What are the worst mistakes cubers make?

[Super_Cuber903]

Inserting f2l pairs in wrong slots

 

[A5 cuber skewb/square-1]

Wanting to add 8x8, 9x9, 6x6 blindfolded, 7x7 blindfolded as WCA events and asking to have phones as timers.

 

[Kaito Kid Cuber]

Putting vaseline or olive oil in your cube lol

 

[Thom S.]

Putting vaseline or olive oil in your cube lol

That's at least acceptible. WD40 does actual damage to the plastic.

 

[karrenn16]

useful information

 

[CubingBeLike]

Yes, I very much agree with you. I will go step further though. I think that the 3x3 two-handed event is all that matters. The rest could just go away.

I disagree, I think that cubing would me much more boring (and thus less popular) if the only event was 3x3 two-handed

 

[AhsanDaCuber125]

I disagree, I think that cubing would me much more boring (and thus less popular) if the only event was 3x3 two-handed

Brother, please do not bump topics.

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

While it’s still bumped, i wanna say that most cubers don’t do fix bad habits and don’t do deliberate practice, which makes them stuck at a certain level. I also regret not practicing enough as i could have been sub-8 by now

 

[Puzzle Maniac]

spinning plastic squares for more than a minute of their life

 

[Caleb Valenzuela]

spinning plastic squares all day

if it’s all day that’s a bad thing

 

[Isaiah Scott]

hosting 30 trillion forum comps at the same time and typing 1 sentence messages every twenty six seconds

 

[TheEpicCubah]

having drinks nearby cubes

 

[LukasCubes]

I spilled BBQ sauce on half my cubes, subsequently creating my 2-year hiatus that ended in the summer of 2024.

 

[THE_V01DL0RD]

Not starting the timer, solving the cube, and throwing it over your head in a comp because you didn't know the auf
*Cough*@Caleb Valenzuela *Cough*

 

[OrangeCenterCap]

Having horrible look ahead.

 

[Chicken-Cuber]

Having horrible look ahead.

Me

 

[Chicken-Cuber]

Not starting the timer, solving the cube, and throwing it over your head in a comp because you didn't know the auf
*Cough*@Caleb Valenzuela *Cough*

hahahahah

 

[bldcuber314]

Back when I mained 2x2, I averaged sub 4(this was back when I averaged like 18 on 3x3 so it was still my best event) and my PR average was 6.64 so I really wanted to improve it. Then I triple DNFed in round 1, two of which were not starting the timer and one was a corner twist. I've also missed a Pyra solution that could be NR if I got the scramble now(it was a 7 mover, I averaged high 6 with a 5 year old terrible non magnetic Pyra, I did a bad angle, I got a 2.27) and triple DNFed out of my first podium in 3BLD(this is actually why I started practicing BLD seriously though, so overall a positive.)

 

[Filipe Teixeira]

 

[Thomas.Caleb]

getting a 4.74 official 3x3 single M move DNF officially