Rubik's cube- revisited.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Here's the deelio... 38'ish years ago the rubik's cube was invented. I couldn't figure the damn thing out. I got the book titled "Solution to the rubik's cube." It was a travesty- no help at all. In frustration (I was 10)- I got the "simple solution to the rubik's cube." This book (for morons like me) was the answer to my prayers. Suddenly, I was not only solving the cube, I was in competitions at Chesterfield Teenage Center( A local mall) where I competed in heats to determine the best cube solver. I never got far (there were 12-15 year old kids I was competing against), but the book stayed in my mind as something that made a difference. Fast forward 30+ years. My daughter has a Rubik's cube. Only problem is I forgot how to solve it- so I went to where every intelligent parent would go- YOUTUBE. Problem there- ALL the videos are wrong!!!!!!!! Seriously- some solutions get close, but for all the 3d stuff, they still don't get 100%

So on ebay today, in CANADA, for about $6 bucks, I bought a coffee stained (and who knows whatever else stained) copy of the original book. That cube is MINE!!!!!

[LEAKYSEALS951]

[masraum]

Yeah, pretty sure that's the one that we had. I could get really close with out it, something like 4 sides and just one or two blocks wrong, but could never fully solve it without the book. the pyramid was easy without the book as well as a few of the other similar puzzles.

[porsche930dude]

Im great at puzzles but never could solve the cube. I have a pyramid one that i cant do either but I do have a round one that i can solve after a while. I dont know any fancy algorythems though. Theres a kid on utube ricer miata he is such an idiot but to my amazement he can solve the cube in like 20 seconds. I was blown away.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Ah man! I totally forgot about the pyramid! Wow!

[rwest]

I think I had the same book in Jr. High- over 30 yrs ago; up until about 5 years ago, I still retained the information, but found my old cube last year and couldn’t solve it.

[fastfredracing]

Had the same book . Never did solve it the conventional way, but about 3 days into ownership, I figured out how to pop it apart, and re assemble . Done, more than one way to skin a cat .

[dad911]

A friend taught me a simple solution(35+ years ago). Solve one side, then it was 3 repetitive moves. Unfortunately that one was lost. I also used to take them apart to solve, turn one side 45 degrees, then pop it up to take it apart.

Had a student on our HS robotics team that was amazingly fast, used to compete.

[LWJ]

Nice job fred! As any self respecting gear-head should do.

Me? My older brother owned that damn thing. I quit. His deal. Not mine.

[red-beard]

Today, the kids stack cups...

[WPOZZZ]

Another one that would disassemble and rebuild the cube.

[rattlsnak]

And another who did the same thing. Never could figure that thing out!

[red-beard]

I still have the cube and the book

[flatbutt]

My cube is at the bottom of the Passaic River, or more likely dissolved by the water in it.

[PcarPhil]

Originally Posted by red-beard

Today, the kids stack cups...

My 10 year old son just recently set a new personal record for solving the Rubik's cube. His current record is one minute 15 seconds.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

^I was never anywhere close to that fast!


Someone forwarded me this video- Kid solves three while juggling- on some "China's got talent" type show. This would be more impressive if he was riding a unicycle at the same time.

The editing to show suspense in the audience is pretty awesome!

[sammyg2]

Don't believe I've ever had my hands on a cube, but I remember in high school a guy on my football team said he solved it. That surprised me because frankly, the cube might have had a higher IQ that he did.

Turns out he had a cheapo version where he could peel the stickers off the cube and he carefully placed them all where he wanted.

Kudos for thinking outside the box.... I guess

[JCGMS]

Funny I learned to solve recently using this website’s beginner method. 3-5 minute solves after about a week of practice. At least my kids are impressed. The more advanced methods result in much quicker times but require much more memorization and mental gymnastics.

https://ruwix.com/the-rubiks-cube/how-to-solve-the-rubiks-cube-beginners-method/


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[T77911S]

I remember you would get the same color in three corners then it was a few specific moves to solve it.

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by WPOZZZ

Another one that would disassemble and rebuild the cube.

I just moved the stickers on my friend's cube so it was unsolvable. I did pop mine apart a couple times to "solve" it.