rubik's cube

[vital]

anyone able to solve one? what is your fastest time?

 

[imported_LoKe]

I don't have the patience to even trry.

 

[Banzai042]

Best I've ever gotten was somewhere in the 45 second range IIRC, but one of my friends was able to do it in ~30

 

[Chryso]

So, what is the trick?

 

[vital]

I just learned yesterday and I know 1 complete set of algorithms and it still takes me about 3-5 minutes.

 

[robphelan]

saw on CNN a few weeks ago.. world champion solved it in 26 seconds.... using only 1 hand.

 

[Hammerhead]

Originally posted by: robphelan
saw on CNN a few weeks ago.. world champion solved it in 26 seconds.... using only 1 hand.

I saw a lady in tijuana solve it with no hands.

 

[destrekor]

i hate the blasted things. so there are algorithms to doing it? something math-like or something? everyone I know who can do them is great with math. me, I'm decent at math but without knowing any mathematical tricks, i look like a fool merely twisting the different faces around, in hopes of something making my efforts worthwhile. lol

 

[akshatp]

I did it in 17.5 seconds... BLINDFOLDED

Hah!

 

[RedArmy]

I saw a video online (maybe break.com) of a kid that solved 2 rubik's cubes simultaneously (each with one hand) in around a minute or so. Crazy

 

[Modular]

Will Smith is teh ex pert.

 

[crt1530]

I had my average down under 1 minute when I practiced it in high school.

Just tried it...2 minutes with a few mistakes (yes, I have one in my desk).

 

[randay]

In soviet russia, Rubik cube's YOU!

 

[theknight571]

I used to be able to solve them in 2-3 min.

Last time I tried, I couldn't remember how to complete it... I did manage to get the top and middle rows though.

 

[Syringer]

About 60-90 seconds.

To those who can't do it, think of it like a really long complicated math problem--whose solution you know and memorize, but each time you're doing it over and over again with different variables. The process is the same, but obviously the pieces are in different places.

 

[Ns1]

I did it in like 4 minutes. But that was a good 10 years ago. ton of steps.

 

[FoBoT]

no, back in the day i learned to solve one side and that was it

 

[Epic Fail]

The Professor owns Rubik.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor's_Cube

 

[Tiamat]

On a related note, anyone solve the Bedlam Egglam Cube? This annoyed me for a week, took me 50 tries and I finally solved it. I wrote out a solution binding 12 of the 13 blocks so that if someone disassembles it...

 

[Jeff7]

I was honestly mever able to solve one. Over my entire life, I've probably spent less than 2hrs on the thing, but never was able to solve it.

 

[potato28]

3 minutes, then I figured out that the colours were painted on. Gave up and went outside.

 

[Demo24]

I've gotten within 2 squares of solving it, but thats it

 

[RESmonkey]

Some of my friends know how to do it. I, however, fail. Mainly because I never tried.

 

[evetstech]

Fastest time I got was 1 minute 9 seconds.

 

[rh71]

If you've read down this far, you've qualified as a geek/braniac.