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- Jeeum, on 10/12/2007, -9/+166If you could understand that then good for you.
Sincerely,
Jim
(B.S. Comp. Sci., M.S. Mathematics, Ph.D. Student of Finance) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+106I understood it perfectly.
Sincerely,
Greg
High School Dropout - Providence, on 10/12/2007, -13/+104@Archeologist: Don't steal comments from people on metacafe.
- dizzledaking, on 10/12/2007, -3/+58Well, I didn't get the instructions either...
Duane
B.Sc in Rubik's cubology, M.Sc in Rubik's cube instructionsology, and Ph.D in Rubik's cubology - MusicalGenius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+47I could do it in one step.
1.) Buy a new one. - Joe_rigby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30Sounds like an educational video for Borg children.
- FreddieD, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18No kidding. He sounds incredibly intelligent yet unable to convey his knowledge. He is probably a college professor.
- usernameistaken, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17It would be better if the illustration matched the actual demonstration. I'll stick with the "remove sticks, and swap them" method. It worked when I was a kid and it works now.
- divergentdave, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18I prefer the method outlined at http://www.lar5.com/cube/. It's more efficient, and broken down into beginner/intermediate/advanced depending on how much effort you want to put into memorization.
- analogvoid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16This video is needs more diagrams or something. All the orientations the narrator is describing are relative. The video fails.
- SirBryce, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16I think I caught one of the steps, but I don't know what it did.
- Rikkochet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13He basically does a bait and switch, and while you're looking at the flames and sparkles, he's peeling off the stickers and putting them back in order.
- tafkase7en, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12So, not exactly the best person to explain this....
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12and just fyi - i was kidding. I don't even begin to understand this *****. :) As far as I'm concerned it's voodoo and should be dealt with.
- sundancekid503, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I prefer the sticker removal method
- pgouy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9.. or you can buy a PS3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kfbbxMji0A
:) - Dufresne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"if you move an already solved peice out of place, make sure to put it back at the end."
thats pretty much the entire challenge of the rubik's cube. If you can move one square w/out moving another, you can easily solve it. not telling you how to do that makes the video pretty much useless - dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Mine turned into a thermonuclear detonator.
- geminigeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7wtf? o_O
rotate the.... rotate the... rotate the... ....original position o_O - krugzilla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7the stickers eventually wear out that way
it works better to pop it apart with a screw driver and put it back together in the right order - mikm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6They counted.
- spencewah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6What's a hyperlink?
- DTAL, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I thought while I was watching it that maybe if I watch it again I'll understand it. Then when it showed the diagram I just exited the video. I'll leave the rubik's cubes to the smart ones.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I liked one of the side-videos much better. gotta check this out;
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/283173/inmortal_old_lady/
old lady gets hit by car! - technix32, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Spin the middle side topwise. Topwise!
- EmileVictor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"that'll teach her not to j walk again!"
- Cabanaman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Holy crap that's hard to understand.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4those "steps" are right out of the book that comes with the rubik's cube...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4What I love to do is to switch 2 of the stickers on one that a friend is trying to solve when he's not looking.
- DIGGADEEP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Step 1:Bla bla bla bla and then bla bla bla bla
Step 2:Bla bla bla bla but bla bla bla bla bla
Step 3:Bla bla bla but careful bla bla bla bla
Step 4:Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
Step 5:Bla bla bla and then bla bla bla bla ....
You see...?that was easy...!(the only thing you have to have is a pretorian language translator to undrstand the ***** steps...) - thegenome, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3That persons voice is sooooo boring just makes we want to sleep...+its 2:00 in the morning
- ViktorVaughn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4This is the same method I learned in my 10th grade algebra class. Our teacher would set aside a short school week, like before a break, and hand out packets that explained this exact method. (Thanks Mr. Edgmond!) Getting the top 2 layers wasn't that hard, but the bottom layer eventually involved some level of memorization that I at this point have forgotten. We used to have races and some of us could solve the thing in less than 2 minutes, so there's no big secret, it's just a method. Also, you could get lucky and the bottom layer could be set up so that you only needed a few moves to finish, or it could be set up where it was a pain in the ass to finish.
