Discussion Rubik's Cube discussion

[ElderKingpin]

see how these people expertly learned from the booklet? :thup:

 

[JuiceBox]

You do one side, then you work your way up to the opposite side.

Here's how I learned:
How to solve the Rubik's Cube
How to solve the Rubik's Cube faster!! (PROS ONLY!!)

Tip: You HAVE to make sure that you MEMORIZE the algorithms!! If you have to right it down on a paper to memorize them all (like what I did), do so!

LOL everyone in my class is so impressed whenever I solve them (I can solve it in 1 minute and 30 seconds!) but it get's pretty boring after you've solved it a million times (literally).

 

[Tru_Power22]

Still it's fun impressing people.

 

[DDRtists]

I learned from the same video as JuiceBox, but I don't find it boring. I enjoy stimulating my mind when I'm just standing around or doing nothing.

 

[13lade619]

learned it when my friends taught me.. i tried to learn ho to do th 5x5 but i didnt hav my own cube.. so i didnt learn...

 

[LurkerAspect]

There is a simple and fool-proof way to solve any rubik's cube... are you ready for it?

Spoiler

Use a sharp knife to pop all the plastic colours off, then glue them back on such that it looks like you solved it

lol

That's what my dad taught me anyway

 

[JuiceBox]

I learned from the same video as JuiceBox, but I don't find it boring. I enjoy stimulating my mind when I'm just standing around or doing nothing.

Haha, I do it whenever I'm bored and it's right beside me. But the thrill of solving it is long gone :'( (for me at least). The problem with knowing how to solve it is that YOU KNOW how to solve it so it's pretty much a routine solving it.

 

[ElderKingpin]

once you can solve it in 1 second, thats the time to brag :thup:

 

[LurkerAspect]

It sounds like you either know how to solve it, or don't, and once you find the technique, it's easy. I never thought those little blocks were so complex yet so simple!

 

[ReVolver]

I learned from the same video as JuiceBox, but I don't find it boring. I enjoy stimulating my mind when I'm just standing around or doing nothing.

Or if your like me who takes a metro train from Fullerton to LA it's a nice toy to play while you wait.

 

[ElderKingpin]

so. in this video. is there a technique to spin the sides that fast? or does he just have superhuman finger strength

I have to admit, when i first saw it, i swear i thought it was sped up

[youtube]FiRuGYeC0no[/youtube]

 

[Monsterous]

It's lubed inside, to allow the different sections to move more freely and with more ease.
Oh and uses his fingers to spin a section, not the whole hand, the lube allows it to happen!

 

[ElderKingpin]

that lubing stuff is no joke. i just did mine with vasaline. and it went so much faster then before. that when i spinned it, it would go 3 rotations >.>

 

[ElderKingpin]

Ya. so. aftter a little under 3 months of cubing. i have found new revelations

1. Vasaline is bad for teh cube.
2. THERE IS A FREAKIN COMPETITION THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN DC (pissed mah pants)
3. My PB is now 26 seconds with a PLL skip and im using Cross F2l 2OLL and 2PLL
4. I am now using a C4U speedcube
5. I am also getting a Professor cube.

 

[tom_mai78101]

In Japan, there is a college that has a course that lets you design new Rubik's Cubes.

There was a few designs that went into market, such as cubes without a center in each face, a cube with different grid sizes in each face, and a cube that is mashed into another cube at the corner.

Such as this one in this link. Scroll on down to see it.

After thinking about them, I kind of feel that Rubik's Cube original design isn't as impressive as before.

 

[ElderKingpin]

1. I think that is called a void cube
2. Have seen those. like the Floppy Cube (1x3x3)
3. Siamese cube, you can make one out of normal cubes


I want to make rubiks cubes T_T

 

[tom_mai78101]

Ask Renendaru. Maybe he/she knows about this sort of college course in Japan.

 

[Danny Cross]

I love doing them but they take me forever

 

[ElderKingpin]

a person. got on the news. ... for solving it in 2 minutes

ahem*

If anyone wants to have some cubing FUN, theres going to be a competition (maybe) in Washington DC

 

[Tru_Power22]

In Japan, there is a college that has a course that lets you design new Rubik's Cubes.

There was a few designs that went into market, such as cubes without a center in each face, a cube with different grid sizes in each face, and a cube that is mashed into another cube at the corner.

Such as this one in this link. Scroll on down to see it.

After thinking about them, I kind of feel that Rubik's Cube original design isn't as impressive as before.

There are some weird rubix cubes that have been made.