Now Bacon369 is a rubix cube guru and is teaching me the tricks and I can get pretty far... But I get stumped at one point in the cube.

Now I really wanna know, who here actually sat down and finished the cube without cheating.

I know its a simple math puzzle, but its one of those things where every step you get done or learn, you feel accomplished when you can complete it. I can get 3 steps done. But I can't figure out the next step. It just seems to get harder and harder.

But yeah, who here is also a rubix cubeophile?

As for actually doing a Rubix cube, i found it quicker to peel the stickers off and replace them.

I have broken many a Cube in frustration.

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Anakha painfully thought these words up:

I have broken many a Cube in frustration.

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I am with you there, and when Bacon started showing me how to do it, I don't smash it untill I get to my stuck point. Other than that, Its not as frustrating as it was when I first touched when when I was a wee one...

Anyone remember those contests where people solve these things in under a minute?

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Kennatsu attempted to be funny by writing:
Anyone remember those contests where people solve these things in under a minute?

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I remember seeing the one guy do one in 1 1/2 minutes one handed... even the one who did one in each hand...

I don't want to be that geeky, but after watching the contests, I started picking it back up with uber frustration.

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Karnaj thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
Try solving a Rubik's Hypercube.

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for love of God no...

I took a look at the program and tried it out before, I have still to "Complete" a regular one without help.

Hypercube is just tooooooo much.

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Karnaj probably says this to all the girls:
Try solving a Rubik's Hypercube.

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What is a Hypercube? I remember solving a regular cube once, but usually I can only get four of the six sides done before giving up.

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Azrael Heavenblade still thinks SARS jokes are topical, as evidenced by:
What is a Hypercube? I remember solving a regular cube once, but usually I can only get four of the six sides done before giving up.

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A hypercube is a cube raised to a 4th physical dimension, just like a cube is a square raised to a 3rd physical dimension. After you spend 20 minutes trying to wrap your mind around that, you'll see that it's almost impossible to visualize. Anyway, there are simulations of a Rubik's hypercube floating around the net.

Rubik's Hypercube High Scores
Easy Version
Name Number of moves Time Taken Percent Complete
Nate Berglund 447 1:12:39 100%
Hard Version
Name Number of moves Time Taken Percent Complete

took him an hour to do it...

but the hard version wasn't completed yet....