Comments on: 11 Variations on the Rubik’s Cube

By: John

John — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:38:09 +0000

@Miss Cellania – I felt old too when I read Amy’s comment LOL.. I got my first Rubik’s cube in 6th grade – Xmas 1980 I believe. Got the solution book along with it and memorized it the first night I had it. almost 30 years later I still remember it and can usually solve it in 60-90 seconds.

By: Mama Ilana

Mama Ilana — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:49:53 +0000

I found the Alexander’s Star to be much easier than the Rubik’s Cube itself.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:11:56 +0000

Re: #2 “…cubes that must have all squares lined up in a certain orientation are more difficult, as they have a thousand times more possible configurations.” I believe any solved 3×3 cube, at least, would not have more than one possible configuration as far as orientation of the individual squares.

I have to agree on one thing though, Miss Cellania – Amy and her dad make me feel old too.

By: Mae

Mae — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:48:38 +0000

I have a Square One which is not pictured here, but absolutely boggles my mind on almost a daily basis.

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:57:31 +0000

I was in Budapest right before the Rubik’s world championship this year. Two guys staying in the same hostel as us were there to compete. We watched them practising, and they could solve a normal (3×3) in under fourteen seconds. We also watched them solve it blindfolded. It was fascinating.

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:31:03 +0000

I also have a Rubicks Globe puzzle and have never solved it -I’ve come pretty close and really don’t know how I did it. I also have the flat Rubicks rings puzzle which is pretty easy to solve when you know the pattern.

A couple years ago I was given a Simpsons Rubics Cube – its Hommers head and has 8 wedges – still haven’t solved it. Homer now looks like some bad science project. I also have a flat Simpons puzzle which solves exactly like the rings puzzle.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:30:22 +0000

Tom, that makes no sense. If you got five sides, the 6th would, by default, also be done becuse there is nowhere else for those squares to be…

By: TomH

TomH — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:02:55 +0000

Great article! We had the hardest time with Rubik’s when it was new… after a night of drinking, my brother solved it in 2 minutes. I gotta razz him about that! (I’ve only gotten 5 sides, but not the 6th.)

I’ve totally forgotten about Alexander’s Star – I had one, I wonder if mom still has it in her “archives”. (ok, ok, I’ve only solved 3 Rubik sides – at least you were paying attention…)

By: Renee Walker

Renee Walker — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:55:16 +0000

Haha! I took my Rubik’s cube apart and put it back together too! I DID actually SOLVE it the traditional way a few times and even had a tiny pair of (working) Rubik’s cube earrings! Still, I’d rather solve a good level of Tomb Raider any day…

By: caitlen315

caitlen315 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:22:05 +0000

I work in IT and received one of those Sudoku cubes as a Christmas gift from HP. I scrambled it all up and then tried for about 30 seconds to bring it back to some semblance of order. It has been sitting in my desk drawer ever since.

The only way I could ever solve a Rubik’s cube when I was younger was by peeling the stickers off and reattaching them appropriately. One day I would like to learn the actual technique.