#cubing

[charl0ttan]

[ostolero]

I'm a casual cuber. like rubik's style. three-by-threes. over last summer, I learned how to solve a basic 3x3 cube (link, Wired on YT) and it's been pretty rewarding as a tactile thinking hobby. I've been collecting cubes this year and I've been really enjoying myself.

I haven't been interested in the speed but I play with my cubes like every day...

... until I saw a new speedcubing category:

2 beers, 2 cigs, 2 cubes

presenting footage in the order that I experienced them:

[burnttoast7272]

new pb on 2x2… CAN I GET A BLOODY WHOOP WHOOP?!?

[zerenta-mrraow]

mathpost o clock

I've been thinking about rubiks cubes and their various permutations lately

I got some variants for Christmas like the silly triangle one (pyraminx), whatever the FUCK this is (this was originally a cube.)

and the other usual cube puzzles (even got the doecahedron/megaminx)

and trying out the different puzzles combined with remembering that one visualization of the actual mechanics of a rubiks cube (like it had rings that dots moved on n stuff if anyone knows where that visualization is can I have it please I love it so much) got me thinking about the properties of a rubiks cube style puzzle, if you twist a corner is it still solvable? and other things like fhat

what would have to change about the rubiks cube to change one property and nothing else (kinda like defining a puzzle by its properties like you can define a plane by 3 points or a line by 2)

I'm so glad I decided to not look up how to solve the original 3x3 because not only was it an extremely fun journey it's also taught me a lot about how the rubiks cube works that I just wouldn't have learned by looking it up

[helixmoment]

I know I need to rest my hands but I can’t stop

[graph100]

i love speedcubing but i hate when theres an alg that i def know but i dont use it so often so when it does come up i only know how to do it from muscle memory but the muscles are not remembering

[philconnorz]

new pb! i got a lucky scramble though since the yellow cross was already done and i didn’t have to fix the corners