http://www.angelfire.com/apes/mee/19seconds.mpeg I am so happy. I got approximately 19 seconds today in math class. This was the 9th attempt or so to break...
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heretocube <rolerk...
heretocube
Feb 4, 2003 3:51 am
... those ... if ... (kind ... sticks... ... hey sup those paper stickers that everyone are talking about ARE the ones from rubiks.com... those aren't pvc just...
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d_j_salvia <d_j_sa...
d_j_salvia
Feb 4, 2003 7:09 pm
Hi Guys, I'm not surprised at all that several people on this list like chess. During World War II when the US government looked for people with code-breaking...
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j_rueth
Feb 4, 2003 9:22 pm
How do you find the total amount of cominations of the cube? I'm having problems figuring it out. Please help!!! Jake...
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addicted_2_my_rubiks_...
addicted_2_m...
Feb 4, 2003 10:02 pm
... heres a link to an equation for cubes of different sizes that Richard Carr came up with. http://www.ssie.binghamton.edu/fridrich/Richard/Cubes.pdf...
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cube_of_evil <cube...
cube_of_evil
Feb 4, 2003 11:20 pm
Hey all! It's me again (currently working on the lars method :) ) But I was sitting in debate thinking about an idea for my edges first method (OK, it isn;t...
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kyuubree
Feb 4, 2003 11:53 pm
Nobody?! Oh well....
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James Potter <theb...
theboywholiv...
Feb 4, 2003 11:54 pm
I think you do the numbers of possible corner orientations times numbers of possible corner permutations times numbers of possible edge orientations times...
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Grant Tregay <Gran...
gtregay
Feb 5, 2003 12:03 am
Unless I'm understanding it wrong, I'm thinking Richard had a bit of fun coming up with that equation - note that there are sections that cancel out quite...
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egyptsuckz7@...
ryguycubist
Feb 5, 2003 1:02 am
I've bet somebody who was really unexposed to the cube. When I read Austin's comment on his airport bettings, I thought to myself, "hey there's another guy who...
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d_j_salvia <d_j_sa...
d_j_salvia
Feb 5, 2003 1:24 am
... Hi Jake, Try this: For the corners: the first corner cubie can be in 8 places with 3 different facings, the second corner has 7 places with 3 facings, the...
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d_j_salvia <d_j_sa...
d_j_salvia
Feb 5, 2003 1:31 am
... I'm not sure what to say. It looked pretty efficient with maybe some room for improvement towards the end where you had to reach across. I do that too, so...
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redkbrandon
Feb 5, 2003 1:49 am
... the ... the ... now ... sub ... my bad . . . I meant it to be like this: 1. Solve two adjacent corners(with center I always use red)0-2s ... two right...
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Grant Tregay <Gran...
gtregay
Feb 5, 2003 4:52 am
... Almost, but not quite. You had the first 6 corners correct, but the 7th corner has two places with 3 facings, and the 8th corner has only 1 place with 1 ...
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Austin Muhlestein
cube_of_evil
Feb 5, 2003 5:58 am
egyptsuckz7@... wrote: I've bet somebody who was really unexposed to the cube. When I read Austin's comment on his airport bettings, I thought to...
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Brent Morgan
brentmorganm...
Feb 5, 2003 8:56 am
I agree. Matter of fact, my best subject is math! "d_j_salvia <d_j_salvia@...>" <d_j_salvia@...> wrote:Hi Guys, I'm not surprised at all that...
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redkbrandon
Feb 5, 2003 9:15 am
... Speaking of musicians isn't speedcubing a hole lot like sight-reading music? Like you really don't look at the note your playing but the next note or the...
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Frank Morris
ephem825
Feb 5, 2003 9:42 am
I dont know if i am an exception to all of this.. but my worst subject through school was math. i still dont like it to this day. i do play chess, however,...
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jasmine_ellen
Feb 5, 2003 10:05 am
I also fit the stereotype. :) I'm a musician and, at school, I was in the advanced maths class and (briefly) in the school chess team. I haven't played chess...
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Frank Morris
ephem825
Feb 5, 2003 10:11 am
scrabble rules! I don't by any means consider myself fantastic or anything, but normally score around 300.. jasmine_ellen <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:I...
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GameOfDeath2
Feb 5, 2003 11:20 am
... of ... that ... Ah, but (12N-24(N/2))! doesn't appear in the equation. Look more closely. The expression you are looking at, but misreading, is 1 if N is...
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Hana M. Bizek <han...
hanabizek
Feb 5, 2003 12:56 pm
Hllo there, I want you to know that there is a connection between math and cube art; in fact, making "things" from Rubik's cubes isa symbiosis of art and...
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GameOfDeath2
Feb 5, 2003 2:34 pm
... of ... that ... (There is no part of the formula which involves N and where the N is irrelevant.) ... something ... ^2]} ... For N=3, I get...
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Grant Tregay <Gran...
gtregay
Feb 5, 2003 2:47 pm
... Thanks for the correction. I looked over the symbols, thinking they were square brackets ([]), but they are missing parts! Indeed I did look beyond that....
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James Potter <theb...
theboywholiv...
Feb 5, 2003 3:18 pm
... people ... reading ... the ... you ... ride a unicycle, and am majoring in Computer Engineering. Cool, I also do magic, juggle, and I'm trying to learn to...
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simonl cube
simonlcube
Feb 5, 2003 5:58 pm
... When I was working as a classical musician I often would go to a gig where I was sightreading all the music. If the music was particularly mundane, I ...
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cmhardw
Feb 5, 2003 6:19 pm
I too fit the stereotype, I've played the saxophone for 8 1/2 years and tuba for about 2 as well. I'm a math major in college right now (can't get enough of...
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Hana M. Bizek <han...
hanabizek
Feb 5, 2003 6:58 pm
Well,it seems I do not fit the sereotype (artists seldon do). I play neither music nor chess and my knowledge of math is negligible. When I was in college long...
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d_j_salvia <d_j_sa...
d_j_salvia
Feb 5, 2003 8:19 pm
Hi Grant, Thank you for the correction, as I did make a mistake on the seventh corner. I made an early editing error, before multiplying (see below). Yes;...
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david_cubemaster <...
david_cubema...
Feb 5, 2003 8:31 pm
This is quite interesting. I love math, played a lot of chess before I discovered the cube and I am also a musician. It's not very strange I think, I mean, you...
