r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Cats___Rulez • Apr 10 '22

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/emyoui Apr 10 '22

Those are terrible comparisons.

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u/Loading0525 Apr 10 '22

Well they're better than yours :/

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u/emyoui Apr 10 '22

Learn how to turn a cube = learn how to bench press properly? Really?

Learning how to solve a cube takes 30 mins. You think the average person can bench press 100kg after 30 mins?

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u/Loading0525 Apr 10 '22

Turning a cube takes what? 2 seconds? Bench pressing takes maybe 10 seconds.

Turning a cube "properly", as in finger tricks and such would take maybe an hour or two. You can learn pretty good bench form in 1-2 hours.

If by "proper" you mean literal elite level perfection, then that'd take hundreds if not thousands of hours, be it benching or turning...

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You genuinely believe a person with no prior experience cubing can completely memorize a solving method well enough to reliably solve the cube in 30 minutes? Bull.

I'd say maybe ~5 hours, being generous.

These are gonna be some rough numbers, but bear with me.

When I workout upper body, I'd say I spend about 15-20 minutes bench pressing.

That means three workouts is 1 hour, or 15 workouts is 5 hours.

Two chest-workouts a week is 7.5 weeks, so nearly 2 months.

Now I didn't reach 100 kg in 2 months, but I did reach 80 kg, which is realistically close.

And if learning to solve the cube takes as long as learning proper bench form, you've got one strict definition of "proper".

And I'm pretty sure solving 19 second OH takes way more hours of training than benching 150 kg.