Nikita
15, Slovenia
Kaidrich Keolo Pobre
17, Philippines
Daphne Qin
12, America
Eli Jay
14, UK
Benjamin Voller-Brown
Mervyn Teo Ye Hang
13, Malaysia
Timo Norrkniivilä
16, Finland
Anonymous
15, USA
Yusuf Serhat Altýnyüzük
14, Turkey
Twigs
14, Canada
Zac
12, USA
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Marissa Baney
My Favorite Puzzle
Marissa Baney (13, USA)
Many people are surprised and amazed when I whip out a cube from my backpack and solve it in front of them. The majority of the human population can’t solve cubes. At least the female population. Continue reading “Marissa Baney”
Dominic
A funny story about the Rubik’s Cube
Dominic (10, Philippines)
My name is Dominic and I am 10 years old from the Philippines and this is my funny story about the cube.
Rajan Patel
My Favorite Cuber: Chris Tran
Rajan Patel (15, USA)
Whereas many people may be quick to point to Feliks Zemdegs, Max Park, or another fast cuber as they’re favorite, I’d like to point to someone else. This person is Chris Tran.
Rajan Patel
My Favorite Puzzle
Rajan Patel (15, USA)
A large debate over many cubers is what the best puzzle is, and people can argue over this for hours on end. Continue reading “Rajan Patel”
John Dahl
Why I Started Cubing
John Dahl (14, USA)
I started cubing because my older brother had an old cube and my little brother bought a new one. Continue reading “John Dahl”
John Dahl
How I met the Cube
John Dahl (14, USA)
I first met the cube six years ago when my older brother decided to get a Rubik’s Cube. He never actually learned any algorithms Continue reading “John Dahl”
Vidhur Jagadeesh
My Favorite Puzzle
Vidhur Jagadeesh (12, USA)
My favorite puzzle… I’ve only owned 3 puzzled so far, a 2×2, 3×3, and 4×4. I’ve tried a couple other cubes though.
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Vidhur Jagadeesh
My Favorite Cubers
Vidhur Jagadeesh (12, USA)
I have a bunch of favorite cubers. But my number one cuber is Continue reading “Vidhur Jagadeesh”
Vidhur Jagadeesh
How I Met the Cube
Vidhur Jagadeesh (12, USA)
I knew about the cube around 5 years old, but did not pay a lot of attention to it.
Vidhur Jagadeesh
Why I Started Cubing
Vidhur Jagadeesh (12, USA)
There are 2 main reasons to why I picked up a cube and decided, “Okay, I’m really going to solve it this time”.
Vidhur Jagadeesh
A Funny Story about Cubing
Vidhur Jagadeesh (12, USA)
I have a lot of funny stories about cubing. So many, that in fact I think that’s why it was created.
Naveen Tomlinson
All in one
Kaustubh Patil & Naveen Tomlinson
In this essay I will tell you a couple of things about cubing and how I like to cube.
I got into cubing because for a while cubes were all the rage in my school. So I got two cubes, a Shengshou Fangyuan 3×3 and a Shengshou Pyraminx. Continue reading “Naveen Tomlinson”
Marlon Somersall
Why I started cubing
Marlon Somersall (10, USA)
I started cubing to be better than my sister at something and to be the only person in my class to know how to solve the cube. I did not start speedcubing until the day after I learned to solve the cube because somebody in my class learned how to solve it on the same exact day, which is pretty rare, and he could solve it around the same time as me.
Andy Liu
My Favorite Cuber
Andy Liu (13, Canada)
A lot of cubers tend to prefer the “cubing celebrities’ in this world, over the average, run-of-the-mill type cubers like me. Us cubers see these “specials” as inspiration, motivation to keep cubing and to achieve world-class speedsolve times. These “specials” would include the fastest cubers, like Feliks Zemdegs, Mats Valk, Lucas Etter, and renowned cubing YouTubers, dubbed DGCubes, RedKB and others.
Andy Liu
A funny story with the cube
Andy Liu (13, Canada)
Cubes look very funny inside. Most would expect a symmetrical, repeating pattern of squares bound together by a magical force. The harsh reality is simply, a unique and unexpected design.
Saga Angwald
Why I started cubing
Saga Angwald (15, Sweden)
Hi, my name is Saga Angwald, I’m from Sweden and I’m 15 years old. I am pretty new to the whole cubing thing but I am totally addicted.
Eric Lee
My Favorite Cuber: 343
Eric Lee (USA)
Out of all of the Cubers in the world, here are my top favorite cubers:
-JrCuber
-Crazy Bad Cuber
-Nathan Wilson
-Cubeorithms
Eric Lee
A Funny Story about the Cube
Eric Lee (USA)
I know the Category says to tell a “Funny” story about the Cube, but I haven’t really got any. So instead I’ll tell you a few other stories that may or may not be funny depending on your “Funny” standards. Bare with me.
