Man takes 26 years to solve Rubik’s Cube

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Littlegupper said:
26 years sounds so unbelieveable but if it's true, a lot of respect to that guy.
He must have a good discipline and that sorts of things
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It could understand 26 years (or never) if a person occasionally spins randomly and gives up. I had a cube on a shelf in the office for several years and spun it now and then for several years. I was not dedicated to solving it. The article makes it sound like he worked at it for several hours each day. Intuitively he must’ve figure out the F2L within a few day or weeks. So it took 25 years to finish the LL? Impossible. Either the entire story or the amount of dedication in this article is false.
 
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I expect he spent time off and on with it, probably an hour every week or so. That would be enough to bug his wife. There were times when he probably worked on it for several hours, multiple times per week and occasions when he would go for months without touching it. That's what I think. I figured out the 3x3, 4x4 and big cubes out all on my own, but I found it very difficult. Most people would give up entirely. I can certainly understand how a person could face the challenge of 3x3 for 26 years. I believe the story is real. I believe there are more identical stories to this one, but even many more stories where people have never solved their cube since they got it 26 years ago. I would not say the story is not news-worthy, but it seems pretty commonplace to me.
 
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For me, it was 2 days when I got the first layer, and some of the second layer too. If I hadn't been so short-tempered then, I would've solved the F2L without instructions by time. The LL is very tricky without any guide, now if he had solved for example F2L several times, I think he would've gotten LL skip at some time. It's strategic, not just random spins every once in a while.
 
Ton said:
AvGalen said:
Ton said:
...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.
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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 :eek:). 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.
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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..
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You are right Ton, very long sequences for cycles are also very hard, but on most puzzles you only need sequences for the last pieces (15%). If you move many pieces in one turn it becomes hard to solve the major part (85%) of the puzzle intuitively.

I would like to know what you consider very hard puzzles

(and please bring that 7x7x7 Erik, or even better, get your hands on a "terror"-minx
 
Arnaud, where is the file and your presence on MSN? :D
(off topic Anyway, it's no problem if you send it tomorrow or if it's indeed on the other broken stick. I think we both still know the main lines so I'd be able to reconstruct the file with your help)

On topic: I'll definatly bring some cubes now, including 7x7. I'll just try to let the item be the best and most correct as possible.
 
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Arnaud, where is the file and your presence on MSN? :D
(off topic Anyway, it's no problem if you send it tomorrow or if it's indeed on the other broken stick. I think we both still know the main lines so I'd be able to reconstruct the file with your help)

On topic: I'll definatly bring some cubes now, including 7x7. I'll just try to let the item be the best and most correct as possible.
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My internet doesn't work :p

Seriously, I am to busy to really go on MSN.
I tried to find the file (looked for plan, twente, enschede) but haven't found it yet. I will look on my other pc tomorrow
 
Rabid said:
Littlegupper said:
26 years sounds so unbelieveable but if it's true, a lot of respect to that guy.
He must have a good discipline and that sorts of things
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It could understand 26 years (or never) if a person occasionally spins randomly and gives up. I had a cube on a shelf in the office for several years and spun it now and then for several years. I was not dedicated to solving it. The article makes it sound like he worked at it for several hours each day. Intuitively he must’ve figure out the F2L within a few day or weeks. So it took 25 years to finish the LL? Impossible. Either the entire story or the amount of dedication in this article is false.
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The last layer is only algorithms, so it can take a few years to solve
 
that was probably the most rewarding feeling in his life when he finished it.

I can imagine how great it must of felt for him :)

(assuming this is real)...... but we all know the saying:
assume makes an "ass" out of "u" and "me"

how I love that saying :D
 
A bit more refined would be really helpful. Something that a speaker of that language (Dutch it think) would be able to do. I think is what Dene as getting at.
 
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