Tymac94 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 What is the fastest time you can solve a Rubik's cube without an algorithm cheat sheet? I just broke mine trying to take it apart to grease it. I have yet memorized all of the algorithms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomClown Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 On a regular Rubik's Cube, my fastest was 42 Sec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 There is a guy who took like 20 some odd years to do it. It was in the news about a week ago. The man was obsessed, and they said he cried when he finished it. I'm not making this up either. Here is a link: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?...mp;in_page_id=2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loony Guitarist Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I haven't done this in a while but my average time was about 1 min 30 sec. I started to memorize a new algorithm that would make solving it a lot faster but I found better things to do with my time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3%5kr3w Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 <--Never finished, just got frustrated and threw it down.... FAIL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shonen Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 LMFAO 26 years, I am surprised his wife didn't leave him. You have to admire the guys dedication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopez1364 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 26 years? Now what will that guy do with his life and all that spare time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I have only ever completed one once, and it was over a couple of months cause i forgot about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiyentai Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 26 years is just...insane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limbo Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I can even solve several Rubik's Cubes with diffrent sizes. Even the big ones, the V-Cubes. My timings are about: 2x2x2 (also named mini cube): 40sec 3x3x3 (original Rubik's cube): 1min 4x4x4 (Rubik's Revenge): 9min 5x5x5 (Professor Cube): 25min 6x6x6 (V-Cube 6): 59min 7x7x7 (V-Cube 7): 5hrs I've just started to solve big cubes. I played a lot with the 3x3 cube, but I only solved the 4x4 about 10 times, the 5x5 about 5 times, the 6x6 2 times and the 7x7 cube just once for now. BTW: I just solve cubes for fun, while my PC is calculating something on every Core and I have to wait :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDesi Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I can do the 3x3x3 and the 5x5x5. I can do the 4x4x4 with a sheet. I can't remember all the paritys. Well I never really tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Only tried the "normal" 3x3x3 so far. The whole idea behind it was my desire to beat my father's childhood record :) Managed to do it in 38.47 seconds... Two other things worth mentioning: 1. 26 years means absolutely nothing when trying to solve the cube with no algorithms to follow. There are an enormeous number of possible permutations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik's_cube) making the task incredibly hard. Even Rubik himself took a long time to figure out how to solve the cube, and the guy invented the freaking thing. 2. On the other hand, solving the cube once you learn an algorithm or two becomes an extremely simple task and anyone can do it. The only thing you need to figure out is whether you want to (just) solve it, solve it fast, or solve it with the least number of moves. The later two require a bit more practise and more algorithm knowledge. Imaginary point 3. If you are the kind of guy with the kind of friends that enjoy this sort of thing, learn how to solve it. It really is a conversation starter and it raises a few eyebrows. It took me about a week or two of practise to learn enough algorithms to do this. I'm not doing it extremely fast, nor am I doing it in a small number of moves but still, I'm doing it :) Happy cubing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRS 0N3 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Mine is like 2 mins 30 secs. Not really that fast but I can solve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle 2.0 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I had one with colored stickers on it. I got pissed and took off all the stickers and put them back on to make it look like I completed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingToChatWith Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 lol... sounds like something I would do if I still had one. Took me ages but the farthest I ever got was 1 block away... next thing you know i've mixed it up again just trying to finish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tymac94 Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 Has anyone tried the Electronic one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webjockey Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I have never completed a cube, not for lack of trying.... I just messed it up and then fixed my mistakes, only to screw it up all over again. I would eventually get a face all 1 colour, but, of course, the sides and corners weren't right, and I didn't want to redo it, so I just left it :P (thats the same situation I get to each time) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swathe Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Havn't done one for years but no where near as fast as some of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3%5kr3w Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Has anyone tried the Electronic one? Do you mean the software version or do they have another type? (I thought I saw another type one time) I think they have a software version in the linux repositories somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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