Cube talk for a Mensa regional gathering

[pjk]

Watched what I could listen to. Well done, Chris. Thanks for posting.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Wow, Chris - very nice job - it was a very engaging talk! I'm sure your audience loved it!

One minor comment: Guus is not one of the two holders of the fewest moves record; it's Jimmy Coll and István.

(I assume the reason you made that mistake is that you remember back when Guus held the WR for so long.)

Edit: Your BLD solve was fun - I'm sure memorization was killer. That's exactly how I felt at the 2008 Virginia Open (where I first met you) - there was all this conversation about cubing around me while I was doing big cubes BLD, and I was so tempted to say something in response. Congratulations on the success, by the way!

 

[AvGalen]

So far I have been enjoying the video a lot. From the history of the cube and Erno Rubiks, to the math, to a speedsolve, to a (succesful) blindfolded solve, to a great explanation of cycles and then something I had never heard of "the banquet of Simonedes" for memory. Just 2 remarks I have: Guus isn't the WR-holder for FMC with 22 moves, that would have been István. Guus once held the WR with 27 though. And for the explanation of cycles I would have started with a simple 2-swap system and THEN expand that to fit the laws of the cube (3cycles and double swaps), but skipping that step might not have been a problem with this target audience

I really hope you can get the sound back so I can watch more. I am going to pass this on to some others that will enjoy watching this.

 

[cmhardw]

Sorry István

I will correct this in my next talk, and I will also make a comment on the youtube video pointing out the mistake.

Thanks for the comments everyone! I am still working on salvaging the sound, and will let you know when I know more.

 

[ben1996123]

Watched it all. Awesome talk, but crappy sound =