Man takes 26 years to solve Rubik’s Cube

[qqwref]

The whole site looks looks like gags. Like an English onion.

please elaborate on that ive been stumped for a while trying to figure that out.

http://www.theonion.com/

 

[Odin]

The whole site looks looks like gags. Like an English onion.

please elaborate on that ive been stumped for a while trying to figure that out.

The Onion is a american newspaper that abuses our freedom of press, basically it makes fun of EVER thing. I like it alot!

http://www.theonion.com/content/index
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/survivors_of_gas_station

 

[deco122392]

The whole site looks looks like gags. Like an English onion.

please elaborate on that ive been stumped for a while trying to figure that out.

The Onion is a american newspaper that abuses our freedom of press, basically it makes fun of EVER thing. I like it alot!

http://www.theonion.com/content/index
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/survivors_of_gas_station

haha ok, thanks. i tried googleing and got a bounch of soup recipies lol

 

[badmephisto]

haha!
According to my calculations I am 54.7 million times more efficient than he is.

 

[enigmahack]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure my stackmat doesn't go that high.

 

[envy253]

my hat is off to anyone who can solve it without algorithms/guides etc... before i learned how to do it, the cube drove me CRAZY!

 

[Ton]

my hat is off to anyone who can solve it without algorithms/guides etc... before i learned how to do it, the cube drove me CRAZY!

The way I solved it for the first time , using 2 algorithms , 1 for the corners and edges each does a 3 cycle and permutate.

After this I found a put away a piece -turn in position- and put back - the commutator idea- Back than I did not know the term.

This basically principle works on most puzzles, as long as you can change one piece of a face , you can do a 3 cycle, or turn the piece.

 

[Erik]

Tomorrow a dutch tv channel is taping some stuff with me with comments on the article. Any important things I must not forget to say?

 

[AvGalen]

...After this I found a put away a piece -turn in position- and put back - the commutator idea- Back than I did not know the term.

This basically principle works on most puzzles, as long as you can change one piece of a face , you can do a 3 cycle, or turn the piece.

I agree with this technique. It is probably the way most people approach new puzzles.

It is also the reason why even very experienced cubers often have big problems solving a Magic or Skewb (Skewb Ultimate ). Magic doesn't allow cycles untill you get it back to rectangular shape and Skewb turns half the puzzle so there is no safe place to "put away a piece".

If you want a real challenge, try the Nintendo Barrel where every horizontal move turns 10 out of 23 pieces and every vertical move turns 15 out of 23 pieces.

 

[Ton]

Tomorrow a dutch tv channel is taping some stuff with me with comments on the article. Any important things I must not forget to say?

As I read it , the detail are not correct remark about a WCA official is a lie ... 75400 hours is execurated What I think is a not very special event, someone started try to solve it in the 80's and finally find a solution, spending a lot of hours , but his estimate of 75400 can never be done on one cube.... If he used one cube he spend at most one year in finding a solution -the cube wear- ...in the 26's years...

 

[Ton]

...After this I found a put away a piece -turn in position- and put back - the commutator idea- Back than I did not know the term.

This basically principle works on most puzzles, as long as you can change one piece of a face , you can do a 3 cycle, or turn the piece.

I agree with this technique. It is probably the way most people approach new puzzles.

It is also the reason why even very experienced cubers often have big problems solving a Magic or Skewb (Skewb Ultimate ). Magic doesn't allow cycles untill you get it back to rectangular shape and Skewb turns half the puzzle so there is no safe place to "put away a piece".

If you want a real challenge, try the Nintendo Barrel where every horizontal move turns 10 out of 23 pieces and every vertical move turns 15 out of 23 pieces.

These puzzel are not that hard ... it is not the ammount of pieces in one turn but when the sequence length is very high e.g. >20 to get a cycle which make a puzzle hard. In those case I use my math skills to calculate the effect of combinations of moves..

 

[Stefan]

Tomorrow a dutch tv channel is taping some stuff with me with comments on the article. Any important things I must not forget to say?

Tell them it's a terrible article not worth talking about.

 

[d4m4s74]

Tomorrow a dutch tv channel is taping some stuff with me with comments on the article. Any important things I must not forget to say?

which channel and how late?

 

[Erik]

Tell them it's a terrible article not worth talking about.

I would've done that but I don't want to risk that ANY news about the cube is not displayed. Sadly we cannot really be picky about what they do and don't broadcast.

I have no idea what time it'll be but I guess it'll be on rtl4, I'll ask them tomorrow.

 

[Rabid]

I've decided to buy and not be able to solve a 4x4. I'll call you in 27 years with my new record.

 

[d4m4s74]

Erik, bring your 7x7 and (jokingly) say you're going to send it to him

cya in 300 years!

 

[Erik]

That's an awesome idea!

 

[coolmission]

That poor guy. I think he would check into a mental home if you'd send him the 7x7.

 

[Bryan]

Tell them it's a terrible article not worth talking about.

I would've done that but I don't want to risk that ANY news about the cube is not displayed. Sadly we cannot really be picky about what they do and don't broadcast.

I have no idea what time it'll be but I guess it'll be on rtl4, I'll ask them tomorrow.

So if a news crew wanted to interview you about Bigfoot meeting Elvis and they were solving cubes, would you do it? The article has tried to stretch the fact too much that it's just not possible.

As for the comments about this guy figuring it out on his own, we don't actually know if he can solve it. There's a difference between determining a solution and stumbling upon a PLL skip.

 

[d4m4s74]

what's the chance to get a ll skip?
if he got 10 ftls a day, now long would it take to get an ll skip?