Worst feeling ever while solving?

[not_kevin]

when you look down at the timer during a solve, it will make you want to get faster therefore causing a lock up
and also dropping cube during OH

 

[fanwuq]

when you do one of the fastest solves that you've ever done, so fast that you get this incredible adrenaline rush of a new PB, with flawless execution and lookahead...

and you look up to see the effects of the spacebar on a webpage.

exactly.
Damn cubetimer.com, CCT...

I'm certain that I have gotten sub-1:20 on a real 4x4... but it wasn't timed.

 

[Sa967St]

Worst feeling while solving is probably dropping the cube during a solve(accidentally) and feeling stupid for doing it (it happened to me at TOF in November once during 3x3 speed, and during OH too).

3:29-3:32 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4cW8XIWV5k

 

[KevinK]

My PB of 14.88 is with a +2. Almost a month after that, I got a 14.88 solve. So aggravating!

When I look at the timer while solving and see a good time, I get mad because I'm wasting look-ahead time. I try really hard to not look at the time, but it's just habit.

 

[bamman1108]

A pop near the end of a BLD solve.

 

[enigmahack]

The thing I hate the worst when cubing...


I'm cubing, just survived the F2L with a decent time... and then BOOM!!




Punched right in the gonads.

That's the worst feeling ever.

 

[CAT13]

"Oh crap, I made my cross on the wrong side."

I've never done that, but I hate the "Oh crap, I switched orange and yellow on the cross" feeling (cross on green). Switching opposite colors on cross isn't that bad, though.
Whenever I solve my 4x4 I get that "I could be going so much faster if this stupid thing would turn properly" feeling.

 

[Mike Hughey]

When you finish a big cube BLD, pull off the blindfold, and see it's solved. Then Andrew Kang )) shows you that there are two edges swapped on the back side of the cube that you couldn't see at first. That's a pretty sad feeling.

 

[pcharles93]

When you get a PLL skip, AUF the wrong way while watching the timer, looking down and expecting a good time and praise from everyone else, but they're repeating your name in disappointment. Then you wonder why certain people seem to only get U2(Erik Akkersdijk) AUFs or no(Rowe Hessler) AUFs at all after PLL skips.

 

[somerandomkidmike]

This was a while back. My record at the time was just over 15 seconds. I was just about to beat my record (there was a U2 turn left to do). I was at 13 seconds, but my whole cube exploded. It was broken to the point that it was no longer possible to use. Not only did I have to be so close to beating my record, but also I had to wait for a week to get a new cube.

 

[Jai]

When you finish a big cube BLD, pull off the blindfold, and see it's solved. Then Andrew Kang )) shows you that there are two edges swapped on the back side of the cube that you couldn't see at first. That's a pretty sad feeling.

That's what happened to me with an official 2x2 solve, two corners were swapped at the back (BD) that I didn't see.

 

[mcciff2112]

or when you see how fast your going and you glance at the timer only to see that it didnt sense the spacebar and never started to begin with

 

[qqwref]

I REALLY hate it when the timer doesn't start. Especially when the spacebar has hit off something else, so there's a "reset times?" dialog >_<

Here's mine: This one time, at a competition, I was doing really badly on 3x3, and every time was terrible for me. So when I did my last solve, I just did it no-inspection, because I knew it would be terrible anyway.

Later I learned that I was one place away from making the finals, and only .17 of a second away too. And the last solve was counting, so if I had done it normally... I would've made the finals ;_; That sucks.

 

[Sir E Brum]

the worst is I always think I am going to get a good solve but then I get too excited and I jam up on a PLL situation and my time ends up being average

I hate that.

 

[byu]

the worst is I always think I am going to get a good solve but then I get too excited and I jam up on a PLL situation and my time ends up being average

I hate that.

really, one time I was about to get a sub-20, which I've never gotten, and I got a G permutation. It took me at least 5 seconds to recognize which G it was, and then at least 10 seconds to actually perform it, since I'm not too familiar with them. Thinking about it now, it would have been faster to do two-look. I might have gotten sub-30 at least.

 

[comface]

How about when I got my first diy and it popped and my dog immediatley ate the edge piece.

...it was never found.

On a lighter note, does anyone want to buy a type d, one careful owner, amazing condition... one piece missing.

 

[abr71310]

Worst feeling ever is when I realize that I placed a corner-edge pair wrong, AFTER I finish OLL / 1st look of PLL...

Next worst feeling ever is when I placed the cross, but forgot to check if it matched the centres before starting F2L, but not realizing it until F2L is done...

Next worst feelign is when the cube locks up on the easiest OLL / PLL cases EVER, and you just knew that without the lockups you were 2.xx seconds away from your coveted sub-20 single, but ended up getting a 25+ time because you HAD to make sure the damn DS didn't pop...

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

When you finish a big cube BLD, pull off the blindfold, and see it's solved. Then Andrew Kang )) shows you that there are two edges swapped on the back side of the cube that you couldn't see at first. That's a pretty sad feeling.

I'd just look up at him, glare, and then give him the finger Or throw the cube on the ground (especially if it was an eastsheen )

Another for me, you are doing 3x3 BLD and it's an easy solve but you just KNOW that you screwed up somewhere during execution.

 

[Unknown.soul]

because you HAD to make sure the damn DS didn't pop...

DSs shouldn't pop.

 

[Lucas Garron]

While you make the last turn on your new record and the entire U layer explodes?

:rolleyes: