How much of the Rubik's cube could you solve before you learned how to solve it?

[hyn]

1 layer

 

[GeographicalCuber]

none

 

[Caden Fisher]

My biggest regret in cubing was not trying to solve the cube on my own. I was able to get the white cross done but not in the right spots but then I looked up a tutorial *smh*

 

[NigelTheCuber]

couldnt make a side

 

[espeed]

My biggest regret in cubing was not trying to solve the cube on my own. I was able to get the white cross done but not in the right spots but then I looked up a tutorial *smh*

You could try other puzzles (like JPerm did). Or maybe the 15 Puzzle. Was thinking about it too, but the idea of breaking up parts and put it back together to find out algorithms will always be already there and not my own.

 

[Mastermind2368]

I did realize quite early on that you had to solve a layer rather than just a side. However, I always assumed after solving one layer, you moved on to solving an adjacent layer, so I didn't get too far.

 

[Isaac VM]

I "solved" one side at most. I also regret not trying harder to solve more of the cube by myself but luckily there plenty of twisty puzzles to be solved!

 

[Garf]

Side, and maybe a layer. Not only that, but I learned about patterns and tried to understand how they worked.

 

[Caden Fisher]

You could try other puzzles (like JPerm did). Or maybe the 15 Puzzle. Was thinking about it too, but the idea of breaking up parts and put it back together to find out algorithms will always be already there and not my own.

Yeah. I’ve solved a few on my own including the 15 puzzle. I also solved the floppy ghost cube, Ivy cube, skewb, and pyraminx on my own. Nothing beats the original though

 

[Deleted member 36445]

Yeah. I’ve solved a few on my own including the 15 puzzle. I also solved the floppy ghost cube, Ivy cube, skewb, and pyraminx on my own. Nothing beats the original though

I solved the pyraminx and megaminx on my own but the skewb is like alien technology lol

 

[Cuber987]

I solved the pyraminx and megaminx on my own but the skewb is like alien technology lol

I only solved dino cube and redi cube on my own, no WCA events

 

[Caden Fisher]

I solved the pyraminx and megaminx on my own but the skewb is like alien technology lol

Yeah. The skewb was tricky. I think I remembered reading something about sledgehammer being used to solve it so i kinda just spammed sledgehammers until I figured out what it did to the cube and then I figured out the U perm.

 

[SkewbIsTheBestEvent]

I solved the 15 puzzle when I was 6, I didn't even know it was a 15 puzzle but I just realized that the numbers had to match so I just used my iq and solved it

 

[CFOP INC]

The face lol

 

[Garf]

I solved a skewb on my own, along with a megaminx. The pyraminx was terrible, which is probably why I despise the event.

 

[hyn]

I solved a skewb on my own, along with a megaminx. The pyraminx was terrible, which is probably why I despise the event.

i also solved someone elses skewb at a comp, only knowing that u do sledges

 

[GeographicalCuber]

I solved the pyraminx and megaminx on my own but the skewb is like alien technology lol

I solved skewb on my own

 

[efattah]

I solved the entire 3x3 when I was 7 years old with no help, no books, no videos, and no tutors. That was in 1982.
In 1987 I made my fastest single which was 19.8 seconds. At the time I think only a few people had solves faster than that.
In a different & similar thread I posted the method I created & used in 1982 which required no algorithms.

 

[Deleted member 36445]

I solved the entire 3x3 when I was 7 years old with no help, no books, no videos, and no tutors. That was in 1982.
In 1987 I made my fastest single which was 19.8 seconds. At the time I think only a few people had solves faster than that.
In a different & similar thread I posted the method I created & used in 1982 which required no algorithms.

that's crazy

 

[Deleted member 36445]

In a different & similar thread I posted the method I created & used in 1982 which required no algorithms.

link?