• Rubik's Cube - You can do it no problem, Here is how
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take the stickers off and stick them back into the right places
I still cant solve a Rubix Cube.
[QUOTE=demoguy08;15207302][img]http://www.recklessreality.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/rubiks_cube_from_hell_007.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Those are so ridiculously difficult it's unreal.
My Gran's gonna give me hers when she visits next time, I lost my old one. By the way, anyone have a Rubik's Snake?
I want a fucking Petaminx so bad. A few things about what's been posted: First, the 7x7 and whatever that larger one is, both are impossible. They would have to be massively feathered to not pop always. Secondly: The Fridrich method isn't hard, you just gradually learn more and more parts of it. It's not like you have to know the ENTIRE thing to be able to solve it, most of it is intuitive. I taught some straight F student in my Drivers Ed class how to do one, teaching him one alg a day. [editline]12:49AM[/editline] Also, that page you posted was just for F2L algorithms, you didn't even have OLL or PLL. Look at Cubewhiz.com and try to memorize all of those. [editline]12:51AM[/editline] Ah I got a Rubiks Snake for my birthday. [editline]01:05AM[/editline] Also, I threw up a video response, for the lulz.
[QUOTE=Anonymouse;15212490]I want a fucking Petaminx so bad. A few things about what's been posted: First, the 7x7 and whatever that larger one is, both are impossible. They would have to be massively feathered to not pop always. Secondly: The Fridrich method isn't hard, you just gradually learn more and more parts of it. It's not like you have to know the ENTIRE thing to be able to solve it, most of it is intuitive. I taught some straight F student in my Drivers Ed class how to do one, teaching him one alg a day. [editline]12:49AM[/editline] Also, that page you posted was just for F2L algorithms, you didn't even have OLL or PLL. Look at Cubewhiz.com and try to memorize all of those. [editline]12:51AM[/editline] Ah I got a Rubiks Snake for my birthday. [editline]01:05AM[/editline] Also, I threw up a video response, for the lulz.[/QUOTE] Woah damn, you made that look effortless and quick. I think I'll give it a shot then :buddy: [B]Edit:[/B] So many algorithms :frown: I might just try Petrus...
Jallen, do you have some other way that I can communicate with you? I would love to help you learn to solve faster, if you want to. Also, I think I'm gonna redo that video, I was gettin pretty slow... [url]http://www.cubemania.org/users/2589[/url] Those are my records for cubing, I haven't cubed in quite a while though. [editline]10:54PM[/editline] Oh also, I just got a new PB: 26.87!
[QUOTE=Jallen;15217519]Woah damn, you made that look effortless and quick. I think I'll give it a shot then :buddy: [B]Edit:[/B] So many algorithms :frown: I might just try Petrus...[/QUOTE] It's not that hard to learn, once you've solved it once or twice, just write down the algorithms, and just keep doing it over and over, then once you're really good at just solving it, start remembering the algorithms, it shouldn't take too long and then you can do it whenever you want.
I gave you a +1 because you put loads of effort in. :)
Nice guide. I learned how to solve them a couple years ago. It's pretty fun being able to solve them without even having to really think about it anymore. I keep mine by my computer and I'll just pick it up when I'm bored sometimes and solve it. My record time solving it is about 1 minute, give or take.
[quote]Look for a corner which is in the right place on the blue face. It doesn't need to be rotated correctly, just in the right position like this guy: If you can't find one, then do this once: URUiLiUiRiUiLi You should now be able to find one which is in the right place. When you have found one, do that algorithm we just said about: URUiLiUiRiUiLi Repeat until all the corner cubes are in the right place (like I said, they don't have to be oriented correctly).[/quote] Are you sure that algorithm is right? I've tried it several times and it doesn't work. This is the only step I'm having problems with. Edit: It should be URUiLiURiUiL
Oh hey I got a few new personal bests! I don't know if I said it already, but this is definitely better than the one that comes with the cube, that guide is fucking impossible to understand.
[QUOTE=Jallen;15208412]Those are so ridiculously difficult it's unreal.[/QUOTE] I spy a pentagram. It must be a creation of the devil.
Found a simple 3^3 Rubik's cube simulator (open source too) [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/arcus/[/url] If anyone has anything better, please share. Found myself a new hobby :v:
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;15229704]I spy a pentagram. It must be a creation of the devil.[/QUOTE] It's called a Petaminx, it's 5x the size of a Megaminx, and those in themselves are the devil. [editline]05:50AM[/editline] [QUOTE=gilly_54;15230116]Found a simple 3^3 Rubik's cube simulator (open source too) [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/arcus/[/url] If anyone has anything better, please share. Found myself a new hobby :v:[/QUOTE] Gilly, get the one posted a few posts back, it goes from 2x2x2-20x20x20. Gabbasoft, I believe it's called.
