Rubik's cube

[amanda_isabel]

inspired by the Mathematics thread, I was hoping that fellow LitNetters would share their thoughts, experiences, frustrations (:)), et al having to do with the Rubik's cube.


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I for one think that solving it comes with a way of thinking, that is to say having a three dimensional type of brain... My brother's brain was tailor-made to solve the cube, and mine isn't, so he has bragging rights for that :D...

My biggest achievement so far with the cube was solvng one face (one color) completely... almost nothing compared with the squirt who's got bragging rights, who can solve the entire cube and then find different patterns... He's been helping me with it though and is showng me that it's just a matter of algorithms. Hope I actually get this stuff, though :D


Who's next?

[JWHooper]

Oh, let there be sides.
Oh, let there be algorithms.
Oh, let there be mathematical foundation behind it.

Dexterity is a big part,
Speed is also part of it.
Using probability to find the big number,
Which tells us the many ways that Rubik's Cube can end up.


Rubik's Cube is fun, but I don't do it much anymore.

[Captain_Kuchiki]

Rubik's Cubes are hard for me to solve. My friend is a genius at them, though.

[Weisinheimer]

I've never been able to solve it. My friend started to show me one time, but I gave up after a bit.

[Lily Adams]

They are so much fun! And annoying! Yay!

I love to solve mine while listening to music-you need the manual, though. :) Or someone to help you who knows how to solve it.

Mine's so old-it's from 1981 and so's the manual I have. The sides are hard to turn because they're so old. I need to lube mah cube!

[Bakiryu]

I love mine. It's so cool. I wonder why I find it so easy to solve since I suck at any kind of mathematical thinking, I just like teh colors!

[Dori]

I just watched a video on cnn.com and apparently some guy broke the world record (40-something seconds!) for solving the Rubik's cube.