Eric Lee
How I met the cube
Eric Lee (USA)
It was about 4 years ago at the end of April when my brother got a Rubik’s cube on his Birthday for one of his presents. Continue reading “Eric Lee”
Marlon Somersall
My favorite cuber
My favorite cuber is Jared Stinson aka Continue reading “Marlon Somersall”
Otto
A Funny Story About the Cube
Otto (11, Australia)
It was a dark and stormy lunchtime and I was teaching my friend Xavier how to solve the 4×4. Continue reading “Otto”
Sol Sutter
The Weirdest (and funniest) cubing day of my life
Sol Sutter (14, USA)
Today I’m going to tell you a story of perhaps the weirdest (and funniest) cubing day of my life. It was your typical Monday morning, bad hair, didn’t finish my homework, woke up late and overall I knew this day was going to be terrible. Continue reading “Sol Sutter”
Sarthak Mangla
How I Met the Cube
Sarthak Mangla (12, India)
Although I had a cube since I was 5 years old, I didn’t really meet the cube until a couple of years back. The cube was one of the lonely inhabitants of my cluttered desk. Continue reading “Sarthak Mangla”
Aedan Bryant
How I Met the Cube
Aedan Bryant (13, USA)
Riding in the front seat of the car, ready to get home and watch some YouTube, I get interrupted from my train of thought by my Dad exclaiming “hey I have a quick errand I have to run!” I accept and we pull into the parking lot of Toys R Us. Continue reading “Aedan Bryant”
Aryaansh Rathore
Best selling magic cube to unlock magic power
Aryaansh Rathore (12, UAE)
One day, I had gone to my sister’s school fair. Getting bored, I decide to explore the stalls. One was selling cubes. Well, one type. I went and picked it up, and this is what the label read – “Best selling magic cube to unlock magic power”
I did not know anything about cubing, and I asked my dad if we could buy it, and after some time, he gave me the 20 AED /- Overjoyed, I rushed to the stall, and bought it. I ‘accidentally’ scrambled it, and the first thing I did when I went home was – Opened cube explorer and searched for the optimal solution. And I was happy with a solved cube. But then I scrambled it on purpose, and embarked on a journey to fight boredom. It took me days, weeks but I learnt to solve it. The cube distracted me from boredom, and then it became like an addiction. Seriously, it was so relaxing that I even spent HOURS a day cubing. My friend also joined me, and learnt F2L. I was amazed at the ingenuity of CFOP. (Well, I averaged 1 minute 30 seconds). Two weeks later, I was averaging sub-50. I was really happy at how the cubing community gladly accepts newer cubers. And I also remember when getting a 1 minute solve was good 🙂
Aryaansh Rathore
A funny story about the cube
Aryaansh Rathore (12, UAE)
During a class, I broke out my cube to solve quietly minding my own business as I had completed the assignment.
Danial Azam
My Favourite Cuber
Danial Azam (13, UK)
Hi. My name is Danial Azam and I’m 13. I started cubing 1-2 years ago when I saw someone in my class solving a Rubik’s Cube. My logic was, ‘If they can do it, why can’t I’. Continue reading “Danial Azam”
Robert McLane
How I met the cube
Robert McLane (20, USA)
Since my early years of life, I have always been fascinated with problems and how to solve them. Rather it be math homework, or a squeaky door at home, I was always up for a challenge. I lived a relatively simple life; playing video games, doing well in school, and wearing wrist bands as a fashion statement. Continue reading “Robert McLane”
Benjamin Voller-Brown
How I met the cube
Benjamin Voller-Brown (15, USA)
It was a cold Spring day, Mandarin characters flying through the room. The characters spinning in my head, however, were not the only thing spinning in that classroom. The bright flashes of color grab at my vision. Continue reading “Benjamin Voller-Brown”
Marlon Somersall
My favourite puzzle, the Pyraminx
Marlon Somersall (10, USA)
My favourite cube definitely is the Pyraminx. Although it has only four sides, it looks cool, is a lot of fun and is fairly easy to learn how to solve. Continue reading “Marlon Somersall”
George Chen
Why I started cubing
George Chen (12, UK)
Why I started cubing? Well it all started on February, when I downloaded a cube app on my phone. I remembered that my first solve was 30 minutes, which is pretty good for a first solve in my opinion.
