For those that don't have one on hand: Check out the Virtual Rubik's Cube (http://www.geocities.com/jaapsch/puzzles/cubie.htm).

It's harder to do, I think, on the computer. But you can still get the job done.

Do we have any solvers on here? Which way do you solve it? (I solve it by going corners-in.) Have fun!

I solve it by peeling all the stickers off and... oh. :p

Actually these things make my head hurt. 0_o Especially when it seems I get close to the end, then mess the whole thing up.

I can't solve it. I've never solved one, except for when I peeled the stickers off. (I think everyone's done that at least once) But it's much harder on the computer, it really is!!! To the people who've solved it, at least once(Without peeling the stickers off) You are truly talented!!!!

I have tried to solve, and finish this kind of game.....

I have always ended up getting to frustrated at the very end, so
I just gave up.
BUT....I usually just cheated and took off the stickers, as mensioned
above!!

i find these things so so frustrating that said im going to try the virtual one

Actually these things make my head hurt. 0_o Especially when it seems I get close to the end, then mess the whole thing up.
What's interesting is that in order to actually solve it (no matter which way you solve it) the last move or so will inevitably require you to really screw up the cube badly. So unless you know what you're doing, the end will just throw you way off... one wrong move and you've messed it up entirely.

It always gets people when they watch, if they don't realize you can solve it. I was bored just the other day waiting for one of my classes to start so I was messing it up and solving it, and I didn't realize that one girl by me started watching me. I got toward the end, where you've only got four middle cubes out of place and she goes, "Oh wow, you've almost got it! Have you ever solved it before?" I said Yeah... and I started in on the last move and she went, "Oh man, you were so close..." another few seconds later and it just came back together again and she was amazed. My method usually only takes me a couple minutes. I definitely can't do it blinded or anything though, lol.

I'm quite savvy with a Rubik's cube. I've made up lots of different moves where you can switch out all the center cubes, or just make really funky designs. I think it looks neater having a cube look like that then actually all solved. I tried to learn to solve it using the layers method, but I found that it doesn't actually work 100% of the time... which I think is retarded.

If anyone wants to try and actually solve it, the first step for my method is to get the white "X". White's the easiest color to spot, so it's easiest to start with. You try and get one face with all the white corners in place and the white center in place (the in-between pieces on the white face won't matter). You'll know if you have the white corners in the right spot because if you look at the cube from the side (with the white face facing upward), the colors on the sides of the white corners should be the same color on each face. I hope that makes sense. ^.^;

If anyone wants to try and actually solve it, the first step for my method is to get the white "X". White's the easiest color to spot, so it's easiest to start with. You try and get one face with all the white corners in place and the white center in place (the in-between pieces on the white face won't matter). You'll know if you have the white corners in the right spot because if you look at the cube from the side (with the white face facing upward), the colors on the sides of the white corners should be the same color on each face. I hope that makes sense. ^.^;

wow you completely lost me there

What's interesting is that in order to actually solve it (no matter which way you solve it) the last move or so will inevitably require you to really screw up the cube badly. So unless you know what you're doing, the end will just throw you way off... one wrong move and you've messed it up entirely.

Well that explains why I definitely could never get it. I'd always seem to get sooo close to the end, only to destroy everything. I just can't handle this amount of frustration! :mrgreen:

wow you completely lost me there
Here, I hope this helps...

Make your white face look like this:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/agentpudge/CUBEWhiteX.jpg

HOWEVER. Once your white face looks like that you have to check the sides to see that the same colors are on the same side. (In the screen caps, I moved the center row, so the center cube is the same color as the corner cubes.) In essence, each of your sides should look EXACTLY like my pictures do where your white corners are concerned and where the colored corners that touch the white face are concerned.

Ex 1: http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/agentpudge/CUBEWhiteX4.jpg
See how this is the green face? The two white corners BOTH have a green color on the side of them. (And like I said, I rotated the middle section so that the center piece is also green.)

Ex 2: http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/agentpudge/CUBEWhiteX3.jpg
This is the red side... both red corners are adjacent to the white corners.

