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re: Need Help Solving Rubiks Cube

Posted on 9/8/16 at 6:49 am to
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
29994 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 6:49 am to
quote:

Take it apart. Easy peasy.




Bingo.

Pop a corner and rearrange the entire cube.

Takes under 2 minutes.

Always think outside the box.

Posted by dcrews
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2011
32130 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 7:08 am to
Google the Dan Brown tutorial. Write down the algorithms and practice.

It'll take like a day or two.
Posted by Dam Guide
Member since Sep 2005
16791 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 7:11 am to
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Write down the algorithms and practice.


Pretty much, there are some slow speed algorithms that are easy.
Posted by VanRIch
Wherever
Member since Sep 2007
11815 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 7:33 am to
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the only tricky moves imo are the last two. getting two levels and the corners is pretty easy with some practice. its getting the last part is where you have to learn multiple 10+ move patterns to get it. the last one is something like 20 moves.

This isn't even remotely correct. The last algorithm you use is the same as the first one and its a 4 move algorithm that you use either 1 or multiple times depending on how mixed up your cube was to start.
There are 7 algorithms you use that range from 4 moves to 9 moves. Some of them you may have to do multiple times. But it's the same algorithm over and over. The 7 algorithms are used to solve the different sections. Like one poster earlier said you start with the first face corners, then the middle section, then a cross, the the corners for the next layer, etc. The poster that said the center square is the color of that side was correct. You can't move the center square.
Posted by cstev12
Houston
Member since Mar 2010
803 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 7:47 am to
Certainly not something you just figure out by playing with it. Learned it recently while waiting for a meeting to start and using the guide on the Rubiks Cube website.

Fasted time is 1:09
Posted by VanRIch
Wherever
Member since Sep 2007
11815 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 7:52 am to
Yeah I tell people that if you just play it with it and solve it, they you unknowingly did the algorithms and you didn't know it. But that's so extremely unlikely
Posted by mizzoukills
Member since Aug 2011
40686 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 7:55 am to
google "how to solve rubiks cube"


google can teach you anything.
Posted by Corch Urban Myers
Columbus, OH
Member since Jul 2009
5993 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 8:14 am to
I've never been able to solve it.

But then again, I'm an idiot.
Posted by TheDeathValley
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2010
20775 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 8:22 am to
Learned to solve one very quickly. Strictly algorthms. Takes a about 10 minutes or so to learn each one. About eight you need to know.

That is the basic solve.

LINK


#1: Getting the "white cross"
F' U L' U'
#2: Placing the corners of the cross
R' D' R D
#3a: Right edge piece placement
U R U' Ri U' F' U F
#3b: Left edge piece placement
U' L' U L U F U' F'
#4: The white cross
F R U R' U' F'
#5: Aligning the third layer center pieces
R U R' U R U U R'
#6: Aligning the third layer corner pieces
U R U' L' U R' U' L
#7: Finishing the cube
R' D' R D
Posted by FreddieMac
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2010
24962 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 8:38 am to
They algorithm is on the internet, my 14 year old son solved it twice last night. I have been trying since 1985 without any luck! LOL
Posted by VanRIch
Wherever
Member since Sep 2007
11815 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:11 am to
For me, the algorithms became more about muscle memory than memorizing the actual moves, if that makes any sense. So I could 'feel' the algorithm rather than consciously thinking about which way to turn it.
Posted by Spock's Eyebrow
Member since May 2012
12300 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:17 am to
This is a good method, and there's a one page .pdf guide.

LINK
Posted by WAY2GOLSU
Stick Red
Member since Dec 2007
1571 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:20 am to
LINK

If you can't do it using this. You can't do it.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
94632 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:21 am to
My method takes a minute or so usually.

Csb I was runner up at 1982 world's Fair in Rubik's cube contest.. Winner got to go to eat with Mr Rubik.

I was thisssss close to the ultimate 80s moment.
Posted by VanRIch
Wherever
Member since Sep 2007
11815 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:23 am to
I've never practiced enough to get fast. Just always been a casual solver. Fast time was around 2:45
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
94632 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:28 am to
My documented record is 24 seconds and only because several patterns fell into place during the process of solving it which almost never happens
Posted by Spock's Eyebrow
Member since May 2012
12300 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:30 am to
quote:

Csb I was runner up at 1982 world's Fair in Rubik's cube contest


That's the really early days. Did you invent a method?
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
94632 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:35 am to
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That's the really early days. Did you invent a method?
seemed like the craze had actually died down by then too be honest. I had a poster of the solution on the wall in my room because i was a sad little 16 year old.

Hadn't solved it months prior to the world's Fair so i was actually pretty rusty when they called people from the audience to come up.
This post was edited on 9/8/16 at 9:37 am
Posted by LSU fan 246
Member since Oct 2005
90567 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:38 am to
Yea I looked at it briefly and just remember it being really long. It repeats but it is a bunch of moves.

I learned it for that one time and haven't picked up one since.


Posted by terd ferguson
Darren Wilson Fan Club President
Member since Aug 2007
114938 posts
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:39 am to
quote:

My documented record is 24 seconds


Who the frick documented that?
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