Your Parents and Cubing

KubeKid73 said:
Mcciff, I buy all my cubes myself, except my first one because I don't even remember buying it. It was so long ago, and just a toy, so my parents probably bought it.
Abr, me too, A normal solve now for me is about 1:30-1:40, but no one else can really solve a cube that well, maybe 2-4 minutes. IDK. I've never timed them. I get too bored. XP
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I buy my cubes with my brother's PayPal money. xD -- I spent (as of today) almost 300 dollars on JUST like 20 3x3x3s, one 2x2x2 and one 4x4x4 (I don't even have a stackmat! XD)

The first one was a gift from my parents, a storebought, obviously...

A normal solve for me is like either 30 or better, sometimes a little worse if my F2L is messed up...
Still, APPARENTLY people in my school can get 30s as well, but my PB absolutely shatters anybody of getting anywhere close to my record.

And I'm the only one in my school nerdy enough to take up the 4x4x4 (people solve the 5x5x5, but nobody can solve the 4x4x4 for some reason! LOL), one-handed 3x3x3 and blindfold cubing.

A teacher mentioned to me that I should have started up a cubing club, and I realized I probably should have to, with the potential interest I would have had; there was just no teacher willing to run it, AFAIK.
 
My parents and friends give me the "put that thing away" treatment most of the time. my parents can't stand the clicking sound. My parents also say that it takes too much of my time. My dad spends all day watching CSI and playing Warcraft. I don't think I'm the one they should be worried about
 
vgbjason said:
..My dad spends all day watching CSI and playing Warcraft. I don't think I'm the one they should be worried about.
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I lol'd.

...tell em at least you're doing something that'll exercise your brain and doesn't cost the price of a cube every month.

:P
 
My parents don't mind me cubing, they think it's a good excersise for the mind and hands and sare impressed at my dedication. I think they might get a bit annoyed when I spend too much time on it instead of doing other things though.
 
vgbjason said:
My parents and friends give me the "put that thing away" treatment most of the time. my parents can't stand the clicking sound. My parents also say that it takes too much of my time. My dad spends all day watching CSI and playing Warcraft. I don't think I'm the one they should be worried about
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i don 't no what ur solve time is, but if its under a minute i don t see why ur parents complain bout it taking up too much of ur time lol
 
It was actually my parents who really tried me to solve a 3x3x3 cube in 1981, the year the cube became big worldwide. They brought me the cube and two "how to solve" books. But for all that, I still could not do it.

I forgot one of the books but I remembered the second one well. I was bored in mid April 2009 and typed "Rubik Cube Book" into Ebay and saw the second book again for the first time in over 25 years. I brought the book for $8 AUD and about 4 days after recieving it, I had solved my very first cube ever.

Since then, I have solved every cube from 1x1x1 to 7x7x7. I'm currently on a 2 week cube solving free period to put the fun back into cubing, just like the day I solved my first cube ever. On return, I'll devote lots of time on the 3x3x3 and 4x4x4 cubes. They really need it.

1x1x1: 0.13s (0.21s BLD)
1x3x3: 7s
2x2x2: 20s
3x3x3: 1:20 (avg 1:50)
4x4x4: 6:10
5x5x5: 9:40 (avg 13:00)
6x6x6: 40:00 (Gabbasoft solve)
7x7x7: 34:30 (avg 43:00)
 
My mom is fine with the fact that i cube. She doesn't support it, but she doesn't stop me. My Dad finds it a waste of time and money, and my sister can't have a cube in the same room as her(I am only 12 so this proves a problem).
 
My parents get annoyed (I'm guessing) but they don't say anything about cubing. The only time they complain is if I mention buying new cubes, since they think I'm wasting my money.
 
Sometimes they I say I spend more time on it than I should, but they do support me.
My dad makes sure I practice when a competition is coming up, he films competitions, and my mom averages my times so that I can find out ASAP. :)
 
Sa967St said:
my mom doesn't really care at all about cubing, but she doesn't have anything against it :p to her its just another weird thing I'm into

my dad however wanted to learn to solve the cube after he realized how fun it can be (he enjoys watching the cubers at the competition I go to). He carries a mini key-chain cube around, and he's learning the last layer
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like my mom :D key-chain cube an her beg
 
My Parents and Cubing = Bad

They like it when I go to comps
But the main thing the don't like is that you have to order cubes off the internet.

They went mad at me the other day for spending £2 on a Rubik's clock off ebay

God knows what will happen when my $23 cubesmith order arrives
 
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