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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2003-02-24 18:30 [#00569682]
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i recently learned to solve a rubiks cube. it takes me about 3 minutes from any starting point.
anyone going to rubiks world championship in ontario this year?
some of those "speed cubists" can solve that thing in 22 seconds on average.
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princo
from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2003-02-24 18:54 [#00569711]
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well i never..... @_@
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roygbivcore
from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2003-02-24 18:55 [#00569714]
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how do you learn to solve it
is there a secret?
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earthleakage
from tell the world you're winning on 2003-02-24 19:35 [#00569760]
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my record was 2m 24 s when i was 10
beat that !
:)
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pomme de terre
from obscure body in the SK System on 2003-02-24 19:37 [#00569767]
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There is a secret... kinda. More like a method
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jupitah
from Minneapolis (United States) on 2003-02-24 20:46 [#00569835]
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my dumbass cousin convinced me he could this thing in like fifteen minutes or less... i go off to the bathroom and return to find him scrambing to put all the stickers back on... that little shit.
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earthleakage
from tell the world you're winning on 2003-02-24 20:59 [#00569843]
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haha! :)
its easy when you know how!
although ive forgotten how now :o/
would appreciate a link to the solution if anyone could find one! please? :)
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2003-02-25 00:25 [#00569947]
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there are a lot of methods to solve it www.puzzlesolver.com has an easy one. and here is the address of a site that has a method to solve it for speed
http://lar5.com/cube/
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jonesy
from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2003-02-25 00:52 [#00569967]
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Did you know he didn't think about patenting it and lost a load of ca$h?
To be honest I had more interesting things to use my hands for as a kid.
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erik_swanen
from oosterhout (Netherlands, The) on 2003-02-25 01:28 [#00569989]
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bought peters balckhole resently. now thats a laugh
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axion
from planet rock (Sweden) on 2003-02-25 01:30 [#00569991]
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thats good i only cleared one side at best
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bill_hicks
from my city is amazing it is calle on 2003-02-25 02:37 [#00570014]
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I could do it in 1m 30 secs when I was a youngster. When I was in 1st year at school 4th and 5th year neds used to come up to me, thrust their cube into my hand and say "do this in under two minutes or you're getting it!"
I sometimes still pick it up now and do it. I'm probably about 2 minutes now. But maybe with some neds threatening me I might reach my old time.
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bill_hicks
from my city is amazing it is calle on 2003-02-25 02:39 [#00570016]
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The real daddy was the four by four rubik's cube. Now, that was difficult. Also you had the rubik's snake and the rubik's pyramid. Not to forget the rubik's barrel.
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Morton
from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-02-25 02:41 [#00570017]
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the time in which i can solve it depends on how well the stickers are attached
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diablo
on 2003-02-25 03:53 [#00570087]
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rubiks snake.. haha they were stoopid
funny
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glass_eater
from a blind nerves area (Switzerland) on 2003-02-25 05:25 [#00570158]
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a little try ? :) http://www.rubiks.com/cube_online.html
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Kill Switch
from Belgium on 2003-02-25 06:14 [#00570191]
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... and how many times they can be re-attached. I once had a complete black cube. Try to beat that! :-)
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NeoExmnist
from United States on 2003-02-25 06:18 [#00570196]
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does anybody like to play minesweeper?
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Bob Mcbob
on 2003-02-25 09:27 [#00570489]
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yo! i am an expert minesweeper! even if i do say so myself...fancy a challenge?
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pOgO
from behind your belly button fluff on 2003-02-25 09:35 [#00570503]
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I'm terrible at those
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Paco
from Gothenburg (Sweden) on 2003-02-25 09:59 [#00570534]
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I never removed the stickers. The pieces came off with enough force. As time went by they came off easier and easier. Man, I was fast at assembling it.
-P
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earthleakage
from tell the world you're winning on 2003-02-25 13:10 [#00570731]
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i also got a rubiks ball. its just like the cube only harder to hold.
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2003-02-25 18:15 [#00571057]
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he did actually get a patent on it eventually but the interesting thing is that 2 other people simultaneously invented similar cubes. One guy in japan invented a cube held together by magnets. and another guy in the U.S. was trying to get a cube patented when rubik came along. Its like that "mass conciousness" theory discussed in the movie Waking Life where people get the same ideas at the same time because we are all kinda exposed to the same information and technology.
there is a bunch of interesting rubik facts at that puzzlesolver.com site
if you want to become a rubik geek
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glass_eater
from a blind nerves area (Switzerland) on 2003-02-25 18:18 [#00571063]
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lets become a human first :)
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2003-02-25 18:28 [#00571079]
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mmm... human... mmmm...
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Monumrnt
from To (Canada) on 2003-02-25 19:22 [#00571131]
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I have tried it without any manual and only needed to flip a few cubes on the top to solve the darn thing. It is easy if you learn the macro (I think it is called like that). I have recently got Megaminx (a 12 sided cube with pentagrams) but the stickers started falling off.
It took me a while to get a decent glue to glue everything back together.
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afxNUMB
from So.Flo on 2003-02-25 19:38 [#00571142]
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woohoooo rubiks cube guy!!!
w00t!
you da man!
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2004-12-01 18:48 [#01412555]
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i've been practicing since i first started this thread and now my best cube time is just under 1min 30sec.
i seem to have 'hit the wall' and i can't get any faster. I need to memorize a bunch more sequences i think.
I even lubed my cube with olive oil so i could turn it faster. that shaved a bit of time!
it is a skill that has virtually no practical application in my real life!
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r40f
from qrters tea party on 2004-12-01 18:50 [#01412560]
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wow, that's hardcore cubery!
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2004-12-01 18:55 [#01412566]
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i am such a hard core cuber that i wore out the labels on my cube and was forced to buy new labels from the rubiks store online!
word!
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r40f
from qrters tea party on 2004-12-01 18:57 [#01412567]
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:) i think that's pretty cool though... i could never get more than one side of one of those things... but also, i don't know any of the techniques or anything...
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2004-12-01 18:58 [#01412569]
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i have a LOT of down-time at my job!
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epohs
from )C: on 2004-12-01 19:02 [#01412570]
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fact: i've never solved a rubiks cube.
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-crazone
from smashing acid over and over on 2004-12-01 19:06 [#01412574]
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i hate these things: they are a waste off time; i've spend to many hours trying to solve it, in the end it all comes down to one trick, boring
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pomme de terre
from obscure body in the SK System on 2004-12-01 19:09 [#01412578]
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Chris Rubix's Cube
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2004-12-01 19:10 [#01412579]
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eh, it comes down to about 30 tricks actually, like pattern recognition / implement appropriate sequence!
it's boring but i find it kinda calming like a worry stone or a stress ball or a blow-job or what have you!
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epohs
from )C: on 2004-12-01 19:16 [#01412585]
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dude, if solving a rubik's cube is like getting a bj maybe i should revisit it.
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2004-12-01 19:18 [#01412588]
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oh yeah! totally!
ok it's not actually.
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epohs
from )C: on 2004-12-01 19:20 [#01412592]
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well, it can't hurt to try. it's not like my time could be better spend getting bjs or anything.
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2004-12-01 19:25 [#01412599]
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here is the site i used to get pretty fast!
if you wanna learn to speed cube !
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The_Funkmaster
from St. John's (Canada) on 2004-12-02 12:08 [#01413285]
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this thread is making me want to break out my rubics cube... I think I will... yes, I think I will...
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