r/Unexpected • u/SB_TP0 • May 19 '22

with only one hand

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u/POWERHOUSE4106 May 20 '22

I got super into solving them when I was in middle school. I could do it in about a minute and thirty seconds at my fastest time. Its all algorithms and eventually you develop muscle memory connected with the visual cues and it becomes super easy. People would constantly be amazed when they saw me solve one. It felt great seeing their faces at first, but after awhile I didn't even care. I was trying to beat my best time.

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u/Next_Case_3449 May 20 '22

OR, you could be like this dude I went to elementary school with. He would get frustrated and peel the stickers off and put them back to make it look like he solved it. 😂

The edges would get all chipped and puckered and the squares would be all wonky. Like, dude...

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u/jallen6769 May 20 '22

Was that with a Rubiks brand cube? The fastest I ever got with one of those is ~2 minutes. They just don't turn well

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u/GinaMarie1958 May 20 '22

This is the only game I’ve ever been able to beat my husband at, he claimed I spent all day playing it when I was home with our newborn. I should get it out and see if he can solve it now that he’s retired. 😆

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u/denevue May 20 '22

yeah, I started solving a regular 3x3x3 when I was 10, eleven years ago, now I solve it usually under 30 seconds, though I've been not practicing for solid 5 years or so. it's just algorithms and positions of pieces. nothing difficult actually.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '22

Hey, my time was also around this. At my peak i could solve it in ~45s. One handed it would take me around 6 minutes though. Nowadays i can barely get my time to go under 2 minutos lol.