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

[Bizarro]

I say you should see me in the sack..Now that's fast. Keep in my mind I'm not sub 1 minute yet in cubing..

 

[FatBoyXPC]

Bizarro...I was out bowling with some friends, and here's the conversation that took place:

M: James, if only you put as much effort into getting laid as you do that damn Rubik's Cube, you'd be getting laid quite successfully
E: Yeah, he'd be just as quick too

And I'm sub30...:/ (Obviously I am James)

 

[buelercuber]

"i co-invented the Rubik's cube, i should be good at it...."

 

[cubemaster13]

i start to really explain it to them... they just walk away

 

[lilkdub503]

i start to really explain it to them... they just walk away

That gets old, really fast-the explaining part. I have to keep from sounding like an ******* any time I have my cubes with me (which isn't that often).

 

[SpUtnikCub3r]

Well, become sexy and maybe you can solve it too

 

[ariasamie]

I say I'm not fast goddamit

this.
but if just ask me how I solve it, I say fast!

 

[onionhoney]

Usually, I tell'em that there are lots of guys faster than me. I'm slow.

 

[InfernoTowel]

"I'm just a ninja.
...no, do you really think I figure this out? I looked it up on the internet. You could learn too."

 

[souljahsu]

takes one thousand years of training

 

[endless_akatsuki]

....I'm Asian, whatchu expect?

 

[ninjabob7]

I got the "Internet is cheating" line from a teacher when I was a pretty new cuber and was learning Square-1 (I think I had already learned 4x4 and Megaminx but hadn't memorized the algs). I realized he had a pretty good point, so I tried it myself and eventually solved it on my own (although my method of fixing parity was "mess it up really well and start over"). I was also able to figure out the 3x3x2 (using a Fisher cube or a regular cube since I don't actually own one) and the 5x5x5 (which took me about 6 months and I needed a bit of help from these very forums).

Give it a try on the next puzzle you get - it's a good exercise even if you later forget your own method.

 

[CuBeOrDiE]

Why is the internet cheating? That's like saying using formulas for mathematics is cheating, which it's not.

 

[Rpotts]

learning is cheating. Stay away from school you cheater.

 

[ninjabob7]

If your only goal is speed, then it's not cheating. If you are actually trying to figure it out on your own, finding algs to do useful things is the most difficult part and using the internet takes away that difficulty. Don't get me wrong - I wouldn't ever use one of my own methods for speed - 5x5 takes me 20 minutes to solve with commutators. I just like being able to say "I figured that out" as well as "I can solve that."

 

[Ballbasket51515]

i just say one word, "practice"

 

[Samania]

I say Jackie Chan taught me.

 

[tke444]

I say Jackie Chan taught me.

you mean Chuck Norris right?

 

[Samania]

I say Jackie Chan taught me.

you mean Chuck Norris right?

Not really.. O___O

It's because I just watched Karate Kid. And it was a really good movie :rolleyes:

 

[Edward]

I say Jackie Chan taught me.

you mean Chuck Norris right?

You mean SEGATA SANSHIRO right?