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Rubiks Cube
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DiabolusInMusic
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I have solved one before, only a 3x3, but I can never remember the later moves so I have to cheat and use a guide.
I pulled the stickers off, but that looked super fake.
I broke one apart to solve it once, but then it was all loose and jiggly, so you could totally tell I cheated.
Remember the snake puzzle that came out around then too? You had to twist and turn the pieces back into a ball/cube/shape? All stretched out, it was like a snake.
-Mike
I broke one apart to solve it once, but then it was all loose and jiggly, so you could totally tell I cheated.
Remember the snake puzzle that came out around then too? You had to twist and turn the pieces back into a ball/cube/shape? All stretched out, it was like a snake.
-Mike
Yeah that one and the cylinder one I figured out on my own. The 3x3 Cube I used the guide.
My rubiks cube has become one of my favorite little time wasters. I'm not some speed demon but my solve time would probably hang around 3 minutes or so.
I can solve it to the point of getting the top one color and 8 out of 9 per side.
Like this:
XXX
XXX
XOX
Can't for the life of me remember how to finish...
Like this:
XXX
XXX
XOX
Can't for the life of me remember how to finish...
Well if you are following the easy method plus your chart is wrong for if there is a 0 which represents a wrong color there HAS TO BE at least another 0. Or if you are saying the 0 is flipped in the wrong position what I am about to say below will still hold true.
Either way. When you get to the top and the bottom and two layers are done, you need to do the steps to get a X on top first with the colors in the right position. Then there is an algorithm that will put the corner pieces in their right spots. Then there is a final algorithm that flips the corner pieces over correctly and you are done.
Sounds hard but believe it or not that is the easiest way. The speed cubers do a more complicated way but shortens the time once you learn it. The record is 4.73 seconds.
I personally prefer the cheat sheet that came with some cubes and still do at times.
But I am sure this will be close if not pretty much the same guide I followed. Took about 2 weeks before it came natural to me to the point I don't need to think about the turns themselves just which algorithm I need to do.
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I still have my "Rubiks" snake; not long ago I gave it to our son and he loves it. He's all about 3D puzzles right now, and it didn't take him long to figure out how to get it back into a ball.
There are jig saw puzzles that are 3D. I did one once with my wife at the time in our 20's. It's tricky for if you use too much force it will force it apart.
DiabolusInMusic
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Ahhh, the 90s and the age of the 3D-Puzz. I know I had one of Big Ben and many friends had the Millennium Falcon one.
Here's my Rubik's Cube---on certain days, the solution just seems to jump out at me:
Rubiks Cube was the fad when I was in high school and I practiced until I could solve it in just over a minute. There were a couple of kids who used a more sophisticated method who could solve it in about 50 seconds.
It's essential to buy a high quality, genuine Cube, not a cheap knockoff. And Vaseline or similar lubricant on the inside, otherwise it's too sluggish.
It's essential to buy a high quality, genuine Cube, not a cheap knockoff. And Vaseline or similar lubricant on the inside, otherwise it's too sluggish.
Someone gifted me a rubik's cube once that didn't have colors, but rather, had an image sort of folded over all six sides. It was a chessboard, so every piece is black and white, and an Escher-esque perspective mindcluck, so there's no real wrapping your head around how the image is supposed to look anyway.
I'm terrified of it getting mixed up, as I'm completely certain no living human being will ever be able to restore it to its original orientation.
--^@
I'm terrified of it getting mixed up, as I'm completely certain no living human being will ever be able to restore it to its original orientation.
--^@
Unless I can distinguish the sides I wouldn't guarantee that. But as far as no living human can do that, you couldn't be so wrong. Just YouTube it.
I'm of the belief that if you devote yourself enough to the study of the Rubik's Cube to be able to solve something of that difficulty level, you are no longer a human.
You have transcended.
--^@
