Can you solve a Rubik's cube?

[Nephilim]

I solved one once in 6 days!

 

[Cubes]

17.37 for me

 

[ylime01]

I use regular. It's super-smooth and gummy, I can't imagine what gummy is like.

yeah ikr

 

[Twee]

Yeah, give me a paperclip and I'll have it done in no time.

 

[Nephilim]

17.37 for me

I knew you would reply to this thread.

 

[Turtle]

I just started like 3 days ago. I got a 2x2 Dayan, and my PB is like 20-25

 

[Redwash11]

I got one my 5th birthday... still haven't solved it

 

[Mooclan]

Yup.

In grade 6, there was a Rubik's Cube competition going on in my Middle School (grades 6-8)
My only friends were basically the top nerds of grade 6, and wanted to join the competition - there was one problem, however... it was a team competition. They needed one more teammate (4 total) and couldn't find anyone who already knew how to solve it, or was willing to learn, so they asked me. I was lent a DVD, an old cube, and a time limit.
One week.
I had a single week to learn how to solve the Cube, and become proficient enough to compete in the competition. I spent several hours in a row, watching and re-watching the DVD, going over the algorithms, and slowly learning and comprehending the ways of the Cube.
A week later, and the competition had arrived. I stayed after school, walked to the Auditorium, and met with my teammates. We were seated at a table, and handed a bin of eleven three-by-three cubes. The rules were explained, and all teams started solving. Minutes passed, and the only sound to be heard was cubes clicking loudly. 1.. 3.. 5.. 9... 10.. and the final cube. My friend Jaylen was solving the eleventh cube, but we all shouted to hand it to my other friend Felipe, who could solve faster. The cube was passed off, and solving continued. Felipe finished the cube, and we all stood up and cheered. Four seconds later, a group on the other end of the auditorium finished.


One thing that I will remember for a long time:
"No, Dad. There's no prize for second place."
- A competitor from the other group, with tears in his eyes.
Hearing this turned our victory into a bitter-sweet moment.


As for my personal times:
Best: 11.14 seconds. (I feel like it was slightly higher, like half a second or so higher, but I can't remember any number except for this. I borrowed a friend's Speed Cube for this score.)
Average: 29.6 seconds. (I no longer solve Cubes on a regular basis, but I still can do it in under a minute if I try.)

On that note, I also memorized over 120 digits of pi at one time in grade 7 :3 (Or was it grade 8? I forget.)

 

[Turtle]

Yup.

In grade 6, there was a Rubik's Cube competition going on in my Middle School (grades 6-8)
My only friends were basically the top nerds of grade 6, and wanted to join the competition - there was one problem, however... it was a team competition. They needed one more teammate (4 total) and couldn't find anyone who already knew how to solve it, or was willing to learn, so they asked me. I was lent a DVD, an old cube, and a time limit.
One week.
I had a single week to learn how to solve the Cube, and become proficient enough to compete in the competition. I spent several hours in a row, watching and re-watching the DVD, going over the algorithms, and slowly learning and comprehending the ways of the Cube.
A week later, and the competition had arrived. I stayed after school, walked to the Auditorium, and met with my teammates. We were seated at a table, and handed a bin of eleven three-by-three cubes. The rules were explained, and all teams started solving. Minutes passed, and the only sound to be heard was cubes clicking loudly. 1.. 3.. 5.. 9... 10.. and the final cube. My friend Jaylen was solving the eleventh cube, but we all shouted to hand it to my other friend Felipe, who could solve faster. The cube was passed off, and solving continued. Felipe finished the cube, and we all stood up and cheered. Four seconds later, a group on the other end of the auditorium finished.


One thing that I will remember for a long time:
"No, Dad. There's no prize for second place."
- A competitor from the other group, with tears in his eyes.
Hearing this turned our victory into a bitter-sweet moment.