[QUOTE=Anonymouse;15230130] Gilly, get the one posted a few posts back, it goes from 2x2x2-20x20x20. Gabbasoft, I believe it's called.[/QUOTE] Jesus. Now how the heck did I miss that. Thanks :v:
Thanks a shitt loadd. I love the guide.
I once had a four - square rubiks cube :smug:
I can't get the blue cross on top after solving the first two layers. Every tutorial I've seen I'm always stumped at that part of it. No matter how many times I do that algorithm I never really get any of the orientations you've said. :frown: I'm so close, yet so far.
[QUOTE=Aska49;15237291]I can't get the blue cross on top after solving the first two layers. Every tutorial I've seen I'm always stumped at that part of it. No matter how many times I do that algorithm I never really get any of the orientations you've said. :frown: I'm so close, yet so far.[/QUOTE] All of the middle edge pieces are in place right? The bottom 2 layers should be entirely complete like in the picture. The cube has to be facing in the direction it is in the picture too. Just go through it one stage at a time, remember, it's F R U Ri Ui Fi
Shit, it seems like I just missed you Jallen. Aska, there are 4 ways the edges on the U layer can be; All edges down, a L shape, a line, or all up. If they are all up, woohoo for you! If you have a L shape, turn the layer 90 degrees anticlockwise, making it be a... _| shape. From there, do the algorithm FURU'R'F'. If you have an | shape, turn it 90 degrees either way so it's a horizontal line. From there, do a FRUR'U'F'. Or, if you're unfortunate enough to have no edges up, you're gonna have to do both of those algorithms, the order doesn't matter.
Fun fact: You can shift a Rubik's Cube in 43 Quintillion different ways in attempt to solve it.
[QUOTE=Anonymouse;15239359]Shit, it seems like I just missed you Jallen. Aska, there are 4 ways the edges on the U layer can be; All edges down, a L shape, a line, or all up. If they are all up, woohoo for you! If you have a L shape, turn the layer 90 degrees anticlockwise, making it be a... _| shape. From there, do the algorithm FURU'R'F'. If you have an | shape, turn it 90 degrees either way so it's a horizontal line. From there, do a FRUR'U'F'. Or, if you're unfortunate enough to have no edges up, you're gonna have to do both of those algorithms, the order doesn't matter.[/QUOTE] See, I had an L shape, did [B]F U R Ri Ui Fi[/B], it made a line, made it horizontal, and then when I do [B]F R U Ri Ui Fi[/B] , I get one edge missing out of the cross. No matter how many times I do it in different ways. Is something wrong with me. :emo: [b]Edit:[/b] Before you reply with "That's impossible", I'm an idiot. I had lubed up my cube last night and put on the of the edge pieces in the wrong way. :downs:
Haha, I was aboot to say, that's parity, and that only occurs on larger cubes. I understand your problem, when I had my first cube I did that too.
[QUOTE=Jallen;15180804][B]Rubik's cubes are a cube based puzzle in which you turn the sides to achieve the goal of making all of the sides of the cube match up, so that it appears as a cube with 6 different coloured faces.[/B] Rubik's cubes are difficult, though possible to solve without using a known method, but when a known method is used, it is often in the form of algorithms. Algorithms work by finding patterns on the cube and performing a list of moves on the cube to perform a desired move of pieces. Some of this may appear complex at the beginning, and you won't be able to do it without referring to the guide for a while, but I solved my cube the first time after 30 minutes using this method, a week later, I was able to do it in 3 minutes without referring to the guide. I can now do it in 1 minute and 30 seconds. You can too! Try watching this before and after reading how to do it, you might see the steps in me solving it. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLIgnIQgQIw[/media] [img]http://i41.tinypic.com/28klbus.jpg[/img] [highlight]Some Prequisites...[/highlight] So, of course you will need a Rubik's cube. I will be writing about the 3x3x3 variety. This is the original, and it's the most popular. [U]Piece Types[/U] There are three types of piece in a rubik's cube. They [I]never[/I] change to be other types of piece. [B]Edge[/B] [img]http://i44.tinypic.com/16gu8k.jpg[/img] [B]Corner[/B] [img]http://i43.tinypic.com/35hg1lc.jpg[/img] [B]Middle[/B] [img]http://i43.tinypic.com/a23aj6.jpg[/img] [U]Side Names[/U] These are used to easily describe a face which needs to be turned. [img]http://i43.tinypic.com/2urnihd.jpg[/img] [U]Algorithm Step Types[/U] All moves are a 90 degree turn of a face. U - Up R - Right L - Left D - Down F - Front B - Back A letter followed by the letter i represents that you need to turn it counter clockwise rather than clockwise. ALL FACES ARE TURNED CLOCKWISE AS IF YOU ARE FACING THEM (unless of course