Ex 3 & 4: http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/agentpudge/CUBEWhiteX2.jpg (Orange Face) & http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/agentpudge/CUBEWhiteX1.jpg (Blue Face)

wow you are smart and that did clear it up a little bit

OMG....

I could never figuar that out, the amount of frustration it
would bring on, I would never get through it.
I would probably, want to destroy it by the time I'm done. :eek:

Good, I'm glad. It's nearly impossible to figure out without visuals, lol.

And to help clear it up too, this is what I meant when I said I like to scramble the cube up in ways that look kind of cool:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/agentpudge/CUBECentersScrambled.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/agentpudge/CUBEMixUp.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/agentpudge/CUBEUltimateScramble.jpg

And the neatest thing about all of those is that they're SUPER easy to do if you have a solved Rubik's Cube. Each of them only takes a few steps. (The second one only takes three moves.)

My method usually only takes me a couple minutes.

How the hell can you solve it in a couple of minutes?!? I couldn't do it in a couple of years! Actually, I don't think I even know anyone who has ever managed to do it! Oh and the internet link isn't working for me so I can't try doing the online one

How the hell can you solve it in a couple of minutes?!? I couldn't do it in a couple of years! Actually, I don't think I even know anyone who has ever managed to do it! Oh and the internet link isn't working for me so I can't try doing the online one
Yeah, I noticed that they took it down. :( I've been trying to find another one the past few days, but all of the other online cubes I've found are insanely difficult to operate (asking you to use certain keys on the keyboard in junction with the mouse - it's a big mess). As soon as I find a new one, I'll edit the link though.

And really, once you know how to solve it, it doesn't take very long. Actually, the method I use is one of the longer methods and isn't used by speed cubers at all. However, I like it a lot better because it really teaches you how to move things around and you don't have to learn an obsessive amount of moves for all the different possibilities... it's easier to know what to do in a situation. Other methods, like the layer by layer method, I find more difficult, because in order to use it you have to memorize a ridiculous amount of moves: To get one thing accomplished you may need to learn several moves in order to compensate for all the different outcomes you're presented with.

But yeah, I'll keep working on finding a new link.

My brother recently is obsessed with them. He can solve them in like 5 minutes or something, it's driving my sister crazy because he's been solving the cube for days now.

My brother recently is obsessed with them. He can solve them in like 5 minutes or something, it's driving my sister crazy because he's been solving the cube for days now.
Well, when you learn, you're going to want to solve it lots too, lol.

I would like to get a 4x4 and a 5x5 and learn to solve those.

EDIT: Hey guys... I found a new link (http://www.geocities.com/jaapsch/puzzles/cubie.htm). This cube is just as nice as the old one, and it's bigger! It's very easy to maneuver, you just need to use the mouse... it's simple. I'll edit the first post with the link too. And if you guys want me to help you learn to solve it, just ask!

EDIT2: Wow, this one is neat. It lets you change the view of the cube, it'll give you the notation to solve any mix-up of the cube (but that only helps I guess if you can read notation... and it doesn't help you LEARN to solve it)... but either way I like this one lots!!

To solve mine, I usually figured outr a way to literally take the cubes out of it, then press fit them back together in the proper sequence.

Yes, I was a VERY frustrated child... I haven't played with one in over 20 years. Might try to get the original for my daughter, just to see if I can get the same level of anxiety out of her. (Aren't I just a swell dad, eh?!)

Kudos to you Jane. :thumb:

I still can't do it but that's partly because I just don't have the time. Especially not now, because I've got 2 German exams tomorrow and I have loads of stuff to learn.

To solve mine, I usually figured outr a way to literally take the cubes out of it, then press fit them back together in the proper sequence.
If anyone is interested, that's actually a common way to "cheat" your way to the solution. All you need to do is take a Rubik's cube and rotate the top layer so that it's at a 45 degree angle in conjuction with the rest of the cube (i.e. you're doing half of one 90 degree rotation). Then you need to find a flathead screw driver or something and stick it under the middle cube of that twisted top layer. Pop off the middle cube... after you do that, you can disassemble the rest of the cube pretty simply by just pulling them out individually.

