Rubik's Cube

[CTrain]

Oh I haven't read how the others get it so fast but I'm sure their technique is far more advance.

You can easily learn how to solve a cube in 3hrs....just got to have someone show you how.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

There are a bunch of techniques you can find on google. Personally I like to rearrange the stickers

 

[sciencewhiz]

Originally posted by: CTrain
All it is is a bunch of patterns.

I thought my method was decent but some of these new methods are just way better.

My Method consists of:

** There are a series of patterns that you use that only affects certain part of the cube and all the other parts remain intact.
With that said.

A) Solve 1 color first.
b) Then solve the first top layer linked to the color you just solved.
c) Then solve the middle layer.
d) Then get the 4 corner in the right place(the corners might not face the right way but just right position)
e) The get the 4 corners facing the right way.
f) get the 4 middle pieces in the last layer and you have a SOLVED CUBE.

There is a book that my Dad has somewhere that has that exact method. The person who wrote it said it's not the fastest way, but it requires the least memorization. All it is is recognizing some patters, then doing a few moves, then recognizing the next pattern.

After a month or so, I could do one in a few minutes.

 

[Sid59]

that's nice. The fastest i ever solved one is like 5 minutes or so.

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Originally posted by: coopa
How long did it take you guys to start being able to solve in under a minute?
How long did it take for you to figure out how to solve it at all?
Where did you start learning how?
Could say, 3 hours of work on it (using a guide of some sort) and maybe 2 hours of practice a week make someone a good/ok rubik's cuber?

I have had a few in my room that I occassioanlly rotate around, and I have NEVER solved one. any tips?

Start by looking at the page the vids are hosted on
http://www.ws.binghamton.edu/fridrich/cube.html

The one book I used showed you different placements and the movements that would get the colors in a better placement. Pretty simple once you remember the situations and how to deal with them.