RUBIK CUBE - Anyone know how to do?

[Bigpops]

Most speed cubers solve the cube in many more moves than that. The key is very high Turns Per Second and excellent look ahead and algorithm memorization.

Rubiks cube robot solvers tend to do it in fewest moves. WCA also has 'fewest moves' competitions, but i think participants can spend hours and hours on a fewest move solution

That's right. The preferred method is the Fridrich method, which consists of:
Cross - first 4 edges
F2L - first two layers, either learned algorithms (lots of them) or intuitive is easy enough with lots of practice.
OLL - orientate the last layer (all the same colour) - 57 algorithms to learn
PLL - permute last layer - 21 algorithms to learn

Lots and lots of moves. Probably at least 100 moves per solve

Most sub 20 second cubers know all the OLL and PLL algorithms and do intuitive F2L, and probably always solve the cross on the same side. This makes it easier to memorize edge corner pairings.

The BEST cubers (like Felix Zemdegs) are colour neutral (do the cross on whichever colour is quickest), do intuitive F2L with look ahead to the next edge-corner pairs (so as they pair up an edge and corner, they're looking where the next pair is), and they even look ahead to land on preferred (fast) OLL algorithms or for PLL skips (OLL finishes the solve).

 

[coolsurfer]

Someone has put a Rubik Cube on my desk and its driving me insane. Can anyone suggest a solution other than taking apart or removing stickers?

I have googled it but that didnt help much.

Thanks

Hell yes!

 

[Absomalutely]

That's right. The preferred method is the Fridrich method, which consists of:
Cross - first 4 edges
F2L - first two layers, either learned algorithms (lots of them) or intuitive is easy enough with lots of practice.
OLL - orientate the last layer (all the same colour) - 57 algorithms to learn
PLL - permute last layer - 21 algorithms to learn

Lots and lots of moves. Probably at least 100 moves per solve

Most sub 20 second cubers know all the OLL and PLL algorithms and do intuitive F2L, and probably always solve the cross on the same side. This makes it easier to memorize edge corner pairings.

The BEST cubers (like Felix Zemdegs) are colour neutral (do the cross on whichever colour is quickest), do intuitive F2L with look ahead to the next edge-corner pairs (so as they pair up an edge and corner, they're looking where the next pair is), and they even look ahead to land on preferred (fast) OLL algorithms or for PLL skips (OLL finishes the solve).

I know around half of the OLL's and all PLL's as well as a couple of nice COLL algs, satisfying to pull them off and get a PLL Skip!

 

[FloppyPoppy]

I have been ill this weekend so ordered a rubiks cube on Saturday and got it on Sunday ( got to love a bit of amazon prime ) Been sat fiddling with it and have mastered how to solve it ( albeit not super fast ) takes me 2-4 minutes per solve. Im quite happy with that time given that i never thought i would be capable of solving one of them. Ended up ordering a fancy one. Might make the time a little better once i get used to the feel of it.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Just look for some speedcubing videos if you want to see freaks. I've got nothing on those guys.

Back in the 80s I was the fastest on a factory of 2,500 and my record was 2 min 9 secs and then most of us saw this lad on TV do it in around 20 seconds so gave up.

 

[FloppyPoppy]

Back in the 80s I was the fastest on a factory of 2,500 and my record was 2 min 9 secs and then most of us saw this lad on TV do it in around 20 seconds so gave up.

It's quite scary when you look at the current records. 4.69 seconds i think is the current record o.o.

 

[Dan Dan]

https://rubiks-cube-solver.com/

 

[FloppyPoppy]

https://rubiks-cube-solver.com/

lets face it, that is lame AF.

 

[Vonhelmet]

lets face it, that is lame AF.

 

[e36Adz]

I went through a phase not long ago where I wanted to figure out how to solve the damn thing so I bought one of amazon. I got great at doing one side but that was about it, gave up after a few days.

Can't comprehend how anyone can solve these in a minute, nevermind in seconds. Think I need to watch some YouTube videos just showing the step by step process/technique and pick this up again. It's something I'd love to master.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

I went through a phase not long ago where I wanted to figure out how to solve the damn thing so I bought one of amazon. I got great at doing one side but that was about it, gave up after a few days.

Can't comprehend how anyone can solve these in a minute, nevermind in seconds. Think I need to watch some YouTube videos just showing the step by step process/technique and pick this up again. It's something I'd love to master.

The way I did it (and 1000s of others) is that you do the top first and then do the second layer - these two bits are easy.
Doing the bottom layer is a lot trickier because you then have to do set moves that do always work as long as you do them correctly.
Even at my very fastest I was only able to get my speed to just over 2 minutes.
How these speed guys do it is beyond me and they certainly don't do it how I did it.

 

[banja]

I have been ill this weekend so ordered a rubiks cube on Saturday and got it on Sunday ( got to love a bit of amazon prime ) Been sat fiddling with it and have mastered how to solve it ( albeit not super fast ) takes me 2-4 minutes per solve. Im quite happy with that time given that i never thought i would be capable of solving one of them. Ended up ordering a fancy one. Might make the time a little better once i get used to the feel of it.

Are you saying that just by fiddling and with no tutorials you solved it from scratch in one day?

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Are you saying that just by fiddling and with no tutorials you solved it from scratch in one day?

I missed this, awaits reply.

 

[Malevolence]

We didn't have the internet back when they were first sold, and yet we managed to solve them just fine.

 

[banja]

I was right there when they came out. Everyone had one. I didn't know a single person who solved the whole thing by themselves. In fact in our school only two kids managed to learn how to do it - with books.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

We didn't have the internet back when they were first sold, and yet we managed to solve them just fine.

With moves passed down from others.
The bloke who taught me got it out of a book and that book was more popular than 50 Shades Of Grey.

 

[Tomsk]

I was right there when they came out. Everyone had one. I didn't know a single person who solved the whole thing by themselves. In fact in our school only two kids managed to learn how to do it - with books.

My brother solved it all by himself.
He taught me and I improved on his solutions to the point I was averaging less than 30 seconds to solve.

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

Try this for size

 

[SexyGreyFox]

My brother solved it all by himself.
He taught me and I improved on his solutions to the point I was averaging less than 30 seconds to solve.

I think I also speak for Banja that we don't have a problem with that, the poster said he had it on Sunday and from how he has posted, he had fiddled with it and solved it the same day and got down from 2 to 4 mins.
If he had instructions then perhaps so but even then it took me and work colleagues quite a time to remember those last moves.

 

[FloppyPoppy]

Just popped in here to see me being called out ! so to clarify my words were slightly inopportune. I had a small pamphlet that came with the cube containing some algorithms explaining how to move pieces to where you want.

I read that and then "fiddled" with the cube until i got it right.

Sorry for any confusion.