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    Untitled 2 months ago

    I found a website with really easy to follow instructions. Then I memorized them… After about 12 solves I had it down.



    Untitled 3 months ago

    My physicist boyfriend and all his genius friends made it seem to easy so I talked one of them into showing me how.

    I was very proud of myself (a math idiot child) for learning, but I will say that…

    ...once you memorize the algorithms, there’s nothing to it. It just takes a bit of patience to get the algorithms right.



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    I now have 5 cubes! 3 months ago

    Umm…can you say “Obsessed?” Actually, I just wanted to have one handy everywhere (work, home, car, bathroom – just kidding!)

    I finally looked up the algorithms (God bless YouTube!). Still need to make time to practice. I’ll get there yet!



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    Back to the 80's! 5 months ago

    Everyone in my family was obsessed with solving Rubik’s cube in the early 80’s. Back then there weren’t any tutorials, so we just went into it Geek-strong. The most sides I solved was 5. But I’m ready to try again. I’m a little torn about using solutions (ahem, cheating?). Do I just go full-throttle brain-power with it? It seems like the mystery will be gone if I just look up the solutions instead of trying to figure out the pattern. Maybe I’ll try on my own for a month and if no success, then I’ll swallow my pride and look it up. I’m buying one this weekend!



    Pursuit of Happyness 9 months ago

    Here is a Youtube video [link] from “Pursuit of Happyness” featuring Will Smith as Chris Gardner, solving a Rubik’s cube. “It looks like it works around a swivel – the center pieces never move.”
    Also features “speed cubers,” including Leyan Lo, who can solve the cube in 2 minutes…blindfolded.

    As for me I just want to know how to finish the puzzle in the first place (without rearranging the stickers on the cube!) :)



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    Three minutes 9 months ago

    That’s my time nowadays.

    I know it’s not the fastest time around, but hey—most of the people who can get it done faster than me weren’t even born the first time I solved the thing!



    Yeah! 9 months ago

    Completely scrambled to solved in 7 minutes and 42 seconds without any cheat sheet!



    Untitled 10 months ago

    solved three sides the other day… not sure how i did it, i havent been able to reprouce it again yet…. but i was really happy the other day when i did it



    First steps 10 months ago

    I never had any patience with Rubik’s Cubes when they first came out. Now I have the patience and desire to learn. I’ve bought a cube and taught myself how to solve the first layer. The cube came with a book telling how to move certain pieces in certain ways, so the next step is to learn those sequences of moves so in future I can pick up a cube and solve it from memory.

    I’m using this technique which seems pretty straightforward.

    Note that I say solve the first ‘layer’ not the first ‘side’... I think it’s important to think this way… it means that not only is one side correct, but also the stripe around the cube immediately next to the solved face is also correct.



    Untitled 10 months ago

    Yeap, I can do this.



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