How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat - Gizmodo Comments

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

AdmNaismith — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:09:09 EDT

Carefully pry up and middle square. With enough careful force it will pop out and from there you can remove all of the blocks and replace then inthe correct order.
Probably take more than a minute, but it does the job.

AdmNaismith

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

MisterCow.Pnoy — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:35:04 EDT

*cries* you dissapoint me Giz...why must people think that the only way to solve is to destroy it?

you know what? just to show you how cool cubes can be, lemme show you one of my favorite ones. It's a one of a kind, so dont think you can go to the store and get one:
[i157.photobucket.com]

GOKOR:i know it's already been said, but under a minute is definatly not in the top 50. my WCA record is 40+, and i'm barley under 1000.

MisterCow.Pnoy

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

Brau — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:03:25 EDT

2 years it took for me to solve mine ... I displayed it on my shelf for 2 weeks ... then it met the hammer! My friend Krazy glued his nephew's cube, just to be mean.

Brau

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

vin301 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:46:29 EDT

Agreed. It's very simple to solve the cube. All it takes it 4 stages with 2 different algorithms per stage. It's just memorization and practice. Took me 3 weeks of practice from watching videos on youtube. Now it only takes me about 2 min to solve.

vin301

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

Captain Angry — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:25:45 EDT

@djdare: Umm, if you put the right colored stickers on each side, making solid sides, it doesn't mess anything up.

Captain Angry

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

Voohoo — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:12:24 EDT

I can solve one in less than twenty seconds, consistently. I've been cubing for about a year.

Voohoo

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

dnzperson — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:15:38 EDT

@TommySez: Haha, you obviously don't know how to solve them.

You can re-arrange every cube, except the the center cubes, then put it back together and it'll be solved just as easily as if you muddled it up by hand.

BTW, I was pretty amazed at school when someone was able to do it in under five minutes, but after checking youtube, there's really nothing to it.

We taught the whole class to do them and some people got down to under a minute.

Move onto the 4x4 and 5x5 if you want a challenge ;-)

dnzperson

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

ohjohnsmall — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:17:40 EDT

Spray paint the sucker black. Done once and for all.

ohjohnsmall

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

SneakerFiend — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:08:44 EDT

Why dont you just take it apart and re build it with the pieces in order???
Thats what we all do.
well thats what i do. I'd rather waste $15 and check my building skills than spend $15 just to check my demolition skills.
Unless its something fun like tossing it a cars or trucks or something of the sort.

SneakerFiend

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

enad — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:46:55 EDT

Mine is more efficient. I skip steps 1-4 and go directly to step 5. That saves me 4 seconds.

enad

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

Iamnivek — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:30:34 EDT

taking it apart is much better than taking the stickers off. You can only take the stickers off and redo them a couple of times, but you can take the thing apart and put it back together tons of times. And the benefit, each time you take it apart and put it back to gether, it gets looser and easier to turn

Iamnivek

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

elislider — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:45:39 EDT

this deserves its own Gizmodo page:
[granades.com]

elislider

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

vertigo — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:41:40 EDT

I'm not sure if I can peal and restick all the stickers in under 6 seconds.

vertigo

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

Fierock — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:31:55 EDT

strange. I've been doing a lot of cubing this week, and just this morning came across a youtube video of a guy "smashing" the world record for rubik's cube.

Fierock

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

bgbs — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:42:02 EDT

thats not solving, thats braking

bgbs

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

ripfire — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:04:16 EDT

@immumo: Ahh Right! My mind must've been running backwards ahead of time. :)

ripfire

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

immumo — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:58:31 EDT

@ripfire4: I think u mean scrambling the rubik's cube, not descrambling...

Anyway, good show!

immumo

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nintendude — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:39:48 EDT

Oh yeah? I beat that record for 5 sec. last year!

nintendude

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

apt94jesse — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:28:06 EDT

@GOKOR: Gommie's right, under a minute is nothing special in rubiks' land. Sure, its impressive for someone who hasn't seen it before, but the reality is that anyone can solve a cube in a minute if they take the time to learn.

My average is around 52 seconds and I wouldn't be allowed to step foot in a cube competition until I got under 30. The records are south of 10 seconds.

A minute is really only noteworthy if he had a blindfold on.

