40th anniversary of the Rubik's Cube

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by happyscrappy • 12 years ago

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happyscrappy• 12 years ago

Click outside the cube to rotate the whole cube. If anyone has time to solve it please post a screen shot.

atom-morgan3• 12 years ago

The controls make it really hard but here you go: http://imgur.com/o8YILYY

tripa• 12 years ago

Use the keyboard! Once you got the focus out of the instant search box, all of the following work almost as you expect: UuRrLlFfDdBb for face rotation, MmEeSs for slice rotations and XxYyZz for cube rotations. (upper-case for clockwise, lower-case for counterclockwise)

I got it down to 19 seconds using the optimal solution from http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?47666-Googl...

I'm not doing it again, the interface is too frustrating.

aadilrazvi2• 12 years ago

here you go: http://imgur.com/WWnQfMZ

antimora• 12 years ago

Unfortunately it forcing me to use Chrome, Firefox, or Safari even though I am using the latest Chrome on Ubuntu 13.10. Too bad.

adamors• 12 years ago

Ditto, only I'm on Debian. Just updated to 34.0.1847.137

cones688• 12 years ago

Same here, Fedora 20 with Chrome v 34.0.1847.137

ctz• 12 years ago

window.solveCube() if you want to cheat.

danielweber• 12 years ago

TypeError: undefined is not a function

brandonbloom• 12 years ago

You have to switch to the iframe's context.

outericky• 12 years ago

When I was 5, my parents promised me a Rubik's cube if I came along with them and moved to the United States. I never realized it was a fairly new product back then. 40 yrs and still going strong - how many other "toys" have those legs?

chiph• 12 years ago

Sadly, my original cube from 1980 broke last year. The plastic just gave way on the center rotating "star" and it came apart. :(

I bought a new one, but it's much harder to turn. I think I may have put some Vaseline in the original to lubricate it, but it's been too many years to remember.

I wonder if Dr. Rubik is getting his royalties now that the Soviet Union is gone (The story I heard was that the Soviets kept all the royalties, giving him a relatively generous salary in return).

atom-morgan3• 12 years ago

I'd recommend a silicone based lubricant. Jig-a-loo works very well. I used to compete, so I've used a few.

ExpiredLink• 12 years ago

I wonder if Dr. Rubik is getting his royalties now that the Soviet Union is gone

He is from Hungary. The cube made him a wealthy man even before the iron curtain went down.

peapicker• 12 years ago

I still have my 1980's one -- it is pretty beat up.

Seriously, though, buy a DaiYan Guhong or DiaYan Zhanchi speedcube. They are sooo much more enjoyable to use than the official Rubik's cube. (Then again, if you're like me, they will just add to the pile of cubes...)

aadilrazvi2• 12 years ago

After solving the cube, it doesn't let you share the completed screenshot...

dang• 12 years ago

A dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7765879.

40th anniversary of the Rubik's Cube

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