Can you do the rubiks cube?

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If so how fast?

I can't.

Brings up a memory though; when they first came out my dad solved it on the first try.

I can't - never have been able to, but my son can do it in 25 seconds (he has a speed cube).

Yes. Very very slowly. Ds can do it in about 30 seconds. I'm more like 15 minutes

I can pop it out with a knife and then put it all back together again if that counts

Yes, under 2 minutes.

I can do 2/3rds of one!

Only by peeling off the stickers and switching them around, but DS can do a comfortable sub-30 seconds on a speed cube. At moments like this, I stare at him in respect at this alien genius I produced.

I can't but my DM & DS can. DM in about 4 minutes & DS in about 35 seconds (speed cube).

I can, I had to learn for work a couple of years ago, I felt very sorry for the person that dragged my arse through the process of learning how to do it and the patterns, I was a slow learner!

I can't but my daughter can and it's pretty quick. Apparently there are just 9 steps needed or something, and she just memorised those. Or something like that - can't remember as it was years ago now when she was a young teenager.

And I'm quite sure it was less than a minute by quite a long ways.

Lol. No. I think I've discalucla and dyspraxia but never ever managed it. My mate had a bootleg one where you could switch the stickers so that's my method.

Yes, if I have Patrick Bossert's 'You Can Do The Cube'. Takes about 10 minutes still as I have to look every 'trick' up.

Yes, takes a while though, definitely not world record breaking here!

My little brother can do it in under a minute though, he's very good.

Not the cube but I used to be able to do the Rubiks Magic really fast. I remember on Blue Peter they had some kids on it seeing who could do it fastest. I did mine at the same time (while watching) and I was faster. I also used to be able to do it behind my back !
Please note I say "used to". No idea if I still could now 😂
Did anyone ever solve the Rubiks Clock?

Yes! Ds2 advertised his services on the kitchen doorframe at the beginning of the summer hols 😁.

I can do it in 3 mins if not harassed. I'm embarrassed to say it took almost an entire week for me to get it. Ds2 taught himself in an hour .

I used to be able to when they came out first. Can’t now. Might be able to relearn I suppose.

My sister's husband was all excited at being able to teach the algorithm to all three of us 7-9 year olds as he was a computer engineer at Cray and a friend had brought them in for him before they went on general sale. He then said 'Now go off and come back when all the sides match - the fastest gets five pounds'.

His two came back with a face each. I came back with a completed one.

He didn't actually specify that five pounds was payable only if we followed the algorithm, he just said it had to be done, so although they were so new that none of us knew to take them apart, I'd figured out they must be attached in the middle somehow and maybe a nice, small yet slight curved teaspoon would help me, at which point the first one popped out and I'd found a solution.

His response was muttering something about two programmers and a sodding mechanical engineer.

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My ex SIL was so good at them that she was on a team to do 100 in as short a time as possible. They won a national competition!

I can’t do them.

Yes, in about one and a half minutes. DS's best is about 35 seconds. Can do 2×2, 4×4 and a few other shapes used in speed cubing.
Really recommend documentary on Netflix about Speed cubing.

Speed clock on the other hand - not a chance. Ds can, so it clearly is doable.

I had this book and memorised enough that I can do it in 3-4 mins. I've heard it's not a very efficient method though and keep meaning to learn a better way!

Yes, although I’ve never timed myself as I only do it for fun, but probably around a minute. I have several games whenever I’m in a pointless Zoom meeting.

Yes. My pointless fact for awkward work events.osnthat I was county Rubik's cube champion when I was 8 🤣😂