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So Who Here Is Into Cubing? (Rubik's Cubes)

I can't even solve one, although I have solved 8 squares (out of 9) on one side. Just once though, and the other sides didn't look right. 😱


I know there's an easy method to solve them, but without looking it up and cheating, there's no way I'd be able to solve one.
 
Haha. They arent too hard at all, its all patterns and knowing which way the cubes are flipped. I only got into them about a year ago, but now have a pretty extensive collection ranging from a home made magnetic cube to a V-Cube 7.
 
I like to do patterns, from the easy ones (checkerboard, diagonals) to the difficult (cube in a cube in a cube)*

*I'll explain that one:
Starting with a solved cube, looking at three sides... if you could just take a 2x2 cube and rotate it, now each side has an "L" of one color, and a 2X2 that's the color of an adjacent side. Now, if you could just take the corner piece in that 2x2 "cube in a cube" and rotate it again (the same direction) you'd have each of the three colors on each side, and it looks like a single cube rotated in a 2x2 cube rotated in a 3x3 cube. But of course, you can't just take a 2x2 and rotate it, you have to solve it as a whole.
 
used to be all into it...soph year and junior year..best time was like 50 secs then it became this huge ass fad senior year so i stopped =/
 
I have 4 rubik's cubes in my car, lol for work. 😀 I currently have 6 rubiks cubes. A black grey white monotone cube, a standard color set, a void cube, a groovy hippie cube, a 2x2, and a bump cube.
 
Has anyone ever seen the version that's all black, and each side has the squares numbered from 1-9? I had one, it got broken before I ever solved it. Cheaply made. Someone (ahem!) scrambled it before I had a chance to look at the orientation of each set of numbers relative to the other 5 sides. not😎
 
Miguey said:
used to be all into it...soph year and junior year..best time was like 50 secs then it became this huge ass fad senior year so i stopped =/
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Exact same thing that happened at my school. Me and one friend brought cubes back the first day after spring break, and within a month countless kids had them. I kind of stopped cubing...but now that schools out Im really getting back into it.


jmann said:
I have 4 rubik's cubes in my car, lol for work. 😀 I currently have 6 rubiks cubes. A black grey white monotone cube, a standard color set, a void cube, a groovy hippie cube, a 2x2, and a bump cube.
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I just ordered a white Void Cube! 😀
 
I lost my 3x3 and my Professor's Cube shattered last year. Haven't bought a new one yet. I used to be able to solve the Professor's Cube quite well.
 
I have a 4x4 cube, I got 1.5 sides done, but that's the best I could do.

Anyone have a good tutorial?
 
I can solve a 3x3 and a 2x2 (ha).

My record for the 3x3 is about 1 minute 20 seconds (not very good in the world of speed cubing, but it's good for me 😀)

The 4x4 and 5x5 intimidate me too much (plus they're kinda pricey), so i haven't given them a go yet...
 
I am happy to know that there are other cubers out there in the world. I have the 3 v-cubes and average about
14 sec on 2x2
38 sec on 3x3
2'14" on 4x4
<5 min for 5x5
Slow for the 6x6 and 7x7.
V-cube 5 is my favorite cube of all time.
 
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