Sport Stacking?

[CarlBrannen]

Wow! And I thought sport stacking was invented in order to give "special needs" children a sport they could compete in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyilSOUOe-c

 

[Georgeanderre]

I've had the cup thingys about 3 weeks now. Haven't even touched them in a week let alone take them out of their bag. If I'm honest I can't see myself doing it again.. Relatively speaking Cubing is just much better to do...

Random passerby : So... What do you do in your spare time?
Me : Stack cups
Random passerby : Riiight...*Yawn* F**ks off
Me : *Feel stupid and try to act relatively normal*

Ye... Nuff said :fp

Random passerby : So... What do you do in your spare time?
Me : Solve Rubik's Cubes
Random passerby : Wow, so you can actually solve it?
Me : Yes, it's not like it's difficult
Random passerby : Seriously, how long did it take you to learn?
Me : *insert time here*
Random passerby : How long does it take to solve?
Me : anything between *Insert lower bounds here* and *Insert upper bounds here* seconds

This is usually followed by them asking if you are fast.. a record holder or indeed what the record is... to their astonishment... pretty decent first conversation if I'm honest

In almost any School/College situation this earns 'brownie points' and for me was a massive ice breaker

 

[CuberMan]

yup. mine just arrived.. LOL I just got pb sub 40 for 3-6-3 cycle XD Im noob.

hopefully they come soon. Mine took ageeeeeees

still waiting for mine to arrive, just bought it online 2 weeks ago

 

[Zubon]

I wanted a stackmat timer and they were selling a sport stacking set for around $10. I got it, kept the timer and threw the cups out.....

I just don't understand the appeal of sports stacking, in the same way as I don't understand why people practice the Rubik's magic.

 

[cuberkid10]

I got a kit that had a timer in it, and that's how I found out about sport stacking. I used to be pretty good, sub-10 cycle and such. But then I hurt myself while stacking and lost a cup, and that ended it.

 

[cubecraze1]

I got a kit that had a timer in it, and that's how I found out about sport stacking. I used to be pretty good, sub-10 cycle and such. But then I hurt myself while stacking and lost a cup, and that ended it.

woah really?
Thats pretty good. i'm still a noob.

 

[Tj2OY]

I used to but my cups cracked

 

[NBcuber]

Sport Stacking is a lot like magic. Most people find it more intresting if you can solve a rubik's cube or different sizes like 7x7 in my opinon.

 

[ThomasJE]

I got a set for my birthday; my PB's are:
3-3-3: 3.70
3-6-3: 4.65
Cycle: 26.90 (I'm sure I've gotten faster times)
I hardly practice 3-3-3 and Cycle. I've got a spreadsheet where I put all my times in, and it plots a graph for me.