What other aspects of life has cubing helped you in...?

[cuberkid10]

Having no life

 

[Andreaillest]

A bit of friends and a relaxing time killer.

 

[frogmanson]

My left hand got pretty strong from OH and I can now write with my left hand. :S

 

[RyanReese09]

It's helped my left arm with something.

It's helped me pick up ladies and start conversations with some.

It's helped pass the time.

 

[toastman]

Not that I was a *heavy* drinker to begin with, but:

I now drink less. I get home and start cubing and "forget" to drink.

Yes, you can cube while drunk, but even after just *one* drink:
- You can't memo new algorithms. (You can do them like a hundred times and they won't stick the next day)
- You can add 10-20% to all your times.
- You start stuffing up, inserting corner-edge pairs into the wrong location, stuffing up in the middle of a PLL, doing the wrong PLL.
- FORGET about doing BLD while drunk. Unless you've got mad skills like Hughey.

It'll often be 11pm, and I'll be like "Holey crap, I forgot to drink anything", and by then it's too late to *start* drinking. At least not on a school night.

 

[Mike Hughey]

- FORGET about doing BLD while drunk. Unless you've got mad skills like Chester.

Fixed.

Ask someone about US Nationals if you have any doubts about it.

 

[Blablabla]

It's helped me to be more organized with my goals and chores. When I had just started and got really obsessed I used to make lists of things (very detailled) I wanted to achieve that day/week in cubing, now I use that for school and other stuff too.

 

[CubingCockney]

The other day a peadophile was following me and tried to attack me. Luckily for me i had my cube with me and threw it in his face. This startled him enough for me to have a chance to run away, but he stood up and said, "you cube?"
"yes" i replied. Now we are best friends )))

 

[Squishypants]

The other day a peadophile was following me and tried to attack me. Luckily for me i had my cube with me and threw it in his face. This startled him enough for me to have a chance to run away, but he stood up and said, "you cube?"
"yes" i replied. Now we are best friends )))

I see at least two things wrong with this story. Only one is the spelling.

 

[Bapao]

Cubing has helped me get my own back on the newspaper-noise-makers in the train. AV-f in yo' faces b*tches!!!

I see at least two things wrong with this story

2nd...

 

[Zane_C]

I have applied the memory techniques used in BLD, to assist with chemistry, english and memorising numbers.

 

[Tiersy]

The other day a peadophile was following me and tried to attack me. Luckily for me i had my cube with me and threw it in his face. This startled him enough for me to have a chance to run away, but he stood up and said, "you cube?"
"yes" i replied. Now we are best friends )))

I don't see the spelling mistake.

 

[SixSidedCube]

I don't see the spelling mistake.

Paedophile?

 

[Tiersy]

@SixSidedCube OOPS sorry, you're right. Pae not Pea

Now, something relevant to the thread... cubing has increased my dexterity for sure, and problem solving skills too.

Most of all though is probably my patience: I have taught dozens and dozens of people how to solve the cube, it's so damn tough to sit next to them and watch as they struggle with moves that are so obvious to me. Generally speaking it's better for people to work out how to solve pieces themselves, so to sit by and not tell them how to do it... I personally find it so hard to hold my tongue in those situations.

 

[bluecloe45]

Some friends

 

[SixSidedCube]

Cubing has help gain a few more AWESOME friends! It has helped with dexterity in both right and left hand, as I practice OH with both (sometimes). It has helped with quicker thinking on my part, and with memorizing particular things. It gets me a LOT of attention around the city when I am just cubing randomly while walking, which is both good and bad, because I have had people try and grab it out of my hand, but people have also asked me if they can video me, take pics with me, teach them how to solve it in like, 5 minutes.....