This DOES NOT break the cube! Once you have all the little cubes disassembled, go to work sticking them back into place on the frame. Once you take apart a Rubik's cube, all you're left with is a little black frame (that forms the center of the cube) with little arms that connect to all the center squares (the centers can't be disassembled). Just by looking at the cubes, you'll be able to see how they fit back into place.

However, the only downside to this is that it takes much longer than actually just learning to solve the cube, lol. Plus, it's a lot more work, and it's less impressive if you're doing it in front of a group of people. But to each his own. ;)

Well Jane...I never was one for figuring the easiest way to cheat at something...just anything different from the rules, as in my feeble little mind, I felt like I was accomplishing something that NO ONE ELSE had tried or done before.

Yeah, I know, wasted youth...

Well Jane...I never was one for figuring the easiest way to cheat at something...just anything different from the rules, as in my feeble little mind, I felt like I was accomplishing something that NO ONE ELSE had tried or done before.

Yeah, I know, wasted youth...
You speak as though that's only specific to you. Haha. We've all waste our youth. Learning to solve a Rubik's cube is as much of a waste as learning to take one apart. I wasted a good two-three days I should've spent doing homework learning to solve that thing. It's absolutely useless... but I couldn't stop myself. :)

Like right now... browswing a message board. I should be doing so many more productive things right now, lol. That being said... everyone should try to solve the Rubik's cube... NOW! :P

You speak as though that's only specific to you. Haha. We've all waste our youth. Learning to solve a Rubik's cube is as much of a waste as learning to take one apart. I wasted a good two-three days I should've spent doing homework learning to solve that thing. It's absolutely useless... but I couldn't stop myself. :)

Like right now... browswing a message board. I should be doing so many more productive things right now, lol. That being said... everyone should try to solve the Rubik's cube... NOW! :P


Good point. That also explains my fascination here too... :mrgreen:

By the way...have you solved it yet?!?:thewave:

Good point. That also explains my fascination here too... :mrgreen:

By the way...have you solved it yet?!?:thewave:
I wasted a good two-three days I should've spent doing homework learning to solve that thing. It's absolutely useless... but I couldn't stop myself. :)
Do we have any solvers on here? Which way do you solve it? (I solve it by going corners-in.)
What I want to know is... COME ON PEOPLE... Why aren't you taking up the challenge?

I thought this was pretty neat. (http://www.space-invaders.com/rubikubism.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/Shivercide/Other/50_pics.jpg

Can you imagine how expensive that would be? Otherwise, it's a really neat idea, since you only need to get one face right. They should've done it out of a whole bunch of mini Rubik's cubes (like the 3x3 ones that are only an inch and a half big). Those are much cheaper. That's a really cool idea though.

I thought this was pretty neat. (http://www.space-invaders.com/rubikubism.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/Shivercide/Other/50_pics.jpg

Now this is somebody with WAAAAY too much time on there hands... Although, I agree that it is kind of neat.

Oh my God! I found my handycam today! I'll make a video of myself scrambling and then solving my Rubik's cube and post it in here. In case anyone cares. I'm also not very fast... I can do it in a little over two minutes at my longest, so if you want to watch, be prepared to sit for a few minutes. :P

(I keep my cube by my computer to solve it in between page loads. I hate my internet connection.)

For some strange reason, these cubes have been popular at my school almost all year long. This one girl (whom I've kinda felt somewhat of an attraction toward) was playing with one, then all of a sudden, they were everywhere. I've not only seen 3x3, but also 5x5 cubes, and I've seen some that are in the shape of either a triangle or some other strange shapes, rather than a cube.

For some strange reason, these cubes have been popular at my school almost all year long. This one girl (whom I've kinda felt somewhat of an attraction toward) was playing with one, then all of a sudden, they were everywhere. I've not only seen 3x3, but also 5x5 cubes, and I've seen some that are in the shape of either a triangle or some other strange shapes, rather than a cube.
The cube version of the Rubik's line ranges from a pocket-sized 2x2x2 cube up to a 7x7x7 cube (the largest ever actually manufactured; however, you typically will not see anything larger than a 5x5x5... the most popular cubes are the 3x3x3, 4x4x4, and the 5x5x5).

