Man takes 26 years to solve Rubik’s Cube

[GerrySly]

It has taken most of his life – but, after 26 years, builder Graham Parker has finally solved the puzzle of the Rubik's Cube.

When he bought the toy in 1983, Yuri Andropov was leader of the Soviet Union, breakfast TV was a novelty and music CDs were in the shops for the first time.

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/articl...ik%92s_Cube&in_article_id=471180&in_page_id=2

That sucks lol

 

[Odin]

I kinda felt bad after reading that.

 

[qqwref]

Wow, I can imagine having an unsolved one lying there for 20 years, but actively trying to solve it for that long? That's crazy. I think most people would've been able to work out a solution by then...

"Being the kind of guy I am, I told him I would try
To help him solve the secrets of the cube that made him cry
Well that was thirty years ago and half a billion moves
My wife's all black and blue 'cause I keep dreaming she's a cube..."

 

[rckclmb124]

That is truely EPIC

 

[xSwiftxClawx]

I have pretty much no comment on this.
That's intense.

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

'I have had wrist and back problems from spending hours on it but it was all worth it. When I clicked that last bit into place and each face was a solid colour, I wept.'

In my opinion, he is the greatest cuber ever...he's so great to have tried at it for so long instead of take the easy road of using the internet, a solution booklet, or taking it apart/taking off the stickers. That's pretty honorable :O

 

[brunson]

Epic is a great word for that. I don't personally know anyone that has solved a cube without help or instruction from someone else. I assume Erno did and I'm sure others, but I learned from a book in 1982 and from Lars' and Jasmine's tutorials in 2007. That is truly EPIC.

 

[qqwref]

In my opinion, he is the greatest speedcuber ever...he's so great to have tried at it for so long instead of take the easy road of using the internet, a solution booklet, or taking it apart/taking off the stickers. That's pretty honorable :O

Depending on the definition I could see this guy as being the greatest cuber ever. But he is the worst speedcuber ever

 

[CorsonRoach]

Yeah my father figured it out on his own too, took him about a month. But that is pretty ridiculous..26 years wow. lol

 

[VP7]

Wrong color scheme on the cube for the era ?
Stickers are not worn.

I think he's full of it.

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

In my opinion, he is the greatest speedcuber ever...he's so great to have tried at it for so long instead of take the easy road of using the internet, a solution booklet, or taking it apart/taking off the stickers. That's pretty honorable :O

Depending on the definition I could see this guy as being the greatest cuber ever. But he is the worst speedcuber ever

Yeah, you're right

 

[Lucas Garron]

1) The WCA has a spokesman?
2) Any good reason to believe that it's true? From the article itself, I only understand "Man says he took 26 years to solve Rubik's Cube" (which may be true). Also nothing saying he didn't get specific outside help.

 

[DavidWoner]

Wrong color scheme on the cube for the era ?
Stickers are not worn.

I think he's full of it.

It is not the wrong color scheme, I don't know why you think that. also, Rubik's brand stickers are rated for about 50,000 turns. he did 500,000,000. use your brain.

 

[Odin]

Wrong color scheme on the cube for the era ?
Stickers are not worn.

I think he's full of it.

It is not the wrong color scheme, I don't know why you think that. also, Rubik's brand stickers are rated for about 50,000 turns. he did 500,000,000. use your brain.

i dont think the stickers from 26 years ago are as good as they are now, so i think the 50,000 rating might be a lil'off

 

[Ethan Rosen]

Wrong color scheme on the cube for the era ?
Stickers are not worn.

I think he's full of it.

It is not the wrong color scheme, I don't know why you think that. also, Rubik's brand stickers are rated for about 50,000 turns. he did 500,000,000. use your brain.

i dont think the stickers from 26 years ago are as good as they are now, so i think the 50,000 rating might be a lil'off

It's actually the complete opposite. Compared to the stickers from the 80s, the stickers today absolutely suck. I have a 4x4 from the 80s which has completely unworn stickers from a lot of use. The 4x4 newer 4x4s barely last a solve before the stickers start to peel.

 

[tecnikal]

next WCA champ right there.

 

[IamWEB]

Now if this genius lives long enough, keeps interest, experiences little to no brain and hand problems, we might just see an average of 5! SD anyone?

 

[ManSpider]

Wtf, doesnt he have internet???

 

[shelley]

Who has the record for longest time taken to solve the cube?

 

[h5n1]

Wtf, doesnt he have internet???

Sometimes it is much more rewarding discovering your own solution.