How can I prepare to solve a Rubic's Cube?

Question

My uncle likes to test my intelligence. He was just over and he gave me a riddle. I solved it in less than a minute and he gave me five dollars. Anyway, he says that next time he comes over, he'll bring me a Rubic's Cube and that if I can solve it in a day, I get twenty dollars. I've never had a Rubic's Cube brfore nor have I tried to solve one. How can I prepare to solve it and win the money?

Answer 1

There are two ways to approach this task:

1. use a program to walk you through the steps

2. learn to solve the cube

Method 1 is quickest and requires the least preparation.  Go take a look at this site:

http://www.wrongway.org/cube/solve.html

It lets you enter the current condition of the cube, and then walks you through the steps needed to solve it.  If you want to go through this method, I would recommend buying or borrowing a cube to practice using the solver.

Method 2 probably gives you more of what your uncle is trying to promote; brainpower earned through creative thinking.  If you want to try this, buy or borrow a cube, and look at these sites:

Video solution part 1 and part 2:

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW_BBp3FP...

Oh, and read through this great collection of information on the cube which includes many different solution techniques:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik's_Cub...

Good luck!

Answer 2

you can go to the website rubiks.com it shows videos on how to solve it.

Answer 3

I used to either take the stickers off of mine and rearrange them or I would just take the d**n thing apart and put it all back together!!I took it apart so many times that all the cubes were loose....lol