Drew Ford
Rubik’s Cube Beginnings
Drew Ford (13, USA)
I first began trying to solve Rubik’s Cubes when I was eight years of age. I got a Mona Lisa sticker mod cube as a present on my birthday and was so excited. It even came with a plastic case to show it off. Continue reading “Drew Ford”
Edie Newstead
Why I Started Cubing
Edie Newstead (9, Australia)
About a year ago my brother tried to teach me the cube because he loved it and I was interested. So we started and me, being me got sidetracked very easily and lost interest basically straight away (once I’d learnt the white cross.) Continue reading “Edie Newstead”
The Power of The Cube
The Power of The Cube
Benjamin Voller-Brown (15, USA)
Distractions come easy for me in school. My mind just seems to drift while I’m in class. One day in my Mandarin Chinese class, on one of my drifts, I saw a friend fiddling with something colorful. Continue reading “The Power of The Cube”
Marlon Somersall
How I Met The Cube
Marlon Somersall (10, USA)
While vacationing in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with my family, I decide to walk into a toy store on the boardwalk. With popcorn in my hands, I stare at a teenageer solving a three by three Rubik’s cube. Continue reading “Marlon Somersall”
Thomas Beckwith
How I met the cube
Thomas Beckwith (16, New Zealand)
OK, one day I woke up wanting a Rubik´s Cube.
Lars Moreels
My favorite puzzle
Lars Moreels (19, Belgium)
I think it’s hard to decide what my favorite puzzle is. One, because I didn’t get the chance to try every puzzle out there, and two: because every twisty puzzle has its own glamour and characteristics. But I can safely tell that my favorite puzzle would be a non-WCA twisty puzzle.
Lars Moreels
How I met the cube
Lars Moreels (19, Belgium)
I received my first Rubik’s Cube when I was 6 years old. I loved all sorts of puzzles at that time and I couldn’t keep my hands from it. However, I struggled a long time to solve it. Continue reading “Lars Moreels”
Aryaansh Rathore
My favourite cuber…
Aryaansh Rathore (12, UAE)
Cubers, always surprising me with their insanely high TPS and awesome cube setups, I have many favourite cubers. But choosing one is relatively easy too. And here it comes….. Continue reading “Aryaansh Rathore”
TH
A funny story about the cube
My first experience with a Rubik’s cube was when I was about 2. I had no idea what it was, all I knew was that it was bright and colourful. I introduced it to my teeth straight away. Hello Mr Colourful, how are you doing today? I’m fine, thank you Mr Teeth. Needless to say, that cube didn’t make it far. Continue reading “TH”
TH
My favourite puzzle, the Pyraminx
My personal favourite twisty puzzle is the Pyramix. It is my favourite because it is an intuitive and fresh yet surprisingly familiar take on the original 3×3 Rubik’s cube. The turning action of the Pyraminx rivals the turning actions of most high-end speedcubes such as the Gans or the Shengshou. The stickers, in all my time solving the Pyraminx, have barely been scratched at all (I have been solving for about a month, for the record).
Anonymous from USA
My Favorite Cuber
(21, USA)
My favorite cuber is Steven Brundage. Steven has not only mastered the art of solving puzzles, but he has also mastered the art of illusion. Steven is a well known cuber who combines cubing and magic to create something truly unique. Steven has created his own tricks with cubing and brings something to the magic community that has never been seen or done before. While Steven may use illusions in his performances, a lot of what he does involves skill that has taken thousands upon thousands of hours to perfect and create.
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Jackson Breit
How I Met the Cube
Jackson Breit (14, USA)
Our family chiropractor was very friendly toward children. Smack-dab in the middle of the office toy bin there was an oddly oriented Skewb. My dad called it a Rubik’s Cube wannabe. Of course, being five, I had no idea what that was supposed to mean. At first I thought its sole function was to shift around like a purposeless Transformer. Naturally, my ADD brain was fascinated by this toy and I fiddled with it up until the time we left. From then on I was bent on twisting this thing until the sides fell off. I had no idea that it was meant to be SOLVED; such a notion that this strange colored shape was a puzzle was beyond me.
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Toby Perlstadt
My Favorite Speed Cuber
Toby Perlstadt (11, USA)
You are probably expecting me to say someone like Feliks Zemdegs or Mats Valk, but my favorite cuber is actually Yu Da Hyun. She is a Korean cuber and is insane at the megaminx and has the world record of 33.17 seconds. She also has the megaminx world record average with 37.25 seconds.
