The Juggling Discussion thread

[cookingfat]

I'd like to see someone juggle two balls and a cube and solving the cube while juggling it

Mike??


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[d4m4s74]

I'd like to see someone juggle two balls and a cube and solving the cube while juggling it

Mike??


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something like that, but with the cube also getting juggled

 

[Stefan]

http://uk.video.yahoo.com/watch/1264862/4437082

 

[SRV]

I can also juggle 3 balls and some intermediate tricks....

I tried once to cascade a cube and 2 balls and solve the cube, but too hard for me. Didnt have enough time to locate the pieces and was very hard to apply the correct moves...

 

[JTW2007]

I can qualify 5 balls, flash 6, qualify 3 clubs and flash 4, qualify 4 rings and flash 5.

 

[soccerking813]

I can juggle 3 balls for a few rounds. And hand kerchiefs for about 100 rounds.
I wouldn't be surprised if over half of the people on the forum can juggle. People who learn to solve the rubik's cube like stuff like that. There is just something different about us from other people I think.
Not to make people who can't solve the cube seem stupid or anything. XD

 

[Chuberchuckee]

[...] People who learn to solve the rubik's cube like stuff like that.[...]

Agreed; there are a few forum members who dabble in other finger/hand dexterity hobbies like pen spinning.

 

[Setka456]

i can do some basic 3 ball stuff and a couple intermediate tricks

 

[xXzaKerXx]

Cubing and Juggling

hi i wonder what is the connection between cubing and juggling? because I notice many cubers enjoy juggling too. macky juggles, stefan juggles and more. I would like to know how many of you juggle and why does it seem appealing to you(juggling) and are they somehow any connections between them?

 

[Mike Hughey]

I've been juggling since I was 17. Rubik's cube came out in the US when I was 19, so juggling predates cubing for me.

For some ridiculous reason, I just love doing gratuitously difficult things, I think. And juggling and cubing both fit that profile. It also probably explains why I prefer blindfold cubing - especially big cubes BLD. Greater gratuitous difficulty.

I'm working on getting good at juggling 4 clubs now, with the idea of working up to 5 clubs.

 

[Ness]

I've started cubing less last year and I've been juggling for 3 years. So for me juggling came first, too. I'm not only juggling balls, but also diabolo, devilstick, cigar boxes and I play yoyo. I also enjoy dice stacking, etc..
I just like having some extraordinary hobbies, people are not used to.

 

[Stefan]

what is the connection between cubing and juggling?

Both are symptoms of being a geek and being in contact with other geeks.

 

[andyt1992]

I juggled before i cubed, clubs, balls, fruit, bottles, whatever i could get my hands on. it took over my life for a short amount of time. however it is like riding a bike, i can still do most of the ball tricks now. cubing sort of phased in and juggling took a back seat, at one point i juggled rubiks cubes (mine my brothers and my dads) at the time they were the only three around, two storeboughts and my dads speedcube which he got because his rubiks brand stickers peeled. Funny how fast things change, now i'm sitting here with around 150 cubes by my desk ready to be sold haha.

hmmm... feel like a juggle now!

 

[irontwig]

I juggle too (got some videos of me juggling on YouTube if you're curious), both juggling and cubing are pretty much two odd hobbies involving patterns and mathematics and that you can take both way too far. I know at the very least 11 swedes that both juggle and can solve the cube.

 

[PeterV]

what is the connection between cubing and juggling?

Both are symptoms of being a geek and being in contact with other geeks.

Very well put! But seriously, for me I think it has something to do with what Mike said about doing gratuitously difficult things. There is something satisfying about having a skill that is specialized, such as cubing and juggling.

 

[andyt1992]

a lot of cubers also programme and write websites too

 

[Mike Hughey]

what is the connection between cubing and juggling?

Both are symptoms of being a geek and being in contact with other geeks.

Very well put! But seriously, for me I think it has something to do with what Mike said about doing gratuitously difficult things. There is something satisfying about having a skill that is specialized, such as cubing and juggling.

Isn't it true that Stefan and I were essentially saying the same thing? If you look at the definition of "geek" in wikipedia, several of the definitions there fit what I was saying.

A person who has chosen concentration rather than conformity; one who passionately pursues skill (especially technical skill) and imagination, not mainstream social acceptance.

 

[Offblast!]

I do both, I somehow like learning things that require mindless practice for hours that depend on muscle memory. I also play lots and lots of video games, some that require practice and skills. I put over 100 hours into Lumines Live for example. (60 sec time attack I got around 110)

I'm up to a solid 5 ball cascade and some very simple 5 ball tricks, plenty of 3 ball tricks. For the 3x3x3 I can get sub 20 times full step but not very often.

Amazingly though I somehow have real life friends, a gf and a job.

 

[Tyrannous]

I personally tried to juggle, but im hopeless at it, dunno what it is, but i'd say dextrosity is a factor linked slightly to both and this would link people who enjoy one to the other

 

[macky]

I think juggling came first for me (so I've been juggling for 10+ years now). It's harder than cubing. ><