liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 4/1/13 at 10:49 PM |
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Rubicks Cube- Best Christmas Present Ever
I got one for christmas and well.... I am hooked. I remember having one as a kid in the 80's but this time I thought I would actually put some
effort into actually solving the thing instead of throwing it at my brother. 
There are various methods. I chose the beginners layer method and can now solve it every time. My quickest is 1:37 but I reckon I average around 2
and a half minutes. World record is 5.6seconds!! Youtube Feliks Zemdegs
They are really not as hard as i thought they were though.
[Edited on 4/1/13 by liam.mccaffrey]
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balidey
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| posted on 4/1/13 at 10:59 PM |
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I`m getting quicker ...... now the glue is losing its stickiness
Dutch bears have terrible skin due to their clogged paws
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Sloan85
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| posted on 5/1/13 at 12:04 AM |
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I am out of practice at the minute. I used to average about 1.30, best was 1.12 but got lucky at the end.
I keep meaning to learn the Fridrich method. Hopefully I will break 1 minute one day.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 5/1/13 at 12:14 AM |
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I've read though that people can are able to get sub 1 minute without learning fridrich.
I'm really struggling with F2L I'm taking 70 seconds at best just on that.
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Simon
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| posted on 5/1/13 at 12:55 AM |
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Got one when I was about 15 (circa 1981) - at the time one of the best pressies I ever got that I'd actually asked for.
Best time was around a minute but I was slightly obsessive about it back then.
Still have it somewhere
ATB
Simon
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JoelP
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| posted on 5/1/13 at 09:09 AM |
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i used one a lot during jury service, but could only do it with the book to hand! Dont have enough spare time nowadays.
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clairetoo
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| posted on 5/1/13 at 10:32 AM |
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I had one many years ago..........and never did manage to crack it 
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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CNHSS1
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| posted on 5/1/13 at 12:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by clairetoo
I had one many years ago..........and never did manage to crack it
i cracked mine as a kid,
used Dads 2lb lump hammer 
bloody thing!
"Racing is life, everything else, before or after, is just waiting"---Steve McQueen
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steve m
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| posted on 5/1/13 at 12:59 PM |
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We had one left on my desk about a week ago, and during the night i managed to do it all on my own, infact it was very easy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnQ56FVnHe0
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jossey
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| posted on 5/1/13 at 03:53 PM |
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Someone told me that they can be done with a max of 56 moves if I remember rightly.
I used this to learn how to move stuff around and out there back.
Was useful
http://www.wrongway.org/cube/solve.html
Ps nice retro toy. Should I get my zx48k spectrum out too......
Thanks
David Johnson
Building my tiger avon slowly but surely.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 5/1/13 at 06:16 PM |
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It used to be 56 moves its now been proven to be 20. In other words any cube can be solved in 20 moves. This would be a computer optimised solve
thought and not one a human would necessarily do. The world record 5.6s was about 40 odd moves I think.
quote:
Originally posted by jossey
Someone told me that they can be done with a max of 56 moves if I remember rightly.
I used this to learn how to move stuff around and out there back.
Was useful
http://www.wrongway.org/cube/solve.html
Ps nice retro toy. Should I get my zx48k spectrum out too......
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Texan
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| posted on 5/1/13 at 06:29 PM |
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What's this beginners layer method?
I never even got close to solving it as a kid. I presumed it was my ADD or at least that's what I claimed was the reason.
I drive therefore I am.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 6/1/13 at 08:39 AM |
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Check this page out for good beginners methodlinky
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