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Yet Another New Rubik’s Cube Record Set

by Noemi Twigg
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Solving the Rubik's Cube

Every time I read or hear about someone (or something) setting a new record with the Rubik’s Cube, I think to myself: “How many times can the record be beaten?” After all, there ought to be a minimum time that is humanly (or mechanically) possible to solve this puzzle! Earlier this year, a 15-year-old kid set a new record by solving a 3x3x3 cube in merely 6.24 seconds. As I said before, that time is so short that the average person might not even have the time to take in what he has to do to solve the puzzle. It’s not all about humans wanting to set a Rubik’s Cube Read more »

Portal 2 Rubik’s Companion Cube

by Noemi Twigg
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Portal 2 Rubik's Cube

I am not a gamer (although I will play most silly casual games you can find), but I do think that putting together one of the hottest games this year together with the classic puzzle, Rubik’s Cube, is brilliant. Enter Chris Myles with his customized Rubik’s Cube, which is inspired by Portal 2. For non-gamers like me, Portal 2 is a puzzle game which utilizes the first person perspective. If I understand it correctly, the objective of the game is to solve the series of puzzles that your character will face throughout the game. You have to navigate the various rooms, and you have to use the portal guns to Read more »

New World Record Set for Rubik’s Cube

by Noemi Twigg
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New World Record Set for Rubik’s Cube

Aspiring Rubik’s Cube world record holders, you just might have to work on your skills a little more. Before the end of last week, the Rubik’s Cube world was all abuzz with news about the Kubaroo Open 2011 and the results of that event was dominated by one name: Feliks Zemdegs. This kid, who is only 15 years old, managed to wow everyone watching with his Rubik’s Cube skills, especially when he solved a 3x3x3 cube in merely 6.24 seconds. That’s less time it would take some people to name all the colors in the cube without looking! Watch how he did it. Oh, and contrary to a brilliant comment Read more »

This Rubik’s Cube Can Save Your Life

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This Rubik’s Cube Can Save Your Life

How prepared are you for the Zombiecalypse? If you have made it your life goal (or at least one of your life goals) to make sure that you will not be caught unawares in case zombies take over the world, I have something that you can add to your arsenal: the Rubik’s Cube ala Brain. Artist Jason Freeny has created a Rubik’s Cube that may very well save your life in case a zombie goes after you. This cube functions just like any Rubik’s Cube – it was made from one – but it looks just as if it were made from brain matter. Never mind that the color of Read more »

Rubik’s Cube for Dummies: How to Solve Rubik’s Cube in 20 Moves

by Noemi Twigg
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Rubik’s Cube for Dummies: How to Solve Rubik’s Cube in 20 Moves

Who among you have problems solving Rubik’s Cube? Remember my post last year about some guys who determined God’s Number – 20? Well, saying that the minimum number of moves to solve the puzzle is 20 is one thing. Actually solving the puzzle in 20 moves is another thing. If you cannot figure out those 20 moves on your own, do not fret. Someone else has done the hard task for you and created an infographic that will show you – step by step – how to solve Rubik’s Cube in 20 moves. No more, no less. Just to make things more fun, they threw in a handful of other Read more »

When Rubik’s Cube Waxes Poetic

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When Rubik’s Cube Waxes Poetic

What comes to mind when someone says “Rubik’s Cube”? People of my generation will almost always think of that classic image of the a cube with six faces and just as many colors – white, red, blue, orange, green, and yellow. Embarrassing as it is, I cannot claim that I have solved the puzzle more than five times (MAX); and even then, each time took me an excruciatingly long time. Today, I just take a look at the variations of the cube and enjoy them for aesthetic purposes. Read more »

20: God's Number

by Noemi Twigg
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20: God's Number

How many moves does it take you to solve a Rubik’s Cube?  Whatever your answer is, I am sure it is better than mine – which is none.  As in no number of moves.  I just give up before I am even halfway there. Rubik’s Cube enthusiasts will know, however, that there is such a thing as God’s Algorithm.  The whole idea is to discuss the ways one can solve the Rubik’s Cube, and to come up with the minimum number of moves needed.  The use of God is an allusion to the notion that the Supreme Deity will have the information necessary to come up with least number of Read more »

CubeStormer: robot solves Rubik's Cube in record time

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Though plenty of new puzzles have come from the house of Rubik since the Cube, there’s no denying it still holds a special place in the heart of geeks and enthusiasts. For that reason, and for the joy of combining the Rubik’s Cube with robotics, we present CubeStormer from RoboticSolutions. The claim is that this Lego Mindstorms RCX Speedcubing Robot can solve any 33 in under twelve seconds. The video shows this: I’m happy to take their word on the machine being handed random cubes. Just brilliant. Kinda makes your human attempts at solving the cube rather futile, eh? Never mind. You can always dress up as a Rubik’s Cube Read more »

Hankering For A Taste Of Rubik’s Cube

by Noemi Twigg
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Hankering For A Taste Of Rubik’s Cube

I am talking about literally tasting! No, I have not gone bonkers – why would anyone get a hankering for Rubik’s cube as a meal or a snack? Then again, you probably have not seen these wonderful concoctions yet. Now does that look familiar? How about this other one? These are cakes that were made by some really creative AND geeky minds. Now who’s to say that creative and geeky do not go together? The first cake was baked by Sarenea for someone’s piano recital. Her post says that the special guy is called Corvat (now that’s a nice name!) and I bet he got a thrill out of his Read more »