Anyone Else Jumped On the Rubik's Cube Bandwagon?

[theshimonator]

Yeah, totally serious. My best friend (that I taught) can solve them in about 1.5 minutes on good days. He beats me about every time we race.

i think we can safely say "you're a nerd" :lol:

 

[Lumpmister]

I have tried the rubiks cube, but I always end up becoming very frustrated and throwing it away from me.

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

You can also take them apart to put them back together, no need for sticker peeling. I also lube mine a bit with 100wt shock oil. Makes them turn easier and the sequences are faster.

I guess that makes me a nerd. A nerd that will kick your *** cubing!

 

[braceysdad]

I also lube mine a bit with 100wt shock oil.

Just toooooooooo easy!

Well that, and I'd get in trouble

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

Silicon makes it slippery.

 

[theshimonator]

You can also take them apart to put them back together, no need for sticker peeling. I also lube mine a bit with 100wt shock oil. Makes them turn easier and the sequences are faster.

I guess that makes me a nerd. A nerd that will kick your *** cubing!

you are actually joking aren't you? :? :lol:

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

you are actually joking aren't you? :? :lol:

Do you think I am joking?

 

[Cloak]

I got really good at it for a while (2 minute solves). Really interesting once you learn the algorithims for tossing it all together no matter what situation. I've not picked one up for years though. It would probably come back to me if I did.

 

[Robb]

http://www.rubiks.com/lvl4/commun/cbeclb/clbsol/clbsol_3x3.html

You were the guy that cheated off my tests in high school weren't you?

It is called learning! Keeping your brain "exercising" so it doesn't get lazy. Anyone can pick up a cube, read the solving procedure, and be done with it...............but did you learn anything? Right now I am stumped on setting up my yellow side (the last side), but I enjoy trying to figure it out. And on setting up my second layer (the layer under the white layer, like I said I don't know the lingo), one of the common moves now takes me three sequences, with about three moves per sequence, and I know there has to be a quicker way, so now my challenge is figuring it out.

And it isn't a matter of having time to do it. You just play with it whenever you have a chance. The miniature one I have is actually excellent for this because I can carry it in my pocket, and whenever I have a few minutes of nothing, I get to cubing.

Right now I am at about 3-5 minutes setting up my white side, and the layer underneath it.

 

[cotharyus]

lol - JRH - 2 minutes? I knew there were people out there that could do stuff like that, but seriously - I thought I was kicking along ok to un-screw one in half hour or so....time? Seriously, I watch about an hour of tv a week, the rest of the time I'm doing something - even as I type this, I have things running in the background here I'm waiting on to finish.

 

[cammok5]

i no a kid that has a bunch of them. he can do 1 in 10 sec and 2 (1 in each hand) in 15 sec. it was cool the 1st few times i seen it but no ive saeen it 100 times its kind of borring

 

[Robb]

he can do 1 in 10 sec and 2 (1 in each hand) in 15 sec.

Why get on the internet and just lie?

 

[BUBBA069]

You were the guy that cheated off my tests in high school weren't you?

No, I have a 3x3 and a 4x4 figured them out on my own several years ago. Keep the 3x3 on my desk at work.

Figured the link would be handy for those banging their head against the wall "thumbsup"

 

[theshimonator]

Takes me 5 minutes on a slow day, a bit over 2 on a fast day.

make a vid! i'm unsure whether i believe you.. and also show us a vid of your friend if you can!

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

Ill bring one to a comp and show people for some proof if I have to. It will take 10x the time to capture and edit the vid compared to solving the cube, so I will pass on doin that.

It's not hard really, I went to lar5.com and learned the basics there. The slow part for me is getting started.

 

[clod booster]

ive never solved it but ive goten like 4 sides done at once, and can go through one side at a time in a couple minutes.

 

[BUBBA069]

How to tell you spend too much time with the cube, you can solve it in 20 seconds using one hand, two handed record is 10.48 seconds

http://www.youtube.com/p.swf?video_...99Cs/2.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskI-IqqlSD_AFcZx04vNO7kL

 

[Mirage]

I have a Homer Simpson head one I got for christmas this past year. I will have to take a picuter of it. Its shaped just like his head and only has 8 pieces, but man its alot harder than you would think once its mixed up.

 

[theshimonator]

Yo JRH you got some competition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSqUcrFJ498
:lol:

 

[dezfan]

It might be possible.

The best time for restoring the cube in an official championship was 10.48 seconds by Toby Mao (USA) at the US National Championships 2006 in San Francisco. The following table gives the world record history:

<CENTER></CENTER><TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 border=1><TBODY><TR class=newrec><TD>record holder

</TD><TD>event

</TD><TD>seconds

</TD></TR><TR class=oldrec><TD>Ronald Brinkmann (Germany)

</TD><TD>West German Championship 1982

</TD><TD>19

</TD></TR><TR class=oldrec><TD>Robert Pergl (Czechoslovakia)

</TD><TD>Czechoslovakian Championship 1982</TD><TD>17.02</TD></TR><TR class=oldrec><TD>Dan Knights (USA)

</TD><TD>World Championship 2003</TD><TD>16.71</TD></TR><TR class=oldrec><TD>Jess Bonde (Denmark)

</TD><TD>World Championship 2003</TD><TD>16.53</TD></TR><TR class=oldrec><TD>Shotaro Makisumi (Japan)</TD><TD>Caltech Winter competition 2004</TD><TD>15.07</TD></TR><TR class=oldrec><TD>Shotaro Makisumi (Japan)</TD><TD>Caltech Winter competition 2004</TD><TD>14.76</TD></TR><TR class=oldrec><TD>Shotaro Makisumi (Japan)</TD><TD>Caltech Spring competition 2004</TD><TD>13.93</TD></TR><TR class=oldrec><TD>Shotaro Makisumi (Japan)</TD><TD>Caltech Spring competition 2004</TD><TD>13.89</TD></TR><TR class=oldrec><TD>Shotaro Makisumi (Japan)</TD><TD>Caltech Spring competition 2004</TD><TD>12.11</TD></TR><TR class=oldrec><TD>Jean Pons (France)

</TD><TD>Dutch Open 2005</TD><TD>11.75</TD></TR><TR class=oldrec><TD>Leyan Lo (USA)

</TD><TD>Caltech Winter competition 2006</TD><TD>11.13</TD></TR><TR class=newrec><TD>Toby Mao (USA)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>