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By Do You Hate It or Love It?, Fri Dec 9th
Do You Hate It or Love It? If you can complete the Rubik's cube then you love it, but ifyou can't then you hate that piece of plastic with 26 parts andone frame. For 18 years I fiddled and got frustrated by the cube. When youare young there is lots of time to spend on this sort of thing.
At the age of 21 someone showed me the moves required to solvethe cube. I was very pleased but also highly annoyed that ittook 18 years for me to find the solution. I am now 26 and I have done some research on that rigid timewaster some people call a puzzle. It is way more than a puzzle! Many people have studied the maths of the cube, hence thealgorithms available on some sites that will solve any cube solong as you enter the colors in correctly. The maths used in the cube is of a higher form that is studiedat school, it is called group theory. Enough of that though! There are two ways to do the cube. The short way, and the longway. The long way involves completing one side first and thencompleting the rest of the cube, using sequences of moves thatmove certain blocks around. There are a few different methodsand they all require you to remember sequences of moves fordifferent situations. Each person is different and one person might prefer one methodover another, but for me the main criteria for a solution is theease with which the solution can be remembered, so that a coupleof months down the line you will still be able to do the cubewithout having practiced. The short way involves hours of dedication and a good memory.Sequences of turns are memorized along with what the sequenceachieves. The difference here is there are over 40 differentsets of moves, and even more depending how determined you are. To complete the cube in the world record time of 16.5 seconds(averaged over 3 attempts, in front of an audience) requires youto know just the right turns to get the mixed up cube to thecompleted state. I would imagine that a person would have toalmost become “one with
the cube” to be able to achieve thisconsistently. One of the main issues is the number of turns. Each turn takestime, albeit a very short time because these guys do there turnsat a rate faster than 4 turns per second. Imagine this (sounds like something from The Matrix), you getgiven a mixed up cube, you look at the cube for 30 seconds, youthen pick the correct set of turns from your memorized list ofover 40 sets and use that to complete the cube. Beingblindfolded makes no difference because you are “one with thecube”. Reality is being altered. Ok, come back to reality for a while and say to yourself, whatdo I want to achieve. Do you want to be able to complete thecube in 3 minutes, or in 30 seconds. To be able to solve the cube in 3 minutes will probably take youabout 4 hours to learn the moves from a book or a web site, itwill then take you a further 4 hours to complete the cube anumber of times, before you can remember it and do it withoutlooking at the book or the website. That is if you use a good book or a good web site, don’t wasteyour time trying to follow the solution that comes with the cubethat you bought, that is maybe for Einstein, although I am sureeven he would find it a challenge! If someone can sit with you and show you the moves, then it willtake you about 1 hour to complete the cube the 1st time, andthen about 4 hours to get all the moves into your head. However, to be able to solve the cube in 30 seconds willprobably require in excess of 1000 hours of practice, and youwill have to remain “fit” by practicing for at least 4 hours aday, to keep your speed up. So the short way is actually the long way and the long way isactually the short way. Decide for yourself! Please email me at solution@chrisloanshome.8m.com if you wantmore information on a solution book or visit my solution website athttp://www.chrisloanshome.8m.com/rubics_cube/cube_complete.htm
About the author:Email Chris at solution@chrisloanshome.8m.com if you want moreinformation on a solution book or visit my solution web site athttp://www.chrisloanshome.8m.com/rubics_cube/cube_complete.htm
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