Toby Perlstadt
My Favorite Twisty Puzzle: The Kibiminx
Toby Perlstadt (11, USA)
My favorite Twisty puzzle is… well… I’m not sure what it is called. According to DGCubes it is called a Kibiminx. I refer to it as a 2 by 2 Megaminx. It looks exactly as it sounds. It is pretty uncommon and only ShengShou makes it. Continue reading “Toby Perlstadt”
Toby Perstadt
Two Funny Stories About the Cube
Toby Perlstadt (11, USA)
It was my friends and I sitting in study hall cubing as usual. My friend Asher was timing himself on 2 by 2 with my timer while I recorded him on my phone. He seemed to think that he could break the world record. Continue reading “Toby Perstadt”
Toby Perlstadt
Why I started Cubing
Toby Perlstadt (11, USA)
I started cubing because I always wanted to learn how to solve the cube. My friends all had them in 6th grade so I wanted my own cube. Continue reading “Toby Perlstadt”
Toby Perlstadt
How I Met the Cube
Toby Perlstadt (11, USA)
I first was introduced to the Rubik’s cube when I was about 5 or 6. It was my dad’s cube. I was fascinated by it and always wondered how to solve it. Then it faded away from my life due to growing up, moving houses, and school. Continue reading “Toby Perlstadt”
MJ
Why I started cubing
I guess I started cubing off of jealousy. When my friend came to school one day with a Rubik’s cube and asked me to scramble it, I did. When he took it back and solved it, I was amazed. I also must admit that I was jealous. Continue reading “MJ”
MJ
My favourite puzzle
My favourite puzzle is the Megaminx. Specifically the Carbon Fiber Megaminx. My favourite puzzle is the Megaminx for a couple of reasons. One reason is because in my opinion, it is complex enough for me, but not to complex. Another reason is because when you get good at solving the megaminx, you can solve it in sub 5 minutes. Continue reading “MJ”
MJ
My Favourite Cuber
I wish I could say that I am my favorite cuber, but that would be a lie. My favorite cuber is Feliks Zemdegs, and for a couple of reasons. One reason is because he holds nine world records! I mean, who wouldn’t look up to someone like that? Another reason is because when I think of Feliks Zemdegs, I think to myself, “I really want to be like him.” I have always looked up to Feliks, and I probably won’t stop.
MJ
How I met the Cube
The first time I ever saw a rubik’s cube is when I was in first grade. My parents had gotten me a pretty good speed cube, and for me it was my favorite passtime. I would spend hours trying to solve the cube. My first real try at solving the cube was when I thought that if I put all of the pieces of one face in the right spot, I would solve the cube. I was quickly disappointed.
Luke Abram
How I met the cube
Luke Abram (13, USA)
I started cubing when a kid in my futura (gifted program) class asked if we could try the Rubik’s Cube. Continue reading “Luke Abram”
Ethan Shaw
How I met the Cube
Ethan Shaw (16, USA)
I have vague memories of a Rubik’s cube floating around the house as a child; I never learned to solve it, and over time it was forgotten. The first time I encountered cubing in the sense I know it today was at a robotics competition– my cousin’s team was doing well that season, and my grandfather brought me along as a moral support. Continue reading “Ethan Shaw”
Angelo B. Noscal
$1 Cube
Angelo B. Noscal (13, Phillipines)
The first time I encountered the Rubik’s Cube was when I was a little over 6 years old, at that time I was playing chase with my friends when I saw a bespectacled young man playing with a square like toy. Continue reading “Angelo B. Noscal”
Dominic
Why I Started Cubing
Dominic (10, Philippines)
During the late months of 2016, cubing became popular in our school. Colby, my classmate became the first cuber in our class. He amazed my classmates and I by solving the cube in less than a minute. Continue reading “Dominic”
Benjamin Voller-Brown
The Race That Changed Everything
Benjamin Voller-Brown (15, USA)
Solving the Rubik’s cube has always been a fun pastime for me. I do it when I have time in school, giving me a distraction from the busy and crazy school life. Every Friday my school has a study hall. Continue reading “Benjamin Voller-Brown”
Benjamin Voller-Brown
My Favorite Cuber
Benjamin Voller-Brown (15, USA)
My favorite cuber is someone who has helped me through tough times, someone who has fought by my side, and someone who will always be there for me. My favorite cuber is my best friend, Roshan. Continue reading “Benjamin Voller-Brown”
Lance Ventula
All in one
I met the Rubik’s Cube by seeing my friends and my cousin solve it fast. I saw a lot of people solving it fast especially the one who won the world record so I tried to solve a Rubik’s Cube using algorithms. So my mother bought me a Rubik’s Cube and all I needed to do is learn the steps & the moves. I started cubing also because of my friends and to try beat their personal best. I started cubing so I can a lot of kinds of Rubik’s Cubes. Continue reading “Lance Ventula”
Anonymous from USA
Why I Started Cubing
(21, USA)
I started cubing primarily because I was addicted to gaming. Although gaming is enjoyable, it has become too easily accessible with the wide use of smart phones that enable a person to access apps anytime and anywhere. I recognized my addictive behavior and decided I needed another enjoyable way to get my mind off school and work.
