CubingHistory.com: Recording the history of the puzzle community

[bcube]

There is also probably a lot I could do with this timeline idea for other subjects.

One idea is appointing on a timeline when the 3x3x3 cube was available on a free market. For instance, it seems to be late summer 1981 for Czechoslovakia, early 1980 for the U.S., late 1977 for Hungary, 1978 for the UK, etc.

It is impossible to name every single country but you get the idea. Nevermind if you don't like it.

 

[Athefre]

One idea is appointing on a timeline when the 3x3x3 cube was available on a free market. For instance, it seems to be late summer 1981 for Czechoslovakia, early 1980 for the U.S., late 1977 for Hungary, 1978 for the UK, etc.

It is impossible to name every single country but you get the idea. Nevermind if you don't like it.

That's a good idea. I can put it on my list.

 

[Athefre]

I have added a Hardware Evolution page. This covers the major additions to Rubik's Cube including the original prototypes and patent, arched centers, DIY kits, magnets, smart cubes, and a lot more.

Hardware Evolution | Cubing History

The history of Rubik's Cube hardware innovations, such as magnets, stickerless cubes, smart cubes, and more.

www.cubinghistory.com

 

[Athefre]

The site has received two major updates.

• All applets are now Twisty Player. This provides a more consistent look among the various types of puzzles. It also produces better site performance.
• In text citations are now superscript and clickable. Clicking a citation brings you to the reference at the bottom. Each reference at the bottom also includes a button that will bring you back up to that citation.

Major thanks to crystalcuber for setting up Twisty Player to support the migration, developing additional code to facilitate the conversion process, updating YouTube links and some spelling mistakes, and for providing an additional fix to ensure that reference clicks scroll to the exact position (upon my initial update the position was only approximate).

 

[Deleted member 36445]

https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/my-method-proposal-ft-method.90213/

Could you make an entry about my method proposal of 2023? "FT Method"?

It's based on belt but minimizes parity problem present in most belt methods and ends with CP and EP similar to Square 1 Vanderbergh method
Also there is not need to learn hundreds of new algs, only a few EPLL variations that were already published by Meep, standard CFOP algs, and some simple and easy to use algs for CP on both layers, that can be learnt intuitively if you came from Square1

 

[qwr]

I have added a Hardware Evolution page. This covers the major additions to Rubik's Cube including the original prototypes and patent, arched centers, DIY kits, magnets, smart cubes, and a lot more.

Hardware Evolution | Cubing History

The history of Rubik's Cube hardware innovations, such as magnets, stickerless cubes, smart cubes, and more.

www.cubinghistory.com

I always thought it would be cool if there was an updated wiki for every speedcube in existence, since the SS wiki is much outdated (and also has the problem that people can make bad edits and have them last for months or years, which is much harder in a git based wiki). For example, every Moyu cube would be quite the undertaking. Unfortunately, there's little incentive to maintain such a list except out of hobby interest.

 

[edward_9x]

Surprisingly COLL is not on here!