Rubik's Cube

Jason · **Posted:** December 5th, 2009, 6:03 pm

I have had my Rubik's Cube for about a year now and have taken a bigger interest in it the past few weeks. So I just thoughti would post a topic about it. Feel free to discuss anything you like about it: your best times, strategies etc.

My times range from around 1:30 to 2 minutes flat. I currently am stuck in that time area and dont really know how to get faster, besides lubing my cube which I dont care enough to do.

Adbot · **Posted:** December 5th, 2009, 6:03 pm

rs josec78 · **Posted:** December 5th, 2009, 7:03 pm

I can't even get 1 side right.

ChrisT · **Posted:** December 5th, 2009, 10:35 pm

lol i usually get 2-3 sides right but completely wrong on the other 3.

Iron Maiden · **Posted:** December 6th, 2009, 9:43 am

I completed one once. It took me the death of hope to finish it, but hey, I still did it :mrgreen:

UnpossessedBrawl · **Posted:** December 6th, 2009, 3:45 pm

Ah I love my Rubik's cube! I was the "Cube Kid" freshman year in my highschool. My top time was 53 seconds, and now I average around 1:25 seconds because I haven't done it in forever

hummerwar921 · **Posted:** December 6th, 2009, 4:10 pm

I can solve 3x3 and 5x5 in less than 20 minutes, usually.

Adbot · **Posted:** December 6th, 2009, 4:10 pm

Marking22 · **Posted:** December 6th, 2009, 5:48 pm

i followed a guide once and did it in like 2 hours
but then got bored and never tried again

UnpossessedBrawl · **Posted:** December 6th, 2009, 9:11 pm

hummerwar921 wrote:

I can solve 3x3 and 5x5 in less than 20 minutes, usually.

Not a 4x4x4? I just remembered I can do that as well, but mine broke and I haven't tried since

Al3X · **Posted:** December 8th, 2009, 12:10 pm

My best time is about 1:20. Average probably 5 minutes including when I was learning. It's quite fun at times, but can get boring very easy.

I made a bit of money last year betting people I could finish it.

dafin0 · **Posted:** December 8th, 2009, 3:24 pm

Lol. I've had my 3x3 rubik's cube for about six months and still, i haven't figured out how to get it completed.

Cheers, dafin0 :lol:

Aquw VettelS 776 · **Posted:** December 8th, 2009, 3:43 pm

I'm rubbish at them, or at least I assume I am- I never seem to have enough patience to stick at it for more than 2 minutes.

Jason · **Posted:** December 8th, 2009, 4:14 pm

Al3X wrote:

My best time is about 1:20. Average probably 5 minutes including when I was learning. It's quite fun at times, but can get boring very easy.

I made a bit of money last year betting people I could finish it.

Yea I do it all the time but I really dont get any fun out of it. It gives me something to do mindelsssly instead of working.

crwire · **Posted:** December 13th, 2009, 4:30 am

Cool found the topic LOL. Nice to see someone other than me likes to mindlessly play with a cube

My fastest actual recorded time is 43 seconds but its been a while

Just some tips:
- Get a proper speed cube!
- Lube it up
- Learn F2L (First two layer) where you put together the corners and the middle pieces together in one go. Shaves off seconds ^^

Post a vid pl0x

!

Jason · **Posted:** December 13th, 2009, 10:10 am

crwire wrote:

Cool found the topic LOL. Nice to see someone other than me likes to mindlessly play with a cube

My fastest actual recorded time is 43 seconds but its been a while

Just some tips:
- Get a proper speed cube!
- Lube it up
- Learn F2L (First two layer) where you put together the corners and the middle pieces together in one go. Shaves off seconds ^^

Post a vid pl0x

!

Cool, I don't think I have a "proper" speed cube, I just have the Milton Bradley one. I have been wanting to lube it but I dont have any non-toxic lube in my house and really dont want to buy any. I will definitely post a video in a week when winter break starts and I have time. I am also getting a 4x4 for christmas and ill post a vid of that too.

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

I've been doing it since last year and I do about the same time as you nikeballa. Never really practiced doing high speed moves or really put in the effort of solving it quicker. I'm just glad I know how to solve it and just knowing how to solve it was my main motive for trying. That and some kids at school were trying to do it so I figured that then was the best time.