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Anonymous from USA
How I Met The Cube
(21, USA)
I originally met the Rubik’s Cube when I was in elementary school. My friend’s older brother Mitchell had a 3×3 and it amazed me how he could solve the cube, no matter how scrambled it was. As I learned from him he taught me the logarithms to solve the puzzle and at the time, I didn’t even know what a logarithm was.
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Sammy Worlda
How I Met The Cube
The first time I saw the Rubik’s cube was a very long time ago, when my grandma gave me one from the 80s. I thought it was weird and confusing, so I chucked into my closet. A few years later, I was looking on Amazon, and I saw some weird-looking Rubik’s cubes. They looked cool, so I put them on my wishlist.
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Noah Mac
My Favorite cube
My favorite cube is the Pyraminx. Continue reading “Noah Mac”
Cameron Pester
How I met the Cube
Cubing Entry
· Cubes Are Awesome!
· Hooray for coding class!
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Adrian Gian Barredo
Why I started cubing
Adrian Gian Barredo (13, Philippines)
Last year, I transferred to another school which is my school this coming S.Y 2017-2018. I was really having a fun time with my classmates during school days. We were always playing physical games, or any kinds of board games. Continue reading “Adrian Gian Barredo”
Ishaan
How I met the cube
Ishaan Preet Singh Ahluwalia (India)
Well I was probably 8 or 9 when one day my cousin arrived at our house. With him he bought a Rubick’s cube with him. Neither of us knew how to solve it so it was just two boys throwing the cube around the house. Continue reading “Ishaan”
Jayden Smith
Why I started cubing
Jayden Smith (15, New Zealand)
About a year ago, one of my classmates at my school bought his 3×3 to school one day. I didn’t really notice or care all that much, but a couple of days later, some other classmates, inspired by the first, brought their cubes to school as well. Continue reading “Jayden Smith”
Anonymous from Malaysia
How I Met The Cube
Rubik’s Cube is a 3-D combination puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Erno Rubik. It was considered an impossible task to solve the cube when it was first created. Continue reading “Anonymous from Malaysia”
RF from Canada
Why I started cubing
RF (13, Canada)
I started cubing several years ago. I started, and I never stopped.
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Gavin Claypool
How I met the cube
Gavin Claypool (18, Germany)
Okay, let’s start. I met the cube when I went to USA. I was born there and my hole family lives there(except my parents), but I live in germany. So, when I spend my holidays in Kentucky my aunt bought me a rubiks cube. Continue reading “Gavin Claypool”
JP Fortaleza
How I Came Across Cubing
JP Fortaleza (15, USA)
My name is JP Fortaleza and I have been cubing for about one year now. The first time I first encountered the Rubik’s cube was when I was seven years old. My grandma was playing with one and she had solved one side. Continue reading “JP Fortaleza”
Matej Chytrý
Why I started cubing
Matej Chytrý
As most people, it started with me getting a very bad 3×3, yet i didn’t know how to solve it. I was all about puzzles before, just not about twisty ones.
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Aryaansh Rathore
How I met the cube
Aryaansh Rathore (12, UAE)
One fateful day, as I got into the bus, I saw this new guy. He was holding a Rubik’s cube. I looked at him and was like- “Can you solve that? My friend can do it in like three seconds”. Continue reading “Aryaansh Rathore”
Aryaansh Rathore
My most favourite puzzle
Aryaansh Rathore (12, UAE)
My favourite puzzle……….. One question I always have to brainstorm to answer. I’m gonna answer a bit like if the question was like this- There are all the puzzles of the world in a room. You have to pick one, and quick, as they are going to melt. Continue reading “Aryaansh Rathore”
John Churchill Dizon
Why I Started Cubing
John Churchill Dizon (14, Philippines)
I started cubing because of I was so amazed to those people who can solve a Rubik’s Cube and many more twisty puzzle and why did I get amazed? Well because I’m a honor student from our school until now and I got influenced by people around our school especially my classmates and then I realize that Continue reading “John Churchill Dizon”
Arnaldo Satoru Gunzi
The “Temporal” Rubik Cube inside the Planning of Forests
(38, Brazil)
I work with Forest Planning, in one of the biggest Brazilian paper and cellulose companies. One day, I was asked to do a presentation to explain my work to adolescent students. I used the Rubik Cube to do this.
