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Aug 19, 2010

Most Rubik's cubes are not well-made or well-taken care of. They creak and turn slowly, acting like the cheap pieces of plastic that they for the most part are. There are ways though, even for cheap c ...

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Aug 11, 2010

By "God," I mean Morley Davidson, John Dethridge, Herbert Kociemba, Tomas Rokicki and about 35 CPU-years.Ever since Erno Rubik conceived the Rubik's Cube in 1974, math-minded cubers have been trying t ...

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Aug 6, 2010

It's a puzzle. It's a gun. It's awesome.Titled "The Intimidator", this 125-piece puzzle requires a special key to disassemble. Once disassembled, 20 of the 125 pieces can be pieced to form a real work ...

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Aug 5, 2010

To solve a Rubik's cube, you will need to begin by keeping in mind the 7 steps. To learn about the cube itself, you will need to take it apart. The cube has 3 types of pieces. The center pieces do ...

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Jun 30, 2010

If you've watched our video on solving a Domino Rubik's Cube, you know that asymmetrical Rubik's "Cubes" exist and are readily solvable. If you haven't, go watch that video and come back, because this ...

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Jun 30, 2010

If you are so good at solving Rubik's Cubes that your cube is starting to show signs of wear and tear for your excessive, fast solving, give yourself a pat on the back. You are really smart. But not y ...

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Jun 30, 2010

There are all sorts of crazy Rubik's cubes these days, from the gargantuan 7x7x7 models all the way down to the 2x2xx2. Whatever happened to the plain old 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube? Whatever the case, this v ...

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Jun 17, 2010

Learn how to solve a Rubik's cube in ninety seconds in this video. You'll learn that there are couple of common methods used to solve the cube. The Petrus method which starts with the corner and the F ...

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Jun 14, 2010

The world of hardcore Rubix Cube solving is a competitive and insular one. This video, clearly made for the Rubix enthusiast, is a discussion of multislotting and some ways in which this technique can ...

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Jun 12, 2010

Holy crap. Um, I can't solve a rubik's cube, period. This baby has totally shamed me. Time to learn.Thanks for the find, toastykitten! Anybody else got something equally sick? Wonderment submissions w ...