2x2x2 Pocket Cube:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Pocket_cube_solved.jpg/100px-Pocket_cube_solved.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pocket_cube_solved.jpg)

3x3x3 Rubik's Cube:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Rubiks_cube_solved.jpg/100px-Rubiks_cube_solved.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Rubiks_cube_solved.jpg)

4x4x4 Rubik's Revenge:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/52/Rubiks_revenge_solved.jpg/100px-Rubiks_revenge_solved.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Rubiks_revenge_solved.jpg)

5x5x5 Professor's Cube:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c7/Combination_Puzzle_5x5x5_Rubik.jpg/100px-Combination_Puzzle_5x5x5_Rubik.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Combination_Puzzle_5x5x5_Rubik.jpg)

Pyraminx:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5a/Combination_Puzzle_Tetrahedron_Rubik.jpg/100px-Combination_Puzzle_Tetrahedron_Rubik.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Combination_Puzzle_Tetrahedron_Rubik.jpg)

Megaminx:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2f/Combination_Puzzle_Dodecahedron_Rubik.jpg/100px-Combination_Puzzle_Dodecahedron_Rubik.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Combination_Puzzle_Dodecahedron_Rubik.jpg)

Not sure of the name (but it's almost identical to the 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e3/Combination_Puzzle_Octahedral_Prism_Rubik.jpg/100px-Combination_Puzzle_Octahedral_Prism_Rubik.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Combination_Puzzle_Octahedral_Prism_Rubik.jp g)

Diamond Cube:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c1/Combination_puzzle_Rhombicuboctahedron_Rubik.jpg/100px-Combination_puzzle_Rhombicuboctahedron_Rubik.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Combination_puzzle_Rhombicuboctahedron_Rubik .jpg)

Magic Ball:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fd/Combination_Puzzle_Magic_Sphere.jpg/100px-Combination_Puzzle_Magic_Sphere.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Combination_Puzzle_Magic_Sphere.jpg)

I think those were all the ones created off of the Rubik's line, but obviously there are other lines of puzzles similar now in little variations off of all these.

Video!

De0WTpmn--Y

EDIT: I tried to put this in the first post as well, but for whatever reason, I'm unable to edit any of my posts on the first page of this thread. :(

Video!

De0WTpmn--Y

EDIT: I tried to put this in the first post as well, but for whatever reason, I'm unable to edit any of my posts on the first page of this thread. :(

Wow, glad to see it finally let you upload this video! XD

But that is awesome. 0_o I so want to try solving the cube again now... hehe.

DO IT!




It make for feel nice and powerful!!!11!

I help. I make you good. I speak truth.



::CUE DASTARDLY MUSIC:: Bwahaha.

OMG.....I have tried to solve it many times, and not a hope
in hell. :rolleyes:
I will just stick to the cheating way.
But I know that won't be right, I would rather overcome
a challenge like this, but its fricking hard.
* Sits for hours, and keeps working on it * :smile:

That video just makes me sick..

I could see the pattern that she was following after she had the cube to each solved "point", but I've tried and tried, and could never quite figure out just where to go after that point.

Good show Jane!!!!

:musicband:

That video just makes me sick..

I could see the pattern that she was following after she had the cube to each solved "point", but I've tried and tried, and could never quite figure out just where to go after that point.
Well, there are several different steps to it. I'll break it down briefly:

1. Solve the white "X" (beginners should start with white because it's the easiest to identify). This means putting the white center and white corners properly into place.

2. Put the colored corners (not including the yellow, which is opposite the white face) into the correct position. This means the blue corners need to be on the blue side, not necessarily on the blue face.

3. Solve the yellow "X"... once you do this, all of the corners on all the faces will be solved. All that will be left to do is solve all the middle pieces.

4. Solve the white and yellow faces. This is easy enough, you just pop white and yellow pieces from the middle layer up into their correct positions on either face.

5. Solve the remaining middle pieces in the middle layer (in between the white and yellow faces).

But each of those steps requires you to use different moves and be aware of different parts of the cube. Let me know which part you're stuck at, and I can help you along. :)

Sounds like a plan, now all I have to do is find my cube...now where did I throw..I mean put that thing...

OH.EM.GEE. Guys: UPDATE!