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Shashank Naik
Funny story about the cube
Shashank Naik (12, India)
When I received my gift from my uncle, I was really happy. I had asked one for my birthday and my uncle remembered to get it. I did not know how to solve it. I would make four turns and then reverse it. One day my friend scrambled the cube totally. I was completely confused and had no idea how to solve it and moreover the centers had fallen off. I checked a few tutorials on how to solve the cube and followed it step by step.
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Shashank Naik
How I met the cube
Shashank Naik (12, India)
I had never heard of the word Rubik’s cube until I saw one in a toy store. I found the cube to be interesting and funny looking because of the various colours it had. But I was scared because I did not know what it actually was. I thought that it was bewitched. After a few days a friend of mine was playing with it. I feared to even go near it.
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Shashank Naik
My favorite puzzles
Shashank Naik (12, India)
I solve many different types of cubes. Out of them these are my favorite puzzles: pyraminx, 4×4, 3×3 and square‑1.
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Shashank Naik
Why I started cubing
Shashank Naik (12, India)
The Rubik’s cube fascinated me. I used to think that the cube was magical and a person who could solve it was a pure magician. I was interested with the colour combinations and thought that if I could solve everyone would be surprised.
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Shashank Naik
My Favourite Cuber
Shashank Naik (12, India)
There are many speed cubers whom I like. Some of them are Feliks Zemdegs ,Kevin Hays and Mats Valk.
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Anonymous from USA
How I started cubing
Before the age of eleven, I had never held a Rubik’s cube, let alone try to solve one. I had seen Rubik’s cubes before, but never had I had one and tried to solve it. I had always thought to myself for my whole life, how hard could it be?
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Nick Wright
My Favorite Cuber
Nick Wright (37, USA)
Since starting my cubing hobby, or obsession depending on who you ask, I have come to appreciate the great cubers of YouTube. Continue reading “Nick Wright”
Nick Wright
How I met the Cube / Why I started Cubing
Nick Wright (37, USA)
My story of “How I met the cube” may differ a little from the younger generation. I remember my grandparents have an old Rubik’s cube at their how growing up. Continue reading “Nick Wright”
Jared Hirt
How I Met The Cube
Jared Hirt (12, Canada)
I met the cube one fine Christmas morning in my stocking 4 years ago. When I first got the cube I was so excited, my first thought was yes I am going to solve the cube but it did not turn out that way.
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Anonymous from Malaysia
Why I Started Cubing
Rubik cube, also called as the Magic Cube in its early release, is the World’s best selling toy ever. Approximately one in seven people alive have played with a Rubik’s cube.
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Maury Gorospe
My cubing life
Maury Gorospe (13, Canada)
How I met the cube is that my friend has a Rubik’s cube and he was decent at solving it and me a non cuber would always mess it up for him, but he got so annoyed that he kept running away from me so I decided to buy my own cube of course I ordered from amazon because I have no idea about TheCubicle, speedcubeshop, etc. Continue reading “Maury Gorospe”
Noah Mac
How I Got Into Cubing
Noah Mac
Hello, my name is Noah. I first got into cubing when I saw a video with Feliks Zemdegs 4.73 world record, and also when I solved my teachers class Rubik’s Cube with the Rubik’s Cube solver.
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Ethan Wright
How I met the cube
Ethan Wright (12)
I met the cube when I was in 6th grade. At my school, some of my friends had cubes, and I was fascinated by them, it was so cool to me how they could do something as crazy and hard in 30 seconds.
Daniel Avichail
How did I get into puzzle solving
Daniel Avichail (31)
So, how did I get into puzzle solving? It all started in late 2012, when I came across a Ukrainian talent show on Youtube. The contestant started off by asking one of the judges to scramble a 3x3x3 cube, after which he proceeded to do a blind solve on it. If that wasn’t impressive enough, in the next part of his act he unveiled one hundred scrambled 3x3x3 cubes, each of them numbered from one to a hundred. He had memorized all of them the night before and asked the judges to select any one of those hundred cubes, which he would then proceed to blind solve from memory. Watching him solve that cube left me no less impressed than the judges and audience at that show! Although I had seen Rubik’s Cubes before, this was the first spark that would soon pique my interest in learning to solve twisty puzzles.
John Evans
How I Met the Rubik’s Cube
John Evans (11, USA)
The story of how I discovered the Rubik’s cube is very interesting. When I was three or four years old, I would play with my dad’s old cube. Back then I didn’t really understand the functions and how the cube worked. To be honest, I don’t even know why I would play with it. I may have even “accidently” tried moving the stickers to solve it once or twice. This was probably the first step I took towards becoming the cuber I am today. Though I was never able to solve it, it was a lot of fun and kept me busy.
