
The Rubik's Cube is, obviously the cube which is in a 3x3x3 format. This is the easiest of all mind boggling hand-held puzzles you can ever think of. Followed closely behind is the 2x2x2 cube, which is then followed by the 4x4x4, also known as Rubik's Revenge, while the most difficult of all hand-held cubes is the 5x5x5 cube, also know as Professor Cube. But, if you are a narrow-minded person, so much the worst, as you can only solve some cubes easily with a fixed centre, like the 3x3x3 and the 5x5x5, like me! I am straight forward and do not like centres that keep on rotating non-stop when you turn the faced itself. This truly pisses me off when I am about to get all sides right, that centre just has to move one step down and the whole thing is so confusing to understand. Well, getting back to the point, the 3x3x3 is the easiest to solve as when you are able to solve the 3x3x3, you would be able to solve any thing that comes in your way, but it must be hand-held, such as the Megaminx, Gigaminx and the Teraminx. All this boils down to one same algorithm, the 3x3x3 algorithm. So the 3x3x3 is like the most powerful and the most elite of all cubes. Know the steps, know the solution.
Well, for the Megaminx, I just recently got it in December 19 or 20 2008, and it was bought from China, and the amazing thing that I can do is that I can solve anything that comes in my way, especially hand-held puzzles, as long as I am interested in solving it. I solved the Megaminx in just 8 hours, not including my sleeping time, as I got it at around 6pm the previous day, and the next day at around 3.50pm-4pm, ABRACADABRA, EUREKA, I solved it! I was like wow, Oh my gosh, I solved it! So I went to show my father, and the only thing he said was,"mmm, good..." and nodded his head. The secret to this is that you must think of the triumph that you will get if you do it, the feeling of greatness in your body, but you must not be too complacent and get all fat-headed. Pride comes before a fall.
So, just use the 3x3x3 method, just a little is changed, such as instead of turning right once, you turn it twice, since this is 5 sides, a pentagon.
Basically, everyone knows how to play it, you just turn the sides to mix it up, and start using algorithms that you have memorised to put into this solving of the 2x2x2,3x3x3,4x4x4,5x5x5, Megaminx,Gigaminx and the Teraminx.
Just to let you know, I am no Rubik's genius, I only know how to solve the 2x2x2,3x3x3,5x5x5 and the Megaminx since I got them all. Thats all I know how to solve and not more than this. 4 is not a great number. Do not start saying 'Waaa he can solve 4 leh', but instead take out your cube and start finding solutions over the internet and solve them yourself. Who knows, you might be able to solve all in just less than 1 month! And that is a feat. =) Just keep trying!
Haha. What is your personal best for megaminx and the 3x3x3 and the 5x5x5? Just curious... My 3x3x3 is 11.79 sec pb and 17.84 sec fastest average. 5x5x5 is 3:46.
ReplyDeleteWell, I just know how to solve them, and not speed, so i have nothing to be proud of. My personal best is 55 seconds and average 1 min 13.14seconds. Megaminx is 5min 45sec.
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