Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[sneaklyfox]

Wanna know a big difference between cubers and non-cubers? Cubers take longer to solve than to scramble, and non-cubers take longer to scramble than the cuber they give it to solve it.

Actually, sometimes, it takes a cuber longer to scramble the cube than the solve it.

 

[piece popper]

I guess that's true for Feliks... I don't know but I scramble way faster.

 

[IQubic]

Talking about the 3x3.
"I can beat the world record." a non-cuber say to me
"You can do it faster than 5.66 seconds?" I ask
"Yes i can, want me to show you?"
He takes the solved cube does an R, then an R' and says "Beat that."
Happens all the time with me.

 

[TheNextFeliks]

"Bring your cube to school sometime." Bring square-1 to school. "What?" You said bring a cube.

 

[piece popper]

Talking about the 3x3.
"I can beat the world record." a non-cuber say to me
"You can do it faster than 5.66 seconds?" I ask
"Yes i can, want me to show you?"
He takes the solved cube does an R, then an R' and says "Beat that."
Happens all the time with me.

Ok, the same guy from my troop who said the 20 thing: Anybody can solve the rubiks cube, watch this: R, R'
Me: How about from a full scramble
Guy: Ok no.

Don't you hate that algorithm?


Also, talk about out of date. This is a part of the rubiks solution guide:

 

[uniacto]

Also, talk about out of date. This is a part of the rubiks solution guide:

I think in "official rubiks" competitions, they have to use a rubiks brand. I'm not certain though.

 

[sneaklyfox]

Yes, you have to use Rubik's brand. But I'm sure Feliks could smash those records with a Rubik's brand...

 

[piece popper]

That was kinda my point. You can get sub- ten with a rubiks brand, and sub twenty, well, a common time on a rubiks brand for people with a year or more of experience. Anyway, cant you mod it so good that it practically becomes a zhanchi?

Also, a "cubers say the darndest things" thing: This guy was like, you peel the stickers, and I'm thinking, It would take me the amount of time to peel one sticker as it would to solve.

 

[BernardoCunha]

i just laughed now because of the 5 sides one

 

[BernardoCunha]

i girl in my class once said "hey, wasn't you who has a 11x11 cube or something?" referring to a 5x5 that i brought to school

 

[BernardoCunha]

i started the cube thing in my school about 2 years ago, but it was only in my class, and about half of the class didn't really care to solve, they just sat there and watched us
and you can't imagine my surprise when i saw someone i didn't know solving a 4x4, i got really proud of myself becaus i started it all

 

[5BLD]

Ive begun to see lots of new cubers spring up in my school, i don't know what it is about the new little guys solving that makes me shudder.

 

[piece popper]

I'm glad when I see a new generation of cubers. Unfortunately, I've only seen one younger cuber and not many older ones. I'm not in one of those places where I can find other cubers occaisionally, I'm in a place where I find them periodically.

 

[sneaklyfox]

I'm glad when I see a new generation of cubers. Unfortunately, I've only seen one younger cuber and not many older ones. I'm not in one of those places where I can find other cubers occaisionally, I'm in a place where I find them periodically.

I think I'm in a place where I find them rarely. In fact, I've only seen one. But then, you never know unless they cube in public. I lot of people who see me regularly don't know that I cube. Best way to find more cubers is to make them (ie. get them interested and teach them)!

 

[WBCube]

Ive begun to see lots of new cubers spring up in my school, i don't know what it is about the new little guys solving that makes me shudder.

Strange, so am I. I've seen at least 5 or 6 kids walking around solving cubes in between periods.

 

[TheNextFeliks]

My friend told me talked to his brother that goes to Harvard. His brother said his roommate was obsessed with cubing and was always cubing or talking about cubing. My friend said he could relate.

 

[Coolster01]

My friend told me talked to his brother that goes to Harvard. His brother said his roommate was obsessed with cubing and was always cubing or talking about cubing. My friend said he could relate.

What is your friend's brother's roomate's name? if it is Andy, Alex, Peter, or William, they have competed (But some of those might be from MIT or just happen to live in Cambridge). They are in state rankings. but they could be from another state and just moved to Cambridge.

 

[IQubic]

My Brother thinks "On the 3x3x3 Nine stickers per side times Six sides is 54, and each sticker moves. There must 54 factorial combinations"
"No silly, there 43 quintillion combinations" I tell him.
We argue about this alot.

 

[WBCube]

My Brother thinks "On the 3x3x3 Nine stickers per side times Six sides is 54, and each sticker moves. There must 54 factorial combinations"
"No silly, there 43 quintillion combinations" I tell him.
We argue about this alot.

What's there to argue about? Can't you just show him that he is wrong?

 

[IQubic]

No, I do not understand how the 43 quintillion is found.