Things cubers want non-cubers to understand

[ketchuphater999]

If you ask, most cubers will let you scramble their cube. Don't just grab them, though, and keep these things in mind.

Don't try to (badly) imitate our turning speed and drop the cube. This can damage pieces and put the cube out of tune. As already written, we care about our cubes.

TOTALLY! one of my friends was scrambling my precious Dayan Guhong, which was my main speedcube at the time, and tried to imitate how fast I turned the cube, and right on cue, he dropped it and 5 of the 6 centers(not the center caps, the ENTIRE center) came completely off. I then had to spend an entire week retentioning it to the perfect tension. I am NOT gonna let him scramble my cube again.

 

[thackernerd]

That it's not just "some pattern or something."

 

[Dw42s]

The thing i hate the most is when someone who doesnt cube touch my cube. Majority of the people who pick it up dont even know how to scramble it, and just rub it between their hands, failing miserably. And they wont accept the fact that you can solve it without them scrambling it. Also i once showed my friend corner cutting and he thought it would cut every time, so it popped and i was on a wild goose hunt for 1 piece

 

[Applejuice]

I love this. You really did a great job by making this a list and actually naming almost everything that every cuber can agree with. Keep it up!

 

[QuangNguyen]

Lol. This article was great, and all truth. My friends did everything in the article to my cube and me.

 

[googlebleh]

AMAZING. Thanks for writing this up macky! The only thing I thought it was really missing was

Since scrambles are random, some solves will be inherently easier than others. If a cuber says their best time is 10 seconds, don't expect them to be able to get 10 seconds every time.