James Rubik - Rubiks Cube: How To Solve The Famous Cube In 3 Easy Ways!

Rubiks Cube

How To Solve The Famous Cube In 3 Easy Ways!

By James Rubik

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Table of Contents

Introduction:

Chapter 1: The Story Behind rubik's cube 7

How The Cube Was Developed 7

The Mechanics And Mathematics Of The Cube 8

How The Cube Became The Most Popular Puzzle In Modern History 11

Chapter 2: Understanding the Cube 13

Main Goal Of The Puzzle 13

Move Notations6

The Different Methods Used To Solve The Puzzle 27

Chapter 3: The Ultimate Solution to Rubik's Cube Phase 1 30

Preparatory Step: Practicing The Edge Piece Series 30

Preparatory Step: Practicing The Corner Piece Series 33

Step 1: Making The Cross 36

Chapter 4: The Ultimate Solution to Rubik's Cube Phase 2 44

Step 2: Placing The Center Section Edge Pieces 44

Step 3: Placing The Top Section Edge Pieces 50

Chapter 5: The Ultimate Solution to Rubik's Cube Phase 3 59

Step 4: Placing The Five Corner Pieces 59

Step 5: Solving The Rest Of The Cube And Ending The Game 64

Conclusion: 67

Introduction:

F or the past decades , since its invention, solving the Rubiks Cube (or simply owning one) has been part of many peoples childhood memories and recreational endeavours. Until now, the cube craze lives on and more young minds are learning about just how cool it is to work their hands on a Rubiks Cube and be able solve it as quickly as possible.

Even educators are now using Rubiks Cube in teaching mathematics and engineering subjects because the meticulous process of solving it helps students better understand and apply basic and advanced mathematical concepts.

The goal of this book is to further spread the coolness of learning how to solve the Rubiks Cube by teaching a method that will help you solve the cube in 3 easy ways:

• Solve the cross (starting point)
• Solve the edge pieces
• Solve the corner pieces (end game)

This particular method is also the method that requires the least memorization because it involves only TWO main algorithmsyou dont even have to take any notes! This method will also allow you to better learn and understand the works of the cube because it requires the solvers mental and logical involvement in determining the next moves to perform.

The Ultimate Solution also applies its algorithms and principles in solving other versions of the cube puzzle including the Rubiks Pocket Cube (2x2x2 solve), Rubiks 4th Dimension Cube (3x3x3 solve with symbols), Rubiks Revenge (4x4x4 solve), The Professor Cube (5x5x5 solve), Megaminx, Pyraminx, and Tetraminx. Once youve mastered the method, you can easily learn how to apply it in solving these more intricate puzzles whenever you feel like youre ready to take on a higher level of cube-solving.

By the end of this guide, you should be able to:

• Solve the cube completely
• Understand how each of the cubes pieces work relative to each other
• Decode and memorize the different move notations
• Memorize the move algorithms, including their mirror and reverse versions
• Better predict the effects of the moves you apply
• And enjoy practicing the moves and algorithms for different scenarios

That said, lets get started!

Chapter 1: The Story Behind Rubiks Cube

O ne day, somewhere in the mid-1970s, a brilliant man named Enro Rubik came up with the concept of creating a 3x3x3 cube model for his students at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in Budapest where he was a professor at the Department of Interior Design. His original goal was to present his students with something thatll help them understand the concept of 3D objects better.

The 3D cube model prototype was personally handcrafted by Rubik using wooden blocks and rubber bands at the university workshop. At first, it was meant to serve as a teaching aid; but when Rubik began twisting the cubes parts and tried to restore them to their original positions, he realized that the cube was an intriguing puzzle itself.

Since Rubiks students were fascinated by the interesting cube puzzle, he thought that many people might enjoy solving the puzzle as well. So in 1975, he obtained a patent for his puzzle invention and had a few test batches manufactured in plastic form in 1977. His patented cube was then called the Magic Cube.

At the time, the cubes were only sold in Budapest toy shops. The Magic Cube only started to become popular when a businessman named Tibor Laczi presented it at the 1979 Nuremberg Toy Fair, where it caught the interest of Tom Kremer who proposed to sell the cube internationally.

Later that year, Rubik licensed a US toy company, Ideal Toys, to release the Magic Cube in the international toy market. The Magic Cube made its international debut in 1980, and in order to renew its appeal, Ideal Toys decided to rename the cube and became the now famous Rubiks Cube.

U nlike Rubiks prototype cube, the Rubiks Cube is made of plastic parts that interlock between each piece. The parts include 26 pieces of unique cubies with inward extensions that connect with each other, and the 3D cross center piece that holds the center cubies together.

The cubies are arranged as center, corner and edge cubies. The cubies with only one colored surface are the center cubies; those with two colored surfaces are the edge cubies; and those with three colored surfaces are the corner cubies.

The 3D cross and the 6 center cubies are the main parts that hold the whole cube together. The inward extensions of the 20 other cubies depend on the center cubies to keep them in place without being fixed in position to create a free-rotating mechanism; only the 6 center cubies are fastened to the 3D cross to hold up the cubes structure.

Thats why its relatively easy to take the cubies apart and put them back together. Even the center cubies can be unfastened from the 3D cross, depending on the model and type of fastener used.

Permutations:

Permutation refers to the possible combination of arrangement of the cubies color positions when you twist the movable cubies. In estimate, the corner cubes can be arranged in more than 40,000 ways and the edge cubies can be arranged in more than 200,000,000 ways.

How many combinations can be made out of one cube?