Rubik’s Cubes
July 8th, 2008 by Jerry
I’ve been developing a fascination with Rubik’s cubes, ever since I was able to learn how to solve them (I think it was only last year). It all started with the Rubik’s calendar cube (you solve one side to show the date), but I had no idea how to solve an entire cube until I ran across a series of YouTube videos that showed one of the simpler methods slowly enough for me to catch on. I then learned another method that can be used to solve the bigger 4×4 and 5×5 cubes.
I just received my two newest cubes. All the way from Greece! Rubik never made anything bigger than their 5×5 “Professor’s” cube, and some claimed that anything bigger would be impossible or highly impractical to manufacture. V-Cubes has proven them wrong, and I now have their 6×6 and 7×7 cubes. So my collection now includes:
- V-Cube 7×7
- V-Cube 6×6
- Rubik’s 5×5
- Rubik’s Revenge 4×4
- Rubik’s (standard) 3×3 of course
- Rubik’s Mini 2×2
- Even a 1×1, as a joke (a die with the same colored stickers as a Rubik’s cube)
Also, I am a loyal fan of CubeSmith’s replacement stickers and tiles. They are so much higher quality than the “stock” stickers; all of my cubes have CubeSmith tiles (much more durable than normal stickers).
It turns out that solving a 6×6 is roughly the same as solving the 4×4. The 7×7, while needing a lot more steps than the 5×5, doesn’t appear to be much harder either. I don’t think I’ll ever be one of those “Speed Cubers” but I enjoy the challenge.
2 Responses to “Rubik’s Cubes”
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on 08 Jul 2008 at 4:21 pm julieFun — new office toys!
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on 11 Jul 2008 at 11:41 am JenCheck your link on “V-Cubes”