Man takes 26 years to solve Rubik’s Cube

[MichaelErskine]

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.

26 yrs eh? At least he's now sub-30

 

[AvGalen]

The article is very short and undetailed. I also get the idea that the guy is "full of it", but the comments by his wife contradict that idea.

It's a good thing his address isn't listed. I would have sent him a congratulatory 4x4x4

 

[Faz]

The article is very short and undetailed. I also get the idea that the guy is "full of it", but the comments by his wife contradict that idea.

It's a good thing his address isn't listed. I would have sent him a congratulatory 4x4x4

Very funny

 

[pcharles93]

The article is very short and undetailed. I also get the idea that the guy is "full of it", but the comments by his wife contradict that idea.

It's a good thing his address isn't listed. I would have sent him a congratulatory 4x4x4

Very funny

Scrambled of course? Why don't you throw in a scrambled megaminx too?

 

[AvGalen]

The article is very short and undetailed. I also get the idea that the guy is "full of it", but the comments by his wife contradict that idea.

It's a good thing his address isn't listed. I would have sent him a congratulatory 4x4x4

Very funny

Scrambled of course? Why don't you throw in a scrambled megaminx too?

I am not allowed to throw megaminxes

 

[joey]

No arnaud, you are definitely not!!!!!

 

[JLarsen]

The article is very short and undetailed. I also get the idea that the guy is "full of it", but the comments by his wife contradict that idea.

It's a good thing his address isn't listed. I would have sent him a congratulatory 4x4x4

Very funny

Scrambled of course? Why don't you throw in a scrambled megaminx too?

I am not allowed to throw megaminxes

That would reak havoc on his life. Legitamtely, which is a funny thing to think about.

 

[VP7]

I concede that the color scheme is correct.

But I still cannot believe he took 26 years
to solve his cube. I need more proof.

A timelapse video would do it for me.

 

[Erik]

Dutch: http://www.spitsnieuws.nl/archives/raar/2009/01/vader_doet_26_jaar_over_rubiks.html

 

[d4m4s74]

my head screams FAKE

 

[cookingfat]

He has long dirty fingernails, why aren't his stickers chipped to hell?

 

[Lofty]

Idk... I don't buy this at all. 26 years is a very long time... You think he would find some commutator or at least get the f2l and eventually get a LL skip...

 

[mazei]

26 years seems to long. I would like to believe it but I can't believe it due to lack of evidence.

 

[Gnjac3]

my uncle said he solved it after a long time of just playing with it, 26 of active solving seems like a long time.

 

[cookingfat]

my uncle said he solved it after a long time of just playing with it, 26 of active solving seems like a long time.

Doesn't everyone have an Uncle that solved it once, but never again?

I thought that was standard....

 

[Odin]

Ehh i think it might of tooken 26 years to solve it, but i dont think he was turning non-stop.

 

[ManuK]

I too find it hard to believe that it took 26 years of "active" solving to solve a Rubik's Cube. He must have given up at some point of time, and then decided to start, say a few years later. In one year's time itself, you will come up with different ideas/strategies for solving a cube. Its highly likely that if he stuck with one strategy for some time,say something similar to a layer-by-layer approach,he would get an LL skip.

 

[AvGalen]

Dutch: http://www.spitsnieuws.nl/archives/raar/2009/01/vader_doet_26_jaar_over_rubiks.html

This says it took him 27400 hours
26 * 365.25 = 9496.5 days. That's almost 3 hours every day doing active "solving"

 

[Kristoffer]

unofficial longest time used to solve the rubik's cube?
epic indeed

 

[Ton]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4217732/Rubiks-Cube-finally-solved-after-26-years-by-avid-fan.html

In this article" Ray Hodgkin of the governing body for Rubik's Cube competitions, the World Cube Association (WCA), said: "I think this is definitely the longest it has ever taken someone to complete a Cube""

Ray Hodgkin, who ? WCA official????
27400 hours can never be done with one cube... Sounds like 1 april fools day

EDIT
Estimate how many cubes he must have been used, and how many sticker sets

I estimate about 26 cubes and 50 stickers sets ....