Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

I also find this funny. I blindsolved once on the bus, then on purpose, i started auf-ing at the end to see what people what ppl would say and i got some funny reactions. Like "oh no hurry up or you'll miss it!" And "quickly! Remember! Look at it all you need is to turn it!"
 
This actually happened to me today. I wasn't blindsolving, but of course, someone asked me if I could solve the cube "without looking". I said yes. A few of the other bystanders were awestruck, so I spent a minute or two explaining how things like letter systems work. Of course, someone asked "if your eyes are closed how do you know when you're done"... so by that point I could tell them " I only have to memorize, at most, 20 letters... so when I've finished the last letter I know I'm done with the cube".

But in general, I feel like when I'm talking to non-cubers, it's quickest to just say "magic".
 
One day a kid came up to me and my friends (also cubers) and said "is there a mathematical approach, or what?" So we both looked at each other, and started saying things like "Well, there is a quad root matrix, with 3 surplus variables, and the and the forceful latitude will orientate the adjacent angels to their maximum velocity..." and really math-y sounding things. Then, no kidding, he goes "oh, that makes a lot of sense, I'll have to try that out when I get home on my Rubik's cube"
 
When I usually take my cube out, I do the sexy move 6 times. People actually think I'm solving it and I had just beaten a world record.
 
NooberCuber said:
so true....

and people say
"you should go to a comp you would win"
(I average high 10s-11) and I'm like "yeah...I will have a ways to go" lol
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Yes, that is a funny thing for them to say... I don't think people really believe that we're world class; they just already see it as unfathomably good and don't want to consider the possibility of someone being better than us, as Feliks and us appear similar in skill to the untrained eye.

Update your sig. It says your PB AO5 is 10.7. No way you average 11. :P
 
Non-cuber: How long does it take to solve the 4x4?
Me: A little over a minute. (I averaged 15 on 3x3 at the time)
Non-cuber: Oh
Me: *takes out 2x2*
Non-cuber: Yeah that's what I was talking about, the 4x4.
Me: It's a 2x2.
Non-cuber: Oh.

Me: *solving cube casually*
Non-cuber: Can I try that?
Me: Sure. *scrambles cube*
Non-cuber: *spends the ENTIRE recess attempting to solve it*
Me: *extremely bored doing nothing*
Non-cuber: *gives it back at the end of recess 15 minutes later, still scrambled of course*

Crowd of 8th graders watching me, very lucky situation
Me: *solving cube, cube pops (it was the time when the zhanchi was popular)*
8th graders: It broke!
Me: *fixes cube* Some of the pieces may be put in wrong, so at the end I might have to flip some pieces. *finishes f2l, notices flipped edges and corners*
8th graders: Woah, he noticed the pieces were wrong before he finished!
Me: *finishes OLL and PLL with no edge pieces permuted wrong*
I feel so lucky to have been in that situation, unlike a lot of the others that people describe. I think they trusted me because I rarely lie in front of people.
 
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Another one---

ME- *Solving a 3x3 in front of the class*
Non-cuber- Oh can you solve That?
Me- Yes....
Non-Cuber - Can you solve a 4x4, 5x5,7x7, Megaminx, Deacgon, Heptagon, Hexagon( Yes I mean it, Decagon, Hexagon, Yeah!) and etc........ and what not!!!!!
Me- No I can solve only 2x2, 3x3, 4x4(Feeling irritrated)... (To Non-Cuber--->) Can you solve a 1x1??
Non- Cuber - What is that?
 
My friend said to me the other day while I was riding in his car, messing about with my 7x7:

"I once solved 5 sides of the 3x3 but I could never get the last one."

Then he said:

"I also almost solved it once but I noticed the colors were on the wrong sides, and I didn't know how to fix it."

Pretty impressive he could get all the sides but the centres though!
 
Never actually happened (nor it should)
*gets an accidental corner twist during a solve*
ME : Starts to solve *F2L finished,notice incorrect corner and correct it*
Non cuber : Hey you just turned the corner and stuff and stuff

One more thing,
*sees my megaminx*
What is this cube called?

And the worst after solving the cube in school( I was already the popular study and full marks guy + other boys were jealous of me) "He must be doing this to impress girls" Or something like that.(Seriously I had no intention of impressing the girls
Nobody said something like this in front of me but I am pretty sure that this was said behind my back sometime(s).
 
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I managed to solve a side in under ten minutes once!

Or

I bet you couldn't do it if I scrambled it

Or

I'm sure I could do it if you give me an easy scramble

Or

Me: *scrambles cube with about 50+ moves*
you can't scramble it by yourself! Don't you just memorise how you scramble it?

Or even,

Can I scramble the cube for you?
*spends 5+ minutes to scramble because they think it will make it harder to solve*
 
I was just sitting around solving a 3x3...

*Solves cube in 12.xx*
Non-cuber: Woah you solved it in 12 seconds!?
Me: Yeah, I guess that's sorta fast...
Non-cuber: 12 SECONDS IS SORTA FAST!????
Me: Well, yeah I guess... I'm not that fast...
*Solves cube in 14.xx*
Me: Meh slow
Non-cuber: YOU SOLVED A RUBIK'S CUBE IN 14 SECONDS AND THAT IS SLOW!?????
 
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