I totally learned how to solve the cube using the layer method! That's TWO ways. ::Feels amazing:: :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

EDIT: I officially do find the corners method simpler for beginners, just because you have to learn less algorithms... and two of them are so easy to remember, it's disgusting. For the layer method, you need to learn six and you only need four in the corners method. I define an algorithm as being a set of moves that allow you to move on to a subsequent step without messing up the cube. There are lots of other "moves" you use, that I wouldn't consider algorithms because they're kind of common sense, in my opinion. But actual long moves like: U R U' L' U R' U' L, so I definitely think the corner method is easier, but it's still TOTALLY cool and fun knowing both! ::Runs around with her cube showing off to her dogs::

I did the first step out of what you explained up there, but now I'm lost. *feels slightly stupid*

Honestly Nyx, it's very difficult to describe just in writing. I'll make another YouTube video explaining how to do it, that way I can actually show you and it'll make a lot more sense (but I'll only make a video of the next step, and then just let me know if you really want to know what's next). Besides, I really feel like the only way to learn how to do one of these is visually watching someone else do it. Otherwise, it's really hard to get the moves and the ideas into your head.

Give me about a week, because I have finals, so I might not get around to it until then. But I'll definitely get the next part up for you.

Sure thing, thanks. Take your time with it. :)

It's nice to see a thread like this here. It's very, very popular in our country right now. You don't know how much. xD

I haven't solved a whole cube ever, but I'm pretty proud of myself I can solve a face at a time. LOL. :p

I've re-read the steps about 20 times (ok, exaggeration, but I've went over them quite a few times) and now I get them better, but my question is: if I solve the yellow x the right way, will the white x still be there by the time I'm done? Theoretically it should, but I'm just checking.

EDIT/UPDATE:[..]

EDIT #2: Scratch that, I have X's everywhere now, with 2 matching middle pieces on one of the faces, and just one middle piece on another 3. Hah. Wtf.

I've re-read the steps about 20 times (ok, exaggeration, but I've went over them quite a few times) and now I get them better, but my question is: if I solve the yellow x the right way, will the white x still be there by the time I'm done? Theoretically it should, but I'm just checking.
Yes, the moves you learn are designed in a way so that they accomplish what you want (putting in the other "X"es) without ruining the white X you made in the first step.

In solving the yellow X, all of your other Xes will automatically be solved.

EDIT #2: Scratch that, I have X's everywhere now, with 2 matching middle pieces on one of the faces, and just one middle piece on another 3. Hah. Wtf.
I'm a little lost on what you're saying here, but does that mean you figured out how to systematically get all the Xes every time??

Meh, I just tried to explain the next two steps and give notation, but I know it'll just give you guys a headache to try and figure out, lol. I'll definitely be back when I can post a video.

NOTE: My steps on the other page don't explain HOW to accomplish solving the cube. Those are just steps to explain what you're going to wind up doing: You need to do this, then this, then that, but I don't explain HOW to accomplish one step to the next. I'll be posting a step-by-step video about how to solve it using the coners-method. After that, if anyone wants me to explain the layer method, I can do that too.

I'll try to post a few pictures to show you what I mean:

Top, front left and front right faces:

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5032/cube1lf0.jpg

Bottom, back left and back right faces:

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3871/cube2jx3.jpg


In the case of my crappy cube, the orange face is underneath the white one. As opposed to white-yellow, like most cubes have.

And I can't exactly do this "systematically" and get it every time, but I've played around with it to know what I have to do. I just do my moves logically and on the spot instead of remembering them exactly, since my aim isn't speedcubing right now. I just want to solve this thing at least once. :P

I have gone over it a few times as well, and I have actually given
up. :confused::confused:

After the fourth time, I have just gotten to the point of frustration that
I given up, and I would rather just go the cheating way. :rolleyes:

I have gone over it a few times as well, and I have actually given
up. :confused::confused:

After the fourth time, I have just gotten to the point of frustration that
I given up, and I would rather just go the cheating way. :rolleyes:
You know, I did just explain that no where in this thread is there a step-by-step guide of HOW to actually solve the cube. So you shouldn't really give up until after I post the video... if you can't do it from that, then yeah, you can give up, lol.

