Rubik's Anyone?

[eiopqrtuwy]

Do any of you solve rubiks cubes?
If so how fast?

My personal best is 46 seconds(LUCKY) , but average around 70 seconds

[korri]

haha i used to know how, but i forget the algorithm.... i can get one side, but then i forget how to get the corners of all the others in the right place...

anyhoo, anyone solve the four or five sided.... i have a friend who actually solved the four sided one...

[Matt]

I have a rubik's cube and have managed to get one side solved as well as the line bordering it on each side, but I can't seem to get any further.

-m

[Kawaiicaps]

I have never solved one. There's a trick to it


-^_^-

[eiopqrtuwy]

I have a rubik's cube and have managed to get one side solved as well as the line bordering it on each side, but I can't seem to get any further.

-m

Wow, one side CORRECTLY. That's actually much better than the average person since few people realize the importance of the bordering line.

While its plausible that you could get the next row down on your own with a some effort, actually solving the whole thing without help is much more extreme. On the other hand, it only takes a few hours to learn if you have someone teach you.

[korri]

the next step after solving one side is to get the corner pieces in the right place... but not necessarily facing the right way ...this is the part i forget how to do...

then you get them to face the right way, and solve the bottom, (assuming the top is the face you already solved) then theres another pattern thing you go through to get everything in the right place...

i used to have this all written down, but in my infinite brilliance, i lost it...

[eiopqrtuwy]

the next step after solving one side is to get the corner pieces in the right place... but not necessarily facing the right way ...this is the part i forget how to do...

then you get them to face the right way, and solve the bottom, (assuming the top is the face you already solved) then theres another pattern thing you go through to get everything in the right place...

i used to have this all written down, but in my infinite brilliance, i lost it...

Algorithm for switching two corners is: R'D'RFDF'R'DR

the neat thing with rubik's cubes is there isn't a 'correct' way to do it and there are quite a few completely different methods used by different people. What you described is similar to what I do, but not necessarily the same.

I do First layer and Second layer one piece at a time, then the Last layer: Corner permutation; Corner orientation; Edge orientation & permutation.
Using really only 3 algorithms and minor variants there of.

[zombine]

I rip off all the stickers and put them back on later

[eiopqrtuwy]

I rip off all the stickers and put them back on later

NOOOOOOOOOOO!! don't do it!
If you're going to cheat at least cheat properly. Take it apart and put it back together.

To take it apart twist one side 45 degrees then slide a knife or key under one of the edge pieces and 'pop' it out (might take a some force but it won't break) the adjacent corners should then come out easily and allow you take out the rest of the pieces. Put it back together with the pieces in the right place and no one will know the difference (no wear on stickers).

Note: If you take it apart and put it back together randomly it is very likely to be impossible to solve, (a nice prank to pull on someone who is just learning, although people who do them a lot will figure it out)

[korri]

Algorithm for switching two corners is: R'D'RFDF'R'D

umm.. can you explain what the letters mean, i think its r=right, d=down, and f=forward, but i don't get what you do when you just say one of them... ok, I totally hope you understood what the fuck i was saying....

[eiopqrtuwy]

Algorithm for switching two corners is: R'D'RFDF'R'DR

umm.. can you explain what the letters mean, i think its r=right, d=down, and f=forward, but i don't get what you do when you just say one of them... ok, I totally hope you understood what the fuck i was saying....

Rough translation: I'm a rubik's nerd.

Actual meaning:
Standard cube notaion assigns a letter to each side of the cube based on how you're holding it
L = left, R= right, F = front, B = back, U = up, D = down image
I typically hold the cube with the color I started with on top (the U side)

The letter tells you which face to twist and in which direction: by itself it means a single clockwise twist , the apostraphe indicates a single counter clockwise twist, and a 2 means two consecutive twists (direction doesnt matter).

So to switch two adjacent corners on the bottom you would twist right side counter clockwise (R'), bottom counterclockwise(D'), right clockwise(R), front clockwise(F), bottom clockwise(D), front counter clockwise(F'), right counterclockwise(R'), bottom clockwise(D), right clockwise(R).

which in short hand is: R'D'RFDF'R'DR

[JesterJ.]

I remember I was at my grandparent's house last summer, and I figured it out one night really late...like I could make a cube from one side get to the other, and still have all the others around it be the same as they were prior to moving (if that makes sense). I figured I'd remember it in the morning.....I didn't.

[Lavos]

http://www.rubiks.com/cube_online.html
beat that and ss.

[eiopqrtuwy]

http://www.rubiks.com/cube_online.html
beat that and ss.

I beat it but there is no 'you win' screen, and I don't feel like taking tons of screenshots of the intermediate steps.

[Kawaiicaps]

http://www.rubiks.com/cube_online.html
beat that and ss.

I beat it but there is no 'you win' screen, and I don't feel like taking tons of screenshots of the intermediate steps.

Is that so? Hmmmm... in that case


I beat it too. I just can't prove it


Not saying you didn't do it man. that's cool. but I did it too

-^_^-