Rubik's Cube...

[NYIntensity]

Not so much a puzzle as a question/discussion about the puzzle. I finally comitted myself to learning how to solve it (my words are chosen carefully, as I looked up the algorithms, I didn't figure it out myself). Just want to hear the trials and frustrations of any other cubers out there. :)

[TonyE]

I have not tried it for years but I used to be able to solve it, normally in under 2 minutes.

I used to complete it in 3 layers, get 1 side complete, then the middle layer, then onto the final layer. There were a small number of moves to learn to help in completing each layer. It has been so long since I last tried, I doubt if I could solve the cube now.

[NYIntensity]

That's exactly how I learned - solve one side (and the immediate perpendicular layer), then the middle layer, then the top layer and face.

[AlanMiller]

Method #1 - Flat screwdriver blade applied between a centre face square and a centre edge cube. Shake well then begin assembling the pieces.

Method#2 - Remove coloured stickers where necessary and transpose to appropriate squares.

Method #3 - Grab a copy of

IIRC, this guy from Melbourne was able to retire on this little booklet. I helped him by buying one. He was smart enough to form his own publishing company, just for this one book!

Alan

[Brooke]

Someone once asked me to solve his for him as he was stumped. Turns out I couldn’t do it either. He was insistent he hadn’t tried method 2 – even after I pointed out that he had five corners of the same colour! ( and no, I couldn’t do it these days either – I always struggled to remember the moves for the last layer.)

[AlanMiller]

I also recall a friend's kids playing with mine, then asking me do do it for them. It was solving kinda "strange" and I asked them if they'd been trying a method 1/2 on it, to which they replied, "No, uncle Al." I got to the last moves, where the misoriented pair would simply not transpose as they should. After a few more "No, uncle Al" responses came the snigger, giggle, run away and hide.

Alan

[TonyE]

How to complete the rubics cube in under 12 seconds - CubeStormer

[Hey Jude]

How to complete the rubics cube in under 12 seconds - CubeStormer

When my son was 17 he solved it in 20 seconds. It reminded me of watching that robot.

[Claude]

I wrote a rubik's cube emulation program in Z80 assembler for the Exidy Sorcerer computer in the late seventies, monochrome those days. It had a demo mode, and I had a secret rollover key sequence which allowed my to solve it immediately when visiting electronic shops showing the demo at the time.

I'm sure I've got a printout of the source code somewhere. From memory, it was about 4,000 lines of code and it took me 3 weeks to write in the evenings. Aah, them's the days

[Brooke]

:gobsmacked: :ifitsforreal:

[Hey Jude]

From memory, it was about 4,000 lines of code and it took me 3 weeks to write in the evenings. Aah, them's the days

I'm so impressed. I remember trying to input code to make my VIC-20 make tooth brushing noises. We spent hours doing that for "fun."

[sdckapr]

I had a cube when it first came out and a while back my kids "discovered" the cube in its "resurgence". My daughter became quite good at it. To annoy her, I took one of the middle edge pieces out and flipped it around, (making it impossible to solve) and randomized it. Then gave it back to her to "solve"...

Steve

[Hey Jude]

Does said daughter still speak to you?

[sdckapr]

Of course she does. This was a very harmless annoyance.
Steve

[Hey Jude]

Of course she does. This was a very harmless annoyance.
Steve