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View Poll Results: I have...
... solved Rubik's Cube and Rubik's Revenge. 2 3.77%
... solved Rubik's Cube, but not Rubik's Revenge. 12 22.64%
... disassembled and reassembled the Rubik's Cube. 5 9.43%
... never solved either one. 17 32.08%
... peeled the stickers off to solve the Rubik's Cube. 15 28.30%
... a trout in my rectum that has solved the Rubik's Cube. 2 3.77%
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Old 01-17-2006, 09:45 AM   #1
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Rubik's cube

Idea for poll came from speedcubing thread. Rubik's Revenge was a bitch, but I solved it once. On the second attempt to solve it, I got so frustrated that I smashed it on the floor....


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Old 01-17-2006, 09:48 AM   #2
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I envy people that can do this, especially in 11 f'n seconds.
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Old 01-17-2006, 09:52 AM   #3
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I solved the cube once...pretty much by accident. Not sure what Rubik's Revenge is.
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Old 01-17-2006, 10:13 AM   #4
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Rubik's cube is 3x3. Rubik's Revenge is the same idea, but 4x4.
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Old 01-17-2006, 10:21 AM   #5
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Oh, right. I seem to remember seeing the Revenge, but I don't think I ever played with it. I have always been interested in reading the math behind solving the cube, but I have never worked up the energy to actually tackle it. One of those things on my list to do before I die.
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Old 01-17-2006, 11:22 AM   #6
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Once you learned the method, you could do it over and over.
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Old 01-17-2006, 11:26 AM   #7
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Once you learned the method, you could do it over and over.

like sex
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Old 01-17-2006, 11:47 AM   #8
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Define "solved."

I solved both the help of a book. I memorized the solution to the Rubik's cube and eventually got to the point where I could solve it in about 90 seconds. Can't imagine getting down to 11 seconds or "only" under 30 seconds.

I did solve the Rubik's Snake on my own.

Does any remember another star-shaped cube? I can't remember what it was called or if it was even a Rubik brand or some knock off. That thing was a bitch.

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Old 01-17-2006, 11:48 AM   #9
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I have...


made love to a Rubik's Cube.
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Old 01-17-2006, 12:14 PM   #10
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I was about the same as kc... got a book, figured it out, could do it in about 2 minutes...then lost interest. I still have two of them within eyesight of my basement computer, on my rather vast games cabinet shelving.

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Does any remember another star-shaped cube? I can't remember what it was called or if it was even a Rubik brand or some knock off. That thing was a bitch.

Pyraminx? Or something else?
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Old 01-17-2006, 12:18 PM   #11
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made love to a Rubik's Cube.

Surely that occurred in less than 11.3 seconds. You should have that world record all to yourself.
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Old 01-17-2006, 12:31 PM   #12
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Surely that occurred in less than 11.3 seconds. You should have that world record all to yourself.


Any longer and you risk severe injury.
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Old 01-17-2006, 12:53 PM   #13
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More than twenty turns and you're risking a sprained thumb?
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Old 01-17-2006, 12:54 PM   #14
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unless you have the proper ball bearings and gauze pads I reccomend at most 10.
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Old 01-17-2006, 12:59 PM   #15
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I was about the same as kc... got a book, figured it out, could do it in about 2 minutes...then lost interest. I still have two of them within eyesight of my basement computer, on my rather vast games cabinet shelving.



Pyraminx? Or something else?

Pyramix was pyramid shaped. It was extremely easy. I could literally solve it in 2 minutes or less every time. I do remember some sort of 3-D star-shaped thing, but can't remember what it was called. I was really into puzzles back when I was a kid, so I spent a lot of time on these things. There was also Rubik's links (don't remember the name) where you had to arrange beads in track in a certain order.

I suspect my method for the cube was different than in the Simple Solution to Rubik's Cube. My method was to get all of the corners first, and then go from there. I never really developped a reliable method to get the corners, so that would often take a while. Once I had the corners, it was usually quick going from there. What method did the book suggest? I've always been curious, but never took the time to go find the book.
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Old 01-17-2006, 01:07 PM   #16
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Came across this while searching for the star shaped puzzle:



Yikes!
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Old 01-17-2006, 03:23 PM   #17
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My cube was loose from all the times I had taken it apart to reset it.
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Old 01-18-2006, 02:30 PM   #18
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I think the star shaped one is called megaminx.. it has 12 sides.
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Old 05-31-2024, 05:14 PM   #19
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Came across this while searching for the star shaped puzzle:



Yikes!

I finally solved this one today. It was a real bear. Really hard to fix one thing without messing something else up.
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Old 06-06-2024, 02:18 PM   #20
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tempted to ban this obvious spambot
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Old 06-07-2024, 08:50 AM   #21
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I won't accept a banning!
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