Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[SixSidedCube]

Me: I love this cube! Its so.... PERFECT!

Joshua (my mate): I solved the yellow, blue, purple and black sides once, but the other 4 confused me!

 

[tx789]

I kid in my class claimed to solve the rubik cube. Which i bevble is ture but says in 20 second avg which is not ture (it lieing to say hes better than me

 

[Joemamma556]

Non cuber- How do you Solve it?

Me-I haven't Been doing this that long but Im pretty sure you have to match up each color on each side?

Non cuber- Confused?

someone also said this to me

Non-cuber- Solve it with out using the Algorithm(one algorithm) He felt so proud of himself cause he figured me out T_T

Me- Pick one(then I just started saying a bunch perms(T,Y,H etc)

 

[Eleredo]

Few days ago.

Me: I ordered a megaminx.
My mom: A megawhat?
Me: A puzzle with 12 sides.

Couple of days later.
Mom walks by as I'm exploring the megaminx in Ultimate Magic Cube as I can't wait till I get the real one.

My mom: What is the point in buying hard puzzles if you're learning how to solve them using that program? You're cheating again! ('again': referring to the algorithms I learnt to solve a 3x3x3, which she also sees as cheating)

Common ones:

I'd smack that thing against the wall AARGHH!!

Man, doesn't that thing get on your nerves sometimes?

You always do the same moves and it is solved.

When I was learning algorithms:

Those formulas on that paper tell you how to solve the cube. You are a cheater.

Real life troll:

Person: Can you solve that?
Me: Yes..
Person: I don't believe you.
Me: I'll solve it.
*I start solving the cube*
*other person gets distracted and looks away*
Me: Done.
Person: What? Oh.. You just disassembled the wrong pieces and reassembled them correctly while I wasn't looking.

A mentally retarded person (no, not joking, it's a family member who lives in an institution where they look after her cause she obviously can't but she comes over for a day every once in a while) was staying for a day. I saw a great chance to get my cubes scrambled while solving, so that I could solve without stopping.

Me: Hey, I give you 50 euros if you can mix this thing up so badly that I can no longer line up all the colours. (just trying to get her to scramble the cube )
MRP: You are joking.
Me: No, really! If I can't restore the cube to this *points to a solved cube* state, you get 50 euros.
MRP: I do not believe you.
Me: Hold on.

I get my wallet and show 50 euros.

Me: This is what you'll earn.
MRP: I hate those toys. I can't do that, it is too hard.

*sigh*

 

[ThumbsxUpx]

Hmmmm, where to start...

Non-cuber: "Hey can I see that?" (I usually don't let people see my cubes [I'm afraid they might do something stupid...it's happened before.])
Me: "No."
Non-cuber: "Why?"
Me: "Because you don't have it."

"My brother (sister/cousin/nephew/mom/dad, etc.) used to have one of those." *Then the person says something about switching stickers....*

"Can you solve it?"

"No, you didn't solve it, you did the moves that you used to mix it up and did them backwards."
*I give them the cube to mix it up*
"No, you just looked at the moves I did to mix it up and did those moves backwards."

Some kid at my school (we're not friends lol ) said this:
"My cousin can switch 2 pieces so fast that you can't see him switch them. After doing it for awhile, the cube is solved! He's really good..." My response? "Yeah...sure."

Probably the craziest one I have gotten:
"No that's a cube where it solves itself, you cheater."

 

[da25centz]

"I cant solve that! I dont know the formula"

me:"R U R' U R U2 R'"
him"dont tell me the algorithms, show me them' im a visual learner"
i do sune
him"what?"

 

[Andrew Ricci]

Friday, I brought my V5 to school. I got lots of LOL, but this was the best of all:

"Wow a 5x5? Where'd you get that, the learning express?"

If you don't know what the learning express is, you might not find it as funny.

 

[theace]

What's the learning express?

 

[TheMachanga]

Real life troll:

Person: Can you solve that?
Me: Yes..
Person: I don't believe you.
Me: I'll solve it.
*I start solving the cube*
*other person gets distracted and looks away*
Me: Done.
Person: What? Oh.. You just disassembled the wrong pieces and reassembled them correctly while I wasn't looking.

A mentally retarded person (no, not joking, it's a family member who lives in an institution where they look after her cause she obviously can't but she comes over for a day every once in a while) was staying for a day. I saw a great chance to get my cubes scrambled while solving, so that I could solve without stopping.

