Rubik's Cubes

There are Six independently rotating joints. The whole cube is held together by these. Colored centers are attached to the joints. The edges are held down by the centers. And the corners are held in buy the edges.

The illusion is actually quite simple. All you need is a solved rubik's cube and a few extra stickers. take any solved side (we'll say yellow). stick a few colors on that yellow side so you have a fully solved cube except for the yellow side which looks unsolved. Now you should do a few moves and memorise them. Show the audience the entire cube on each face so it looks entirely scrambled. Hold the cube to where the side that will always be unsolved is facing your audience. Now reverse the moves that you memorised acting like you're trying to solve the cube. Once the cube is solved on each side except for the side facing the audience, act like you give up on the cube and proceed to tell the audience there is an easier way. After doing this toss the cube into the air and when you catch is make sure the side that is unsolved is facing down or towards you. The audience will be amazed as they've just seen you solve a rubik's cube by simply tossing it into the air. Show some sides of the cube by tilting it but not tilting it too far where they'll see the unsolved side.

Make sure you practice this a few times on your own to make it look more authentic.

Have fun with this mind blowing illusion!

Dayan ZhanChi is the cube is would personally refer to use as this cube works like a magic. It just requires a slight push to move. I use this mostly and is very satisfied with it.

MATHEMATICS OF THE CUBE

The center pieces of each face are always in the same relationship to each other.

Therefore, the number of ways the other pieces can be arranged in relation

to them (ie the possible arrangements of the cube) is:

Total possible arrangements = (possible arrangements of Corner Pieces) x (possible arrangements of Edge Pieces).

Possible Arrangements of Corner Pieces:

There are 8 Corner Pieces. Therefore, the possible different arrangements of them is 8! (ie 8x7x6x5x4x3x2x1) = 40320.

Each Corner Piece has three different orientations, so this must then be

multiplied by 3 to the power 8 (ie 3x3x3x3x3x3x3x3) which equals 6561.

However, with the actual cube, once the second from last Corner Piece is placed, the last piece can have only one automatic orientation so this should be divided by 3 (effectively 3 to the power 7) which equals 2187.

Thus, total possible arrangements of Corner Pieces = 40320 x 2187 = 88,179,840.

Possible Arrangements of Edge Pieces:

There are 12 Edge Pieces. Therefore, the possible different arrangements of them is 12! (ie: 12x11x10x9x8x7x6x5x4x3x2x1) = 479,001,600. However, with the actual Cube (and unlike Corner Pieces) it is impossible to exchange just two Edge Pieces, so once the third from last is placed, the remaining two can have only one possible arrangement, so this total must be divided by 2, which equals 239,500,800.

Each Edge Piece has two different orientations, so this must then be multiplied by 2 to the power 12 (ie 2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2) which equals 6561. However, with the actual cube, once the third from last Edge Piece is placed, although the last two pieces will be in fixed positions, one can be reoriented but the last will always have a fixed orientation in relation to it. So this must be divided by 2 (effectively 2 to the power 11) which equals 2048.

Thus, total possible arrangements of Edge Pieces = 239,500,800 x 2048 = 490,497,638,400.

So - Total Possible Arrangements of Rubik's Cube = (possible arrangements of Corner Pieces) x (possible arrangements of Edge Pieces) = 88,179,840 x 490,497,638,400 = 43,252,003,274,489,856,000.

Roughly speaking, 4.3 times 10 to the power 19.

in simple yes, because it uses several mathematical algorithms.

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wal-mart, toysRus, walgreens, anywhere that sells rubiks cubes

A Rubik's cube is a puzzle in which there are miniature cube-like modules arranged in a cubic fashion. The Rubik's cube was invented in 1974 by Erno Rubik of Hungary, who gave it the modern name of Rubik's cube. It was first called the Magic Cube, and it won the German Game of the Year in the puzzles category. The most common one is Rubik's Cube has 27 mini cubes, with edges of 3 cubes each. It is possible to disassemble this cube by rotating a side 1/8 of a turn and using a screwdriver or other flat object to wedge out the edge piece. However, solving a Rubik's cube in this manner is usually known as cheating. It is very useful to disassemble the cube and apply petroleum jelly to the inner tabs of the mini cubes, and also to any other surface that is exposed to friction. This lubricates the cube so that you can solve it faster. It is still a popular and challenging puzzle to this date.

it depends on how you hold it. however you hold it, the lower side is down. if it is just down than it is clockwise, if it is down inverted, then it is counterclockwise.

