Comments on: I Can’t Solve A Rubik’s Cube

By: Stephanie PTY

Stephanie PTY — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:33:13 +0000

Oh man! I got a Rubik’s cube for Christmas from my boyfriend. Actually, I got a $1 fake one from target last month, so he bought me a “real” one because they move better. I can do it (with notes), now I’m just working on memorizing the algorithms. I love doing it!

By: jim

jim — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:37:21 +0000

Wow you’re right… just over 7 seconds. I wish the video didn’t go sideways all the time, but good little interview at the end, very cute.

By: Leyan

Leyan — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:34:11 +0000

Actually, the current world record is 7.08 seconds, set by Erik Akkersdijk on July 12th of this year at the Czech Open.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzGjbjUPVUo

By: jim

jim — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:01:42 +0000

You were like me, you just never discovered the pattern.

By: Funny about Money

Funny about Money — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:21:48 +0000

LOL! I solved one once. Once. Never could figure it out again. Guess that’s what comes of being an English major.

By: philip

philip — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:16:53 +0000

I had alot of free time during a semester of school. I actually started drawing out what each turn would do and tracking how it changed everything else to solve it. Basically I designed my own algorithm to solve it, most likely the same as what is available somewhere else.

It is fun to take one occaisionaly and solve it, lots of people are impressed by pure nerdiness! I usually finish in about 8 minutes if I have not done it in a while, but that is fast enough for me

By: Glenn Lasher

Glenn Lasher — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:38:48 +0000

Well, it’s just a puzzle. I never could solve it either (unless you count “thinking outside the box” by disassembling and reassembling the thing). I don’t worry about it, though, because I can solve other kinds of problems.

By: jim

jim — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:35:54 +0000

There are numerous algorithms out there to solve it, I just never knew them as a kid.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:08:10 +0000

I never could figure it out either.

By: AJ Kumar

AJ Kumar — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:32:19 +0000

Wow…that’s amazing. I had a friend who was teaching it to me piece by piece. Its actually quite systematical. The pieces can be arranged in any order and almost the same movements would apply. He was able to do it in about 3 minutes. I however only completed it once…the highlight of my life..jK

By: Eric N.

Eric N. — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:48:24 +0000

A friend taught me how a few years ago and it was fun being able to memorize the steps and solve it. Of course I promptly forgot it in a week…

Yu Makijima is insane! Are there enough contests to make a living doing that? lol.

By: Trevor - 14 Year Old Money Blogger

Trevor - 14 Year Old Money Blogger — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:05:48 +0000

I’m in the same boat as you.

All my friends can solve it but I can’t. They all got the answers from Google though.