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sigmaleph ([personal profile] sigmaleph) wrote2021-09-28 04:06 pm

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a few weeks ago i bought a rubik's cube, mostly as a fidget toy, and tried to see if i can learn to solve it from scratch. the answer so far is no (though that was not exactly several weeks of continuous attempts or anything)

i did end up with the ability to reliably solve one side of a cube pretty quickly. it doesn't feel like an acquired skill, it feels like anyone doing obvious things upon picking up a cube should manage it, but observably i could not actually do it upon picking up a cube, it took several hours of practice.

wondering if i should keep at it or give up and look up some actual cubing resources.

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[personal profile] nathanielbuildsatesseract 2021-10-03 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
This tracks my experience; I could solve one side reliably, but solving multiple sides only happened after I gave in and figured out how the solution guide notation worked.

IIRC I never did manage to solve an entire cube.