Nyx, I know what you mean now. That's how I was with the cube initially too (I would just do it on sight and then go back over and over what I just did to figure out what the move was). I have every confidence that you'll be able to pick this up. I can't speed cube at all, but after I show you how to do it, you should be able to solve it in under five minutes EASY.

The next step from there is to solve the white and orange (in your case) faces. You need to put in the middle cubes that are missing into those two faces.

Always hold your cube with either the white or the orange face up. What you want to do is look for a middle cube with white or orange on it in that middle layer (the layer sandwiched between the white face and orange face). Try to figure out how to get the piece you want to move from the middle layer up into the white or orange face where it belongs. Considering you can do things on sight, I reckon you'll be able to do this.

Basically the only trick to it is that you don't want to mess up a face once you get pieces in. If you find a piece that's supposed to go up in the white face, you need to also make sure that there is an incorrect piece in the orange face directly below the spot you want to put the white middle piece in. It's kind of like a dummy piece so you don't screw up what you have. I hope that helps you at least think of what to do next. I'm pretty sure you'll be able to, because it sounds like you're having a pretty easy time with it like I did.

I'll make the video next weekend when all my finals are done with. Right now I'm about in tears over the last three papers I have to write tonight. And then I get to write another one tomorrow, finish my art projects, and then study for my finals... ::Cries::

I'll try to put together the white and orange faces after I come home from school. Thanks for the help. :)

And good luck with the finals, sounds like more than a few handfuls right now. <3

EDIT: I solved the two faces and squeed like a dork when I did because the orange face took a bit of work to get right after solving the white one, haha.

Progress shots 'cause I'm a nerd:

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4341/cube3rh1.jpg

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/6954/cube4za9.jpg

:D


EDIt #2: See, this is why I shouldn't screw with the cube when I don't already have pointers regarding how to go ahead. I messed the former layout up, quite badly. But I'm slowly getting back at it... -.-

Ugh you dork, you did it wrong! Haha, actually, it was my fault for not specifying. But I knew you'd be able to do it. When you're putting a middle piece in, it also has to MATCH the color side it'll be on. For example, in your second pic where the orange side is face up, see how the right face is the blue face? But the middle piece you put in isn't the orange/blue, it's the orange/red.

In other words... if you're trying to solve your white face, you want to look for a white middle piece in that middle layer. Let's say there's a white middle piece there and it's a white/blue piece. Therefore, you want to put the white/blue middle piece on the white face, but with the blue side of it on the blue face. Get it?

When you do this correctly you should EVERYTHING solved EXCEPT the four middle cubes in the middle layer (sandwiched between your white and orange layers), lol.

So all you have to do is pop out those wrong white/orange middle pieces and re-do that step properly, then you'll be set for the last TWO steps! (Which are easy as all pie.)

oooh, now I get it. haha. *noob*

The red and blue bordering the white are in their correct positions now. Off to do the rest...

mmm... hard to do without messing up the orange face on the bottom :/

oooh, now I get it. haha. *noob*

The red and blue bordering the white are in their correct positions now. Off to do the rest...

mmm... hard to do without messing up the orange face on the bottom :/
Let me know if you get those two faces completed. When you're popping those middle pieces into the correct positions on the top and bottom faces, you have to do it simultaneously. For instance, you can't solve the top face and then try and solve the bottom face, because you will mess up the other face.

What you kind of have to do is solve both faces until you have one middle piece left on both faces to solve. Then both of those pieces get solved at the same exact time so it doesn't mess up the faces. I've been working ridiculous hours as soon as I finished my finals week at school, but I haven't forgotten about making the video. I even found my tripod. :) I'll definitely have the video up by next Sunday at the latest. So if you are still having trouble - stay tuned.

The reason I asked whether or not you were able to solve the two faces is because the last two moves (to fix the last four pieces) are extremely easy to explain and easy to remember. So let me know if you do get to that point before I post the video... then you'll have the satisfaction of solving it at least once.

