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cubing

cubing

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To solve Rubik's Cube puzzles for fun or in competitions
  • noun
  • /ˈkjuːbɪŋ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : resolver cubos
  • Cubing is a fun and challenging activity that involves solving puzzles like the Rubik's Cube.

Examples

  • I bring this everywhere because I love Rubik's cubes and I know how to solve them.

  • And when you're solving the Rubik's Cube, the middle bits, those middle squares never move.

  • We're all about how to solve the Rubik's Cube because everyone wanted to know the secret.

  • Trying to solve the Rubik's Cube and never solve it.

  • You just solve a Rubik's Cube with one hand more than three times faster than I can solve it with two.

  • And throughout this process, kind of learns even how to, how to solve this part instance of the Rubik's Cube, like even mass.

  • You're just going to keep on repeating this sequence over and over again, and eventually the cube will start to sort of solve itself.

  • Many enthusiasts gather every week to practice cubing and improve their solving techniques.

  • He enjoys cubing so much that he can often finish the Rubik's Cube in under a minute.

Surface Forms

cubing singular
cubings plural

Morphology

cubing = cube (semi-transparent) = cube + ing

The word is transparently built with the activity noun suffix '-ing', but the specific hobby sense of solving Rubik's Cube puzzles is specialized rather than fully predictable.

Etymology

Cubing comes from cube, which means 'a box with six square sides', and it names the activity of working with cube-shaped puzzles like the Rubik's Cube. That's why cubing today often means solving or practising with a Rubik's Cube and other puzzles of the same shape.