[www.chrisandkori.us]

apt94jesse

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ripfire — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:26:05 EDT

I can show a video of myself solving a rubiks in 6 seconds. In fact, anybody can do it.

Step 1: Take a solved Rubiks and a webcam.
Step 2: Record yourself in 6 seconds descrambling the Rubiks.
Step 3: Take a video editor and reverse the video.
Step 4: Post it on YouTube.

Voila!

ripfire

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masteroffm — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:25:57 EDT

the wife can solve one in about 2 minutes, it was kind of a turn on when we first started dating.

masteroffm

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

wayno007 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:21:17 EDT

Back in '82 my personal best was 2 min 15 sec. Now, I'd need the hammer.

wayno007

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

Gommie — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:17:17 EDT

@GOKER@GOKOR: I'm sure your manager claims to be within the top 50, but the pros do it in about 12 seconds, have a look at [lar5.com] to see how fast most of the cube can be completed.

Gommie

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

ComicDork — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:58:24 EDT

Back when it first came out I could take one apart and put it back together in about a minute & 1/2. That's the James T. Kirk solution (my little brother just switched the stickers)

ComicDork

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

minjae0810 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:49:22 EDT

yea.. "solve"

minjae0810

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

J-Fu — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:44:45 EDT

I like this way. I can solve one, but it takes about 5 minutes. Maybe Art.Lebedev should make one with OLEDS...the Optimus Cube!

J-Fu

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

ideaman2020 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:35:18 EDT

@djdare: That's how my cousin solved it.

Kobayashi Maru points for creative problem solving...

ideaman2020

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Joseph — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:15:48 EDT

@Tayng: You tryin' to holla!?

Joseph

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GOKOR — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:46:31 EDT

My old manager could complete a Rubik's Cube in under a minute legit. Before I saw him do it, I didn't even think such a feat was possible, but then he's ranked in something like the top 50 (maybe better) in the world and has been doing it since the toy came out.

GOKOR

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

Tayng — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:44:56 EDT

@huggy:

How is she btw?

Tayng

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

Geisrud — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:22:31 EDT

There's no way I can get to my garage to get a hammer in under one second.

Geisrud

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

apt94jesse — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:09:04 EDT

If anyone cares...

you don't have to be a genius to solve the cube, you just have to be a dork and have a lot of free time to practice.

Find a system, start slow, and in 3-6 months you'll be solving it in under 3 minutes.

I've taught 10 year olds so it can't be that tough.

apt94jesse

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vote Obama — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:59:49 EDT

@TommySez: there are people in asylums because of you.

vote Obama

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

TommySez — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:48:53 EDT

The fun thing is to take it apart, turn a corner piece, put it back together, then scramble it up. Can never be solved.

TommySez

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

SEARCH ENGINES — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:23:18 EDT

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SEARCH ENGINES

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

yogibimbi — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:06:41 EDT

@strider_mt2k: yep, that was how I solved my first one;-) Takes longer than 6 seconds, though. Actually it takes also longer than to solve it algorithmically. My personal record was something in the upwards vicinity of 1 minute. Long ago;-) Currently I can count myself lucky if I manage to solve it at all.

yogibimbi

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Fuzi Lojak — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:52:12 EDT

I'm holding out for the $2K Optimus Maximus Rubik Cube with customizable OLED squares. Solved in one-second flat. :)

Fuzi Lojak

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

strider_mt2k — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:47:17 EDT

Just the flat head screwdriver and a twist of the wrist pops it apart in a re-assemble-able way, sheesh.

Babies.

strider_mt2k

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

Jakus — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:42:14 EDT

So thats why there was a hammer in the packedging with my rubiks cube!

Jakus

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

huggy — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:41:15 EDT

my sister made a robot that could solve the cube some time ago...

check

huggy

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

B1663R — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:40:55 EDT

I know that there is an official website by that Asian guy who was on beauty and the geek a couple of seasons ago. i know that there is a 7 part video or something out there...

B1663R

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

djdare — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:35:00 EDT

You can always just peel the stickers off... I did that to my father's when I was about 4, he was pissed because obviously it throws everything off...

djdare

How to Solve the Rubik Cube in Six-Seconds Flat

Mandatory_Field — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:27:16 EDT

That's how I always "solve" mine....

Mandatory_Field