Benjamin Voller-Brown
My Favorite Rubik’s Cube
Benjamin Voller-Brown (15, USA)
During the spring of 2016 when I was only 15 years old, I got my first Rubik’s Cube. It was a Rubik’s brand Cube, but that did not matter to me. The only thing that mattered was that I was finally able to try to solve the infamous Continue reading “Benjamin Voller-Brown”
Nicholas Grotenhuis
The start of my cubing career
Nicholas Grotenhuis
I believe my actual cubing career probably started in fifth grade even though I couldn’t solve a cube. I started trying to solve because my best friend could do it. That is the short answer at least.
Sam
How I met the cube
Sam (20, UK)
My earliest memory of the Rubik’s Cube was back when I was 9-11 years old, so 2006-2009. I was given some money to buy toys with, and there was this cube thing, with different colours on each side. I thought it looked cool so I told my mum “I want that”. I remember vividly, her giggle saying, “you’ll never solve that”. But I was so adamant that I wanted it, she bought me it.
Hargun Singh Tikku
Me and Cubing
Hargun Singh Tikku (13, India)
I got my First Good Rubik’s Cube on 13 Feb 2015 as a gift from my papa on his birthday.
Dakshansh Chawda
Why I started cubing
Dakshansh Chawda (15, India)
Since childhood I am fascinated by puzzles and brain games and Rubik’s cube is one of those puzzles which was at the pinnacle of my fascination until I learned how to solve it.
Anonymous From USA
My story of how I started cubing
Hi! I’m a cuber with a best time of 31.4 seconds on 3×3. I did not start out getting a half minute time though, and this is my story of how I started cubing.
Mikael Soh
Once upon a time…
Mikael Soh (12, Singapore)
Once upon a time, there lived two adult 3x3s, one a female and the other one a male. As it turned out, both cubes fell in love and they got married a month after they started dating. After about a year, the two cubes had a baby! They were very excited as there would now be another cube in the world(they were the only ones back then). Unfortunately, when they saw the baby, they were not prepared to see what they saw. Their baby cube was born scrambled! His body parts were moved all around and he was very ‘jumbled’.
Daniel Evans
Why I started cubing
Daniel Evans (UK)
My mum taught me how to solve a cube in late 2012. After learning how to solve a cube, I got faster and faster than my mum, but I did not yet realise that I was a cuber as I had not met any other cubers yet. There was a younger kid at my primary school who learned how to solve it and when I tried his cube it was way faster, but soon I forgot about that until I entered secondary school. As I got to know more people at my new school, some shared an interest in cubes and I tried their cubes and they were faster, so I got faster cubes too. My time decreased so much, it nearly halved and this renewed my interest in cubes. At break I would race, but I never seemed to win.
Daniel Evans
How I met the cube
Daniel Evans (UK)
A long, long time ago sitting in the cupboard was a Rubik’s cube, and one day I was just about tall enough to reach it so I got it down and scrambled it. I could not solve it so I gave it to my mum and after about 2 minutes it was solved. Over the next few weeks I kept scrambling it and making my mum solve it until one day, in despair, she got me to learn how to solve it. It took a while as she got me to understand each stage first so once I had finished I would not have to look back at it; I would know how to do it.
Daniel Evans
A funny story about the cube
Daniel Evans (UK)
One day in early 2015 I had got a new 3×3 for Christmas; a Moyu Aolong and it was OK but was not what I expected and may well have been a fake. I heard that if you loosened the tensions, cubes could be faster. So I tried it out and my cube was way faster, but it popped a lot. I decided to leave the tensions really loose and went into school. I solved it in under 40 seconds so I thought it was great and then went to run Cubing club again.
Tyeson Bouaphaseuth
A Funny Cube Story
Tyeson Bouaphaseuth (12, USA)
You are standing in your room staring at the damned twisty puzzle. You ask yourself why it is so meticulously crafted to incite frustration and misgivings. You glance at your nearby alarm clock until you realize you’ve been cursing it for the past 20 minutes. Then a brilliant idea comes into your troubled brain. The Google. The Google knows everything. You sprint out of your room to retrieve your laptop as you wonder why you didn’t think of this before you uttered profanity at the little devil for 20 minutes.
Asa Grigsby
A funny story about the cube
Asa Grigsby (12, USA)
We all were amateurs at one point, you can’t deny that. Whether you’re playing basketball or gaming, you started out as a noob. I’m in the same boat as everybody else, and I can’t stand thinking about me as a cubing noob.
