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  1. Re:Friend of mine can do this by gkhan1 · · Score: 5, Informative · on Rubik's Cube World Championships

    It's really not that hard to solve a cube in around a minute. You can learn the basic, layer by layer method in about a day, and after a few more, you've got it down to under two minutes. Then you just keep doing it to get it too about a minute, and all your friends will be amazed!! (it's seriously fun to do it on a subway, everybody looks in amazement :D) Too get a time consistantly under a minute, you probably need to learn more advanced methods, like for instance the petrus system or the friedrich system. Variations on the latter is what all the pros use, but it is murder to learn, you have to memorize around 100 algorithms!!! Myself, I've gotten down to about 30 secs using the standard, layer-by-layer and some of friedrich's algorithms. It really is alot of fun.

  2. Re:Dad, is that you!? by abborren · · Score: 1 · on Classic Toys For Christmas?
    I can regularly solve it in under one minute, haven't tried while being drunk though!

    If you want to learn speed cubing This is a good site.

    At least that's the site I learnt from.

  3. Re:Boasting contest! by zaffir · · Score: 1 · on Rubik's Cube Comeback

    I found that once i figured out what he was trying to say, this guy's method was very intuitive - and it's the fastest :)

  4. Re:Best 3x3 Solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Rubik's Cube Comeback

    Lazy Motherfucker:
    http://lar5.com/cube/

  5. If you want to solve it. by Kjellander · · Score: 5, Informative · on Rubik's Cube Comeback

    Here are a couple of links if you want to get better at solving it:

    Lars Petrus' method for speed
    Dan Knight, the world champion
    Jessica Fridrich. Her method is used by many.
    www.speedcubing.com
    www.rubiks.dk
    A solution some think is easy.

    I bought my first cube 2 months ago and today I completed it in 56.98 seconds! After loads of practice of course.

  6. Re:damn it.... by Hast · · Score: 1 · on Four-Dimensional Rubik's Cube Craziness

    I've solved it a couple of times, but I have yet to memorise all the ending tricks, so I have to cheat a bit at the end.

    The best method I've found for solving is by Lars Petrus. I also found another method eight corner which IMHO is harder, but it's good to check it out to get a grasp of what you're doing when you are twisting the cube. (It's like a mathematical descition of rotational operations.)

    Trying to solve it "just by trying" is not going to get you anywhere. Or at least extremely hard. Both of these methods work by solving parts of the cube and then expanding those parts until the entire cube is solved.

  7. Re:And don't forget the lubricant by Gorimek · · Score: 4, Informative · on When Lego Meet Rubik

    Thanx for posting my site! I feel honorbound to point out that I'm the Swedish champion, but only came 4th in the world championships. Many people seem to make a shortcut and claim I'm the world champion...

    Also, I've moved my site but not redirected the old one (I really should get that done...), so an updated version of that page with some speed quicktime videos is available here: http://lar5.com/cube/speed.html

    BTW, some people (most of whom were hardly born at the time of the first championship) are working on putting together the second World Championships next year. More info on http://www.speedcubing.com. These kids are really fast, so I don't expect to win, but I'll definitely be there.