Google Doodle Rubik's Cube

[scottpeterson]

L' is "L prime", which, in the context of turning faces on a cube, means turn the face counter clockwise 90 degrees instead of clockwise 90 degrees.

D2 and B2 are 180 degree turns. The capitals are important because a lower case letter means to do a wide turn, which means to include the middle layer in the turn. The move "r" is equivalent to "L" and an x rotation.

16f means that the solution is 16 turns using FTM, or "Face Turn Metric", also known as HTM[/HTM]

cam you tell an earier way to solve the cube using the keyboard

 

[ToastyKen]

I can't get the keyboard controls to work. RUFLBD doesn't seem to work. What am I missing here?

You can click and drag a bit outside the cube to activate the keyboard.

Even better, I found that hitting tab a couple of times after starting the scramble can give it keyboard focus. YMMV depending on your browser/OS.


Really clever trick with Caps Lock! (Sadly doesn't work on Macs, where shift still gives you uppercase when Caps Lock is down. )

 

[xsolver]

I solved it in 6:30 minutes. Awesome thing they did, but it was a pain in the *** to turn. Also, i had to refresh my memory of the algs, theyre all in my muscles.

 

[Cm_Hu]

I finally got 10s. I don't think it could be faster unless there is a way to do U2 in one move or find a even shorter solution than the 16f optimal solution.

 

[TDM]

I don't think it could be faster unless there is a way to do U2 in one move or find a even shorter solution than the 16f optimal solution.

Yeah, does anyone know the QTM optimal solution?

 

[tx789]

I got a 3:15 with the mouse. 115 moves.

 

[liuyue]

So difficult to control.
1:35 and 85 moves.

 

[szalejot]

Nice doodle, but difficult to control. They should work on better one for next year

 

[Kirjava]

Wait, it's the same scramble every time?!

 

[wochuy91]

video

 

[SolveThatCube]

13 seconds on vid (will be uploaded soon)


It was with the 16-move solution of course

 

[Iggy]

My first try was 1:46 in 83 moves. Those controls were so annoying lol

 

[EMI]

Slice Moves count as one move and can be done with s, e and m.
That means there might be solutions shorter than 16 moves (even if you count double turns as two moves).

 

[yoinneroid]

Spoiler

F M F2 D2 B' L U' B' D F B R D2 F U' (15s*)
lol, seems like you can do F2 and D2 in one move using mouse controls

 

[RayLam]

haha,it's funny.but i had waited for minutes then finally could play it ....happy birthday to rubik's cube

 

[Kirjava]

Lowest I've seen is 10, anyone got a 9 yet?

 

[FJT97]

He got 10 seconds
http://youtu.be/FGPAoZtzUqQ

i had 10 secs too

I think 9 is impossible...

 

[Kirjava]

9 may be possible with mouse macros

 

[Lazy Einstein]

1:08 with track pad. Track pad succccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkssss use keyboard.

 

[cmhardw]

Spoiler

F M F2 D2 B' L U' B' D F B R D2 F U' (15s*)
lol, seems like you can do F2 and D2 in one move using mouse controls

15 seconds using this solution and mouse clicks

I also memorized this solution in case anybody asks me about the google doodle today. Would be cool to get a solve around my normal solve time on a computer cube, even if it is cheating a little :3