Which questions should I ask in an interview?

[rubikmaster]

I have a competition in 2 months and there will be a pretty well known cuber there(I'm not going to tell you who it is yet) and I'm planning on interviewing him and I really want it to be a BIIIIIG interview so please give some questions I could ask him.Here,I already have some of my own questions:
When and how did you start cubing?
What are your main speedcubes?
What are your PB's?
How much do you practice and how has your amount of practice changed through the years?
Are you color netural?
If you aren't: Are you planning to be color neutral?If not is it because you find it to hard to switch to color neutral or because you think fixed cross is better and if you think fixed cross is better,why do you think that?
If you are: When and how did you switch to color neutral?Why did you decide to switch to color neutral?What are the biggest benefits for color neutral solvers?
What is your favorite event?
What event,in your opinion,do you think you are best at?
What NR/CR/WR's are you most proud of?
How would you like to progress in cubing in the future?
What was your biggest cubing milestone/accomplishment?
Do you have any hobbies other than cubing?
Have you made any media appearances(e.g. TV,radio,newspaper)?
Do you cube in public,and if not,why not?
What is your current occupation(e.g. student,employed…)?
Where did you get your current OLL and PLL algorithms and which place do you use the most algorithms from?
What is your approximate F2L/LL ratio?

 

[applemobile]

Has your sex life suffered because of cubing.

 

[jla]

Has your sex life suffered because of cubing.

I laughed so hard after reading this.

On topic: Your questions seems great, and you can pretty easily narrow it down to a few persons since we know that he holds a world record Looking forward to reading the interview

 

[ThomasJE]

I think I've found the competition and there's some WR holders/former holders there. I think it's down to three people as to who you are interviewing. I won't reveal them so it doesn't spoil the fun.

On-topic: Do you do unofficial competitions? If so, where and when?

 

[rubikmaster]

I laughed so hard after reading this.

On topic: Your questions seems great, and you can pretty easily narrow it down to a few persons since we know that he holds a world record Looking forward to reading the interview

I actually checked his WCA page now and it turns out he doesn't hold any world records currently,but he has some national records and has had a few world records in the past.

Do you do unofficial competitions? If so, where and when?

No,I don't.I think we don't even have any here in Croatia,but I will browse a little on our forums to see if there are any.

 

[ThomasJE]

No,I don't.I think we don't even have any here in Croatia,but I will browse a little on our forums to see if there are any.

I meant on forums mainly. And my prediction shortlist is now down to 1. Can I reveal my guess?
EDIT: It's back up to 2.

 

[rubikmaster]

I meant on forums mainly. And my prediction shortlist is now down to 1. Can I reveal my guess?
EDIT: It's back up to 2.

I don't know if you understood,but by our forums I meant our Croatian forums.And anybody that thinks they revealed the cuber I will be interviewing please don't reveal any of your guesses,because I would like it to be a surprise.

 

[ThomasJE]

I don't know if you understood,but by our forums I meant our Croatian forums.And anybody that thinks they revealed the cuber I will be interviewing please don't reveal any of your guesses,because I would like it to be a surprise.

OK, will keep it secret.

 

[rubikmaster]

OK, will keep it secret.

You can PM me with your guess and I will tell you if you guessed,but please don't tell anyone. But you can only have one guess.

 

[Godmil]

How many NR/CR/WR's have you had and how many do you hold right now?

That info is publicly available on the WCA site (at least once we know who it is), how about changing it to something like "Which of your records were/are you most proud of?" or something along those lines.
Opinions are more intresting than facts.

 

[rubikmaster]

That info is publicly available on the WCA site (at least once we know who it is), how about changing it to something like "Which of your records were/are you most proud of?" or something along those lines.
Opinions are more intresting than facts.

That is kind of similar to the ''What was your biggest cubing milestone/accomplishment?'' question but,OK,I changed it.

BTW,guys,please give me some new questions,you have probably seen a lot of interviews on the forum or heard a lot on Youtube,CubeCast,etc.So please come up with some more questions I could ask.

 

[conn9]

Wait, I've got a competition in 2 months... You must be interviewing me!

 

[Crazycubemom]

Michal Pleskowicz interviewed by me, maybe can help you, just read this.


http://issuu.com/mirrorreflection/docs/january_issuemaria

 

[rubikmaster]

Wait, I've got a competition in 2 months... You must be interviewing me!

Nah,that's not the compeition I am going to,but my competition is also held on the same day as yours.

Michal Pleskowicz interviewed by me, maybe can help you, just read this.

http://issuu.com/mirrorreflection/docs/january_issuemaria

OMG,thank you so much.I really appreciate that,just what I needed.

 

[JianhanC]

Maybe you can ask him how often he practises, how he practises, and maybe some personal questions. I was going to guess David Gugl but he didn't have any past WRs Still a really cool and nice guy.

In my opnion you shouldn't ask him if he's CN. You should know by watching his solves. Anyway it's quite hyped up because of Feliks and Rowe but there are some fast cubers who are not CN.

 

[Gaétan Guimond]

Wonder why no competition was organized between 1982 and 2003.

 

[Sillas]

Feliks Zemdegs, J. Fridrich and Z.Z. were interviewed by me, maybe can help you...
You have to customize the questions.. No so much questions.
maybe he/she don't has the patience or time to answer. Just smart questions.

 

[Thompson]

Don't be afraid to ask non-cubing related questions. Maybe ask who his favourite president is or some kind of similar question?