My obligatory "I'm not a Golden Member anymore" post + brain teaser

[GoldenBear]

That's "I'm not a Golden Member/I'm a NEF" post.

And to not make it completely useless, I'll ask a question I have no idea what the answer to is, but here it goes..

How many combinations are there on a standard 6-sided 3x3 Rubik's cube? This is the TOTAL amount of differences, which means it's dependent (right) on where you're looking at it at. Meaning, if you look at one side,

W R W
W W W
W W W

and if you didn't make any moves, would be different than

W W W
W W W
W R W

Despite the fact that you can turn it and get the same result and so forth.

And winner can get a bag with some of my hair.

 

[Barrak]

my math might be a little off but I think it is 55,296.

Number of corner pieces x number of corners x number of possible orientation of corner pieces x number of side pieces x number of possible possitions for side pieces x number of possible orientation of side pieces. I dont think you would include the middle pieces because they dont move.

 

[loup garou]

43,252,003,274,489,856,000

 

[DaLeroy]

you must be bored...about 112,432,232 different configs I think...

 

[GoldenBear]

Werk is right actually..I verified it from an online source.

 

[Gizmology]

I have yet to solve a Rubik's Cube, let alone figure out how many damn combinations there are.

-Giz

 

[loup garou]

I'm smart. Now where's my hair?!

Hehe..I cheated...I looked it up too.


Congrats on Platinumnef, I mean Platinumness.

 

[bolomite]

Anyone remember Rubik's Revenge? A 4x4x4 cube! Impossible to solve!

 

[SinnerWolf]

i remember taking the squares off or removing the stickers in order to arrange it more to my liking. the best is putting it just one turn away from being solved and then finishing it in front of your grandma who now thinks you're a child prodigy and forever asks you to "do it again"