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Alaina 25-04-2004 15:41

Rubik's Cubes
 
All right...Who likes these things? I think my whole entire team has a fascination with them. Most of us know how to solve them. Some of them in under 2 minutes. I'm getting pretty close...
Did anyone see the little keychain cubes team 94 was handing out in Archimedes? Weren't they great?! Mine broke. =(

MOEmaniac 25-04-2004 16:00

Re: Rubik's Cubes
 
I can solve one in under a minute. All i do is peel off the stickers and put them on in the right places. If I try to do it the way the maker of it intended it to be solved, then I would get so frustrated that I would probably hit it with a hammer. :D

Jay H 237 25-04-2004 16:27

Re: Rubik's Cubes
 
Our team had the "Stump Julie" game we played at different comps with a Rubiks cube. I attached a link below.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=26962

hansTP2S 25-04-2004 17:21

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I love rubix cubes and i can solve them, not in any speed, but i cna still do it. And no i didnt see the rubix cube keychains becuase i was in curie.

Ryan F. 25-04-2004 18:33

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I got a rubix cube this christmas...and I don't think I've ever been more frustrated with something! Eventually, I solved it...and after you solve it once, you can do it easily again and again.

Kiwi_queen 25-04-2004 20:39

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yeeeahh...I usually have enough patience to try to figure it out during a family function (seeing as it's a great way to kill time there)...but eventually I get so aggravated that I just peel off the stickers and cheat. :D

Alaina 25-04-2004 21:54

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It's a lot more interesting to take the whole thing apart and put it back together again. Usually you mess up the stickers if you end up peeling them off...

Kiwi_queen 25-04-2004 22:43

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anyone ever just use permanent markers to color new colors on? I never have...but the thought just occured to me that someone else might have

Aaron Knight 26-04-2004 13:45

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A person on our team can solve the things in under 3 minutes. He used to post actively on these forums (his CD name is "etoleb"), but now he's at MIT.

I bought him a mini keychain one which only served to slow him down 'cause the entire thing was about the size of his thumb :) - he still solved the thing in under 10 mins.

ryan_f 27-04-2004 00:02

Re: Rubik's Cubes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by MOEmaniac
I can solve one in under a minute. All i do is peel off the stickers and put them on in the right places. If I try to do it the way the maker of it intended it to be solved, then I would get so frustrated that I would probably hit it with a hammer. :D


There is no possible way that you can peel off all those stickers, and put them on in the right places in under a minute. Believe me, I've tried :)

Alaina 27-04-2004 23:58

Re: Rubik's Cubes
 
Yay, I've solved it 3 times!!1! (I just learned the last step yesterday. Or at least one of the methods for it. It's confusing)

I think I'm the only girl at my school who can solve it...
:D

KenWittlief 28-04-2004 11:03

Re: Rubik's Cubes
 
solving them is knowing the pattern you have to use to get a piece from one place to another

once you know the patterns, its pretty boring

but if you were able to solve one without using the book that gave you the patterns, hats off to you - not many people can think in 4 dimensions like that (3 dimensional space + a sequence of events = 4)

c-squared_2006 28-04-2004 23:27

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Lucky you guys, I can't think in that way.

OneAngryDaisy 28-04-2004 23:37

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yea, my sis just went at one over a month.. she'd do it in her free time, and now she gets it in 2 minutes routinely. I even timed her at 40 seconds once, its crazy. When she solves it I turn the far right side once, turn it over, turn the far side once, etc, etc, then go to people and say "Watch" and just reverse it. :P

Tigertron222 30-04-2004 12:29

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yeah my friend lost his soul to a rubix cube durning the whole national competition. When he told me this i started laughing like crazy. He did finally get it back though when the corner broke off it.

sillyone 30-04-2004 13:15

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The last time I tried to solve one of those rubik cubes it took me almost all day to just get one whole side. It was fun. :ahh:

UnStumpable237 04-05-2004 16:34

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I love Rubik's cubes! They are really fun. I always solve it in under 3 minutes, usually under 2, and if I'm lucky under 1! Now I have to get one of those 4x4x4 rubik's cubes! ;)

Alaina 05-05-2004 17:45

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Quote:

Originally Posted by UnStumpable237
I love Rubik's cubes! They are really fun. I always solve it in under 3 minutes, usually under 2, and if I'm lucky under 1! Now I have to get one of those 4x4x4 rubik's cubes! ;)

My boyfriend has one of those. And his best friend solved it.

Barry Bonzack 14-07-2007 20:31

Multi-Axis Trainer
 
I thought it was time to revive this thread. Many of us appear to be fascinated once again by this 3x3 puzzle. Especially Team 177 and Team 1649. Since the Cube is back, who here can solve it? What is your best time? How many people on your team has caught cube fever? Where is the craziest place you have ever solved the cube?

