Hey everyone,
I've known that this happens to me, but tonight I had a chance to
really test it.
I feel like I'm pretty good at blocking out distraction when I'm
solving, but there is one distraction that I just can't handle or
block out.
If someone counts out the timer during my solve I can't block it out,
and I've noticed that I subconsciously count along with the person
instead of devoting all of my attention to solving.
I was practicing the 4x4x4 when my sister came up and started counting
every second on the timer as they changed. She seemed to enjoy doing
this, so I encouraged her to keep it up for a few solves since it was
really hard to focus when she did this.
Here is a list of times that I did with her counting along with the
seconds as they changed:
1:13.40 1:12.38 1:16.91 1:17.07 1:09.42 1:27.55
I then did a few solves without her counting along:
1:02.12 1:02.16
Then she counted along again:
1:21.92 1:12.75
Then no counting again:
58.86 1:09.94 1:04.17
Then I did two 3x3x3 solves with her counting along:
13.99 17.32
The counting didn't seem to affect my concentration when doing the
3x3x3, but when solving the 4x4x4 (particularly edges) I had a
horrible time trying to concentrate when the time was being called
out. I tended to rush and solve too quickly, and even with really
deep breathing I still tried to solve too quickly without realizing it.
Does anyone else have this problem? Is this something that would
affect all cubers, or am I just the type of person that can't handle
this particular type of distraction? Also, I find it interesting that
hearing the seconds counted out during a 3x3x3 doesn't really affect
my concentration, whereas for the 4x4x4 I have a much harder time
doing the solve.
Does anyone else have a distraction that they just can't handle? Does
hearing the seconds counted out during your solve mess anyone else up?
Chris
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