The Puzzling Puzzle
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Now I also have a new opinion on cubes and speedcubes. Before i cliamed that the Dayan Zhanchi was my mian cube but i have recently i got a new cube, the Moyu Wielong and this is know my favorite cube. IT not only turns good but corner cutting and speed are amazing. This cube never has poped and rarely locksup because of the ainty poping mechanism. The Dayan is still u incredible cube but do to frequent poping my new choice is the Wielong.
I was wonering if any of you fellow cubers would like to start a Speedcube tournament somewhere in Northern California. I was looking for one but it seems that the only big Rubiks cube contest is on the East Coast. So I was wondering if you live in the Northern California, and are interested please leave a vote in the comment box if you would like to get in touch.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Now this post will be on the 2x2. Now you may be asking why
I did this last is because this is not the most popular cube. Why? Because the 2x2 is
so small and unimportant in most people’s opinions. This cube is a bundle of
all of the previous cubes I talked about because you solve it like a 3x3 but
there are parities like a 4x4. None of the sides has a middle peace. Because of
this you have to imagine that there are middles like there is an extra piece. There
are 3,674,160 permutations or combinations that can be performed on this pocket
cube, the other name since it easily fits in your pocket. In contrast the 3x3
has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 permutations. To put this in perspective if you
had as many Rubik’s cubes as there are permutations you would be able to cover
the earth’s surface 275 times. But now back to the pocket cube. This cube was
also invented by Erno Rubik the original inventor of the 3x3. Now we will get
to the records. The current world record is .65 seconds with only four
turns!!!! In my opinion it is the easiest to solve. With no experience on the
2x2 I solved it in under 2 minutes. The parities are the worst things in the
world. They are frustrating and can prevent you from getting your best time.
Many people say that the 2x2 is the easiest but I think that it all depends on
the cube you first learned with.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Now I need to explain parities. Parities only occur on even
number sided cubes. For instance this can occur on a 4x4 a 6x6 and an 8x8.
Parities occur because there are no centers connected to the middle. Yes,
that's right the pieces are all floating over the center. Parities are the
mistakes that occur because of this. There are two types of parities. A middle
edge parities, and outside edge parities. The middle edge is the two pieces
before the outside. The edges are the very outside of the cube. Parities can
get very annoying especially is you are going on your best time and then you
find a parity. How frustrating!!!!!!! IT is a very good learning experience for
people who think that they can solve everything since they can solve a 2x2 and
a 3x3. People understand to little these days. 4x4 is the worst most confusing
for a beginner so listen. Please do the 2x2 than the 3x3 and then try the 4x4.
As for competitions on the 4x4 they are hard to find. I say don’t worry about
the 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 7x7, 8x8, 9x9, and definitely the 11x11. 11x11’s are just
there for looks. Anyways now I will explain the 4x4 cube in it’s whole. 49.11 seconds is the current world record. This
is a lot slower than the 3x3 but it this is a 4x4.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
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The Cube
By: King Cuber
Cubes at their best
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