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To think the rubix cube is impossible to solve.

56 replies

McNewPants2013 · 30/12/2012 20:30

I have been trying for weeks since my birthday on 14th December.

It just can't be solved

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RandomMess · 30/12/2012 20:30

Eh, of course it can Confused

bealos · 30/12/2012 20:31

I would like to agree with you, as personally I can't do it, but my dp can do it. It's like a weird party trick. He learnt how to do it living as a kid on a farm in NZ apparently!

Shutupanddrive · 30/12/2012 20:31

No it's not impossible. My brother can do it. (I just used to take the stickers off!)

Sparklyblue · 30/12/2012 20:32

My BIL can do it in minutes, he's a right brain box though Grin

McNewPants2013 · 30/12/2012 20:33

A glimmer of hope that it can be done, I am close to donating it to the bin

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AnnoyingOrange · 30/12/2012 20:35

For some strange reason, children can usually do it quite easily

Meglet · 30/12/2012 20:35

In theory I know it's possible, and within 60 seconds for experts.

But the most I ever managed was 2 sides. I had a 'you can do the cube' book and everything. Pah.

Cezzy · 30/12/2012 20:35

I used to do it prising it apart and putting it back together correctly, my school friend in the 80s could do it really quick. There used to be a booklet with the instructions.

Llareggub · 30/12/2012 20:36

I rearranged the stickers in the end :-)

McNewPants2013 · 30/12/2012 20:36

I have even googled it and still can't do it lol

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Emandlu · 30/12/2012 20:37

My brother can do it. He says its something about seeing the patterns.

Hulababy · 30/12/2012 20:37

Dd got one for Christmas but none of us can even get close. Watching some 100 best toys things on tv and people doing them in seconds!

LunaticFringe · 30/12/2012 20:37

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thenightsky · 30/12/2012 20:38

DS (now aged 21) can do a basic (3 cube deep) Rubix cube in about 2 minutes. He has a bigger four cube deep one he does in about 4 mins. He has been given a five cube deep one for xmas. Not sure if he's done that one yet.

He solved the 3 cuber when he was about 11.

EcoLady · 30/12/2012 20:39
mermaidbutmytailfelloff · 30/12/2012 20:39

I used to be able to do it..... It's easy when you learn the method actually. I haven't tried for years though

McNewPants2013 · 30/12/2012 20:39

Hula what channel is that on

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complexnumber · 30/12/2012 20:40

I heard that any rubric cube orientation can be solved in a max number of 20 moves!

www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-08/gods-number-revealed-20-moves-will-solve-any-rubiks-cube-position

It just means the rest of us are a little slower...

LeeCoakley · 30/12/2012 20:42

I could do it when it first came out. In about 2 minutes if I solved the top layer quickly, otherwise up to 5 minutes or so. I just made up a solution which was a bit random hence the different solving times. I couldn't do it now though!

LostInWales · 30/12/2012 20:44

DH can do it in about 60s but then he didn't have a girlfriend until he was 21...

PeppermintonCandyCane · 30/12/2012 20:47

There's a way to do it - probably the one in the link although I haven't looked at it. IIRC it involved repeating the same sequence of moves several times, then bingo!

FredFredGeorge · 30/12/2012 20:51

LostInWales So is it related to wrist strength or loneliness then?

I figured out a route to do it when I was a teenager, was a bit random on getting it into the right state for me to solve it from after getting the first 2 layers done, but I'd always get there in the end - something like 5 minutes like LeeCoakley I'd say. Doubt I could do it now, but hopefully still have the mind to figure it out.

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musicmadness · 30/12/2012 20:56

I can do it - it's just to do with the algorithms. The only truly intuitive bit is solving the first cross. The thing is when you make a side it is not enough to have the side all one colour, it needs to be all one colour on one side and the other colour on the edge pieces needs to match the colour of the centre of the adjacent side. www.rubikssolver.com/ Follow the instructions in this to solve it. Go very slowly at first or you will lose your place and have to start again. You soon get the hang of it if you practice a few times!

CoteDAzur · 30/12/2012 20:57

Maybe you should try solving a Rubik's Cube, instead Smile

MummytoKatie · 30/12/2012 21:05

I used to be able to do it in about 2/3 minutes. Not sure if I still can as I can't find the d@mn thing and I've had 1.5 kids since then (18 weeks pregnant with second) so my brain is not as it was. But I'd probably get it eventually if I had the time and energy. (And a tidy house so I could find it.)

I used to do the top layer. Then the corners. Then the rest.

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