Why did YOU start cubing?

[uberCuber]

Basically someone in my 9th grade class could solve it, and everybody was always so impressed..even though it took him at least 2 minutes to solve it every time and he was using Joel van Noort's intermediate method lulz
But of course at the time I didn't know how bad he was either, so I learned to solve it so i could be like him. Then I started learning and realized how bad he actually was, and one week later I asked him to hand me his cube and i solved it faster than him
After that I became really interested, and it gave me something to do during incredibly unnecessary study halls (what little homework we got I could always get done during class without the teachers noticing) and now I'm here

btw, I have never watched a tutorial video ^_^

 

[Doughnut]

I got a Rubik's cube for Christmas 2007. My dad scrambled it.

I very nice read, thanks for sharing.

I will share my story later. Im at work atm.

 

[ExoCorsair]

I saw a bunch of people doing it at CTY, bought one myself after my session was over. It was a 25th Anniversary edition cube (still my main speedcube), and came with a nice little instruction booklet.

Though, I probably wouldn't have cubed as long as I did, nor have started speedsolving if it weren't for my high school friends (in particular, a certain big cubes NR/WR holder).

 

[~Adam~]

I solved a really old Rubik's twice about 13 years ago by solving the white face then swapping to opposite blue* face and repeated until some of the other faces became close to solved, then solved them until I started to see patterns emerging. The 1st solve took about 2 hours and the 2nd about an hour.

I always wanted to know how to solve it quickly but unfortunately the internet wasn't quite what it is today. So I put it on my mental to do list and got round to it Sep last year.

I kept it up because I enjoyed exercising my brain and learning.
I now know full OLL and PLL, averaging about 24 seconds.
I also own around 30 different kinds of twisty puzzle and can solve them all.


*Does anyone know anything about a Rubik brand cube with white opposite blue and green opposite yellow?

 

[ExoCorsair]

*Does anyone know anything about a Rubik brand cube with white opposite blue and green opposite yellow?

Japanese color scheme, iirc.

 

[pcuber]

Because my Rubik's cube was scrambled and I wanted to to see it solved again.

 

[Dimeg]

Because my Rubik's cube was scrambled and I wanted to to see it solved again.

second that..

 

[Cubing321]

OK so there was 4 ppl at a sleepover (im 12) and i was the only one there that cudnt solve the cube! I felt stupid cause everyone there could solve it but me! So i gave it a chance and now im hooked on cubing!

 

[rubiksczar]

I got a rubik's cube for my birthday a year ago, and my friend scrambled it and did it in 3 minutes so I was like WHAT? it takes me half an hour to do that! so I learned how to do it (because I'm very competetive) and within a month I was already faster than him. now I'm sub 25 avg.

 

[TK 421]

Founded a rubiks store-bought at my school, took it and figured the way to cube, I actually learner F2L and OLL and PLL first

 

[IM911]

My daughter (yes, I'm old) was in a talent show at school and this 6 year old kid got up on the stage and said, "I'll solve this rubik's cube in 2 minutes". He had some kid come up and scramble it and he solved it. I thought that if he could do it, so could I. That's right! I'm better than a 6 year old!!! Ugh......... but cubing is fun!

 

[coinman]

My sister bought a cube on a fair in Stockholm 1980. I tried solve on my own but nether did. In 1981 me a and my brother bought cubes and figured out how to solve them. I hade pause for 20 years+ between ~1983-84 and 2005. Im' now on relapse

 

[osrubikmo]

Because I saw the EURO 2008 on the news and that was amazing I wanted to learn...

 

[taiga]

For my son.
I want to that he would gain (interest) some hobbies like yoyoing, speedcubing and similiar activities.
So I have to learn cube solving.
Than I like the speedcubing.

 

[aznfury]

Saw friends doing a cube in freshmen year so I thought, hmm I wonder if I can do one too... :]

 

[Neverlast0]

friend of mine brought one to school 2.5 years ago. Then I wanted to know how to solve it, and from there I took it as a hobby.

 

[musicninja17]

My sister bought a cube on a fair in Stockholm 1980. I tried solve on my own but nether did. In 1981 me a and my brother bought cubes and figured out how to solve them. I hade pause for 20 years+ between ~1983-84 and 2005. Im' now on relapse

Do you still have your original cubes? that's so cool! ^_^

 

[prostx23]

Hi,

I had a 3x3 in the early 80's that I never learned to solve. Pretty much out of the blue last October I decided to buy a new cube and solve it. I'm glad I did.

Mike

 

[Samania]

Justin Bieber.

Hah. No.
I got bored and decided to get around to solving a cube that was lying around. It was a lifelong goal. Took me 2 days to solve it O___O

Now I'm hooked.

 

[Joker]

The Persuit of Happyness movie when Will Smith solved it made me wanna solve it also. Then I saw Erik's former WR solve, and my mind got blown. Then I went to pogobat (sadly) to learn the LL (I could solve the first 2 layers by myself without a tut). Then I looked for Fridrich. I saw badmephisto's name. 'Nuff said.