Does anyone here know how to solve Rubik’s cube? If so, when and why did you learn it?
I’ve been trying all my life, on and off, not enough to succeed in anything more than one layer, but more than enough to feel i should have mastered it by now.
My 11yo son, on the other hand, taught himself through a book and some YouTube clips and he is now disappointed whenever he solves it in less than 30 seconds.
He’s the only one i know who can solve it (apart from his best friend, that is), and every time he does, i feel like I’m watching magic. Chaos chaos chaos chaos … oh it’s finished!
Should i be proud of him or worried by own cognitive abilities?
I love this method. It’s how I solve cubes. It’s fast and it minimizes the amount of turns you do. While new methods (methods with optimized algorithms) trump this method, there was a time this method won many tournaments. The method is still fast and gratifying.
It requires thinking, but it requires minimal memorization of algorithms. With this method, you can get away with learning only one or two algorithms. It’ll be much less like memorizing history dates and much more like learning to ride a bike: learn it once and never forget it.
https://lar5.com/cube/