Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[RennuR]

When people say they are scrambling when really they are turning the same side back and forth. And holding the cube as if it is REALLY HARD TO TURN O_O

 

[Ender_Mage14]

Once I was doing M' U' on my 3x3 and a kid saw it and he like "oh you solved it!"

 

[DoctorKilgrave]

I'm sub 40, on a very good day. Someone saw me solving, and told me his cousin competes in speed competitions and does really, REALLY good at them. I said he must be a lot better than me. He said that I was WAY faster than his cousin.

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[Umm Roux?]

I'm sub 40, on a very good day. Someone saw me solving, and told me his cousin competes in speed competitions and does really, REALLY good at them. I said he must be a lot better than me. He said that I was WAY faster than his cousin.

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You're probably sub-40 if you warm-up Sub-35 next stop!

 

[Awder]

Few months ago 7-8 years old girl saw how I solve Rubik's Cube and she shouted I am magician.

 

[RennuR]

When you find a new cuber friend (hes a new cuber as well). And he says his cube needs CUBE OIL

RIP Lube

 

[Neptunolium]

Once on a train I was just doing some timed solves:

Guy next to me: How the hell did you do that!?
Me: Well-(interrupted)
GNTM: (to the nearest person) Did you see that, he just solved the Rubiks cube! I could never do that. (looks at the time on my timer) I'm out... (25 sec solve)

I was suprised by this just because he didn't say the usual things apart from how do you do it but I was expecting just a barrage of stereotypical non-cuber comments.

Also what do you think when people see Feliks solving in public?

 

[Ghost Cuber]

somebody saw my scrambled 3x3 on a table (I was practicing pyraminx at the time and someone scrambled it) and told me that he thinks he can solve all 3 sides.

 

[Kotra25]

I just heard someone in school say that he could solve it when he saw my square-1, so I handed it to him and he just stared at it and said: "I meant I could solve a 6x6".

 

[WLCuber]

I just heard someone in school say that he could solve it when he saw my square-1, so I handed it to him and he just stared at it and said: "I meant I could solve a 6x6".

Then next time, give him a 6x6...

 

[FakeMMAP]

give him a V-cube 6 c:

 

[ReubenAaron]

is that a fake Rubik's cube?

 

[Rcuber123]

No it's the original from 1974 because the original is always the best /s

Isn't the world record like 2 seconds?

 

[TheSilverBeluga]

It seems like the more pieces a cube has, the easier it should be to solve it.


Uh... OK.

 

[Kotra25]

For some reason I actually thought the 2x2 was harder than the 3x3 before I started cubing so I understand.

 

[Umm Roux?]

For some reason I actually thought the 2x2 was harder than the 3x3 before I started cubing so I understand.

Well it's easier to identify 4-6 movers on a 3x3 since 2 moves is the 3x3 minimum.

 

[Garrett C.]

Im just sitting in mcdonalds solving my valk, when some 7 yr old kid comes over and sais "hey, stop! you cant use that! those are only for school!" I don't reply for a second because i am wondering what could possibly make him think that, then i say, "ummmmmmmmm i do this for fun." I start just turning it without thinking, and he yells "Hey! Stop using that! That is only for school!"

Does anyone have any idea what he could have possibly be thinking?

 

[Kotra25]

At least in Sweden I know that there is a school or two that uses cubes as a thing to count permutations and things like that.

 

[vm70]

• "Whoa, is that a 10x10?" "Does it look like one to you?" (I don't own a 10x10, they're expensive)
• "I can't even solve the 1x1!"
• Someone was looking at my Yuxin Purple 5x5 and asked me, "Is that 5x5 from Rubik's?" The logos don't look similar at all.
• I handed someone my 2x2. He pointed at the logo and asked me, "Is this a wildcard or something?"
• I brought a 7x7 in with a dot pattern on it. Someone asked me, "Did you peel off the stickers to do that?"
• "How did you solve that?" "Actually, all of this is an illusion; in reality I'm peeling all of the stickers off."
• "I memorize algorithms--" "WHAT THE HECK IS AN ALGORITHM!?"
• "I bet a colorblind person can't solve one." "Say that to Mats Valk & Chris Olson."

My favorite thing to do is demonstrate the 3-step process of solving a 2x2 using Varasano (Face, OLL, PBL). Easy "mind=blown" trick.

 

[Dom]

This past Monday I was at a café. Someone saw me with a 4x4 and this random guy literally said, "oh a Rubik's cube. I solved it once by accident." I said, "here," as I tossed him a 3x3, "solve this one by accident."
He messed with it for a little bit then handed it back with a foolish look on his face.

Should I feel like a jerk for calling him out on his lie?