Rubiks cube anyone?

Dude111

This is awesome!!!

http://dude112.fileave.com/cube.zip


Just unzip the file and click on INDEX.HTML and you can try!!

I have one of these


I cant even complete one side (On this one (I havent figured out how to do it (hehehe))

mike65

Never did manage it or even come close not sure if I still have it.

chakotha

How do you move a row in that yoke?

I can do it in a few minutes. Didn't figure it out myself though. I learned some moves from my uncle and some from a mate years ago.

hillbilly999

I still have one at home:o

Beeker

Loved the thing!! I was able to complete it in 23 seconds. Mis spent youth:D

TanG411

I learned how to do a rubik's cube last October or thereabout because I always wanted to know how to do one.

The best four days of my life learning that thing, and now it sticks with me. I can get it done in about 2-3 minutes. It's not record time by any means, but at least it can be solved!

bullets

I've 3 cubes and a Rubiks magic, as well as several
metal and wooden puzzles in my office Cubicle just for fun!

I learned the first few layers of the Rubiks cube it was only
the last stage or layer/face that involved about 8 moves that baked my noodle and I never got around to learning. I could do it as a kid without learning any moves but as an adult I needed to look at instructions. (dont try and learn the cube and work at the same time)

There is a few websites that let you put in the colours
of a mixed cube and it spits out the notation for you to solve it.

I'm usless at actually doing puzzles but I have
a facination on How they are actually made and work,
and I appreciate the thought/craftmanship/artwork that goes
into making one.

There is a fantastic webpage that I look at from
time to time that sells puzzles:
http://www.puzzlemaster.ca/

Great place. People that may be intested in cube like puzzles may also want to check out live cube
http://www.livecubeshop.com/

While not a rubiks cube it does let people order cubes and panels where they can actually make puzzles of their own design from scratch and re-use the pieces. Pretty cool idea and reminds me of the Unit Cubes used to teach us in Primary school!


~B

Dude111

Beeker wrote:

I was able to complete it in 23 seconds. Mis spent youth:D

Heh i bet you couldnt do this one in 23 seconds (I can barely figure out how to turn it )

Lirange

I used to remove the little coloured squares and move them around to make it look like I solved it. This was in the early 80s when I was roughly seven or eight. My plan never worked because there were always enough crooked ones to reveal my tampering.

Zaph

I used to be able to do it in about 40-45 seconds. Wouldn't have a clue where to start now.

flaa

Which shops carry Rubik's cubes here in Dublin right now? I'm looking for the 2x2 and 4x4/Revenge. I only have the 3x3 from Smith's Toys in Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, which also carries the Rubik's 360° and the Magic.

dazberry

flaa wrote: »

Which shops carry Rubik's cubes here in Dublin right now? I'm looking for the 2x2 and 4x4/Revenge. I only have the 3x3 from Smith's Toys in Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, which also carries the Rubik's 360° and the Magic.

Was in Hamleys in Dundrum last week - where I bought a 3x3. They also had a cube with more squares, think it was 4x4 ???

D.

Rubik.

Lirange wrote: »

I used to remove the little coloured squares and move them around to make it look like I solved it. This was in the early 80s when I was roughly seven or eight. My plan never worked because there were always enough crooked ones to reveal my tampering.

You could break it apart and it fit back together in the right order easily enough. And nobody would be the wiser.

Posy

Lirange wrote: »

I used to remove the little coloured squares and move them around to make it look like I solved it. This was in the early 80s when I was roughly seven or eight. My plan never worked because there were always enough crooked ones to reveal my tampering.

Exactly what I used to do, right down to putting the squares back on crooked!

nkay1985

Bought one of these in Tesco a few years ago. Learned how to solve it using a guide but was then able to do it with no guide in about a minute. I think if I put it in my hands now, I'd get part of the way through it but would fall apart with the difficult moves!

flaa

flaa wrote: »

Which shops carry Rubik's cubes here in Dublin right now? I'm looking for the 2x2 and 4x4/Revenge. I only have the 3x3 from Smith's Toys in Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, which also carries the Rubik's 360° and the Magic.

As an answer to my own question - Hamley's at Dundrum Shopping Centre had Rubik's 3x3 cube, 4x4 Revenge, 360°, Magic and Light Speed. Sadly there was no 2x2 Pocket Cube, only some Earth ball that works like a 2x2. Art & Hobby also had 3x3.

I've learned to solve the 3x3 (Friggin' nice bar trick BTW - the girls like it) - sadly not all by myself, i had to memorize most of the algorithms. The 4x4 seems quite a challenge still, I hope I can figure it out. It's surprisingly flimsy in construction. No wonder they recommend you to handle it with care.