School set-up guide (for students)

Many school students would love to see a cubing club at their school where they can relax and talk about speedcubing during lunchtime or after school.

Many teachers are also enthusiastic about the idea because cubing can be seen as somewhat mathematical (even though it really isn't) and there may be educational benefits to it. Being a good speedcuber also requires the ability to memorize lots of algorithms and be able to recognise them instantly and then execute them quickly.

The first step in setting up a club is to find any other cubers in the school who would be interested too, clubs only work if there are multiple people coming along. Showing off cubing skills in the playground can often get people interested, and if you are able to provide some resources and advice to help other people learn and improve then you can quickly find yourself with friends who cube too.

You can then look for a teacher who would be willing to let you use their classroom, look for a teacher you get along with and find the right time to ask them about it, many school teachers will be enthusiastic about setting up any new club as it looks good for the school to have a wide range of extracurricular activities.

Once you have a teacher and a room and have decided upon a day and time, you can then get to work advertising, if you are allowed then you can start by putting posters up around the school in prominent and visible locations, making sure to clearly display the time and location. You can also sometimes send adverts to form tutors who may advertise it to their form groups at the start of the day (this may work differently at different schools).

Provide solution guides and resources to help people learn, hopefully, as the club grows, you will not be the only one willing to teach people to solve cubes and you can start racing other cubers and coming up with fun challenge ideas. You can use the resources available here or you can try and make some of your own.

Remember to get some basic sample cubes and timers, you can often request funding from the PTA as they will often be very keen to support extracurricular activities, I have a wide range of basic speedcubes and timers available here which can help you to set up your club, I also provide discounts to club owners and bulk bundle discounts.

But remember that you are responsible for the club - If you lose interest in speedcubing then the club will just collapse which would be a real shame, so keep it fun so that cubing continues to be enjoyable for you and everyone else in the club.