Solving the Rubik's Cube without Algorithms (Video)

[Cutecubercucumber]

Yeah, if you could record a solve or two I'm sure we could figure out whats going on and try and figure out what sort of processes you go through to solve it. That sounds really interesting to me.

I posted a video. But I'm sorry if the angle isn't like other solving videos!

 

[Nmile7300]

Wow the video was really interesting and cool! You are turning quite fast for a 3 minute solve, I bet if you get a good speed cube and learn a proper method, you could get it under 30 seconds. Amazing job for solving it on your own!

 

[Sub1Hour]

Legend says this is what inspired Cfinity

 

[Cutecubercucumber]

Wow the video was really interesting and cool! You are turning quite fast for a 3 minute solve, I bet if you get a good speed cube and learn a proper method, you could get it under 30 seconds. Amazing job for solving it on your own!

Thanks! I posted another video where it was solved in 1.18. I find that when I logically think of every move and go slower I'll get better results than trying to going really fast.

 

[AbsoRuud]

Your method looks a lot like Varasano's method, the way your hand moves, and the cube moves. Not saying it's the same method, it just looks similar. Also, I think in the end you're using commutators. It's impressive that you worked all of this out by yourself. Not many people have done that.

 

[kubesolver]

Looks like corners first, and then intuitive edges. Very nice to figure it out yourself!

The base of the edges is U2 M U2 M' executed as
U2' r' (R y) U2' y' R' r

combined with setup moves of different kind.

I will attempt to do a reconstruction.

Spoiler: the end of a solve from viewer perspective

//3c 3c + edge flip
L' y' U2' l' (L y) U2' y' L' l
y x'

L

y'

U2' l' (L y) U2' y' L' l z' y'

U2' l' (L y) U2' y' L' l z' x

//3e + edge flip
U' l' L U L' l
y
//5e + edge flip
d U l' L y U2' y' x' L' l z
//3e + 2 edge flips
L d U l' (L y) U2' y' L' l x d'

x y' y
//3e + edge flip
l L' U' y' l' L U L' l x y' x y' L l' z y' y'

//3e
U2' l' L y U2' y' x' L' R y' z'

//3e (uperm)
d U l' L U2' L' l

y' z' x' x' z z
//3e
r y' U2' l' L y' U2' y L' l x y' U l' L U2' L' l y z
//solved

finishing 3e sequence is roughly

 R U2 S' U2 S R E R2 E'

 

[SlothmanCubing]

That is honestly the most interesting way I've ever seen anyone solve a rubik's cube. It would be interesting if you could do something similar for a 4x4, but that would obviously take much longer.

 

[efattah]

This is very cool. I also did the same thing, solved the cube in 1982 when I was 7 with no algorithms. I posted the method somewhere else on this forum. Solve one side, then keep breaking off a corner and putting it back in a different way, hundreds of times, until the bottom corners magically solve. Then solve the edges intuitively with keyhole style. For the final M slice, keep breaking off an edge (keyhole) and put it back in a different way until the M slice is oriented, then permute M slice intuitively.

 

[GenTheSnail]

This is very cool. I also did the same thing, solved the cube in 1982 when I was 7 with no algorithms. I posted the method somewhere else on this forum. Solve one side, then keep breaking off a corner and putting it back in a different way, hundreds of times, until the bottom corners magically solve. Then solve the edges intuitively with keyhole style. For the final M slice, keep breaking off an edge (keyhole) and put it back in a different way until the M slice is oriented, then permute M slice intuitively.

That sounds a lot like Tony Fisher's method that he used to solve the cube, but he figured out a more systematic way to solve corners and orient edges.
I think it's really cool to see how even independently a lot of people came up with the same way to solve the cube.

 

[NevEr_QeyX]

Wow, I thought that either A. you were never going to post anything, 2. you were going to post a video of you doing beginners, or 3rd you were going actually do it.

GJ with the surprise!