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I really wish I could do this! Where can I learn? the instructions that come with it are no help to me!

I missed this thread initially, but I can't resist boasting that I too can do the cube.

It's really not much of a boast though, I just learned the 'layer' method out of a book when I was about 13. My best time is somewhere in the 40-50 seconds, can't remember exactly, one of those times when it fell into place quite conveniently.

The interesting thing - to me - is that although I have gone several years at a time without touching a cube in the 25 years since I learnt, I can always still do it if someone happens to have one laying around. I guess it's like riding a square, multicoloured Hungarian bike....

how do i learn the layer method?

I don't know. I simply bought a book in WH Smiths back when the cube was all the rage.

However, I'd be amazed if there aren't websites about with 'how to solve the cube' tutorials and perhaps even animations. I had to learn it all from static diagrams, and I couldn't text a friend for help or upload my awesome Cubing skills to YouTube.

yeah i might try youtube actually! i remember looking at some website but it all went over my head a bit! cheers!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/219723/How-To ... ubiks-Cube

This is how to solve a rubik's cube

thank u very much! i'll take a gander!!

I can't find my Rubik's Cube. For a while I was really good..

I think the Cube looks more intimidating than it really is. I suspect most people could solve it if they could be bothered to sit down and learn the layer method; it's not as hard as it seems because it's just a matter of memorising a sequence of moves and recognising certain configurations so you know which sequence to apply. People are always very impressed that I can solve the Cube and probably credit me with much more intelligence than I actually possess; throw in a "blindfold" and voila - you have yourself a nice little routine. (There are people who can actually solve it whilst genuinely blindfolded but I do not rank amongst them!)

I got myself a Rubik's Revenge (4x4x4) recently but haven't had a chance to sit down with it yet. Should be fun.

How about going for the Professor's Cube? a 5x5x5 cube?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor%27s_Cube

John Freeman wrote:How about going for the Professor's Cube? a 5x5x5 cube?

Just looking at that makes me feel ill.

John Freeman wrote:How about going for the Professor's Cube? a 5x5x5 cube?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor%27s_Cube

When I've solved the Revenge, that is next on my list....

Not sure if you've seen this on youtube but it looks very scary!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpfz3m11bsk

I've never been able to do more than 1 side and the next row down. It just confuses me!

52 seconds for me! Still using the basic solve method, would quite like to learn a proper speed cubing method!

Replicant wrote:I think the Cube looks more intimidating than it really is. I suspect most people could solve it if they could be bothered to sit down and learn the layer method;

Amost anyone could learn one of the methods that are available, yes. But that's not the same as 'solving' it. Working it out yourself takes a rare mathematical/spatial intelligence that very few of us possess - certainly not me!