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22 Apr 2008, 12:47 am

I've heard that we're all supposed to be good at Rubik's Cubes. Can anyone else do one? I can, although I can't do a simple logic puzzle to save my life xD



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22 Apr 2008, 12:50 am

Ya I can to, I peel the labels off



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22 Apr 2008, 12:53 am

Hehe, I like your sense of humor :D my dad says the same thing, only he uses a screwdriver. :D



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22 Apr 2008, 12:57 am

I tried not cheating at it but gave up after a week, my sister did it and solved it in 4 mins



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22 Apr 2008, 12:59 am

I can solve 3x3x3 Rubik's cube in 5-7 minutes, but I've learned the algorithm; 4x4x4 is more difficult, and I still need instruction.

spudnik wrote:
Ya I can do, I peel the labels off

It is too compicated - you can just disassemble the cube into pieces and assemble again. It was my favourite was of solving it before learning the right way :)



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22 Apr 2008, 1:04 am

I can do the 3x3x3 in 24 seconds blindfolded (that's without using an algorithm by the way) and I can do the 5x5x5 in about two and a half minutes.

I cannot for the life of me do a 4x4x4 in less than twenty minutes. :S



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22 Apr 2008, 1:29 am

I have never solved one.



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22 Apr 2008, 2:07 am

I've always been fascinated by the 3 x 3 rubik's cube. As a youngster I could do it in under a minute. Now (since I have the cognitive problems associated with underactive thyroid) it takes me closer to 5.



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22 Apr 2008, 4:13 am

My AS husband can do the 4X4 Rubiks in less than a minute. He became obsessed with it a few years ago and used it as a stim item at work.

It takes me about 5 minutes if I don't get stuck on the last 4 moves which are VERY difficult to learn. I don't remember them now, I"ll have to practice. Haha.



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22 Apr 2008, 5:44 am

Still defeated by the last 4 corners .........


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22 Apr 2008, 6:04 am

It turns out you can't really prove if you are good with it! HEER is the evolution of my perception of it....

1. When it first came out.... WOW, they must have GREAT visualization and spatial skills!
2. A few weeks after it came out.... OK, SOME pull labels off, and most others see how the mechanism works!
3. A while later.... OH, they end up trying it like FOREVER originally.
4. THERE IS A TRICK(FACT)! The rubiks cube comes with instructions on methods to do it!

I thought about getting one just to see how easy it was. They actually have a KIT! Apparently those are CHEAP(break easy) though, and I never bothered.



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22 Apr 2008, 6:15 am

Never did do the cube. Got close though a couple of times.



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22 Apr 2008, 6:59 am

Rather than messing up the stickers, I used to actually dismantle the thing, and put it back together the right way!

My mother, on the other hand, bought a little book about how to solve it, and she would solve it pretty quickly, just by following the directions.


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22 Apr 2008, 7:02 am

I have two rubiks vubes a normal sized one and a mini one that can be connected to a keychain but I still can't figure them out.


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22 Apr 2008, 7:19 am

Im not very good at it. I have solved 4x4 and 3x3 but it took me quite some time.



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22 Apr 2008, 7:38 am

I have solved a Rubik's cube recently that had annoyed my parents for years!

I can also solve logic puzzles too.