Me: Hey, I give you 50 euros if you can mix this thing up so badly that I can no longer line up all the colours. (just trying to get her to scramble the cube )
MRP: You are joking.
Me: No, really! If I can't restore the cube to this *points to a solved cube* state, you get 50 euros.
MRP: I do not believe you.
Me: Hold on.

I get my wallet and show 50 euros.

Me: This is what you'll earn.
MRP: I hate those toys. I can't do that, it is too hard.

*sigh*

Were you trying to hustle a mentally challenged person?

 

[Andrew Ricci]

What's the learning express?

It's this store with toys for little kids.

 

[Eleredo]

...

Were you trying to hustle a mentally challenged person?

I was. Yes, I was. Into scrambling my cube.

It's important to know that that mentally challenged person sits around on her ass the whole day and won't do anything if there is nothing in return. Seeing as noone can turn a cube into something that I'm unable to solve just by scrambling, I can't lose my 50 euros, while my cube is still being scrambled and I am able to reap the benefits + that person has something to do = win win situation.

 

[Chrish]

Many cubers are full of themselves..

 

[theace]

Is it possible to 'accidently' solve the entire cube?

I got invited to a rubik's cube workshop today as a guest of honour kinda thing, and the guy who was conducting it was shocked after seeing sub 35. He was about sub 50. I had a talk with him and all and he claims that he solved it by fluke when he was in 9th grade by turning it randomly. Is that even possible?

 

[ElectricDoodie]

Is it possible to 'accidently' solve the entire cube?

I got invited to a rubik's cube workshop today as a guest of honour kinda thing, and the guy who was conducting it was shocked after seeing sub 35. He was about sub 50. I had a talk with him and all and he claims that he solved it by fluke when he was in 9th grade by turning it randomly. Is that even possible?

It's possible. But the odds of it happening are the same of me getting hit in the face by a shark that a whale flipped out of the ocean with it's tail. And then a rich guy giving me a million dollars right after.

It's also easier to win the lottery.

 

[FatBoyXPC]

It's possible. But the odds of it happening are the same of me getting hit in the face by a shark that a whale flipped out of the ocean with it's tail. And then a rich guy giving me a million dollars right after.

It's also easier to win the lottery.

Really it depends on how scrambled his cube is. Who's to say he didn't turn it just 4 or 5 times and "got lucky" after awhile and fixed it? Most of us would be able to see a 4 or 5 move solution, whereas most people who've never solved a cube would be struggling for that easy of a scramble.

 

[irontwig]

third, "speed-cubers" do not only use one algorithm, we use many. more like 75 - 100 or more.

Actually "algorithm" basically means "method". The standard use of the word within the cubing community is imho a bit silly.

 

[FatBoyXPC]

I'd say algorithm is closer to equation, not really method.

 

[Nestor]

My friend's told me her little brother was solving it by himself, and the whole family was proud. And that he was slowly getting it, but wasn't finished, and it had been 3 weeks. He was 8 years old.

I went to visit them, from college, and her little brother was there. The sister told him to bring the cube to show me, and I looked. 4 out of 6 sides were solved...
I kept looking, and there were stickers that had been obviously moved... 2 opposite side edge colors, on the same cubie...

I told him, in front of his dad, that he would never be able to solve it, and gave him the reason. I said, "I don't think you cheated, but someone in the past moved the stickers, and made it unsolvable."

I told them that the only solution was to redo the stickers, or buy a new one. The dad said I was jealous that his son was so close to getting it, by himself, at such a young age, and that I was trying to ruin it. The kid then started crying.

I seriously couldn't believe it.

thats the best one ive read so far, i could picture that whole scene XD.

omg... I would have tried to reason with the dad, explaining him using the cube why it could not be solved and tell the kid that you are very amazed that he came this far, and that once the cube is properly fixed he will be able to finish it on his own for sure (hey! that's whats been holding you back! now you can surely finish it dont give up!")

 

[Erzz]

"I solved it once, without any of your logorithms"

 

[Toquinha1977]

Many cubers are full of themselves..

After reading some of the admonishments that cubers have given to non-cubers who simply don't know better, I sorta agree with this statement. Why do these "stupid" questions cause that much grief? It's not like you're going to be seeing half of these people later anyway.

Mind you, I've encountered outright hostility from a few people. One instance, I was working as an extra on a film set and was sharing a table with this one guy. He spilled his coffee next to me, which got me a little distressed, so when I told him that there was a roll of paper towel on the shelf next to him, he picked it up and threw it at me, knocking a few cubes off the table (I'm not talking quilted Bounty, I'm talking about those heavy weight paper towel rolls that you find next to bathrooms). His excuse? The incessant clicking was making him mad.