Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[Goosly]

That's why DIY kits are better. Cause you can stick the stickers yourself, and thus more accurate.
I doubt anyone can do speedsticking in less then 20 seconds. Don't forget you need to peel them off, organise them and stick them back on.

 

[Bapao]

Lol. Evil, twisted fun for the judges.



But peeling them always seems like a problem...
But yes, they are very fast at sticking, as I've seen.

And that way, delegates wouldn't even want to participate in a comp because they'd be having far too much fun doing their job.

 

[5BLD]

And that way, delegates wouldn't even want to participate because they'd be having far too much fun doing their job.

Hehehe. Made my day

Realistically you'd need special stickers that peel off easily, but still stick back on.
Then you can re-glue them from time to time.
And you wouldn't even need a cube that turns... Quite the interesting event actually.

 

[ianography]

@Bapao and 5BLD: You guys just changed my signature.

 

[LuckyShadows]

@Bapao and 5BLD: You guys just changed my signature.

You are awesome.

 

[d4m4s74]

maybe fun for a secret event, speedsticking (but the organizers should provide the cubes, or at lest the stickers.)

 

[LuckyShadows]

maybe fun for a secret event, speedsticking (but the organizers should provide the cubes, or at lest the stickers.)

Yeah, I don't think cubers want to waste their money on that event by buying new stickers each time...

 

[Bapao]

Has anybody mastered transfer-foil sticking yet? For those unfamiliar with the term; you know how you always get a seemingly useless transparent sticker sheet with your Dayan cubes? Well you can use that to apply whole faces of stickers at a time. It would save tons of time I could just get them on straight using that method though...

 

[antoineccantin]

Has anybody mastered transfer-foil sticking yet? For those unfamiliar with the term; you know how you always get a seemingly useless transparent sticker sheet with your Dayan cubes? Well you can use that to apply whole faces of stickers at a time. It would save tons of time I could just get them on straight using that method though...

I use them...

 

[Mudkip]

I get this a lot form begginers. (non cuber enough)?
I'm showing them F2L, and they ask for algorithms.
Kind of why I prefer them to wait before learning a more advanced method. More understadning of the cube.

 

[hcfong]

Oh man, non-cubers.

One of my friends borrowed my cube for a few minutes and attempted to try and solve it but failed miserably. So I told him that the easiest way for him to learn would be to find a video on youtube and learn it from there. So he find Yu Nakajima's video of him solving it in around 6 seconds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_zjWssn2g and tells me that he watched, but still can't solve it. Well duh!

Well, at least he should know the steps now

 

[LuckyShadows]

Well, at least he should know the steps now

I actually think that he was so into the video that he didn't read the annotations I also doubt that he knows what each step means x) I explained the steps to another friend and she just stared at me blankly xD

 

[Bapao]

I use them...

Master! Got a certain strategy? 3x3x3 is chill, but everything above that = epic fail when I try. Any insider tips for the old Rick James?

 

[jrb]

My brother won't learn one of the big four and insists on staying with LBL(he has been cubing for 8 months btw).

 

[MostEd]

My brother won't learn one of the big four and insists on staying with LBL(he has been cubing for 8 months btw).

teach him K4 ON 3X3, with the rouxblock start and a layer on the left then a z' rotation and rotationless f2l(inserting the pieces)
then CLL and ELL(intuitive can be tught)
thats a "better" LBL tell him its efficent

 

[ben1996123]

My brother won't learn one of the big four and insists on staying with LBL(he has been cubing for 8 months btw).

Someone I know at school has been cubing since 2007 and they still average 45 (got from non cuber to sub 50 in 2 weeks) because they told me that 2 look PLL is too many algs. They also said they would learn ortega but there were too many OLL's.

 

[Yuxuibbs]

Master! Got a certain strategy? 3x3x3 is chill, but everything above that = epic fail when I try. Any insider tips for the old Rick James?

i was watching a lubix video and they just make sure the center sticker lines up perfectly. you could try that. it took so long to resticker my 4x4. it came with application tape but the stickers were too far apart.

 

[Bapao]

i was watching a lubix video and they just make sure the center sticker lines up perfectly. you could try that. it took so long to resticker my 4x4. it came with application tape but the stickers were too far apart.

Thx . Don't know about you, but for me, it just feels wrong slapping a whole face on in one go. A good cube deserves good prep work. My X-Cube still has a flakey red face because I was lazy and tried to transfer-sticker-it. X-Cube red = brown...guffaw! OAPs love the red on my X-Cube...and always compliment the wrinkled stickers.

 

[5BLD]

Well each sticker should be individually applied with pride in my opinion.

And if you get one sticker wrong using application paper, you'll get the rest wrong too.

 

[Yuxuibbs]

i'm noob with application paper. there's only one face where the stickers are actually on straight. i would rather use a needle and apply the stickers.