has anyone ever solved a rubik's cube

j9k · Post by **j9k** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:52 pm

i just picked one of these up at a swapmeet and found out what a frustrating device truely is. i almost find it unbelievable that people can solve these things in 10 seconds. i've been working on the thing for four hours and still am only able to get one color consistently.

j9k

blazesboylan · Post by **blazesboylan** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:01 pm

Set your PCI latency to 128 and see if that helps.

Have you tested memory?

Try cleaning connectors with some rubbing alcohol.

petal · Post by **petal** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:35 pm

hehe

samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:22 pm

In the times of Rubik Cube kingdom (1981-2?) I could solve it in 17s. I bought a special book to learn which combination requires which moves to solve the puzzle. But the people they solved it in 10s had an overall view of the WHOLE cube. I could only solve layer by layer...

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:57 pm

Is it the on ewith the colours? and you need each color to be on a sertain side? I think I was pretty good at those (in the early 80s, when I was just a kid).

Yes - you need to make maps and systems. It is a bit like playing that winows card game, where you see all the cards in piles, and you need to decide where to start.

a bit the same - just different

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:46 pm

Wow Samplaire, that is

faster than me displacing the colour stickers. For some reason the cube owner always got mad at me after that. I was about 6 at the time.

j9k, why don't you make a resolver with Lego? This last page also has a link on how to lubricate the cube so no physical rub will hold you back

Have fun!

blazesboylan · Post by **blazesboylan** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:53 pm

displacing the colour stickers.

Pure genius!

a resolver with Lego?

That robot scares me mommy...

j9k · Post by **j9k** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:25 am

@samplaire holy crap batman 17 seconds!!!!!

@at0mic i have taken the cube apart twice so far to see how the colors are affected by certain combinations of moves.

i think i'm going to stay away from the websites and books till i at least solve it once on my own.

j9k

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samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 2:05 am

But remember, it's like playing cards - you have to make sure they are not marked! First of all: are you sure man can solve your cube? This means if you disconnected each small cube and then fixed it randomly (each part in a random position) it's not possible to solve it then. I hope you get my poor explanation. I mean phisicaly disconnecting. So before you start your play, disconnect the cube and reconnect it to the final stage, then mix everything and try to solve

hehe, and my cube was a fake. Everything was a fake then here

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j9k · Post by **j9k** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:51 am

no, each time i took it apart i put it back solved.

right now i've figured out a move that swaps some midle pieces so ........ now i can move other midle pieces into those positions do the move and then put it back. sorry for the crap explanation. also i'm still working on how the corners operate.

j9k

samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 4:06 am

I wonder if now, in the times of computer, the Rubik Cube could hit the world. Or rehit the world?

Is it true the man behind it - Rubik - is a Hungarian?

rodos1979 · Post by **rodos1979** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:24 am

On 2004-08-03 21:46, at0m|c wrote:
Wow Samplaire, that is faster than me displacing the colour stickers. For some reason the cube owner always got mad at me after that. I was about 6 at the time.

Ha! Same here at0m|c! But I was 4 and did it in 30 secs. Nobody saw me doing it...I just disappeared and reappeared after 30secs with the Cube solved! Everybody thought I was a genious!

Until I told them what I had done!

Ben Walker · Post by **Ben Walker** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 6:47 am

On 2004-08-04 05:06, samplaire wrote:
Is it true the man behind it - Rubik - is a Hungarian?

Indeed he is. Ernõ Rubik was born in Budapest in 1944.

As ever, Wikipedia has a good article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik's_cube
including links to some virtual cubes (although not all of these worked for me).

j9k, if you practise hard enough, you could enter this years speed-cubing competition

http://www.speedcubing.com/events/euro2004/

Cheers,
Ben

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Post by **hubird** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:42 am

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Post by **garyb** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:21 pm

Timmmy!

paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 4:17 pm

Druhgs are bad, m'kay....

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paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 4:59 pm

Feel like trying it out?

http://advsys.net/ken/rubix.zip

j9k · Post by **j9k** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:57 pm

SOLVED!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think all together i spent around 15 hours playing with it. i hope i can do it again.

j9k

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 7:45 am

So, are you ready for the 4x4x4 one now?

THAT makes your brain hurt!! Makes the 3x3x3 one look rather simple...

Never did crack it... (the '4x' one that is)

Takes me back though....I'm sure I was in junior school at the time (25 years ago now?)

Royston

BingoTheClowno · Post by **BingoTheClowno** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 1:06 pm

We used to compete in high-school who would finish faster

There are couple of ways to solve it (depends in what state the cube is

) but basicaly one has to start with one face and then work out ring by ring until one reaches the bottom layer. That's where the fun starts and all kinds of creatures start to appear

http://www.randelshofer.ch/rubik/patterns.html

How about the Professor?

http://www.randelshofer.ch/professorpla ... nload.html

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