Rubik's Cube Thread

[MrRubix]

Originally Posted by Iam90

THIS iS THE BEST ****ING COMEBACK IVE EVER SEEN IF THERE WAZ 1 EVER

if only you knew how incredibly crappy OSU was
it's utterly hilarious that anyone could seriously consider wasting four years there

[3rmacs]

I'm alrite at solving rubiks cube, nothing special though. Very addicting little object though, got to the point where I would have 2-3 and I would just solve them all in the row over and over again . I only learned basic algirithims, I solve them in standard times like 1:30secs

[MrRubix]

Originally Posted by XUioX

I stopped cubing after i left FFR. I got to the point where i could blindsolve, but im pretty damn slow at it. I've always wondered what your method was Rubix. ;o

For speedsolving, Fridrich

For blindfold solving, I've used variants of standard CO/CP/EO/EP and M2 method. I've also got a bit of a hybrid method of my own that I call "Shotgun Method" that I used to hit my 45 second blindfold times. Of course, the fastest method is using pure freestyle commutators, but it's harder on the memory.

[leonid]

iirc one of the WR holders for BLD uses Fridrich for blind solving rofl

[justaguy]

Rubix is gonna get hit by a car tmrw and his life will b a waste

[MrRubix]

Originally Posted by leonid

iirc one of the WR holders for BLD uses Fridrich for blind solving rofl

You can't really use Fridrich for blindsolving -- you can use it for speed blindfold cubing, which is a completely different category. You memorize the cube for a long time and then use your standard approach, and the time denotes solve only.

For standard blindfold cubing where time denotes memorization and execution, nobody uses pure Fridrich.

[MrRubix]

Originally Posted by justaguy

Rubix is gonna get hit by a car tmrw and his life will b a waste

this doesn't even make sense
then again, i shouldn't be surprised... oregon lol

[Iam90]

Originally Posted by MrRubix

if only you knew how incredibly crappy OSU was
it's utterly hilarious that anyone could seriously consider wasting four years there

i know OSU's academic ranking and i'm surprised that someone as apparently economically inclined as you would really be as shortsighted to not consider the fiscal benefits of going to your state school when a degree from just about ANY nationally ranked school can get you into a good graduate program (with a good transcript and test scores)

some people can't afford, or don't think it's worth, paying an extra $20,000 a year for what could very well end up being a minimal practical benefit

it's ****in undergrad dude

[HoneyMelonCalibrator]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY6qd...eature=related

[MrRubix]

Originally Posted by HoneyMelonCalibrator

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY6qd...eature=related

this is sick
but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_FSC...eature=related

[Iam90]

youre sick at cubes

[HoneyMelonCalibrator]

That's intense. Can you imagine trying to solve one of these blindfolded?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulU6cQ48TLE&NR=1

[JKPolk]

I'm not a speed/blind solver, only recently got into cubing at all. Been practicing on my roomies 7x7x7 v-cube, at about 45 minutes on it lol. Getting better though.

[Kibblre]

I used to be a little into it, solving a 3x3 in about 35 seconds and a 4x4 in a couple minutes. But, I got bored of it.

[rushyrulz]

The one and only time I did a 7x7 was on a virtual cube and it took me well over an hour.

4x4 is about my limit for solving for fun. 3x3 seems like a baby after you tackle a 5x5 .

But jesus, those parity algorithms are just annoying and long as hell.

[Fattychow]

i can do up to 5x5x5 but never tried speed-cubing / blindfolded

when u speed cube you need to learn new stuff like how to hold the cube "correctly" and which fingers to use when turning it. cba lol, i just solve them my way which works fine

also, to speed-cube *properly* i think there are different algoirthms that i would need to learn, to optimize speed. not sure if that's true or if every method of solving cubes has the same algorithms but yea

~~~fattychow

[rushyrulz]

Dare you to solve a Teraminx, rubix

inb4 qqwref and bragging about his records and such.

[MrRubix]

Already have

[rushyrulz]

How long did it take you? (estimate)

[MrRubix]

Maybe like half an hour to 45 minutes or so? I can't recall, to be honest. It wasn't terribly fast. But for larger puzzles I don't care as much. They're harder to turn and aren't any harder to actually solve than smaller forms of the same puzzle -- just more tedious. I prefer puzzles that have a shorter stamina/attention span requirement.

The only enjoyment I've gotten out of larger cubes is for blindfold solving purposes. I've also blindfold-solved the Mirror Cubes, which was a fun little challenge.