Stolen Cube (please return)

[Ethan Rosen]

Maybe a dumb remark ,the cube could be misplaced, e.g. still at the venue or is in an other bag

It's been a few days, and Gavin has previously said that nothing was found.

I would like to point out that at competitions a lot of cubes obviously look alike, and this whole thing could quite possibly be an accident. After the Big Cubes Competition, I looked into my bag only to realize I had an extra 6x6, which I did NOT take on purpose. Things like this happen, but I seriously do hope it turns up.

 

[Edmund]

Whoever organized the comeptition has everyone's email. Correct? So do mass emails. I know people won't necessarily confess but people who reply may not have stole it. So let's just put our heads together and so many cubers aren't on this forum that we shouldn't necessarily narrow it down by this forum.

EDIT: It may have been an accident which is another reason emailing everyone would help.

 

[abr71310]

I agree that you can usually tell what your own cube is like, but accidents do happen. Someone could have easily put it in their bag by mistake when packing up their cubes.

Don't start pointing fingers without solid evidence.

*ahem*??

2. "you can usually tell it's not yours."

3. Even if it did end up in the wrong person's bag that doesn't mean they were cubing with it before it was taken.

*ahem* again, lmao. (reference to my "stolen stackmat" that I begged Dave to make an announcement about)

Rowe NEEDS THAT CUBE!!! Hope he finds it... >_> it would suck having to use someone else's; wouldn't get used to it in time and might not break a WR T_T;

 

[puzzlemaster]

Does it seem like this person was trying to collect stuff? a 2x2, a 3x3, and a 4x4 were stolen. Any 5x5's?

 

[Paul Wagner]

My cousin's white V-5 but it was found.

 

[cuBerBruce]

I, Bruce Norskog, was there. I have checked all the puzzles I came home with from the competition, and Rowe's 2x2x2 was not among them. Nor did I find any other puzzle that doesn't appear to be one of mine.

 

[SparkZer00]

Well, if the cubes were actually stolen, let's think.

What motive would the person have to steal the cubes in the first place?

ummmm maybe its the WR 2x2 and it is owned by Rowe Hessler

Another idea: At the Denver Open this year, there was this annoying little kid who was touching and moving lots of people's cubes. To speed up the process of eliminating all 45 competitors, maybe just try to remember some kid who was doing stuff like that and find him/her to see whether he/she has the cubes

Also, how can we rule out only one person who stole said cubes? O_o

 

[Feanaro]

There were those annoying little 10 year olds at one of the tables behind the audience

 

[rjohnson_8ball]

Check between the auto passenger seat and door. I have had things "missing" because they slide off the seat and onto the floor there, out of view from the driver's seat.

I have not been to any competitions yet, but could it be possible one of the "officials" merely grabbed it in order to prepare a scramble (for a round that did not occur)?

 

[Weston]

i have a pretty decent 2x2 and i will be at nationals.
so if there is nobody else to learn rowe their 2x2 (which i seriously doubt)
i would be happy to lend him mine.
its very loose.

i really hope he gets his cube back though.

 

[qqwref]

I was at CT... and I'm sure I don't have Rowe's 2x2. I don't think doing a process of elimination thing is going to help much though. It might not even be a cuber, just some little kid or something who picked up a cube and took it...

 

[Feanaro]

Now that I think about it, when I came back to my cube case in the middle of the comp, someone had put a type c in it. I just looked it over and placed it on the table. I didn't take it, just left it there on the table. Hope this helps

 

[JTW2007]

Another idea: At the Denver Open this year, there was this annoying little kid who was touching and moving lots of people's cubes.

Oh, I thought that kid was just part of your plot to steal my Sq-1! I still like the idea of the mass email, but I may be missing something.

 

[DavidWoner]

i have a pretty decent 2x2 and i will be at nationals.
so if there is nobody else to learn rowe their 2x2 (which i seriously doubt)
i would be happy to lend him mine.
its very loose.

i really hope he gets his cube back though.

He's already called mine, which was formerly his. However, this is inconveniencing me and those who are running nationals, since we will both need to use it both rounds, which will slow things down.

 

[CharlieCooper]

it's very irritating when this happens. i hate to be a pessimist but it does sound like somebody might have taken this on purpose. people do tend to know their cubes well, particularly if they have specific stickers. if somebody had taken it by accident i suspect they would have informed the organisers, who i agree should be contacted to help send a mass email out.

from the recent uk competition i had a few cubes go missing because i had so many with me it was hard to keep track. there were also kids going through my stuff a lot which i tried to supervise a bit but i kept getting called off in all directions. unfortunately i suspect this is where my cubes went and i agree that maybe somebody should think about whether this could have happened. were there any young spectators/competitors who may not have truely understood the implications of doing such a thing? was there anyone who was "testing" out his 2x2 that might have taken a liking to it?

stuff does always go missing at competitions and it's unfortunate that this has happened to rowe in particular on this occasion particularly with nationals approaching. i can certainly feel his pain having lost a total of four timers, 5/6 3x3s, 2x2, 4x4 to name a few.

 

[miniGOINGS]

Just a thought, but why doesn't each competitor bring a briefcase from home with all of there puzzles in it. This way it could be locked and brought with the competitor wherever they go so they don't lose any puzzles.

 

[CharlieCooper]

Just a thought, but why doesn't each competitor bring a briefcase from home with all of there puzzles in it. This way it could be locked and brought with the competitor wherever they go so they don't lose any puzzles.

i have a lockable case that i take to competitions, but there is a problem when not all of your puzzles fit in there, so i don't want to take TWO lockable cases when i could just put it all in a backpack or something. also, part of the fun of competitions is to be able to share and look at other people's puzzles.... without people helping themselves to them. short of have cube cctv i think this will continue to be a problem.

 

[miniGOINGS]

i have a lockable case that i take to competitions, but there is a problem when not all of your puzzles fit in there, so i don't want to take TWO lockable cases when i could just put it all in a backpack or something. also, part of the fun of competitions is to be able to share and look at other people's puzzles.... without people helping themselves to them. short of have cube cctv i think this will continue to be a problem.

Yea, I guess so. When I go to a competition I'll be sure to never leave a puzzle out of my sight.

 

[qqwref]

were there any young spectators/competitors who may not have truely understood the implications of doing such a thing?

We have a lot of small kids at USA competitions. I don't know why - maybe parents of cubers come to spectate and end up bringing any younger siblings along because they don't have anywhere else to leave them - but that is what ends up happening and there are always a few of them who are not cubers and are probably too young to understand that stealing is wrong or that people value their cubes a lot.

I will also advise everyone to keep their cubes with them at all times, or at least within constant sight of you or someone you are friends with. If you are helping out at a competition, for instance, it's a good idea to leave your bag at/behind the scrambling table, because if someone tries to steal something from there they will be noticed every time.

 

[Edmund]

Or you could wear a backpack.