My top time so far is 2 min 4 sec.

However, my best time on the Multi-Axis Trainer is four minutes. Top this.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...24379534&hl=en

Note: The first 8 seconds of the video is black. Give it time. Also, I could not convert the DVD format to one acceptable to Google Video that has sound. Perhaps some one could assist me with this. Thanks.

cooker52 14-07-2007 21:03

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That was AWESOME!

And I know guys who have a hard time with the Rubix Cube as it is.

SamC 14-07-2007 22:34

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I can solve a cube. I'm not too fast, I only know the 'Layer' method, which is definitely NOT the fastest way. But I can consistently solve it in under 3-4minutes (never really kept track).

I've only solved it while sitting somewhere, or even standing too...:yikes: lol

Cooley744 15-07-2007 00:08

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Rubik's Cubes suddenly became a fad throughout my grade within the last 3 weeks of the school year. As for myself, I have always liked them. I've solved it a couple times, but it was major luck. I can get a few sides within 4 minutes. LOL. I've never really tried to learn how though.

Schnabel 15-07-2007 01:39

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:eek: :eek: :eek: I haven't ever been able to solve a Rubik's cube once before in my life and you go and do that?:eek: :eek:

Cory 15-07-2007 05:39

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One of the kids on our team can solve them in <1 min, behind his back.

It's pretty crazy.

Steve W 15-07-2007 14:44

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I was asked this year to MC a Rubik's cube contest. I believe that it was a National contest and the winner won a trip to, I believe, Budapest, Hungary for the world championships. The winner, a 13 year old grade 8 student won with an average, over 5 solves, of 14.21 seconds. After the first round of over 60 contestants the cut off of the top 25 people was around 45 seconds average for 5 solves.

The cutoff for the 4 x 4 was 3 minutes over 2 solves and the 5 x 5 was 4 minutes over 2 solves. These were not average but must have at least 1 under the time frame.

These are the results of the Canadian Open held at the Ontario Science Center: Link at http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/?q=node/41


Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube Harris Chan 12.72 14.21 Canada 12.72 13.69 15.53 13.40 18.71
Rubik's 4x4x4 Cube Matt Walter 1:06.67 1:14.00 Canada 1:06.67 1:18.66 1:16.53 1:17.97 1:07.50
Rubik's 5x5x5 Cube Matt Walter 2:18.31 2:25.62 Canada 2:30.77 2:25.55 2:45.00 2:20.53 2:18.31
Rubik's 2x2x2 Cube Craig Bouchard 6.86 8.75 NR Canada 9.22 14.61 9.21 7.83 6.86
3x3x3 blindfolded Chris Krueger 1:15.60 WR USA 1:55.83 DNF 1:15.60
3x3x3 one-handed Dave Campbell 28.03 35.66 Canada 40.45 35.43 31.09 46.63 28.03
Rubik's Magic Rhodri Mativo 1.36 1.42 Canada 1.43 1.43 1.41 2.03 1.36
Rubik's Master Magic Craig Bouchard 2.78 3.25 Canada 3.30 3.25 3.19 5.08 2.78

The World Record for the 3x3x3 Blindfold was set at this event. It was amazing to see the cube completed in 1 min 15.60 seconds after having a first look at it. The contestant can pick up and look at the cube as long as they like but must put on blindfold before making any moves. Time starts as soon as the cube is in view ( they lift off a cover).

Amanda Morrison 16-07-2007 22:25

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A friend and co-worker named Scott (the brains behind the FLL games here at the office) taught me how to solve the cube after a few lunchtime sessions, and my own persistence and practice at home. I am pretty steadily at two minutes, but have gotten times as low as 1:14. My average according to this page is 100.585 seconds. My cube is lubricated with motorcycle grease, though others I have talked to prefer graphite.

Solving the cube has nothing to do with math - common myth - nor do you have to be a genius to solve it. You merely need to be able to recognize patterns and remember a solution for that pattern. It's fairly simple.

My cube travels with me everywhere I go (especially traveling, as there is a lot of dead time in airports and on planes). If you'd like and you are traveling to IRI, ask me for 10 minutes of my time and I will happily show you how to solve for one side. :)

Barry Bonzack 17-07-2007 19:26

Re: Multi-Axis Trainer
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack (Post 634932)
My top time so far is 2 min 4 sec.

However, my best time on the Multi-Axis Trainer is four minutes. Top this.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...24379534&hl=en

Note: The first 8 seconds of the video is black. Give it time. Also, I could not convert the DVD format to one acceptable to Google Video that has sound. Perhaps some one could assist me with this. Thanks.


Edit: my best time is now 1 minute 38 seconds.


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