I do have to agree that the instructions are a bit difficult to follow past the 2nd layer. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3is he trying to be helpful or is he trying to show off? this is the dilemma.
- plana, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3That was the worst explanation I could imagine. The narrative did not describe the moves correctly and the camera angles hid the moving edges in the last sequences. This is a horrible illustration for solving the cube. There are several ways to solve the cube- this one was the easiest method- and still failed.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3meh, removing the stickers is lame and leads to a crappy looking cube.
if you wanna cheat just take apart the whole thing; then you can at least know how it works; it's a pretty ingenious and simple mechanism...
rotate the top layer 45 degrees and push up (hard) on one of the top edge pieces (you might need to stick a screwdriver underneath for some leverage), it should pop out and then you can slide everthing out and apart. Just don't do it too often or you get a loose cube (that sounds dirty...) - squeevey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Have any of you actually had a rubik's cube? This is the method that is outlined in the manual that comes with the cube. BLEH, nothing new here. Take me 5min to solve it with this method.
anyone want to by me a new cube, i wore down all the stickers. - Rorrim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2err,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Mathematics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s_Cube
*goes and finds how to post links in digg comments*
Edit: okay, i feel stupid now. >_ - SilverhammerMBA, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Actually most professional solvers do it in about 50 moves. It is merely speculation that it's possible to solve it from any position in around 20 moves (it would be very difficult to find this sequence, however).
As for the video, it does work, but it's ridiculous to think that any novice will learn from this 6 minute video. I've taught many of my friends using the same steps in the video but it usually takes hours of constant practice and reminding before they get all the concepts and algorithms down. Pretty stupid :- - sleen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2this guy is unreal....
what the hell is a "destination corner"??? - hawaiianpunch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is the guy that writes the assembly instructions for unassembled furniture, bicycles, and other things with left over parts. :D
- shil01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I was able to understand those instructions perfectly after watching the video 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 times.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I got pretty lost with this video and I can usually cube in < 2 minutes!
I use the corners first method though: less memorizing, more logic.
http://rubikscube.info/ - amed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25 steps my a$$, more like 43, 252, 003, 274, 489, 856, 000 steps
- rnelsonee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's just the corner you want the target piece to end up :)
Honestly, all of us here are smart enough to figure out how to solve that first step (first layer edge pieces), as well as the second (first layer corner pieces) - you just need time to figure it out. The 2nd layer isn't terribly difficult either. I'd say half the people that really tried it could do it after sitting with a cube for a few hours. Most people that know how to solve the cube actually do those last two steps at the same time (it's basically putting the corners in, but making sure you have the right pieces 'underneath' the corner after you're done with it).
The third layer? Yeah, that's nuts. I had to study (memorize) algorithms to do the third layer. Although some of it makes sense after you do it for a while.
Anywho, it's a fun party trick... okay, not really. But hey, that one day I'm at some supermodel's house, and she has an unsolved cube sitting on her desk, and she's all like "I hate sleeping with bodybuilders, I want to totally do a smart guy" - BAM! I'm in! :P - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2yah, it's basically like "bruteforcing" the cube..
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2pooo removing stickers
just pop apart the whole cube! then you can see how the thing works too.
twist the top layer to 45 degrees and push up on one of the middle edge piece with your thumb, then you can just slide the pieces apart and out.
A warning about putting it back together though: put it back together with the colors matching, otherwise it may be unsolvable... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1poo to layers
corners first ftw! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In 1995, a solution in 24 quarter turns was found by Michael Reid, its minimality was proven by Jerry Bryan. Later a different position was found that needs 26 quarter turns for a solution.
There are currently no positions known for which more than 26 quarter turns are needed. There is however no proof that such positions do not exist. - speqter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nice effort, but not very effective.
It would have been easier with a step-by-step tutorial with pictures rather than a video.
That way, the student can easier grasp the big picture because he can see different positions at once.
I know. That's how I learned. -
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