I won't be able to solve it for a while... Dad broke my cube, and I am now royally pissed. >.<

I won't be able to solve it for a while... Dad broke my cube, and I am now royally pissed. >.<
Sucks. Too bad you guys don't have a Pat Catan's around. We've got 'em all over out here and they sell 'em off-brand for only 99 cents. :) But I'm sure you could buy cubes real cheap off of eBay or something too.

oh my god that is so hard!

my brain hurts
:beatdown:

I can solve rubiks cubes also, but i use the layers method. Dunno how your method works lol i haven't tried the virtual one yet but i should think it would be harder to solve on the computer. And the layers method does work every time, sometimes you just have to repeat the last move a couple of times to get the last four bricks into place. I have a strategy that gets that done fairly quickly though.

And the layers method does work every time, sometimes you just have to repeat the last move a couple of times to get the last four bricks into place. I have a strategy that gets that done fairly quickly though.
There's a little guide booklet that comes with the cube that teaches you the layers method, but the method it lists in the booklet doesn't always work. I've since learned how to solve the cube using the layers method, but it's much more complicated (IMO than the corners method) and there are a lot more algorithms to learn if you want to be able to adjust to different situations. You can still solve it using the layers method with only a few algorithms, but you have to repeat many of the steps quite a few times. It's just very repetitive and time-consuming.

With the method I prefer to use, you solve it by going corners in. You solve the outside corners first, and then you start to solve all the middle pieces. I find it much more useful for beginners learning to use a cube, but once you can do both methods... without any quick tricks, you can solve the cube in under five minutes easily.

Rubik's Cube makes me feel like an idiot. I sit there for hours twisting that som'bitch around and I get NOWHERE. I get so pissed I want to peel all the stickers off that way they're all one color and I WIN. :p

I've never played with one, but those look like a biznatch to do....

personally, I'd buy it new, and say look! I did's it! xD

personally, I'd buy it new, and say look! I did's it! xD
That'll work until some smartass goes, "Oh yeah, show me."

That'll work until some smartass goes, "Oh yeah, show me."

Which is why I'll make a point not to do that around you ;)

Just kidding! :p

So I bought myself a spankin' new cube, and deep frying my brain again trying to solve it. I started out with the corners method, couldn't get two yellow opposing ones to align correctly with the colours of the white corners, so I said fuck it and started all over, with the layers method.

Now I'm kind of stuck again, because two of the bottom (yellow) corners are right as they should be, but the other two are in the opposite sides they should be on, and they're twisted around as well.

I think I'm doomed to never solve this cube, ever. Ugh. >.<

I really don`t know how many times, I have to try to figuar this thing out,
but I never seem to get anywhere with it.
Just when I think I am, it go`s to all hell, and I get so frustated, and give up.
When I get to that stage, I just wanna smash the damn fuckin thing.

:beathead: Just how I feel, when I am done.

XD

there's some sort of quadrant pattern that works to solve it no matter how fucked up it is. i have one and i can usually get at least one side done before i completely lose track of what i'm doing. they make my brain hurt but i fuckin' love Rubik's Cubes.

Getting one side done is as easy as pie now, you learn to see the patterns after a while. I haven't given it another shot since my last post since I hid the cube from my dad so that he doesn't ruin it again, and I completely forgot about it myself. XD

there's some sort of quadrant pattern that works to solve it no matter how fucked up it is. i have one and i can usually get at least one side done before i completely lose track of what i'm doing. they make my brain hurt but i fuckin' love Rubik's Cubes.

Getting one side done is as easy as pie now, you learn to see the patterns after a while.
Um, yeah, like Nyx said, solving a single side is so easy I could probably do it half braind dead and blind. It literally would take me 10-20 seconds to solve a single side at the MOST. You don't have to know any fancy quadrant pattern techniques to solve one side. Usually solving a single side is just about looking at the cube and FIGURING it out, lol.

However, that being said, it's a pretty useless thing to just solve one side of the cube... it's just a real useless position, and very difficult to solve the rest of the cube that way. Usually you have to do certain things simultaneously, even when you solve the cube using the layers method.

That thing is hard!!!

I DID IT!!!!

Though I have to admit that I searched for clues on solving the last layer because it was driving me crazy, haha. But I did it.

And I can do this one just like you said, no more than 3 moves from the completed cube:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/agentpudge/CUBECentersScrambled.jpg

Congratulations on solving it!

The checkerboard pattern is just as easy. All you do is move each middle section 180 degrees (two quarter turns).