What is the worst/most annoying thing in speed cubing?

[guysensei1]

I have a new one. Ever tried to pick up a skewb with one hand that's already partially full? Don't try it. The way it turns makes it naturally fall out of your hand lol

This happens with a Fisher Cube too.

And then all the center caps fly off.

 

[kcl]

I'll have to try that for myself

lol it's particularly when you try and hold it with only two fingers (I.e. Mostly full hand)
I scared the crap out of my cat today because of it.

 

[guysensei1]

Maybe it's me, but when I'm solving, I think "wouldn't it suck to have sweaty hands?" And WHOOSH, the cube becomes uncontrollable due to sweat.

I hate sweaty hands.

 

[TDM]

(non-official) 24, 21, 23, 22, "okay, one more good solve for a good avg5" 29, "eh, im not gonna count that one"
32 "oh come on, g-perm. one more solve" 27, "just ooonnee more." 20 "YEEESS!!! PB AVERAGE"
sorry about sucky grammar, im tired

Deleting bad times to get a good average is cheating... you really shouldn't say that's your PB average. Because it isn't.

The most annoying thing I find is when the edge caps fall off my square-1. It's only ever the yellow ones on the YB and YO edges. They always completely disappear and you then have to stand up and waste 10 seconds looking for them again.

 

[Nilsibert]

I would say the most annoying thing is not getting faster, but actually getting worse is of course even more annoying. I averaged 1:15 on 4x4, last two days I couldn't even get sub 1:25

 

[Jaysammey777]

when people throw cubes....

 

[ILMZS20]

i hate it when people at the easy/funny etc scramble thread or under youtube videos where people got easy scramble say something like " thanks i have a new pb". why the hell would you count that?

 

[NottNott]

Starting out with an official storebought cube that jams on literally every other turn. I can feel all of my speedcubing energies inside of me, just waiting to come out. I feel ready to take on the world of speedcubing, to make a new beginning. And then I wake up. And the cube just jammed.

I'd imagine with a good cube it would be concentration however.

 

[Michael Womack]

Having a good solve and then when stopping the Speedstack timer and not touching the reset button the timer resets.

 

[cfcuber]

When people ask me how to solve a cube, and then get confused when I tell them the steps.

 

[CyanSandwich]

Mis-scrambling a square-1 and having to solve it and start over again. Also slipping on an alg and not being able to undo it.

It's annoying when you average over a minute.

 

[Bryandgg]

Definitely when I'm doing a very good solve and it pops, specially if you're about to break your PB.

 

[notfeliks]

J-perms trolling me by looking like a PLL skip.

 

[kcl]

J-perms trolling me by looking like a PLL skip.

F perms too. Grrr

 

[Tim Major]

F perms too. Grrr

If you have tunnel vision I guess.

 

[kcl]

If you have tunnel vision I guess.

In all seriousness though if I think it's going to skip and I see that bar I'm going to assume it skipped. I'm not saying it happens often lol.

 

[TDM]

It happens with me and U perms after COLL... I think I get an EPLL skip. For some reason, it happens most after F triple sexy F'...

 

[Derek]

Double Parity.

 

[Nilsibert]

A 4x4 solve that is so lucky that first 2 centers are like 3-5 moves, and you only need to pair 3 edges after cross. Then, 3x3 stage is terrible and you get double parity and a G perm. PB possibility gone...

Also, just having a really terrible day for cubing in general. Today my best avg5 was 23.xx. What the...

And at last, at least for me, being pretty fast at PLLs, except when I'm doing a timed session. I can get the T-Perm sub 2 mostly, in solves it takes me up to 4 seconds :/

 

[ThomasJE]

A 4x4 solve that is so lucky that first 2 centers are like 3-5 moves, and you only need to pair 3 edges after cross. Then, 3x3 stage is terrible and you get double parity and a G perm. PB possibility gone...

I had one like that today. Hate them...