Asa Grigsby
Why I started Cubing
Asa Grigsby (12, USA)
Why I started Cubing. This a question that often crosses over my head from time to time. Why did I start cubing? Luckily, this a question with an easy answer. I first started cubing around the time of fall/winter of 2016.
Asa Grigsby
My Favorite Puzzle
Asa Grigsby (12, USA)
Everybody likes a good puzzle. They’re hard, challenging, and once you solve it, it feels like you’re on top of the world.
The definition of a puzzle according to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary says, “a game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge.” I don’t know what the writer of this definition was thinking when they made this definition, but they were probably thinking of the Square One.
Ryan Wu
How I Met The Cube
(Canada)
This all happened when I was a kid. I was really into sports back then, and I really focused on cross country. I was practiced a lot and I got a place to compete in regional championships.
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Karen Lee
How I met the cube
Karen Lee (14, Hong Kong)
When I first picked up a Rubik’s cube I was about 2 or 3 years old. The first one I ever owned was probably a Rubik’s keychain cube, and since I didn’t know how to solve it, all I could do with it was arrange its layers into funny shapes. Of course, this was limited, and sooner or later, I’d get bored and dump it to the back of my cupboard. Solving the cube was, to me, an impossible feat, only accomplishable by rumored geniuses. Slowly, years passed, and some way or another, the cube disappeared, both physically (I lost it) and mentally (I never thought of it again). This was until one day, when I was about 11, and I saw a video of the history of 3×3 world records appear in my YouTube suggestions bar.
Devin Callahan
How I Met The Cube
Devin Callahan (13, USA)
I met the Rubik’s Cube about 6 or 7 years ago. I had gotten one from my mom on Christmas morning and another from my grandma on my birthday. I didn’t learn to solve it until the beginning of 2017. I don’t remember much of me meeting the cube so i’ll talk about how I solved it and became a cuber.
Anonymous From Canada
How I Met The Cube
One day, I saw my friend toying with a Valk 3. They averaged around 50 secs at that time. I was very curious. They let me try it and I fell in love with the speed. Then came winter break. The day after Christmas, my family went on a road trip to visit our cousins in Oregon. We stayed in a nice hotel.
C.J. Charlebois
An Easter Cube
C.J. Charlebois (17, MN, US)
For many years my grandmother has tried to rekindle our childhood Easter spirit. Forcing us to do many things, including an Easter egg hunt. Sadly, the youngest member of the family is 16, and the oldest 42. Never the less, she keeps on trying to get us into the Easter spirit.
Dakshansh Chawda
How I met the cube
Dakshansh Chawda (15, India)
As a small kid I have always been curious to know about everything around me. I get attracted to everything that seems challenging.
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Yohaan Master
A funny story about the cube
Yohaan Master (10, Singapore)
This incident happened on the sixth of March, earlier this year.
4th grade was reaching its end, and we were more or less passing time till the end of school. Our teachers handed assignments that we finished in the wink of an eye, and finally resigned to giving us free time.
Igor Krainović
How I Met The Cube
Igor Krainović (29, Croatia)
I’ve met the cube way back in high school, it was one of those mesmerizing, character defining events. I remember it was the end of school year, me and my friends were going to P.E. class, and one of them pulled the cube out of the backpack. We all tried it a bit, managed to make one side right and generally thought it was easy – repeat the process five more times and that’s it! Right? Were we wrong.
Jack Dvorak
A Funny Story
Jack Dvorak (13, USA)
One day I was competing at a Science Olympiad competition, and to past my time I brought my Moyu 3×3. I went into the cafeteria and this one kid that I was supposed to compete against, came over to me.
Jai O’Connor
How I Met The Cube
Jai O’Connor (13, 02OCON2017, YouTube)
One day, I was watching TV. I was flickering through the channels and found a Rubik’s Cube advertisement. I stopped flickering to watch it. After I watched it, I was inspired. I wanted to get one. But I didn’t know speed-cubing so I was basically a non-cuber.
Devin Callahan
How I Met The Cube
Devin Callahan (13, USA)
I met the Rubik’s Cube about 6 or 7 years ago. I had gotten one from my mom on Christmas morning and another from my grandma on my birthday. I didn’t learn to solve it until the beginning of 2017. I don’t remember much of me meeting the cube so i’ll talk about how I solved it and became a cuber.
Joshua Í Brekkunum
How I met the cube
Joshua Í Brekkunum (14, The Faroe Islands)
The first time I actually saw a Rubik’s cube was when I was about five years old when a friend of my mother’s was solving it and I thought to myself I will never solve that.
I started to solve a Rubik’s cube was when I was eight years old, but then I only had a cheat sheet I did not know how to memorize algorithms I did that for like a week and then I forgot about it.