I remember back in 1981 my dad picked up the one I was playing with and solved it in about 20 minutes - didn't see what the fuss was about....

Screwdriver. Problem solved.

I have never solved it. And I'm at peace with that.

Yeah, and anyone could solve it in a few minutes by using Google to search for "Rubik's Cube Solver".

Link (new window)

Well, good for him though for not even bothering to buy a book or enter a few words into a search engine or something. Why learn something useful when randomly twisting a cube for a mere 26 years will get you to the goal?

/bah

Fine. Let's see him do it again.

Just a bit faster this time.

What if he was color blind and only thought he got it after more than two decades?

Wow, in 26 years he could have gotten the high score on Donkey Kong.

Oh dear lord is he stoopid...

I wonder what his fark handle is?

FTA: When he bought the toy in 1983, Yuri Andropov was leader of the Soviet Union, breakfast TV was a novelty and music CDs were in the shops for the first time.

WTF is breakfast TV?

beantowndog: WTF is breakfast TV?

TV in the mornings. Some Britishisms are complicated, but this one is pretty much self-explanatory.

LordOfThePings: beantowndog: WTF is breakfast TV?

TV in the mornings. Some Britishisms are complicated, but this one is pretty much self-explanatory.

Isn't that just TV?

beantowndog: Isn't that just TV?

You've heard of Good Morning America or the Today show? Like that.

Holy crap. I got in the local newspaper when I was like 15 back in the day because I could solve one in under 2 minutes.

hamiltonjdavid: Yeah, and anyone could solve it in a few minutes by using Google to search for "Rubik's Cube Solver".

In 26 years, even without google, he should have been able to discover the various patterns of moves to swap faces with each other. I mean, I don't know how you can play with something for years and not figure it out.

So what was on? Just dead air?

LordOfThePings: You've heard of Good Morning America or the Today show? Like that.

Huh?

LordOfThePings: You've heard of Good Morning America or the Today show? Like that.

Hardly a novelty.

Yes, but think of all the magical powers he finally has access to!

/much hotter than the guy in the article

Well, that was fun. Now what shall I do for the next quarter century?

beantowndog: Hardly a novelty.

What did you think it was going to be? Edible televisions?

Nakito: Well, that was fun. Now what shall I do for the next quarter century?



You had to ask.

/Rubik's Snake FTW!

Stupid? STUPID!? Subby is heartless. This deserved a sappy tag.

One can only hope he wasn't spending the time procreating.

/DRTFA

LordOfThePings: What did you think it was going to be? Edible televisions?



Approves.

I can solve a damned Rubik's cube in a few measly seconds!

...by handing it off to a 9-year-old Asian kid.

This at the bottom of the page was more interesting.

Squirrel-flavoured crisps go on sale in UK

LordOfThePings: beantowndog: Hardly a novelty.

What did you think it was going to be? Edible televisions?

I lol'd

/really, it was that difficult to understand
//guess i need to change up to the hard stuff

He is not, how shall i put this, smart, is he.

my best time is 56 seconds, but i farked up my left hand rock climbing last year so I'm guessing it'd be more like 5 minutes now.

Whatever, I can solve one in the 26 minutes between now and the gym...

ramblin: This at the bottom of the page was more interesting.

Squirrel-flavoured crisps go on sale in UK

HAHAHHA

A friend of mine is one of those freaks of nature that can solve it in under 20 seconds (video).

/he can do it blindfolded, too, but it takes him a bit longer.

He finally figured out the Continuum Transfunctioner!?


Approves.

I can't solve the damned thing, but I never tried all that hard. I also can't play chess. I mean I can, and I'm pretty good for the first half of the game, but I can never see to the end to get to checkmate. Sucks.

LordOfThePings: What did you think it was going to be? Edible televisions?

That would be a novelty.

If he never read up on the sequences already developed, and figured out everything on his own, that is really impressive!

Somacandra: Nakito: Well, that was fun. Now what shall I do for the next quarter century?



You had to ask.

/Rubik's Snake FTW!

I loved my rubics snake!

though, it wasn't that hard..

in fact.. doesn't seem like there was anything to really solve.. more of a pattern/assembly thingy..

rubics cube for the feeble minded?

I'll just sit in the corner and weep then...

/this is a ball.. would you like to play with the ball?

// of course.. theres always this thing...

In all seriousness, some people's minds are wired differently than others. Think autisic people. They are socially worthless yet they can calculate to the .000000000000000000th decimal in blazing speed.

Doing a Rubik's cube relatively fast is about as useful as being able to quickly tell someone what day of the week they were born on after learning their DOB.

Winning in Vegas, now that's something.

ladyway905: I can't solve the damned thing, but I never tried all that hard. I also can't play chess. I mean I can, and I'm pretty good for the first half of the game, but I can never see to the end to get to checkmate. Sucks.

I recommend learning some of the basic mates (Queen/King, King/Rook, King/Bishop/Knight, etc.) and then go from there. The recent Chessmaster games have some pretty decent tutorials on it and they aren't too expensive. Especially if you get an older version like Chessmaster 10 or CM9000.

Bgnome: Somacandra: Nakito: Well, that was fun. Now what shall I do for the next quarter century?



You had to ask.

/Rubik's Snake FTW!

I loved my rubics snake!

though, it wasn't that hard..

in fact.. doesn't seem like there was anything to really solve.. more of a pattern/assembly thingy..

rubics cube for the feeble minded?

I'll just sit in the corner and weep then...

/this is a ball.. would you like to play with the ball?

// of course.. theres always this thing...

How about this beast?



/Hotter than yo' momma.

FTFA:

A spokesman for the governing body for competitions involving the puzzle, the World Cube Association, said it was 'definitely the longest it has taken' to finish the cube.


Well, that's one record that is easily beat. I'll just say I'm still trying to do mine - after 30 years. There, beat that, suckers!

The British have recently discovered that it is possible to broadcast television programming during the first half of the day.

i figured out the cube when i was 4 years old, i havent had any interest in trying it since.

hamiltonjdavid: Yeah, and anyone could solve it in a few minutes by using Google to search for "Rubik's Cube Solver".

Well, good for him ... Why learn something useful when randomly twisting a cube for a mere 26 years will get you to the goal?



Um... for the satisfaction of figuring out the puzzle instead of looking up the solution?

The point of a puzzle is not to look up the solution. The point of a puzzle is to solve it.

Back pain?

You're doing it wrong, my easily entertained and overly-determined man.

I had this one:


Anyone else?

I'm thinking that's not the real reason he has wrist problems.

Somacandra: images.askmen.com

I loved that show

/hey I was a kid, what did I know of standards?