there is an i, then it's counter clockwise as if you are facing them - that is, if you were looking directly at that face and turned it, it would be clockwise, or counter clockwise if an i follows) So... RiDiRD Would mean you would... Rotate the right face counter clockwise Rotate the down face counter clockwise Rotate the right face clockwise Rotate the down face clockwise It appears complex at first perhaps. If you buy an official Rubik's Cube, it explains this notation to you as well, and there are plenty of other guides on the internet which you could use if you find this one is phrased in a way which you find confusing or something :buddy: [highlight]Now onto the actual solving![/highlight] This is where the fun begins. We start off with a crazy cube, all muddled and confusing. [img]http://i39.tinypic.com/2rpfw42.jpg[/img] The first thing we do it make a green cross, this should be do-able just by using your common sense, think about what will move when you rotate faces, and move things out of the way temporarily if need be. [I]Don't be afraid to move stuff temporarily to avoid it getting screwed up.[/I] The cross should also match up with the middle pieces on the sides surrounding the green side. Note how the orange/green edges matches with the orange middle piece, and the yellow/green edge matches up with the yellow middle piece. [B]EDIT: MORE INFO[/B] At request from some guy who couldn't make the green cross, more content is here: You want to move a piece like this one into place: [img]http://i41.tinypic.com/10gkzsk.jpg[/img] So you turn the face with it on until it is at the bottom like so: [img]http://i43.tinypic.com/zmip35.jpg[/img] Now keep turning the bottom layer until you find that it lines up with its colour: [img]http://i44.tinypic.com/29w0gsn.jpg[/img] Now you rotate that face 180 degrees into place and that branch of the cross is done: [img]http://i39.tinypic.com/24gq2vp.jpg[/img] Repeat this for all of the branches of the cross (don't be afraid to break part of the cross to be able to move something to the bottom layer, you can always put it back once you have put the thing in the bottom layer - rotate the face so that you get the bit into the bottom layer, rotate the bottom layer once to stop it being taken out of the bottom layer again, now rotate the face back to how it was to restore that part of the cross) When you are all finished, it will look something like this: [img]http://i39.tinypic.com/34g3jn7.jpg[/img] Next, you do the corner bits. This is done by matching up the corner pieces to below where they need to be (keep in mind that the colours need to match up on both the green face and the two faces to which it corners with). Note that in this picture, we are facing the bottom of the cube, and on the top is the green side. As you can see, we want to move it up there. This is done by using... RiDiRD This should be repeated until the piece is in place and oriented correctly (that is, the green face of the sub-cube on the green face of the rubik's cube). This could take up to 6 repeats until it's in place. [img]http://i40.tinypic.com/v2y3xg.jpg[/img] Once all the corners are done it should look something like this (note - the bottom doesn't matter, it's just the top corners and edges, the yellow/green and orange/green edges and the middle pieces being lined up that is important. You can completely ignore the bottom 9 subcubes): [img]http://i41.tinypic.com/eitnr8.jpg[/img] Flip the cube upside down. Now we do the middle edge pieces. There are 3 possible situations - [U]Front Match[/U] We want to move the piece which is now on the top layer (the yellow/orange edge - look for an edge piece which you can move into the correct place) as if we were to rotate the front face clockwise (but without the annoying side affects of completely screwing up everything else) [img]http://i39.tinypic.com/r1ftw2.jpg[/img] To move it into place, hold it as shown and do... URUiRiUiFiUF That'll move it into place. [U]Right Match[/U] We want to move the piece which is now on the top layer (the red/white edge - look for an edge piece which you can move into the correct place) as if we were to rotate the right face counter clockwise (but without the annoying side affects of completely screwing up everything else) [img]http://i44.tinypic.com/2lcva68.jpg[/img] To get it into place, hold it as shown and do... UiFiUFURUiRi That should put it into place. [U]Wrong Way Round[/U] When a piece is the wrong way round like so, just do either of the above algorithms (the right match or front match) and it will get it on the top layer for you so that you can do the right match or front match accordingly to get it into place the right way round. [img]http://i44.tinypic.com/34rulg7.jpg[/img] Right. That should give you something like this once you have done all of those edge bits. [img]http://i42.tinypic.com/2evumn5.jpg[/img] If