There is actually too many people in the world that is considered to be the fastest in the world.

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Officially, the title for fastest single time and average for the 3x3x3 are held by Feliks Zemdegs, although many people are catching up, some people don't go to competitions, and people usually don't do as well in competition as practicing.

Go on youtube and type in "how to solve pyramix".

Rubik's Cube is a mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the "Magic Cube" by its inventor, this puzzle was renamed "Rubik's Cube" by Ideal Toys in 1980[1] and also won the 1980 German Game of the Year (Spiel des Jahres) special award for Best Puzzle. It is said to be the world's best-selling toy, with over 300,000,000 Rubik's Cubes and imitations sold worldwide. In a typical Cube, each face is covered by nine stickers of one of six solid colours. When the puzzle is solved, each face of the Cube is a solid colour. The Cube celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2005, when a special edition Cube in a presentation box was released, featuring a sticker in the centre of the reflective face (which replaced the white face) with a "Rubik's Cube 1980-2005" logo.

Theres actually an inner system in them. There are six colors and each color has a middle square that doesn't move. You have to get all of the same color on each side of the cube, matching it to the center color. You can cheat to accomplish the cube. To see how they actually work you can pop out one cube then the rest will come out easily.

If you wish to cheat go to this website and watch the video. = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsQIoPyfQzM

If you wish to learn how to sole it watch the first video and this one. = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW_BBp3FPMQ

I hope I helped!

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A person can write to sticker companies to ask for free stickers. Kids also often get stickers when visiting grocery stores and the bank with parents.

If you want it to look like it, just make a paper cube and color it

If you want it to be functional, then I have to tell you that it will be a HARD work.

yes, you can make one being totally functional, but I have to say that it's hard, a lot of work, and the cube will not turn totally good, because is not for cubing, but for crafting is ok.

There are a lots of ways to do this, but I recommend you, to search on video sites the next tag "Paper Rubik Cube". You will find some videos of how to make one. Of course, nobody posted a full tutorial yet. Just look into it, and if you can, buy a very cheap cube to copy the model. Good Luck.

diferent person he is right but i mean you sould look on google search how to make a rubik's cube out of paper

[Updated Ans: 30th Jan 2011] There aren't any 8x8 cubes available till now but Verdes has said they will be making 8x8, 9x9, 10x0 and a 11x11, they didn't announce any dates yet.

[old ans]: sadly nowhere

No it is not this ruined my cube and for some reason it was making me type fast and the way you can tell if its hasn't gone right all you haft top do is listen and you will here a screeching spring noise and if you here that than It also might be ahred to turn your cube and that is also another sign s owhen you want a rubiks cube lunbe use 100 percent silicone spray thank you for reading my answer.

Less than 5.8% people in the world can solve Rubik's cube. There are 6bn people in the world, according to Wikipedia there are about 350 million Rubik's cube sold till jan09 so even if we believe all the people who possess the Rubik's cube can solve it, the figure will still remain at 350mn or 5.8%

Sounds like a witty answer, until one logically concludes that cubes can be shared.

Ironically i think the number is still near 5%,, its easy if you have patience, are not a dumb as, and enjoy games like these.

The rubik's cube was invented in 1974. It has been manufactured ever since then.

The original rubik's cube was made in 1974 when Rubik was 30 years old. It was a wooden model with flat edges more like a sphere than a cube. It wasn't sold in mass production as a patent until 1975 getting many sales for Ernő Rubik, but in 1977 the patent was finally disclosed and many stores started selling the "Magic Cube". 3 years later in 1980 it was renamed to the "Rubik's Cube" making the rubik's cube technically made in 1980.

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In the 1980's, it hadn't yet become popular, so it cost $1.99 US.

It now costs between $1-20 for brand new, and the original one probably is priceless(to cubers, at least)

What you do Is do this thing called CFOP it skips through parts of the normal way of solving the 3x3 Rubik's cube. Speed cubers can make it to 10-30 seconds or less using this method. CFOP stands for Cross, First two layers Oll and Pll.

Oll and Pll are two big algorithms that help solve the Rubik's faster the normal way of solving it is much simpler yet longer. First you make a cross, then build middle layer, after that you build yellow center pieces, and the corners, than you do a algorithm to flip the corners and then you have finished the cube. As you can see There is a lot more to do for the normal way to solve the cube than CFOP. Hope this helped ;)