What Percent of the World Can Solve A 7x7

[miniGOINGS]

Haha, wow, I just found some guy say that he solved 5 of the colours of the Rubik's Cube but couldn't get the last one. XD

 

[royzabeast]

I'm going to guesstimate about 1%. Somebody should do a survey.

 

[miniGOINGS]

I'm going to guesstimate about 1%. Somebody should do a survey.

That's the thing though, it would be incredible hard to do an accurate survey.

 

[tanya33]

those v cubes are expensive but I might get one... eventually... it just doesn't seem like it would be that much better than a 5x5

 

[Tim Reynolds]

I would guess much less than 1%. Maybe on the order of 500,000 people can solve the cube.

Hey, I know, let's do a survey on speedsolving.com! That would be a representative sample of the world...

 

[Paul Wagner]

At a competition, 40% (I'm guessing)
know how to solve it. Also think about it... not even 5'000 people on
this forum 100% of them can solve a rubik's cube I hope/think

 

[rahulkadukar]

With reference to WCA database it is 1 in a million for 3x3x3.

For a 7x7x7 it is close to 1 in 10 million.

 

[edd5190]

Was this really worth making a thread for? I can imagine asking it by posting in a related thread, but not making a thread for it. The answer to your question is .000000001%

Also, this is in the wrong sub-forum.

 

[Ethan Rosen]

To the OP:
Do you mean how many have solved a 7x7 or how many people could solve a 7x7 if they put effort into it. Anyone who has solved a 4x4 could solve a 7x7 with just a little work, but I'd be willing to bet that very few of the people who have solved a 4x4 have ever solved a 7x7.

 

[tfkscores]

yea my question was just what percent of people could do a 7x7 cause i just did it and felt very proud lol. but yea finding someone who can solve the cube is very hard but the thing is its so easy just people dont have the patience for it. like me it took me what 4 hours to do the 7x7 without any help over the course of a few days which i know sucks but my only other experince to big cubes is a 4x4

 

[Tim Reynolds]

The answer to your question is .000000001%

That's less than a person =P

 

[Ethan Rosen]

yea my question was just what percent of people could do a 7x7 cause i just did it and felt very proud lol. but yea finding someone who can solve the cube is very hard but the thing is its so easy just people dont have the patience for it. like me it took me what 4 hours to do the 7x7 without any help over the course of a few days which i know sucks but my only other experince to big cubes is a 4x4

That didn't answer my question though.

 

[imaghost]

To the OP:
Do you mean how many have solved a 7x7 or how many people could solve a 7x7 if they put effort into it. Anyone who has solved a 4x4 could solve a 7x7 with just a little work, but I'd be willing to bet that very few of the people who have solved a 4x4 have ever solved a 7x7.

The corners of the inner 3x3 in the 5x5 can be difficult if you are not very good at cubing, or figuring stuff out. I had no problem, as I solved a 4x4 and used my own method, pairing and layer by layer(not including the parity errors) and I am good at problem solving. I have an algorithm that can solve any of those inner corner pieces of any cube, higher than 3x3 of course, and an algorithm that can solve a center piece of any cube without messing up anything else. (I think it is used for BLD)

First time solving 7x7 it took me maybe 20-30 minutes to get the algorithm for the centers I use.

 

[Feanaro]

According to the number of people who have solved a 7x7 in competition, over the worlds population as of 2 minutes ago, the percent of people that can solve a 7x7 is 2.0941347283168713823574341149199e-6%

 

[imaghost]

According to the number of people who have solved a 7x7 in competition, over the worlds population as of 2 minutes ago, the percent of people that can solve a 7x7 is 2.0941347283168713823574341149199e-6%

(5 0's(e-6 is 6 decimal places, for 2.094...) plus 2 for the percent) .0000000209 * 6,769,683,185(world population)

145 people have solved a 7x7 in a competition.

 

[PatrickJameson]

correct me if I am wrong here, but I think more than 15 people have solved a 7x7 in a competition.

http://www.worldcubeassociation.org...gionId=&years=&show=All+Persons&single=Single

Quite a lot more than 15.

 

[imaghost]

oh ok I see my mistake, it is supposed to be .0000000209, and it is supposed to be 5 0's, not 6 because there is a decimal already in 2.0941347283168713823574341149199e-6%
stoopid mistakes

so there are 145 people that can solve the 7x7 in this world officially(that have gone to tournaments)

 

[Asheboy]

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_percent_of_people_can_solve_a_Rubik's_Cube
You're saying that if i get 15 people in a room, on average 2 of them will be able to solve a Rubik's Cube?

So what you do, is you lock your self and 15 others in a room, bring a shot gun and 15 cubes. Then you give one to everyone and say they can't leave unless they solve it, or you will shoot them. Saw VI?

I'm sure there is a lot more than in competition since most people are not that fast (like me!). So the answer would be rather hard to find the answer to. Maybe a poll would be more effective?

 

[StachuK1992]

Can anyone talk to Mr. Verdes?
It would be around the number sold, give or take.

 

[amostay2004]

Can anyone talk to Mr. Verdes?
It would be around the number sold, give or take.

I'd say it's a lot more than that. Many people can solve a 7x7 but not afford one