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Luke8

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So I've got a couple of questions relating to the history of cubing:

1) When (and why) did the standard color scheme change to the current one? On original Rubik's cubes, it used to be white/blue, yellow/green, red/orange instead of the current white/yellow, blue/green, red/orange

2) What is generally accepted as the first real speed cube to be released?

I don't know number 1, but number 2 I think is the Rubik's DIY. The Rubik's DIY allowed you to customize tensions and take it apart and mod it. If you want the first non-Rubik's brand speedcube as an answer, ask an older cuber, I'm too new.
 
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Daniel Lin

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When (and why) did the standard color scheme change to the current one? On original Rubik's cubes, it used to be white/blue, yellow/green, red/orange instead of the current white/yellow, blue/green, red/orange
white and yellow look similar, so that's why they're on opposite faces

same with orange and red
 

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Do cubers have their fingers insured for a lot of money? It would suck if you set a world record then had all of your fingers fall off, preventing more solves. Of course, their is feet solving, but the question remains.
 

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Practising 3×3×3 stage on my 5×5×5, and:
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As good a place as any other to stop for the night.
 

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Yea that and the Japanese Speedcubing Kit are the oldest ones I know of, though I don't know which of the "Type A/B/C/etc" was first, they were all around the same time that I started.
 
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