when people ask you how you solve the rubik's cube so fast you say. . .

[richardzhang]

I say I take off the stickers while turning it really fast.

 

[jdouglasusn]

When/If someone asks me how I solve it so fast he is how it normally goes like this (I'm usually at work and I'm a conniving ass at work):

This is usually a stupid mother &%$! dumb ass idiot that no one likes at work. You know who...there is one at every job. LOL

Them: Dude, that was fast..!
Me: (shrugs and give a small smile, and scramble it again)
Them: How do you do that so fast?
Me: (In a casual demeanor) Oh, you just match the colors up...
Them: Smart ass.
Me: (smiles)
Them's buddy: (some idiot): Well, all it is, is just patterns...All you have to do is memorize where everything is and apply the same pattern...
Me: Oh yeah...ONE pattern for a cube with over 43 quintillion positions it can be in...right dude..
Both of them: quintillan?
Me: a quintillion is a 1 with 18 zero's behind it.
Both of them: oh, that is a big number.
Me: (walks away)

 

[lowonthefoodchain]

Sometimes when people ask, I'm so glued to the solve that I end up answering like, "I dunno... I just... do," and then making a fool of myself.

 

[a small kitten]

"Just use the sexy move"

 

[rubiknewbie]

Nobody has told me I solve the cube fast yet :fp.

But if someone asks me how to solve the cube, I said "1st you insert this pair here by twisting and turning a bit", then I demo by twisting and turning a bit. "Then you insert this pair here by twisting and turning a bit", then I demo by twisting and turning a bit.

"Then you make a few turns to get them same color at the top", then I make a few turns to get them same color.

"Finally you make some adjustments to make the top layer side same color", then I make it same color.

Then they ask: "But how?"

 

[theretardedcuber]

id say ... i can pause time and goto the shop and buy another cube

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

"I just practice."

 

[elcarc]

i just say "internet"

this usually results in about 5 people going out and buying cubes, and coming back later for algs

 

[rob558]

PERSON 1: how do you solve it so fast?
PERSON 2: the only reason he can solve it so fast is because he knows the cheat codes for it
ME: umm cheat codes??? there actually called algorithms
PERSON 2: no there actually called cheat codes you obviously dont know a thing about cubing hu

 

[NanoCuber]

Them: How do you solve a Rubik's cube so fast?
Me: First I get a cross then I do F2L, then OLL, then PLL.
Them: Huh?
Me: F2L is solving the first two layers. OLL is ori-
Them: Whats a Layer?
Me: This *points to a blue layer*
Them: oh, so it's the blue ones.
Me: No. It's... Nevermind..... As I was saying, OLL is Orienting the last lay-
Them: What does oreo mean?
Me: Orient not oreo.
Them: oh.
Me: PLL is Permutation of la-
Them: What does perm-
Me: SHUT UP!!!!! OLL and PLL can be done with a series of algorithms.
Them: What does alegorithioamm mean?
Me: ...!@#$ YOU!!! *I shoot myself*
Them: oh. now I get it. You just do like Right Right Left Left Up Down Right over and over again.
Me: *rolls over in grave*



That's the typical conversation.

I soooo agreee. :fp

 

[AvGalen]

Them: How do you solve a Rubik's cube so fast?
Me: First I get a cross then I do F2L, then OLL, then PLL.
Them: Huh?
Me: F2L is solving the first two layers. OLL is ori-
Them: Whats a Layer?
Me: This *points to a blue layer*
Them: oh, so it's the blue ones.
Me: No. It's... Nevermind..... As I was saying, OLL is Orienting the last lay-
Them: What does oreo mean?
Me: Orient not oreo.
Them: oh.
Me: PLL is Permutation of la-
Them: What does perm-
Me: SHUT UP!!!!! OLL and PLL can be done with a series of algorithms.
Them: What does alegorithioamm mean?
Me: ...!@#$ YOU!!! *I shoot myself*
Them: oh. now I get it. You just do like Right Right Left Left Up Down Right over and over again.
Me: *rolls over in grave*



That's the typical conversation.

I soooo agreee. :fp

Well, I can actually imagine a couple of algs that would start with R2L2 UD R (maybe performing it as M2 UDR would be faster though)
Maybe they know the secret alg that would make you way faster?

 

[eastamazonantidote]

I just say hax and they nod and smile and go away

 

[chris410]

Most people do not ask, when they do they usually tell me to stop explaining after the cross

Also, it depends who is asking however I do tell them that there is a beginner method which most anyone could follow, the more advanced methods are a matter of understanding a practice. Of course, I tell them that I am VERY slow (which I am) and that people can solve the cube in under 10 seconds, what that does is remove all thoughts of the cube being trivial.

When they see the megaminx or the 4x4/5x5 they freak out, that I enjoy the most!

 

[Cyrus C.]

I came up with an amazing story in science that was hilarious.

I was solving with my keychain cube and it gets a lot of pops, a girl asked me if she could play with it, I said "sure". After a while she asks me how I solve it while she's still twisting it, I say "Well you see, there's a little voice box hidden under that green sticker that tells me what to do." >*cube pops*< "Whenever I tell someone about it, it auto self-destructs."

I tried to keep that going for a while it's a now an inside joke with my friends & I.

I also sometimes say "I actually just swivel my hands around the cube and peel the stickers off, but you can't see because my hands are moving so fast."

 

[CL_Pepsi]

I don't even say a word all I do is just look at them really weird.

 

[liljthedude]

I say "I just match up the colors"
and then of course they say something about patterns etc...

 

[Overtime]

"I make a goat sacrifice to the cube, if it is pleased it will grant me the ability to solve."

 

[Sin-H]

my usual answer is: "practice, practice, practice...."

when they want to know more I tell them more...


my favourite so far was:
pedestrian: "how do you do that?"
Lasse Korbanka: "fast"

 

[RainbowBoy]

Them: How do you solve a Rubik's cube so fast?
Me: First I get a cross then I do F2L, then OLL, then PLL.
Them: Huh?
Me: F2L is solving the first two layers. OLL is ori-
Them: Whats a Layer?
Me: This *points to a blue layer*
Them: oh, so it's the blue ones.
Me: No. It's... Nevermind..... As I was saying, OLL is Orienting the last lay-
Them: What does oreo mean?
Me: Orient not oreo.
Them: oh.
Me: PLL is Permutation of la-
Them: What does perm-
Me: SHUT UP!!!!! OLL and PLL can be done with a series of algorithms.
Them: What does alegorithioamm mean?
Me: ...!@#$ YOU!!! *I shoot myself*
Them: oh. now I get it. You just do like Right Right Left Left Up Down Right over and over again.
Me: *rolls over in grave*



That's the typical conversation.

I soooo agreee. :fp

YES
Me too
A typical conversation with a pro cuber and dum dums

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

My favorite:"I'm Asian"