so, how many of you have a rubik's cube? how many of you have ever actually solved one without cheating? (and by cheating i mean either peeling all the stickers off and putting them back on or actually taking apart the whole puzzle and reassembling it). after fiddling around with one for quite a while i could never get more than one layer solved on my own, until a friend of mine showed me his method for solving it. once i mastered it i could actually solve one in about 6-7 minutes.
but, of course, i wasn't satisfied with that time so i sought out better methods that would bring my time down even lower. there are some rubik's enthusiasts who can solve it in under 30 seconds without breaking a sweat, but in order to do that you must memorize hundreds of algorithms for hundreds of different permutations. this seemed a bit too daunting of a task, so i then sought out the quickest solution with the least amount of algorithms to memorize as possible. i believe that i've found it.
below is a link to a tutorial i wrote on this solution, which is a mish-mash of several different methods i've seen on the internet, but reworked in a way that made more sense to me and my brain. and the greatest part is that it requires the memorization of only 6 algorithms instead of hundreds! my average solution time is about 2 minutes now and i'm satisfied with it for the time being. i've been told that were i to purchase something called "rube lube", which is a silicon based lubricant, that i could probably shave off several more seconds from my average time, but i'm a bit too cheap to actually spend money on something like that.
so please, anyone who's up to the challenge should go dig up your old cube, or buy a new one from wal-mart for about $10, and start getting familiar with it. this method will help anyone to solve the cube who can at least do the first layer on their own. if you can't do that, just keep trying. or if you're so inclined you can probably find many websites devoted to helping you through the logic of solving the first layer. good luck! and let me know if the tutorial is too confusing or if there are typos or mistakes. i want to make it as complete as possible.
link: my very own rubik's cube solution tutorial
but, of course, i wasn't satisfied with that time so i sought out better methods that would bring my time down even lower. there are some rubik's enthusiasts who can solve it in under 30 seconds without breaking a sweat, but in order to do that you must memorize hundreds of algorithms for hundreds of different permutations. this seemed a bit too daunting of a task, so i then sought out the quickest solution with the least amount of algorithms to memorize as possible. i believe that i've found it.
below is a link to a tutorial i wrote on this solution, which is a mish-mash of several different methods i've seen on the internet, but reworked in a way that made more sense to me and my brain. and the greatest part is that it requires the memorization of only 6 algorithms instead of hundreds! my average solution time is about 2 minutes now and i'm satisfied with it for the time being. i've been told that were i to purchase something called "rube lube", which is a silicon based lubricant, that i could probably shave off several more seconds from my average time, but i'm a bit too cheap to actually spend money on something like that.
so please, anyone who's up to the challenge should go dig up your old cube, or buy a new one from wal-mart for about $10, and start getting familiar with it. this method will help anyone to solve the cube who can at least do the first layer on their own. if you can't do that, just keep trying. or if you're so inclined you can probably find many websites devoted to helping you through the logic of solving the first layer. good luck! and let me know if the tutorial is too confusing or if there are typos or mistakes. i want to make it as complete as possible.
link: my very own rubik's cube solution tutorial
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