What Percent of the World Can Solve A 7x7

[StachuK1992]

Yes, but some people buy multiple.

 

[rahulkadukar]

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

Right there I know 8 people who can solve 7x7x7 but dont have one.

 

[StachuK1992]

I'd say about 2-3x the number of 7x7's sold.
Sound fair?

 

[amostay2004]

Probably. But ultimately, there's no proper way of finding out anyway...heh.

 

[tfkscores]

yea to bad. does anybody know if my number was right on 13.3% of people can solve it cause that doesnt sound right. Theres only 1 kid i met that could do it but he did it in like 20 minutes and needed the list of algorithms and never memorized them so that doesnt really count.

 

[StachuK1992]

13.3% is wrong, unless there's a secret branch of cubing gnome-people that have been hiding out.

 

[miniGOINGS]

13.3% is wrong, unless there's a secret branch of cubing gnome-people that have been hiding out.

[cubinggnome]eh eh....say allo to my ITTLE FRIEND!!![/cubinggnome]

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?

Thats exactly what I was thinking...

 

[AvGalen]

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

Many people can afford one (and have done so) but not solve it.

But all of this is just nitpicking (fun though).
"Everyone" could learn how to solve a 3x3x3
"Maybe 1%" could solve it right now with "a little help from a piece of paper"
Percentages for "without help", "sub 20" or "7x7x7" would be much lower.

Keep in mind that 1% of all people is about 60 million people and that "only" 300 million cubes have been sold. Even if everyone that bought one could solve it that would only be 5%

 

[panyan]

is about 670 million people

they havent sold that many cubes have they?

 

[Shnishiguh]

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?

umm. that link is wrong.

100 - 87.7 = 13.3 ???
i think not

 

[miniGOINGS]

umm. that link is wrong.

100 - 87.7 = 13.3 ???
i think not

Haha, didn't notice that till now .

 

[Zaxef]

Another stupid thread by tfkscores...
Define "on your own"?
You solved the 7x7 knowing no algs?
Or you already knew all the algs needed from 3x3-6x6 etc.. and solved it? >_>

Edit/ps: Another thing to note is that a lot of people that can solve a 7x7 haven't done it in a competition because
A) They're like me and they've never been to a competition .. or
B) The competitions they go to don't offer 7x7 (which my first competition won't.. but I've been able to solve the 7x7 since January)

 

[krnballerzzz]

People who have purchased a 7x7 / World population = Around that percent?

 

[Paul Wagner]

This is a stupid thread because you're not getting the answer.

 

[Kian]

This is a stupid thread because you're not getting the answer.

Precisely. The answer is unknowable, and, it seems, even difficult to estimate. But I must assume the percentage is well under 1%.

 

[Edmund]

The percentage I'm almost positive is under 1%. And what's the point of knowing this?

 

[RampageCuber]

Well, technically, 100% of the world CAN solve the cube, but it would take most of them a very long time.

 

[qqwref]

Well, technically, 100% of the world CAN solve the cube, but it would take most of them a very long time.

Well, *almost* everyone could figure it out eventually, but I don't think it really counts as being able to solve it if you have to figure everything out during the solve. Most people can solve the cube eventually, but the number of people who can solve it on command is a lot smaller.

 

[The Second Cuber]

Actually 13.3 % is not totally absurd; nearly every one in a first world country has come into contact with a rubik's 3x3 at some point. 13.3% means that about a third try to solve it...so thats not to outlandish.
well I don't think anyway...(no actually literally, I don't)

 

[Thieflordz5]

LOL, there's one guy who says that there's a 1/43quintillion chance of solving... of course, he forgot to have the numerator as 6!/4! (I think, not the best with "!")