Can You Solve a Rubik's Cube?

[cielo market]

This toy has come up more than once on this forum, it deserves its own poll. *:thumbsup:

For those who can solve it, post your record time! Be honest! *;)
For those who can't, keep trying!
For those who never tried, go buy one!

[thegnat]

i just bought one.

I just need the time to solve it.

And I'm going to.

I swear. I will do it.

[Raven Queen]

Is it possible to solve it by myself? My friends tell me it's impossible, and they found the solution online instead.

[Ian]

I managed to master the cube (in a sense) when it first came out. The first time took me 6 weeks *to solve - I used to go to bed and saw cube-things floating around in my mind. (Do not remember the *year but must have been early to mid 80's? Well before the days of the internet).

Eventually got my time down to just under 2 minutes.

The 4x4 is a different beast - at best took me 20-25 minutes.

We had our niece and nephew (9 and 15 years old) to visit over Christmas - they were shocked that Uncle Iiia could "do the (3x3) cube" albeit a bit slower nowadays, down to around 4 minutes.

The recent championships show how the understanding of the cube has come on - I am sure I heard 19 seconds mentioned. Might have to have another look.

[generalowk]

I've been able to solve them since they came out back in the early 80s.

My average time is between 3 and 4 minutes. My best time is probably slightly under 3 minutes. I keep a cube on my desk at school and my students will ask me if I did it. Then I'll show off for them. When I'm really concentrating, I'll do the last series of moves (about 15-20 twists) without looking at the cube - I just look them in the eye and toss them the finished cube while they gape in amazement. :P

[cielo market]

My record time is also about 3-4 minutes. Yep. Solving a Rubik's is a good way to amaze the norms.

[Ijz]

If Will Smith can do it, I can do it.

*hurries to the store*

[Panthera]

When I was 9 years old I solved it in 10 minutes......by pulling off the stickers and "rearranging" them back on the cube. I would fix one side at a time and then show my dad. then I would disappear into the closet because as everyone knows, the closet is the perfect spot to solve that thing.

[Firelie]

When I was 9 years old I solved it in 10 minutes......by pulling off the stickers and "rearranging" them back on the cube. *I would fix one side at a time and then show my dad. *then I would disappear into the closet because as everyone knows, the closet is the perfect spot to solve that thing. *

You, my friend, are awesome. :thumbsup:

[rwyatt365]

Once I could do it. No idea of the time, but I was relatively fast. I'll have to find one and re-learn. ;)

[Tarrick]

It solving a cube that hard? I solved it several times in my youth, and I thought it was a good challenge but not too hard.

[aelan]

When I was 9 years old I solved it in 10 minutes......by pulling off the stickers and "rearranging" them back on the cube. *
yes! I did that too! I also had a little sparkly key-chain one that I broke apart and reassembled as solved.

Now I want to get one and try to actually solve it the right way.

[Marja]

I just learned how to solve it. It takes me about 3-3.5 minutes. I would love to learn how to solve it in under 30 sec., but I can't bring myself to put in the time for that.

If anyone's interested, I solved it by memorizing the solution on this site: To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

[Paul V]

Haven't tried in years, but I'm pretty sure I still can't. My visual/spatial intelligence fails me in this particular task.

[niffer]

No. My INTJ dad can though, and fairly quickly.

I rarely have any drive to even attempt to solve them. I mostly find Rubik's Cubes amusing because of how they are made. I get high on the very essence of their construction. :lovestruck:

[Onigumo13]

Just acquired Rubik 360 today , your humble servant shall make an attempt to solve it :)

[EvanMF]

It's all about technique, not so much about spatial intelligence. I can sum up the technique by saying: solve it in layers not faces.

[Eye on Earth]

I can solve it. I don't go out to break any records though. Typically, from a solved position, I will mess it up and work on it a few minutes at a time over a several days. If I really sit down to solve it, I can usually do in less than 15 minutes.

I don't use any specific technique. I just think it through backwards and then proceed forward. Honestly, I get more fun out of it by creating patterns and then solving the patterns.

I will say this - once all the corners are in position, you will need 12 or fewer moves to solve the cube.

[MrFreakaficial]

I used to be decent at such things as a child, chess too, but it kind of vanished over the years. So unfortunately, nope :(

I tend to get overly anxious when testing myself logically, though. I want to perform well to prove myself I'm capable, which means I am preoccupied with the thought of performing well, which makes me perform bad :freak: this has caused me much struggle with mathematics, chess, strategy games, etc.

Perhaps in a safe, calm environment, with enough time...

[Miryr]

Tried when I was around 9 years old, I got rather far but never finished it. I should buy a new one and finish it...

[fokalina]

Hm.

My mind is not Rubik's Cube-inclined. But it is inclined towards Rubik's Cubes.
If I were to sit down and try to solve one, it would take me a long (long, long) time.
But I am very fond of the thinking/manipulating involved. If I ever choose to 'learn' it, I should be a quick solver.


Also, though I am quite impressed with some peoples' skills, I do not think that the ability to solve a Rubik's Cube is in-and-of-itself impressive.

[Elena]

No,...but I am still trying. :)