Which gender (and or age group) do you get biggest reaction out of?
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kunparekh18
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Boys <13
guysensei1
Legend
Since I only actually bring big cubes out of my house...
(also am I the only one who, when I see people are watching me, starts doing Yau5 solves?)
(also am I the only one who, when I see people are watching me, starts doing Yau5 solves?)
cmhardw
Premium Member
I get the most positive reaction from ages 8-12, from both genders equally. When cubing for adults I would say that I get positive reactions roughly equally from both genders. However, when I do get negative reactions from adults its generally from women more often than from men. I have learned that if I meet a woman for the first time where cubing is the first impression she has of me, then more often than not that woman will generally not enjoy my company from that time forward. My wife thinks cubing is awesome, but it also wasn't her first impression of me since we met playing board games 
Christopher Mowla
Premium Member
Very interesting question!
When I used to cube at lunch my senior year in high school and throughout my college years, if anyone had interest in the cube, then I would get a positive reaction from them at some point. If was is a lot on their minds, they were stressed, etc., then I would tend to only get glances. After exams or at the beginning of a term, before a break, etc., some of them would simply observe their surroundings more and notice.
However, I have gotten the most positive reactions from people of all ages: what they all have in common is that they have had an interest in the cube, are currently not too stressed with life at the moment in time, and are unaware that it's possible to solve the cube.
I found that if I solved it quickly (well, for me), less people in a crowd would notice unless I was directly in front of them. Acting like I'm struggling to solve the cube while I was solving the cube always worked like a charm.
In short, it only depends on the person, their current mood (including current stress), their interest in the cube, their level of awareness of the possibility of being able to solve it, and its difficulty.
EDIT:
Both genders reacted equally.
When I used to cube at lunch my senior year in high school and throughout my college years, if anyone had interest in the cube, then I would get a positive reaction from them at some point. If was is a lot on their minds, they were stressed, etc., then I would tend to only get glances. After exams or at the beginning of a term, before a break, etc., some of them would simply observe their surroundings more and notice.
However, I have gotten the most positive reactions from people of all ages: what they all have in common is that they have had an interest in the cube, are currently not too stressed with life at the moment in time, and are unaware that it's possible to solve the cube.
I found that if I solved it quickly (well, for me), less people in a crowd would notice unless I was directly in front of them. Acting like I'm struggling to solve the cube while I was solving the cube always worked like a charm.
In short, it only depends on the person, their current mood (including current stress), their interest in the cube, their level of awareness of the possibility of being able to solve it, and its difficulty.
EDIT:
Both genders reacted equally.
Fawn
Regular
I pretty much only do public solves on my college campus when I'm with friends. It's just more comfortable that way. So the age range is generally early 20's. I occasionally volunteer to help out with the special needs group at my old high school. It's usually the younger students that are more intrigued by it. I've taught a few people how to solve 3x3. I made a friend in there with Asperger's Syndrome and he picked it up ridiculously quickly. He wants to get into speedsolving, and I encourage that, but he's been pretty busy with other things.
Once people find out about it, they think it's cool, but they don't bug me about it. Of course there are the typical questions and statements every cuber gets ("Is there a pattern?""Do you have to be good at math?""I just take the stickers off."). All of my best friends are able to solve it. In fact, when I finally learned, they joked about me being ridiculously slow.
As for genders, it's pretty even when it comes to reactions. It's usually girls that actually start asking me about it.
Once people find out about it, they think it's cool, but they don't bug me about it. Of course there are the typical questions and statements every cuber gets ("Is there a pattern?""Do you have to be good at math?""I just take the stickers off."). All of my best friends are able to solve it. In fact, when I finally learned, they joked about me being ridiculously slow.
As for genders, it's pretty even when it comes to reactions. It's usually girls that actually start asking me about it.
Logiqx
Veteran
I've had equally positive reactions from all four categories at various times and all at once in the case of one family standing next to me outside an airport. Their young kids were transfixed by my solves which prompted the mum to say how "amazing" it was (first time she'd seen it done in real life) and the dad was saying how he'd almost bought one for the kids earlier that week. I encouraged him to buy one during our short chat!
Just five minutes earlier (or later... I don't recall) some jerk siddled up to me and asked me to do it in 10 seconds. He'd seen some guy do it in 5 seconds on TV so I guess he thought it must be easy to do it in 10 seconds. I just said that I'm not that fast and the guy on TV must be good. Fortunately he lost interest, wandered off and I continued practicing.
So I'd say equally postive reactions from all ages and genders (colleagues, friends, family and strangers) but my worst reaction was from an older male.
Just five minutes earlier (or later... I don't recall) some jerk siddled up to me and asked me to do it in 10 seconds. He'd seen some guy do it in 5 seconds on TV so I guess he thought it must be easy to do it in 10 seconds. I just said that I'm not that fast and the guy on TV must be good. Fortunately he lost interest, wandered off and I continued practicing.
So I'd say equally postive reactions from all ages and genders (colleagues, friends, family and strangers) but my worst reaction was from an older male.
TheBrutux168
Regular
Mainly children under 13. I went on band camp where we had to play with other schools. A hoard of children were around me when I was doing solves.
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