As for my personal times:
Best: 11.14 seconds. (I feel like it was slightly higher, like half a second or so higher, but I can't remember any number except for this. I borrowed a friend's Speed Cube for this score.)
Average: 29.6 seconds. (I no longer solve Cubes on a regular basis, but I still can do it in under a minute if I try.)

On that note, I also memorized over 120 digits of pi at one time in grade 7 :3 (Or was it grade 8? I forget.)

*sniffs* how beautiful c:

 

[BitoBain]

Yup.

In grade 6, there was a Rubik's Cube competition going on in my Middle School (grades 6-8)
My only friends were basically the top nerds of grade 6, and wanted to join the competition - there was one problem, however... it was a team competition. They needed one more teammate (4 total) and couldn't find anyone who already knew how to solve it, or was willing to learn, so they asked me. I was lent a DVD, an old cube, and a time limit.
One week.
I had a single week to learn how to solve the Cube, and become proficient enough to compete in the competition. I spent several hours in a row, watching and re-watching the DVD, going over the algorithms, and slowly learning and comprehending the ways of the Cube.
A week later, and the competition had arrived. I stayed after school, walked to the Auditorium, and met with my teammates. We were seated at a table, and handed a bin of eleven three-by-three cubes. The rules were explained, and all teams started solving. Minutes passed, and the only sound to be heard was cubes clicking loudly. 1.. 3.. 5.. 9... 10.. and the final cube. My friend Jaylen was solving the eleventh cube, but we all shouted to hand it to my other friend Felipe, who could solve faster. The cube was passed off, and solving continued. Felipe finished the cube, and we all stood up and cheered. Four seconds later, a group on the other end of the auditorium finished.


One thing that I will remember for a long time:
"No, Dad. There's no prize for second place."
- A competitor from the other group, with tears in his eyes.
Hearing this turned our victory into a bitter-sweet moment.


As for my personal times:
Best: 11.14 seconds. (I feel like it was slightly higher, like half a second or so higher, but I can't remember any number except for this. I borrowed a friend's Speed Cube for this score.)
Average: 29.6 seconds. (I no longer solve Cubes on a regular basis, but I still can do it in under a minute if I try.)

On that note, I also memorized over 120 digits of pi at one time in grade 7 :3 (Or was it grade 8? I forget.)

I sometimes wish my nerdy friends were good at the same stuff as me. A lot of kids at my school know how to solve a Rubix Cube, but I have never seen someone even hold a candle to me. My average (I'm rusty) is 45 seconds and my PB is 26 seconds. I learned using a Youtuber who teaches speedcubing. He also has a site. I was too lazy to ever learn all the 120 algorithms, and I have about 20 down at my peak, when I had a 40 second average. If I wanted to I could memorize all of them and probably get a 15-second average, but that would be a lot of work.

I first became fascinated with them around age 6, and I would spend a lot of time trying to solve it. I would always try to get one side, then two, then three, then hope the rest would fall into place. One time at age 7 I got 4 sides completed, with only 4 edges out of place on the whole cube, but I wouldn't solve it until later.

Then in 8th grade one kid brought a Rubix Cube to school, and it peaked my interest. I tried using the little handbook it gives you, and that didn't make sense, so I just looked it up on Youtube. That day I solved it, and for the next couple of weeks I worked hard to get faster, until I broke the one minute mark three weeks later. Then like many things in life, I lost interest and kind of gave up when I got a 40-second average. People still think I'm a genius for it, though it's really not hard. I love how every single person that sees you solving it says these exact words:

"I hate that thing. I've never solved it before. Isn't there some sort of pattern?..."

Ahh, maybe for a summer project I could get back into speedcubing...

 

[OhFancy]

I am not that competent with Rubix Cubes. I have never finished one, ever. :3

 

[GeckoGoggals]

Well whilst you guys have your super duper speed cubes I'm sitting here with my clunky and slow Rubik's cube with a top speed of 1:30

You and me both man...