiable compared to the income of average working citizens. Cubing will not pay your mortgage.

This whole discussion is stupid. The amount of money his parents make from him cubing is miniscule compared to the cost they spend making sure their son gets to keep participating is his favorite hobby. They do it because their son loves it, not for any other reason.

I agree on all accounts.

 

[cuberswoop]

lol. Any income from Max’s wins is definitely negligiable compared to the income of average working citizens. Cubing will not pay your mortgage.


I agree on all accounts.

I'll just stop then.

 

[Swagrid]

Ever heard of communism?

SS forums - putting the SS in USSR since 2006

 

[J41]

While it is good to see Max doing well I think it is overlooked that most other cubers have to hold a job, go to school etc or manage their time. While Max just solves cubes and his parents cash in. I don’t mean to sound negative but he does nothing else but solve cubes, its the special olympics in reverse.

Such an unnecessary post. Why can't we just celebrate an incredible achievement? Literally every single cuber has different circumstances. Those circumstances aren't relevant to celebrating this world record.

 

[SH03L4C3]

Here's the thing. Technically, cubing IS his job, even though it is not sustainable.
JPerm once said that his current only job is youtube and cubing. Max Park also has a youtube channel where he has almost 90k subs, and he gets competition prize money on top of that. That might be an unsteady income, but you could put it that Max Park has the advantage of being able to cube for a living for now. He also had the advantage of learning how to cube at a very early age compared to most cubers at just 5 years old.

 

[EngiNerdBrian]

I challenge the next few posts to simply celebrate the new WR and get this thread back on track.

 

[Cubing Forever]

Why not do something like what @kubesolver did for the 5.48 WR average? It would be a pretty good way to celebrate Max's WR

 

[CubeRed]

I challenge the next few posts to simply celebrate the new WR and get this thread back on track.

This was a few days ago, so we've all pretty much said our celebrations. But go Max Park anyway.

 

[qwr]

Yes, so let's make it acceptable to mock people like Max because they have lower abilities due to being born with disabilities because treating everyone equally like a decent human is communism and anything that might share any resemblance to it is bad because Kim Jong-un hurt my feelings.

In season

 

[Garf]

anyway, let’s hope that Max can keep this up. He is a pretty cool guy, after all.

 

[SH03L4C3]

max park more like.... Fast Park

 

[pjk]

Congrats Max!