Rubix Cube

[Nic1982]

My daughter has an app that solves the rubix cube. You fill in where the colours are and it generates the solution. It always amazes me that it usually doesn’t take many steps to solve it!

[Minnie18]

Originally Posted by Nic1982

My daughter has an app that solves the rubix cube. You fill in where the colours are and it generates the solution. It always amazes me that it usually doesn’t take many steps to solve it!

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No way! 😱😱😱😱😱😱

My mind has actually just blown.

[Minnie18]

Originally Posted by Claudette

Yes there are techniques to doing it, it will not happen by random trying. I used to be able to complete one in about three or four minutes, my sister taught me and she was taught by our neighbour’s son. Sadly I cannot remember the technique now.

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At least you have completed it, that's a major life achievement 😍😉

[Guest]

Originally Posted by Minnie18

No way! 😱😱😱😱😱😱

My mind has actually just blown.

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We didn’t have apps in the 80s when we did it. There are actually only three or four different ranges of moves needed to complete the cube after the first face is done. There is one range of moves to get the second row complete (which you will need to repeat multiple times of course). Then there is something to get the middle tiles of the third row in place and finally there is a range of moves to complete each bottom corner, to repeat as you do each in turn. It doesn’t need instructions or an app, you just need to be able to remember three or four sets of moves. Which unfortunately I don’t think I can anymore.

Originally Posted by Minnie18

At least you have completed it, that's a major life achievement 😍😉

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Completed it hundreds of times as a child. We used to have races.

[JSB32]

Lots of tutorials on YouTube.

[kylali]

My son can complete it in seconds and with his eyes closed 🤦 he has loads of different ones, different shapes and some with about 60 tiny squares per side.

[greekgranny]

It's one of life's mysteries along with that perishing triangle puzzle in Cracker Barrel!

[mumx3]

I used to be able to do it , all I can remember though was that you had to get the 4 corners and middle done first with all the same colour, after that it was very easy if I remember rightly?

[Minnie18]

Originally Posted by kylali

My son can complete it in seconds and with his eyes closed 🤦 he has loads of different ones, different shapes and some with about 60 tiny squares per side.

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😱😱😱😱😱 your son is a Rubix guru.

[Weddingnyc]

I saw a video of Justin Beiber completing one a few years ago, if he can do it, so can I, so I googled it and learnt the steps.

I taught my daughter, who is now 10, and she can complete it in under 2 minutes. I could only follow the moves I was shown, but she sees patterns and can turn the cube around and do moves together - it blows my mind.

She now has several different cubes and a mirror cube, which amazes me to watch her do it. Other kids take their cubes into school for her to complete