the green side isn't complete, you need to start again because you have gone wrong. If any of the sides aren't 2/3 complete like in the image, you have gone wrong - if you think you can fix it, try, if it goes wrong, start again. Now, you see that blue pattern on the cube? There are three possible patterns you will see. Try rotating the cube to get it into the position where you can see one of the following patterns. [U]Pattern 1[/U] Top middle is blue, face-top edge is blue on the face side, right-top edge is blue on the right side. [img]http://i42.tinypic.com/2evumn5.jpg[/img] [U]Pattern 2[/U] Blue V towards the back of the top, face-top edge is blue on the face side, right-top edge is blue on the right side. [img]http://i43.tinypic.com/2ptx6iu.jpg[/img] [U]Pattern 3[/U] The Blue line going from right to left, face-top edge is blue on the face side. [img]http://i43.tinypic.com/awowft.jpg[/img] Right, so you have identified a pattern (if you haven't, you have gone wrong, try to fix it or start again), now to turn that into a blue cross on the top (note, if it's already a blue cross, then this makes things easier for you). FRURiUiFi If you started with pattern 1, this will make pattern 2. If you started with pattern 2, this will make pattern 3. If you started with pattern 3, this will make the blue cross. So now you will have a blue cross. Line up the red-blue face with the red middle like so: [img]http://i40.tinypic.com/e5int1.jpg[/img] Now we want to make the yellow blue line up while keeping the red lined up. We do so like this: RURiURUURi You may need to repeat this a few times, but when it has finished the yellow will line up like this: [img]http://i42.tinypic.com/2e6hlra.jpg[/img] Now turn to the white face. If it's orange, do this: RURiURUURi U Note: its the same as the last one we did, but with one extra up turn added in. This will give us a nice matching cross, and we can proceed to complete the cube by doing the corners. Look for a corner which is in the right place on the blue face. It doesn't need to be rotated correctly, just in the right position like this guy: [img]http://i39.tinypic.com/21lobk8.jpg[/img] If you can't find one, then do this once: URUiLiUiRiUiLi You should now be able to find one which is in the right place. When you have found one, do that algorithm we just said about: URUiLiUiRiUiLi Repeat until all the corner cubes are in the right place (like I said, they don't have to be oriented correctly). [img]http://i39.tinypic.com/s3nfvt.jpg[/img] Now, hold the cube. In this step DO NOT ROTATE THE CUBE AROUND IN YOUR HANDS. Keep the cube still in your hands, rotating the neccessary sides. Now, do... RiDiRD Repeat until the corner piece is rotated correctly. Other parts of the cube will look so screwed up right now. DO NOT WORRY - If you do it right, it all sorts itself out. Now, as I said, [I]do not rotate the cube[/I]. Do one U Now, repeat to solve this corner piece (if any corner pieces are solved already, just leave that piece and do another U) Do one U Now, repeat to solve this corner piece. etc. It's a loop of U, then doing the algorithm to get the corner piece oriented correctly. When they are all oriented correctly, the cube should have sorted itself out, and you should just turn the upper face until it matches up. [img]http://i41.tinypic.com/28klbus.jpg[/img] I this was your first attempt, you are probably sitting there thinking that it doesn't work and I've given bad instructions. Trust me, it takes a few tries before it all goes right. Good luck! [highlight]Bonus Content[/highlight] I found this out myself: Take your solved cube and do... UDi [img]http://i39.tinypic.com/2gxk7ic.jpg[/img] Now, rotate it counter clockwise so that what was the right face becomes the upper face. Do UDi again. Now, rotate it clockwise so that what was the upper face becomes the right face. Do UDi again. Start from the beginning of this bonus content bit, repeat, and eventually you will get this: [img]http://i44.tinypic.com/2vni3q9.jpg[/img] If you can't get it to work, try looking on youtube or something for someone elses explanation. I assure you that this works, and it's so satisfying to solve it for the first time. This is the biggest thread I have ever made, I hope it actually gets some level of popularity. It was fun for me to write anyway. Enjoy your rubik's cubing.[/QUOTE] Thanks, this helped me a lot. Now I can solve one! [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("obvious troll" - GunFox))[/highlight]
Quit bumping these threads. I know you're doing this on purpose like how you bumped that other skateboarding thread.
My dick is like a rubik's cube. The longer you play with it, the harder it gets.
I know this is a really old, bumped thread, but it's acctually really useful
Jallen, how come you are so awesome?
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